Swing – Page 18 – Retro Radio Podcast

Command Performance – Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra. ep190, 450906 (retro546)

By Keith November 21, 2016Command Performance, Music, Retro Original

Hosted by Bob Hope. Topics in his opening jokes include crowded hotels and elevators, full of soldiers, sailors, and starlets. Introduced as a favorite pin up girl, Judy Garland sings,…

Andrews Sisters – Guest – Ethel Merman. ep37, 451121

By Keith August 16, 2016Music

Playlist: The Ambassadors, and Kirt Massey join the Andrews Sisters to sing, I Wish I Were in Michigan. The sisters sing, Come to Baby Do. Kirt Massey sings, It's Been…

Command Performance – Katherine Hepburn, Jesters, Ed Gardner, Kathryn Grayson. 430731

By Keith July 31, 2016Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Katherine Hepburn. Ted Lewis entertains by singing a medley in his mellow, slow singing way to help provide the answer to his signature question, "Is everybody happy?" Sounds…

Andrews Sisters – Guest – Morton Downey. ep35,, 451107

By Keith July 28, 2016Music

Playlist: Kirt Massey and the Ambassadors join the Andrews Sisters to sing, I Feel a Song Coming On. The Sisters sing, A Girl and a Sailor. Kirt Massey and Patty…

Command Performance – Dinah Shore, Tommy Dorsey, Robert Benchley, Rise Stevens. ep76, 430724

By Keith July 24, 2016Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Dinah Shore, who leads off with Blow Gabriel Blow. After a dip into the mail bag, Tommy Dorsey's band plays, but without Tommy due to a last minute…

Command Performance – Bing Crosby, Betty Grable, Harry James. ep75, 430717

By Keith July 17, 2016Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Bing Crosby. He opens with a duet with Trudy Irwin, and a song, Wait for Me Mary. Harry James helps read from the mail bag, and with Helen…

Command Performance – Ronald Colman, Ella Mae Morse, Jeanette MacDonald, Ginny Simms. ep74, 430710

By Keith July 10, 2016Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Ronald Coleman. Ella May Morse sings, Thank Your Lucky Stars. At requests from the mail bag, sounds from home are recreated, namely a carnival barker. Mother Kahill plays…

Andrews Sisters – Guest – Mills Brothers. ep36, 451114

By Keith July 9, 2016Music

Playlist: The Sisters are joined by Kirt Massey and the Ambassadors to sing, Buckle Down Windsockie. The Sisters fall back on an oldie and sing, The Talk of the Town.…

Command Performance – Kay Kyser, Gertrude Niesen, Lena Horne, Rochester. ep73, 430703

By Keith July 3, 2016Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Kay Kaiser. A poem by Ishkabibble about Al Jolson is read. At the request of the mail bag Kay Kaiser's vocalists sing, Let's Get Lost. A movie scene…

Jubilee – Delta Rhythm Boys, Jimmy Lunceford. ep33, 430628

By Keith June 28, 2016Jubilee, Music

Host is Ernie Whitman. Playlist: 1. Hallelujah, Jimmy Lundsford. 2. Can't Make Up My Mind, Rose Murphey. 3. Yesterday, Jimmy Lundsford. 4. Hip Hip Hooray, Eva Brown. 5. Dry Bones,…