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Command Performance was a war time variety show. Produced by the War
Department the show was broadcasted to the armed forces by short wave
transmission to troops serving overseas.
The list of stars who donated their talent and time reads like a who’s who
of Hollywood. Stars like Red Skelton, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Frank
Sinatra, Judy Garland, Eddie Cantor, Fred Warren, Joe Lewis, Kate Smith,
Henny Youngman, Fred Allen, Kenny Baker, George Jessel, Connie Boswell,
Eddie Cantor, Dorothy Lamour, Abbott and Costello, Pat O’Brien, Frances
Langford, Betty Grable, Jack Benny, Edward G Robinson, Mickey Rooney,
Don Ameche, William Powell, Gene Autry, Loretta Young, Spencer Tracy,
Lena Horne and many many more.
The troops were very appreciative of everyone’s efforts. Even when the
war came to an end, the show didn’t. Broadcasts were continued to the men
and women of the Armed Forces. There were more than 400 shows broadcast,
some were half hour shows, while others ran as long as two hours.
So pop the CDs in and enjoy the talents of the cream of the crop in
Hollywood. You have over 120 hours of listening entertainment contained in
better then 240 shows.
42-03-01 Eddie Cantor
42-03-09 Fred Warren Joe Lewis
42-03-13 Kate Smith Henny Youngman
42-03-18 Fred Allen Kenny Baker
42-03-29 George Jessel Connie Boswell
42-04-01 Kaye Kyser Eddie Cantor
42-04-12 Gene Tierney
42-04-16 Clifton Fadimanott and Costello
42-04-19 Dorothy Lamour Abbott and Costello
42-04-23 Pat O’Brien Frances Langford
42-05-07 Betty Grable Jack Benny
42-05-14 Edward G Robinson Hedy Lamarr
42-05-18 George Raft Deanna Durbin
42-06-02 Mickey Rooney
42-06-11 Don Ameche
42-06-18 William Powell Gene Autry
42-06-23 Loretta Young
42-06-30 Spencer Tracy Mary Lee
42-07-07 Bob Hope Lena Horne
42-07-14 Edward Arnold Jack Benny
42-07-21 Pat O’Brien Dick Powell Hal Peary
42-07-28 Cary Grant Shirley Temple
42-08-04 Clark Gable
42-08-11 Walter Pidgeon
42-08-18 Cary Grant Virginia O’Brien Joan Davis Bert Lahr
42-08-25 Red Skelton Betty Hutton
42-08-30 Cary Grant Ginny Simms
42-09-04 Tallulah Bankhead Joan Edwards
42-09-11 Bing Crosby Connee Boswell Kay Kyser James Cagney
42-09-22 Don Ameche
42-09-29 Bob Burns Dinah Shore Tommy Dorsey Count Basie Spike Jones
42-10-07 Cary Grant Spike Jones
42-10-13 Bing Crosby Mary Martin
42-10-21 Frances Langford Bob Burns
42-10-24 Linda Darnell Z Mostel R Skelton H Hilliard
42-10-27 Rita Hayworth Cass Daley Frank Morgan Lena Horne
42-11-03 Betty Grable Judy Canova Bergen and McCarthy
42-11-10 Jack Benny Alice Faye Cass Daley
42-11-15 Leopold Stokowski Dorothy Maynor Mishcha Elman
42-12-09 Dinah Shore
42-12-24 Christmas Special
43-01-02 Linda Darnell The Inkspots Abbott and Costello
43-01-06 Robert Taylor King Sisters Joan Davis Nelson Eddy Lum and
Abner
43-01-10 Joan Blondell Connie Haines Roy Rogers - First Half
43-01-16 Jeanette MacDonald Virginia O’Brien Dale Evans Mills Brothers
43-01-23 Bob Hope Joan Blondell Lena Horne Ginnie Simms
43-01-30 Dinah Shore Chill Wills Ann Miller Kathryn Grason
43-02-06 Rita Hayworth Betty Hutton Burns and Allen
43-02-13 Bing Crosby Richard Crooks Pat O’Malley
43-02-24 Bob Hope Bing Crosby
43-02-27 Betty Grable Marian Anderson Pat O’Malley
43-03-13 Dinah Shore Cornelia Otis Skinner Allen Jones
43-03-20 Judy Garland Kenny Baker John Charles Thomas Virginia O’Brien
43-03-27 Kay Kyser Lennie Hayton Hedda Hopper Spike Jones
43-04-01 Bing Crosby Dinah Shore Bob Burns Music Maids
43-04-03 Bob Hope Lee Sweetland Judy Garland Johnny Mercer
43-04-17 Dinah Shore Fay McKenzie Glen Gray Pied Pipers
43-04-24 Ann Sheridan Bonnie Baker Paul Whiteman Gracie Allen Jose
Iturbi
43-05-01 Kate Smith John Charles Thomas Cass Daley
43-05-05 Ginny Simms Gene Autry Eddie and Jimmie Dean
43-05-08 Martha Raye Rudy Vallee Jimmy Grier
43-05-15 Joan Blondell Dick Powell Judy Canova Virginia O’Brien
43-05-22 Dinah Shore Sportsmen Ruth Hussey Carlos Ramirez
43-06-05 Betty Hutton Amos and Andy
43-06-12 Bob Crosby Jimmy Wakely Count Basie
43-06-19 Bing Crosby Dinah Shore Fanny Brice Hanley Stafford
43-06-26 Fred MacMurray Alice Faye Skinny Ennis Phil Harris Jerry
Colonna
43-07-03 Kay Kyser Gertrude Niesen Lena Horne Rochester
43-07-10 Ronald Colman Ella Mae Morse Jeanette MacDonald Ginny Simms
43-07-11 Bing Crosby Betty Grable Harry James
43-07-24 Dinah Shore Tommy Dorsey Robert Benchley Rise Stevens
43-07-31 Katherine Hepburn Jesters Ed Gardner Kathryn Grayson
43-08-07 Greer Garson Gloria Warren Nelson Eddy Cass Daley
43-08-14 Rosalind Russell Xavier Cugat Jimmy Wakely Judy Canova
43-08-21 Ginger Rogers Frank Sinatra Alice Faye Ed Gardner
43-08-28 Judy Garland Jimmy Durante Bing Crosby
43-09-06 Dinah Shore Jeanette MacDonald Garry Moore Jimmy Dorsey
43-09-09 Marlene Dietrich
43-09-11 Ginny Simms Andrews Sisters Roy Acuff Mitch Ayres
43-09-18 Ronald Colman Lena Horne Jascha Heifetz Rise Stevens
43-09-25 Bob Hope Bing Crosby
43-10-02 Don Ameche King Cole Trio Betty Hutton
43-10-09 Robert Young Tex Ritter
43-10-16 Bette Davis Georgia Gibbs Rise Stevens John Charles Thomas
43-10-23 Bob Hope Jimmy Cash Carole Landis Shirley Ross
43-10-30 Judy Garland Dinah Shore
43-11-13 Bob Hope Betty Hutton Judy Garland Jimmy Durante Lana Turner
43-11-20 Ida Lupino Phil Harris Gracie Fields Garry Moore
43-11-27 Herbert Marshall Bergen and McCarthy
43-12-04 Dinah Shore Abbott and Costello Fats Waller
43-12-11 Bob Hope Francis Langford Martha Raye Carole
43-12-18 Dinah Shore Bing Crosby Charioteers
43-12-20 Fred Allen Ginny Simms Benny Goodman
43-12-21 Fred Waring Kate Smith
43-12-25 AFRS Special Christmas Package
43-12-25 Christmas 1943
44-01-08 Carmen Miranda
44-01-15 Frances Langford Virginia O’Brien
44-01-22 Bob Hope Deanna Durbin Dennis Day
44-02-01 Bing Crosby Frank Sinatra
44-02-12 Uncle Sam Presents Glen
44-03-25 Don Ameche Cass Daley
44-04-08 Jerry Colonna Jo Stafford
44-04-22 Gene Tierney Roy Acuff Martha Tilton
44-04-29 Olivia de Havilland Bob Crosby
44-05-06 Bob Hope Bing Crosby Betty Hutton
44-05-13 Dinah Shore Helen Forest
44-05-20 Paulette Goddard Jimmy Durante Louis Armstrong
44-05-27 Dinah Shore Dick Haymes Virginia O’Brien
44-06-03 Connie Haines Bing Crosby Frank Sinatra
44-06-10 Bette Davis Marilyn Maxwell Artie Shaw Jimmy Durante
44-06-17 Jack Benny Harpo Marx Bing Crosby
44-06-24 Bob Hope Andrews Sisters
44-07-08 Claudette Colbert Alan Hale J Durante Betty Hutton Ronald
Colman
44-07-15 Bing Crosby Judy Garland
44-07-22 Ronald Colman Ginny Simms Cary Grant
44-07-30 Barbara Stanwyck Dick Haymes
44-08-05 Ginger Rogers Virginia O’Brien Jimmy Durante
44-08-19 Judy Garland Danny Kaye Helen Forrest
44-08-26 Fred Allen Rochester Ginny Simms
44-09-02 Florence Gill Ken Carpenter
44-09-09 Gloria DeHaven Frank Morgan
44-09-13 Bob Hope Johnny Mercer June Allyson
44-09-23 Martha Raye Jack Carson
44-09-30 Deanna Durbin Jack Benny Ginger Rogers
44-10-07 Dinah Shore Ed Gardner
44-10-14 Ken Carpenter Highlights of 1944-compilation
44-10-26 Winged Victory Edition
44-11-01 Ken Carpenter Assembled Shows
44-11-07 Claudette Colbert Bob Burns Tommy Dorsey
44-11-08 Kate Smith Fred Waring
44-11-18 Linda Darnell Martha Tilton Amos n Andy
44-11-23 Thanksgiving Special
44-11-25 Ginny Simms Larry Adler Diana Lynn
44-11-xx Ethel Merman Joe E Lewis
44-12-02 Irene Dunn Johnny Mercer Jerome Kern
44-12-09 Fibber McGee and Molly
44-12-16 Bob Hope Bing Crosby Lauren Bacall
44-12-25 Christmas 1944
44-12-25 Christmas Special
44-12-30 Jack Benny James Cagney
45-01-11 Linda Darnell Janet Blair Jimmy Durante Andy
45-01-18 Burns and Allen Connie Haines Joe Lilly Chorus
45-01-25 Frank Morgan Frank Sinatra Foy Willing
45-02-01 Gloria DeHaven Carmen Miranda Bing Crosby
45-02-08 Jeannie Crain William Bendix Gene Krupa Trio
45-02-15 Dick Tracy in B Flat
45-02-22 Danny Thomas Dick Haymes Ginny Simms
45-03-01 Helen Forrest Jack Carson Roy Rogers
45-03-08 Frank Sinatra Elizabeth Taylor Margaret O’Brien
45-03-15 Jimmy Durante Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall
45-03-22 Dinah Shore Lina Romay Judy Canova
45-03-29 Bob Hope Ingrid Bergman Ella Mae Morse William Bendix
45-04-05 Bing Crosby Lionel Barrymore Marilyn Maxwell
45-04-12 Kay Kyser Gary Cooper Edward G Robinson
45-04-19 Martha Stewart Peter Lorre
45-05-03 Ken Carpenter H Von Zell Tribute to Walt Disney
45-05-10 Jack Benny P Goddard H Carmichael J Sullivan
45-05-31 Rita Hayworth Charles Boyer Nat King Cole
45-06-07 Robert Armbruster Orson Welles
45-06-14 Gloria DeHaven Bob Hope King Sisters
45-06-21 Joan Edwards J Carson P Goddard R Scott
45-06-22 Herbert Marshall Marilyn Maxwell
45-07-05 Bing Crosby G I Jill Ella Mae Morse
45-07-12 Janet Blair Rise Stevens
45-07-19 Judy Canova Herb Shriner Orson Welles Donna D
45-08-02 Nelson Eddy Vera Vague
45-08-09 Walter O’Keefe Marilyn Maxwell Les Paul Trio
45-08-14 Victory Extra
45-08-30 Frank Sinatra Bogart and Bacall Victor Borge
45-09-02 VJ Day Special
45-09-06 Bing Crosby Bob Hope Frank Sinatra
45-09-27 Betty Grable June Haver Jack Carson
45-10-04 Dinah Shore Lum and Abner
45-10-11 Ralph Edwards Connie Haines Bob Hope
45-10-25 Eddie Cantor Mel Torme
45-11-01 Ginny Simms Dennis Day
45-11-08 Bob Crosby Gildersleeve Leroy
45-12-13 Andrews Sisters Gary Moore Jimmy Durante
45-12-24 Christmas Special
45-12-25 Christmas 1945 First Half
45-12-25 Christmas 1945 Second Half
45-12-27 Jane Wyman
46-01-07 Army Nurse Corps Anniversary Show
46-01-10 Abbott and Costello Andrews Sisters Pied Pipers
46-01-24 Repeat of 102
46-01-31 Chico Marx Jack Benny Lina Romay
46-02-07 Larry Adler Mischa Auer
46-03-07 Ginger Rogers Burl Ives
46-03-14 June Haver Desi Arnaz
46-04-19 Army Day Special
46-04-21 MC Fred Allen
46-05-05 Kay Kyser Lina Romay Esther Williams
46-06-16 Shirley Temple Anita Ellis Peter Lawford
46-06-23 Esther Williams Peggy Lee
46-09-22 Janet Blair David Street
46-10-20 Tyrone Power Walter O’Keefe Town Criers
46-11-10 Bob Hope Bela Lugosi
46-11-24 Donna Reed Garry Moore
46-12-01 Judy Garland Phil Silvers
46-12-08 Rudy Vallee Dorothy Patrick Hal March
46-12-25 Christmas Special 1946
47-02-23 Ginger Rogers Rose Marie
47-02-30 Carole Landis Frank Sinatra Jimmy Durante
47-03-09 Dick Haymes Helen Forrest
47-03-16 John Payne Ozzie and Harriet
47-03-23 Glenn Ford Marilyn Maxwell Phil Silvers
47-03-30 Lina Romay Garry Moore Virginia O’Brien
47-04-06 Ginnie Powell Alan Young
47-04-14 George Murphy Martha Tilton
47-05-04 Marilyn Maxwell Johnny Mercer Frank Sinatra
47-05-14 June Havoc Connie Hainey
47-05-25 Lina Romay Paulina Carter
47-05-31 Harry Babbitt Alan Young
47-06-18 Phil Baker Sergeant Ted Bentley
47-07-00 Lina Romay
47-07-08 Esther Williams Andy Russell Danny Thomas
47-07-15 Eddie Cantor Joan Davis The Mad Russian Imogene Carpenter
47-08-05 Judy Canova Dave Street Mel Blanc
47-09-02 Penny Singleton Virginia O’Brien
47-09-30 Groucho Marx Martha Tilton
47-10-21 Doris Day Frank Sinatra Jim Backus
47-10-28 Joan Barton Hoagy Carmichael
47-11-20 Anita Ellis Harpo Marx
47-12-09 Audrey Trotter Bud Widom
47-12-16 Peter Lind Hayes Mary Healey Mello-Larks
47-12-23 Kay Kyser Marsha Hunt Ish Kabibble
48-01-20 Anita Ellis Harpo Marx
48-05-25 Gloria DeHaven Andre Previn
48-05-29 Sixth Anniversary Special
48-09-07 Lina Romay G Moore H Petrie S Allen
48-09-14 Ava Gardner K Niles H Jeffries S Allen
48-10-20 Special - Dear John Club Of The Air
48-11-30 Vincent Price Kay Starr Joan Davis
48-12-25 Christmas 1948 Part 1
48-12-25 Christmas 1948 Part 2
49-02-22 Gertrude Nielsen Danny Kaye
49-03-29 Lina Romay Ed Gardner
49-06-14 Margaret Whiting
49-06-21 Evelyn Knight Dick Powell
49-10-18 Alexis Smith Dean Martin Jerry Lewis
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