The show aired on CBS, April 7, 1940 - January 12, 1941. It was also known as the "John Kerby Show."
The show was one of the first network forums for an all-black band. John Kirby had in his orchestra Charlie Shavers, Russ Procope, Buster Bailey, Billy Kyle and O'Neill Spencer. The
volcalists were Kerby's wife, Maxine Sullivan and on ocassions, Ella Fitzgerald.
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