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Going The Red Carpet Route – A Premier At Grauman’s In 1946 – Past Daily Pop...
Hollywood and Half-Measures had nothing to do with each other then. Click on the link here for Audio Player: Anna And The King Of Siam Opening – 1946 Ironically, the photo above was taken the same time...
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The Voice Of New York – 1956 – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles/Gallimaufry
It’s a safe bet that 98% of the sounds representing New York in 1956 don’t represent New York today. Click on the link here for Audio Player: CBS Radio Workshop – The Voice Of New York – March 2, 1956...
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The World Of Teenage Angst . . .April 6,1960 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Teenagers in 1960 – adding fuel to the flame were references as “glorified House Pets”. Click on the link here for Audio Player: Teenagers – 1960 Further evidence that every generation thinks the...
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A Word Or Two From Annette Funicello (1942-2013) – RIP – Past Daily Pop...
Annette Funicello – the face that epitomized the great Rite of Passage in the 1950s. Click on the link here for Audio Player: Annette-Anka-Dick Clark – 1960 It almost goes without saying this year is...
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George Jones (1931-2013) – Live At Gilley’s 1979 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles:...
George Jones – RIP – “Greatest Living Country Singer” Click on the link here for Audio Player: [audio http://pastdaily.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/george-jones-live-at-gilleys-1979.mp3] Not really part...
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A Few Words From Ray Manzarek (RIP – 1939-2013) – Past Daily Pop Chronicles:...
Ray Manzarek (1939-2013) Co-founder and guiding Light. Click on the link here for Audio Player: [audio http://pastdaily.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/the-doors-on-critique-1969.mp3] Yet another sad...
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Class of ’53 – Teenagers Of The 50s – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Ponder this: The people in this photo are in their mid-late 70s right now. Click on the link here for Audio Player: [audio...
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Bob Newhart – Live At The Hollywood Bowl – 1961 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Bob Newhart – American institution. Click on the link here for Audio Player: [audio http://pastdaily.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/bob-newhart-hollywood-bowl-1961.mp3] Comic icons this weekend. The...
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Fats Domino Story – 1998 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Fats Domino – if Rock were Royalty he’d be a King. Click on the link here for Audio Player: [audio http://pastdaily.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/the-fats-domino-story-bbc-1998.mp3] It occurred to me...
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Top-40 Radio – The Diamond Mine With Dave Diamond – KBLA – June 16, 1967 –...
Dave Diamond – one of the High Priests of Top-40 Radio in 1967. Click on the link here for Audio Player – Hour 1: [audio http://pastdaily.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/kbla-dave-diamond-june-16-1967.mp3]...
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A Word Or Two From John Entwistle Of The Who – 1977 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Part of that haywire, dysfunctional, milestone family. Click on the link here for Audio Player: BBC London Report – Week of June 9, 1977 Despite views to the contrary, when a pivotal band loses one or...
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The Wide-Wide Weird World Of BMR – B. Mitchel Reed – KFWB – July 15, 1967 –...
aka: Fearless Leader. Click on the link here for Audio Player: KFWB – B. Mitchel Reed – 10:00 pm-11:00 pm – July 15, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Forty-six years ago, if you lived in Los...
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A Word Or Two From Gena Rowlands And John Cassavetes – 1975 – Past Daily Pop...
The First Family of Independent Film. Click on the link here for Audio Player: Gena Rowlands – John Cassavetes Interview – Arthur Knight – Feb. 20, 1975 Regarded as one of the most innovative and...
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To Be Young, Gifted And Convinced . . .-1972 – Past Daily Pop...
That timeless struggle over perceptions, pressures and a strange self-image. Click on the link here for Audio Player: CBC Radio Documentary – Ugly Teenage Girls – 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection...
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Marilyn Monroe: Fame Is Fickle – August 5, 1962 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Fifty-one years ago today . . . Click on the link here for Audio Player – Marilyn Monroe: Fame Is Fickle – NBC Radio Tribute – August 6, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Hard to imagine it was...
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George Duke – (1946-2013) In Concert In Berlin 1977 – Past Daily Pop...
RIP – George Duke Click on the link here for Audio Player George Duke Band, live at Philharmonie Hall, Berlin – November 3, 1977 – RBB Radio Berlin With the sad news (again) today of the passing of one...
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The Kingston Trio, Henry Mancini, Joey Bishop, Richard Burton-Elizabeth...
One of those very-very star-studded affairs. Click on the link here for Audio Player – No on Proposition 14 Rally – Hollywood Bowl – October 4, 1964 – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player –...
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Rodney Bingenheimer With 999 And Bob Geldof – 1979 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
Rodney with Joan Jett – the quintessential fan’s fan. (photo: Brad Elterman) Click on the link here for Audio Player – Rodney On The Roq – April 8, 1979 – Part 1 Click on the link here for Audio Player...
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The Cold War Gets Its Track Shoes On – Rome Olympics – September 1960 – Past...
Not a good day for the track relay team, but that guy from Louisville was something else. Click on the link here for Audio Player – News From The 1960 Summer Olympics – NBC Radio – September 3, 1960 –...
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A Night At The Ash Grove – 1959 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles
An inconspicuous place on Melrose in West Hollywood was a launching pad for a wave of Folk Artists. Click on the link here for Audio Player – A Night At The Ash Grove with Les Claypool – KRHM-FM –...
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