[3] Sharbutt's obituary in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel noted that he spent "four decades as an announcer, newscaster, and company spokesman.

Not satisfied with this progress in reverse, he went to Chicago and, after starving for two weeks, took a job singing in a Presbyterian church.

[6] Old-time radio shows for which Sharbutt was an announcer included, The Man I Married,[7] Lavender and Old Lace, Guy Lombardo, Jack Pearl, Ray Noble, Bob Hope, The Song Shop, Hobby Lobby, Myrt and Marge, The Hour of Charm, Melody and Madness, Colgate Ask-It-Basket, Lanny Ross,[2]Amos 'n' Andy, Club Fifteen, The Jack Carson Show, Lum and Abner, Your Hit Parade,[8] The Campbell Playhouse,[9] Request Performance,[10] Meet Mr. McNutley, [11] and Meet Corliss Archer.

Sharbutt was the announcer for the program, which featured singers Betty Ann Grove and Jack Haskell and a quintet, The Honey Dreamers.

Another old-time radio announcer, Tony Marvin, and he began "hosting afternoon record shows in their distinctively deep voices.

"[14] His other on-air activities in radio included being a newscaster for the Mutual Broadcasting System,[5] and a master of ceremonies for a Ringabuk, a local program in New York City.

[5] His obituary in the Los Angeles Times noted, "He voiced the commercials, touting the soups as 'Mmm-mm-good,'"[20] a slogan that he created.

Among his credits are the theme for the television comedy series The Bob Cummings Show and the early-1950s ditty ' "A Romantic Guy, I".

[20] He also wrote "The Kitten with the Big Green Eyes", "I'd Love To",[22] "Silver and Gold,",[23] "The Nickel Serenade",[24] "I Can't Hold a Dream in My Arms",[25] and "My Love"[26] "Silver and Gold", which Sharbutt wrote with Bob Crosby and Henry Prichard, was part of the sound track of the 2013 movie 20 Feet from Stardom.

"[28] An Associated Press story in 1977 mentioned him as one of 24 prominent people who "came out of the closet" in an attempt to encourage other alcoholics to seek help.

It featured locally and nationally known recovering alcoholics who gave talks and answered questions on the disease."

Ford's obituary in USA Today related developments after she received hospital treatment for recovering alcoholics: Ford was encouraged to help other drug and alcohol addicts as part of her therapy, but Bell's husband, the late Del Sharbutt, Eisenhower [Medical Center] board President John Sinn and Chairwoman Dolores Hope sought to integrally involve the Fords in their medical center.