COMMAND PERFORMANCE 1944 XMAS SHOW BOB HOPE JUDY GARLAND SPIKE JONES W.C. FIELDS

$

300

"Christmas Command Performance 1944" Radio Show Transcription Discs.   One Complete radio program on these Five 16 inch, vinyl, 33 1/3 rpm discs.  These discs were issued to radio stations for broadcast to U. S. Troops only and not available to the general public, very rare!

These five (5) discs contain the complete approximately 2 hour and 8 minute broadcast.  Program was for broadcast on December 25, 1944

Program stars Bob Hope, Spike Jones & The City Slickers, Dinah Shore, W. C. Fields, Judy Garland, Xavier Cugat, Jerry Colonna, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Frank Nelson, Spencer Tracy, Kay Kyser, Frances Langford, Dorothy Lamour, Johnny Mercer, Danny Kaye, Henry L. Stimson (Secretary of War), James Forrestal (Secretary of The Navy).  The AFRS Orchestra is directed by Major Meredith Willson

Songs include “Brazil” Xavier Cugat Orchestra, “Let’s Be Sweethearts Again” vocal Virgnia O’Brien, “Holiday For Strings” Spike Jones & The City Slickers”, “The Trolley Song” vocal Judy Garland, “Amor” vocal Ginny Simms, “Baba-Lu” Xavier Cugat Orchestra vocal Del Campo, “I’ll Be Seeing You” vocal Dinah Shore, “Dance With A Dolly” Kay Kyser Orchestra vocal Sully Mason, “It Had To Be You” vocal Frances Langford, “Moonlight And Shadows” vocal Dorothy Lamour, “Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby” vocal Johnny Mercer.   

Program includes a medley of Christmas songs with female vocalists & The Ken Darby Singers: O Little Town Of Bethlehem (Dinah Shore), O Come All Ye Faithful (Judy Garland), The First Noel (Ginny Simms), God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Virginia O’Brien), Deck The Halls (Dorothy Lamour), It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (Frances Langford), Silent Night (all)

Program includes a comedy skit with W. C. Fields, Bob Hope Monologue, & many other comedy spots

Includes a department store shopping comedy sketch with Jack Benny, Fred Allen & Frank Nelson

Program includes the story of “The Small One” starring Spencer Tracy with Howard Duff, Harry Bartell, Elliott Lewis

Danny Kaye does a comedy skit that may be titled “Hello Fresno, Goodbye”

An excellent World War Two era broadcast

Discs are in Excellent condition with Excellent sound

Please note that due to their size, 16 inch radio transcriptions will not play on most standard turntables.  For $10 I can make a CD copy of all three discs for the buyer only

U. S. Buyer pays $10 Media Mail Shipping