Pop Chronicles
"The 'Pop Chronicles' Team" circa 1970.[1] From left to right are John Gilliland, unidentified, Sie Holliday, Chester Coleman, and Thom Beck. Courtesy of The John Gilliland Collection.
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| Home station | KRLA |
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| Syndicates | Armed Forces Radio |
| Creator(s) | John Gilliland |
| Producer(s) | Chester Coleman |
| Narrated by | John Gilliland, Sie Holliday, Thom Beck |
| Air dates | 1969 to c1971 |
| No. of episodes | 55 |
| Other themes | The Chronicles of Pop by Len Chandler |
| Website | The John Gilliland Collection |
The Pop Chronicles are two radio documentary series which together "may constitute the most complete audio history of 1940s-60s popular music."[2] Both were produced by John Gilliland.
Contents
The Pop Chronicles of the 50s and 60s
Inspired by the Monterey Pop Festival,[3] the Pop Chronicles of the 1950s and 1960s was originally produced at KRLA 1110 and first aired on February 9, 1969.[4] John Gilliland narrated the series along with Sie Holliday and Thom Beck (pictured).[5] Also performing interviews were Dick LaPalm, Lew Irwin, Harry Shearer, Mike Masterson, and Richard Perry.[6] The show's brief recurring theme song “The Chronicles of Pop” was written and performed by Len Chandler.[7] The engineer and associate producer of the series was Chester Coleman.[8][9]
KRLA 1110 originally broadcast an hour a week of the Pop Chronicles,[8] which were later syndicated[1][10] and broadcast on Armed Forces Radio.[11] The photo above indicates that it was broadcast on KABC-FM sometime before that station became KLOS.
The University of North Texas Music Library has made the Pop Chronicles available online[3] since June 2010.[12]
The Pop Chronicles of the 1940s
The Pop Chronicles of the 1940s was produced by John Gilliland and broadcast on KSFO (AM) while he worked there beginning in 1972[10] and 1976.[13] To promote the show, KSFO "had a 40's month celebration with a dance remote and a jitterbug contest at Union Square."[14] This was also syndicated[14] and broadcast on AFRTS.[15] In 1994, an edited version was released as the four cassette audiobook Pop Chronicles the 40's: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40's.[16][17] This was later rereleased as The Big Band Chronicles.[18][19]
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Cover of Pop Chronicles the 40's: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40's ISBN 978-1-55935-147-8.
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| Home station | KSFO |
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| Syndicates | AFRTS |
| Creator(s) | John Gilliland |
| Narrated by | John Gilliland |
| Air dates | 1972 to 1976 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
After his death, Gilliand's sister donated the Pop Chronicles tapes to the University of North Texas Music Library where they form The John Gilliland Collection.[2]
See also
References
Online sources
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- The Pop Chronicles audio at the University of North Texas Music Library
- The Pop Chronicles Presents The Forties originally broadcast Sunday, November 5, 1972
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- The Man on the Beat: John Gilliland and The Pop Chronicles, 2008 Association for Recorded Sound Collections conference presentation by Andrew Justice and Jonathan Thorn (audio).
Print sources
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- ↑ Ruhlmann, William. The Big Band Chronicles > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
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