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Need a case closed and a tune carried? Dick Powell is your man. The crooner reinvented his career when he played Philip Marlowe on screen, and he starred in a pair of radio detective shows as glib but tough private investigators. In honor of Powell\\u2019s birthday, we\\u2019ll hear two of his mysteries: as Richard Rogue, he solves \\u201cThe Impossible Murder\\u201d from Rogue\\u2019s Galley (originally aired on Mutual on May 16, 1946). Then, as Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Powell tackles \\u201cThe Big Foot Grafton Case\\u201d (originally aired on NBC on August 30, 1950).