Paladin In Session – 1972 – Past Daily Soundbooth
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March 28, 1942 – A Shakeup In The Pacific – A Raid At St. Nazaire – A Push On The Eastern Front – A Message From The King.
March 28, 1942 – News Of The World – NBC – King George Address to Nation – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 28, 1942 – A day with much news from the far-flung corners of the World at War. Starting with news from Australia that a major shakeup was
Andrè Cluytens – At The 1949 Besancon Festival – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Another recording from the 1949 Besancon Festival. This week, a live performance of Florent Schmitt’s La Tragèdie de Salomè featuring the legendary French/Belgian conductor Andrè Cluytens leading the Paris Conservatory Orchestra. Schmitt had slipped a bit in popularity over the years – his works weren’t played all that much in
It’s March 1977 – You’re A Teenager – You Live In L.A. – You Are Very Popular – Everybody likes You, Except . . . .
March 11, 1977 – KTNQ – The Real Don Steele – Rob Frankel Collection – There’s that ONE person. No matter who you are or where you go or how many people like you, think fondly of you, wish they were you, envy you, want to name their children after
Going The Red Carpet Route – A Premier At Grauman’s In 1946 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles: Hollywood Edition
KFWB – Anna And The King Of Siam Opening At Grauman’s Chinese Theatre – July 18, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Ironically, the photo above was taken the same time this broadcast was going on. The typical Hollywood Premier. This one, for the 20th Century Fox Production of Anna
Billy Harper Quintet – Live In Hamburg – 1976 – Past Daily Downbeat
Billy Harper Quintet – live in Hamburg – Recorded May 23, 1976 – NDR-Radio, Hamburg – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Billy Harper Quintet this weekend, featuring Everett Hollins on trumpet, Joe Bonner on Piano, Wayne Dockery on bass and Malcolm Pinson on drukms. Recorded live in Hamburg by North
Country Night At The Bowl – 1963 – Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, The Louvin Brothers, George Jones, Flatt & Scruggs, Faron Young, June Carter – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Something historic from The Hollywood Bowl this weekend with a star-studded cast from the world of Country-Western music via Long Beach station KFOX, which was the big Country station in Southern California in 1963. Johnny Cash, the headliner, was not in great form. A bad case of Laryngitis prevented him
George Olsen And His Music – 1925 – Past Daily Nights At The Round Table – Musical Archeology
George Olsen And His Music – Sugar Plumb – 1925 – RCA Victor – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Since the Studio/Past Daily Nerve Center has been undergoing renovations, I’ve been stumbling over buried shelves of old 78’s this week – some I haven’t played since they arrived. And since Nights
March 25, 1942 – MacArthur Goes To Parliament – Russia Wants A Second Front – America Aims For 100%
March 25, 1942 – News Of The World – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 25, 1942 – Continuing on the heels of the arrival of General Douglas MacArthur to Australia, first reports from NBC Correspondents in Canberra told of MacArthur’s arrival at Parliament as guest of Prime
Two By The Billy Williams Quartet – 1951 – Past Daily Nights At The Round Table – Musical Archeology
Two by The Billy Williams Quartet – MGM Records – Recorded December 1951 – As an addendum to the Charioteers post I did last night. Lead Singer Billy Williams, the man who supplied the high notes, left The Charioteers in 1949 and struck out for greener pastures; first as part