Radio

The Vaughn Monroe Show (aka Camel Caravan)

 

Logistics:
Season(s) Aired .... 1945-1946
Night/Time Slot .... Thursday
Run Time ....  30 min
     

 

Logistics:
Season(s) Aired .... 1946-1954
Night/Time Slot .... Saturday
Run Time ....  30 min
     

 

Synopsis:
Musical variety show with guest stars joining Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra. Camel cigarettes picked up the show in the 1946 season when it became "Camel Caravan." The Sauter Finegan Orchestra joined the Caravan in 1953 although they played with Vaughn Monroe and the Caravan as early as 1951.
 

 

Programs:
Show No. Location  City  Date Guest
      June 29, 1942

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    Rochester, NY June 24, 1945 Shirley Booth, Claude Thornhill
  The Meadowbrook Cedar Grove, NJ April 25, 1946

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438   New York, NY May __, 1946 Mel Powel
11   Wochester, MA July 9, 1946 Shirley Booth, Clarence & Claude
14     July 13, 1946 Vera Vague, Clarence & Claude
  Convention Hall Asbury Park, NJ July 18, 1946 Jack Teagarden
    Rochester, NY August 1946 Shirley Booth, Claude Thornhill
      October 26, 1946 Bert Lahr & Duke Ellington
  Hotel Commodore New York, NY November 1946 Count Basie
30     1947 Rosemary Clooney
31 Alvey Theatre Cincinnati, OH November 26, 1947

Bert Lahr & Sam Donahue
34   Rochester, NY 1947  
  Fort Gibson Hotel Cincinnati, OH April 8, 1948 Ginny Powell
    New York, NY 1949 Rosemary Clooney
49     January 14, 1950 Ci Ci Blake
50   Pottstown, PA February 11, 1950 Kitty Kallen
    New York, NY August 12, 1950 Rosemary Cloony
    Pottstown, PA 1950

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  University of Denver Denver, CO 1950  
  Hollywood Palladium Hollywood, CA 1951 Peggy Mann
      April 7, 1951 Shaye Cogan
93 Fort Monmouth Monmouth, NJ June 23, 1951 Eileen Barton
  Villanova College   September 17, 1951 Sally Sweetland
  Kansas State Teachers College Pittsburg, KS November 16, 1953 Sally Sweetland
  Creighton University Omaha, NE November 30, 1953 Sally Sweetland