[78-L] My history of broadcasting course

[Joe Scott]

"Night Hawk Blues" Coon-Sanders: "Tune right in on the radio.... From coast to coast...." etc.
Joseph Scott
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From: David Lennick
Sent: 02/03/14 04:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] My history of broadcasting course

And how could I forget Fletcher Henderson's RADIO RHYTHM? And Paul Whiteman's ANNOUNCER BLUES. dl On 2/3/2014 6:34 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote: > On 2/3/2014 4:17 PM, David Lennick wrote: >> Not necessarily hits, but >> >> KISS HER BY WIRELESS..VINCENT LOPEZ >> MR. RADIO MAN..AL JOLSON (that one's about trying to communicate with the dead) >> TURN YOUR RADIO ON..various, revived in the 70s by Ray Stevens >> THE RADIO SONG..MR.& MRS. F. H. LACY (Gospel, c. 1927) >> >> dl >> > You can't forget "Static Strut." > It was penned by Phil Wall, pianist for the Paul Specht Orchestra in 1926 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sM1-Wz8GYI > Other bands did it, but Specht was the first. > Sylvester Ahola did the trumpet solo, imitating the sound of a spark > transmitter and morse code for "Q-R-N," short for "static is strong." > They actually did two versions, this one being the first and my favorite. > > By the way, the Paul Specht's is often credited with being the first > band to play regularly on the radio. > _______________________________________________ 78-L mailing list 78-L at klickitat.78online.com http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l