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2:11 pm
Tue March 12, 2013

Big Band Vocalists

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Legendary singer-actress Doris Day, who began her career singing with orchestras in the 1940s, performs her Oscar-nominated hit “It's Magic.”
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Beloved crooner Perry Como sings “I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now,” a hit from the big-band era, with the Ted Weems Orchestra.
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Songbird Peggy Lee sings her 1943 hit “Why Don't You Do Right” with the Benny Goodman Orchestra.

This special looks back at the “crooners” and “canaries” of the 1940s, featuring the greatest vocalists of the period when they started their careers performing with orchestras and dance bands. Among the legendary artists and timeless hits included in the rare, vintage footage are Louis Armstrong, Perry Como, Doris Day, Helen Forest with the Harry James Orchestra, Peggy Lee with the Benny Goodman Orchestra, Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting, Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and many more favorites from the World War II era. Nick Clooney and Peter Marshall host.

Airs Saturday, March 16, at 7pm on Channel 5.

Watch the full episode.