Tag Americana

The Charioteers On The Chesterfield Supper Club – 1945 – Past Daily Soundbooth

The Charioteers – Chesterfield Supper Club – 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Although not the only vocal group whose harmonies and style were precursors to Doo-wop, The Charioteers were part of that genre of vocal groups initially known…

Robert Russell Bennett

Eastman Rochester Symphony Play Music of Bennett, Harris, Thomson and Hadley – Plus A Few Words From Roy Harris – 1953 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

Since we’re slowly winding our way into September and the change of seasons (at some point), I thought I would offer a dose of Mid-Century Americana by way of transcription from the NBC Radio Program America’s Composers, as it was…

The Everly Brothers In Concert At The Olympia – Paris – 1963 – Past Daily Soundbooth: Mini-Concert Edition.

Everly Brothers 1963-09-23 The Olympia Paris France – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Editors Note: I ran this concert several years ago, before Phil’s death – and now with the news that Don has gone, it only seems fitting to…

Henry Kissinger

August 16, 1975 – Henry Kissinger And A Week Of Rising Expectations –

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Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead

August 9, 1995 – Goodbye Captain Trips: Death of Jerry Garcia

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Y-Day At The Bowl – 1963. The Beach Boys, Surfaris, The Routers, The Challengers – Past Daily Pop Chronicles.

Part 1: Part 2: (Editors Note: Originally Posted in 2012) A few years ago I ran a portion of this concert, via my now-defunct Newstalgia site. It featured headliners The Beach Boys at the annual Y-Day At The Bowl event…

Dean Rusk

July 22, 1973 – John Ehrlichman And The Poppycock Defense – A Weeks Worth Of Watergate

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Adlai Stevenson

July 19, 1965 – Farewell To Adlai – Vietnam Escalates

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