# Victor Borge

Heard 1942–1945. 28 episodes.

THE VICTOR BORGE COLLECTION Victor Borge Biography: Victor Borge was born in Copenhagen, Denmark January 3, 1909, the son of Bernhard and Frederikke Rosenbaum. He was named Børge Rosenbaum, and his musical talent was no surprise as his father was a musician in the Royal Danish Chapel. He was educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Music by Olivo Krause, and later by Victor Schiøler, Frederic Lamond and Egon Petri. He had his piano debut in 1926 at "Odd Fellow Palæet" in Copenhagen and was recognized as a very talented musician. During the 1930's he became one of Denmark's most popular artists. He started his career as a classical pianist, but his talent for making the audience laugh was soon obvious, and he started developing his unique blend of humor and music. He had his revue debut in 1933 and his film debut in 1937. In 1940 he was forced to leave Denmark, and he traveled from Petsano to New York. Although he didn't speak English he soon managed to "translate" his humor, and he performed for the first time in Bing Crosby's radio show in 1941. In 1942 he was pronounced "the best new radio performer of the year" by the American press, and his radio and TV shows became extremely popular. He became an American citizen in 1948, and had his own show, "Comedy in Music", at The Golden Theatre, New York 1953-56. He had performed as soloist and conductor with leading orchestras from 1956, and has performed as Opera Conductor, e.g. Magic Flute, Cleveland Orchestra, 1979 and The…

## Sets

- Victor Borge Collection - Single Episodes (Old Time Radio Researchers): CC BY-NC-ND 2.5, as its uploader states it at the Internet Archive. Source: https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles
- Victor Borge Show (Listeners' uploads): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/victor-borge-show-july-4-1945

## Episodes, in broadcast order

1. [Command Performance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/a495c4f85252), aired 30 June 1942 (28 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/xCommand_Performance_42-06-30_020.mp3
1. [Command Performance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/4f38e052d91c), aired 12 July 1945 (1 h 03 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/xCommand_Performance_45-07-12_183.mp3
1. [Command Performance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/0b1302df8aaf), aired 30 August 1945 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/xCommand_Performance_45-08-30_189.mp3
1. [All the Right Notes, Not Necessarily in the Right Order](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/f1669aea8202) (28 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_All_The_Right_Notes_Not_Necessarily_In_The_R.mp3
1. [Comedy in Music](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/7d58209f4e8d) (26 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Comedy_In_Music_Pt._1.mp3
1. [a Mozart Opera](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/d089e2b0aabf) (9:15): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_A_Mozart_Opera.mp3
1. [Comedy In Music, Pt. 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/0f58552e3025) (14 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Comedy_In_Music_Pt._2.mp3
1. [Hungarian Rhapsody](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/bd21a1481780) (20 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Hungarian_Rhapsody.mp3
1. [Brahms Lullaby](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/c2870de05bf5) (3:24): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Brahms_Lullaby.mp3
1. [Mozart Opera by](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/89bc6c1849e1) (9:18): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Mozart_Opera_By_Borge.mp3
1. [Three Borge Fav](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/c31845f42528) (12 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Three_Borge_Favorites.mp3
1. [Denmark, My Native Land](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/d77812f99e09) (1:21): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Denmark_My_Native_Land.mp3
1. [Family Background](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/0438318affa1) (1:16): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Family_Background.mp3
1. [Friedmann Wiener Tanz 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/4cbb519f5ee4) (3:28): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Friedmann_Wiener_Tanz_2.mp3
1. [Happy Birthday](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/112cf5a3eb9e) (16 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Happy_Birthday.mp3
1. [Inflationary Language](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/28d5d064a274) (5:09): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Inflationary_Language.mp3
1. [in London](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/27eca9871cbc) (4:08): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_In_London.mp3
1. [Johann Sibelius Bach & Family](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/16df76318981) (2:43): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Johann_Sibelius_Bach_And_Family.mp3
1. [Live at the London Paladium](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/0d5d8e13aef6) (21 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Live_at_the_London_Paladium.mp3
1. [Live in Boston in 1953](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/8e688e4dd2d5) (16 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Live_in_Boston_in_1953.mp3
1. [Medley of Popular Songs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/8f7f8f05d75a) (14 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Medley_of_Popular_Songs.mp3
1. [Phonetic Punctuation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/ba05950435e3) (7:27): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Phonetic_Punctuation.mp3
1. [Rachmaninov Excerpts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/8746b0d9e741) (3:17): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Rachmaninov_Excerpts.mp3
1. [Requests](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/95d5deda4bcb) (14 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Requests.mp3
1. [Saliere Opera](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/354d00cc7296) (8:15): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Saliere_Opera.mp3
1. [Sweetheart](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/7085175ffa64) (10 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/Victor_Borge_-_Sweetheart.mp3
1. [xMail Call xxxxxx Victor Borge](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/29b3961b0fc1) (31 min): https://archive.org/download/OTRR_Victor_Borge_Collection_Singles/xMail_Call_xxxxxx_Victor_Borge.mp3
1. [Show](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/victor-borge/d591def71c2f) (30 min): https://archive.org/download/victor-borge-show-july-4-1945/01%20Victor%20Borge%20Show.mp3

A set by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group (otrr.org), at the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio collection.

Nothing here is called public domain on this site's say-so. In the United States, sound recordings first fixed before 15 February 1972 have federal protection under the Music Modernization Act of 2018, for most until 2067 at the latest, so most American radio of the 1930s to the 1950s is not in the public domain there. Each set shows the licence, mark or statement its archive gives, and says whose it is.