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Pop Chronicles
| Home station | KRLA |
|---|---|
| Syndicates | Armed Forces Radio |
| Creators | John Gilliland |
| Producers | Chester Coleman |
| Narrated by | John Gilliland, Sie Holliday, Thom Beck |
| Air dates | 1969 to c1976 |
| No. of episodes | 55 |
| Other themes | The Chronicles of Pop by Len Chandler |
| Website | The John Gilliland Collection |
The Pop Chronicles were two radio documentaries. They told the story of music that was popular in America in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.[1] John Gilliland made both documentaries.
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The Pop Chronicles of the 1950s and 1960s
Los Angeles Radio station KRLA 1110 broadcast the Pop Chronicles documentary in 1969.[2] John Gilliland, Dick LaPalm, Lew Irwin, Harry Shearer, Mike Masterson, and Richard Perry interviewed famous musicians.[3] Len Chandler wrote and sang the theme song “The Chronicles of Pop” .[4] The engineer and associate producer was Chester Coleman.[5][6]
Other radio stations also broadcast the Pop Chronicles.[5][7] The American Forces Network broadcast this show.[8] The University of North Texas Music Library now broadcasts this show online.[9][10] They started in June 2010.[11]
Pop Chronicles the 1940s
| Home station | KSFO |
|---|---|
| Syndicates | AFRTS |
| Creators | John Gilliland |
| Narrated by | John Gilliland |
| Air dates | 1972 to 1976 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
San Francisco radio station KSFO broadcast the "Pop Chronicles of the 1940s" in 1972 and 1976.[12] The American Forces Network also broadcast this show.[13] In 1994, Gilliland released a shorter version on audio cassette. The title of this audiobook was Pop Chronicles the 40s: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40s.[14][15] The audiobook was also called The Big Band Chronicles.[16][17]
After his death, Gilliand's sister donated the "Pop Chronicles" tapes to the University of North Texas Music Library. They form The John Gilliland Collection.[1][18]
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ARSC Conference 2008 - Session Abstracts" (PDF). http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/2008/pdf/2008-abstracts.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ↑ "CLASSIC DJ & RADIO SCRAPBOOK: KRLA POP CHRONICLES Program, 1969 (1 of 2)". Classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com. http://classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com/2009/04/krla-pop-chronicles-program-1969-1-of-2.html. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ↑ "Index to Interviews — University of North Texas Libraries". Library.unt.edu. 2008-07-24. Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20080905093849/http://www.library.unt.edu/resolveuid/879119384317e891bdd4a2211d6a6728. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ↑ "Index to "Pop Chronicles" — University of North Texas Libraries". Library.unt.edu. 2008-07-24. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20120222025430/http://www.library.unt.edu/music/special-collections/john-gilliland/index-to-pop-chronicles. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Hopkins, Jerry (October 4, 1969), "'Pop Chronicles' Chronicle Pop", Rolling Stone (43): 34, https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pop-chronicles-chronicle-pop-19691004
- ↑ "CLASSIC DJ & RADIO SCRAPBOOK: KRLA POP CHRONICLES Program, 1969 (2 of 2)". Classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com. http://classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com/2009/04/krla-pop-chronicles-program-1969-2-of-2.html. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ↑ "Radio Returns to the '40s". 1972-10-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20110726031707/https://www.sfradiomuseum.com/audio/ksfo/1972/Trib_Pop-Chronicles-Article-1_1972.pdf.
- ↑ Gilliland, John (2008-08-18). "Pop chronicles. 36 (RU 11-1 [Sept. 1970]) [WorldCat.org]". [WorldCat.org]. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50111827?tab=details#tabs. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ↑ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 1" (audio). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu. http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNTML/browse/?start=0&fq=untl_collection%3AJGPC.
- ↑ "The Pop Chronicles Of The 50s And 60s". 1969. http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=OTR-Historical&series=The+Pop+Chronicles+Of+The+50s+And+60s. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ "Statistics: John Gilliland's Pop Chronicles UNT Digital Library". Digital.library.unt.edu. https://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/stats/. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
- ↑ "John Gilliland - Pop Chronicles: The Forties". Sfradiomuseum.com. 1972. Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20090201210327/http://www.sfradiomuseum.com/audio/ksfo/1972/ksfo_pop-chronicles_5-nov-1972.shtml. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ↑ Gilliland, John (2008-08-18). "Pop chronicles of the 40s. 1 (RU 14-76 [Apr. 1976]) [WorldCat.org]". [WorldCat.org]. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50311556?tab=details#tabs. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ↑ Gilliland, John (1994). Pop Chronicles the 40s: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40s. . .
- ↑ Gilliland, John (2008-08-18). "Pop chronicles". Worldcat.org. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31611854?tab=details#tabs. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ↑ Pop Chronicles at Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-03
- ↑ "The big band chronicles". Worldcat.org. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38555138. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- ↑ "John Gilliland Collection, 1955-1991 | Music Library". Findingaids.library.unt.edu. https://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=959&q=&rootcontentid=204947. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
Other websites
- The Pop Chronicles (audio)
- The Pop Chronicles Presents The Forties originally broadcast Sunday, November 5, 1972
- Index to "Pop Chronicles" and Index to Interviews at The John Gilliland Collection at the University of North Texas Music Library
- Los Angeles Radio People, B
- Los Angeles Radio People, G
