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It's a grand night for singing Excerpt from a radio program.

Title
It's a grand night for singing [sound recording] : Excerpt from a radio program.
Author
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
Publication
[1945]

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Additional Authors
  • Chester, Edmund A.
  • Adams, Wendell.
  • Cramer, Harry, announcer.
  • Antonini, Alfredo.
  • Holly, Vera.
  • Rodgers, Dorothy, 1909-1992
  • CBS Radio Network.
  • Cadena de Las Américas.
Found In
Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music, 1914-1989.
Description
1 sound disc (2:34) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, glass-based lacquer, mono.; 12 in.
Summary
This radio excerpt is part of the "Program of the Three Americas", celebrating music by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers.
Uniform Title
  • State fair. It's a grand night for singing
  • Viva América! (Radio program)
  • State fair (Motion picture : 1945)
Alternative Title
  • State fair. It's a grand night for singing
  • Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews.
Subjects
Note
  • "Viva América!" was an American musical radio program which was broadcast live over the CBS radio network and to South America over the La Cadena de Las Américas (Network of the Americas) during the 1940s"--Wikipedia article (accessed 8/12/11).
Access (note)
  • Access restricted; preservation needed. Advance notice required for use.
Credits (note)
  • Edmund Chester, producer ; Wendell Adams, director.
Event (note)
  • Broadcast on Columbia Broadcasting System, C de las A [i.e. La Cadena de Las Américas = Network of the Americas]
Source (note)
  • Dorothy Rodgers;
Linking Entry (note)
  • Separated from the Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, THE Mss 1987-006.
Call Number
*LJ-12 5157
OCLC
747952344
Author
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
Title
It's a grand night for singing [sound recording] : Excerpt from a radio program.
Imprint
[1945]
Playing Time
000234
Credits
Edmund Chester, producer ; Wendell Adams, director.
Performer
Vera Holly, vocals ; Viva América Orchestra and live audience ; Alfredo Antonini, conductor ; [Harry Cramer, announcer].
Event
Broadcast on Columbia Broadcasting System, C de las A [i.e. La Cadena de Las Américas = Network of the Americas]
Access
Access restricted; preservation needed. Advance notice required for use.
Linking Entry
Separated from the Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, THE Mss 1987-006.
Local Note
Archival original: (1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, glass lacquer, mono. ; 12 in.) in *LJ-12 5157. (Disc is broken)
Archival copy: (1 sound cassette : analog, mono.) in *LTC 1756 (side 1 only)
Preservation copy: (1 sound tape reel ; 10 in.) in *LT-10 10867, followed by "America salutes Great Britain" (tape no. 83) and "Fred Allen show" (tape no. 94).
Disc is from the Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews (Rodgers 183)
Source
Gift; Dorothy Rodgers; THE Mss 1987-006; 1987.
Added Author
Chester, Edmund A. Producer
Adams, Wendell. Director
Cramer, Harry, announcer. Commentator
Antonini, Alfredo. Conductor
Holly, Vera. Performer
CBS Radio Network.
Cadena de Las Américas.
Rodgers, Dorothy, 1909-1992, donor.
Added Title
Viva América! (Radio program)
State fair (Motion picture : 1945)
Richard Rodgers collection of musicals and interviews.
Found In:
Richard Rodgers papers, sound recordings and music, 1914-1989.
Research Call Number
*LJ-12 5157
*LTC 1756
*LT-10 10867
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