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John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra

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220 episodes in 4 shows · 1938–1954

John Scott Trotter led the orchestra on Bing Crosby's NBC radio program Kraft Music Hall, taking over as musical director from Jimmy Dorsey in 1937 and staying until 1954. Billed as John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra, the band backed Crosby on the air and on Decca records, with Jerry Colonna on trombone and Spike Jones on drums. Later he worked with Vince Guaraldi on the Peanuts TV specials.

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The Bing Crosby Show113 · Cast

About The Bing Crosby Show

1949 8

With Judy Garland (1949) October 5, 1949
With Peggy Lee and Frank Fay (October 1949) October 19, 1949
With Lum & Abner (Chester Lauck & Norris Goff) October 26, 1949
With Bob Hope (1949) November 2, 1949
With Ella Fitzgerald and The Mills Brothers November 9, 1949
With Bob Crosby and Cathy Crosby November 16, 1949
With Peggy Lee and Frank Fay (November 1949) November 23, 1949
With Al Jolson (1949) December 28, 1949

1950 27

With Al Jolson (January 1950) January 4, 1950
With Groucho Marx and Peggy Lee January 11, 1950
With Gary Crosby and Barbara Whiting January 18, 1950
With Bob Hope (1950) January 25, 1950
With Fred Allen and Peggy Lee February 8, 1950
With Al Jolson (February 1950) February 15, 1950
With The Andrews Sisters and Firehouse Five Plus Two (February 1950) February 22, 1950
With Bob Crosby, Loulie Jean Norman and Gloria Wood March 1, 1950
With Gary Cooper and Gary Crosby March 8, 1950
With Dennis Crosby and Phillip Crosby March 15, 1950
With William Boyd and Ethel Merman March 22, 1950
With The Andrews Sisters and Firehouse Five Plus Two (March 1950) March 29, 1950
With Perry Como and Arthur Godfrey April 5, 1950
With Carole Richards and Lindsay Crosby April 19, 1950
With Beatrice Lillie April 26, 1950
With Ella Fitzgerald and Al Jolson May 3, 1950
With Mary Martin May 10, 1950
With Fred Allen May 17, 1950
With Bob Hope, Perry Como, Arthur Godfrey, Gary, Dennis and Philip & Lindsay Crosby May 24, 1950
With Dick Powell November 8, 1950
With Toni Arden, Bob Crosby, Loulie Jean Norman and Danny Stewart November 15, 1950
With Paul Douglas November 22, 1950
With Ella Fitzgerald, Firehouse Five Plus Two and Ward Kimball November 29, 1950
With Judy Garland (1950) December 6, 1950
With Peggy Lee and William Boyd December 13, 1950
With Dixie Lee Crosby, Gary, Dennis and Phillip & Lindsay Crosby December 20, 1950
With Dinah Shore, Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden December 27, 1950

1951 6

With Fred Astaire, Loulie Jean Norman and Danny Stewart January 3, 1951
With Bob Hope and Bob Crosby January 10, 1951
With Louis Armstrong, Toni Arden, Jack Teagarden and Joe Venuti January 17, 1951
With Toni Arden and James Stewart January 24, 1951
With Marilyn Maxwell, Louis Armstrong and Lindsay Crosby April 11, 1951
With Gary Crosby (1951) April 18, 1951

1952 13

With Fred Astaire February 6, 1952
With Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall February 13, 1952
With Jane Wyman, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires, Red Nichols and Loulie Jean Norman October 9, 1952
With Jane Wyman, Joe Venuti, The Bell Sisters, Helen O'Connell, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Red Nichols October 16, 1952
With James Stewart, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires, Buddy Cole and Loulie Jean Norman October 23, 1952
With James Stewart, Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti and Gordon MacRae November 6, 1952
With Dinah Shore, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (1952) November 13, 1952
With Dinah Shore, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole November 20, 1952
With Connie Boswell, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Red Nichols November 27, 1952
With Rosemary Clooney, Christian Fourcade and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires December 4, 1952
With Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole December 11, 1952
With Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Red Nichols December 18, 1952
With Gary Crosby and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires December 25, 1952

1953 39

With Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires January 1, 1953
With Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (January 1953) January 8, 1953
With Bob Hope, Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole January 15, 1953
With Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole Trio January 22, 1953
With Kay Starr, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole Trio (January 1953) January 29, 1953
With Kay Starr, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole Trio (February 1953) February 5, 1953
With Jack Benny, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole February 12, 1953
With Joanne Gilbert, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Perry Botkin February 19, 1953
With Peggy Lee, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Phil Shukin February 26, 1953
With Jimmy Boyd, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (March 1953) March 5, 1953
With James Stewart, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Veola Vonn March 12, 1953
With Dinah Shore, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (1953) March 19, 1953
With Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (March 1953) March 26, 1953
With Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (April 2, 1953) April 2, 1953
With Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (April 9, 1953) April 9, 1953
With George Kainapau & His Island Serenaders, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires April 16, 1953
With Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (April 23, 1953) April 23, 1953
With The Bell Sisters, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Buddy Cole April 30, 1953
With George Kainapau & His Island Serenaders, Joe Venuti, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires, Red Nichols, Ziggy Elman and Bobby Guy May 7, 1953
With Jimmy Boyd, Joe Venuti and Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (May 1953) May 14, 1953
With Lindsay Crosby, Joe Venuti and Buddy Cole (May 21, 1953) May 21, 1953
With Lindsay Crosby, Joe Venuti and Buddy Cole (May 28, 1953) May 28, 1953
With Lindsay Crosby, Joe Venuti and Buddy Cole (June 1953) June 4, 1953
With Lindsay Crosby, Joe Venuti and Perry Botkin June 18, 1953
With Lindsay Crosby and Joe Venuti (June 1953) June 25, 1953
With Lindsay Crosby and Joe Venuti (July 1953) July 2, 1953
With Gary Crosby (1953) October 4, 1953
With Rosemary Clooney and Buddy Cole October 11, 1953
With Rosemary Clooney and Ziggy Elman October 18, 1953
With Jane Morgan and Dixieland Ensemble October 25, 1953
With Gary Crosby and Dixieland Ensemble November 1, 1953
With Gary Crosby, Dixieland Ensemble, Buddy Cole and Perry Botkin November 8, 1953
With Peggy Lee November 15, 1953
With Rosemary Clooney and Marie Green November 22, 1953
With Peggy Lee and Dixieland Ensemble November 29, 1953
With Rosemary Clooney (1953) December 6, 1953
With Ella Fitzgerald (December 13, 1953) December 13, 1953
With Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires December 20, 1953
With Ella Fitzgerald (December 27, 1953) December 27, 1953

1954 20

With Connie Russell January 3, 1954
With Gary Crosby (1954) January 10, 1954
With Helen O'Connell January 17, 1954
With Gary Crosby and Bobby Guy January 24, 1954
With Connie Russell and Ziggy Elman January 31, 1954
With Ella Fitzgerald (February 7, 1954) February 7, 1954
With Ella Fitzgerald (February 14, 1954) February 14, 1954
With The Four Aces (February 21, 1954) February 21, 1954
With The Four Aces (February 28, 1954) February 28, 1954
With Jana Mason March 7, 1954
With Peggy King March 14, 1954
With Frank Sinatra (March 21, 1954) March 21, 1954
With Frank Sinatra (March 28, 1954) March 28, 1954
With Gary Crosby, Lindsay Crosby and Buddy Cole (April 4, 1954) April 4, 1954
With Gary Crosby, Lindsay Crosby and Buddy Cole (April 11, 1954) April 11, 1954
With Rosemary Clooney (April 1954) April 18, 1954
With Toni Arden and Buddy Cole April 25, 1954
With Toni Arden May 16, 1954
With Rosemary Clooney (May 1954) May 23, 1954
With Gary Crosby, Lindsay Crosby and Buddy Cole (May 1954) May 30, 1954

Kraft Music Hall99 · Cast

About Kraft Music Hall

1938 1

Humphrey Bogart, Adrienne Ames May 19, 1938

1941 10

Lionel Barrymore, Eddie Bracken March 6, 1941
Pat O'Brien, Josephine Tuminia May 1, 1941
Duke Ellington, Frank McHugh, James Hilton May 29, 1941
William Boyd, Jerry Lester June 5, 1941
Ethel Waters June 12, 1941
Bert Lahr, Gail Patrick June 19, 1941
Charles Boyer (1941) June 26, 1941
Melvyn Douglas, Jackie Cooper October 2, 1941
Duke Ellington, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. October 9, 1941
George Murphy (1941) October 23, 1941

1942 11

Sam Snead, Madeleine Carroll January 29, 1942
Pat O'Brien, Wingy Manone March 12, 1942
Walter Huston, Claude Thornhill April 2, 1942
Spike Jones, Ronald Reagan, Sabu April 16, 1942
Capt. Floyd J. Sweet April 23, 1942
Susan Hayward, Larry Adler, Gene Tunney April 30, 1942
Frank McHugh, Ruth Hussey May 28, 1942
John Garfield June 4, 1942
Cass Daley, Richard Haydn November 5, 1942
Ginny Simms, Edgar Buchanan November 12, 1942
Jack Carson, Fay Bainter December 24, 1942

1943 9

Cass Daley, Janet Blair January 14, 1943
Ginny Simms, Frank McHugh January 28, 1943
Victor Borge February 4, 1943
Lucille Ball (April 1943) April 1, 1943
Rags Ragland April 8, 1943
Phil Silvers (September 1943) September 30, 1943
Lucille Ball (October 1943) October 7, 1943
Phil Silvers (December 1943) December 16, 1943
Cass Daley (1943) December 30, 1943

1944 39

William Frawley, Nan Wynn January 6, 1944
George Murphy, Jane Frazee January 13, 1944
Dale Evans January 20, 1944
Donald O'Connor February 3, 1944
Cass Daley (1944) February 17, 1944
Phil Silvers (1944) February 24, 1944
There'll Be A Hot Time In The Town Of Berlin March 2, 1944
George Murphy (March 9, 1944) March 9, 1944
George Murphy (March 30, 1944) March 30, 1944
Kraft Choral Club (April 1944) April 6, 1944
Bob Hope (April 1944) April 13, 1944
Dave Shelley April 20, 1944
Sonny Tufts (April 1944) April 27, 1944
Gene Kelly May 4, 1944
Keenan Wynn (May 1944) May 11, 1944
Jack Carson, Eddie Marr May 18, 1944
Richard Haydn May 25, 1944
Katina Paxinou June 1, 1944
Cecil B. DeMille June 8, 1944
Bob Hope (June 1944) June 15, 1944
George Murphy (June 1944) June 22, 1944
Roy Rogers June 29, 1944
Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey July 6, 1944
Keenan Wynn (July 1944) July 13, 1944
Sonny Tufts (July 20, 1944) July 20, 1944
Sonny Tufts (July 27, 1944) July 27, 1944
Ginny Simms, Eddie Marr August 10, 1944
Oscar Levant, Vera Vague August 31, 1944
Sons of the Pioneers September 7, 1944
Lum and Abner September 14, 1944
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope October 12, 1944
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? November 9, 1944
Frank Sinatra November 16, 1944
Rise Stevens November 23, 1944
Spike Jones (1944) November 30, 1944
Diana Lynn December 7, 1944
Jerry Colonna December 14, 1944
Kraft Choral Club (December 1944) December 21, 1944
Les Paul Trio, Beatrice Kay December 28, 1944

1945 21

Johnny Mercer January 4, 1945
Spike Jones (1945) January 11, 1945
Duke Ellington January 18, 1945
The Andrews Sisters (January 1945) January 25, 1945
Evelina February 1, 1945
Fred Lowery February 8, 1945
Ella Logan, Eddie Heywood February 15, 1945
Sandra Benkova March 1, 1945
Joe Venuti, Silvino de Solas March 8, 1945
Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five March 15, 1945
Frankie Carle March 22, 1945
Kraft Choral Club (1945) March 29, 1945
King Cole Trio, Florence Alba April 5, 1945
Yehudi Menuhin April 19, 1945
King Cole Trio May 3, 1945
Cass Daley (1945) May 10, 1945
Florence Alba, Eddie Heywood May 17, 1945
Carmen Cavallaro June 28, 1945
Stars In Your Eyes October 4, 1945
Tampico November 22, 1945
The Wild, Wild West December 6, 1945

1946 8

Aren't You Glad You're You February 7, 1946
Les Paul February 14, 1946
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief February 21, 1946
Martha Tilton, Jerry Colonna February 28, 1946
Georgia Gibbs April 4, 1946
Les Paul Trio, Marilyn Maxwell April 11, 1946
Trudy Erwin, Kraft Choral Club April 18, 1946
Bob Hope, Peggy Lee, Joe Frisco May 2, 1946

Philco Radio Time5 · Cast

About Philco Radio Time

Bob Hope (the first show) October 16, 1946
Judy Garland November 27, 1946
The Road to Hollywood January 29, 1947
Gary Cooper October 1, 1947
Boris Karloff and Victor Moore October 29, 1947

Command Performance3 · Cast

About Command Performance

Don Ameche June 11, 1942
Program 60: Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Bob Burns, Music Maids April 1, 1943
Program 104: Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra February 1, 1944

Credits from RadioGOLDINdex and the Internet Archive copies.