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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.

Songs

	001 Eddie Cantor, Danny Kaye Broadcast March 8, 1942	30:22	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.47 Mb
	002 Fred Waring, Joe E. Lewis Broadcast March 9, 1942	30:16	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.45 Mb
	003 Kate Smith, Henny Youngman Broadcast March 13, 1942	30:33	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.50 Mb
	004 Fred Allen, Kenny Baker March 18, 1942	30:31	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.49 Mb
	005 George Jessel, Connie Boswell Broadcast March 29, 1942	31:04	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.59 Mb
	006 Kay Kyser, Eddie Cantor Broadcast April 1, 1942	31:05	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.60 Mb
	007 Betty Grable, Judy Canova Broadcast April 7, 1942	26:21	24 kbps	16 kHz	4.74 Mb
	009 Shirley Temple, Fannie Brice Broadcast April 19, 1942	27:50	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.01 Mb
	010 Pat O'brien, Frank Morgan Broadcast April 23, 1942	31:33	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.68 Mb
	012 Betty Grable, Jack Benny Broadcast May 7, 1942	26:21	24 kbps	16 kHz	4.74 Mb
	013 Edward G. Robins, Ginny Simms	28:11	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.07 Mb
	014 George Raft, Deana Durbin Broadcast May 18, 1942	29:28	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.30 Mb
	018 William Powell, Gene Autrey Broadcast June 18, 1942	24:10	24 kbps	16 kHz	4.35 Mb
	020 Spencer Tracy, Groucho Marx Broadcast June 30, 1942	28:23	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.11 Mb
	022 Edward Arnold Ethel Waters Broadcast July 14, 1942	29:18	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.28 Mb
	029 Tullah Bankhead, Joan Edwards Broadcast September 4, 1942	30:00	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.40 Mb
	034 Cary Grant, Spike Jones Broadcast October 7, 1942	29:25	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.30 Mb
	036 Bing Crosby, Mary Martin Broadcast October 13, 1942	30:10	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.43 Mb
	053 Olivia DeHaviliand, Francis Langford Broadcast February 20, 1943	29:05	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.24 Mb
	054 Bob Hope, Bing Crosby Broadcast February 24, 1943	30:25	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.48 Mb
	081 Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby Broadcast August 28, 1943	30:27	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.48 Mb
	088 Robert Young, Tex Ritter Broadcast October 9, 1943	30:37	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.51 Mb
	094 Herbert Marshall, Edgar Bergan Broadcast November 27, 1943	30:58	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.58 Mb
	095 Dinah Shore, Abbott & Costello Broadcast December 4, 1943	30:18	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.45 Mb
	096 Bob Hope, Martha Raye Broadcast December 11, 1943	31:07	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.60 Mb
	097 Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore Broadcast December 12, 1943	30:19	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.46 Mb
	098 Fred Allen, Ginny Simms Broadcast December 20, 1943	30:34	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.50 Mb
	099 Fred Waring, Kate Smith Broadcast December 21, 1943	30:39	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.52 Mb
	100 Shirley Ross, Carmen Miranda Broadcast January 8, 1944	29:33	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.32 Mb
	101 Francis Langford, Virginia O'Brien Broadcast January 15, 1944	27:32	24 kbps	16 kHz	4.96 Mb
	102 Bob Hope, Dennis Day Broadcast January 22, 1844	30:45	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.54 Mb
	104 Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore Broadcast February 2, 1944	30:22	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.47 Mb
	112 Don Ameche, Carman Miranda Broadcast May 25, 1944	29:34	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.32 Mb
	116 Gene Tierney, Virginia O'Brien Broadcast April 22, 1944	29:00	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.22 Mb
	118 Bob Hope, Bing Crosby Broadcast May 6, 1944	29:43	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.35 Mb
	120 Paulette Goddard, Jimmy Durante Broadcast May 20, 1944	29:40	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.34 Mb
	121 Dick Hymes, Dinah Shore Broadcast May 27, 1944	29:44	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.35 Mb
	122 Bob Hope, Bing Crosby Broadcast June 3, 1944	28:28	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.13 Mb
	123 Connie Haines, Lena Horne Broadcast June 3, 1944	30:53	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.56 Mb
	124 Bette Davis, Jimmy Durante Broadcast June 10, 1944	30:27	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.48 Mb
	125 Jack Benny, Harpo Marx Broadcast June 17, 1944	29:59	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.40 Mb
	127 Maxine Sullivan, Nelson Eddy Broadcast June 24, 1944	29:47	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.36 Mb
	128 Claudette Colbert, Jimmy Durante Broadcast July 8, 1944	31:10	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.61 Mb
	130 Donald Coleman, Cary Grant Broadcast July 22, 1944	31:12	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.62 Mb
	131 Dick Hymes, Barbara Stanwyck Broadcast July 30, 1944	29:45	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.36 Mb
	132 George Murphy, Ginger Rogers Broadcast August 5, 1944	31:05	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.60 Mb
	134 Hellen Forrest, Judy Garland Broadcast August 19, 1944	30:41	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.52 Mb
	135 Fred Allen, Rochester Broadcast August 26, 1944	31:05	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.60 Mb
	136 Florence Gill, Betty Grable Broadcast September 2, 1944	28:34	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.14 Mb
	137 Gloria DeHaven, Groucho Marx Broadcast August 9, 1944	30:40	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.52 Mb
	138 Bob Hope, Johnny Mercer Broadcast August 13, 1944	28:39	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.16 Mb
	140 Deanna Durbin, Jack Benny Broadcast August 30, 1944	28:33	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.14 Mb
	142 Clark Gable, Ginny Simms Broadcast September 26, 1944	31:29	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.67 Mb
	142 Highlights of 1944 Broadcast September 14, 1944	29:21	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.28 Mb
	145 Ethel Merman, Joe E. Lewis Broadcast November 1, 1944	30:15	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.45 Mb
	147 Kate Smith, Fred Waring Broadcast November 8, 1944	30:48	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.54 Mb
	148 Edgar Bergen, Fred Allen Broadcast November 1, 1944	30:21	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.47 Mb
	149 Tommy Dorsey, Claudette Colbert Broadcast November 11, 1944	30:51	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.55 Mb
	150 Linda Darnell, Martha Tilton Broadcast November 18, 1944	30:35	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.51 Mb
	151 Ginny Simms, Larry Adler Broadcast November 25, 1944	30:49	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.55 Mb
	152 Irene Dunn, Hoosier Hot Shots Broadcast December 2, 1944	30:17	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.45 Mb
	154 Bob Hope, Bing Crosby Broadcast December 16, 1944	30:47	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.54 Mb
	157 Jack Teagarden, Linda Darnell Broadcast January 11, 1945	29:21	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.29 Mb
	158 Burns & Allen, Connie Haines Broadcast January 18, 1945	29:58	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.40 Mb
	159 Frank Morgan, Andrews Sisters Broadcast January 25, 1945	30:37	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.51 Mb
	160 Gloria Dehaven, Jack Carson Broadcast February 2, 1945	29:49	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.37 Mb
	161 Jeannie Crain, William Bendix Broadcast February 8, 1945	29:55	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.39 Mb
	162 Dick Tracy In B-Flat Broadcast February 15, 1945	47:54	24 kbps	16 kHz	8.62 Mb
	163 John Garfield, Georgia Gibbs Broadcast February 22, 1945	29:30	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.31 Mb
	164 Helen Forrest, Basil Rathbone Broadcast March 1, 1945	29:25	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.30 Mb
	165 Frank Sinatra, Francis Langford Broadcast March 8, 1945	29:13	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.26 Mb
	166 Herbert Marshall, Jimmy Durante Broadcast March 15, 1945	30:43	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.53 Mb
	167 Jerry Lester, Dinah Shore Broadcast March 22, a945	30:07	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.42 Mb
	168 Bob Hope, Ingrid Bergman Broadcast March 29, 1945	29:29	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.31 Mb
	169 Bing Crosby, Marilyn Maxwell Broadcast April 5, 1945	29:20	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.28 Mb
	170 Kay Kyser, Gary Cooper Broadcast April 19, 1945	28:53	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.20 Mb
	173 Mel Blanc, Ken Carpenter Broadcast April 26, 1945	31:07	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.60 Mb
	174 Jack Benny, Paulette Goddard Broadcast May 10, 1945	29:12	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.26 Mb
	177 Jack Benny, Rita Hayworth Broadcast May 31, 1945	30:38	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.51 Mb
	179 Bob Hope, Ann Rutherford Broadcast June 8, 1945	31:03	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.59 Mb
	180 Jack Carson, Joan Edwards Broadcast June 21, 1945	30:05	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.42 Mb
	181 Jack Haley, Marilyn Maxwell Broadcast June 22, 1945	30:59	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.58 Mb
	182 Bing Crosby, GI Jill Broadcast July 5, 1945	28:53	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.20 Mb
	183 Victor Borge, Jimmy Duante Broadcast July 12, 1945	31:27	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.66 Mb
	184 Judy Canova, Eve Arden Broadcast July 19, 1945	28:04	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.05 Mb
	187 Marilyn Maxwell, Walter O'Keefe Broadcast August 9, 1945	29:12	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.26 Mb
	189 Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart Broadcast August 30, 1945	29:06	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.24 Mb
	190 Bob Hope, Bing Crosby Broadcast September 6, 1945	31:24	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.65 Mb
	193 Betty Grable, June Haver Broadcast September 27, 1945	29:03	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.23 Mb
	194 Dinah Shore, Lum & Abner Broadcast October 4, 1945	31:11	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.61 Mb
	195 Ralph Edwards, Connie Haines Broadcast October 11, 1945	29:37	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.33 Mb
	199 Frances Langford, Bob Crosby Broadcast November 8, 1945	28:27	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.12 Mb
	200 Garry Moore, Jo Stafford Broadcast November 15, 1945	28:27	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.12 Mb
	202 Jimmy Durante, Andrews Sisters Broadcast December 13, 1945	28:14	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.08 Mb
	206 Abbott & Costell, Andrews Sisters Broadcast January 10, 1946	30:05	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.42 Mb
	209 Chico Marx, Jack Benny Broadcast January 31, 1946	30:50	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.55 Mb
	214 Ginger Rogers, Burl Ives Broadcast March 7, 1946	29:09	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.25 Mb
	218 Fred Allen, Ginny Simms Broadcast April 21, 1946	30:21	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.46 Mb
	220 Kay Kyser, Ester Williams Broadcast May 5, 1946	30:36	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.51 Mb
	226 Shirley Temple, Peter Lawford Broadcast June 16, 1946	28:47	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.18 Mb
	232 Janet Blair, Jane Powell	30:51	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.55 Mb
	235 Tyrone Power, Shirley Booth Broadcast October 20, 1946	30:07	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.42 Mb
	242 Rudy Vallee, Dorothy Patrick Broadcast December 8, 1946	28:37	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.15 Mb
	254 Carole Landis, Frank Sinatra Broadcast December 26, 1946	31:12	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.62 Mb
	257 Glenn Ford, Marilyn Maxwell Broadcast March 23, 1947	28:37	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.15 Mb
	258 Lina Romay, Garry Moore Broadcast March 30, 1947	31:15	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.63 Mb
	266 George Murphy, Martha Tilton Broadcast March 31, 1947	29:20	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.28 Mb
	272 Marilyn Maxwell, Johnny Mercer Broadcast May 4, 1947	30:55	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.57 Mb
	275 Lina Romay, Paulina Broadcast January 14, 1947	28:57	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.21 Mb
	280 Esther Williams, Danny Thomas Broadcast July 8, 1947	29:29	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.31 Mb
	288 Penny Singleton, Virginia O'Brien Broadcast September 2, 1942	31:10	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.61 Mb
	295 Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy Broadcast December 16, 1947	29:39	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.34 Mb
	300 Frank Sinatra, Doris Day Broadcast September 21, 1947	29:27	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.30 Mb
	302 Kay Kyser, Ish Kibble Broadcast December 23, 1947	31:05	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.60 Mb
	307 Anita Ellis, Harpo Marx Broadcast January 20, 1948	38:04	24 kbps	16 kHz	6.85 Mb
	340 Lina Romay, Steve Allen Broadcast September 7, 1948	29:07	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.24 Mb
	341 Ava Gardner, Steve Allen Broadcast September 14, 1948	28:25	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.12 Mb
	353 Vincent Price, Kay Starr Broadcast November 30, 1948	44:57	24 kbps	16 kHz	8.09 Mb
	397 Alexis Smith, Dean Martin Broadcast October 18, 1949	30:15	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.45 Mb
	1942 Christmas Special Broadcast December 25, 1942	60:10	24 kbps	16 kHz	10.83 Mb
	1943 Christmas Special Broadcast December 25, 1943	91:35	24 kbps	16 kHz	16.49 Mb
	1944 Christmas Special Broadcast December 25, 1944	122:09	24 kbps	16 kHz	21.99 Mb
	1945 Christmas Special Broadcast December 24, 1945	130:48	24 kbps	16 kHz	23.55 Mb
	1948 Christmas Special Broadcast December 25, 1948	183:07	24 kbps	16 kHz	32.96 Mb
	Army Day Special Broadcast April 7, 1946	45:59	24 kbps	16 kHz	8.28 Mb
	Command Performance Special Broadcast June 14, 1945	29:06	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.24 Mb
	Thanksgiving Special Broadcast November 27, 1944	28:45	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.18 Mb
	Victory Extra Broadcast August 15, 1945	31:03	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.59 Mb
	Victory Special Broadcast August 14, 1945	61:33	24 kbps	16 kHz	11.08 Mb
	VJ Day Special Broadcast September 2, 1945	29:11	24 kbps	16 kHz	5.25 Mb
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