Sid Caesar / Self
Frank Capp / Self - drummer, Benny Goodman Quintet
Gower Champion / Self
Marge Champion / Self
Cyd Charisse / Self
Van Cliburn / Self
Jimmy Durante / Self
Leo Durocher / Self
Dwight D. Eisenhower / Self /  US President
Rhonda Fleming / Self
Russ Freeman / Self - pianist, Benny Goodman Quintet
Benny Goodman / Self
Eydie Gormé / Self
Bob Hope / Self
Lena Horne / Self
Betty Hutton / Self
Danny Kaye / Self
Barney Kessel / Self - guitarist, Benny Goodman Quintet
Frankie Laine / Self
Shirley MacLaine / Self
Tony Martin / Self
Johnny Mathis / Self
Neil H. McElroy / Self - US Defense Secretary
David Niven / Self
Kim Novak / Self
Gregory Peck / Self
Walter Pidgeon / Self
Dick Powell / Self
Jane Powell / Self
Martha Raye / Self
Jimmie Rodgers / Self
Jane Russell / Self
Dick Shawn / Self
Dinah Shore / Self
Jo Stafford / Self
James Stewart / Self
Gale Storm / Self
Danny Thomas / Self
Miyoshi Umeki / Self
Leroy Vinnegar / Self - bassist, Benny Goodman Quintet
Robert F. Wagner / Self - Mayor of New York City (archive footage)

Christine Winter / Blue Christmas girl (voice)
The Wee Winter Singers / Chorus (voice)