JANE FROMAN
~ Get Happy -
from
"USA Canteen"
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THE JANE FROMAN SHOW / USA CANTEEN
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CBS
Created by Irving Mansfield
Produced & Directed by Byron Paul
US Music Variety series 1952-1955 173 episodes x 15 min (18Oct52-30Jun55)
Hosted by Jane Froman
Regulars:
The Peter Birch Dancers
The Alfredo Antonini Orchestra
Announcer: Allyn Edwards
Background:
Initially Featured talented members of the armed forces.
Jane Froman was billed as "The Sweetheart of the Armed Forces".
Originally called "USA Canteen" sometimes called
"Jane Froman's U.S.A. Canteen", the show was later
renamed "The Jane Froman Show".
JANE FROMAN
~ Get Happy -
from
"USA Canteen"
JANE
FROMAN: It's a Most Unusual Day -
from
"The Jane Froman Show"
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CBS Saturdays 9:00-9:30pm Eastern (30 min) (weekly)
[01] USA Canteen (30 min) [Premiere]
18Oct1952 CBS Sat
with
Jane Froman
Highlights:
Jane sings "It's a Big Wide Wonderful World", "Hello Young Lovers", "Leave It to
Jane" and "You Belong to Me".
[02] USA Canteen (30 min)
25Oct1952 CBS Sat
with
Jane Froman
[03] USA Canteen (30 min)
01Nov1952 CBS Sat
with
Jane Froman
Highlights:
Jane sings "It's a Good Day Election Day", "Parade", "Thank You For a Lovely
Day" and "Let's Keep It That Way".
[04] USA Canteen (30 min)
08Nov1952 CBS Sat
with
Jane Froman
Highlights:
Marine Corps Anniversary Program.
[--] USA Canteen (30 min)
15Nov1952 CBS Sat
pre-empted for "Stars in the Eye" Special Opening of CBS Television City,
Hollywood
with Jack Benny,
Governor Earl Warren, stars of Radio and Television.
[05] USA Canteen (30 min)
22Nov1952 CBS Sat
with
Jane Froman
Guests:
Yehudi Menuhin
George De Witt
and Col. Mary O'Halloran.
[06] USA Canteen (30 min)
29Nov1952 CBS Sat
with
Jane Froman
Guests:
Vic Damone
and Jimmy Nelson.
[07] USA Canteen (30 min)
06Dec1952 CBS Sat
with
Jane Froman
Guests:
John Wayne
Jackie Gleason
and Jack Carter.
[08] USA Canteen (30 min)
13Dec1952 CBS Sat
with
Jane Froman
Guest:
John Raitt
[09] USA Canteen (30 min)
20Dec1952 CBS Sat
with
Jane Froman
Guests:
Susan Halloran
and the chorus from the Samson Air Base.
[10] USA Canteen (30 min)
30Dec1952 CBS Sat
Songs: Jane sings "Gypsy In My Soul", "Remember", "Truly", "Wonder What They're
Doing" and "Getting To Know You".
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*NOTE: Show changes to a bi-weekly 15 minute program on Thursdays and Saturdays
7:45-8:00pm,
title changes to "Jane Froman's USA Canteen".
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CBS Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:45-8:00PM Eastern (15 min)(after the network news)
(twice-weekly)
[11] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
01Jan1953 CBS Thur
Songs: It's A Good Day, Let It Snow, Come Rain Or Come Shine, You'd Be So Nice
To Come Home To
[12] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
06Jan1953 CBS Tue
Songs: They're Either Too Young Or Too Old, I Believe, Cocktails For Two, Speak
Low
[13] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
08Jan1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Get Happy, Night and Day, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered,
[14] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
13Jan1953 CBS Tue
Guests:
Eddie Fisher
and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace.
[15] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
15Jan1953 CBS Thur
Songs: It's A Lovely Day, Why Don't You Believe Me? Hands Across The Table,
There's A Small Hotel
[16] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
20Jan1953 CBS Tue
[17] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
22Jan1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Love Is Sweeping The Country,Dancing In The Dark,
[18] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
27Jan1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Who Cares, Grand Night For Singing, I'll Walk Alone, Because You're Mine
[19] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
29Jan1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Blow Gabriel Blow, Young Lovers, Leave It To Jane
[20] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
03Feb1953 CBS Tue
Songs: It's A Most Unusual Day, I Waltz Alone, Let's Call The Whole Thing Off, A
Foggy Day
[21] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
05Feb1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Why, Cause I Found You, I Believe, Blue Moon
[22] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
10Feb1953 CBS Tue
Songs: 'S Wonderful, Outside Of Heaven, Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes, I
Only Have Eyes For You
[23] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
12Feb1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Here I Go Again, Si Si, Allez Vous En, I Love You A Mountain
[24] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
17Feb1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Way Down Yonder In New Orleans, Come To The Mardi Gras, My Heart Will
Find No Home, Masquerade
[25] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
19Feb1953 CBS Thur
Songs: This Can't Be Love, Begin The Beguine
[26] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
24Feb1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Cockeyed Optimist, Outside of Heaven, I Believe, The Girl Next Door,
Where Or When
[27] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
26Feb1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Nice Work If You Can Get It, Pretend You're Happy When You're Blue,
Spring Fever
[28] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
03Mar1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Row, Row, Row, By The Light of the Silvery Moon, Sweet Sixteen, My
Butterfly Heart, Heart and Sold, I Believe
[29] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
05Mar1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Heart and Soul, I Believe, Whistle A Happy Tune
[30] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
10Mar1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Side By Side, Black Magic, Anywhere I Wander
[31] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
12Mar1953 CBS Thur
Songs: I Feel A Song Coming On, Love In Your Heart, How About You, Man of My
Heart, More Than You Know
[32] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
17Mar1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Sunny Side Up, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling(?), Pretend You're Happy When
You're Blue, Hours Of Gladness,
Across the Sea To Ireland (Galway Bay?)
[33] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
19Mar1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Who Cares, In The Still of the Night, Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk
[34] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
24Mar1953 CBS Tue
Songs: You're The Top, As Time Goes By, What Is This Thing Called Love
[35] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
26Mar1953 CBS Thur
Songs: It's A Big Wide Wonderful World, I'll Remember April and You, April In
Paris
[36] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
31Mar1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Pigalle, Ghost Of A Rose, Dite Moi Pour Quoi, Only A Rose
[37] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
02Apr1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Side By Side, I Believe, Easter Parade, Mind If a Lady Wants To Talk!
[38] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
07Apr1953 CBS Tue
[39] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
09Apr1953 CBS Thur
Songs: It's Delovely, If There's Love In Your Heart, In My Adobe Hacienda,
Penthouse Serenade
[40] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
14Apr1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Gypsy In My Soul, Zigeuner
[41] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
16Apr1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Louisiana Hayride; Lousiana Purchase; Sleepytime Down South; Birth of the
Blues
[42] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
21Apr1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Anything Goes, I'm In Love; I Believe; Allez Vous En, Go Away; It's All
Right With Me
[43] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
23Apr1953 CBS Thur
Songs: I'm Sitting On Top Of The World, Tell Me Why, Bicycle Built For Two,
Trolley Song,
[44] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
28Apr1953 CBS Tue
Songs: When The Red, Red, Robbin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbing Along; The Night Was
Made For Love; Pretend;
Kisses in the Night; The Night Was Made For Love
[45] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
30Apr1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Let's Get Away From It All; I Believe; When It's Twilight On The Trail;
[46] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
05May1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Beyond The Blue Horizon; I Can Dream, Can't I; Ukelele Lady; Bali Hai;
Sweet Leilani
[47] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
07May1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Way Back Home; Say You're Mine Again; My Hometown; My Mom
[48] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
12May1953 CBS Tue
Songs: There's No Business Like Show Business; Alexander's Rag Time Band; Say It
With Music; Cheek to Cheek
[49] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
14May1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Side by Side; When We Kiss; I Worry and Wonder
[50] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
19May1953 CBS Tue
Songs: It's A Big Wide Wonderful World; Allez Vous En; Again
[51] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
21May1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Cockeyed Optimist; Come Rain Or Come Shine; Bewitched, Bothered and
Bewildered; It's A Lovely Day
[52] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
26May1953 CBS Tue
Songs: I'm Sittin' On Top of the World; Take A Trip in a Rocket Ship;
Destination Moon; If I Loved You A Mountain;
Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better; Black Magic
[53] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
28May1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Love Never Went To College; I'm Walking Behind You On Your Wedding Day;
Yours Along; Man of My Heart; Soon
[54] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
02Jun1953 CBS Tue
Songs: June Is Bustin' Out All Over; Flirtation Walk; I Believe; Dearly Beloved
[55] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
04Jun1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Blue Skies; Young Lovers; This Was A Real Nice Clambake; Tennessee Fish
Fry
[56] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
09Jun1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Blowin' My Honey Back To Me; Far Away Places; My Shining Hour; I Cover
the Waterfront
[57] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
11Jun1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Row, Row, Row; If I Love You A Bit; The Band Played On; They all Laughed
At Christopher Columbus;
I'm Old Fashioned
[58] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
16Jun1953 CBS Tue
Songs: I've Got The Sun In The Morning; Another Opening; :Life on the Wicked
Stage; Summertime; The Nearness of You
[59] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
18Jun1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Nice Work If You Can Get It; Steppin' Out with My Baby; Smoke Gets In
Your Eyes; Buttons and Bows;
Try A Little Tenderness
[60] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
23Jun1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Surrey With The Fringe On Top; Meet Me In St. Louis; Again; Spring Fever
[61] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
25Jun1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Manhattan; No Other Love; I'm In Love Again; My Funny Valentine
[62] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min)
30Jun1953 CBS Tue
Songs: I Like Music; Glow Little Glow Worm; The Old Piano Roll Blues; My Shining
Hour; Say It With Music
[63] Jane Froman's USA Canteen (15 min) (Last show of
season)
02Jul1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Here I Go Again; Si Si; Allez Vous En; If I Love You A Mountain
*NOTE: Last show of season. "Summer Time U.S.A." premieres with Teresa
Brewer, Mel Torme and The Honeydreamers.
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############## season 2 1953-54 ##############
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CBS Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:45-8:00PM Eastern (15 min) (after the network news)
(twice-weekly)
2.01 [64] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
01Sep1953 CBS Tue
First show of the season. Jane wears a mink-trimmed gown and sings Keep It Gay,
No Other Love,
With A Song In My Heart; Allex Vous En and A Foggy Day
2.02 [65] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
03Sep1953 CBS Thur
Songs: That's Entertainment; Big Black Giant; Dancing In The Dark
2.03 [66] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
08Sep1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Mañana; Orchids In The Moonlight; Via Con Dios. Tonight, Jane appears
wearing a red and black lace gown
2.04 [67] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
10Sep1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Steppin' Out With My Baby; I'm The Girl You Own; P.S. I Love You
2.05 [68] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
15Sep1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Buckle Down Winsocki; The Old Ox Road; High Above Cayuga's Waters;
Wiffenpoof Song
2.06 [69] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
17Sep1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Good News; Autumn In New York; Shall We Dancel C'est Si Bon
2.07 [70] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
22Sep1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Come Si Come, Sa; Love; Eternally
2.08 [71] The Jane Froman Show: "Gershwin Concert,"
24Sep1953 CBS Thur
Songs: I Got Rhythm; Embraceable You; Summertime; The Man I Love
2.09 [72] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
29Sep1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Blue Skies; Let's Call The Whole Thing Off; No Other Love
2.10 [73] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
01Oct1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Take Me Out To The Ball Game; Two Loves Have I; You, You, You; Let's Be
Buddies
2.11 [74] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
06Oct1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Another Opening, Another Show; I Love Paris; Smoke Gets In Your Eyes;
Keep It Gay
2.12 [75] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
08Oct1953 CBS Thur
Songs: We'll Make Hay While The Sun Shines; Shine On Harvest Moon; Way Back
Home; It's A Grand Night For Singing
2.13 [76] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
13Oct1953 CBS Tue
Songs: It's A Good Day; I've Got My Eye On You; It's So Peaceful In The Country;
Just One Of Those Things
2.14 [77] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
15Oct1953 CBS Thur
Songs: I'm Beginning To See The Light; My Shining Hour; I Believe
2.15 [78] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
20Oct1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Paper Moon; More Than You Know; Barney Google; I Wanna Be Loved
2.16 [79] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
22Oct1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Cuba; Vaya Con Dios; Yuba On The Tuba; The Night Was Made For Love; She
Went to Havana
2.17 [80] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
27Oct1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Way Down Yonder In New Orleans; Allez Vous En; Come Rain or Come Shine;
Blow, Gabriel Blow
2.18 [81] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
29Oct1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Whistle A Happy Tune; You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To; Haunted Heart;
Ebb Tide
2.19 [82] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
03Nov1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Alexander's Rag Time Band; Long Ago And Far Away; No Other Love. A
highlight of this day was the birthday
party and cake Jane's fan club, the Fromanettes presented to her on stage during
rehearsal.
2.20 [83] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
05Nov1953 CBS Thur
Songs: When My Dreamboat Comes Home; Getting to Know You; Do Something; All I
have Belongs to You
2.21 [84] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
10Nov1953 CBS Tue
Songs: It's Delovely; C'est Magnifique; You Do Something To Me; The Sun In The
Morning
2.22 [85] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
12Nov1953 CBS Thur
Songs: It's A Big Wide Wonderful World; Pale Hands I Love; Over The Rainbow;
Many Times
2.23 [86] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
17Nov1953 CBS Tue
Songs: California Here I Come; Bewitched; S'Wonderful; The Sound of Love
2.24 [87] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
19Nov1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Keep It Gay; You're Just Too Marvelous; Night and Day; Vaya Con Dios
2.25 [88] The Jane Froman Show: "Arthur Schwartz" (15 min)
24Nov1953 CBS Tue
Songs: New Sun In The Sky; With A Shine On Your Face; Something To Remember You
Vy; Dancing In The Dark;
Louisiana Hayride
2.26 [89] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
26Nov1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Thank You Father; I'm Old Fashioned; Home; America
2.27 [90] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
01Dec1953 CBS Tue
Songs: You Gotta Be A Football Hero; My Bill; On Observatory Hill; Buckle Down
Winsockie
2.28 [91] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
03Dec1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Let's Get Away From It All; Heat Wave; Stranger In Paradise; I've Got My
Love To Keep Me Warm
2.29 [92] The Jane Froman Show: "The Old South"
08Dec1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Waitin' For the Robert E. Lee; I'm In Love With You; Yesterdays; By The
Light Of The Silvery Moon;
If Every Day Were Christmas
2.30 [93] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
10Dec1953 CBS Thur
Songs: C'est Bon; I Love Paris; C'est Magnifique; Hands Across the Table
2.31 [94] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
15Dec1953 CBS Tue
2.32 [95] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
17Dec1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Beyond The Blue Horizon; Isn't It Romantic; All The Things You Are; In
The Still of the Night
2.33 [96] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
22Dec1953 CBS Tue
Songs: It's A Good Day; If Every Day Were Christmas; Hello Young Lovers; Tobe of
Calvary
2.34 [97] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
24Dec1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Winter Wonderland; The Christmas Song; Deck The Halls; Silent Night; It's
All In Your Heart
2.35 [98] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
29Dec1953 CBS Tue
Songs: Manhattan; My Romance; Stranger In Paradise; That's Amore. Mrs. Hetzler
is at the studio
2.36 [99] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
31Dec1953 CBS Thur
Songs: Who Cares; Baubles Bangles and Beads; It Could Happen to You; Auld Lang
Syne
2.37 [100] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
05Jan1954 CBS Tue
Songs: It's A Lovely Day; June In January; All Alone; That's Entertainment
2.38 [101] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
07Jan1954 CBS Thur
Songs: Riding High; Twilight On The Trail; So In Love; Change Partners
2.39 [102] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
12Jan1954 CBS Tue
Songs: Old Buttermilk Sky; Skylark; Heart and Soul; Stardust
2.40 [103] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
14Jan1954 CBS Thur
Songs: Row, Row, Row; Rings On My Fingers; Tell Me Pretty Maiden; They Wouldn't
Believe Me
2.41 [104] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
19Jan1954 CBS Tue
Songs: Gypsy In My Soul; BeYond The Sea; Black Magic; The Sound Of Love
2.42 [105] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
21Jan1954 CBS Thur
Songs: Taking A Chance On Love; Love Is Love; My Funny Valentine; It's All in
Your Heart
2.43 [106] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
26Jan1954 CBS Tue
Songs: Anything Goes; Alone; Stranger In Paradise; Zing Went the Strings of My
Heart
2.44 [107] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
28Jan1954 CBS Thur
Songs: Who; Look For The Silver Lining; The Night Was Made For Love; Can't Help
Lovin' That Man
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*NOTE: Show changes to weekly airing.
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CBS Thursdays 7:45-8:00PM Eastern (15 min) (after the network news) (weekly)
[--]
The Jo Stafford
Show took over the Tuesday slot from 02Feb1954
2.45 [108] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
04Feb1954 CBS Thur
Songs: Winter Wonderland; The Man I Love; Spring Fever; Change Partners
2.46 [109] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
11Feb1954 CBS Thur
Songs: Stephen Foster Medley; Beautiful Dreamer; My Old Kentucky Home
2.47 [110] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
18Feb1954 CBS Thur
Songs: Sun In The Morning; Beyond The Sea; It's All In Your Heart; It's Delovely
2.48 [111] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
25Feb1954 CBS Thur
Betty Ann Grove and John Raitt Replace Jane while she's on
vacation.
2.49 [112] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
04Mar1954 CBS Thur
Songs: It's A Good Day; Backward, Turn Backward; With A Song In My Heart medley
2.50 [113] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
11Mar1954 CBS Thur
Songs: Beyond The Blue Horizon; Baubles, Bangles and Beads; Secret Love; It's
All In Your Heart
2.51 [114] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
18Mar1954 CBS Thur
Songs: Thou Swell; Backward, Turn Backward; Young At Heart; Anything Goes
2.52 [115] The Jane Froman Show: "The Coming of Spring" (15 min)
25Mar1954 CBS Thur
Songs: It's A Big Wide Wonderful World; You Do Something To Me
2.53 [116] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
01Apr1954 CBS Thur
Songs: That's Entertainment; Young At Heart; Paper Moon; I Solemnly Swear;
2.54 [117] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
08Apr1954 CBS Thur
2.55 [118] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
15Apr1954 CBS Thur
Songs: My Secret Love; I Believe
2.56 [119] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
22Apr1954 CBS Thur
2.57 [120] The Jane Froman Show: "DJ Show" (15 min)
29Apr1954 CBS Thur
Jane sings "It's All In your Heart" How About You" and "Backward Turn Backward"
2.58 [121] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
06May1954 CBS Thur
2.59 [122] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
13May1954 CBS Thur
2.60 [123] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
20May1954 CBS Thur
2.61 [124] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
27May1954 CBS Thur
Songs: Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; You're
the Top;
Someone Longs For You
2.62 [125] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
03Jun1954 CBS Thur
Songs: It's A Great Life; Here In This Enchanted Place' How About You; Young At
Heart
2.63 [126] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
10Jun1954 CBS Thur
2.64 [127] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
17Jun1954 CBS Thur
2.65 [128] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
24Jun1954 CBS Thur
2.66 [129] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
01Jul1954 CBS Thur
Betty Ann Grove and Merv Griffin.
2.67 [130] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
08Jul1954 CBS Thur
2.68 [131] The Jane Froman Show (15 min) (Last show of
the season)
15Jul1954 CBS Thur
Last show of the season
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############## season 3 1954-55 ##############
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CBS Thursdays 7:45-8:00PM Eastern (15 min) (after the network news) (weekly)
3.01 [132] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
16Sep1954 CBS Thur
First show of the season. Jane sings I Feel A Song Coming On; Hey There; The Man
That Got Away; From This Moment On
3.02 [133] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
23Sep1954 CBS Thur
Jane sings Sugar Candy; Joey; Autumn Leaves and Autumn In New York
3.03 [134] The Jane Froman Show: "Masquerade Show" (15 min)
30Sep1954 CBS Thur
This is the first color telecast. Jane sings "That Old Black Magic" and From
"This Moment On"
3.04 [135] The Jane Froman Show: "On Your Toes" (15 min)
07Oct1954 CBS Thur
The show opens with the song "On Your Toes". Sitting on a wishing well, she
sings There's A Small Hotel;
Glad To Be Unhappy; Fools Rush In; It's Gotta Be Love is the fourth song on the
program followed by three lines
from the closing theme of With A Song In My Heart.
3.05 [136] The Jane Froman Show: "Awards Show" (15 min)
14Oct1954 CBS Thur
Jane's song list is "Over The Rainbow," "Cockeyed Optimist," "You Are My Lucky
Star" and "This is my Lucky Day"
3.06 [137] The Jane Froman Show: "Anniversary of Light" (15 min)
21Oct1954 CBS Thur
Jane's songs for this show are "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend," "I Believe
In Miracles," The Old Lamplighter,"
and "I Believe"
3.07 [138] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
28Oct1954 CBS Thur
Jane sings a medley from "Wintergreen For President" including "There's Gonna Be
A Parade,"
"Most Important Man in the USA," and"Strike Up the Band". Additional songs are
"If I Give My Heart to You,"
"Count Your Blessings" and "There's Gonna Be A Great Day"
3.08 [139] The Jane Froman Show: "Harold Arlen" (15 min)
04Nov1954 CBS Thur
Songs are Get Happy; Blues in the Night; Come Rain Or Come Shine; The Man That
Got Away
3.09 [140] The Jane Froman Show: "Football" (15 min)
11Nov1954 CBS Thur
"Buckle Down Winsocki," "Song From Desiree," "They Didn't Believe Me" and
"Hooray For Love."
Jane was given a backstage birthday party
3.10 [141] The Jane Froman Show "1927" (15 min)
18Nov1954 CBS Thur
Jane's songs are "Blue Skies," My Heart Stood Still," "Hallellujah" and "Can't
Help Loving Dat Man"
3.11 [142] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
25Nov1954 CBS Thur
Jane is out sick and is replaced for by Betty Ann Grove
3.12 [143] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
02Dec1954 CBS Thur
Jane is out sick and is replaced for by Merv Griffin
3.13 [144] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
09Dec1954 CBS Thur
Jane is out sick and is replaced for by Betty Ann Grove and Merv
Griffin
3.14 [145] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
16Dec1954 CBS Thur
Jane is back on the show. Sings Play Orchestra Play; Ziguener; Mad About The Boy
and My Secret Heart
3.15 [146] The Jane Froman Show: "Christmas"
(15 min)
23Dec1954 CBS Thur
Jane songs are Let It Snow; Christmas In Killarney; If Every Day Were Christmas;
Good King Wenceslas; Silent Night
3.16 [147] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
30Dec1954 CBS Thur
Jane sings It's A Big Wide Wonderful World; New Year; Hello Young Lovers, Smile
and Auld Lang Syne
3.17 [148] The Jane Froman Show: "Oscar Show" (15 min)
06Jan1955 CBS Thur
Songs: Lullaby of Broadway; Last Time I Saw Paris; Swinging On A Star; Zip A Dee
Doo Dah; Song From Desiree
3.18 [149] The Jane Froman Show: "Weather" (15 min)
13Jan1955 CBS Thur
Songs: It's A Good Day; Look For the Silver Lining; Stormy Weather; A New Sun In
The Sky
3.19 [150] The Jane Froman Show: "Booth Hotel" (15 min)
20Jan1955 CBS Thur
Songs: Let's Begin; Yesterdays; You're Devastating; The Touch of Your Hand;
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
3.20 [151] The Jane Froman Show: "Snowman" (15 min)
27Jan1955 CBS Thur
Songs: Winter Wonderland; My Bill; I'm Just Wild About Harry; The Man That Got
Away;
It's So Nice to Have A Man Around the House
3.21 [152] The Jane Froman Show: "Nightclub Show" (15 min)
03Feb1955 CBS Thur
Songs: It's A Great Life; Counting My Blessings; Finger of Suspicion
3.22 [153] The Jane Froman Show: "Valentine Show" (15 min)
10Feb1955 CBS Thur
Highlights:
It's a Valentine's Day setting.
The trio welcomes Jane with "All About Love".
Jane sings "Love", "The Man I Love", "It Never Entered My Mind" and "From This
Moment On".
3.23 [154] The Jane Froman Show: "Las Vegas" (15 min)
17Feb1955 CBS Thur
Highlights:
Jane and the gang expose some of the secrets of "TV magic".
Songs: Taking A Chance On Love; That's All I Want From You; Melody of Love; I
Wonder
The trio opens with "TV Magic".
Jane sings "It's Only a Paper Moon", "The Extraordinary is the Ordinary", "I'll
Never Be the Same", "I Wonder"
and "I've Got the World on a String"
Peter Birch and the girls dance to "Sleighride".
3.24 [155] The Jane Froman Show: "Fan Mail" (15 min)
24Feb1955 CBS Thur
Songs: It's A Big Wide Wonderful World; Sympathetic Eyes; Tea For Two; Finger of
Suspicion
3.25 [156] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
03Mar1955 CBS Thur
Jane is in Florida. She's replaced by Merv Griffin
3.26 [157] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
10Mar1955 CBS Thur
Songs: Get Happy; That's All I Want From You; You Do Something To Me; Black
Magic
3.27 [158] The Jane Froman Show: "Tribute to Frank Loesser" (15 min)
17Mar1955 CBS Thur
Songs: If I Were A Bell; Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year; Hoop Dee Doo;
Rodger Young
3.28 [159] The Jane Froman Show: "Spring Show" (15 min)
24Mar1955 CBS Thur
Songs: It's A Most Unusual Day; S-P-R-I-N-G; Why Shouldn't I Know Of Love;
Spring Is Here; I Wonder
3.29 [160] The Jane Froman Show: "Tribute to Songwriters"
31Mar1955 CBS Thur
Songs: I Feel A Song Coming On; Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere; I Never
Felt This Way Before; September Song
3.30 [161] The Jane Froman Show: "Circus" (15 min)
07Apr1955 CBS Thur
Highlights:
Jane, the trio and the Peter Birch dancers offer a salute to the circus.
Songs: That's Entertainment; Sincerely; Sympathetic Eyes; Riding High
3.31 [162] The Jane Froman Show: "Paris" (15 min)
14Apr1955 CBS Thur
Highlights:
It's just the season for Jane's salute to Paris.
Among her songs are "La Seine" and "April in Paris".
3.32 [163] The Jane Froman Show: "Antiques" (15 min)
21Apr1955 CBS Thur
Highlights:
Jane and the group attend an auction of antiques.
Peter Birch and the dancers offer "Surrey with the Fringe on Top".
3.33 [164] The Jane Froman Show: "Rhythm and Blues" (15 min)
28Apr1955 CBS Thur
Highlights:
Things are rolling along at the Froman abode as Jane and the crew offer a
selection of "Rhythm and Blues Numbers".
3.34 [165] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
05May1955 CBS Thur
Wearing jodphurs, Jane sings How About You; Dream Beside Me; Stardust; I'm
Always Chasing Rainbows
3.35 [166] The Jane Froman Show: "Westward Ho" (15 min)
12May1955 CBS Thur
Special guest:
Allyn Edwards
Highlights:
Jane and the gang don cowboy togs for a jaunt in the woolly West.
The trio gets us in the mood with "Out Where the West Begins".
Peter Birch and his dancers offer us a square dance.
Songs: Breezin' Along With The Breeze; Unchained Melody;
The Story of Lola
Montez. Sid Feller joins Jane on
stage after the show.
3.36 [167] The Jane Froman Show: "Cafe Show" (15 min)
19May1955 CBS Thur
Special guest:
Allyn Edwards
Highlights:
Jane and the cast lounge in an East Side New York outdoor cafe setting.
Troupe lounges at a Manhattan East Side cafe as Jane sings Cockeyed Optimist,
Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White
and Blue Skies
3.37 [168] The Jane Froman Show "Romance" (15 min)
26May1955 CBS Thur
Highlights:
From atop a Manhattan penthouse Jane sings songs of romance.
Songs: One For My Baby; Something's Gotta Give; Stardust; Pass It On
3.38 [169] The Jane Froman Show: "June Bride" (15 min)
02Jun1955 CBS Thur
Highlights:
Jane and the gang, in a New York street setting, sing of Spring, apple blossoms
and wedding bells.
Songs are June Is Bustin' Out All Over; Making Whoopie; I Love You
3.39 [170] The Jane Froman Show: "Tribute to Vincent Youmans" (15 min)
09Jun1955 CBS Thur
Songs: I Got Rhythm
3.40 [171] The Jane Froman Show (15 min)
16Jun1955 CBS Thur
Highlights:
Jane sings "I Love The Look of You" (with Merv Griffin and Rita Farrell)
3.41 [172] The Jane Froman Show: "Graduation Day" (15 min)
23Jun1955 CBS Thur
Highlights:
Jane sings More I Cannot Wish You; It's A Most Unusual Day; You Gotta Have
Heart; I Wonder
3.42 [173] The Jane Froman Show: "Last Show" (15 min)
(Final show of the series)
30Jun1955 CBS Thur
Highlights:
Jane is stunning wearing a champagne colored Dior Gown and a new hair style.
Songs are Get Happy;
Summertime In Venice; Side By Side; I Believe
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