CBS Radio – “The Wetbacks” – April 11, 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our series of milestone Documentaries for Radio recorded in the 1950s and 60s with a report on the then-current state of immigration into the U.S. – entitled The Wetbacks, it dealt specifically with the
August 25, 1942 – Arrival of first prisoner exchange via the Gripsholm – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 25, 1942, a day that most likely passed by unnoticed by many at the time, but it was significant because, on this day in 1942, the first Prisoner exchange took place
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Izia – In Session for Let’s Go Live (Partons en Live) RFI, Paris – June 12, 2015 – Radio France International – < If you've caught any of Izia's live performances the past couple of years, you’ll realize she more than lives up to the characterization, The Tornado of Pop.
NBC Radio – Second Sunday: “Payday Blues” – June 9, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing the series of Radio Documentaries, this one is from NBC Radio from June of 1974. Part of the Monthly Second Sunday Radio series which focused on current events and current concerns of
August 16, 2018 – BBC Radio 4 – The Six O’Clock News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – BBC August 16, 2018 – Another milestone moment for this August 16th in history. The passing of Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul – who lost her fight with Cancer at the age
August 16, 1977 – News reports – WCCO – CBS Radio Bulletins – Various – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 16, 1977. A day that ended on a shocking note. The King Of Rock n’ Roll was no more. Elvis Presley died at age 42 of, at the time,
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The Secret Goldfish – in session – Marc Riley – BBC 6 Music – August 2, 2017 – BBC Radio – The Secret Goldfish to start the week – in session for Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music on August 2, 2017. I was looking around for some biographical information
The world on September 19th in 1957 was awash with 104 degree fevers, paralyzed with aching muscles and joints, throwing up just about everything everyone ate the past year and it was only getting worse. 1957 was The Year Of The Asian Flu. It went from epidemic to pandemic and
