UNT Music Library - 21,779 Matching Results

Search Results

transcript

Willis Conover Presents "The" Orchestra of Washington, D.C. - 2

A live performance of "The" Orchestra.

Date: 195X

Duration: 14 minutes 14 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

transcript

Willis Conover Presents "The" Orchestra of Washington, D.C. - 3

A live performance of "The" Orchestra.

Date: 195X

Duration: 16 minutes 05 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

transcript

Willis Conover Presents "The" Orchestra of Washington, D.C. - 4

A recording only labeled "Sir Oliver," dated November 30, 1951, and likely of "The" Orchestra of Washington, D.C.

Date: November 30, 1951

Duration: 16 minutes 02 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

transcript

Willis Conover presents The Orchestra of Washington, D.C., part 1

Recording of a radio program by Willis Conover, featuring recorded selections by The Orchestra of Washington, D.C. Following the theme song, "Early Autumn," the program includes "Roundhouse," "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (Lea Matthews, vocals), "Light Green," and "Don't Blame Me" (featuring trombonist Earl Swope).

Date: December 15, 1951

Duration: 14 minutes 47 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

transcript

Willis Conover presents The Orchestra of Washington, D.C., part 2

Continuation of a radio program by Willis Conover, featuring recorded selections by The Orchestra of Washington, D.C, including "Tiny's Blues," "I Cover the Waterfront" (Jack Maggio, vocals), "Not Really the Blues," "Early Autumn" (program theme), and comments by Conover.

Date: December 15, 1951

Duration: 14 minutes 51 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

transcript

Willis Conover, program pilot for Ballantine Ale

A short pilot program, from the early 1950s, followed by Conover discussing the various programs he hosted in the Washington, D.C. area. The pilot combines elements of WEAM's "House of Sounds" and a late-night program at that station. The tape had been previously used, and may have come from WEAM, which was a country music station at the time; remnants of a country music show or pilot follow Conover's material, and include a performance by the Bluegrass Valley Boys.

Date: 195X

Duration: 14 minutes 50 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

transcript

Willis Conover, program pilot for WGMS, "Speaking of Jazz"

Willis Conover's pilot program for WGMS, "Washington's Good Music Station," in Washington, D.C.

Date: 195X-11-04

Duration: 30 minutes 26 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

transcript

Willis Conover radio announcement: Daylight Saving Time and Ellington concert

Recording of Duke Ellington's theme song, "Take the 'A' Train," followed by Willis Conover briefly announcing that the Duke Ellington show usually airing at 1:00 a.m. on Saturdays would not occur due to the change to Daylight Saving Time, and that an Ellington concert at the Watergate barge originally scheduled for Monday, June 9 was moved to Friday, June 13. The occurrence of the dates on those weekdays places the recording in 1947.

Date: 1947

Duration: 1 minute 04 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Willis Conover reading at a radio microphone

Photograph of Willis Conover reading at a radio microphone

Date: 193X

Item Type: Photograph

Willis Conover reading at a radio microphone

Photograph of Willis Conover reading at a radio microphone

Date: 1939~

Item Type: Photograph

Willis Conover reading from a script

Photograph of Willis Conover, standing in front of a door, reading from a script. Three young girls are standing in front of him, and an unidentified man stands at right. In Conover's handwriting on the back is the caption "My friends..."

Date: 193X

Item Type: Photograph

transcript

Willis Conover reads a Bisquick commercial

Willis Conover reads a radio commercial for Bisquick.

Date: February 21, 1962

Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Willis Conover reads at a radio microphone

Photograph of Willis Conover, seated at a table, reading at a radio microphone.

Date: 193X

Item Type: Photograph

Willis Conover reads at radio microphone with unidentified man behind him

Photograph of Willis Conover reading at a microphone, as an unidentified man gestures behind him.

Date: 193X

Item Type: Photograph

Willis Conover seated at a table

Photograph of Willis Conover, seated at a table with a unidentified woman.

Date: 193X

Item Type: Photograph

Willis Conover standing at a WTBO microphone

Photograph of Willis Conover standing at a WTBO microphone.

Date: 193X

Creator: Everman Studios, Cumberland, Maryland

Item Type: Photograph

Willis Conover, Tommy Tucker, Amy, and Kerwin

Photograph of Willis Conover, Tommy Tucker, Amy (possibly Arnell), and Kerwin (possibly Somerville), seated around a microphone. An unidentified man is visible in the background at right.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

Willis Conover, Tommy Tucker, Amy, and Kerwin, at WTBO, 1940

Photograph of Willis Conover, Tommy Tucker, Amy (possibly Arnell), and Kerwin (possibly Somerville), seated around a microphone. An unidentified man is visible in the background at right.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

Willis Conover with Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and others

Photograph of Willis Conover, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and other band members and friends.

Date: April 1946

Item Type: Photograph

transcript

Willis Conover with Ed Joyce on "Speak Up," WCBS, March 8, 1963

Willis Conover appears on Ed Joyce's WCBS radio program, "Speak Up," which includes a call-in segment.

Date: March 8, 1963

Duration: 49 minutes 25 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis & Joyce, Ed, 1932-

Item Type: Sound

Willis Conover, with glasses askew

Photograph of Willis Conover with his glasses askew on his face.

Date: 194X

Item Type: Photograph

transcript

Willis Conover with live quartet on WCBS, featuring Chuck Wayne and Hank Jones

Willis Conover on a radio program on WCBS, apparently sitting in for Martha Wright, featuring a live quartet, and an interview with the bellman of the Algonquin Hotel.

Date: 1962~

Duration: 50 minutes 28 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

Willis Conover with three people

Photograph of Willis Conover with three unidentified people.

Date: 1947~

Item Type: Photograph

transcript

Willis Conover's eulogy for Duke Ellington

Recording of a eulogy for Duke Ellington by Willis Conover, likely incorporated into one of the memorial programs following Ellington's death. It may have been included in Music USA #7427-B, broadcast May 1, 1975.

Date: 1975

Duration: 12 minutes 20 seconds

Creator: Conover, Willis

Item Type: Sound

UNT Music Library - 21,779 Matching Results

Search Results

Add Filters

Applied Filters

Willis Conover Presents "The" Orchestra of Washington, D.C. - 2

Willis Conover Presents "The" Orchestra of Washington, D.C. - 3

Willis Conover Presents "The" Orchestra of Washington, D.C. - 4

Willis Conover presents The Orchestra of Washington, D.C., part 1

Willis Conover presents The Orchestra of Washington, D.C., part 2

Willis Conover, program pilot for Ballantine Ale

Willis Conover, program pilot for WGMS, "Speaking of Jazz"

Willis Conover radio announcement: Daylight Saving Time and Ellington concert

Willis Conover reading at a radio microphone

Willis Conover reading at a radio microphone

Willis Conover reading from a script

Willis Conover reads a Bisquick commercial

Willis Conover reads at a radio microphone

Willis Conover reads at radio microphone with unidentified man behind him

Willis Conover seated at a table

Willis Conover standing at a WTBO microphone

Willis Conover, Tommy Tucker, Amy, and Kerwin

Willis Conover, Tommy Tucker, Amy, and Kerwin, at WTBO, 1940

Willis Conover with Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and others

Willis Conover with Ed Joyce on "Speak Up," WCBS, March 8, 1963

Willis Conover, with glasses askew

Willis Conover with live quartet on WCBS, featuring Chuck Wayne and Hank Jones

Willis Conover with three people

Willis Conover's eulogy for Duke Ellington