Chesterfield Supper Club

Perry Como’s 15-minute NBC evening program was a staple of NBC Radio all year long. For thirteen weeks in the summer of each year, substitute hosts appeared in Como’s place. For 1947, two men – Tex Beneke and Frankie Carle – rotated in that position. On September 4th, it was Carle’s turn to be host…

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Block Party/First Call for the Block Party

Newspaper listings used both names for the program, sometimes in the same listing like this one from the August 14, 1947, edition of the Circleville Herald, Circleville, OH. The preview mentions that Stewart was currently starring on Broadway in Harvey. The show is not available, but it is possible that Jimmy was interviewed about that…

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