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AFRS Personal Album
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AFRS Personal Album

42 surviving broadcasts held in the archive

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

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The surviving run

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 1

AFRS Personal Album

Guest - The King's Men

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 2

AFRS Personal Album

Guest - Shirley Ross

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 3

AFRS Personal Album

Guest - Phil Regan

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 4

AFRS Personal Album

Guest - Shirley Ross (2)

Running time

14 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 5

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - The White Cliffs of Dover. Mc, {AFRS}

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 6

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - I've Heard That Song Before {AFRS)

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 7

AFRS Personal Album

First Tune - I'll Always Remember April

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 8

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - After You've Gone {AFRS}

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 9

AFRS Personal Album

First Tune - After You're Gone

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 10

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - You'll Never Know

Running time

14 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 11

AFRS Personal Album

First Song Dearly Beloved

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 12

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - Great Day

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 13

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - Blue Skies (Anita)

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 14

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - Lock Lomond (Maxine Sullivan)

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 15

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - I'll Get By (Jo Stafford)

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 16

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - When The Red Red Robin (Martha Mears)

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 17

AFRS Personal Album

Jo Stafford

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 18

AFRS Personal Album

Martha Mears

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 19

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - The Victory Train

Running time

14 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 20

AFRS Personal Album

Ginny Simms

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 21

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - As I Go Singing Down the Road {AFRS}

Running time

14 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 22

AFRS Personal Album

Helen Forrest - First Song - I Surrender Dear

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 23

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - Long Ago And Far Away

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 24

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - How Many Hearts Have You Broken

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 25

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 26

AFRS Personal Album

Les Brown and His Orchestra, Doris Day

Running time

14 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 27

AFRS Personal Album

Scats, Bops, and Jazz Vocals

Running time

14 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 28

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - Kentucky (Elizabeth Tilton)

Running time

14 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 29

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - On The Other Side Of The Hill (Dennis Day)

Running time

14 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 30

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - If I Had A Dozen Hearts (Andy Williams)

Running time

14 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 31

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - It's A Grand Night For Singing (Dick Haymes)

Running time

14 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 32

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes {AFRS}

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 33

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - Good Blues Tonight {AFRS}

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 34

AFRS Personal Album

Guest - Josephine Rangan

Running time

14 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 35

AFRS Personal Album

Guest - Elieen Woods

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 36

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - Its All Over Now

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 37

AFRS Personal Album

First Song Zip a dee doo

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 38

AFRS Personal Album

First Song - Begin The Beguine

Running time

14 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 39

AFRS Personal Album

Guest - Joe Graydon

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 40

AFRS Personal Album

Guest - Tony Parris

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 41

AFRS Personal Album

) First Song - Amoure ( Ginny Simms)

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.

Transmission

No date recorded at source

No. 42

AFRS Personal Album

) First Song - Too Much in Love ( Ginny Simms)

Running time

15 min

Personal Album was a quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service series in which one vocalist carried the whole programme, speaking to service listeners between numbers. Hundreds of episodes were cut across the 1940s with performers including Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Ginny Simms and The King's Men. Produced by the U.S. government and free of copyright; transfers from the Internet Archive.