Guest Star

Ethel Waters and Fletcher Henderson

Velia

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Guest Star is a radio variety program built around featured performers. This broadcast brings together singer Ethel Waters and bandleader Fletcher Henderson, offering a chance to hear two distinctive musical talents in the same program.

The episode is identified with “Velia,” suggesting a featured musical selection. Waters’s expressive vocal style and Henderson’s jazz background give the program its musical focus, with the appeal of hearing celebrated performers share a radio stage.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.