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Spinning on air : Songs about radio, magic phonograph records and deejays.

Title: Spinning on air : radio broadcast, 1997-03-02 : Songs about radio, magic phonograph records and deejays.
Publication: 1997.

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1 audio disc (59:15) : digital, stereo and mono; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Host David Garland plays a long set of classic New York City jingles and songs from the 1950s-1970s featuring radios, magic phonographs and deejays. Featured works: Radio advertisment (1957) featuring Stan Freberg and Paul Frees (700 foot mountain of whipped cream thrown into Lake Michigan ...) / S. Freberg (starts at 4:43) -- You're on the radio (from the 1974 LP Elephant steps: a fearful radio show) / S. Silverman (starts at 8:39) -- Remember radio? (live off-Broadway performance in November 1990) / B. Daugherty and R. Field (starts at 11:57) -- Radio jingle (Keith Textor Singers) (starts at 19:46) -- Radio jingle (Lou Carter) (starts at 22:06) -- A fairy tale (a formalized excerpt of "Mt. Vernon and Fairway", originally a bonus track from the 1973 EP "Holland", recorded in Amsterdam) / B. Wilson (starts at 26:26) -- Genie, the magic record, part 1 (1st issued in 1946) / P. Lind Hayes (starts at 35:06) -- Chummy (your record playmate) (1950's) / music by G. Marks; libretto by M. Pascal; featuring P. Donald and The Modernaires (starts at 39:05) -- When Edison invented his gramophone back in 1877 (excerpt from an unidentifed educational radio show, 1960s or 1970s?) (starts at 42:58) -- There's a little wheel a-turnin' in my heart (unidentified performers on a children's record, 1950's?) (starts at 45:28) -- Toptoon (the D.J.) (from the 1957 LP A winter's tale: songs to make you think) / P. Winter (starts a 52:11) -- Excerpt: The disc jockey toccata (from the 1955 LP Smart Alec) / A. Templeton (starts at 57:57)

Uniform Title

Spinning on air (Radio program)

Alternative Title

Genie, the magic record.
When Edison invented his gramophone back in 1877.
There's a little wheel a-turnin' in my heart.
There's a little wheel a turning in my heart.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Children's sound recordings.
Popular music radio programs.

Note

Title derived by cataloger from the original information provided on compact disc.
WNYC inventory no.: WNYC-SPIN-1997-03-02; Catalog: 56132.

Source (note)

WNYC (Radio station : New York, N. Y.) ;

Call Number

*LDC 52472

OCLC

835117464

Title

Spinning on air : radio broadcast, 1997-03-02 : Songs about radio, magic phonograph records and deejays.

Production

1997.

Playing Time

005915

Type of Content

performed music

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Performer

Radio songs and jingles: Stan Freberg and Paul Frees, narrators ; Stanley Silverman, vocals ; Daugherty & Field, vocals and piano ; Keith Textor Singers ; Lou Carter, vocals ; Brian Wilson, narrator and composer ; with other unidentified performers. Magical phonographs: Peter Lind Hayes and James Carroll and His Orchestra ; Peter Donald (vocals) and The Modernaires ; with other unidentified performers ; Charles Wolcott, conductor. Deejays: Paul Winter, vocals, Charlie Byrd, guitar and Eddie Diamond, piano ; Alec Templeton, audio tape and piano.

Event

Broadcast by WNYC (93.9 F. M./A. M. 820), 1997 March 2, New York, N. Y. Works on audio disc previously recorded in various places 1946-1990

Source

Gift; WNYC (Radio station : New York, N. Y.) ; 2007.

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Garland, David, 1954- host.

Carroll, James (Conductor)

Wolcott, Charles, 1906-1987, conductor.

Pascal, Milton, 1908-1976, librettist.

Freberg, Stan, narrator.

Frees, Paul, narrator.

Wilson, Brian, 1942- narrator.

Hayes, Peter Lind, 1915-1998, narrator.

Donald, Peter, narrator.

Silverman, Stanley, performer.

Daugherty, Bill, performer.

Field, Robin, entertainer, performer.

Carter, Lou, performer.

Winter, Paul, singer, performer.

Diamond, Eddie, performer.

Byrd, Charlie, 1925-1999, performer.

Templeton, Alec, 1910-1963, performer.

Container of (work): Silverman, Stanley. You're on the radio.

Container of (work): Field, Robin, entertainer. Remember radio?

Container of (work): Wilson, Brian, 1942- Fairy tale.

Container of (work): Marks, Gerald, 1900-1997. Chummy (your record playmate)

Container of (work): Winter, Paul (Singer). Toptoon (The D.J.)

Container of (work): Templeton, Alec, 1910-1963. Disc jockey toccata. Selections.

Keith Textor Singers, performers.

James Carroll Orchestra, performers.

Modernaires (Musical group), performers.

WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)

WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), donor. NN-RHA

Added Title

Genie, the magic record.

When Edison invented his gramophone back in 1877.

There's a little wheel a-turnin' in my heart.

There's a little wheel a turning in my heart.

Research Call Number

*LDC 52472

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