Pete Kelly's Blues (radio series)

Pete Kelly's Blues
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
Starring	Jack Webb
Created by	Richard L. Breen
Original release	July 4 –; September 19, 1951

Pete Kelly's Blues was an American crime-musical radio drama which aired over NBC as an unsponsored summer replacement series on Wednesday nights at 8 pm (et) from July 4 through September 19, 1951.^[1] The series starred Jack Webb as Pete Kelly and was created by writer Richard L. Breen, who had previously worked with Webb on Pat Novak for Hire; James Moser and Jo Eisinger wrote most of the other scripts.

Set in Kansas City, Missouri, in the early 1920s, the series was a crime drama with a strong musical atmosphere (Webb was a noted Dixieland jazz enthusiast). Kansas City in this era was a hotbed of jazz, as well as of organized crime and political corruption, all of which influenced the series.

^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 541–542. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved 2019-09-06.

[Dunning-1] Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 541–542. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved 2019-09-06.

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