Archive for the ‘AFRS’ category

Marlene Dietrich and Al Jolson appear before the National Association of Broadcasters. Original Air Date: May 13, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.

Lum ‘n Abner host two episodes of the AFRS program Melody Roundup.  Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode091: Jubilee (#050)

February 16th, 2014

An all-soldier show from Jubilee. Original Air Date: November 1, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.  

Episode 090: Jubilee (#048)

February 15th, 2014

Erskine Hawkins and Eddie “Rochester” Anderson appear. Original Air Date: October 25, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 084: Jubilee (#037)

February 9th, 2014

Jubilee featuring the Delta Rythym Boys and Lucky Millander. Original Air Date: August 9, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 083: Jubilee (#024)

February 8th, 2014

Host: Louie Armstrong with Ernie Whitman. Original Air Date: May 24, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 077: Jubilee (#002)

February 2nd, 2014

Second episode of Jubilee features Lena Horne, Sergeant Joe Louis, and the Golden State Quartet. Original Air Date: October 27, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.  

Episode 076: Jubilee (#001)

February 1st, 2014

The first episode of Jubilee featuring Eddie “Rochester” Anderson,  Mantan Moreland, Duke Ellington, and Ethel Waters. Original Air Date: October 27, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.

Two separate rebroadcasts of the Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands. Original Air Dates: March 29 and 30, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

Kate Smith hosts half an hour of music with John Charles Thomas and Cass Daley. Original Air Date: May 1, 1943

Episode 048: Melody Roundup

January 4th, 2014

Two episodes of the AFRS 15 minute country and folk music program, Melody Roundup.

Episode 041: GI Jive

December 28th, 2013

Two episodes of GI JIVE, one hosted by Frank Nelson and another by Donna Reed. Songs by Bing Crosby, Lucky Millender, and others.

Eddie Cantor hosts the first episode of Command Performance including the Joe Louis-Buddy Baer fight. Dinah Shore, Danny Kaye, and Bert Gordon appear. Original Air Date:  March 1, 1942

The Command Performance Thanksgiving Program. Original Air Date: November 23, 1944