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�You know,Bing,� Dinah said,�a singer like Frank Sinatra comes along only once in a lifetime.� Thencame the talk, fast talk, much of it veryfunny, all of it beautifully timed by some of the mostpracticed entertainers in the business, by the threebiggest singers of the time. In 1943 and 1944 and 1945, Bingand Frank made more benefit appearances, didmore radio shows for soldierand sailor consumption than eitherhas been able to remember or account for. Maj.Meredith forrrestarrow.com Willson, conducting an army orchestra, suggested that Frank elevatethe microphone slightly.
It was a gala affairfrom start to finish, real hit entertainment. Don Wilson, genial master of ceremonies;Eddie (Rochester) Anderson, colored comic of the Jack Benny air show; Carl Hoffand his 30 men of melody�these and many others helped to make the show amemorable one for the spectators. With a star-spangled bill of fare, theExaminer-Theater Seventh War Loan �In Person� show played to an enthusiasticcapacity crowd at Warner�s Wiltern Theater last night.
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Bingsings �All of My Life�, �You Belong to My Heart� and a duet with the AndrewsSisters, �Don�t Fence Me In�. (The programme was issuedon Radiospirits �Bob Hope Show � 12 CD longbox�) During the round, they give a radio interviewon NBC and sing a brief snatch of �Road to Morocco�. This is the first of Father Peyton�s Rosarybroadcasts and it achieves nation-wide coverage, as it is a national day ofthanksgiving following the end of hostilities in Europe. Bing Crosby will headthe cast of �Sing You Sinners,� playing happy-go-lucky Joe Beebe in an adaptationof the musical film on the CBS-WRVA Radio Theater at 9 p.m. TheVoice played host to the Groaner on the former�s program, and the result was afast set-to of banter and a mellifluous merger of song.
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Bing Crosby actor, singer and turfman, has the lead in a radioadaptation of the recent motion picture success, �Weekend in Havana,� on the�Silver Theatre� broadcast over CBS-KWKH at 5 o�clock this afternoon. J. W. Thompson local officehandled arrangements for one-time broadcast. Capricorn Goes to Sea,� and he willsing three songs that fit into the plot of the story.
Crosby starred in the originalmovie production of �Birth of the Blues� with Mary Martin. Gordon Jenkins�orchestra accompaniment was of marked merit. With the supportof a chorus, Crosby intoned the current drive�s theme song, �Get on the Road toVictory�. Showbusiness� part in the event was distinguished by good organization, sound radioprocedure and all-around infectious showmanship. Bing and Dinah Shore operatingfrom the NBC Studio in Hollywood introduce the song �The Road to Victory� whichhas been specially written by Private First Class FrankLoesser. It was in the second section that the programtook off to the heights of brilliant musical entertainment.
Presentedby the war department in cooperation with the office of war information � thesecommand performances heretofore have only been aired shortwave by transcriptionfor service men on the foreign fronts. Ethel sang her famed �Dinah.� The Charioteers male chorusand Spike (Der Fuehrer�s Face�) Jones and his City Slickers � were part of thestar-studded show. Severalmen in uniform stood hopefully and wistfully by the ticket window. Starson the broadcast were ones directly requested from letters from our soldiers andsailors and marines � and of course the coast guard and air corps � all branchesof the service. The broadcast was to be heard not only from coastto coast � but to all of our fighting men on all fighting fronts.