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The Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) was an invaluable part of the war effort during World War II. The AFRS produced transcription recordings of many popular radio programs that were shipped overseas to boost the morale of out troops. The service also produce a number of original programs, most of them originating from their main studios in Hollywood. "Command Performance" was one of the most popular of these productions, with the premise that our service men could "command" their favorite stars and entertainers to appear on the program just for them ... and may of them did including regular appearances by such performers as Bob Hoipe, Bing Crosby, Kay Kyser, Jack Benny, Doris Day and Edgar Bergen.

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  Play  001 Eddie Cantor, Danny Kaye
Broadcast March 8, 1942
30:2224 kbps16 kHz5.47 Mb
  Play  002 Fred Waring, Joe E. Lewis
Broadcast March 9, 1942
30:1624 kbps16 kHz5.45 Mb
  Play  003 Kate Smith, Henny Youngman
Broadcast March 13, 1942
30:3324 kbps16 kHz5.50 Mb
  Play  004 Fred Allen, Kenny Baker
March 18, 1942
30:3124 kbps16 kHz5.49 Mb
  Play  005 George Jessel, Connie Boswell
Broadcast March 29, 1942
31:0424 kbps16 kHz5.59 Mb
  Play  006 Kay Kyser, Eddie Cantor
Broadcast April 1, 1942
31:0524 kbps16 kHz5.60 Mb
  Play  007 Betty Grable, Judy Canova
Broadcast April 7, 1942
26:2124 kbps16 kHz4.74 Mb
  Play  009 Shirley Temple, Fannie Brice
Broadcast April 19, 1942
27:5024 kbps16 kHz5.01 Mb
  Play  010 Pat O'brien, Frank Morgan
Broadcast April 23, 1942
31:3324 kbps16 kHz5.68 Mb
  Play  012 Betty Grable, Jack Benny
Broadcast May 7, 1942
26:2124 kbps16 kHz4.74 Mb
  Play  013 Edward G. Robins, Ginny Simms
28:1124 kbps16 kHz5.07 Mb
  Play  014 George Raft, Deana Durbin
Broadcast May 18, 1942
29:2824 kbps16 kHz5.30 Mb
  Play  018 William Powell, Gene Autrey
Broadcast June 18, 1942
24:1024 kbps16 kHz4.35 Mb
  Play  020 Spencer Tracy, Groucho Marx
Broadcast June 30, 1942
28:2324 kbps16 kHz5.11 Mb
  Play  022 Edward Arnold Ethel Waters
Broadcast July 14, 1942
29:1824 kbps16 kHz5.28 Mb
  Play  029 Tullah Bankhead, Joan Edwards
Broadcast September 4, 1942
30:0024 kbps16 kHz5.40 Mb
  Play  034 Cary Grant, Spike Jones
Broadcast October 7, 1942
29:2524 kbps16 kHz5.30 Mb
  Play  036 Bing Crosby, Mary Martin
Broadcast October 13, 1942
30:1024 kbps16 kHz5.43 Mb
  Play  053 Olivia DeHaviliand, Francis Langford
Broadcast February 20, 1943
29:0524 kbps16 kHz5.24 Mb
  Play  054 Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
Broadcast February 24, 1943
30:2524 kbps16 kHz5.48 Mb
  Play  081 Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby
Broadcast August 28, 1943
30:2724 kbps16 kHz5.48 Mb
  Play  088 Robert Young, Tex Ritter
Broadcast October 9, 1943
30:3724 kbps16 kHz5.51 Mb
  Play  094 Herbert Marshall, Edgar Bergan
Broadcast November 27, 1943
30:5824 kbps16 kHz5.58 Mb
  Play  095 Dinah Shore, Abbott & Costello
Broadcast December 4, 1943
30:1824 kbps16 kHz5.45 Mb
  Play  096 Bob Hope, Martha Raye
Broadcast December 11, 1943
31:0724 kbps16 kHz5.60 Mb
  Play  097 Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore
Broadcast December 12, 1943
30:1924 kbps16 kHz5.46 Mb
  Play  098 Fred Allen, Ginny Simms
Broadcast December 20, 1943
30:3424 kbps16 kHz5.50 Mb
  Play  099 Fred Waring, Kate Smith
Broadcast December 21, 1943
30:3924 kbps16 kHz5.52 Mb
  Play  100 Shirley Ross, Carmen Miranda
Broadcast January 8, 1944
29:3324 kbps16 kHz5.32 Mb
  Play  101 Francis Langford, Virginia O'Brien
Broadcast January 15, 1944
27:3224 kbps16 kHz4.96 Mb
  Play  102 Bob Hope, Dennis Day
Broadcast January 22, 1844
30:4524 kbps16 kHz5.54 Mb
  Play  104 Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore
Broadcast February 2, 1944
30:2224 kbps16 kHz5.47 Mb
  Play  112 Don Ameche, Carman Miranda
Broadcast May 25, 1944
29:3424 kbps16 kHz5.32 Mb
  Play  116 Gene Tierney, Virginia O'Brien
Broadcast April 22, 1944
29:0024 kbps16 kHz5.22 Mb
  Play  118 Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
Broadcast May 6, 1944
29:4324 kbps16 kHz5.35 Mb
  Play  120 Paulette Goddard, Jimmy Durante
Broadcast May 20, 1944
29:4024 kbps16 kHz5.34 Mb
  Play  121 Dick Hymes, Dinah Shore
Broadcast May 27, 1944
29:4424 kbps16 kHz5.35 Mb
  Play  122 Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
Broadcast June 3, 1944
28:2824 kbps16 kHz5.13 Mb
  Play  123 Connie Haines, Lena Horne
Broadcast June 3, 1944
30:5324 kbps16 kHz5.56 Mb
  Play  124 Bette Davis, Jimmy Durante
Broadcast June 10, 1944
30:2724 kbps16 kHz5.48 Mb
  Play  125 Jack Benny, Harpo Marx
Broadcast June 17, 1944
29:5924 kbps16 kHz5.40 Mb
  Play  127 Maxine Sullivan, Nelson Eddy
Broadcast June 24, 1944
29:4724 kbps16 kHz5.36 Mb
  Play  128 Claudette Colbert, Jimmy Durante
Broadcast July 8, 1944
31:1024 kbps16 kHz5.61 Mb
  Play  130 Donald Coleman, Cary Grant
Broadcast July 22, 1944
31:1224 kbps16 kHz5.62 Mb
  Play  131 Dick Hymes, Barbara Stanwyck
Broadcast July 30, 1944
29:4524 kbps16 kHz5.36 Mb
  Play  132 George Murphy, Ginger Rogers
Broadcast August 5, 1944
31:0524 kbps16 kHz5.60 Mb
  Play  134 Hellen Forrest, Judy Garland
Broadcast August 19, 1944
30:4124 kbps16 kHz5.52 Mb
  Play  135 Fred Allen, Rochester
Broadcast August 26, 1944
31:0524 kbps16 kHz5.60 Mb
  Play  136 Florence Gill, Betty Grable
Broadcast September 2, 1944
28:3424 kbps16 kHz5.14 Mb
  Play  137 Gloria DeHaven, Groucho Marx
Broadcast August 9, 1944
30:4024 kbps16 kHz5.52 Mb
  Play  138 Bob Hope, Johnny Mercer
Broadcast August 13, 1944
28:3924 kbps16 kHz5.16 Mb
  Play  140 Deanna Durbin, Jack Benny
Broadcast August 30, 1944
28:3324 kbps16 kHz5.14 Mb
  Play  142 Clark Gable, Ginny Simms
Broadcast September 26, 1944
31:2924 kbps16 kHz5.67 Mb
  Play  142 Highlights of 1944
Broadcast September 14, 1944
29:2124 kbps16 kHz5.28 Mb
  Play  145 Ethel Merman, Joe E. Lewis
Broadcast November 1, 1944
30:1524 kbps16 kHz5.45 Mb
  Play  147 Kate Smith, Fred Waring
Broadcast November 8, 1944
30:4824 kbps16 kHz5.54 Mb
  Play  148 Edgar Bergen, Fred Allen
Broadcast November 1, 1944
30:2124 kbps16 kHz5.47 Mb
  Play  149 Tommy Dorsey, Claudette Colbert
Broadcast November 11, 1944
30:5124 kbps16 kHz5.55 Mb
  Play  150 Linda Darnell, Martha Tilton
Broadcast November 18, 1944
30:3524 kbps16 kHz5.51 Mb
  Play  151 Ginny Simms, Larry Adler
Broadcast November 25, 1944
30:4924 kbps16 kHz5.55 Mb
  Play  152 Irene Dunn, Hoosier Hot Shots
Broadcast December 2, 1944
30:1724 kbps16 kHz5.45 Mb
  Play  154 Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
Broadcast December 16, 1944
30:4724 kbps16 kHz5.54 Mb
  Play  157 Jack Teagarden, Linda Darnell
Broadcast January 11, 1945
29:2124 kbps16 kHz5.29 Mb
  Play  158 Burns & Allen, Connie Haines
Broadcast January 18, 1945
29:5824 kbps16 kHz5.40 Mb
  Play  159 Frank Morgan, Andrews Sisters
Broadcast January 25, 1945
30:3724 kbps16 kHz5.51 Mb
  Play  160 Gloria Dehaven, Jack Carson
Broadcast February 2, 1945
29:4924 kbps16 kHz5.37 Mb
  Play  161 Jeannie Crain, William Bendix
Broadcast February 8, 1945
29:5524 kbps16 kHz5.39 Mb
  Play  162 Dick Tracy In B-Flat
Broadcast February 15, 1945
47:5424 kbps16 kHz8.62 Mb
  Play  163 John Garfield, Georgia Gibbs
Broadcast February 22, 1945
29:3024 kbps16 kHz5.31 Mb
  Play  164 Helen Forrest, Basil Rathbone
Broadcast March 1, 1945
29:2524 kbps16 kHz5.30 Mb
  Play  165 Frank Sinatra, Francis Langford
Broadcast March 8, 1945
29:1324 kbps16 kHz5.26 Mb
  Play  166 Herbert Marshall, Jimmy Durante
Broadcast March 15, 1945
30:4324 kbps16 kHz5.53 Mb
  Play  167 Jerry Lester, Dinah Shore
Broadcast March 22, a945
30:0724 kbps16 kHz5.42 Mb
  Play  168 Bob Hope, Ingrid Bergman
Broadcast March 29, 1945
29:2924 kbps16 kHz5.31 Mb
  Play  169 Bing Crosby, Marilyn Maxwell
Broadcast April 5, 1945
29:2024 kbps16 kHz5.28 Mb
  Play  170 Kay Kyser, Gary Cooper
Broadcast April 19, 1945
28:5324 kbps16 kHz5.20 Mb
  Play  173 Mel Blanc, Ken Carpenter
Broadcast April 26, 1945
31:0724 kbps16 kHz5.60 Mb
  Play  174 Jack Benny, Paulette Goddard
Broadcast May 10, 1945
29:1224 kbps16 kHz5.26 Mb
  Play  177 Jack Benny, Rita Hayworth
Broadcast May 31, 1945
30:3824 kbps16 kHz5.51 Mb
  Play  179 Bob Hope, Ann Rutherford
Broadcast June 8, 1945
31:0324 kbps16 kHz5.59 Mb
  Play  180 Jack Carson, Joan Edwards
Broadcast June 21, 1945
30:0524 kbps16 kHz5.42 Mb
  Play  181 Jack Haley, Marilyn Maxwell
Broadcast June 22, 1945
30:5924 kbps16 kHz5.58 Mb
  Play  182 Bing Crosby, GI Jill
Broadcast July 5, 1945
28:5324 kbps16 kHz5.20 Mb
  Play  183 Victor Borge, Jimmy Duante
Broadcast July 12, 1945
31:2724 kbps16 kHz5.66 Mb
  Play  184 Judy Canova, Eve Arden
Broadcast July 19, 1945
28:0424 kbps16 kHz5.05 Mb
  Play  187 Marilyn Maxwell, Walter O'Keefe
Broadcast August 9, 1945
29:1224 kbps16 kHz5.26 Mb
  Play  189 Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart
Broadcast August 30, 1945
29:0624 kbps16 kHz5.24 Mb
  Play  190 Bob Hope, Bing Crosby
Broadcast September 6, 1945
31:2424 kbps16 kHz5.65 Mb
  Play  193 Betty Grable, June Haver
Broadcast September 27, 1945
29:0324 kbps16 kHz5.23 Mb
  Play  194 Dinah Shore, Lum & Abner
Broadcast October 4, 1945
31:1124 kbps16 kHz5.61 Mb
  Play  195 Ralph Edwards, Connie Haines
Broadcast October 11, 1945
29:3724 kbps16 kHz5.33 Mb
  Play  199 Frances Langford, Bob Crosby
Broadcast November 8, 1945
28:2724 kbps16 kHz5.12 Mb
  Play  200 Garry Moore, Jo Stafford
Broadcast November 15, 1945
28:2724 kbps16 kHz5.12 Mb
  Play  202 Jimmy Durante, Andrews Sisters
Broadcast December 13, 1945
28:1424 kbps16 kHz5.08 Mb
  Play  206 Abbott & Costell, Andrews Sisters
Broadcast January 10, 1946
30:0524 kbps16 kHz5.42 Mb
  Play  209 Chico Marx, Jack Benny
Broadcast January 31, 1946
30:5024 kbps16 kHz5.55 Mb
  Play  214 Ginger Rogers, Burl Ives
Broadcast March 7, 1946
29:0924 kbps16 kHz5.25 Mb
  Play  218 Fred Allen, Ginny Simms
Broadcast April 21, 1946
30:2124 kbps16 kHz5.46 Mb
  Play  220 Kay Kyser, Ester Williams
Broadcast May 5, 1946
30:3624 kbps16 kHz5.51 Mb
  Play  226 Shirley Temple, Peter Lawford
Broadcast June 16, 1946
28:4724 kbps16 kHz5.18 Mb
  Play  232 Janet Blair, Jane Powell
30:5124 kbps16 kHz5.55 Mb
  Play  235 Tyrone Power, Shirley Booth
Broadcast October 20, 1946
30:0724 kbps16 kHz5.42 Mb
  Play  242 Rudy Vallee, Dorothy Patrick
Broadcast December 8, 1946
28:3724 kbps16 kHz5.15 Mb
  Play  254 Carole Landis, Frank Sinatra
Broadcast December 26, 1946
31:1224 kbps16 kHz5.62 Mb
  Play  257 Glenn Ford, Marilyn Maxwell
Broadcast March 23, 1947
28:3724 kbps16 kHz5.15 Mb
  Play  258 Lina Romay, Garry Moore
Broadcast March 30, 1947
31:1524 kbps16 kHz5.63 Mb
  Play  266 George Murphy, Martha Tilton
Broadcast March 31, 1947
29:2024 kbps16 kHz5.28 Mb
  Play  272 Marilyn Maxwell, Johnny Mercer
Broadcast May 4, 1947
30:5524 kbps16 kHz5.57 Mb
  Play  275 Lina Romay, Paulina
Broadcast January 14, 1947
28:5724 kbps16 kHz5.21 Mb
  Play  280 Esther Williams, Danny Thomas
Broadcast July 8, 1947
29:2924 kbps16 kHz5.31 Mb
  Play  288 Penny Singleton, Virginia O'Brien
Broadcast September 2, 1942
31:1024 kbps16 kHz5.61 Mb
  Play  295 Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy
Broadcast December 16, 1947
29:3924 kbps16 kHz5.34 Mb
  Play  300 Frank Sinatra, Doris Day
Broadcast September 21, 1947
29:2724 kbps16 kHz5.30 Mb
  Play  302 Kay Kyser, Ish Kibble
Broadcast December 23, 1947
31:0524 kbps16 kHz5.60 Mb
  Play  307 Anita Ellis, Harpo Marx
Broadcast January 20, 1948
38:0424 kbps16 kHz6.85 Mb
  Play  340 Lina Romay, Steve Allen
Broadcast September 7, 1948
29:0724 kbps16 kHz5.24 Mb
  Play  341 Ava Gardner, Steve Allen
Broadcast September 14, 1948
28:2524 kbps16 kHz5.12 Mb
  Play  353 Vincent Price, Kay Starr
Broadcast November 30, 1948
44:5724 kbps16 kHz8.09 Mb
  Play  397 Alexis Smith, Dean Martin
Broadcast October 18, 1949
30:1524 kbps16 kHz5.45 Mb
  Play  1942 Christmas Special
Broadcast December 25, 1942
60:1024 kbps16 kHz10.83 Mb
  Play  1943 Christmas Special
Broadcast December 25, 1943
91:3524 kbps16 kHz16.49 Mb
  Play  1944 Christmas Special
Broadcast December 25, 1944
122:0924 kbps16 kHz21.99 Mb
  Play  1945 Christmas Special
Broadcast December 24, 1945
130:4824 kbps16 kHz23.55 Mb
  Play  1948 Christmas Special
Broadcast December 25, 1948
183:0724 kbps16 kHz32.96 Mb
  Play  Army Day Special
Broadcast April 7, 1946
45:5924 kbps16 kHz8.28 Mb
  Play  Command Performance Special
Broadcast June 14, 1945
29:0624 kbps16 kHz5.24 Mb
  Play  Thanksgiving Special
Broadcast November 27, 1944
28:4524 kbps16 kHz5.18 Mb
  Play  Victory Extra
Broadcast August 15, 1945
31:0324 kbps16 kHz5.59 Mb
  Play  Victory Special
Broadcast August 14, 1945
61:3324 kbps16 kHz11.08 Mb
  Play  VJ Day Special
Broadcast September 2, 1945
29:1124 kbps16 kHz5.25 Mb
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