Jeanette MacDonald Virginia OBrien Dale Evans Mills Brothers
A baby's cry is played for the soldiers as the episode opens with the song "Why Don't You Fall In Love With Me?"
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A special CBS variety show created to lift the spirits of military troops around the world during World War II. Jeanette McDonald runs the program, bringing together singers, comedians, and musicians who perform because soldiers send letters asking for them to appear.
CBS' unique variety program, dedicated to boosting the morale of Armed Forces personnel worldwide during World War II. Jeanette McDonald hosts the show, which features singers, comedians, and instrumentalists, all of whom have been urged to appear by servicemen who write in with requests.
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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“Jeanette MacDonald Virginia OBrien Dale Evans Mills Brothers.” Command Performance. Radio broadcast, January 16, 1943.
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