Keith Heltsley

Command Performance – Retro Radio Podcast

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Sharing family friendly entertainment through old time radio, and more.

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Keith Heltsley

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Command Performance – Shirley Ross, Carmen Miranda. ep100, 440108 08.01.2022 29:25

Hosted by Shirley Ross, she starts the all musical program off. She sings, Singing In My Heart. Harry James chats a little with Shirley, and dips into the mail bag.…

Command Performance – Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, Charioteers. ep97, 431218 18.12.2021 11:04

Hosted by Dinah Shore and Bing Crosby. A show full of music and adlibs. Ken Carpenter, Bing, and Dinah sing a musical introduction to the show, which is to be…

Command Performance – Herbert Marshall, Bergen And McCarthy. ep94, 431127 27.11.2021 29:57

Host tonight is Herbert Marshall. He starts by reading greetings from the mailbag. Bob Wills, with his Texas Playboys, sings, San Antonio Rose. Anita Ellis sings, More Than You Know.…

Command Performance – Marlene Dietrich, Johnny Mercer. ep82, 430909 09.09.2021 29:35

Hosted by Marlene Dietrich who leads off with a song. Either she is one of the worlds worst singers, or she’s just making a joke of the song. Shirley Ross…

Command Performance – Judy Garland, Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby. ep81, 430828 28.08.2021 30:28

Hosting is passed around, but is mostly handled by Bing Crosby. Judy Garland leads off with a medley including, Embraceable You, and The Man I Love. She reds from the…

Command Performance – Ginger Rogers, Frank Sinatra, Arthur Q Bryan. ep80, 430821 21.08.2021 29:07

Hosted by Ginger Rogers. She introduces Frank Sinatra who sings, Embraceable You. After he made a successful appearance on an earlier Command Performance program, Mel Blanc returns. This time with…

Command Performance – Rosalin Russell, Xavier Cugat, Jimmy Wakely, Judy Canova. ep79, 430814 14.08.2021 29:34

Hosted by actress Rosalyn Russel. She turns the show over to bandleader, Xavior Kugot, who plays, Brazil. Judy Canova talks about her night out with the glamour girls of Hollywood,…

Command Performance – Greer Garson, Gloria Warren, Nelson Eddy, Cass Daley. ep78, 430807 . 07.08.2021 29:35

Host is Greer Garson. She introduces the Orchestra The AEF orchestra plays, I Know That You Know. mail bag request has the man who does the voice of Goofy to…

Command Performance – Ginger Rogers, Virginia O’Brien, Jimmy Durante. ep132, 440805 15.07.2021 29:47

Announcer: Ken Carpenter. Ginger Rogers introduces the show, and keeps the fun coming. Virginia O’Brien picks up the greetings to the mailbag requests, then sings a swinging version of, Take…

Command Performance – Fred MacMurray, Alice Faye, Skinny Ennis, Phil Harris. ep72, 430626 26.06.2021 29:40

Hosted by Fred MacMurray. Jimmy Lundsford performs, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore. MSgt Skinny Ennis jokes with Fred, then sings, I Got You Under My Skin. Gene Austin sings, Blue…

Command Performance – Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Fanny Brice, Hanley Stafford. ep71, 430619 19.06.2021 29:31

Hosted by Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore. Dinah sings, I Don’t Want Anybody At All. After a dip into the mail bag, Vaughn Monroe chats with the hosts, then sings,…

Command Performance – Bob Crosby, Jimmy Wakely, Count Basie. ep70, 430612 12.06.2021 29:37

Hosted by Bob Crosby. Whith backup by the Charioteers, he sings, Whats the Good Word Mr. Bluebird. Bob dips into the mail bag. Count Basey plays, March of the Gremlins.…

Command Performance – Betty Hutton, Amos And Andy. ep69, 430605 05.06.2021 29:40

Hosted by Betty Hutton. After a dip into the mail bag, she introduces Woody Herman. The band plays, Four or Five Times. In answer to the mail bag, sounds that…

Command Performance – Dinah Shore, Sportsmen, Ruth Hussey, Carlos Ramirez. ep68, 430522 22.05.2021 29:42

Hosted by Dinah Shore. She sings, Taking a Chance on Love. Sportsmen sing, In My Arms. Bill Thompson, voice actor of most of the voices from the Fibber McGee and Molly…

Command Performance – Paulette Goddard, Jimmy Durante, Louis Armstrong. ep120, 440520 20.05.2021 29:43

Command Performance - Paulette Goddard, Jimmy Durante, Louis Armstrong. 440520. Hosted by Paulette Goddard, and though not known for her singing, comes out singing, Alexander's Ragtime Band. With altered lyrics, and cut short so she can deliver some personal greetings to the troops. Paulette dips into the mailbag to read requests from those guys with the strange nick names. Anita Ellis sings, I Re...

Command Performance – Joan Blondell Dick Powell Judy Canova Virginia OBrien. ep67, 430515 15.05.2021 29:40

Hosted by Joan Blondell. Virginia O’Brian reads greetings from the mail bag before singing, Did I Get Stinking at the Club Savoy. Rochester talks to Joan about Jack Benny then…

Command Performance – Martha Raye, Rudy Vallee, Jimmy Grier. ep66, 430508 08.05.2021 29:36

Martha Raye hosts, and opens with a song, The Boy with the Wistful Eyes. Rudy Valley cracks some jokes with Martha before launching into a medley that includes, Old Man…

Command Performance – Ginnie Simms, Gene Austy. Ep65, 430505 05.05.2021 29:40

Announcer: Ken Carpenter Playlist Ain’t Misbehaving (Ginny Simms) Clare De Loon. Freddie Martin) I’ll Be Back (Sgt Gene Autry Comedian, Pat O’Mally shares a lyrical report on the family picnic.…

Command Performance – 43-05-01 (064) – Kate Smith, John Charles Thomas, Cass Daley 03.05.2021 29:42

Announcer: Ken Carpenter Playlist Hey Good Looking (Kate Smith). I Got Spring for Sale. (Charioteers) Willie the Wolf oF the West (Cass Daley) South Paw Serenade (Piano instrumental, Freddie Slack)…

Command Performance – Don Ameche, Cass Daley. ep112, 440325 25.03.2021 29:27

Host, Don Ameche comes out singing a welcom before introducing the Armed Forces Radio Trio who plays, Out of Nowhere. Don dips into the mailbag for some greetings. Then Faye…

Command Performance – Barbara Stanwyck, Dick Haymes. ep131, 440730 17.03.2021 29:45

Harry Vonzel introduces Barbara Stanwyck to get right to introducing the acts. Would You Like to Swing on a Star? (Dick Haymes) She makes observations that set him apart from…

Command Performance – Linda Darnell, Ink Spots, Cab Calloway (Assembled Show). ep45, 430102 24.08.2020 29:40

Playlist Linda Darnel hosts the show. Ink Spots sing, Java Jive. Cass Daley sings, He Loved Me Til the All Clear Came. Yasha Heifitz plays, Ave Maria. Cab Calloway sings,…

Command Performance – Nelson Eddy, Vera Vague. EP186, 450802 02.08.2020 30:01

Announcer is Don Wilson. Hosted by Nelson Eddy, he opens by singing, Come to My Heart. Who thought of the idea of an all male show? Despite the concept, comedienne,…

Command Performance – Claudette Colbert, Alan Hale, Jimmy Durante, Betty Hutton, Ronald Colman. 440708. 08.07.2020 29:53

Usually broadcast from Hollywood, but tonight the show is in New York. Host is Claudette Colbert. Jimmy Durante joins her with hopes of being Claudette’s next leading man. At a…

Command Performance – Spenser Tracey, Victor Borge. ep20, 420630 30.06.2020 28:24

Announcer tonight is Paul Douglas. Hosted by Spencer Tracey. He dips into the mailbag, then Mary Lee gets rolling with the song, Liza. After another brief dip in the mail…