Category History

January 21, 1958 – Riots In Caracas

January 21, 1958 – NBC News On The Hour -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 21, 1958 – the news of the hour was the situation in Caracas, Venezuela. A general strike was paralyzing the country which was under the…

Alois Reiser – 1936 Music Guild Awards – 2nd Prize – Weekend Gramophone

Alois Reiser – 1936 Music Guild Awards – 2nd Prize – String Quartet op. 18 – Roth String Quartet – Jan. 1, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The 1936 Music Guild Awards, as broadcast on January 1, 1937.…

January 15, 1954 – You Live In L.A. And You Can’t Breathe – Past Daily Reference Room

Smog – The Troubled Air – KNX Radio – January 15, 1954 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 15, 1954 – if you were around at the time, and you were living in L.A., you would be suffering from…

January 15, 1986 – Confusion In Yemen

January 15, 1986 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 15, 1986 – if you woke up this morning in 1986 and you were confused, you were in good company. An entire country was confused…

January 14, 1958 – Space, Race And The Space Race

January 14, 1958 – NBC News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 14, 1958 – The launching of a Redstone rocket from Cape Canaveral was a success. The rocket, the first stage of what would become…

January 13, 1994 – A Hung Jury And A Heart Attack On A Plate

January 13, 1994 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 13, 1994 – the jury in the infamous Menendez Brothers murder trial couldn’t make a decision this day. The jury, which deliberated for…

January 11, 1956 – Will He, Or Won’t He?

  January 11, 1956 – Listen To Washington – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 11, 1956 – this day 60 years ago was all about speculation over whether or not President Eisenhower would seek a second…

David Bowie – The Story Is Over – The Song Remains. Past Daily Reference Room: Tribute Edition

David Bowie – interview for Front Row Program – BBC Radio 4 – March 2002 – BBC Radio – David Bowie (1947-2016) – only last week, Friday to be exact, we were celebrating a birthday and the release of Lazarus,…

Joan Baez – Live At Paleo 2015 – Nights At The Roundtable: Birthday Edition

Joan Baez – Live at Paleo Festival 2015 – Live à Fip – Radio France/FIP – Joan Baez, who turned 75 on January 9th, is still going strong – touring, recording and bringing her message of protest and social justice…

It’s January 10, 1950 – You’re In San Francisco – It’s Rainy, It’s Cold And You Love Fried Food – Weekend Pop Chronicles

January 10, 1950 – KCBS – This Is San Francisco – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 10, 1950 – if you were living in San Francisco, this day in 1950 fell on a Tuesday. It was a typical day…