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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
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
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
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Melody Lane, part 2 of 2, August 15, 1945
Recording of the second part of Melody Lane, hosted by Mark Austad.
Date:
August 15, 1945
Creator:
Evans, Mark, 1917-1988
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Winston Churchill, August 24, 1941; Major George Fielding Elliot
Recording of a speech by Winston Churchill on side 1, and commentary by Major George Fielding Eliot on side 2.
Date:
1941-08-24~
Creator:
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 & Eliot, George Fielding, 1894-1971
System:
The UNT Digital Library
First Piano Quartet; public affairs; music
Track 1 contains a radio program by the First Piano Quartet (later known as the Original Piano Quartet), hosted by Robert Denton. At this time, the quartet consisted of Adam Garner, Vladimir Padwa, Henry Holt, and George Robert. The theme is Brahms' Paganini Variations, followed by Schubert's Moment Musicaux No. 3 in F Minor, Moszkowski's Bolero from Spanische Tänze, Op. 12, Liszt's Liebestraum No. 3, and Johann Strauss' Perpetual Motion. Tracks 2 and 3 are short fragments of public affairs programming and music.
Date:
1941-08-17~
Creator:
First Piano Quartet
System:
The UNT Digital Library