Radio Memories

COMMAND PERFORMANCE

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     Beginning on 03/08/42, this series was produced by the United States War Department and transmitted by shortwave to AFRS radio for the fighting troops overseas.  All the talent on this series was donated which even included the studio facilities of both CBS and NBC.  No other program had such an array of stars, per broadcast, as Command Performance.  But the series was only heard overseas, except for one Christmas Eve 1942 broadcast which was carried by all four networks in the U.S.  The show lasted until December of 1949.  The dates on the following programs are the dates that the recordings were made, not necessarily the date of broadcast.  Because of the release dates vs. broadcasts dates over AFRS stations in different parts of the world, we have gone with the recording dates to put this material into some kind of chronological order.  When the recording date is not known, we have placed an "R" after the date that the program was released and made available for broadcast.
 
C19159 03/01/42 # 1 Eddie Cantor
              03/09/42 # 2 Fred Waring
 
C19160 03/13/42 # 3 Kate Smith
              03/20/42 # 4 Fred Allen
 
C19162 03/29/42 # 5 George Jessel
              04/01/42 # 6 Kay Kyser
 
C19163 04/12/42 # 7 Gene Tierney
              04/16/42 # 8 Clifton Fadiman
 
C-90
C13365 04/19/42 # 9 Shirley Temple
              04/23/42 #10 Pat O'Brien
              05/07/42 #12 Betty Grable
 
C13364 05/14/42 #13 Edward G. Robinson
              05/18/42 #14 George Raft
 
C13366 05/13/42 #15 Marlene Dietrich
              06/02/42 #16 Mickey Rooney
 
C20946 06/11/42 #17 Don Ameche
              06/18/42 #18 William Powell
 
C20947 06/23/42 #19 Loretta Young
              06/30/42 #20 Spencer Tracy
 
C20948 07/07/42 #21 Bob Hope
              07/14/42 #22 Edward Arnold
 
C20949 07/21/42 #23 Pat O'Brien
              07/28/42 #24 Cary Grant
 
C20950 08/04/42 #25 Clark Gable
              08/11/42 #26 Walter Pidgeon
 
C20951 08/18/42 #27 Cary Grant
              08/25/42 #28 Red Skelton
 
C20953 08/30/42 #31 Bing Crosby
              09/22/42 #32 Don Ameche
 
C20952 09/04/42 #29 Tallulah Bankhead
              09/11/42 #30 Bing Crosby
 
C20954 09/29/42 #33 Bob Burns
              10/07/42 #34 Cary Grant
 
C20955 10/09/42 #35 Bob Hope
              10/13/42 #36 Bing Crosby
 
C20956 10/21/42 #37 Frances Langford
              10/24/42 #38 Linda Darnell
 
C20957 10/27/42 #39 Rita Hayworth
              11/03/42 #40 Betty Grable
 
C14543 12/24/42 Christmas Special
 
C20958 01/06/43 #46 Robert Taylor
              01/10/43 #47 Joan Blondell (Part 1 Only)
 
C20959 01/16/43 #48 Jeanette MacDonald
              01/23/43 #49 Bob Hope
 
C20960 01/30/43 #50 Dinah Shore
              02/06/43 #51 Rita Hayworth
 
C20961 02/13/43 #52 Bing Crosby
              02/20/43 #53 Olivia deHavilland
 
C20962 02/24/43 #54 Bob Hope
              02/27/43 #55 Betty Grable
 
C20963 03/13/43 #57 Dinah Shore
              03/20/43 #58 Judy Garland
 
C20964 03/27/43 #59 Kay Kyser
              04/01/43 #60 Bing Crosby
 
C20965 04/03/43 #61 Bob Hope
              04/17/43 #62 Dinah Shore
 
C20966 04/24/43 #63 Ann Sheridan
              05/01/43 #64 Kate Smith
 
C20967 05/05/43 #65 Ginny Simms
              05/08/43 #66 Martha Raye
 
C20968 05/15/43 #67 Joan Blondell
              05/22/43 #68 Dinah Shore
 
C20993 06/05/43 #69 Betty Hutton
              06/12/43 #70 Bob Crosby
 
C20994 06/19/43 #71 Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore
              06/26/43 #72 Fred MacMurray
 
C20995 07/03/43 #73 Kay Kyser
              07/10/43 #74 Ronald Colman
 
C20996 07/11/43 #75 Bing Crosby
              07/24/43 #76 Dinah Shore
 
C20997 07/31/43 #77 Katherine Hepburn
              08/07/43 #78 Greer Garson
 
C20998 08/14/43 #79 Rosalind Russell
              08/21/43 #80 Ginger Rogers
 
C21006 08/28/43 #81 Judy Garland, Bing Crosby
              07/27/43 #82 Marlene Dietrich
 
C21007 09/06/43 #83 Dinah Shore
              09/11/43 #84 Ginny Simms
 
C21008 09/18/43 #85 Ronald Colman
              09/25/43 #86 Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
 
C-90
C21009 10/02/43 #87 Don Ameche
              10/09/43 #88 Robert Young
              10/23/43 #90 Bob Hope
 
C-90
C19702 10/16/43 #89 Bette Davis
              11/27/43 #94 Herbert Marshall
              12/21/43 #99 Fred Waring
 
C-90
C21010 10/30/43 #91 Judy Garland
              11/13/43 #92 Bob Hope
              11/20/43 #93 Ida Lupino
 
C19704 12/04/43 #95 Dinah Shore
              12/18/43 #97 Bing Crosby
 
C06413 12/11/43 AFRS # 96 North African Follies
                               w/Bob Hope, Francis Langford, Martha Raye, Anna Lee
              01/08/44 AFRS #100 w/Shirley Ross, Harry James, Veronica Lake,
                                                      Carmen Miranda
 
C-90
C21011 12/20/43 # 98 Fred Allen
              01/22/44 #102 Bob Hope
              01/31/44 #103 Robert Young
 
C06414 01/15/44 AFRS #101 w/Frances Langford, Spike Jones, Jimmy Wakely
              06/03/44 AFRS #123 w/Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra,
                                                      Jerry Colonna, Lena Horne
 
C21012 02/01/44 #104 Bing Crosby
              02/05/44 #105 Jerry Colonna
 
C21013 02/12/44 #106 Bob Hope
              02/19/44 #107 Loretta Young
 
C21014 02/26/44 #108 Dorothy Lamour (Skips)
              04/08/44 #114 Frances Langford (Disc Damage)
 
C16380 06/17/44 #125 Jack Benny, Bing Crosby, Harpo Marx
              06/24/44 #126 All Western Command Performance
 
C06415 08/19/44 AFRS #134 w/Judy Garland, Danny Kaye, Lauritz Melchoir, Helen Forrest
              08/26/44 AFRS #135 w/Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Ginny Simms, Rochester
 
C06416 09/13/44 AFRS #138 w/Bob Hope, Johnny Mercer, June Allyson
              09/23/44 AFRS #139 w/Martha Raye, Lena Romay, Hoosier Hot Shots,
                                                     Rise Stevens, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman, Mischa Auer
 
C06417 10/26/44 AFRS #144 w/Clark Gable, Ginny Simms, Peter Lind Hayes,
                                                     Claude Strauss, Don Wilson
              12/16/44 AFRS #154 w/Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Lauren Bacall,
                                                     The Andrews Sisters
 
C14546 12/25/44 Christmas Special, Part 1
 
C14547 12/25/44 Christmas Special, Part 2
 
C06418 01/11/45 AFRS #157 w/Linda Darnell, Jimmy Durante, Lina Romay,
                                                     Jack Teagarden, Janet Blair
              01/25/45 AFRS #159 w/Frank Morgan, Frank Sinatra, Nelson Eddy
 
C06419 02/15/45 AFRS #162 "Dick Tracy In B Flat, Or For Goodness Sakes, Isn't He
                                                 Ever Going To Marry Tess Trueheart?"
                                                 w/Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Jerry Colonna, Bob Hope,
                                                     Frank Morgan, Andrew Sisters, Jimmy Durante, Cass Daley,
                                                     Harry Von Zell, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland  (60 minutes)
 
C06420 03/08/45 AFRS #165 w/Frank Sinatra, Frances Langford, Elizabeth Taylor,
                                                     Margaret O'Brien
              06/14/45 AFRS #179 Ann Rutherford, Bob Hope, Alan Ladd, The King Sisters,
                                                    Jerry Colonna, Gloria DeHaven
 
C06421 07/05/4  AFRS #182 w/Bing Crosby, G.I. Jill, Tommy Dorsey, Ella Mae Morse,
                                                    Spike Jones
            07/19/45 AFRS #184 w/Judy Canova, Danny Kaye, Eve Arden, Hoosier Hotshots
 
C06422 08/09/45 AFRS #187 w/Walter O'Keefe, Rita Hayworth, The Town Criers
              09/27/45 AFRS #193 w/Betty Grable, The Town Criers, June Haver, Jack Carson
 
C06423 10/25/45 AFRS #197 w/Eddie Cantor, Mel Torme, Linda Darnell
              11/01/45 AFRS #198 w/Ginny Simms, Dennis Day, Jimmy Durante
 
C06424 11/08/45 AFRS #199 w/Frances Langford, Hal Peary, Walter Tetley
              12/13/45 AFRS #202 w/Andrews Sisters, Garry Moore, Jimmy Durante
 
C14548 12/25/45 Christmas Special, Part 1
 
C14549 12/25/45 Christmas Special, Part 2
 
C06425 01/10/46 AFRS #206 w/Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, Andrews Sisters,
                                                    Abbott & Costello  (Who's On First Routine)
               AFRS #214 w/Ginger Rogers, Kay Starr, Burl Ives, Ozzie & Harriet Nelson,
                                        Johnny Green  (Early 1946)
 
C20999 05/27/46 #481 Spin A Silver Dollar
              08/26/46 #486 Passport To Freedom
 
C21000 09/02/46 #487 With Cradle & Clock
              10/28/46 #495 Flying Tigers Fly Again
 
C06426 AFRS #215 w/June Haver, Red Skelton, Larry Storch, Desi Arnez  (Spring 1946)
              AFRS  #226 w/Shirley Temple, Anita Ellis, Peter Lawford, Hume Cronyn,
                                       Kennan Wynn, Larry Adler, Jack Haley  (Summer 1946)
 
C06427 AFRS #266 w/George Murphy, Jerry Colonna, Charioteers, Martha Tilton,
                                        Angela Lansbury  (Spring 1947)
              AFRS #275 w/Meredith Wilson, Lina Romay, Pauline Carter, Terry O'Sullivan
                                        (Spring 1947)
 
C18054 03/09/47 #255 Dick Haymes
              05/14/47 #271 June Havoc
 
C06428 07/08/47R AFRS #280 w/Esther Williams, Andy Russell, Danny Thomas
              12/09/47R AFRS #294 w/Bill Goodwin, Meredith Willson
 
 
C06429 03/30/48R AFRS #314 w/Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy
              03/30/48R AFRS #316 w/Celeste Holms, Garry Moore, Howard Petrie
 
C06430 03/29/49R AFRS #368 w/Lina Romay, Ed Gardner, Diana Lynn,
                                                       Danny Thomas  (vol. flux)
              10/18/49R AFRS #397 w/Alexis Smith, Martin And Lewis, Robert Merrill,
                                                       June Foray, Gigi Pearson
 
(90 Minute Tape)
C06431 01/20/48R AFRS #307 w/Anita Ellis, Harpo Marx, Sweeney & March
                                                        (38 minutes, unedited)
              11/30/48 AFRS #353 w/Vincent Price, Hy Averback, Kay Starr, June Foray,
                                                      Robert Maxwell, Joan Davis (45 minutes)
 
C-90
C23404 10/25/49 #398 w/Marilyn Maxwell
              11/01/49 #399 w/Ralph Edwards
              03/23/48 #314 w/Martha Tilton
 
(90 Minute Tape)
C06432 12/25/43 w/Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Kay Kyser And His Orchestra,
                                 General George C. Marshall, Frances Langford, Ed Gardner,
                                 Nelson Eddy, Spike Jones And The City Slickers, Red Ingle,
                                 Ginny Simms, Navy Secretary Frank Knox, The Charioteers,
                                 War Secretary Henry L. Stimson, Dinah Shore, Jack Benny,
                                 Fred Allen, The Ken Darby Chorus