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Big Band Chronicles Cassette 4B
Part B of the fourth cassette of a condensed version of John Gilliland’s 1940s Big Band Chronicles, originally produced in the early 1970s. This segment emphasizes the late 1940s, with musical excerpts and commentary from performers and other music industry figures. Excerpted selections include "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," "Ghost Riders in the Sky," the Spike Jones Orchestra's rendition of "My Old Flame," and "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye."
Pop Chronicles Interviews #136 - Himan Brown, Part 1
Part 1 of a recording of John Gilliland interviewing radio and television producer Himan Brown.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #136 - Himan Brown, Part 2
Part 2 of a recording of John Gilliland interviewing radio and television producer Himan Brown.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #142 - Allan Jones
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing actor Allan Jones for the Pop Chronicles radio program series.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #130 - Milton Berle
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing Milton Berle for the Pop Chronicles radio program series.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #1
The first program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program introduces the first half of the 1940s, with discussion of wartime culture, celebrity participation in the war effort, and the Golden Age of Radio.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #2
The second program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the year 1940, with discussion of the "sweet" bands and the influence of Bing Crosby.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #3
The third program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program continues to highlight songs from 1940 (and slightly before and after), with discussion of vocalists, and the impending war.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #4
The fourth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the year 1941, with discussion of the ASCAP boycott and BMI, and the Second World War.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #5
The fifth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program continues the previous program's emphasis on 1941, with discussion of the music of Freddy Martin, as well as of "sweet" bands and gimmick (or "Mickey Mouse") bands, and wartime novelty songs.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #6
The sixth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the year 1942, with discussion of wartime music and culture, and cultural reflections of domestic mobilization in the U.S.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #7
The seventh program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program continues the previous program's emphasis on the year 1942, with discussion of the songs of Johnny Mercer, Capitol Records, and mass migration connected to the war effort.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #8
The eighth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the years 1942 and 1943, with discussion of Frank Sinatra, and the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #9
The ninth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the year 1943, with discussion of wartime movies.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #10
The tenth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the year 1944, with continued discussion of wartime culture.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #11
The eleventh program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the time frame around 1944, with discussion of Hollywood's output during the war.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #12
The twelfth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program is the finale of Part I of the series, which covered 1940 through 1945, and was originally broadcast in October and November of 1972. It highlights the end of the Second World War, with discussion of armed forces' return home, and "dream" songs.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #160 - George T. Simon
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing author and critic George T. Simon for the Pop Chronicles radio program series.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #157 - Harry Mills
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing Harry Mills of the Mills Brothers for the Pop Chronicles radio program series. This recording includes unrelated audio from other broadcasts after the interview with Mills.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #158 - Edgar Bergen
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing Edgar Bergen for the Pop Chronicles radio program series. The interview begins in track 3 following unrelated material, and continues through track 6, followed by an apparent live performance by the Mills Brothers. This recording contains slurs or stereotyping directed at race, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation, or religion.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #51 - Bill Haley
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing Bill Haley for the Pop Chronicles radio program series.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #140 - Helen Forrest
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing Helen Forrest for the Pop Chronicles radio program series.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #135 - Perry Como
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing Perry Como for the Pop Chronicles radio program series. This recording includes discussion of sexual harassment.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #156 - Jimmy Van Heusen, part 1
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing composer Jimmy Van Heusen for the Pop Chronicles radio program series. This is the first of three segments. Van Heusen's wife is present for this recording, and speaks in track 5.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #156 - Jimmy Van Heusen, part 2
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing composer Jimmy Van Heusen for the Pop Chronicles radio program series. This is the second of three segments.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #156 - Jimmy Van Heusen, part 3
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing composer Jimmy Van Heusen for the Pop Chronicles radio program series. This is the third of three segments.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #133 - Bing Crosby
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing Bing Crosby in Hollywood for the Pop Chronicles radio program series.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #1 - Patty Andrews, part 1
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing Patty Andrews of the Andrews Sisters for the Pop Chronicles radio program series. The interview occurred either March 13 or September 13, 1971. A rehearsal is audible in the background. This segment is part 1 of 2.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #2 - Patty Andrews, part 2
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing Patty Andrews of the Andrews Sisters for the Pop Chronicles radio program series. The interview occurred either March 13 or September 13, 1971. A rehearsal is audible in the background. This segment is part 2 of 2.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #7b - Gene Autry
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing Gene Autry for the Pop Chronicles radio program series.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #13 - James Brown
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing James Brown in Hollywood for the Pop Chronicles radio program series. The last track is from a different recording, with pre-recorded interview questions for Billy Vaughn.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #13
The thirteenth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program is the first of Part II, which covers the conclusion of the Second World War through the end of the decade. It highlights musical theater, with particular attention to Irving Berlin's compositions in Annie, Get Your Gun.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #14
The fourteenth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the year 1945 after the end of the Second World War, with discussion of armed forces returning home, songwriters, and vocalists.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #15
The fifteenth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the years 1945 and 1946, with discussion of Bing Crosby and Hoagy Carmichael.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #16
The sixteenth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the year 1946.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #17
The seventeenth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the years 1946 and 1947, with discussion of the beginnings of the Cold War, and the prevalence of nostalgia in popular culture.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #18
The eighteenth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the music of Irving Berlin, and includes an extensive discussion of Al Jolson's comeback.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #19
The nineteenth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the year 1947, with discussion of the challenges that contributed to the decline of the big bands.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #20
The twentieth program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the years 1947 and 1948, with discussion of Disney movies and their songs, nostalgia, and the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) recording ban of 1948.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #21
The twenty-first program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the year 1948, with discussion of the impact of the AFM recording ban, and the music of Judy Garland.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #22
The twenty-second program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the years 1948 and 1949, with discussion of politics, travel-related songs, and the end of the AFM recording ban.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #23
The twenty-third program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the end of the decade, with discussion of Spike Jones, antecedents of rock 'n' roll, country music and its popularity, overdubbing, and Broadway.
Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #24
The twenty-fourth and final program in John Gilliland’s 24-program series on popular music and culture in the 1940s, produced following the success of his extensive Pop Chronicles series on the 1950s and 1960s. This program highlights the years 1948 and 1949, with discussion of the musicals Kiss Me Kate and South Pacific.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #116 - Dionne Warwick
Recording of Bill Slater interviewing Dionne Warwick for the Open Session program on radio station KRLA in Pasadena, CA (now KRDC). John Gilliland used this interview for the Pop Chronicles radio program series.
Pop Chronicles Interviews # 144 - Pop Chronicles Promos
Pre-recorded promotional tracks to advertise the re-playing of John Gilliland's Pop Chronicles. This recording was included in the larger set of interviews.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #152 - Herb Caen, Art Hoppe, Benjamin Swig
Recording of John Gilliland briefly interviewing local San Francisco figures Herb Caen, Art Hoppe, and Benjamin Swig for the Pop Chronicles radio program series.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #161 - Pop Chronicles 1940s promotional announcements
A series of advertisements for the Pop Chronicles 1940s series, featuring excerpts of interviews with San Francisco-area personalities and KSFO station personnel.
Pop Chronicles Interviews #162 - Phil Elwood
Recording of John Gilliland interviewing critic and radio personality Phil Elwood for the Pop Chronicles radio program series.
Show 1 - Play A Simple Melody: American pop music in the early fifties. [Part 1]
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.
Show 2 - Play A Simple Melody: American pop music in the early fifties. [Part 2]
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.
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