July 15, 1964 – GOP Convention – View From The Cow Palace: Sliding Off The Rails.
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Tag: Americana
July 7, 1964 – A Word from RFK – Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy’s News Conference.
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Howard Hanson Conducts Howard Hanson – 1953 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
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July 1, 1947 – The Paris Summit – The Cold War – Not Least Of All, The Weather
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June 14, 1962 – JFK And The Peace Corps – New Frontier Continued.
This day 59 years ago, the New Frontier was alive and well and girding up its optimistic loins for a crack at settling the world’s problems. Kennedy lost no time in actualizing his dream for a Peace Corps. Between his election and inauguration he ordered Sargent Shriver, his brother-in-law, to
A Word From Marlon Brando On Guys & Dolls – 1956 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles: Hollywood Edition
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Bob Newhart – Live At The Hollywood Bowl – 1961 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Comic icons this weekend. The legendary Bob Newhart, live at the Hollywood Bowl during the annual benefit for the Boys Club of America in 1961. Bob Newhart has become such an integral part of our culture that, hearing him early on in his career, just as he was taking off,
Bob Dylan On The Radio – 1962 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Birthday Edition
After devoting too many posts the past year on tributes for musicians who have passed away, it’s an absolute pleasure to post something of a celebration tonight. Hard to imagine, but Bob Dylan turns 80 today, May 24th. Not to belabor the point, but it really doesn’t seem that long
May 17, 1968 – A Word From Cesar Chavez – Past Daily Reference Room
Newsfront – Cesar Chavez – May 17 1968 – As a reminder today of just who Cesar Chavez was and what he stood for, here is an interview with Chavez from May 17, 1968, at the height of the Grape Boycott and the struggle for recognition the Migrant Farm Worker
NBC Radio Orchestra Plays Music Of George Whitefield Chadwick – 1945 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
George W. Chadwick – A Vagrom Ballad – NBC Studio Orchestra – Henri Nosco – June 28, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Before the likes of Aron Copland, Roy Harris and many other composers of the “modern period” of American Classical music revolutionized the concert stages of the