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Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, December 16, 1961, Part II
The second segment of Willis Conover's House of Sounds program for December 16, 1961, on WCBS radio in New York.
Date:
December 16, 1961
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, November 25, 1961, Part II
The second segment of Willis Conover's House of Sounds program for November 25, 1961, on WCBS radio in New York.
Date:
November 25, 1961
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, November 11, 1961, Part I
The first segment of Willis Conover's House of Sounds program for November 11, 1961, on WCBS radio in New York.
Date:
November 11, 1961
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, February 17, 1962, Part I
The first segment of Willis Conover's House of Sounds program for February 17, 1962, on WCBS radio in New York.
Date:
February 17, 1962
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, November 4, 1961, Part I
The first segment of Willis Conover's House of Sounds program for November 4, 1961, on WCBS radio in New York.
Date:
November 4, 1961
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, November 11, 1961, Part II
The second segment of Willis Conover's House of Sounds program for November 11, 1961, on WCBS radio in New York.
Date:
November 11, 1961
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, December 23, 1961, Part I
The first segment of Willis Conover's House of Sounds program for December 23, 1961, on WCBS radio in New York.
Date:
December 23, 1961
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, December 2, 1961, Part II
The second segment of Willis Conover's House of Sounds program for December 2, 1961, on WCBS radio in New York.
Date:
December 2, 1961
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
New York, New York with Ben Grauer, program 407
Program 407 of Voice of America's "New York, New York with Ben Grauer," which includes an interview with Willis Conover by Grauer on Conover's book, Lovecraft at Last.
Date:
197X
Creator:
Conover, Willis & Grauer, Ben
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Unidentified jazz guitar
An unidentified jazz guitar recording.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, and Billy Taylor discuss jazz and Africa (with examples)
A longer-form discussion of jazz and its potential antecedents in the music and culture of western Africa between Conover and pianist Billy Taylor, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and bandleader and composer Quincy Jones. This version of the discussion includes examples. This material may have been used in Music USA #2352-B.
Date:
1962
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Monitor, Part 2 of 2: W.C. Handy feature
A segment of the Monitor radio program focuses on events around the year 1909, featuring segments on W.C. Handy, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, and the tune "Alexander's Ragtime Band."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WNEW audition tape 1
An audition tape apparently made for WNEW, with a pilot episode of WIllis Conover's House of Sounds. This program shows continuity with his work a decade earlier in Washington, D.C., and a version of this program was eventually picked up by WCBS in late 1960.
Date:
September 28, 1960
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Savremena Muzika Amerika: Danny Kaye
The music of Danny Kaye is featured in a program apparently broadcast by the Voice of America's Yugoslav Service.
Date:
1956
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover interviewed by Fred Gale, WWDC, Part II
Fred Gale interviews Willis Conover for WWDC, where Conover worked in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Date:
February 9, 1968
Creator:
Conover, Willis & Gale, Fred
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover with Ed Joyce on "Speak Up," WCBS, March 8, 1963
Willis Conover appears on Ed Joyce's WCBS radio program, "Speak Up," which includes a call-in segment.
Date:
March 8, 1963
Creator:
Conover, Willis & Joyce, Ed, 1932-
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Melody Lane, part 1 of 2, August 15, 1946
Recording of the first part of Melody Lane, hosted by Mark Austad.
Date:
August 15, 1946
Creator:
Evans, Mark, 1917-1988
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lionel Hampton at the Howard Theater, May 8, 1946, parts 2 and 4
Recording of Lionel Hampton and band, performing at a benefit for the Junior Citizens and Police Corps at the Howard Theater.
Date:
May 8, 1946
Creator:
Hampton, Lionel
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Louis Armstrong, radio program
Louis Armstrong plays tunes and reads advertisements on Willis Conover's radio show. He mentions that he was performing at the Blue Mirror, situating this program between December 22, 1949, and January 4, 1950.
Date:
[1949,1950]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tunes on Trial, part 2 of 2, July 7, 1947, and Melody Lane
Recording of the second part of a radio program on WWDC, in which participants discuss musical selections. The second side contains an undated episode of Melody Lane, hosted by Mark Austad.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Conover, Willis & Evans, Mark, 1917-1988
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Voice of America jazz program for Sweden
Willis Conover hosts a jazz program featuring the music of Duke Ellington for the Voice of America. The program was specifically geared toward Sweden, possibly in 1949, when similar recordings were made. This program predates his main tenure with the Voice of America, which began in late 1954 / early 1955.
Date:
194X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Voice of America: Music of America
Willis Conover hosts a program on the music of Duke Ellington, specifically made for listeners in Sweden, possibly in 1949, when similar programs were made.
Date:
194X
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover interviews George Shearing, November 2, 1949
Willis Conover interviews George Shearing. This is the raw interview, and refers to song selections to be inserted later.
Date:
November 2, 1949
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tommy Tucker's Gift Record
Souvenir recording of Tommy Ticker and his band.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Tucker, Tommy
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library