Marlene Dietrich and Al Jolson appear before the National Association of Broadcasters. Original Air Date: May 13, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.
Archive for the ‘AFRS’ category
Episode 111: Command Performance (#015)
Episode 105: Melody Roundup (245 and 399)
Lum ‘n Abner host two episodes of the AFRS program Melody Roundup. Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode091: Jubilee (#050)
An all-soldier show from Jubilee. Original Air Date: November 1, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 090: Jubilee (#048)
Erskine Hawkins and Eddie “Rochester” Anderson appear. Original Air Date: October 25, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 084: Jubilee (#037)
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)
Host: Louie Armstrong with Ernie Whitman. Original Air Date: May 24, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 077: Jubilee (#002)
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)
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.
Episode 070: Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands (AFRS)
Two separate rebroadcasts of the Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands. Original Air Dates: March 29 and 30, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 055: Command Performance: Kate Smith
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
Two episodes of the AFRS 15 minute country and folk music program, Melody Roundup.
Episode 041: GI Jive
Two episodes of GI JIVE, one hosted by Frank Nelson and another by Donna Reed. Songs by Bing Crosby, Lucky Millender, and others.
Episode 026: Command Performance: First Episode
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
Episode 012: Thanksgiving, Part One (Command Performance)
The Command Performance Thanksgiving Program. Original Air Date: November 23, 1944