Stan Kenton Concert – Sept. 16, 1952 Over to the World of Big Bands this weekend with a concert by The Stan Kenton Orchestra, recorded outside of Dayton Ohio on September 16, 1952. Kenton was riding high on the crest of a very popular wave – one that
– CBS Radio News – January 29, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 26 years ago, on January 29, 2000 the news was about protestors disrupting the Economic Summit in Davos Switzerland, where President Clinton was scheduled to make an address and where questions regarding the U.S. government’s acknowledgement that
January 27, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 27, 1988. Another kidnapping in Beirut and more testimony in the John “Ivan The Terrible” Demjanjuk trial. Word on this morning from Beirut that another German businessman had been kidnapped. This one, a West German
– WCBS-CBS News – Report on Death of Johnny Carson – January 23, 2005 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On this day 10 years ago, if you were around before 1992, Johnny Carson was part of your life. For 30 years he was casually known as The King Of Late
January 22, 1982 – CBS World News Roundup – Newsbreak – 9:00am News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 22, 1982 – Another day in history, loaded with contrasts. Starting with this day in 1982 being the 9th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision on abortion. Roe V. Wade
Dick Gregory – Interview from NET: Newsfront – April 26, 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Dick Gregory – whose popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a mainstream comedian was traded in for a career as a political activist, was one of the most outspoken and
– MBS – Bob Green News – January 21, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection On this January 21st in 1958, news was about the release from a 4 1/2 year jail sentence of former Prime Minister of Kashmir, Sheikh Abdullah, known as The Lion of Kashmir was arrested in
January 20, 1989 – CBS Radio News on the Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 20, 1989 – inauguration day, and the swearing in of the 41st President. Former vice-President George H.W. Bush was poised to take over the Oval Office, the one being vacated this day by
Meet The Press – Martin Luther King – 1960 Since today marks the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, I thought it would be fitting to offer an early Meet The Press appearance from April 16, 1960 as tribute to the man and his commitment to the cause of Civil
Charles Munch and The Boston Symphony In Rehearsal – March 17, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Schubert in rehearsal this week. The Boston Symphony under Charles Munch along with soloists and Chorus rehearse Schubert’s Mass Number 2. As broadcast during their rehearsal of March 17, 1951. Something of
