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Music radio : the great performers and programs of the 1920s through early 1960s / Jim Cox.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: ix, 369 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0786420472
  • 9780786420476
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781.544097309041 22
LOC classification:
  • ML68 .C8 2005
Contents:
The Bell Telephone Hour -- The big bands -- The Bing Crosby sShow -- The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street -- Cities service concerts -- The classics -- The contests -- The disc jockeys -- The Fred Waring Show -- Grand Ole Opry -- The horse operas -- The house bands -- The Hummert musicales -- The Kate Smith Show -- The Railroad Hour -- The sacred singers -- The vocalists -- The Voice of Firestone -- Your Hit Parade.
Summary: "This work encompasses the range of musical programming from the early 1920s to the early 1960s. Jazz, country, classical, gospel, pop, big band, western, and semi-classical forms are covered, as are the vocalists, instrumentalists and disc jockeys who made them available to listeners"--Provided by publisher.Review: "Music Radio encompasses the entire range of musical programming from the early 1920s to the early 1960s. Jazz, country, classical, gospel, pop, big band, western, and semi-classical forms are covered, as are the vocalists, instrumentalists and disc jockeys who made them available to listeners."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-344) and index.

The Bell Telephone Hour -- The big bands -- The Bing Crosby sShow -- The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street -- Cities service concerts -- The classics -- The contests -- The disc jockeys -- The Fred Waring Show -- Grand Ole Opry -- The horse operas -- The house bands -- The Hummert musicales -- The Kate Smith Show -- The Railroad Hour -- The sacred singers -- The vocalists -- The Voice of Firestone -- Your Hit Parade.

"This work encompasses the range of musical programming from the early 1920s to the early 1960s. Jazz, country, classical, gospel, pop, big band, western, and semi-classical forms are covered, as are the vocalists, instrumentalists and disc jockeys who made them available to listeners"--Provided by publisher.

"Music Radio encompasses the entire range of musical programming from the early 1920s to the early 1960s. Jazz, country, classical, gospel, pop, big band, western, and semi-classical forms are covered, as are the vocalists, instrumentalists and disc jockeys who made them available to listeners."--BOOK JACKET.

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