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Tunes on Trial, part 2 of 2, July 7, 1947, and Melody Lane

Description: Recording of the second part of a radio program on WWDC, in which participants discuss musical selections. The second side contains an undated episode of Melody Lane, hosted by Mark Austad.
Date: unknown
Duration: 26 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis & Evans, Mark, 1917-1988
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Unidentified jazz guitar

Description: An unidentified jazz guitar recording.
Date: unknown
Duration: 27 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Vocalist; unidentified big band

Description: Side 1 contains several selections from a vocalist, presumably Lea Matthews: Too Marvelous for Words, Sometimes I'm Happy, The Wildest Gal in Town, and You're Blasé. Side 2 contains a performance by an unidentified big band.
Date: unknown
Duration: 16 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Voice of America jazz program for Sweden

Description: Willis Conover hosts a jazz program featuring the music of Duke Ellington for the Voice of America. The program was specifically geared toward Sweden, possibly in 1949, when similar recordings were made. This program predates his main tenure with the Voice of America, which began in late 1954 / early 1955.
Date: 194X
Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Voice of America: Music of America

Description: Willis Conover hosts a program on the music of Duke Ellington, specifically made for listeners in Sweden, possibly in 1949, when similar programs were made.
Date: 194X
Duration: 15 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Willis Conover interviews Peggy Lee on WWDC

Description: Peggy Lee recites poetry, followed by an interview with Willis Conover.
Date: unknown
Duration: 8 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
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
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Duke Ellington at the White House - insert for NBC Monitor

Description: An excerpt from the recording of Duke Ellington's 70th birthday party at the White House on April 29, 1969, for use on the NBC radio program Monitor.
Date: May 10, 1969
Duration: 5 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Music USA #5262-B [part], Duke Ellington at the White House, Part I

Description: The first part of a series of Music USA programs on Duke Ellington's 70th birthday party at the White House. This segment is the last 17 minutes of Music USA #5262-B, the rest of which featured the Miles Davis album "Odyssey!" (Prestige 7540). The program was originally broadcast on May 27, 1969.
Date: April 29, 1969
Duration: 17 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Music USA #5264-B, Duke Ellington at the White House, Part III

Description: The third part of a series of Music USA programs on Duke Ellington's 70th birthday party at the White House. This program was originally broadcast on May 29, 1969.
Date: April 29, 1969
Duration: 41 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Interview with Ella Fitzgerald, for Voices of VISTA #127

Description: Willis Conover interviews Ella Fitzgerald for "Voices of VISTA" program number 127. The short programs featured various celebrities and were used, like Treasury broadcasts in decades past, to promote the U.S. government's Volunteers in Service to America program.
Date: May 10, 1968
Duration: 16 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Interview with Gil Evans

Description: An interview with Gil Evans, apparently included in Music USA #4884-B, broadcast May 16, 1968.
Date: March 4, 1968
Duration: 6 minutes 01 second
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Willis Conover interviewed by Fred Gale, WWDC, Part I

Description: Fred Gale interviews Willis Conover for WWDC, where Conover worked in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Date: February 9, 1968
Duration: 58 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Gale, Fred & Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Willis Conover interviewed by Fred Gale, WWDC, Part II

Description: Fred Gale interviews Willis Conover for WWDC, where Conover worked in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Date: February 9, 1968
Duration: 59 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis & Gale, Fred
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Voices of VISTA: Interview with Marilyn Maye

Description: Willis Conover interviews singer Marilyn Maye for Voices of VISTA program #117. This recording is the raw audio which was later incorporated into the program.
Date: December 9, 1967
Duration: 17 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Voices of VISTA: Interview with Doc Severinsen

Description: Willis Conover interviews trumpeter and bandleader Doc Severinsen for Voices of VISTA program #112. This recording is the raw audio which was later incorporated into the program.
Date: December 7, 1967
Duration: 20 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Voices of VISTA: Interview with Al Hirt

Description: Willis Conover interviews trumpeter Al Hirt for Voices of VISTA program #109. This recording is the raw audio which was later incorporated into the program, and includes other recorded segments for the Hirt program and another which featured Charlie Byrd.
Date: November 27, 1967
Duration: 19 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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