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+ Jubilee ran from 1942 to 1953 and was aimed as a morale-building service for black troops and aired for military personnel. The show was hosted by Bubbles Whitman, yet was never broadcast at home. Jubilee filled an important gap in the musical history of radio, though it was transcribed for distribution to service personnel and was not heard home. Conceived, at least in part, as a morale-building service for for Negro troops overseas, it presented bands and entertainment that had been given short shrift by the networks. The wartime host, Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman, was a jive-talking bundle of energy. Most of the shows were recorded before live audiences in Los Angeles: either at network studios or in the facilities of such syndicators as C.P. MacGregor and Universal Recorders. The series has emerged as an important piece of black heritage: its War Department status ex-empted the performing artists from the union-mandated recording bans of 1942-43 and 1947-48, and many of the discs contain unique performances. Click here to read more about Jubilee

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Please enjoy these 133 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
01.17.1944	c p johnson and johnny mercer	+Program #61. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. The first tune is, "Sherman...
01.24.1944	tiny bradshaw and jack benny
02.14.1944	cab calloway and nat king cole
03.06.1944	andy kirk and bob crosby
03.11.1944	duke ellington and art tatum	+Program #69. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "The Canteen Bounce." The date above is the recor...
04.24.1944	fletcher henderson
05.01.1944	fletcher henderson and lena horne	+Program #77. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. The first tune is, "Jeep Rh...
05.29.1944	international sweethearts of rhythm
06.26.1944	jimmie lunceford and nat king cole	+Program #85. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. The first tune is, "Little ...
07.03.1944	jimmie lunceford
07.10.1944	benny carter
07.17.1944	ethel waters and johnny mercer	+Program #88. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. With the "International Swe...
07.24.1944	jimmie lunceford and lena horne	+Program #89. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. The first tune is, "Hallelu...
08.07.1944	elmer fain and tommy dorsey	+Program #91. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. The release date is Movembe...
09.11.1944	count basie and thelma hopkins
10.02.1944	count basie and rochester
10.16.1944	lionel hampton and les paul	+Program #101. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. The program was for releas...
10.24.1944	earl hines and gary moore
10.30.1944	earl hines and june richmond	+Program #106. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. The program was released o...
11.20.1944	jack benny and rochester
01.01.1945	lucky millinder and gene krupa
01.15.1945	luck millinder and judy carroll
01.18.1945	guests lucky millinder and judy carroll
01.22.1945	duke ellington
01.29.1945	guest duke ellington	+Program #118/214. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. The first tune is, "Ob...

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Jubilee is one of my favorite musical shows from the OTR era.

John

This series was designed for, and aimed at the Black soldier serving during and after WWII...but for anyone, white, black, yellow, or in-between, this is some of the hottest music this side of heaven. CARL A. HALLSTROM, a Jubilee expert states; "Jubilee was a unique series of radio entertainment designed for the guys and gals in the American Armed Forces during World War II. None of the broadcasts were heard over the regular networks in the USA. Jubilee was produced in Hollywood by the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) and the programs were transcribed on 16" vinylite discs (speed: 33 1/3 rpm) and distributed to various radio stations all over the world. Back in 1985 German bookseller Norbert Ruecker produced two hardcover books offering a "complete" discography of the Jubilee transcriptions. It turned out to be a sort of a draft edition of a manuscript prepared by German collectors Rainer E. Lotz and Ulrich Neuert. Bo Scherman and Hallstrom revised the original manuscript edition of the Lotz-Neuert discography, based on copies of the actual transcriptions and material found in contemporary trade magazines.

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