Show 1 - Play A Simple Melody: American pop music in the early fifties. [Part 1] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Show 1 - Play A Simple Melody: American pop music in the early fifties. [Part 1]
  • Series Title The Pop Chronicles (John Gilliland Collection)

Creator

  • Composer: Gilliland, John
    Creator Type: Personal

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Conceptualized in 1967 after attending the Monterey International Pop Music Festival, John Gilliland’s “The Pop Chronicles” traces the history of popular music from the 1950’s through the 1960’s. Mr. Gilliland wrote, narrated and produced these 55 hours of broadcasting first airing at KRLA Pasadena, CA. in February 1969. The pop music history is told by an interleaving of Mr. Gilliland’s narration, music, and comments from the interviews of the people directly involved in the music scene of the day. The guests are: Mitch Miller, Johnnie Ray, Kay Starr, Pete Seeger, Stan Freberg, George Harrison and others.
  • Physical Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Popular Music -- 1951-1960.
  • Keyword: American popular music
  • Keyword: early 1950s

Collection

  • Name: John Gilliland's Pop Chronicles
    Code: JGPC

Institution

  • Name: UNT Music Library
    Code: UNTML

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Sound

Format

  • Audio

Identifier

  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc19745

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