[sinatraphiles] Re: chesterfield supper club

  • From: Scott Henderson <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: sinatraphiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 10:57:03 -0400

Hi Ed,

I could not find anything with that date. Here's another photo I found of Sinatra on "Music That Satisfies"

Emacs!


Frank Sinatra, Monica Lewis, Blain Vito-The Chesterfield Hour

At 01:24 PM 8/1/2021, you wrote:

Hi Scott,
I dug out the original post from 2012. The header I used was 3-13-45.
So, I tried to find the source for that date and could not. May have been the AP
article, or trade papers, or newspaper. I have quite a few Supper Clubs including
some from 1945. Unfortunately, they are all on cassette -- most are six to a tape.
It would require a lot of time to listen to them. There may be a mention of Johnston
on some of them.
Ed


Hi Ed,

I may be getting closer. I concentrated on the show title "Music That Satisfies". This ran on April 10th, 1945:


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So, it had be probably February, March or early April 1945 Sinatra might have substituted on more than one show because the show aired 3 days a week..


Scott

At 04:11 PM 7/30/2021, you wrote:

Hi Scott,
I posted this to the list on 6/9. There are many shows I listed almost a decade back
that never got incorporated into the daily history. I try to add a few when there is a connection
on the list. I first discovered Frank's Supper Club, 7-10-45, at the LOC about 30 years ago. I
purchased a copy and asked about additional appearances. The library has a limited collection
of Supper Clubs. This spring I discovered that the Boston Globe often listed the host and guests
- if there were any -- on the CBS 15 minute show. I looked through all of the listings from early 1945
right into the fall. Sinatra is never mentioned. Johnston was listed a number of times. He was married
to Kathryn Grayson when she filmed "The Kissing Bandit." There a slew of Supper Clubs, with Perry
Como, Jo Stafford and Peggy Lee, in circulation. A very interesting show has Perry with Nat Cole
as his guest.
The information below comes from an AP article plus very brief mentions of Frank subbing
that appeared in Billboards and Varities and a few other publications. Unfortunately there are no precise
dates. I hope you are able to find exact dates.
Ed


Johnston Taken Sick;
Sinatra On Chesterfield
Frank Sinatra batted for Johnny
Johnston last night on the Chesterfield
program over CBS, 7:15-7:30
p.m., EWT and repeat at 11:15 p.m.
Johnston, who was taken ill, may be
off the show indefinitely and Sinatra
will be heard on the program until
he returns. Show is on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday. Paul Baron
conducts the orchestra.

note: Frank subbed three times for Perry Como
on the Supper Club. Perry's father died on 7-8-45
and Frank took over the show on 7-10-45. We
now know he made at least six, maybe more,
appearances on the very popular show. Supper Club
won favorite 15 minute show in Billboard's poll
from February of 1945.
When MGM issued their soundtrack LP of
"The Kissing Bandit," Johnny Johnston subbed
for Frank because Columbia wasn't about to have
"The Voice" warbling on another label.

Ed

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