Command Performance USA on CD

Radio Memories

Command Performance, U.S.A. (CD's)

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.


CD #2581 Command Performance
03/01/42 # 1 Eddie Cantor
03/09/42 # 2 Fred Waring

CD #2582 Command Performance
03/13/42 # 3 Kate Smith
03/20/42 # 4 Fred Allen

CD #2583 Command Performance
03/29/42 # 5 George Jessel
04/01/42 # 6 Kay Kyser

CD #2584 Command Performance
04/12/42 # 7 Gene Tierney
04/16/42 # 8 Clifton Fadiman

CD #2585 Command Performance
04/19/42 # 9 Shirley Temple
04/23/42 #10 Pat O'Brien

CD #2586 Command Performance
04/28/42 #11 (Missing - NOT HERE)
05/07/42 #12 Betty Grable

CD #2587 Command Performance
05/14/42 #13 Edward G. Robinson
05/18/42 #14 George Raft

CD #2588 Command Performance
05/13/42 #15 Marlene Dietrich
06/02/42 #16 Mickey Rooney

CD #2589 Command Performance
06/11/42 #17 Don Ameche
06/18/42 #18 William Powell

CD #2590 Command Performance
06/23/42 #19 Loretta Young
06/30/42 #20 Spencer Tracy

CD #2591 Command Performance
07/07/42 #21 Bob Hope
07/14/42 #22 Edward Arnold

CD #2592 Command Performance
07/21/42 #23 Pat O'Brien
07/28/42 #24 Cary Grant

CD #2593 Command Performance
08/04/42 #25 Clark Gable
08/11/42 #26 Walter Pidgeon

CD #2594 Command Performance
08/18/42 #27 Cary Grant
08/25/42 #28 Red Skelton

CD #2595 Command Performance
09/04/42 #29 Tallulah Bankhead
08/30/42 #30 Bing Crosby

CD #2596 Command Performance
08/30/42 #31 Bing Crosby
09/22/42 #32 Don Ameche

CD #2597 Command Performance
09/29/42 #33 Bob Burns
08/30/42 #34 Cary Grant (VG+)

CD #2598 Command Performance
10/09/42 #35 Bob Hope
10/13/42 #36 Bing Crosby

CD #2599 Command Performance
10/21/42 #37 Frances Langford
10/24/42 #38 Linda Darnell

CD #2600 Command Performance
10/27/42 #39 Rita Hayworth
11/03/42 #40 Betty Grable

CD #2601 Command Performance
01/06/43 #46 Robert Taylor (VG+)
01/10/43 #47 Joan Blondell (First Half Only / VG+)

CD #2604 Command Performance
01/16/43 #48 Jeanette MacDonald
01/23/43 #49 Bob Hope

CD #2618 Command Performance
01/30/43 #50 Dinah Shore
02/06/43 #51 Rita Hayworth

CD #2619 Command Performance
02/13/43 #52 Bing Crosby
02/20/43 #53 Olivia deHavilland

CD #2620 Command Performance
02/24/43 #54 Bob Hope
02/27/43 #55 Betty Grable

CD #2621 Command Performance
03/06/43 #56 (Missing - NOT HERE)
03/13/43 #57 Dinah Shore

CD #2622 Command Performance
03/20/43 #58 Judy Garland
03/27/43 #59 Kay Kyser

CD #2623 Command Performance
04/01/43 #60 Bing Crosby
04/03/43 #61 Bob Hope

CD #2624 Command Performance
04/17/43 #62 Dinah Shore
04/24/43 #63 Ann Sheridan

CD #2625 Command Performance
05/01/43 #64 Kate Smith
05/05/43 #65 Ginny Simms

CD #2626 Command Performance
05/08/43 #66 Martha Raye (VG+)
05/15/43 #67 Joan Blondell (VG+)

CD #2627 Command Performance
05/22/43 #68 Dinah Shore (VG-)
06/05/43 #69 Betty Hutton

CD #2628 Command Performance
06/12/43 #70 Bob Crosby
06/19/43 #71 Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore

CD #2629 Command Performance
06/26/43 #72 Fred MacMurray
07/03/43 #73 Kay Kyser (VG+)

CD #2630 Command Performance
07/10/43 #74 Ronald Colman
07/11/43 #75 Bing Crosby

CD #2631 Command Performance
07/24/43 #76 Dinah Shore
07/31/43 #77 Katherine Hepburn

CD #2632 Command Performance
08/07/43 #78 Greer Garson
08/14/43 #79 Rosalind Russell

CD #2633 Command Performance
08/21/43 #80 Ginger Rogers
08/28/43 #81 Jimmy Durante (VG+)

CD #2634 Command Performance
07/27/43 #82 Marlene Dietrich
09/06/43 #83 Dinah Shore

CD #2635 Command Performance
09/11/43 #84 Ginny Simms
09/18/43 #85 Ronald Colman

CD #2636 Command Performance
09/25/43 #86 Bob Hope, Bing Crosby (VG+)
10/02/43 #87 Don Ameche

CD #2637 Command Performance
10/09/43 #88 Robert Young
10/16/43 #89 Bette Davis

CD #2638 Command Performance
10/23/43 #90 Bob Hope
10/30/43 #91 Judy Garland

CD #2639 Command Performance
11/13/43 #92 Bob Hope (VG+)
11/20/43 #93 Ida Lupino

CD #2640 Command Performance
11/27/43 #94 Herbert Marshall (VG-)
12/04/43 #95 Dinah Shore (VG-)

CD #2641 Command Performance
12/11/43 #96 Bob Hope
12/18/43 #97 Dinah Shore & Bing Crosby (VG-)

CD #2642 Command Performance
12/00/43 #98 Fred Allen (VG-)
12/21/43 #99 Fred Waring (VG-)

CD #2643 Command Performance
01/08/44 #100 w/Shirley Ross (VG+)
01/15/43 #101 w/Frances Langford

CD #2644 Command Performance
01/22/44 #102 Bob Hope (VG-)
01/31/44 #103 Robert Young (VG)

CD #2645 Command Performance
02/01/44 #104 Bing Crosby
02/05/44 #105 Jerry Colonna

CD #2646 Command Performance
02/12/44 #106 Bob Hope
02/19/44 #107 Loretta Young

CD #2647 Command Performance
02/25/44 #108 Dorothy Lamour (Skips)
03/04/44 #109 (Missing - NOT HERE)

CD #2928 Command Performance
04/08/44 #114 Jerry Colonna (VG)
06/03/44 #123 Connie Haines (VG)

CD #2929 Command Performance
06/17/44 #125 Jack Benny
08/19/44 #134 Judy Garland (VG+)

CD #2648 Command Performance
09/13/44 #138 w/Bob Hope (VG)
09/23/44 #139 w/Martha Raye

CD #2649 Command Performance
10/26/44 #144 w/Clark Gable
11/01/44 #145 Ethel Merman

CD #2650 Command Performance
11/25/44 #152 Irene Dunne
12/09/44 #153 (Missing – NOT HERE)

CD #2651 Command Performance
12/16/44-1 #154 Bob Hope
12/16/44-2 #155 Bob Hope (Same as #154)

CD #2652 Command Performance
12/30/44 #156 (Missing – NOT HERE)
01/11/45 #157 Linda Darnell

CD #2653 Command Performance
01/18/45 #158 Burns & Allen (VG-)
01/25/45 #159 Frank Morgan

CD #2654 Command Performance
02/01/45 #160 Gloria DeHaven (VG)
02/08/45 #161 Jeannie Crain

CD #2655 Command Performance
02/15/45 #162 Dick Tracy In B Flat

CD #2656 Command Performance
02/22/45 #163 John Garfield (VG+)
03/01/45 #164 Helen Forrest (VG+)

CD #2657 Command Performance
03/08/45 #165 Frank Sinatra
03/15/45 #166 Herbert Marshall

CD #2658 Command Performance
10/25/45 #197 Eddie Cantor
11/01/45 #198 Ginny Simms

CD #2659 Command Performance
#275 Lina Romay
#276 Bill Goodwin

CD #2660 Command Performance
#337 Marion Hutton
#338 Shirley Ross

CD #2661 Command Performance
#349 Constance Moore
#350 Virginia O’Brien

CD #2662 Command Performance
#361 Betty Garrett
#362 Gertrude Niesen

Command Performance, U.S.A. (CD's)

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