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Music - Rock & Pop
  • Oliver Sacks

    Oliver W. Sacks talks with Studs Terkel

    Mar. 15, 1995

    Discussing the book "An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales" (published by Knopf) with the author, neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks.

  • Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

    Interviewing violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

    Dec. 5, 1990

    Virtuoso violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg discusses her training, performance style and reactions to it, attracting a younger classical audience, and comments on several of her recordings.

  • Frank Zappa

    Discussing the music of the Mothers of Invention and interviewing Frank Zappa

    Aug. 1, 1970

    Discussing the music of the Mothers of Invention and interviewing Frank Zappa. Songs include "Who are the Brain Police," "Brown Shoes Don't Make It," "Concentration Moon," "Mom and Dad," "Bow Tie Daddy," "Harry, You're a Beast," "What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?" "Trouble Every Day," "Very Distraughtening," "White Ugliness" and "There Will Come a Time."

  • Donald Johanson

    Donald Johanson discusses his book "Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind"

    Mar. 16, 1981

    Studs talks with Donald Johanson about his book "Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind," in which the famed paleoanthropologist describes his discovery of the female hominin fossil in Ethiopia. The conversation includes talk of Charles Darwin, Eugène Dubois' Java Man discovery, what makes a hominid, holes in the fossil record, fossil dating, his disagreements with Louis and Richard Leakey, site discovery, and his belief that the Hadar Formation in the Afar Triangle of Ethiopia holds the keys to the evolutionary puzzle. Includes snippets of the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."

  • Lincoln Mayorga discusses American popular piano music

    May. 30, 1984

    Studs Terkel and Lincoln Mayorga discuss the evolution of American popular piano music with Mayorga playing examples.

  • E.Y. (Yip) Harburg discusses songwriting and "Rhymes for the Irreverent"; part 1

    Jan. 1966

    E.Y. (Yip) Harburg talks about the challenges in writing songs for characters, specifically Og in "Finian's Rainbow". He also discusses the craftsmanship of lyric writing and reads from his book "Rhymes for the Irreverent". Music is heard throughout: "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love" performed by David Wayne and "The Eagle and Me", performed by Dooley Wilson. Part 1 Music has been removed from this recording for copyright reasons.

  • Eric Burdon

    Interview with Eric Burdon [without music]

    1967

    Eric Burdon discusses life, music, and musical influences.

  • Robert Kimball

    Discussing Cole Porter's work and the book "Cole" and interviewing its author Robert Kimball

    1970

    Cole Porter biographer Robert Kimball talks with Studs about his book "Cole" and his subject's life and work as they listen to classic performances of some of his most beloved songs. They marvel at how Porter perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the times in his lyrics, his lyrical influences, his unique method of outside-in composing lyrics and music simultaneously, Bobby Short's masterful interpretations, controversies over some of his works, and how well his material holds up.

  • Don McLean

    Don McLean discusses his career and his music

    1980

    Don McLean discusses his career and his music. Don McLean discusses his influences, life experiences, and his songwriting.

  • Kris Kristofferson

    Kris Kristofferson discusses his career

    Apr. 30, 1971

    The broadcast begins with an excerpt from interview with Pat Zimmerman where Mr Zimmerman Plays "Sunday Morning" by Kris Kristofferson (1993404-3-1 and 1993404-3-2). Kris Kristofferson discusses his career as a songwriter and performer during the 1960's and 1970's. Mr. Kristofferson discusses working during that time with Janis Joplin, Merle Haggard, and Johnny Cash.

  • Robert Rauschenberg

    Discussing the book "Rauschenberg, Art and Life" with the author, Mary Lynn Kotz

    Oct. 29, 1991

    Mary Lynn Kotz discusses her book "Rauschenberg, Art and Life" with Studs as they recount the works and story of 20th century art pioneer Robert Rauschenberg. They survey his career beginning in Port Arthur, TX, discussing his Depression-era upbringing which caused him to reuse and salvage virtually any object and transform it into art, his studies in Paris, made possible by the G.I.

  • Interviewing Alec Wilder discussing his music and his book: American Popular Songs ; part 1

    1980

    Part 1. Alec Wilder and Harry Bouras discuss Wilder's book "American popular songs", published in 1972.

  • Interviewing Alec Wilder discussing his music and his book: American Popular Songs ; part 2

    1980

    Part 2. Alec Wilder and Harry Bouras discuss Wilder's book "American popular songs", published in 1972.

  • The Andrews Sisters

    Terkel interviews Maxene Andrews of The Andrews Sisters

    Aug. 23, 1982

    Maxene Andrews reminisces over Andrews Sisters songs with Studs Terkel. She acknowledges the heavy influence the Boswell Sisters played in the creation of their image. She relays musical stories surrounding songs in Abbott and Costello such as "Bugle Boy" from their movie "Buck Privates". How they found the song "Mir Bist Du Schon" and Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin helped with the lyrics. How song pluggers brought The Andrews Sisters "Tip-Pi-Tin". How "Apple Blossom Time" helped an injured soldier at Oak Knoll Hospital upon his return to the states.

  • E. Y. (Yip) Harburg discuss his book "At This Point in Rhyme"

    Feb. 18, 1977

    E.Y. (Yip) Harburg and Studs Terkel read from the book "At This Point in Rhyme". E.Y. Harburg also discusses his thoughts on humanity, how to properly write a song, and the importance of light verse and humor as a basis for everything he creates. Excerpts of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime" by the Weavers, and a Broadway recording of "How Are Things in Glocca Morra" are played in the original airing but have been removed from this version for copyright reasons.

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