The Hollywood Barn Dance

The Hollywood Barn Dance was a half-hour show featuring western (as in "movie westerns") music interspersed with light-hearted banter and the occasional comedy skit. Hosted by Cottonseed Clark, it featured popular western-style singing groups and performers of the time, such as the Carolina Cotton; Johnny Bond; and the Sunshine Girls, with whom Mary Ford sang before she met Les Paul.

(As an aside, since many periodicals referred to their pin-up pictures as "sunshine girls," I could not find any useful links to the singing group, but you can find a few videos of their performances on YouTube.)

Guests included major stars such as Bob Hope and Roy Rogers. The show aired on CBS from 1943 to 1948.

For more information, see the Old Time Radio Catalog.

Series description provided by Frank Bell.