Born on the Fourth of July: a popular-song celebration of Independence Day
Series: Afterglow: Jazz and American Popular Song
From: WFIU
Length: 00:58:57
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Celebrate the birth and legacy of America with music from a recently-reissued album of duets from national icons Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong (whose birthday was long thought to fall on the same day as the holiday) and patriotic popular song from Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Paul Robeson, Peggy Lee, Margaret Whiting, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles and Paul Desmond. Both festive and reflective, Hosted by David Brent Johnson.
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Posted on June 18, 2009 at 09:59 AM | Permalink
AG-born-4th-SEG5
Very Nice Piece!