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GLENN MILLER "Medley" - Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – disappeared December 15, 1944) was an American Big band trombonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the S...
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GLENN MILLER "It Happened In Sun Valley" - When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When solo...
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Karl Haas (December 6, 1913 – February 6, 2005) - Karl Haas was a German-American classical music radio host, known for his sonorous speaking voice, humanistic approach to music appreciation, and populari...
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Beautiful Music Station programmer, Philadelphia, Los Angeles (Pasadena) 1960's - 1970's - *WDVR 101.1 FM Philadelphia...* DAVE SHAYER Pioneers Pix
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GLENN MILLER "Medley" - Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – disappeared December 15, 1944) was an American Big band trombonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the S...
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Happy Accident - In 1968 my father, Raymond Scott, spoke at length with a young man named Art Shifrin for his WNYC radio program, "Antiquity on Tape." Art had spent many...
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JOE FRANKLIN - We lost an American icon today. Joe Franklin passed at the age of 88. Joe and i had been friends for quite a while. We met at one of the Al Jolson Society...
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