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Rick Busciglio
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Rick Busciglio is a music historian who lectures on the period from 1930 to 1960 when the big bands and crooners made swing the king of popular music He has been a radio dj, PBS TV, & radio host.


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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
The list of recordings to be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for 2010 includes Harry James' "You Made Me Love You." Listen to...
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
The list of Grammy Hall Of Fame - 2010 inductees includes a good number of performers from the swing era. Included are recordings by Louis Armstrong,...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Have you read this recent biography of Louis Armstrong? "Pops" is considered by many music historians as the greatest jazz musician of the...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Here is author ("POPS") Terry Teachout's Top 10 Louis Armstrong Recordings; "In Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong, I tell the story of a...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Here is Louis Armstrong playing in a 1955 concert at Milan, Italy ..."West End Blues." The author of "Pops" the latest biography...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
This is a story of singer Jo Stafford and the Thanksgiving Day that changed her life; She and The Pied Pipers were the singing group with Tommy Dorsey...
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was a big fan of the musical "Camelot" that has...
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
New York: On Monday, November 23, Scottish singing sensation, Susan Boyle will not only make a guest (interview) appearance on NBC's top rated...
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
“Girl Crazy,” the George and Ira Gershwin musical from 1930 has opened this year’s Encores! series of concert musicals at New York's...
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
In 1943, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney starred in the MGM film version of the Gershwin's Broadway hit "Girl Crazy." Judy sings the...
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