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AFRS Jubilee

Networks
AFRS (as its archives name them)
Heard
1943–1952
Episodes
93

The Jubilee! radio show was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) and featured "Negro" performers. The dates on these files, show numbers, as well as some performer's names, came from the Jubilee! transcription pages by Carl Hallstrom & Bo Scherman: http://home.swipnet.se/dooji/jubilee.htm The Radio Gold Index http://www.radiogoldindex.com DB was helpful too. Any typo or error is mine. :D

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Delta Rhythm Boys, Lucky Millinder

    · No. 37 · 30 min

  2. Jimmie Noone, Butterfly McQueen, Ida James, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Lucky Millender

    · No. 38 · 32 min

  3. Erskine Hawkins Orch, Lena Horne, Nat King Cole

    · No. 45 · 31 min

  4. Erskine Hawkins Orch, Eddie Anderson, Jean Rogers, May Johnson, James Mitchell, Johnny Taylor

    · No. 48 · 31 min

  5. All-Soldier Show

    · No. 50 · 31 min

  6. Louis Jordan, Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5, Nat King Cole, Ida James

    · No. 51 · 30 min

  7. Joe Turner, Ammons & Johnson, Harlon Leonard Orch, The Delta Rhythm Boys

    · No. 52 · 31 min

  8. Lionel Hampton, Dinah Washington, Golden Gate Quartet

    · No. 53 · 31 min

  9. Count Basie, AFRS Studio Orchestra, Teddy Wilson, Thelma Carpenter, Jimmy Rushing, Earl Warren

    · No. 55 · 28 min

  10. Cee Pee Johnson Orch, Ida James, Maurice Rocco, Sir Lancelot

    · No. 57 · 29 min

  11. Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Mills Brothers, Thelma Middleton, Barney Bigard

    · No. 58 · 30 min

  12. Cee Pee Johnson Orch, Johnny Mercer, Delta Rhythm Boys, Timmie Rogers

    · No. 61 · 29 min

  13. Nat King Cole, George Burns & Gracie Allen, Cab Calloway, The 4 Seabees

    · No. 65 · 31 min

  14. Bob Crosby, Andy Kirk & his Clouds of Joy, June Richmond, AFRS Orchestra

    · No. 68 · 30 min

  15. Duke Ellington Orchestra, Art Tatum Trio, Louis Jordan & His Tympani 5

    · No. 69 · 30 min

  16. Fletcher Henderson Orch, Delta Rhythm Boys, Dorothy Donegan, Butterfly McQueen

    · No. 76 · 29 min

  17. Lena Horne, Fletcher Henderson Orch, The Charioteers, Eddie Green, Jimmy Baskette

    · No. 77 · 30 min

  18. Dorothy Donegan, Bob Parish, International Sweethearts of Rhythm

    · No. 82 · 31 min

  19. Jimmie Lunceford Orch, Nat King Cole Trio, Butterfly McQueen, Carmen Miranda

    · No. 85 · 31 min

  20. Jimmie Lunceford Orch, Maxine Sullivan, Eddie South Trio, Jerry Lester

    · No. 86 · 31 min

  21. Meade Lux Lewis, Hedda Hopper, Ernest Whitman, Butterfly McQueen, Benny Carter

    · No. 87 · 30 min

  22. Jimmie Lunceford Orch, Joe Sullivan, Lena Horne, The Nat King Cole Trio, Butterfly McQueen

    · No. 89 · 31 min

  23. Elmer Fain Orch, Golden Gate Quartet, Tommy Dorsey, June Richmond, Butterfly McQueen

    · No. 91 · 30 min

  24. Count Basie Orch, Thelma Carpenter, Jimmy Rushing, Butterfly McQueen, Earle Warren

    · No. 96 · 31 min

  25. Lucky Millinder Orch, Al Casey Trio, Ethel Waters, Ted Straeter, The Gene Krupa Trio

    · No. 115 · 32 min

  26. AFRS Studio Orch, Duke Ellington Orch, Lena Horne

    · No. 117 · 29 min

  27. Rose Chi Chi Murphy, Sam McDaniel, Charlie Barnet Orch, Eddie Heywood Combo

    · No. 118 · 30 min

  28. Buddy Rich, Thelma Carpenter, Illinois Jacquet, Count Basie, Eddie Anderson, Jimmy Rushing

    · No. 99 · 30 min

  29. Billy Eckstine, Coleman Hawkins

    · No. 121 · 31 min

  30. Earl Hines Orch, June Richmond, Mantan Moreland, Slim Gaillard, The Loumel Morgan Trio, The Town Criers, Benny Carter

    · No. 106 · 27 min

  31. Harry James Orch, Kitty Kallen, Eddie Anderson, The Red Callender Trio, Eddie Heywood

    · No. 124 · 31 min

  32. Benny Carter Orch, Josh White, The Four Blazes, Illinois Jacquet Sextette, Timmie Rogers

    · No. 125 · 30 min

  33. Benny Carter Orch, Betty Roche, The Nat King Cole Trio, Barney Bigard, Jimmy Durante

    · No. 126 · 30 min

  34. Andy Kirk Orch, The Eddie Heywood Sextet

    · No. 134 · 30 min

  35. Benny Carter Orch, The Four Blazes, Helen Humes, Eddie Green

    · No. 136 · 29 min

  36. Effie Smith, Garry Moore, Andre Previn, Joe Liggins, Jimmie Lunceford

    · No. 137 · 29 min

  37. Count Basie, Eddie Green, Hattie McDaniel & Ernest Whitman, King Sisters

    · No. 141 · 30 min

  38. International Sweethearts Of Rhythm, Ethel Waters, Johnny Mercer, Nicodemus, The Four Vs

    · No. 88 · 30 min

  39. Lionel Hampton Orch, Lena Horne, The Four Blazes

    · No. 164 · 30 min

  40. Boyd Raeburn, Ginny Powell

    · No. 189 · 32 min

  41. Benny Carter, Delta Rhythm Boys

    · No. 193 · 30 min

  42. Earl Hines, Ricky Jordan, Tommy Todd, Count Basie

    · No. 195 · 30 min

  43. Bobby Sherwood, Liz Tilton, The Modernaires

    · No. 200 · 30 min

  44. Cliff Lang, Herb Jeffries, 4 Chicks & Chuck

    · No. 202 · 30 min

  45. Cliff Lang, Kay Starr, Andre Previn

    · No. 204 · 29 min

  46. Vivien Garry, Les Paul, Arv Garrison, Barney Kessel, Benny Carter

    · No. 205 · 30 min

  47. Bobby Sherwood Orch, Frances Glynn, Jay Johnson, Liz Tilton, Paula Kelly, The Modernaires

    · No. 200 · 30 min

  48. Stan Kenton Orch, June Christy, The Four Blazes, Max Miller, Shelley Manne, Kai Winding

    · No. 231 · 31 min

  49. Barney Bigard, Judy Carroll, Nat King Cole, Benny Carter, Eddie Anderson

    · No. 220 · 30 min

  50. Woody Herman, Jesse Price, Dodo Marmarosa, Joan Benson

    · No. 229 · 32 min

  51. Garry Moore, Gerald Wilson Orch, Mabel Scott, Timmie Rogers

    · No. 232 · 31 min

  52. Beryl Davis, Cyril Haynes, Joe Alexander, Earle Spencer Orch, Al Killian, Howard McGhee

    · No. 238 · 31 min

  53. Bobby Sherwood Orch, Mel Torme, The Saul Davis Trio, The Merry Macs

    · No. 237 · 31 min

  54. Page Cavanaugh, Pete Daily, Martha Tilton, Johnny White, Freddie Davis

    · No. 227 · 30 min

  55. Ike Carpenter Orch, Jean Louise, The Four Blazes, Corky Corcoran

    · No. 240 · 31 min

  56. Merwyn Bogue, Jane Russell, Kay Kyser, Hadda Brooks

    · No. 242 · 31 min

  57. Eddie Skrivanek Sextette (from Hunger), Peter Lind Hayes, The Luvenia Nash Singers

    · No. 241 · 30 min

  58. Al Killian Orch, Ish Kabbible, Hadda Brooks, Merwyn Bogue, Jane Russell

    · No. 243 · 30 min

  59. Roy Milton, Ernie Felice, Lynne Stevens

    · No. 244 · 31 min

  60. Count Basie Orch, Ella Mae Morse, Jimmy Rushing

    · No. 245 · 32 min

  61. Benny Carter, Page Cavanaugh, The Pied Pipers, Gene Norman, WIll Scott, Johnny Desmond, Peggy Lee

    · No. 246 · 31 min

  62. AFRS Orch, Charlie Barnet Orch, Frankie Laine

    · No. 247 · 31 min

  63. Benny Carter, Page Cavanaugh, Frankie Soputo, The Pied Pipers, Johnny Desmond, Peggy Lee

    · No. 248 · 32 min

  64. Ernie Gill Orch, Penny Piper, Howard Halburt, Nick Delano

    · No. 249 · 32 min

  65. Murray McEachern Orch, Lorry Raine, Nellie Lutcher, Kid Ory

    · No. 250 · 30 min

  66. Martha Tilton, Opie Cates Orch, Ernie Andrews, Dick Kane, Eddie Robertson

    · No. 251 · 32 min

  67. Al Sack Orch, Annette Warren

    · No. 252 · 32 min

  68. Ernie Gill, The Crew Chiefs, Eileen Wilson, Roy Eldridge

    · No. 253 · 32 min

  69. Jesse Price Orch, Woody Herman, Linda Lombard

    · No. 254 · 32 min

  70. Earle Spencer Orch, Vic Dickenson, Kay Starr

    · No. 257 · 30 min

  71. Toni Harper, Jimmy Rushing, Count Basie

    · No. 269 · 31 min

  72. Opie Cates, Virginia

    · No. 255 · 31 min

  73. Toni Harper, Count Basie

    · No. 270 · 31 min

  74. Jimmy Mundy, Nellie Lutcher, Nat King Cole, The Mello-Larks

    · No. 256 · 31 min

  75. JImmy Mundy Orch, Jean Byron, Basin Street Boys

    · No. 258 · 30 min

  76. The AFRS Orchestra, Georgia Gibbs, Erroll Garner, Herb Jeffries

    · No. 259 · 32 min

  77. Keith Williams, Jean Taylor, Jackie Mills, Stan Hasselgard, Rickey Jordan

    · No. 272 · 31 min

  78. Dave Cavanaugh Orch, Ernie Felice, Frances Wayne, Laine Sisters, Matt Dennis

    · No. 260 · 32 min

  79. Just Jazz program: Benny Carter, Count Basie, Peggy Lee, Howard McGhee

    · No. 261 · 32 min

  80. Just Jazz program 1: Count Basie, Erroll Garner, Peggy Lee, Benny Goodman

    · No. 262 · 32 min

  81. Memorial Tribute to Jimmie Lunceford

    · No. 263 · 30 min

  82. Jimmy Zito Orch, Kay Starr, Bobby Troup Trio,Trernier Twins, Jeff Dane

    · No. 264 · 31 min

  83. Harry Lubin, Paramount Studio Orch, Anita Ellis, Walter Gross, Sarah Berner & Doris Butler

    · No. 265 · 31 min

  84. Johnny Otis Orch, Joan Barton, Barclay Allen, Johnny Moore, Jimmy Witherspoon

    · No. 279 · 32 min

  85. Harry Lubin Orch, Anita Ellis, Delta Rhythm Boys, Ken Carson

    · No. 266 · 31 min

  86. Jimmy WItherspoon Orch, Ella Fitzgerald, Bill Barnett

    · No. 281 · 31 min

  87. Harry James Orch, Helen Ward, Page Cavanaugh, Earl Hines Orch

    · No. 268 · 32 min

  88. Harry James Orch, Tampa Red, Etta Jones

    · No. 267 · 32 min

  89. Velvetones, Bob Keen, Frances Wayne, The Neal Hefti Quartet

    · No. 283 · 30 min

  90. Benny Carter, Peggy Lee, Jelly Roll Morton

    · No. 284 · 30 min

  91. Ernie Gill Orch, Page Cavanaugh Orch, Pied Pipers

    · No. 285 · 30 min

  92. Benny Carter Orch, Connie Jordan Quartet, Mary Lou Williams

    · No. 276 · 31 min

  93. Ray Anthony, Michel Perriere, Georgie Auld, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires

    · No. 380 · 14 min

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