The weekend is here and Chris Noel brings the entertainment. When you think about the importance of the show to troops all over the world it's hard to believe it was only on for a half dozen years. Seems like only yesterday.
Friday, April 29, 2016
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Saturday, April 23, 2016
If Freedom Failed - 1951
If Freedom Failed continues with a look at what will happen when the communists take over the trade unions.
Chris Noel - 1969
It's a "Date With Chris". Chris Noel has spent her life giving to the troops, for doing to the AFRTS show to running a shelter for our homeless brothers. Support Vetsville
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Marine Band Concert 1962
In 1962 CBS was broadcasting weekly concerts by the Marine Corps Band. AFRTS aired them worldwide.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Chris Noel - 1968
Chris Noel got a lot of people through some difficult times with "A Date With Chris". She was the girl back home. A few years ago Chris made her shows available to us so we can hear them again. Thanks Chris!!! Take a listen.
Enchantment of Music - 1961
Here's some light classics for your dinner hour. "Enchantment of Music" was originally from KCBH-FM, Beverly Hills. They presented their shows in "the matchless fidelity of frequency modulation". Bruce Wendell was the host. Most of the time they would have been heard on AM stations. Such is life.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Sound Effects.
So do you remember these? I think it was a repackaged Major library. Valentino kept repackaging the same library from the 1940s over and over again.
There was a long history of sound effects libraries. Usually awful ones. If you have to read the jacket to figure out what it is, it wasn't done very well. But when we got the CBS library it was a world of difference, no download link on these. I don't know anyone at Major to ask...
Saturday, April 9, 2016
If Freedom Fails
In 1951, AFRTS addressed communism and our freedoms. All star casts, good writing "If Freedom Failed". It certainly has a message/
Chris Noel - 1969
Chris Noel brought a little piece of home to Vietnam era troops. If you get errors trying to play this, use any non-Microsoft browser. Google Chrome, Firefox, any Macintosh or Android browser work.
Friday, April 8, 2016
Mister DJ, Don't Play That Song
Eric Burdon - Sky Pilot
Simon and Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
Peter Paul and Mary - Leaving On A Jet Plane
Mel Tillis - Stateside
Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction
Freda Payne - Bring the Boys Home
Bobby Bare - Detroit City
Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
Boyd Bennett and his Rockets - My Boy Flattop
Edwin Starr - War
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
When I was in Panama and we had troops in Nicaragua, there was a rather corny big band song "Managua Nicaragua", recorded by both Freddie Martin and Guy Lombardo Lyrics were rather interesting.
Did you have other ones?
At AFKN-TDC they got a new general and a not very smart DJ dedicated Stevie Wonder's "You Haven't Done Nothin' Yet" after a diatribe. BAD idea.
Do they play Ray Stevens "Ahab the Arab" in Iraq/Afghanistan?
What did you play that they didn't care for...
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Why We Fight - 1942
In 1942, Troops needed to understand what we were getting into. There was no AFRS yet so outreach was very hit and miss. CBS broadcast a series of speeches to help. The mandate was to get these to the troops. Difficult to say how effective that was. Correspondent Lee White was in Europe when that part of the war started. He shares his thoughts.
One Night Stand - 1962 Teddy Wilson
This is my favorite "One Night Stand". The show was mostly big band remotes from all over the country. It's surprising how many orchestras were working well into the 1960s. Mostly regional ones that never had a national impact, but take 12-20 musicians playing well with good scores and it can be great.
"One Night Stand" wasn't always big bands. Teddy Wilson was a great pianist on hundreds of sessions backing Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and the rest of the best.