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How a saxophonist learned to hate ‘The Missouri Waltz’

on November 7, 2011

I played in a dance band during the 1940s, that swinging era of the Dorseys, ...

1940s FRIEND TO FRIEND. Vic Damone didn't forget his past, showing up at Rose and Bob Cianchetti's wedding to serenade the happy newlyweds.

Brooklyn girl knew Vic Damone when he was ‘Vito’

on July 18, 2011

I watched in awe that evening in 1989 as Vic Damone grasped the microphone with ...

Memories Amberola

Edison’s Amberola

on July 6, 2011

By Irmagene Nelson West Union, Illinois In 1914, when my mother was a young woman, ...

1950s ThomasClaffeyCrop

Trio’s Talent Night didn’t quite go off as planned

on June 21, 2011

I’ll never forget Christmas morning in 1957, when I discovered a green cardboard Roy Rogers ...

1940s AN' A ONE, AN' A TWO. Jayne Rosen (far right) rolled up great musical experiences while traveling with Lawrence Welk (click on image to enlarge).

Singer uncorks a toast to “The King of Champagne Music”

on June 17, 2011

I was the second “Champagne Lady” to sing with Lawrence Welk’s orchestra. Our adventures between ...

1950s A NICE KID. That's what reporter Jules Archer (far left) thought of a young Elvis Presley, seen with actress Debra Paget on the set of the 1956 film Love Me Tender.

Elvis surprised reporter, who expected a young ‘delinquent’

on June 1, 2011

In 1956, I got the chance to spend a few days with Elvis Presley while ...

1930s JAZZY LADY. Eva Balazs (at piano) per­forms in later years with a Dixieland band. At age 16 (inset), she dreamed of playing jazz.

She said yes to ‘yass,’ but dogs howled when she played jazz

on May 18, 2011

I immigrated to America with my husband and infant daughter in 1950, but I’d been ...

Memories Henry Melton playing the banjo-mandolin.

Musical memories: mandolin

on April 28, 2011

When I was a little girl, my father, Henry Melton, played the banjo-mandolin. In my ...

1930s

Musical family sings its way through Great Depression

on March 2, 2011

By Eileen Haight Mulvihill, Lower Lake, California In the ’20s and ’30s, St. Petersburg, Florida was a ...

1940s Sisters sing and play music in the 1940s.

Sisters won Major Bowes talent show

on February 5, 2011

“When the Major Bowes talent show come to Hardy’s Theater in Fresno, California in 1942, ...

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