14 min
Chesterfield Supper Club: Perry Como Sings Santa Claus is Coming to Town—12/20/1948 Breaking Walls
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- History
On December 20th, 1948 at 7PM eastern time, The Chesterfield Supper Club took to the air on NBC, featuring a rotating cast of singers Perry Como, Jo Stafford, Peggy Lee, and Mary Ashford and the Satisfiers.
Como appeared on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, while Stafford appeared on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
By 1948, Como had thirteen top-five hits to his credit, and Stafford had sixteen top-ten.
The Supper Club aired weeknights for fifteen minutes. 1948-49 season was the first in which no multiple run shows cracked radio’s top-fifty. The Supper Club’s rating that month was 10.4, while opposite on CBS, Beulah, starring Hattie McDaniel, pulled a rating of 14.1.
On December 20th, 1948 at 7PM eastern time, The Chesterfield Supper Club took to the air on NBC, featuring a rotating cast of singers Perry Como, Jo Stafford, Peggy Lee, and Mary Ashford and the Satisfiers.
Como appeared on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, while Stafford appeared on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
By 1948, Como had thirteen top-five hits to his credit, and Stafford had sixteen top-ten.
The Supper Club aired weeknights for fifteen minutes. 1948-49 season was the first in which no multiple run shows cracked radio’s top-fifty. The Supper Club’s rating that month was 10.4, while opposite on CBS, Beulah, starring Hattie McDaniel, pulled a rating of 14.1.
14 min