
Category: Radio


Taft-Hartley Bill Becomes Law – June 23, 1947
– ABC Headline News – June 23, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A lot of Labor news this June 23rd in 1947. Starting with the override of President Truman’s veto of the Taft-Hartley bill, the Senate voted to pass the infamous Taft-Hartley Labor Bill voted 68-25 with 6


George Szell With Pierre Fournier And The Cleveland Orchestra Play Music Of Mozart, Martin And Strauss – 1967 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
– Cleveland Orchestra In Concert – George Szell, Cond. – Pierre Fournier, Cello – Oct. 25, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic concert this week. The Cleveland Orchestra in this 1967 broadcast featuring Music Director and legend George Szell at the Podium with Pierre Fournier, cello in

Paris Calls It Quits – France Surrenders – June 20, 1940
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Juneteenth – Solidarity Day – Coretta Scott-King And The Poor People’s March – June 19, 1968
– June 19, 1968 – Coretta Scott King – Solidarity Day Address – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 1968 saw no end of turmoil and upheaval in the world. In the first six months alone there was the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy.

Reine Gianoli And The ORTF Philharmonic With Pierre-Michel LeConte Play Music Of Lalo – 1967 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– Lalo: Piano Concerto – Reine Gianoli, Piano – ORTF Phil. Pierre-Michel LeConte – ORTF Broadcast 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another slice of history this weekend – a legendary pianist playing a seldom-performed work. The celebrated and enthusiastically embraced cult figure Reine Gianoli performs in this broadcast


