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1941–1945 · Mutual, then Blue Network / ABC

Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

A different band, a different camp, six nights a week

The idea was simple and enormously expensive: take the country's most bookable orchestra, put it on a train to a camp or a bomber plant, and broadcast the dance to everyone else. Six nights a week for four years. It made Coca-Cola the most heard sponsor in America and it left behind a run of location recordings with a quality nothing in a studio has — several thousand servicemen in a hangar, reacting in real time to In the Mood.

60 broadcasts · 6 years held · Army camps and war plants

Surviving broadcasts of the Coca-Cola sponsored series, indexed by band and first song. Recordings held by the Internet Archive.

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Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

AFRS - Victory Parade Of Spotlight Bands 41-11-22 Glenn Miller First Song

22 Nov 1941 · 29 min

American Armed Forces Radio No 78 Victory Parades of Spotlight Bands - Part 1 In 1941, Mutual had the bright idea of broadcasting Swing Bands remotely from various halls around the country. Recording a live event for later broadcast did not carry the stigma at Mutual that it did on NBC or CBS, and there were Mutual Stations around the country to support the remotes. Coca Cola was sold on the idea, and the first edition of Spotlight Bands was broadcast just days before Pearl Harbor. Once the War started, everyone realized that the most appreciative halls were the various military bases and defe

Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands
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Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

AFRS - Victory Parade Of Spotlight Bands 43-03-30 Joe Reichman

30 Mar 1943 · 15 min

American Armed Forces Radio No 78 Victory Parades of Spotlight Bands - Part 1 In 1941, Mutual had the bright idea of broadcasting Swing Bands remotely from various halls around the country. Recording a live event for later broadcast did not carry the stigma at Mutual that it did on NBC or CBS, and there were Mutual Stations around the country to support the remotes. Coca Cola was sold on the idea, and the first edition of Spotlight Bands was broadcast just days before Pearl Harbor. Once the War started, everyone realized that the most appreciative halls were the various military bases and defe

Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands
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Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

AFRS - Victory Parade Of Spotlight Bands 43-08-17 Louis Armstrong

17 Aug 1943 · 15 min

American Armed Forces Radio No 78 Victory Parades of Spotlight Bands - Part 1 In 1941, Mutual had the bright idea of broadcasting Swing Bands remotely from various halls around the country. Recording a live event for later broadcast did not carry the stigma at Mutual that it did on NBC or CBS, and there were Mutual Stations around the country to support the remotes. Coca Cola was sold on the idea, and the first edition of Spotlight Bands was broadcast just days before Pearl Harbor. Once the War started, everyone realized that the most appreciative halls were the various military bases and defe

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Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

AFRS - Victory Parade Of Spotlight Bands 43-10-28 Jan Savitt

28 Oct 1943 · 18 min

American Armed Forces Radio No 78 Victory Parades of Spotlight Bands - Part 1 In 1941, Mutual had the bright idea of broadcasting Swing Bands remotely from various halls around the country. Recording a live event for later broadcast did not carry the stigma at Mutual that it did on NBC or CBS, and there were Mutual Stations around the country to support the remotes. Coca Cola was sold on the idea, and the first edition of Spotlight Bands was broadcast just days before Pearl Harbor. Once the War started, everyone realized that the most appreciative halls were the various military bases and defe

Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands
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Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

AFRS - Victory Parade Of Spotlight Bands 44-02-01 Ted Fio Rito

1 Feb 1944 · 15 min

American Armed Forces Radio No 79 Victory Parades of Spotlight Bands - Part 2 In 1941, Mutual had the bright idea of broadcasting Swing Bands remotely from various halls around the country. Recording a live event for later broadcast did not carry the stigma at Mutual that it did on NBC or CBS, and there were Mutual Stations around the country to support the remotes. Coca Cola was sold on the idea, and the first edition of Spotlight Bands was broadcast just days before Pearl Harbor. Once the War started, everyone realized that the most appreciative halls were the various military bases and defe

Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands
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Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

AFRS - Victory Parade Of Spotlight Bands 44-05-06 Ted Fio Rito

6 May 1944 · 16 min

American Armed Forces Radio No 79 Victory Parades of Spotlight Bands - Part 2 In 1941, Mutual had the bright idea of broadcasting Swing Bands remotely from various halls around the country. Recording a live event for later broadcast did not carry the stigma at Mutual that it did on NBC or CBS, and there were Mutual Stations around the country to support the remotes. Coca Cola was sold on the idea, and the first edition of Spotlight Bands was broadcast just days before Pearl Harbor. Once the War started, everyone realized that the most appreciative halls were the various military bases and defe

Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands
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Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

AFRS - Victory Parade Of Spotlight Bands 44-07-12 Abe Lyman

12 Jul 1944 · 14 min

American Armed Forces Radio No 79 Victory Parades of Spotlight Bands - Part 2 In 1941, Mutual had the bright idea of broadcasting Swing Bands remotely from various halls around the country. Recording a live event for later broadcast did not carry the stigma at Mutual that it did on NBC or CBS, and there were Mutual Stations around the country to support the remotes. Coca Cola was sold on the idea, and the first edition of Spotlight Bands was broadcast just days before Pearl Harbor. Once the War started, everyone realized that the most appreciative halls were the various military bases and defe

Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands
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Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

AFRS - Victory Parade Of Spotlight Bands 44-10-23 Gene Krupa

23 Oct 1944 · 14 min

American Armed Forces Radio No 79 Victory Parades of Spotlight Bands - Part 2 In 1941, Mutual had the bright idea of broadcasting Swing Bands remotely from various halls around the country. Recording a live event for later broadcast did not carry the stigma at Mutual that it did on NBC or CBS, and there were Mutual Stations around the country to support the remotes. Coca Cola was sold on the idea, and the first edition of Spotlight Bands was broadcast just days before Pearl Harbor. Once the War started, everyone realized that the most appreciative halls were the various military bases and defe

Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands
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Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

AFRS - Victory Parade Of Spotlight Bands 45-01-13 Jan Savitt

13 Jan 1945 · 24 min

American Armed Forces Radio No 79 Victory Parades of Spotlight Bands - Part 2 In 1941, Mutual had the bright idea of broadcasting Swing Bands remotely from various halls around the country. Recording a live event for later broadcast did not carry the stigma at Mutual that it did on NBC or CBS, and there were Mutual Stations around the country to support the remotes. Coca Cola was sold on the idea, and the first edition of Spotlight Bands was broadcast just days before Pearl Harbor. Once the War started, everyone realized that the most appreciative halls were the various military bases and defe

Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands
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Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

AFRS - Victory Parade Of Spotlight Bands 45-03-14 Charlie Barnet

14 Mar 1945 · 24 min

American Armed Forces Radio No 80 Victory Parades of Spotlight Bands - Part 3 In 1941, Mutual had the bright idea of broadcasting Swing Bands remotely from various halls around the country. Recording a live event for later broadcast did not carry the stigma at Mutual that it did on NBC or CBS, and there were Mutual Stations around the country to support the remotes. Coca Cola was sold on the idea, and the first edition of Spotlight Bands was broadcast just days before Pearl Harbor. Once the War started, everyone realized that the most appreciative halls were the various military bases and defe

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Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

AFRS - Victory Parade Of Spotlight Bands 45-04-28 Ray Bauduc

28 Apr 1945 · 15 min

American Armed Forces Radio No 80 Victory Parades of Spotlight Bands - Part 3 In 1941, Mutual had the bright idea of broadcasting Swing Bands remotely from various halls around the country. Recording a live event for later broadcast did not carry the stigma at Mutual that it did on NBC or CBS, and there were Mutual Stations around the country to support the remotes. Coca Cola was sold on the idea, and the first edition of Spotlight Bands was broadcast just days before Pearl Harbor. Once the War started, everyone realized that the most appreciative halls were the various military bases and defe

Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands
Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands cover art
Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

AFRS - Victory Parade Of Spotlight Bands 45-08-13 Ted Fio Rito

13 Aug 1945 · 29 min

American Armed Forces Radio No 81 Victory Parades of Spotlight Bands - Part 4 In 1941, Mutual had the bright idea of broadcasting Swing Bands remotely from various halls around the country. Recording a live event for later broadcast did not carry the stigma at Mutual that it did on NBC or CBS, and there were Mutual Stations around the country to support the remotes. Coca Cola was sold on the idea, and the first edition of Spotlight Bands was broadcast just days before Pearl Harbor. Once the War started, everyone realized that the most appreciative halls were the various military bases and defe

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