"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– 4 by The Baronets – from the Unissued Vee-Jay album – Recorded March 13, 1965 – The well-known and very popular Quebec vocal group Les Baronets (featuring future Celine Dion husband Renè Angèlil) were looking to expand their horizons. It was 1965 and the group had already gotten...
– Helen Traubel – RCA Magic Key program – August 30, 1936 – Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Back to legendary singers of the Stage from the 1930s. This week it’s Helen Traubel. Known primarily for her Wagnerian roles, Traubel was a very popular singer who...
– Count Basie with Joe Williams – The Tonight Show With Steve Allen – September 28, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Further evidence the early days of TV were days of eclectic wonderment, this excerpt from an episode of the original Tonight Show, starring Steve Allen (before Jack...
Post-Mortem – The Fundraiser’s over – the hysteria, hoopla and begging are done. My gratitude and heartfelt thanks to the 33 backers, and those who told your friends and posted on your own sites and Facebook pages, I cannot thank you enough. You’ve given me renewed hope and encouragement that...
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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