Command Performance
1940s variety show from the Armed Forces Radio Network
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Command Performance was a radio program which originally aired between 1942 and 1949. The program was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRS) and transmitted by shortwave to overseas troops — but with few exceptions, it was not broadcast over domestic U.S. radio stations.
- Eddie Cantor (6.9Mb)
- Fred Warren, Joe Lewis (6.9Mb)
- Kate Smith, Henny Youngman (7Mb)
- Fred Allen, Kenny Baker (7Mb)
- George Jessel, Connie Boswell (7.1Mb)
- Kaye Kayser, Eddie Cantor (7.1Mb)
- Gene Tierney (13.4Mb)
- Clifton Fadiman (13.5Mb)
- Dorothy Lamour, Abbott and Costello (6.3Mb)
- Pat O'Brien, Frances Langford (7.2Mb)
- Betty Grable, Jack Benny (6Mb)
- Edward G Robinson, Hedy Lamarr (6.4Mb)
- George Raft, Deanna Durbin (6.7Mb)
- Mickey Rooney (13.5Mb)
- Don Ameche (54.2Mb)
- William Powell, Gene Autry (5.5Mb)
- Loretta Young (54.4Mb)
- Spencer Tracy, Mary Lee (6.5Mb)
- Bob Hope, Lena Horne (54.8Mb)
- Edward Arnold, Jack Benny (6.7Mb)
- Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Hal Peary (54.5Mb)
- Cary Grant, Shirley Temple (6.7Mb)
- Clark Gable (54.5Mb)
- Walter Pidgeon (53.2Mb)
- Cary Grant, Virginia O'Brien, Joan Davis, Bert Lahr (52.4Mb)
- Red Skelton, Betty Hutton (54.2Mb)
- Tallulah Bankhead, Joan Edwards (6.8Mb)
- Bing Crosby, Connee Boswell, Kay Kyser, James Cagney (54.5Mb)
- Don Ameche (54.3Mb)
- Bob Burns, Dinah Shore, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Spike Jones (54.5Mb)
- Cary Grant, Spike Jones (6.7Mb)
- Bing Crosby, Mary Martin (6.9Mb)
- Frances Langford, Bob Burns (9.8Mb)
- Linda Darnell, Z Mostel, R Skelton, H Hilliard (6.8Mb)
- Rita Hayworth, Cass Daley, Frank Morgan, Lena Horne (54.1Mb)
- Betty Grable, Judy Canova, Bergen & McCarthy (53.6Mb)
- Jack Benny, Alice Faye, Cass Daley (54Mb)
- Leopold Stokowski, Dorothy Maynor, Mishcha Elman (53.9Mb)
- Dinah Shore (13.7Mb)
- Christmas Special (55.1Mb)
- Linda Darnell, The Inkspots, Abbott and Costello (54.3Mb)
- Robert Taylor, King Sisters, Joan Davis, Nelson Eddy, Lum and Abner (54.7Mb)
- Joan Blondell, Connie Haines, Roy Rogers - First Half (24Mb)
- Jeanette MacDonald, Virginia O'Brien, Dale Evans, Mills Brothers (54.4Mb)
- Bob Hope, Joan Blondell, Lena Horne, Ginnie Simms (54.6Mb)
- Dinah Shore, Chill Wills, Ann Miller, Kathryn Grason (54.7Mb)
- Rita Hayworth, Betty Hutton, Burns and Allen (54.2Mb)
- Bing Crosby, Richard Crooks, Pat O'Malley (54.2Mb)
- Bob Hope, Bing Crosby (6.9Mb)
- Betty Grable, Marian Anderson, Pat O'Malley (54.3Mb)
- Dinah Shore, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Allen Jones (54.5Mb)
- Judy Garland, Kenny Baker, John Charles Thomas, Virginia O'Brien (54.1Mb)
- Kay Kyser, Lennie Hayton, Hedda Hopper, Spike Jones (54.4Mb)
- Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Bob Burns, Music Maids (54.7Mb)
- Bob Hope, Lee Sweetland, Judy Garland, Johnny Mercer (54.1Mb)
- Dinah Shore, Fay McKenzie, Glen Gray, Pied Pipers (54.3Mb)
- Ann Sheridan, Bonnie Baker, Paul Whiteman, Gracie Allen, Jose Iturbi (54.3Mb)
- Kate Smith, John Charles Thomas, Cass Daley (54.6Mb)
- Ginny Simms, Gene Autry, Eddie and Jimmie Dean (54.3Mb)
- Martha Raye, Rudy Vallee, Jimmy Grier (54.2Mb)
- Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Judy Canova, Virginia O'Brien (54.3Mb)
- Dinah Shore, Sportsmen, Ruth Hussey, Carlos Ramirez (54.4Mb)
- Betty Hutton, Amos and Andy (54.3Mb)
- Bob Crosby, Jimmy Wakely, Count Basie (54.2Mb)
- Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Fanny Brice, Hanley Stafford (54Mb)
- Fred MacMurray, Alice Faye, Skinny Ennis, Phil Harris, Jerry Colonna (54.3Mb)
- Kay Kyser, Gertrude Niesen, Lena Horne, Rochester (54.3Mb)
- Ronald Colman, Ella Mae Morse, Jeanette MacDonald, Ginny Simms (54.2Mb)
- Bing Crosby, Betty Grable, Harry James (54.3Mb)
- Dinah Shore, Tommy Dorsey, Robert Benchley, Rise Stevens (54.2Mb)
- Katherine Hepburn, Jesters, Ed Gardner, Kathryn Grayson (54.1Mb)
- Greer Garson, Gloria Warren, Nelson Eddy, Cass Daley (54.2Mb)
- Rosalind Russell, Xavier Cugat, Jimmy Wakely, Judy Canova (54.1Mb)
- Ginger Rogers, Frank Sinatra, Alice Faye, Ed Gardner (53.3Mb)
- Judy Garland, Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby (6.9Mb)
- Dinah Shore, Jeanette MacDonald, Garry Moore, Jimmy Dorsey (53.5Mb)
- Marlene Dietrich (54.2Mb)
- Ginny Simms, Andrews Sisters, Roy Acuff, Mitch Ayres (54.1Mb)
- Ronald Colman, Lena Horne, Jascha Heifetz, Rise Stevens (54.2Mb)
- Bob Hope, Bing Crosby (10.6Mb)
- Don Ameche, King Cole Trio, Betty Hutton (54.3Mb)
- Robert Young, Tex Ritter (7Mb)
- Bette Davis, Georgia Gibbs, Rise Stevens, John Charles Thomas (54.1Mb)
- Bob Hope, Jimmy Cash, Carole Landis, Shirley Ross (54.1Mb)
- Judy Garland, Dinah Shore (10.1Mb)
- Bob Hope, Betty Hutton, Judy Garland, Jimmy Durante, Lana Turner (24.1Mb)
- Ida Lupino, Phil Harris, Gracie Fields, Garry Moore (54.7Mb)
- Herbert Marshall, Bergen and McCarthy (13.7Mb)
- Dinah Shore, Abbott and Costello, Fats Waller (26.7Mb)
- Bob Hope, Francis Langford, Martha Raye, Carole (14.2Mb)
- Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, Charioteers (13.8Mb)
- Fred Allen, Ginny Simms, Benny Goodman (13.9Mb)
- Fred Waring, Kate Smith (14Mb)
- Christmas 1943 (20.9Mb)
- Carmen Miranda (6.7Mb)
- Frances Langford, Virginia O'Brien (6.3Mb)
- Bob Hope, Deanna Durbin, Dennis Day (5.3Mb)
- Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra (6.9Mb)
- Don Ameche, Cass Daley (5.1Mb)
- Jerry Colonna, Jo Stafford (6.7Mb)
- Gene Tierney, Roy Acuff, Martha Tilton (5Mb)
- Olivia de Havilland, Bob Crosby (6.9Mb)
- Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton (6.8Mb)
- Dinah Shore, Helen Forest (5.3Mb)
- Paulette Goddard, Jimmy Durante, Louis Armstrong (5.1Mb)
- Dinah Shore, Dick Haymes, Virginia O'Brien (5.1Mb)
- Connie Haines, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra (6.5Mb)
- Bette Davis, Marilyn Maxwell, Artie Shaw, Jimmy Durante (17.2Mb)
- Jack Benny, Harpo Marx, Bing Crosby (6.8Mb)
- Bob Hope, Andrews Sisters (5.1Mb)
- Claudette Colbert, Alan Hale, J Durante, Betty Hutton, Ronald Colman (17.1Mb)
- Bing Crosby, Judy Garland (5.1Mb)
- Ronald Colman, Ginny Simms, Cary Grant (13.9Mb)
- Barbara Stanwyck, Dick Haymes (5.1Mb)
- Ginger Rogers, Virginia O'Brien, Jimmy Durante (14.2Mb)
- Judy Garland, Danny Kaye, Helen Forrest (5.3Mb)
- Fred Allen, Rochester, Ginny Simms (7.1Mb)
- Florence Gill, Ken Carpenter (5Mb)
- Gloria DeHaven, Frank Morgan (7Mb)
- Bob Hope, Johnny Mercer, June Allyson (26.1Mb)
- Martha Raye, Jack Carson (13.7Mb)
- Deanna Durbin, Jack Benny, Ginger Rogers (27.1Mb)
- Dinah Shore, Ed Gardner (10.7Mb)
- Ken Carpenter Highlights of 1944 (compilation) (6.7Mb)
- Winged Victory Edition (14.3Mb)
- Ken Carpenter, Assembled Shows (6.9Mb)
- Claudette Colbert, Bob Burns, Tommy Dorsey (5.3Mb)
- Kate Smith, Fred Waring (7Mb)
- Linda Darnell, Martha Tilton, Amos 'n' Andy (27Mb)
- Thanksgiving Special (13.1Mb)
- Ginny Simms, Larry Adler, Diana Lynn (5.3Mb)
- Ethel Merman, Joe E Lewis (27.9Mb)
- Irene Dunn, Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern (5.2Mb)
- Fibber McGee and Molly (6.6Mb)
- Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Lauren Bacall (27.3Mb)
- Christmas 1944 (52.4Mb)
- Jack Benny, James Cagney (6.5Mb)
- Linda Darnell, Janet Blair, Jimmy Durante, Andy (26.8Mb)
- Burns & Allen, Connie Haines, Joe Lilly Chorus (27.5Mb)
- Frank Morgan, Frank Sinatra, Foy Willing (5.3Mb)
- Gloria DeHaven, Carmen Miranda, Bing Crosby (27.6Mb)
- Jeannie Crain, William Bendix, Gene Krupa Trio (27.7Mb)
- Dick Tracy in B Flat (52.3Mb)
- Danny Thomas, Dick Haymes, Ginny Simms (13.4Mb)
- Helen Forrest, Jack Carson, Roy Rogers (13.4Mb)
- Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O'Brien (13.1Mb)
- Jimmy Durante, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall (7Mb)
- Dinah Shore, Lina Romay, Judy Canova (6.9Mb)
- Bob Hope, Ingrid Bergman, Ella Mae Morse, William Bendix (13.4Mb)
- Bing Crosby, Lionel Barrymore, Marilyn Maxwell (13.4Mb)
- Kay Kyser, Gary Cooper, Edward G Robinson (13.2Mb)
- Martha Stewart, Peter Lorre (10.3Mb)
- Ken Carpenter, H Von Zell, Tribute to Walt Disney (7.1Mb)
- Jack Benny, P Goddard, H Carmichael, J Sullivan (6.7Mb)
- Rita Hayworth, Charles Boyer, Nat King Cole (7Mb)
- Robert Armbruster, Orson Welles (7.1Mb)
- Gloria DeHaven, Bob Hope, King Sisters (14.2Mb)
- Joan Edwards, J Carson, P Goddard, R Scott (6.9Mb)
- Herbert Marshall, Marilyn Maxwell (7.1Mb)
- Bing Crosby, G I Jill, Ella Mae Morse (6.6Mb)
- Janet Blair, Rise Stevens (7.2Mb)
- Judy Canova, Herb Shriner, Orson Welles, Donna D (6.4Mb)
- Nelson Eddy, Vera Vague (10.4Mb)
- Walter O'Keefe, Marilyn Maxwell, Les Paul Trio (6.7Mb)
- Victory Extra (14Mb)
- Frank Sinatra, Bogart & Bacall, Victor Borge (26.5Mb)
- XVJ VJ Day Special (6.7Mb)
- Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra (7.2Mb)
- Betty Grable, June Haver, Jack Carson (6.6Mb)
- Dinah Shore, Lum and Abner (7.1Mb)
- Ralph Edwards, Connie Haines, Bob Hope (6.7Mb)
- Eddie Cantor, Mel Torme (6.8Mb)
- Ginny Simms, Dennis Day (6.8Mb)
- Bob Crosby, Gildersleeve, Leroy (6.5Mb)
- Andrews Sisters, Gary Moore, Jimmy Durante (6.8Mb)
- Christmas 1945-First Half (47.8Mb)
- Christmas 1945-Second Half (47Mb)
- Jane Wyman (6.8Mb)
- Army Nurse Corps Anniversary Show (9.8Mb)
- Abbott & Costello, Andrews Sisters, Pied Pipers (5.2Mb)
- Repeat of CP 102 (7.1Mb)
- Chico Marx, Jack Benny, Lina Romay (7Mb)
- Larry Adler, Mischa Auer (6.9Mb)
- Ginger Rogers, Burl Ives (6.6Mb)
- June Haver, Desi Arnaz (27.1Mb)
- Army Day Special (7.9Mb)
- Kay Kyser, Lina Romay, Esther Williams (7Mb)
- Shirley Temple, Anita Ellis, Peter Lawford (6.6Mb)
- Esther Williams, Peggy Lee (7.1Mb)
- Janet Blair, David Street (7.1Mb)
- Tyrone Power, Walter O'Keefe, Town Criers (6.9Mb)
- Bob Hope, Bela Lugosi (6Mb)
- Donna Reed, Garry Moore (6.6Mb)
- Judy Garland, Phil Silvers (6.6Mb)
- Rudy Vallee, Dorothy Patrick, Hal March (6.5Mb)
- Christmas Special ,1946 (13.3Mb)
- Ginger Rogers, Rose Marie (10.4Mb)
- Carole Landis, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante (7.1Mb)
- Dick Haymes, Helen Forrest (13.7Mb)
- John Payne, Ozzie and Harriet (8.9Mb)
- Glenn Ford, Marilyn Maxwell, Phil Silvers (6.5Mb)
- Lina Romay, Garry Moore, Virginia O'Brien (7.1Mb)
- Ginnie Powell, Alan Young (6.7Mb)
- George Murphy, Martha Tilton (6.7Mb)
- Marilyn Maxwell, Johnny Mercer, Frank Sinatra (7Mb)
- June Havoc, Connie Hainey (13.8Mb)
- Lina Romay, Paulina Carter (6.6Mb)
- Harry Babbitt, Alan Young (6.9Mb)
- Phil Baker, Sergeant Ted Bentley (6.9Mb)
- Esther Williams, Andy Russell, Danny Thomas (6.7Mb)
- Eddie Cantor, Joan Davis, The Mad Russian, Imogene Carpenter (17.3Mb)
- Judy Canova, Dave Street, Mel Blanc (17.2Mb)
- Penny Singleton, Virginia O'Brien (7.1Mb)
- Groucho Marx, Martha Tilton (10.3Mb)
- Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Jim Backus (6.7Mb)
- Joan Barton, Hoagy Carmichael (6.5Mb)
- Anita Ellis, Harpo Marx (8.7Mb)
- Audrey Trotter, Bud Widom (6.8Mb)
- Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healey, Mello-Larks (6.8Mb)
- Kay Kyser, Marsha Hunt, Ish Kabibble (7.1Mb)
- Gloria DeHaven, Andre Previn (7.1Mb)
- Sixth Anniversary Special (21.9Mb)
- Lina Romay, G Moore, H Petrie, S Allen (6.6Mb)
- Ava Gardner, K Niles, H Jeffries, S Allen (6.5Mb)
- Special - Dear John Club Of The Air (10.3Mb)
- Vincent Price, Kay Starr, Joan Davis (41.2Mb)
- Christmas 1948 - Hy Averback, Announcer (57.2Mb)
- Gertrude Nielsen, Danny Kaye (7.1Mb)
- Lina Romay, Ed Gardner (6.7Mb)
- Margaret Whiting, W Niles, J Smith, S Allen (6.7Mb)
- Evelyn Knight, Dick Powell (10.5Mb)
- Alexis Smith, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis (6.9Mb)
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