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How 'The Barbra Streisand Album' rocked America without any rock 'n roll music

It was 49 years ago this month. "The Barbra Streisand Album" was released by Columbia Records in 1963, a quiet, inauspicious release....
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Oh, Baby! Old-time radio appreciation, 29 October

1891—Perhaps needless to say, Aba and Ema Borach have no idea that their newborn daughter, Fania, will grow up to graduate from one of the...
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The absurdity of "Schnooks": Old-time radio listening, 1 November

The Baby Snooks Show: Halloween (CBS, 1946) No question about it—old time radio's biggest brat is the brainchild of a woman four times...
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Short of gold, old or otherwise: Old-time radio listening, 12 November

The Old Gold Comedy Theater: True to Life (NBC, 1944) It must have sounded at once like an idea blended with promise and absurdity. One of the...
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Judy Garland debuts on radio on this date in 1935

JUDY GARLAND ALBUM On October 26th 1935 - Judy Garland, at the age of 12, sang on Wallace Berry's radio show on NBC. The program was the Shell...
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