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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
07.04.1947	woody herman and jesse price
11.30.1946	wingy minone and kid ory
01.24.1944	tiny bradshaw and jack benny
08.01.1947	stan kenton and the hollywood blazes
11.12.1945	stan kenton and june cristy
10.17.1947	roy milton sextet and linda stevens	+ Program #244. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Old Man River." The date above is the recordin...
08.23.1943	rochester and lucky millinder	+Program #39. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "You Big Ham." The date above is the date the pro...
12.25.1952	ray anthony and judd conlon 1st half only
06.13.1947	pete daley and martha tilton	+Program #227. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of release. The program originates from ...
07.30.1948	peggy lee and dave barbour
12.05.1947	opie cates orchestra and martha tilton	+ Program #251. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Digga Digga Doo." The date above is the date o...
01.10.1948	opie cates orchestra and ginny anderson	+ Program #255. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of release. The first tune is, "I Found...
12.13.1943	nobile sissle and barry bigard	+Program #56. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Skater's Waltz." The date above is the recording...
11.28.1947	murray mac eachern and kid ory	+Program #250. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of release. The program was recorded bet...
08.16.1943	lucky millinder and jimmy noone
01.01.1945	lucky millinder and gene krupa
01.15.1945	luck millinder and judy carroll
11.08.1943	louis jordan and nat king cole	+Program #51. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of release. The first tune is, "I Found A...
12.27.1943	louis armstrong and the mills brothers	+Program #58. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. The program was released ab...
05.24.1943	louis armstrong aint misbehaving	+Program #26. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. The first tune is, "Ain't M...
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...
02.21.1947	lionel hampton and lena horne
01.07.1946	lionel hampton and lena horne
11.22.1943	lionel hampton and golden gate quartet
11.26.1945	lionel hampton and frankie robinson	+Program #159. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Loose Wig." The date above is the recording dat...

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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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