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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
05.21.1948	harry babasin and jack teagarden	+ Program #274. AFRS origination. The date above is the approximate date of release. The program was...
11.15.1943	harlan leonard and delta rhythm boys	+Program #52. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Specs and Spots" ("Harlem Shout"). The program w...
01.18.1945	guests lucky millinder and judy carroll
03.12.1945	guests harry james and kitty kallen	+Program #124. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "I'm Beginning To See The Light."
02.12.1945	guests billy eckstine and sarah vaughn	+Program #120/216. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. The first tune is, "To...
02.19.1945	guests billy eckstine and coleman hawkins	+Program #121/217. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Airmail Special." The program was possibly ...
12.25.1942	guest ernie whitman
01.29.1945	guest duke ellington	+Program #118/214. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. The first tune is, "Ob...
01.02.1943	guest cab calloway
07.25.1947	gerald wilson and mabel scott
01.01.1949	gene krupa and delores hawkins
07.23.1948	frances wayne and neal hefti quartet	+Program #283. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Joe's Idea." The date above is the date of sche...
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...
07.17.1944	ethel waters and johnny mercer	+Program #88. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. With the "International Swe...
09.20.1943	erskine hawkins and rosetta tharpe	+Program #43. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Let's Go Home." The program opening is upcut.
10.25.1943	erskine hawkins and rochester	+Program #48. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of release. The first tune is, "Let's Bal...
10.04.1943	erskine hawkins and nat king cole	+Program #45. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Bicycle Bounce." The date above is the recording...
09.06.1943	ernie morris and jimmy jordan
11.21.1947	ernie gill orchestra and penny piper	+ Program #249. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "I Know That You Know." The date above is the r...
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...
10.10.1947	eddie skrivanek and peter lind hayes	+Program #243. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Blue Lou."
10.29.1945	eddie green and herb jefferies	+ Program #154. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. The first tune is "Louise...
06.04.1945	eddie green and benny carter	+ Program #136/222. AFRS origination. The date above is the date of recording. The first tune is, "S...
08.06.1948	eddie gill orchestra and patty piper	+Program #285. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "I Know That You Know." The program was recorded...

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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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