NATO In Paris – December 16, 1957
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Category: 1950’s
Frank Sinatra -Happy 107th! – Hungarian Relief Fund Concert 1956 – December 12, 1956 – Pop Chronicles
Frank Sinatra turns 107 today. The singer who became so identified with the Big Band era of the 1940s, and who branched out to become one of the Entertainment world’s great icons of the 20th century, was born on this December 12th in 1915. There is very little that hasn’t
An Interview With Fritz Kreisler – 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
– Fritz Kreisler – 80th birthday celebration – Feb. 2, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fritz Kreisler was probably one of the most famous and recognizable violinists of the early 20th century. He came along at the dawn of recording, and so he became one of the most
Edith Peinemann With Joseph Keilberth And The Bamberg Symphony – Vienna Festival 1959 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
Edith Peinemann with Joseph Keilberth and The Bamberg Symphony – Vienna Festival 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A classic and historic concert this week. From the 1959 Vienna Festival, a performance by The Bamberg Symphony, conducted by Joseph Keilberth and featuring the legendary Edith Peinemann, violin in a
American Film In 1956 – George Stevens, Jerry Wald And Leo Rosten Discuss The State Of Hollywood Movies – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
American Forum – American Film: 1956 – August 26, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – Despite a lot of truly great, landmark and memorable films made in the 1950s, the film business was in dire straits. Television had crept into the American living room in a way unprecedented from
Atomic Testing – Things That Go Boom – November 1, 1951
– Edward R. Murrow and The News w/Don Hollenbeck – November 1, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Knee-deep in Cold War, this November 1st in 1951. Atomic testing was continuing at a rapid pace, with advances of new tests making results of old tests obsolete. On this day
Roy Eldridge – Coleman Hawkins All-Stars With Arthur Prysock At Birdland 1952 – Past Daily Downbeat
– NBC Radio: Stars In Jazz from Birdland – September 4, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Heading back to the 50s this weekend. The first of a series of broadcasts coming from Birdland on 53nd Street and Broadway in New York City. The Roy Eldridge/Coleman Hawkins All-Stars, featuring
October 26, 1951 – Churchill Returns To 10 Downing Street
October 26, 1951 – Edward R. Murrow and The News – Gordon Skene Sound collection – October 26, 1951 – for the first time since suffering defeat in July of 1945, Winston Churchill succeeded in taking back his role as Prime Minister in an election which saw a dramatic turn
October 25, 1957 – NATO, Syria And Sputnik
October 25, 1957 – NBC World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 25, 1957 – a day of meetings, conflicts and the Space Race. In Washington, President Eisenhower was meeting with UK Prime Minister Harold MacMillan and broadened the conference by bringing in NATO chief Paul-Henri Spaak