Camel Caravan

Various vocalists, musicians and comedy acts were heard during the 21 years this show was on the air, including such talents as Benny Goodman, Georgia Gibbs, Anita O'Day and Vaughn Monroe.

On June 30, 1936, the show was reformatted, featuring Nathaniel Shilkret and his orchestra and Benny Goodman and his swing band, with novelist Ruppert Hughes as Master of Ceremonies[1][2] and vocalists Martha Tilton and Johnny Mercer.

A Los Angeles Times picture caption[3] notes that Gladys Swarthout was the guest artist on the initial broadcast.

Eddie Cantor starred in another CBS Camel Caravan broadcast from March 28, 1938, to June 26, 1939.

Others who starred on this series during the years were Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra, comedian Herb Shriner, Abbott and Costello, Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore (when it was known as Camel Comedy Caravan), Jack Carson, Mel Blanc, and Bob Hawk (emcee of the quiz program Thanks to the Yanks, later known as The Bob Hawk Show).