| Catalogue Number |
73154 |
|---|---|
| Program Number |
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| Date |
January 30, 1945 |
| Title |
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| Description |
The first tune heard is, "I Didn't Know About You." The New York portion originates from the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria. |
| Artists |
Don Wilson (announcer), Bing Crosby (Hollywood host), Frank Sinatra, Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra, Judy Garland, John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, Basil O'Connor (President of the March of Dimes, makes an emotional appeal for dimes), Quentin Reynolds (m.c.), Woody Herman and His Orchestra, Joan Edwards, Jack Benny (plays a violin solo, "To A Wild Rose"), Larry Stevens, Phil Harris, Eddie Anderson, David Frank Stamp (Postmaster of Dimebox, Texas), Louis Casuri (from Dimebox, Texas), Eleanor Roosevelt (reads a letter from Franklin), The Great Lakes Naval Training Center Orchestra (plays, "Our Waltz" from the Navy Base in Illinois), The Great Lakes Naval Training Center Chorus (of 1000 voices), The Santa Ana Orchestra and Chorus (from Santa Ana, California), Eddie Dunstedter (conductor), Ken Carpenter (announcer) |
| Source |
Pool feed/NBC net/KDKA then Mutual/WCAE after 61 mins., Pittsburgh |
| Sponsor |
March Of Dimes Fund Appeal |
| Quality | Excellent |
| Complete |
Complete |
| Duration |
1:08:27 |