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Beat The Band
Description
Beat the Band is an NBC musical quiz radio show that asked listeners and guests to identify tunes and supplied popular dance-band entertainment.
Beat the Band is a musical quiz show heard on NBC radio from 1940 to 1944 in two distinctly different series. The program popularized the show business catch phrase, "Give me a little traveling music", often uttered on TV a decade later by Jackie Gleason.
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Showtimes
Original schedule
- 1940–19416:30 PM ETNBC Red (WEAF) · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 194310:30 PM ETNBC Red (WEAF) · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–19448:30 PM ETNBC Red (WEAF) · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Cast & Crew
F
MFort Pearson
Announcer
Marvin Miller
Announcer
TTom Shirley
Announcer
M
Marilyn 'Marvel' Maxwell
Cast
J
EJack Simpson
Director
Eddie Mayehoff
Cast
Garry Moore
Host
HHarry Sosnik
Musical Director
HHildegarde
Host
M
MMarilyn Thorne
Vocalist
Monica Lewis
Vocals
Perry Como
Vocalist
TTed Weems
Cast
H
Hobart 'Hobe' Donovan
Writer
Audio Clips
0m44s
References
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“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK.” New York Times, March 17, 1929.
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Terrace, Vincent. Radio's Golden Years - The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs 1930-1960. Collector's Corner.
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