For a small taste of this great
series,
listen to the preview below.
This show comes on CD In MP3 Format
We have G.I. Jive, Mail Call, and a few of Jill’s Juke Box, with stars like
Frank Sinatra and Fred Allen; Nelson Eddy, Burns And Allen, Ginny
Simms and Jimmy Durante, Danny Kaye and Ethel Smith; Bing Crosby and The
Andrew Sisters, Glen Miller, Benny Goodman, and a whole slew more belting
out the hits. Over 115 plus episodes, and over 35 hours of great Armed
Forces Radio Service listening.
The Armed Forces Radio Services (AFRS) has its origins in the War
Department's quest to improve troop morale. It began with short-wave
broadcasts of educational and information programs to troops in 1940. In
1941, the War Department gave out "Buddy Kits" (B-Kits) to departing troops.
They kits consisted of radios, 78 RPM shellac records, and electrical
transcription disks of radio shows. With the United States entrance into
World War II, however, the War Department decided that it needed to improve
the package. Thus, began the broadcasting of its own original variety
programs. Command Performance was the first when it was produced for the
first time on March 1, 1942.
On May 26, 1942, the Armed Forces Radio Services was formally established.
Initially, programming was comprised of network radio shows with the
commercials removed. Soon however, it began producing other original
programming, such as Mail Call, G.I. Journal, Jubilee, and G.I. Jive. At its
peak in 1945, the Service produced around twenty hours of original
programming each week.
After the war, the AFRS continued providing programming to troops in Europe.
In addition, it also provided programming for future wars that the United
States was involved in. It survives today as a component of the American
Forces Network.
To broadcast to troops overseas the shows aired by the AFRS were recorded
onto electrical transcription disks and shipped to stations. Those in the
United States rarely ever heard programming from the AFRS. However, AFRS
recordings of Golden Age network shows were occasionally broadcast on some
domestic stations beginning in the 1950s.
There are over
115 episodes
and better then 35 hours of great Armed
Forces Radio Service listening contained on the CD.
The following are the episodes contained on the CD.
YankSwingSessionAFRS86
JillsJukeBoxAFRS29
JillsJukeBoxAFRS40
JillsJukeBoxAFRS48
JillsJukeBoxAFRS50
GI JIVE AFRS 271 Tommy Dorsey - Mandy Make Up Your Mind
GI JIVE AFRS 272 Good Queen Bess
GI JIVE AFRS 414 Joe Turner Blues
GI JIVE AFRS 415 Lucky Millinder - Are You Ready
GI JIVE AFRS 416 Lucky Millinder - Apollo Jump
GI JIVE AFRS 417 Ginny Simms - I'm Like A Fish Out Of Water
GI JIVE AFRS 449 Erskine Hawkins - The Limehouse Blues
GI JIVE AFRS 450 Lucky Millender - Jitters
GI JIVE AFRS 459 Glenn Miller - Hallelujah
GI JIVE AFRS 460 Eddie Miller - Shortnin Bread
GI JIVE AFRS 465 Benny Goodman - Lets Dance
GI JIVE AFRS 466 Harry James - Backbeat Boogie
GI JIVE AFRS 509 Rhum Boogie
GI JIVE AFRS 510 Tommy Dorsey - Boogie Woogie
GI JIVE AFRS 601 Benny Goodman - Honeysuckle Rose
GI JIVE AFRS 602 Count Basie - Blue Lou
GI JIVE AFRS 617 Bing Crosby - Rollio Rolling Along
GI JIVE AFRS 618 Andy Kirk - Riding Along
GI JIVE AFRS 703 Benny Goodman - Bugle Call Rag
GI JIVE AFRS 704 Stan Kenton - Eager Beaver
GI JIVE AFRS 705 Tommy Dorsey - Blue Skies
GI JIVE AFRS 706 Count Basie - Blue Lou
GI JIVE AFRS 721 Bob Crosby - Sugarfoot Strut
GI JIVE AFRS 722 Jimmy Lunceford - For Dancers Only
GI JIVE AFRS 755 Glenn Miller - Caribbean Clipper
GI JIVE AFRS 756 Harry James - Two O'clock Jump
GI JIVE AFRS 829 Benny Goodman - Margie
GI JIVE AFRS 830 Woody Herman - Woodchoppers Ball
GI JIVE AFRS 831 Glenn Miller - Gipper Mouth Blues
GI JIVE AFRS 832 Bobby Sherwood - The Elks Parade
GI JIVE AFRS 833 Benny Goodman - Changes
GI JIVE AFRS 834 Les Brown - Swanee River
GI JIVE AFRS 835 Tommy Dorsey - Well Get It
GI JIVE AFRS 836 Benny Goodman - Jumpin At The Woodside
GI JIVE AFRS 837 Stan Kenton - Eager Beaver
GI JIVE AFRS 838 Benny Goodman - Alexander's Ragtime Band
GI JIVE AFRS 839 Casa Loma Orchestra - Casa Loma Stomp
GI JIVE AFRS 840 Benny Goodman - Buckle Down Winsock
GI JIVE AFRS 841 Ambrose - Night Ride
GI JIVE AFRS 842 Benny Goodman - I Found A New Baby
GI JIVE AFRS 843 Bob Crosby - Honky Tonk Train Blues
GI JIVE AFRS 844 Harry James - The Sad Sack
GI JIVE AFRS 845 Glenn Miller - Here We Go Again
GI JIVE AFRS 846 Benny Goodman - King Porter Stomp
GI JIVE AFRS 847 Benny Goodman - Bugle Call Rag
GI JIVE AFRS 848 Tommy Dorsey - Song Of India
GI JIVE AFRS 849 Harry James - Strictly Instrumental
GI JIVE AFRS 850 Harry James - Trumpet Blues
GI JIVE AFRS 851 Tommy Dorsey - Opus One
GI JIVE AFRS 852 Erskine Hawkins - King Porter Stomp
GI JIVE AFRS 853 Bob Crosby - South Rampart Street Parade
GI JIVE AFRS 854 Glenn Miller - Caribbean Clipper
GI JIVE AFRS 855 Stan Kenton - Eager Beaver
GI JIVE AFRS 856 Tommy Dorsey - Well Get It
GI JIVE AFRS 890 Tommy Dorsey - Moonlight On The Ganges
GI JIVE AFRS 892 Count Basie - GI Stomp
GI JIVE AFRS 901 Tommy Dorsey - Opus One
GI JIVE AFRS 906 Erskine Hawkins - King Porter Stomp
GI JIVE AFRS 908 Bunny Goodman - Changes
GI JIVE AFRS 914 Bunny Berrigan - Deed I Do
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Ambrose - Night Ride
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Artie Shaw - Indian Love Call
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Benny Goodman - Get Happy
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Benny Goodman - Sugarfoot Stomp
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Bob Crosby - Java Junction
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Bunny Berigan - High Society
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Bunny Berigan - Jivin
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Charlie Barnet - Cherokee
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Charlie Spivak - Soldier Jumped At Dawn
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Count Basie - Jumpin At The Woodside
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Eddie Miller - Stomp Mr. Henry Lee
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Glenn Miller - American Patrol
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Harry James - 920 Special
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Harry James - Backbeat Boogie
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Harry James - Trumpet Blues
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Harry James - Two O'clock Jump
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Jimmy Lunceford - Jeep Rhythm
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Tommy Dorsey - Boogie Woogie
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Tommy Dorsey - Opus One
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Tommy Dorsey - Well Get It
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Tommy Dorsey - Who
GI JIVE AFRS xxx Woody Herman - Woodchoppers Ball
Mail Call - xxxx-xx-xx xxx Jack Benny Chico Marx
Mail Call 1943-01-09 019 Groucho Marx Judy Garland
Mail Call 1943-06-30 044 George Jessel Paulette Goddard
Mail Call 1943-07-15 046 Edward G Robinson Dick Powell
Mail Call 1943-08-26 053 Groucho Marx Paulette Goddard
Mail Call 1944-01-05 072 Jack Benny Judy Garland
Mail Call 1944-01-12 073 Bing Crosby Dorothy Lamour
Mail Call 1944-02-16 078 Bing Crosby Connee Boswell
Mail Call 1944-03-08 081 Lionel Barrymore Eddie Cantor
Mail Call 1944-07-26 102 Bing Crosby Betty Grable
Mail Call 1944-08-02 103 Norma Shearer Georgia Gibbs
Mail Call 1944-08-09 104 Frank Sinatra Fred Allen
Mail Call 1944-08-23 106 Nelson Eddy Burns And Allen
Mail Call 1944-09-27 111 Ginny Simms Jimmy Durante
Mail Call 1944-10-05 112 Kay Kyser Georgia Gibbs
Mail Call 1944-10-25 115 Danny Kaye Ethel Smith
Mail Call 1944-11-22 120 Bing Crosby Andrew Sisters
Mail Call 1944-12-27 125 Dinah Shore Jimmy Durante
Mail Call 1945-01-03 126 Ann Rutherford Lena Horne
Mail Call 1945-01-10 127 Groucho Marx Gene Krupa
Mail Call 1945-01-17 128 Bing Crosby Martha Mears
Mail Call 1945-01-24 129 June Allyson Ozzie And Harriett
Mail Call 1945-01-31 130 Edgar Bergen Ingrid Bergman
Mail Call 1945-02-14 132 Dinah Shore Dorothy Lamour
Mail Call 1945-02-28 134 Dick Haymes King Sisters
Mail Call 1945-03-07 135 Jack Benny Claudette Colbert
Mail Call 1945-03-21 137 Burns And Allen Harpo Marx
Mail Call 1945-03-21 137 Frank Morgan Burns And Allen
Mail Call 1945-05-16 145 Betty Grable George Jessel
Mail Call 1946-03-27 188 Groucho Marx Kenny Baker
Mail Call 1948-11-01 320 Betty Grable Danny Kaye
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