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The Chesterfield Supper Club
Perry Como and Jo Stafford broadcasting
from a TWA Constellation (April 5, 1946).Genre Musical variety Running time 15 minutes
(1944 – 1948)
30 minutes
(1949 – 1950 )[1]Country USA Languages English Home station NBC TV adaptations The Chesterfield Supper Club Starring Perry Como
Peggy Lee (1948)
Jo StaffordAnnouncer Martin Block (1944-1950)
(1947 from Hollywood)[1][2]
Mel Allen
(1947 from New York)[2]
Ben Grauer (1948)[3][4]Air dates since 11 December 1944 Opening theme "Smoke Dreams" Other themes "A Cigarette, Sweet Music and You" Sponsor(s) Chesterfield The Chesterfield Supper Club, an NBC musical variety radio program (1944–50), was also telecast by NBC from 1948 to 1950.
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Radio
The Chesterfield Supper Club began on December 11, 1944, as a 15-minute radio program, airing at 7pm weeknights on the NBC Radio Network.[5] This musical variety show was sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes and featured live musical performances. Perry Como initially hosted The Chesterfield Supper Club five nights a week.[6] Initially, Como's female singer was Mary Ashworth.[7][8] During World War II, the broadcasts were transcribed for re-broadcast on Armed Forces Radio Service.[9]
The idea for the radio show originated with Doug Storer, who was then an advertising executive with the Blackman Company. Storer had heard Perry Como on his non-sponsored CBS radio program and believed he would do well in a radio show of the type he was proposing. Storer recorded a demo of the radio show with Como as its host and Mitchell Ayres and his Orchestra providing the music. He took the recording to the advertising agency that handled the Chesterfield cigarettes account. The agency was enthusiastic about the program's format, but did not want Como as its host. The singer the agency preferred was under contract and would need to be released from it before he could accept a job on the new radio program. They asked Storer to get the singer released from his contract. Storer, who was still of the belief that the new show needed Como as its host, did not go through with the advertising agency's request. He received a call from the agency some weeks later, asking about the singer's contract and saying their new program would make its radio debut in about one week's time. Storer told them the right man for the radio show was the one who had made the demo recording-Perry Como. Chesterfield's advertising agency did not have time to do anything but sign Como as the host of the show.[10]
During the first year, Como was backed by the Ted Steele Orchestra, followed by the Lloyd Shaffer Orchestra at the end of 1945 until 1948.[2] With John Klenner, Shaffer and Steele composed the show's theme song, "Smoke Dreams." Roy Ringwald's "A Cigarette, Sweet Music and You" was also used on the show as a musical theme.[11] The Satisfiers vocal group was also part of the program; they also made many records with Como.[12][2]
Beginning on the show's second anniversary, he hosted the show on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, while Jo Stafford was the host on Tuesdays and Thursdays.[2][13][14] Stafford returned to California shortly after becoming a co-host of the program. She began her twice-weekly broadcasts from Hollywood in November 1946, backed by her future husband, Paul Weston.[2][15] Stafford's Hollywood "Club" broadcasts featured the vocal group The Starlighters; in 1947 she recorded her version of the show's theme song, "Smoke Dreams", with them.[2][16][17]
One of the regular features was a "Hollywood Star of the Week" contest where an actor or actress would be featured as a "guest star" singing a song and the listening audience would guess the star's identity for prizes.[5][13] The "mystery star" contest continued when the show appeared on television.[1]
The broadcasts of April 5, 1946, made from a TWA plane at an altitude of 20,000 feet, are believed to be the first network radio broadcasts from an airplane. Jo Stafford, Perry Como and the entire staff made the flight.[18][19] There were two mid-air Supper Club broadcasts: one at 6pm and another at 10pm for the West Coast. In addition to the cast and the band's instruments, there was also a small piano on board. The three stand-held microphones brought onto the plane turned out to be less useful than expected. The cast then resorted to hand-held microphones, but the plane's cabin pressure made them very heavy and difficult to hold after a few minutes.[20]
Less than two months after the airborne "Supper Club" broadcasts, Chesterfield had an idea to take the program on a week of remote broadcasts: flying into Washington, DC for the Monday show, to London, for the Wednesday one and winding up with the Friday night show in Havana. The plan appears to have fallen from favor when it was learned that the taxes which would have been imposed on the Shaffer orchestra as foreign musicians performing in the UK meant Chesterfield would have needed to pay all orchestra members three times the amount of salary they were receiving at the time.[21]
By 1947, announcer Martin Block was based in the Los Angeles area. Block did the announcing from Hollywood on the same days that Stafford hosted the show. Announcer and sportscaster Mel Allen took over the New York announcing duties for that year.[2] When Block's West Coast contract was up, he returned to New York as the show's announcer.[1][22] Block was also the announcer for the "Supper Club" television show.[1]
In 1948, singer Peggy Lee was added to the roster, taking over the Thursday broadcast.[3][23] Como was still broadcasting from New York, now backed by the Mitchell Ayres orchestra.[24] The Satisfiers were replaced by the singing Fontane Sisters, who also appeared with Como on the televised "Supper Club" and his later television shows.[5]
Both Stafford and Lee broadcast from Hollywood. Stafford continued to be backed by Paul Weston and his orchestra while Peggy Lee was backed by her husband, Dave Barbour, and his orchestra.[2] The show featured musical performances by the host, along with various guest singers and orchestras, including Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Eddie Fisher, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Nat King Cole, Victor Borge and others.
By September 1949, the show's time was extended from 15 minutes to a half-hour, and it was changed from a weekday to a weekly program.[5][1]
Beginning in February 2010, Sounds of Yesteryear began issuing CDs created from Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) transcriptions of the program from the years 1946 and 1947: At the Supper Club, At the Supper Club Part II, and At the Supper Club Part III for Perry Como, At the Supper Club, At the Supper Club Part II, At the Supper Club Part III for Jo Stafford, and At the Supper Club for Peggy Lee.[25]
Television
The Chesterfield Supper Club also appeared as a simulcast on NBC television, beginning Christmas Eve, 1948, with a live performance by Perry Como.[26] This was the beginning of Como's long standing tradition of television Christmas specials.
Initially, NBC had intended to broadcast three Friday night "Supper Club" shows on television as well as radio. The experiment had gone well enough for NBC to extend the experimental phase of televising The Chesterfield Supper Club through August 1949.[26][27][28][29]
On September 8, 1949, it became a regularly scheduled television program.[5] This series was the first of four regular primetime musical variety TV series hosted by Perry Como. He continued to host The Chesterfield Supper Club until 1950, when he moved to CBS and the NBC series ended. However, his association with Chesterfield continued with the Perry Como Chesterfield Show until 1955, when he returned to NBC.[30][31][32]
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External links
- Television Heaven: Perry Como
- The Chesterfield Supper Club
- The Chesterfield Supper Club at the Internet Movie Database (The Perry Como Show)
Listen
- Chesterfield Supper Club (December 11, 1944)
- The Chesterfield Supper Club in The Internet Archive's Old-Time Radio Collection
Watch
- "Chesterfield Supper Club". Internet Archive. 27 November 1949. http://www.archive.org/details/ChesterfieldSupperClub-27november1949. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
Bands - Ted Steele (Perry Como: New York 1944)
- Lloyd Shaffer (Perry Como: New York 1945 – 1948)
- Mitchell Ayres (Perry Como: New York 1948 – 1950)
- Paul Weston (Jo Stafford: Los Angeles 1947 –)
- Dave Barbour (Peggy Lee: Los Angeles 1948 –)
Announcers Albums - At the Supper Club-Perry Como (2010)
- At the Supper Club Part II-Perry Como (2011)
- At the Supper Club Part III-Perry Como (2011)
- At the Supper Club-Jo Stafford (2010)
- At the Supper Club Part II-Jo Stafford (2011)
- At the Supper Club Part III-Jo Stafford (2011)
Jo Stafford Studio albums Kiss Me, Kate (1949) · American Folk Songs (1950) · Autumn in New York (1950) · Songs of Faith (1950) · As You Desire Me (1952) · Broadway's Best (1953) · Starring Jo Stafford (1953) · Garden of Prayer (1954) · My Heart's in the Highlands (1954) · Happy Holiday (1955) · Soft and Sentimental (1955) · Songs of Scotland (1955) · A Gal Named Jo (1956) · Ski Trails (1956) · Once Over Lightly (1957) · Swingin' Down Broadway (1958) · Ballad of the Blues (1959) · I'll Be Seeing You (1959) · Jo + Jazz (1960) · All Alone (1963) · Jo Stafford's Sweet Hour of Prayer (1964) · The Joyful Season (1964) · Getting Sentimental over Tommy Dorsey (1964) · This Is Jo Stafford (1965) · Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965)Compilation albums 1950sThe Voice of Your Choice (1955) · Jo's Greatest Hits (1958)1960s1970s1980sJo Stafford:By Request (1982) · Broadway Revisited (1987) · G.I. Jo (1987) · Introducing Jo Stafford (1987) · You Belong to Me (1989)1990sAmerica's Most Versatile Singing Star (1990) · Fabulous Song Stylists (1991) · Capitol Collectors Series (1991) · Greatest Hits (1993) 16 Most Requested Songs (1995) · For You (1995) · Spotlight on Jo Stafford (1996) · Drifting and Dreaming with Jo Stafford (1996) · Music of My Life (1996) · The Jo Stafford Story (1997) · The One and Only (1997) · Walkin' My Baby Back Home (1998) · G.I. Jo Sings the Hits (1998) · Too Marvelous for Words (1998) · Coming Back Like a Song: 25 Hits 1941–47 (1998) · No Other Love (1998) · Jo Stafford (1940-44) (1998) · V-Disc Recordings, Jo Stafford (1998) · Happy Holidays: I Love the Winter Weather (1999)2000sJust Reminiscin' (2000) · The Columbia Hits Collection (2001) · Candy (2001) · Haunted Heart (2001) · A You're Adorable (2001) · International Hits (2001) · Cocktail Hour (2001) · The Magic of Jo Stafford (2001) · Jo Stafford on Capitol (2001) · Best of the War Years (2001) · Platinum Collection (2001) · Yes Indeed (2002) · I Remember You (2002) · The Ultimate (2002) · The Best of Jo Stafford (2003) · Meet Jo Stafford (2003) · The Columbia Singles Collection, Vol. 1 (2004) · You Belong to Me (Memoir) (2004) · You Belong to Me (Remember) (2004) · You Belong to Me (ASV/Living Era) (2004) · Over the Rainbow (2004) · Memories Are Made of These (2005) · Love, Mystery and Adventure (2006) · Sincerely Yours (2006) · Vintage Years (2006) · All Hits! (2006) · Ultimate Capitol Collection (2007) · Blues in the Night (2007) · Her Greatest Hits (2008) · You Belong to Me (2008) · Fools Rush In (2008) · The Capitol Rarities 1943-1950 (2009) · Reflections: The Ultimate Collection (2009)2010sBeyond the Stars: Key Recordings 1940-1959 (2010) · The Best of Jo Stafford (2010) · At the Supper Club (2010) · At the Supper Club Part II (2011) · At the Supper Club Part III (2011) · For You (2011)Year unknownDuets with Gordon MacRae Songs for Sunday Evening (1950) · Memory Songs (1955) · Whispering Hope (1962) · Peace in the Valley (1963) · Old Rugged Cross (2001) · The Two of Us (2001) · Stars of the Summer Night (2004) · Alone and Together (2005)Duets with Frankie Laine A Portrait of New Orleans (1954)Duets with others Jo & Friends (2000)Jonathan and Darlene Edwards The Piano Artistry of Jonathan Edwards (1957) · Jonathan and Darlene Edwards in Paris (1961) · Darlene Remembers Duke, Jonathan Plays Fats (1982) · Jonathan and Darlene's Greatest Hits (1993) · Jonathan and Darlene's Greatest Hits: Volume 2 (1994) · Complete Original Albums (2011)Related articles The Chesterfield Supper Club · The Jo Stafford Show (1954) · The Jo Stafford Show (1961) · The Pied Pipers · Paul WestonPerry Como Albums 1950sSo Smooth (1955) · We Get Letters (1956) · Saturday Night with Mr. C (1958) · When You Come to the End of the Day (1958) · Como Swings (1959) · Season's Greetings from Perry Como (1959)1960sFor the Young at Heart (1960) · Sing to Me Mr. C (1961) · By Request (1962) · The Best of Irving Berlin's Songs from Mr. President (1962) · The Songs I Love (1963) · The Scene Changes (1965) · Lightly Latin (1966) · Perry Como in Italy (1966) · The Perry Como Christmas Album (1968) · Look to Your Heart (1968) · Seattle (1969)1970sPerry Como in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas (1970) · It's Impossible (1970) · I Think of You (1971) · And I Love You So (1973) · Perry (1974) · Just Out of Reach (1975) · 40 Greatest Hits (1975) · The Best of British (UK and Canada) (1977) · Where You're Concerned (US) (1978)1980sPerry Como (1980) · Perry Como Live on Tour (1981) · So It Goes / Goodbye for Now (1983) · Today (1987)1990sPerry Como's Christmas Concert (1994)2000sOn the Radio - The Perry Como Shows 1943 (2009)2010sAt the Supper Club (2010) · At the Supper Club Part II (2011) · At the Supper Club Part III (2011)Emmys Best Male Singer (1955) · Best Male Singer (1956) · Best MC or Program Host-Male or Female (1956) · Best Male Personality - Continuing Performance (1957) · Best Performance by an Actor (Continuing Character) (1959)Related articles Perry Como discography · Perry Como television and radio shows · Beat the Band · The Chesterfield Supper Club · List of songs recorded by Perry Como · Perry Como
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