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Mark-Almond Band – Top Of The Pops – November 20, 1970 – BBC World Service – Not to be confused in any way with Mark Almond of the band Soft Cell, Mark-Almond consisted of Jon Mark and Johnny Almond, two highly regarded musicians who had put in many years as...
Emanuel Ax, piano – Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor – Pittsburgh Symphony in concert – January 24, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection More legends this week. Erich Leinsdorf leads the Pittsburgh Symphony in music of Liszt, Stravinsky, Mozart and Offenbach, along with pianist Emanuel Ax in a concert recorded on January...
February 17, 1942 – Radio Tokyo – news in English – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 17, 1942 – News for this day in 1942 had to do with the fall of Singapore and its occupation by Japanese forces. The Battle of Singapore, also known as the Fall of...
News for this February 17th in 1996 started off with a grim report of a collision between trains had taken place just outside of Washington D.C., killing at least 11 people, most were trainees for the Job Corps Program heading to Washington D.C. from a training Center in West Virginia....
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