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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
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
Nat "King" Cole Trio with Willis Conover
Willis Conover presents Nat "King" Cole and his trio in a special message broadcast to his sister, Elizabeth, on the occasion of her wedding.
Date:
October 9, 1946
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Melody Lane, part 1
Recording of the first part of Melody Lane, hosted by Mark Austad. The mention of a January, 1947 sale by sponsor Zlotnick the Furrier, provides an approximate date.
Date:
January 1947
Creator:
Evans, Mark, 1917-1988
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Melody Lane, part 1
Recording of part 1 of Melody Lane, hosted by Mark Austad.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Evans, Mark, 1917-1988
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover interviews Stan Kenton
Photograph of Willis Conover and Stan Kenton in an interview at radio station WWDC, in Washington, D.C., likely in 1947.
Date:
1947?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover interviews Stan Kenton (2)
Photograph of Willis Conover and Stan Kenton.
Date:
1947~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover radio announcement: Daylight Saving Time and Ellington concert
Recording of Duke Ellington's theme song, "Take the 'A' Train," followed by Willis Conover briefly announcing that the Duke Ellington show usually airing at 1:00 a.m. on Saturdays would not occur due to the change to Daylight Saving Time, and that an Ellington concert at the Watergate barge originally scheduled for Monday, June 9 was moved to Friday, June 13. The occurrence of the dates on those weekdays places the recording in 1947.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover with three people
Photograph of Willis Conover with three unidentified people.
Date:
1947~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover interviews Stan Kenton, WWDC, January 14, 1947, Parts I and III
Willis Conover interviews Stan Kenton, asking his opinion on various musical selections. In Part III, he brings in a listener who was critical of Kenton to have a dialogue directly with him.
Date:
January 14, 1947
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover interviews Stan Kenton, WWDC, January 14, 1947, Parts II and IV
Willis Conover interviews Stan Kenton, and asks him to comment on musical selections.
Date:
January 14, 1947
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
EnBee Jamboree, June 14, 1947; labor dispute arbitration
On side 1, Willis Conover hosts a program advertising the holdings of EnBee Record Sales, at 1016 7th St NW in Washington, D.C. The theme song is Stan Kenton's "Machito,"and other selections include Roy Milton's "Camille's Boogie"; Duke Ellington, "Minnehaha Part 2"; Reverend Utah Smith, "God's Mighty Hand;" and Herb Jeffries, "When I Write My Song." Side 2 contains a labor arbitration hearing between the Bakery and Confectionary Union Local 350 AFL, an employer (Mr. C), and a former employee (Mr. A). Arbitrators include Dr. Jane Emmel Gorman of Hunter College, and John A. Zellers, former president of the New York Board of Trade.
Date:
June 14, 1947
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
EnBee Jamboree, August 22, 1947
Willis Conover hosts a program advertising the holdings of EnBee Records, at 1016 7th St NW in Washington, D.C. The theme song is Stan Kenton's "Machito,"and other selections include Francis Craig, "Near You"; The Beale Street Boys, "Lights Out"; the signoff theme from Sunday spirituals show, “God Be With You”; and the King Cole Trio, "I Miss You So."
Date:
August 22, 1947
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Count Basie with Willis Conover, others
Photograph of Count Basie, an unidentified person, Jimmy Rushing, and Willis Conover
Date:
1948~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Excerpt of speech by Harry S Truman, March 17, 1948: “Special message to the Congress on the threat to the freedom of Europe”
Recording of President Harry S. Truman's speech, “Special message to the Congress on the threat to the freedom of Europe,” followed by announcer Mark Austad (later known as Mark Evans) interviewing Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho and Rep. Dewey Short of Missouri.
Date:
March 17, 1948
Creator:
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover interviews Duke Ellington, March 27, 1948
Recording of an interview by Willis Conover with Duke Ellington on March 27, 1948. Topics include the story behind the robe Ellington was wearing backstage, musicians, and the re-working of old material. The audio includes announcements of tune selections to be added in the studio later.
Date:
March 27, 1948
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Selections from the Dixieland vs. Bebop Concert, Washington, D.C., May 23, 1948
Recording of selections from the Dixieland vs. Bebop concert held May 23, 1948, at the Music Hall at 9th and V Streets, NW, in Washington, DC. Advertisements for the concert indicate that Charlie Parker, Wild Bill Davison, Joe Sullivan, Sir Charles, and George Wettling were among the performers. These selections include tunes not included on the 2008 commercial release "Charlie Parker: Washington D.C. 1948," as well as enough overlap in content (C-Jam Blues, Tiny's Blues) to confirm the event.
Date:
May 23, 1948
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
WWDC, Meet the Composer: Duke Ellington, Part I
Willis Conover presents a program on the music of Duke Ellington.
Date:
October 31, 1948
Creator:
Conover, Willis
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
Veterans' Cab advertisements; Meet Your Congress
Side 1 of the recording contains five short advertisements for the Veterans' Cab company, dated February 24, 1949. Side 2 contains an excerpt of an episode of Meet Your Congress, in which United States senators discuss rent control.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Cummings, Al & Moody, Blair
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover at the microphone
Photograph of Willis Conover at a microphone at radio station WWDC, Washington, D.C., holding a cigarette in one hand, and the May 1949 issue of Metronome magazine in the other. Fran Warren is on the cover of the magazine.
Date:
1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover: American Jazz #1
The second part of a broadcast which featured Willis Conover discussing the music of Duke Ellington, followed by a translation in Swedish by an unknown speaker. This program occurred more than five years before the beginning of Conover's long-running VOA program, Music USA.
Date:
August 23, 1949
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
The Orchestra of Washington, D.C.
Recording of The Orchestra of Washington, D.C., likely with singer Jack Maggio. The band plays selections that also appear on their lone full-length album, Willis Conover's House of Sounds Presents THE Orchestra, including "Willis" (written for Willis Conover), and "Light Green."
Date:
1950~
Creator:
Conover, Willis
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The UNT Digital Library