Frank Sinatra As Guest Star

1943-----------------------------------------


1/29/43
America Salutes The President's Birthday
Starring: Sammy Kaye Orch
Guests: Frank Sinatra
CBS
   Night And Day


5/6/43
Stage Door Canteen
Starring: Bert Lytell
Guests: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Corn Products Refining Co.
Robert Paige Orchestra


5/16/43
I'm An American Day
Host: New York City Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia
Guests: Frank Sinatra, others
?
   God Bless America

Texaco Star Theater*
Starring: Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Texaco Oil Company
Al Goodman's Orchestra
   She's Funny That Way


6/17/43
Stage Door Canteen
Starring: Bert Lytell
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Corn Products Refining Co.


8/31/43
The Burns And Allen Show*
Starring: George Burns and Gracie Allen
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Lever Brothers-Swan Soap
Felix Mills Orchestra
   She's Funny That Way
   Sunday, Monday, Or Always (w/ George Burns)


9/9/43
Sealtest Village Store*
Starring: Joan Davis
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Sealtest Ice Cream
   Close To You
   The Song Is You

1944-----------------------------------------


1/29/44
America Salutes The President's Birthday*
Starring: Conrad Nagel
Guests: Frank Sinatra, Mary Pickford, Bob Hope, & more
all networks
Paul Whiteman Orch
   Speak Low (w/ Axel Stordahl Orch)


2/21/44
Lux Radio Theatre*
“Wake Up And Live”
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Maxwell
Co-Stars: Bob Crosby, James Gleason
CBS  Lux Soap
Louis Silvers Orch
   I've Heard That Song Before
   Wake Up And Live
   Embraceable You
   Dancing In The Dark
   I Don't Want To Walk Without You


3/6/44
The Screen Guild Theater*
“The Gay Divorcee”
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Gloria Dehaven
Co-Stars: Spring Byington, Edward Everett Horton
CBS  Lady Esther
   Night And Day
   I'll Follow My Secret Heart
   As Time Gose By
   Time On My Hands
   The Continental
   Night And Day


5/25/44
Lifebouy Musical Variety Show*
Starring: Bob Burns, Cass Daley
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Lifebouy Soap
Spike Jones Orch
   South Of The Border
   Musical skit (w/ Cass Daley & Bob Burns)


6/24/44
Hollywood Bowl Academy Night
Guest: Frank Sinatra
   And Then You Kissed Me


9/4/44
The Screen Guild Theater
“Too Many Husbands”
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed, Bill Goodwin
CBS  Lady Esther
Wilbur Hatch Orch
   Embraceable You
Note: This play was redone in 1947 with Bob Hope


9/17/44
All-Time Hit Parade
Starring: Tommy Dorsey Orch
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Lucky Strike Cigarettes
   I'll Walk Alone
   If You Are But A Dream


10/8/44
The Lucky Strike Program*
Starring: Jack Benny
Jack offers Frank Sinatra Dennis' job
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Phil Harris Orchestra
   All The Things You Are


10/29/44
Phil Baker Show
Starring: Phil Baker
Guest: Frank Sinatra
   Ol' Man River
   There's No You


11/16/44
Kraft Music Hall*
Starring: Bing Crosby
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Kraft
John Scott Trotter
   These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
Note: Sinatra is in Buffalo


11/25/44
Atlantic Spotlight
Hosts: Leslie Mitchell (London), Ben Grauer (New York)
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Kraft
Axel Stordahl
   These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
   Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are


12/12/44
The Burns And Allen Show*
Starring: George Burns and Gracie Allen
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Lever Brothers-Swan Soap
Felix Mills Orchestra
   There's No You
   The Trolley Song


12/17/44
The Lucky Strike Program
Starring: Jack Benny
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Phil Harris Orchestra

1945-----------------------------------------


1/18/45
Suspense*
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Frank Sinatra
“To Find Help”
CBS  Roma Wines
Note: This was a dramatic role


1/28/45
Charlie McCarthy Show*
Starring: Edgar Bergen and Don Ameche
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Chase & Sanborn Coffee
Ray Noble Orch
   There's No You


3/1/45
The Abbott & Costello Show*
Starring: Bud Abbott & Lou Costello
Guest: Frank Sinatra
ABC  Camel Cigarettes
   If You Are But A Dream
   One Meatball

The Academy Awards Show
Starring: ?
Guest: Frank Sinatra
?
   The House I Live In


3/2/45
A Date With Judy*
Starring: Louise Erickson
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Tums
Constantin Bakaleinkoff Orch
   Night And Day
   I Don't Know Why (I Love You Like I Do)


3/4/45
Andrews Sisters Eight-To-The Bar Ranch
Starring: The Andrews Sisters
Guest: Frank Sinatra
ABC  Nash-Kelvinator
Vic Shoen Orch
   I Didn't Know About You
   Empty Saddles (w/ The Andrews Sisters)


5/10/45
Birdseye Open House*
Starring: Dinah Shore
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Birdseye
Emmett Dolan Orch
   A Kiss Goodnight
   You'll Never Walk Alone


5/28/45
The Bob Hope Show
Starring: Bob Hope
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Pepsodent
Al Goodman Orch
   I'm Beginning To See The Light


6/14/45
The Danny Kaye Show*
Starring: Judy Garland (Kaye-vacation)
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer
   That's Judy
   Gotta Be This Or That (w/ Judy Garland)
   musical comedy skit
   My Romance (w/Judy Garland)


7/10/45
The Chesterfield Supper Club
Host: Martin Block
Starring: Marion Hutton (subs for ailing Perry Como)
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Chesterfield
Ted Steele Orch
   How Deep Is The Ocean
   There's No You


8/4/45
Hollywood Bowl Academy Night
Guest: Frank Sinatra
   I Should Care
   If I Loved You
   Long Ago And Far Away
   Ol' Man River
   What Makes The Sunset


8/24/45
The Ray Bolger Show*
Starring: Roy Bolger
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Rexall
Roy Bargy Orch
   There's No You
   All The Things You Are


9/27/45
Rudy Vallee Presents The Drene Show*
Starring: Rudy Vallee
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Drene Shampoo
Xavier Cugat Orchestra
   Slowly
   Must You Bury The Tune (w/ Rudy Vallee)


10/21/45
The Fred Allen Show*
Starring: Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Tenderleaf Tea
Al Goodman Orchestra
   It Might As Well Be Spring


12/9/45
The Jerome Kern Memorial Show
Starring: 
CBS
Al Goodman Orch
   The Song Is You


12/28/45
Ginny Simms Show*
Starring: Ginny Simms
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Bordens
Frank DeVol Orch
   Nancy (With The Laughing Face)

1946-----------------------------------------


1/10/46
Salute To Al Jolson
Starring: 
Guest: Frank Sinatra
Morris Stoloff Orch
   Rock-a-bye Your Baby


1/24/46
Dinah Shore's Open House
Starring: Dinah Shore
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Birdseye
   Tea For Two (w/ Dinah)
   Day By Day


1/29/46
The Bob Hope Show*
Starring: Bob Hope
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Pepsodent
Skinnay Ennis Orch
   Nancy (With The Laughing Face)


2/1/46
The Jimmy Durante And Garry Moore Show
Starring: Jimmy Durante
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Rexall Drug Products
Roy Bargy's Orchestra


2/13/46
The Jack Carson Show*
Starring: Jack Carson
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  ?
Freddy Martin Orchestra
   Onesy Twosy (w/ Jack Carson & Norma Jean Nillson)
   Brahms Lullaby


3/7/46
Academy Awards Show
Starring: 
?
   Accentuate The Positive
   Anywhere
   The House I Live In
   I Fall In Love Too Easily
   So In Love
Note: Sinatra accepts special award for “The House I Live In”


4/19/46
Dinah Shore's Open House
Starring: Dinah Shore
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Birdseye?
   Day By Day
   Tea For Two (w/ Dinah Shore)


11/7/46
Maxwell House Coffee Time*
Starring: George Burns and Gracie Allen
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Maxwell House Coffee
Meredith Willson Orchestra
   September Song


11/8/46
The Jimmy Durante And Garry Moore Show
Starring: Jimmy Durante
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Rexall Drug Products
Roy Bargy's Orchestra


12/15/46
The Fred Allen Show
Starring: Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Tenderleaf Tea
Al Goodman's Orchestra


12/19/46
Radio Reader's Digest*
“Room For A Stranger”
Starring: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Hallmark Cards
Jack Miller Orch
   Silent Night

1947-----------------------------------------


3/21/47
The Jimmy Durante And Garry Moore Show
Starring: Jimmy Durante
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Rexall Drug Products
Roy Bargy's Orchestra


4/21/47
The Screen Guild Theater*
“Too Many Husbands”
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball
CBS  Lady Esther
Wilbur Hatch Orch
   Time After Time
Note: This play was originally done in 1944 with Donna Reed


5/6/47
The Bob Hope Show
Starring: Bob Hope
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Pepsodent
Skinnay Ennis Orch


8/1/47
Bill Stern Sports Newsreel*
Starring: Bill Stern
Frank Sinatra guest host
NBC  Colgate


11/1/47
Hollywood Bowl Academy Night
Guest: Frank Sinatra
   A Fellow Needs A Girl
   I Understand
   So Far
   The Stars Will Remember


12/2/47
The Bob Hope Show
Starring: Bob Hope
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Pepsodent
Skinnay Ennis Orch


12/29/47
Lux Radio Theatre*
“Anchors Aweigh”
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly
CBS  Lux Soap
Louis Silver Orch
   Brahms' Lullaby
   I Fall In Love Too Easily
   What Makes The Sunset?
   The Charm Of You
   I Begged Her (w/ Gene Kelly)

1948-----------------------------------------


2/22/48
The Lucky Strike Program
Starring: Jack Benny
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Phil Harris Orchestra


4/18/48
The Lucky Strike Program*
Starring: Jack Benny
Murder At The Racquet Club
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Phil Harris Orchestra


5/2/48
The Lucky Strike Program
Starring: Jack Benny
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Phil Harris Orchestra
   But Beautiful


5/31/48
Lux Radio Theatre*
“Miracle Of The Bells”
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Fred MacMurray
CBS  Lux Soap


8/4/48
Hollywood Bowl Academy Night
Guest: Frank Sinatra
   The Girl I Marry
   Soliloquy
   Time After Time


10/1/48
Spotlight Revue*
Starring: Spike Jones & City Slickers
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Coca-Cola
Spike Jones City Slickers
   Everybody Loves Somebody
Note: Sinatra conducts The City Slickers on “Love Somebody”


12/2/48
Spotlight Revue*
Starring: Spike Jones & City Slickers
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Coca-Cola
Spike Jones City Slickers
   Once In Love With Amy

1949-----------------------------------------


7/15/49
The Colgate Sports Newsreel*
Starring: Bill Stern
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Colgate


10/30/49
The Lucky Strike Program*
Starring: Jack Benny
Don Wilson's Story Of 25 Years In Radio
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Phil Harris Orchestra
   You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby (w/ Sportsmen Quartet & Mel Blanc)


12/26/49
Inner Sanctum Mysteries
“The Enchanted Ghost”
Starring: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Bromo Seltzer

1950 & on-------------------------------------


1/8/50
The Lucky Strike Program*
“Murder At Romanoff's”
Starring: Jack Benny
Guests: Frank Sinatra, Rosalind Russell, Gene Kelly
CBS  Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Phil Harris Orchestra
   Comedy sketch, Sinatra sings 2 bars of "Sunday, Monday And Always"


10/10/50
Life With Luigi*
Starring: J Carroll Naish
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Wrigley's Spearmint Gum
   O Marie

10/21/51
The Big Show
Starring: Talluhlah Bankhead
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Reynolds, Chesterfield, Anacin
Meredith Wilsson Orch

12/25/51
The Bob Hope Show
Starring: Bob Hope
Guests: Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra
NBC  Pepsodent
Les Brown Orchestra
   Silent Night (w /Bing Crosby)

1/18/52
The Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Show*
Starring: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Chesterfield, Anacin, Dentyne, Buick
Dick Stabile Orch
   I've Got A Crush On You
   School Days (w/ Dean & Jerry)
   Row, Row, Row Your Boat (w/ Dean & Jerry)

3/2/52
The Lucky Strike Program*
Starring: Jack Benny
Guests: Danny Kaye, George Burns, Groucho Marx, Frank Sinatra
CBS  Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Phil Harris Orchestra
   Then I'll Come Back To You (w/ all)

3/16/52
The Big Show
Starring: Talluhlah Bankhead
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Reynolds, Chesterfield, Anacin
Meredith Wilsson Orch

5/5/52
The Lucky Strike Show
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Phil Harris Orchestra
   Then I'll Come Back

12/24/53
The Bob Hope Show
Starring: Bob Hope
Guest: Frank Sinatra
NBC  Pepsodent
Les Brown Orchestra
   South Of The Border
   Jingle Bells (w/ Bob Hope)

3/21/54
The Bing Crosby Show*
Starring: Bing Crosby
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  General Electric
John Scott Trotter Orchestra
   Young At Heart
   Medley: Among My Souvenirs/September Song (BC)/As Time Goes By (w/ Bing Crosby)
Note: Show recorded on 3/14/54

3/28/54
The Bing Crosby Show*
Starring: Bing Crosby
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  General Electric
John Scott Trotter Orchestra
   Take A Chance
   Medley: Till We Meet Again/Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland (BC) /There's
     A Long, Long Trail (w/ Bing Crosby)
Note: Show recorded on 3/14/54

8/15/54
The Summer Show Starring Gary Crosby*
Starring: Gary Crosby
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Sustaining
John Scott Trotter Orchestra
   Half As Lovely (Twice As True)
   Sam's Song (w/ Gary Crosby)

8/15/54
The Amos 'n' Andy Music Hall*
Starring: Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll
Guest: Frank Sinatra
CBS  Sustaining
Note: Sinatra chats with Amos & Andy and plays his recording of “Birth Of The Blues”

* Available on Frank Sinatra And Friends (Radio Spirits, cassette or CD collection)

  

           
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Updated July 15, 2001