Category 1950’s

The Color TV Wars – An Interview With FCC Commissioner Frieda Hennock – June 1951 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Meet The Press – Guest: FCC Commissioner Frieda Hennock – June 10, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Hard to imagine now, but some 63 years ago…

‘The Stern Demands Of An Era We Are Entering’ – President Eisenhower On The Future Of Security – 1957 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – President Eisenhower Address to Nation – November 17, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. In 1957 the Cold War entered a new phase; The Conquest Of Outer…

A Word Or Two From Linus Pauling – 1958 – Past Daily Reference Room

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Meet The Press – guest: Dr. Linus Pauling – May 11, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. During the dark days of the 1950s, if you were…

Lambert, Hendricks And Ross – Live In Bremen 1962 – Past Daily Downbeat

Editor’s Note: It was learned earlier today that co-founder Annie Ross has passed away, just four days shy of her 90th birthday – the last one has left the building for now – no doubt, an amazing jam session awaits.…

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley – Live In Little Rock, 1956 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles: Soundbooth Edition

If you’re of a certain age, you probably remember seeing Elvis on Ed Sullivan, much the same as a later generation would recount where they were and what they were doing when The Beatles first played on Ed Sullivan. If…

A Few Words From Mike Nichols And Elaine May And Arlene Dahl And Zachary Scott With Mitch Miller – 1961 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Sunday Evening With Mitch Miller – January 8, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Aside from his extensive work in Music and TV, Mitch Miller was also…

Buddy DeFranco – Live In Buenos Aires 1980 – (RIP: Buddy DeFranco – 1923-2014) – Past Daily Downbeat: Tribute Edition

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Buddy De Franco – Live in Buenos Aires 1980 More sad news this week. The passing on Christmas Eve of Jazz Hall of Fame Clarinetist Buddy De…

The Toronto Symphony With Sir Ernest MacMillan Play Music Of Murray Adaskin – 1954 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Murray Adaskin – Serenade Concertante – Toronto Symphony, Sir Ernest MacMillan, conductor – 1954 – CBC Transcription Service. Heading across the border to Canada this week for…

An Interview With George Raft – 1951 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – George Fisher Interviews George Raft – July 4, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Anyone with a passing fancy for classic Hollywood films, or has spent more…

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Live From Cleveland, 1952 – Past Daily Downbeat

. . . or click on the link here for audio Player – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – broadcast from the Town Casino, Cleveland Ohio – September 17, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection More classic concerts this weekend.…