Return

The 'Side Show'

(Comedy and music - Morale boosters recorded in Zwolle, Holland
via shortwave radio during World War II)

Ed's calendar book with shortwave radio programs
that must be listened to!

Tape 5: - 1942 - Vera Lynn, Hi Gang!, Sandy McPherson at the Theatre Organ, Command Performance, In Town Tonight, Bob Hope

Tape 6: - 1942 - Reginald Foort on the Theatre Organ, Sydney Torch on the Theatre Organ, Jack Payne Orchestra, England, Our Home for Evermore!, Old Kentucky Home, No Matter What Some Folks Say, Tipperary, Allied Sing Song - Holland, Joe Marsala Orchestra (live from New York), Jack Benny & Rochester, George M. Cohan - 'Over There!', Command Performance

Tape 7: - 1942 - Mates and Men (Royal Navy), In Town Tonight, Kay on the Keys, -1943- Kentucky Minstrels, Stephane Grappelly (violin), Sandy Macpherson at the Theatre Organ, March of the Movies (Robert Donat, Deanna Durban), ITMA - 'It's That Man Again' (Tommy Handley), Lambeth Walk, Worker's Play Time (for the midnight war workers)

Tape 11: - 1942 - Vera Lynn, Mail Call, This is the Army (Irving Berlin), Bob Hope, Monday Night at Eight, Sandy's Half Hour, Mail Call, Happidrome ('We Three'), 'Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond', 'Spice of Life', Victor Sylvester Orchestra, Stephane Grappelly ('Soft Shoe Shuffle'), Music While You Work, Kingpins of Comedy, Fred Hartley Orchestra

Tape 12: - 1943 - Happidrome, Kentucky Minstrels, Mail Call, Old Town Hall, Bob Hope, Vera Lynn, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, 'I've Heard That Song Before', Ink Spots ('This Is Worth Fighting For')

Related Nostalgia on YouTube: Happidrome - Enoch, Ramsbottom & Lovejoy ITMA - "It's That Man Again" (Tommy Handley) Reginald Foort - at the Theatre Organ Sandy Macpherson - at the Theatre Organ ('Sandy's Half Hour') Sidney Torch - at the Theatre Organ Command Performance - Bob Hope Bob Hope - Somewhere in the South Pacific Kentucky Minstrels - "Smiling Through" Kentucky Minstrels - "O Dry Those Tears" Worker's Play Time - Theme song Calling All Workers composed by Eric Coates Desert Island Discs - Theme song Sleepy Lagoon composed by Eric Coates Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again Joe Marsala Orchestra - Gotta Be This Or That The Jack Benny Show Related Nostalgia on the Internet Hi Gang! - starring Vic Oliver, Ben Lyon, Bebe Daniels Desert Island Discs (BBC) Monday Night at Eight The Old Town Hall