The first tune is Mad About Him Blues.

The date is the recording date, the program was released very late in 1942.

Command Performance – Dinah Shore

Dinah Shore (m. c.), Ken Carpenter (announcer), The Merry Macs, Ethel Waters, Dorothy Lamour, The Joseph Lilley Paramount Chorus, The Mills Brothers, Spike Jones, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, Count Basie and His Orchestra, Harry James and His Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, Bob Burns.

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The first selection is The Hungarian Rhapsody by Liszt.

The date is the recording date, the program was released very late in 1942.

Command Performance – Leopold Stokowski and Dorothy Maynor

The NBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski (conductor, host), Paul Douglas (announcer), Dorothy Maynor, Mischa Elman.

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The first tune is a clever parody by Cass Daley.

The date is the recording date, the program was released late 1942.

Command Performance – Jack Benny and Alice Faye

Alice Faye, Cass Daley, Marlene Fingerle, Arthur Schutt, Eddie Anderson, Edward Marr, John Lake, Jack Benny (m. c.), Don Wilson (announcer), The Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Orchestra, Alfred Newman (conductor).

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Judy Canova starts the show by singing a great Two Hours After the Crap Game or I Can’t Give You Anthing but Love.

The date is the recording date.

Command Performance – Betty Grable and Judy Canova

Betty Grable (m. c.), Don Wilson (announcer), Judy Canova, Edgar Bergen, Kenny Baker, Ella Mae Morse, Freddy Slack and His Orchestra, Columbia Pictures Orchestra, Morris Stoloff (conductor).

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The program starts with a medley from “The Fleet’s In” sung by Cass Daley. The music fill has been partially deleted.

The date is the recording date.

Command Performance – Rita Hayworth and Frank Morgan

Rita Hayworth (m. c.), Don Wilson (announcer), Cass Daley, The Hall Johnson Choir, Frank Morgan, John Conte, Lena Horne, Meredith Willson, Carl Grayson, Spike Jones and The City Slickers, Selznick Productions Orchestra, Lou Forbes (conductor).

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Virginia O’Brien sings Boy, Did I Get Stinking at the Club Savoy.

The date is the recording date.

Command Performance – Red Skelton and Zero Mostel

Linda Darnell (m. c.), Virginia O’Brien, Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra, Red Skelton, Harriet Hilliard, Don Wilson (announcer), Zero Mostel, Truman Bradley, The Republic Studios Orchestra, Walter Scharf (conductor).

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The first tune is At Last. Bob Burns tells stories about those terrible Arkansas mosquitos. The band does a hot One O’Clock Jump.

The date is the recording date.

Command Performance – Bob Burns and Frances Langford

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra, Bob Eberly, Helen O’Connell, Bob Burns, Frances Langford (m. c.), Don Wilson (announcer).

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The first tune is You Are My Sunshine. Don Wilson mispronounces the band leader’s name as, “John Strott Cotter.” Mary Martin mispronounces the name of our Cuban army base as “Guatalnamo Bay.” Bing repeats Don’s mistake, which draws an off-mike laugh from Don. The member of “The Charioteers” are introduced by name. Bing and Dinah sing tunes requested by G. I.’s.

Command Performance – Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore

Bing Crosby (m. c.), Don Wilson (announcer), John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, Mary Martin, The Charioteers, The Music Maids and Hal, The Ambassadors, Perry Botkin (guitar).

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