"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Peaches & Herb – In Session for Soul! – WNDT, New York – January 16, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sharing the bill with Ruby & The Romantics (who I ran last night), Peaches & Herb were another act who were up-and-coming at the time of this...
– Violet Archer – Prelude and Allegro for Violin and Piano – Arthur LeBlanc, violin – Charles Reiner, Piano – CBC Transcription Service – 1958 – The name Violet Archer may not ring a lot of bells with some Classical Music enthusiasts. But she was one of the seminal figures...
– A Night Out – By Harold Pinter – World Premier – March 1, 1960 – BBC Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The arrival of Harold Pinter on the Theatrical scene in the late 1950s caused a stir, a sensation and a harbinger of things to...
– NBC Radio – Stars In Jazz – Illinois Jacquet-Wild Bill Davis – August 12, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A few notes from two pioneers out of Birdland this week. The legendary Illinois Jacquet, along with an appearance by Hammond-extraordinaire Wild Bill Davis from the Stars In...
Day #3 – We Haven’t cracked 0% yet. if you’re on the fence about chipping in, now’s the time to do it. I know a lot of you out there are busy with other things; it’s the weekend, after all. And some of you are waiting for someone else to...
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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