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Willis Conover interviews George Shearing, November 2, 1949

Description: Willis Conover interviews George Shearing. This is the raw interview, and refers to song selections to be inserted later.
Date: November 2, 1949
Duration: 9 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Music USA #399-B, Interview with Bob Thiele and Steve Allen, Part I

Description: The first part of the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, including tune selections and an interview with Bob Thiele. The interview with Steve Allen occurs in Part II.
Date: December 2, 1955
Duration: 35 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Dizzy Gillespie at Birdland

Description: A French-language program featuring Dizzy Gillespie performing at Birdland, along with an interview with John Hammond.
Date: July 2, 1956
Duration: 19 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 & Roberts, Bill
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 10/2/1963

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Weber's Oberon Overture, Prelude to Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, Schubert's Symphony No. 5, and an interview with Leslie Epstein.
Date: October 2, 1963
Duration: 55 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Willis Conover interviews Art Farmer

Description: Willis Conover interviews Art Farmer.
Date: March 2, 1964
Duration: 32 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Willis Conover interviews Charles McWhorter

Description: Willis Conover interviews Charles McWhorter for the "Conversations with Conover" series.
Date: March 2, 1964
Duration: 25 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 9/2/1964

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Prokofiev's Classical Symphony, Weber's Invitation to the Dance, Gershwin's An American in Paris, and an interview with Franco Colombo.
Date: September 2, 1964
Duration: 55 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 12/2/1964

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of excerpts from Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite and an interview with Ferde Grofé.
Date: December 2, 1964
Duration: 31 minutes 01 second
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 6/2/1965

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture and Strauss's Blue Danube Waltz and Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, and features an interview with NBC's vice president of p… more
Date: June 2, 1965
Duration: 30 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Bob LaPlante interview with Don Byas; unidentified recording

Description: In the first track, Bob LaPlante interviews Don Byas in 1965. The second track, from the other side of the tape reel, is an unidentified jazz ensemble for roughly the first half. The ensemble in the second half is identified at 27:05 as the Ole Dixon Trio.
Date: November 2, 1965
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 2/2/1966

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Suppé's Poet and Peasant Overture and Elgar's Enigma Variations, and features an interview with Wally McGill.
Date: February 2, 1966
Duration: 54 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 3/2/1966

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Cimarosa's Il matrimonio per raggiro and Verdi's Rigoletto, Act IV, and features an interview with bass-baritone Nicola Moscona.
Date: March 2, 1966
Duration: 54 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 11/2/1966

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Kabalevsky's Overture to Colas Breugnon and Verdi's Rigoletto, Act IV, and an interview with music publisher Eugene Weintraub.
Date: November 2, 1966
Duration: 52 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - Centennial Series, 1/2/1967

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: Centennial Series,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini on the hundredth anniversary of his birth, and was a subset of the radio series "Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend". The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Prelude to Act III of Tannhauser, Prel… more
Date: January 2, 1967
Duration: 54 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - Centennial Series, 8/2/1967

Description: This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: Centennial Series,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini on the hundredth anniversary of his birth, and was a subset of the radio series "Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend". The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of the William Tell Overture by Gioachino… more
Date: August 2, 1967
Duration: 53 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles Interviews #170 - Kay Starr

Description: Recording of John Gilliland interviewing Kay Starr in Los Angeles for the Pop Chronicles radio program series.
Date: November 2, 1967
Duration: 31 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles Interviews #71 - Little Richard

Description: Recording of John Gilliland interviewing Little Richard in Hollywood for the Pop Chronicles radio program series. He discusses his musical style and influences, career, opinions on religious studies and race, and changes in popular music.
Date: January 2, 1968
Duration: 29 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles Interviews #175 - John Peel

Description: Recording of John Gilliland interviewing radio personality John Peel in London for the Pop Chronicles radio program series.
Date: February 2, 1968
Duration: 20 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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[Frummox - Live at KNUS]

Description: Audio reel from the Steven Fromholz Papers recorded during Frummox Live at KNUS on a Ampex 341 Recording Tape 7" Reel.
Date: April 2, 1971
Duration: 20 minutes 02 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Retrieval of Date in Oral History Collections

Description: Sound recording of Allan Meckler and Ann Travis giving speeches on the topic of Retrieval of Date in Oral History Collections during the 8th Annual Oral History Association Colloquium at the John F. Kennedy Library in Columbia Point, Boston.
Date: November 2, 1973
Duration: 51 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Role of Interviews in Documenting White House Decisions

Description: Sound recording of Dann Fenn, Jr., Joe Frantz, Henry Graff, James Hagerty, Richard Kirkendall, and Robert Weaver speaking under the topic of the role of interviews in documenting white house decisions. Recorded during the 8th Annual Oral History Colloquium at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts.
Date: November 2, 1973
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Use of Oral History in Dramatic Audiovisual Productions

Description: Sound recording of William Weaver from the National Park Service - Pendleton Woods, Oklahoma Living legends Program speaking during the Oral History Association Eighth Annual Colloquium.
Date: November 2, 1973
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Oral History Association
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Music USA #7428-B, funeral of Duke Ellington, Part II

Description: The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, broadcast May 2, 1975. The program contains Part II of the funeral of Duke Ellington, on May 27, 1974, as broadcast on radio, possibly by station WRVR.
Date: May 2, 1975
Duration: 46 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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