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
September 15, 1954 – Keys To The Capitol – Red China/Quemoy – Sen. McCarty censure vote – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Colletion. September 15, 1954 – A week’s worth of politics on Capitol Hill, this day in 1954. Foremost on everyone’s minds was the issue going on between
– August 15, 1945 – VJ Day celebrations continue – Reports around the Country – WEAF, New York – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 15, 1945 – On this day, 77 years ago, the party wasn’t about to let up. VJ Day, although officially declared as August 14th to
Margaret Glaspy – in session for Marc Riley – BBC 6 Music – August 22, 2016 – BBC Radio – Margaret Glaspy to close out the weekend on a soft and luxuriant note. A session she did for Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music in August of 2016. To get
Jean-Louis Martinet – 2 Pieces for Strings and Percussion – French National Orch. Pierre Dervaux, cond. 1963 – ORTF Transcription Service – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Overlooked composers of the 20th Century this weekend. 20th century French Composer Jean-Louis Martinet was a student of Charles Koechlin and Olivier Messiaen
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Louis Armstrong and The All-Stars – Live in London – July 2, 1968 – BBC Light Programme – Louis Armstrong for a deep-catalogue dive and window on musical history this weekend. Together with his All-Stars – comprising of Joe Muranya, clarinet, Tyree Glenn on Trombone and vocals – Marty Napoleon
