Swing – Page 7 – Retro Radio Podcast

Command Performance – Fred Allen, Ginny Simms, Benny Goodman. ep98, 431220

By Keith July 7, 2023Command Performance, Music

Hosted by Fred Allen. He teases with the announcer about Jack Benny. He introduces Genny Sims who sends out greetings to the troops overseas before she sings, No Love. Fred…

Jubilee (AFRS) Jimmie Lunceford. ep138, 450702

By Keith July 2, 2023Jubilee, Music

Playlist: Ernie Whitman calls on Jimmy Lunceford to get the jazzy fun started with a song, Little John Tina Dixon sings, I Feel So Good Today. Jimmy and the band…

Andrews Sisters – Guest – Hoagy Carmichael. ep47, 460130

By Keith June 20, 2023Andrews Sisters, Music

Audio skips just a tiny bit, but is OK. Featuring: Harlowe Wilcox. Playlist: Tropical Heatwave. (Andrews Sisters, Kirt Massey) Come to Baby Do. (Andrews Sisters) Day by Day. (Kirt Massey)…

Bing Crosby – Guest: Donald O’Connor. ep105, 520430

By Keith June 7, 2023Bing Crosby, Music

Sponsored by: Chesterfield. Also features: John Scot Trotter, and the Rythmaires. Playlist: Jokes about the Kentucky Derby, and Bing's racehorses start the show. Bing sings, Am I in Love. Bing…

Command Performance – Judy Garland, Dinah Shore. ep91, 431030

By Keith May 30, 2023Command Performance, Music

Its and all girl cast made of Judy Garland, Dinah Shore, Shirley Ross, and Genny Sims. Will Ken Carpenter have to play referee in the cat fight that is bound…

GI Jive – Tommy Dorsey, Mandy Make Up Your Mind. ep271, 1943

By Keith May 9, 2023GI Jive, Music

The jukebox of the air by and for enlisted men. Playlist: Tommy Dorsey plays, Mandy Make Up Your Mind. News item, In Allaskan waters a downed bomber is kept afloat…

German Wehrmacht Hour – Glenn Miller AEF Band – First song: Here We Go Again. ep7, 441100

By Keith May 5, 2023Glenn Miller, Music

Fighting for the melting pot of racial peace, Glenn Miller and his orchestra swing into action, blanketing the airwaves of wartime Germany with a taste of American freedom.

Kaye Kaiser – Kollege Of Musical Knowledge – First Song, San Fernando Valley. ep81, 390111

By Keith March 24, 2023Kaye Kaiser, Music1 Comment

Note: I'm not sure the date is correct, but it's the one that is on the file name. From Long Beach naval Operating Base, the Maestro Kaye Kaiser cracks jokes…

Red Skelton (Avalon Time) Income Tax Trouble. ep10, 390311

By Keith March 11, 2023Comedy, Red Skelton

Red jokes with Dell King, and his back talking microphone about taxes. Hercules joins the financial humor, and Red continues on the topic of tax collectors. Phil Davis plays, My…

Red Skelton (Avalon Time) Cincinnati, Horse Racing. ep9, 390304

By Keith March 4, 2023Comedy, Red Skelton

Audio has some trouble with being weak and staticky. Red is teased by his microphone as he jokes about horses and race tracks. Red Foley sings Funny Old Hills. Phil…