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Join host Erik Jester for a one hour trip down memory lane to hear the music and stories of Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians. Fred Waring is an American musical legend known as 'the man who taught American how to sing,' and 'America?s Singing Master.' This one hour radio documentary tells the story of his incredible musical organization, the Pennsylvanians, entertaining audiences for almost seven decades - from the 1920s through the 1980s.
Along the way, they were pioneers in vaudeville, radio, movies, concert stages, television, recordings and music education. In this one hour tribute you'll hear the group's earliest Victor recordings, when they were one of the hottest collegiate jazz bands on the vaudeville circuit, selections from the Ford and Chesterfield Shows in the 1930s and 40s when they were the premiere radio band, songs from the historic, award winning 1950s General Electric sponsored Fred Waring Television Show, and many others.
Whether your listeners remember hearing Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians on the radio in the 40s, seeing them on television in the 1950s or live at one their concerts in the 1960s or 1970s, this one hour program highlighting timeless music and a classic all-American story of the 20th century is sure to inspire and delight all ages.
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Join host Erik Jester for a one hour trip down memory lane to hear the music and stories of Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians. Fred Waring is an American musical legend known as 'the man who taught American how to sing,' and 'America?s Singing Master.' This one hour radio documentary tells the story of his incredible musical organization, the Pennsylvanians, entertaining audiences for almost seven decades - from the 1920s through the 1980s. Along the way, they were pioneers in vaudeville, radio, movies, concert stages, television, recordings and music education. In this one hour tribute you'll hear the group's earliest Victor recordings, when they were one of the hottest collegiate jazz bands on the vaudeville circuit, selections from the Ford and Chesterfield Shows in the 1930s and 40s when they were the premiere radio band, songs from the historic, award winning 1950s General Electric sponsored Fred Waring Television Show, and many others. Whether your listeners remember hearing Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians on the radio in the 40s, seeing them on television in the 1950s or live at one their concerts in the 1960s or 1970s, this one hour program highlighting timeless music and a classic all-American story of the 20th century is sure to inspire and delight all ages.
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Andy Senior
Posted on May 18, 2008 at 03:01 PM | Permalink
Review of Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians
This audio documentary on Fred Waring is a pleasant, sprightly tribute to the now-neglected bandleader, with enough emphasis on his early years to please vintage music fans. I especially enjoyed hearing the sound clips from his 1930s radio programs, valuable especially considering the total lack of Waring's commercial recordings from those years. (Waring stopped recording in the 1930s because he found that local stations would program his phonograph recordings to compete with his live radio show.)
People who remember Waring from only his later years will delight in discovering the snippets of 1920s and 1930s hot dance. The recording of "Sleep" used in the piece is actually a slightly later electrical recording (rather than the original 1923 acoustic release), but this is an absolutely minor quibble. I thoroughly enjoyed this program.