Command Performance – Page 5 – Retro Radio Podcast

Command Performance – Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret OBrien. 450308.

By Keith March 8, 2019Command Performance, Music

Frank Sinatra hosts and opens with a song, the Trolley Song. Francis Langford joins Frank, and a discussion of love stuff ensues. Young Elizabeth Taylor enters to add to her…

Command Performance – Eddie Cantor. ep1, 420301.

By Keith March 1, 2019Command Performance, Music

Eddie Cantor is the first host on this first episode that will bring top celebrities to the air. All requests come from letters sent in from the troops themselves. The…

Command Performance – Christmas 1943. 431225.

By Keith December 25, 2018Command Performance, Music

A super colossal show filled with stars. Bob Hope is the main host to kick things off. He jokes about Bing, Frank sinatra, Christmas, and military life. Kay Kaiser performs,…

Retro OTRDiary 39 Veterans Day Special, with GI Jive and Command Performance. (retro640)

By Keith November 6, 2018Command Performance, Music, Retro Original

In this installment of the Retro Radio Diary, Keith announces what will follow in the episode, and with a nod to fans of Lum and Abner, we get the show…

Command Performance – Bob Hope, Bing Crosby. 430925

By Keith September 25, 2018Command Performance, Music

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.…

Command Performance – Frank Sinatra, Victor Borge, Bogie And Bacall. 450830

By Keith August 30, 2018Command Performance, Music

Host is Frank Sinatra. He sings, Is it the Sun or You. Victor Borge talks with Frank about his dog, and his childhood. He plays the Warsaw Concerrto. Humphrey Bogart…

Command Performance -Victory Extra, 60 minutes. 450814

By Keith August 14, 2018Command Performance, Music

Commemorating victory throughout the world. Bing Crosby hosts, and to kick off peace braking out all over the world, a scrapbook of memories over the past few years on the…

Command Performance – Dinah Shore, Lina Romay, Judy Canova. 450322.

By Keith March 22, 2018Command Performance, Music

The show takes the military man behind the scenes to the girls dormitory. In playing their roles, Mrs Gushmore is the dorm mother and she wakes up her flock of…

Command Performance – Bob Hope Christmas. 421224 (RV44 retro605)

By Keith November 25, 2017Command Performance, Music, Retro Original

Though Command Performance has been on the air to the troops for most of the preceding year, this is the first time it has been broadcast over public networks. Elmer…

Command Performance – Bob Hope, Ann Rutheford. 450607.

By Keith June 7, 2017Command Performance, Music

Announced by Ken Carpenter, and Ann Rutheford acts as host to call on the performers. Lineup includes: The King Sisters who sing, Out of the Blue. Bob Hope puts his…