Here is an amazing photo of some heavy hitters, gathered around the WNEW microphone.
Louis Prima, Dinah Shore, unidentified woman, Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Grace Kelly, Ross Martin and Paul Winchel
Image courtesy of the archives of Bill Diehl
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Eddie Fisher also photographed in uniform during the Korean War with Edward Brown, circa 1951-1954.
Image courtesy of the archives of Edward Brown
I think the *young lad* lying on his back behind the microphone went by the name “Jerry Mahoney!”