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Willis Conover interviews Duke Ellington, March 27, 1948

Description: 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
Duration: 14 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Willis Conover interviews John Wiggin

Description: Willis Conover interviews John Wiggin, not for broadcast, but for an article he was writing. In 1954, Wiggin was deputy program manager at the Voice of America, and hired Conover for the Music USA series.
Date: March 5, 1963
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Willis Conover interviews Johnny Mercer

Description: Part 3 of 4 segments of raw audio of Willis Conover's 1970 interview with Johnny Mercer, which was used in the series of seven memorial broadcasts between program numbers #7879-A and #7893-A.
Date: January 30, 1970
Duration: 33 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Willis Conover presents The Orchestra of Washington, D.C., part 1

Description: Recording of a radio program by Willis Conover, featuring recorded selections by The Orchestra of Washington, D.C. Following the theme song, "Early Autumn," the program includes "Roundhouse," "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (Lea Matthews, vocals), "Light Green," and "Don't Blame Me" (featuring trombonist Earl Swope).
Date: December 15, 1951
Duration: 14 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Willis Conover presents The Orchestra of Washington, D.C., part 2

Description: Continuation of a radio program by Willis Conover, featuring recorded selections by The Orchestra of Washington, D.C, including "Tiny's Blues," "I Cover the Waterfront" (Jack Maggio, vocals), "Not Really the Blues," "Early Autumn" (program theme), and comments by Conover.
Date: December 15, 1951
Duration: 14 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Willis Conover, program pilot for Ballantine Ale

Description: A short pilot program, from the early 1950s, followed by Conover discussing the various programs he hosted in the Washington, D.C. area. The pilot combines elements of WEAM's "House of Sounds" and a late-night program at that station. The tape had been previously used, and may have come from WEAM, which was a country music station at the time; remnants of a country music show or pilot follow Conover's material, and include a performance by the Bluegrass Valley Boys.
Date: 195X
Duration: 14 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Willis Conover radio announcement: Daylight Saving Time and Ellington concert

Description: 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
Duration: 1 minute 04 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: UNT Music Library
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