CHRISTMAS 1944
THIS WEEK’S EPISODE
SSRH 760
DECEMBER 21, 2024
CHRISTMAS 1944
Uncle Sam Presents
Saturday, December 11, 1943
NBC Vanderbilt Theater
New York, New York
(OWI)
BBC News Headline
“Major Glenn Miller”
London
Sunday, December 24, 1944
21:00 BST newscast
(BBC)
THE AMERICAN BAND OF THE AEF
Recorded Monday, December 25, 1944
3:30 – 4:05 pm
Olympia Theater
Paris, France
Broadcast Monday, December 25, 1944
7:01-7:30 pm
(AEFP)
The American Band of the AEF conducted by T/Sgt. Jerry Gray
W/O Paul Dudley, announcer
BBC SLO-67216
GRAND ROUNDUP
Broadcast Monday, December 25, 1944
7:30 – 8:00 pm
Combined AEF Orchestras from London and Paris
(AEFP and BBC) (Shortwave to Mutual in the USA)
COMMAND PERFORMANCE 155
Saturday, December 16, 1944
CBS Hollywood
(AFRS)
Ken Carpenter, announcer
Bob Hope, host
KRAFT MUSIC HALL 351
Thursday, December 21, 1944
6:00-6:30 p.m. PWT
Broadcast
NBC Studio D
Hollywood, California
(NBC) (KFI)
Ken Carpenter, announcer
Bing Crosby, host
with Eugenie Baird, the Charioteers, The Kraft Choral Club,
John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra
OWI/AFRS 1944 Christmas Album
From Decca Recording Sessions
Bing Crosby
(OWI/AFRS)
Decca Recording Session
June 1, 1942
Los Angeles, California
Playlist
(11Dec43) White Christmas (Pfc. Johnny Desmond, vocal) (BBC 24Dec44) Major Glenn Miller News Bulletin (25Dec44 AEFP-BBC-Mutual) Oranges and Lemons (The Crew Chiefs, vocal), Auld Lang Syne (Combined AEF bands, American, British and Canadian) (16Dec44) Program Open, Accentuate the Positive (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, vocal), Rachel’s Dream (Benny Goodman Quartet), Up Front With Bill Mauldin (interview from France), More and More (Bing Crosby), I’ve Found A New Baby (Benny Goodman), Feature with Ann Sheridan and Bing Crosby, Put It There, Pal (Bing Crosby and Bob Hope), Program Close (21Dec44) Program Open, Adeste Fidelis (Bing Crosby, vocal), Jingle Bells (Bing Crosby and the Charioteers, vocal), Kraft Commercial, I Dream Of You (Eugenie Baird, vocal), I’m Making Believe (Bing Crosby, vocal), The Slip Of A Lip Might Sink A Ship (The Charioteers, vocal), What A Difference A Day Made (Bing Crosby, vocal), Beautiful Savior (The Kraft Choral Club [from Chicago]), Kraft Commercial, Silent Night (Bing Crosby, vocal), Program Close (OWI Christmas Album) Spoken Introduction by Bing Crosby, Jingle Bells (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, vocal), Adeste Fidelis (Bing Crosby, vocal), Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, vocal), Silent Night (Bing Crosby, vocal), White Christmas (Bing Crosby, vocal), The First Noel (Choir) (Program Close) (1Jun42) (DLA3014-A, Happy Holiday (Bing Crosby with the Music Maids and Hal, vocal)
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