Command Performance – Fred Allen. 460421
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:26 — 13.0MB) Fred Allen hosts, and chats with Ken Carpenter about an Elks tooth. Portland Hoffa enters with a word from her family, and her mom who is working for defense contractors. Ginny Simms sings, Come to Baby Do. Ginny talks to Fred about the housing [...]
Command Performance – Don Ameche, Cass Daley. 440325.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:27 — 13.5MB) Host, Don Ameche comes out singing a welcom before introducing the Armed Forces Radio Trio who plays, Out of Nowhere. Don dips into the mailbag for some greetings. Then Faye MacKenzie, popular pinup gal of the day, enters to sing, Besa Me Mucho. Don [...]
Command Performance – Janet Blair, Rise Stevens. 450712
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:18 — 14.3MB) Janet Blair sings, It’s Only a Paper Moon. Command Performance often would dedicate the show to a theme, tonight it’s all about a concert at the Hollywood Bowl, and Jimmy Durante arrives to joke with Janet, and lend his classical musical ability to the [...]
Command Performance – Bing Crosby, GI Jill, Ella Mae Morse. 450705 (retro404)
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:50 — 16.0MB) A Summer time treat for the approaching Christmas season and the chilly weather it brings. It’s jukebox night for the military menh who are serving overseas during the war. Here’s the playlist: Bing Crosby sings, Sentimental Journey. GI Jill, the cute blonde, and most [...]
Command Performance – Ida Lupino, Phil Harris, Gracie Fields, Garry Moore. 431120
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:51 — 13.7MB) Hosted by Ida Lupino. She dips into the mailbag for a request to hear a canary sing. Afterward, Connie Haines sings, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore. More gretings are read from the maillbag. MSGT Skinny Ennis and his orchestra perform a swinging number. Then [...]
Command Performance – Fred Warreng, Joe Lewis. ep2, 420309
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:15 — 13.4MB) Playlist: Hosted by bandleader, Fred Waring. Fred’s band, the Pennsylvanians sing, Buckle Down Windsocky. Joe E Lewis is on hand to joke around about matters of love. He also sings, Sam the Sailor. Sportscaster, Paul Douglas, introduces Talulah Bankhead who presents a dramatic and [...]
Command Performance – Herbert Marshall, Marilyn Maxwell. 450622
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:51 — 14.1MB) Herbert Marshal is host, and introduces Marilyn Maxwell, who then sings, Kiss Goodnight. Jack Haley enters to joke around with the cast. Learn a little about the theatrical training of the actors. Is Jack as serious an actor as Herbert? Will they be competing [...]
Command Performance – Joan Edwards, Jack Carson, Paulette Goddard, Randolph Scott. 450621
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:57 — 13.7MB) Audio quality is mushy and poor, but generally understandable if you have earphones, or a quiet listening environment. Hosted by Joan Edwards who sings, I’m Beginning to See the Light. Jack Carson enters to tease Joan, but she manages to fend of his advances. [...]
Command Performance – Don Ameche, King Cole Trio, Betty Hutton. 431002
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:40 — 13.6MB) Hosted by Don Ameche. He takes a quick dip into the mailbag, then introduces the King Cole Trio who sing, Solid Potato Salad. Jack Douglas, comedian and singer takes over with a few words of humor. Topics include: family, girlfriend, and getting in a [...]
Command Performance – Bob Hope, Bing Crosby. 430925
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:42 — 14.1MB) Hosted by Bob Hope, he has brought his cast from his USO tour, Francis Langford and Tony Romano. Bob takes time to crack a few jokes about his recent travels. Francis Langford sings, You’ll Never Know. Bob makes a few more jokes as he [...]

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