Bing Crosby Dinah Shore Bob Burns Music Maids
Host Bing Crosby welcomes troops with spring and Easter remarks. Performers include Bing with an upbeat song, Dinah Shore with "Taking a Chance on Love," and the Charioteers' spiritual "Were You There." Comedy includes Bing and Bob Burns' banter about fashion. The show ends with thanks to the military in Australia and Bermuda.
Bing Crosby hosts a show for soldiers with spring and Easter comments. Acts feature Bing singing a happy tune, Dinah Shore performing "Taking a Chance on Love," and the Charioteers doing the spiritual "Were You There." For laughs, Bing and Bob Burns joke around about clothes. The program wraps up by thanking troops stationed in Australia and Bermuda.
Command Performance was a radio program which originally aired between 1942 and 1949. The program was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRS) and transmitted by shortwave to overseas troops — but with few exceptions, it was not broadcast over domestic U.S. radio stations.
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“Bing Crosby Dinah Shore Bob Burns Music Maids.” Command Performance. Radio broadcast, April 1, 1943.
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