Category 1950’s

Music For Mr. Hulot – Film Music of Jacques Tati – Past Daily Weekend Soundbooth

. . .or Click on the link Here for Audio Player – Film Music of Jacques Tati – French Philips Unless you’re a fan of World Cinema going back a long-long ways, the name of Mr. Hulot or of Jacques…

The Neglect Of Reading – 1957 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

  . . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – Chicago University Roundtable – The Neglect of Reading – 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Even in 1957 Americans were reading less. Not the rest of the…

Clara Haskil With André Cluytens And The French National Orchestra Play Music Of Chopin – 1954 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

. . . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – French National Orch., André Cluytens – Clara Haskil, piano – Chopin: Piano Concerto Number 2 – recorded April 1954 – ORTF, Paris. Something very familiar this weekend,…

A Shostakovich Press Conference – 1959 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Press Conference featuring Dimitri Shostakovich, Tikhon Khrenikov and Dimitri Kabalevsky – Philadelphia – November 6, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As part of the Cold War…

‘What Have You Done For Me Lately?’ – The 1954 Mid-Term Elections – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player: NBC Radio News – Barometer 1954: The Congressional Elections – Oct. 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As a reminder that voting, even in the acknowledged “off-year” election season is important, here…

November Is The Crisis Month – Nov. 2, 1956 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – United Nations Security Council Meeting – November 2, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In November of 1956, two crises took center stage, almost eclipsing the storm of…

Joe Pyne Meets Count Bill Varga – 1965 – 60s Talk Radio – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Joe Pyne Show – 1965 – Syndicated Series – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Much as we like to think the current state of talk radio is something new, it’s not. Going…