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The run
- Network
- AFRS
- Years active
- 1943–1945
- Surviving broadcasts
- 42
- Genre
- music
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.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
0 dated broadcasts across 3 years on the air, with 3 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
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Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from NaN, in original transmission order.
- 1. Guest - The King's Men · Date unknown
- 2. Guest - Shirley Ross (2) · Date unknown
- 3. First Tune - I'll Always Remember April · Date unknown
Guest - The King's Men
Date unknown · 15 min
American Armed Forces Radio No 36 I have to say I get very little thanks for uploading these shows. Personal Album is a collection of memorable performances for the troops. The show takes the form of a photo album in sound, with the artists describing the “picture” or song on each page of the album. Artists who contributed to Personal Album include Fibber McGees featured vocalists, the Kings Men and Doris Day with the Les Brown Orchestra, Eileen Woods, Shirley Ross and others. Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired f
Guest - Shirley Ross (2)
Date unknown · 14 min
American Armed Forces Radio No 36 I have to say I get very little thanks for uploading these shows. Personal Album is a collection of memorable performances for the troops. The show takes the form of a photo album in sound, with the artists describing the “picture” or song on each page of the album. Artists who contributed to Personal Album include Fibber McGees featured vocalists, the Kings Men and Doris Day with the Les Brown Orchestra, Eileen Woods, Shirley Ross and others. Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired f
First Tune - I'll Always Remember April
Date unknown · 15 min
American Armed Forces Radio No 36 I have to say I get very little thanks for uploading these shows. Personal Album is a collection of memorable performances for the troops. The show takes the form of a photo album in sound, with the artists describing the “picture” or song on each page of the album. Artists who contributed to Personal Album include Fibber McGees featured vocalists, the Kings Men and Doris Day with the Les Brown Orchestra, Eileen Woods, Shirley Ross and others. Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired f
AFRS - Personal Album - (0355) First Song - You'll Never Know
Date unknown · 14 min
American Armed Forces Radio No 36 I have to say I get very little thanks for uploading these shows. Personal Album is a collection of memorable performances for the troops. The show takes the form of a photo album in sound, with the artists describing the “picture” or song on each page of the album. Artists who contributed to Personal Album include Fibber McGees featured vocalists, the Kings Men and Doris Day with the Les Brown Orchestra, Eileen Woods, Shirley Ross and others. Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired f
First Song - Blue Skies (Anita)
Date unknown · 15 min
American Armed Forces Radio No 36 I have to say I get very little thanks for uploading these shows. Personal Album is a collection of memorable performances for the troops. The show takes the form of a photo album in sound, with the artists describing the “picture” or song on each page of the album. Artists who contributed to Personal Album include Fibber McGees featured vocalists, the Kings Men and Doris Day with the Les Brown Orchestra, Eileen Woods, Shirley Ross and others. Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired f
First Song - When The Red Red Robin (Martha Mears)
Date unknown · 15 min
American Armed Forces Radio No 36 I have to say I get very little thanks for uploading these shows. Personal Album is a collection of memorable performances for the troops. The show takes the form of a photo album in sound, with the artists describing the “picture” or song on each page of the album. Artists who contributed to Personal Album include Fibber McGees featured vocalists, the Kings Men and Doris Day with the Les Brown Orchestra, Eileen Woods, Shirley Ross and others. Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired f
AFRS - Personal Album - (0541) First Song - The Victory Train
Date unknown · 14 min
American Armed Forces Radio No 36 I have to say I get very little thanks for uploading these shows. Personal Album is a collection of memorable performances for the troops. The show takes the form of a photo album in sound, with the artists describing the “picture” or song on each page of the album. Artists who contributed to Personal Album include Fibber McGees featured vocalists, the Kings Men and Doris Day with the Les Brown Orchestra, Eileen Woods, Shirley Ross and others. Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired f
AFRS - Personal Album - (0679) Helen Forrest - First Song - I Surrender Dear
Date unknown · 15 min
American Armed Forces Radio No 36 I have to say I get very little thanks for uploading these shows. Personal Album is a collection of memorable performances for the troops. The show takes the form of a photo album in sound, with the artists describing the “picture” or song on each page of the album. Artists who contributed to Personal Album include Fibber McGees featured vocalists, the Kings Men and Doris Day with the Les Brown Orchestra, Eileen Woods, Shirley Ross and others. Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired f
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