K N O W S T O N
b r o a d c a s t
featuring the music programs of the
ORIGINAL OLDIES SHOW
40's thru early 60's rockin' rhythm n' blues
FAYE ADAMS..JESSE BELVIN..RONNIE HAWKINS..THE VENTURES..JIMMY BOWEN..THE SENSATIONS..GENE VINCENT..THE SPANIELS..BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS..BO DIDDLEY..DALE HAWKINS..THE TURBANS..THE CLOWNS..EARL BOSTIC..EDDIE COCHRAN..THE DELL-VIKINGS..BILL HALEY'S COMETS..THE MOONGLOWS..JANIS MARTIN..CLYDE MCPHATTER..BOBBY DARIN..NAPPY BROWN..THE DRIFTERS..THE CUES..ELVIS PRESLEY..LITTLE JOEY & THE FLIPS..WILLIS JACKSON..DUANE EDDY..THE RAYS..THE RICK-A-SHAYS..THE TOKENS..BOBBY VEE..FATS DOMINO..THE DANLEERS..TITO PUENTE..ANN COLE..THE PASSIONS..THE MARCELS..LARRY WILLIAMS..SANTO & JOHNNY..JEAN CHAPEL..KING CURTIS..THE COLLINS KIDS..RANDY RANDOLPH..SPARKLE MOORE..DONNIE BROOKS..THE ROCK-A-TEENS..BOBBY LEWIS..THE FABULOUS CYCLONES..BIG DAVE..THE CLOVERS..FRANKIE LEE SIMS..THE SPARKLETONES..DON COVAY..BUDDY & ELLA JOHNSON..EILEEN RODGERS..LENNY WELCH..DEL SHANNON..THE TREMONTS..THE JOHNNY OTIS SHOW..BIG JOE TURNER..RUTH BROWN..ED TOWNSHEND..THE DIAMONDS..VARETTA DILLARD..WILD BILL MOORE..THE EDSELS..LITTLE ESTHER..FABIAN..GERRY GRANAHAN..JOE & ANN..LAVERN BAKER..FREDDIE CANNON..BOBBY BROOKES..HERBIE MANN..THE ROUTERS..SANDY NELSON..DEE & PATTY..BIG JAY MCNEELY..THE TUNE WEAVERS..JOHNNY TODD..GOOGIE RENE..THE ROYAL TEENS..BOBBY CHARLES..JACK SCOTT..THE DEL-RIO SISTERS..SAM COOKE..ROD BERNARD..THE BELL-NOTES..BUDDY KNOX..THE STRING-A-LONGS..TONY MIDDLETON..EDDIE COOLEY & THE DIMPLES..BARNEY KESSEL..LEE ALLEN..BOBBY 'BORIS' PICKETT..THE CHAMPS..BEVERLY ROSS..THE ELEGANTS..ROY HAMILTON..EARL PRESTON..ARTHUR ALEXANDER..SAM BUTERA & THE WITNESSES..BOYD BENNETT..THE HI-TONES..BIG CEASER..EARL KING..LITTLE RICHARD..THE JACKS..THE COASTERS..LUCKY MILLENDER..ROY ORBISON..THE EL-DORADOS..BILL JUSTIS..THE EVERLY BROTHERS..JOHNNY PRESTON..THE REDWOODS..TED NEWMAN..THE PENGUINS..ELLA MAE MORSE..CHUCK BERRY..DION DI MUCI..THE SWEET-SICK TEENS..FRANKIE LYMON..
popular bands and singers from the mid-century on original vinyl
JOHNNY MERCER..THE FOUR FRESHMEN..DAVID CARROLL..ANDRE PREVIN..THE HI-LOS..BOB CROSBY..REG OWEN..JAYE P. MORGAN..CAMARATA..BILLY ECKSTINE..FRANCIS BAY..DOM FRONTIERE..JOHNNY MATHIS..PEGGY LEE..BILLY MAXTED..PERCY FAITH..TERRY GIBBS..SI ZENTNER..HARRY BELAFONTE..RAY CONNIFF..SHORTY ROGERS..JOANIE SOMMERS..FELIX SLATKIN..SAMMY DAVIS JR..BOB FLORENCE..BING CROSBY..JO STAFFORD..RAY ELLIS..DORIS DAY..MARTIN DENNY..YANK LAWSON..THE MARY KAYE TRIO..ART VAN DAMME..NORRIE PARAMOR..DINAH SHORE..JOSE MELIS..ARTIE WAYNE..KITTY KALLEN..ROBERT MAXWELL..LOUIS PRIMA & KEELY SMITH..MILTON DELUGG..LUTHER HENDERSON..STEVE ALLEN..RICHARD MALTBY..THE AXIDENTALS..SID BASS..VIC DAMONE..NAT COLE..KAI WINDING..MORT LINDSAY..DICK HAYMES..DEAN MARTIN..KAY STARR..EDDIE FISHER..LENNY DEE..FRANKIE LAINE..PAUL WESTON..AL HIBBLER..TAMMY GRIMES..THE SKYLINERS..FRANK SINATRA..ALVINO REY..MAVIS RIVERS..WOODY HERMAN..LOU BUSCH..PATTI PAGE..TONY BENNETT..DELLA REESE..STEVE LAWRENCE & EYDIE GORME..THE KIRBY STONE FOUR..GRAY RAINS..RAY MCKINLEY..LOUIS ARMSTRONG..MITZI GAYNOR..DICK JACOBS..LENA HORNE..STAN KENTON..BUDDY RICH..ROSEMARY CLOONEY..JUNE CHRISTY..FREDDY GARDNER..DAKOTA STATON..TOMMY EDWARDS..LES & LARRY ELGART..ELLA FITZGERALD..BILLY MAY..DON COSTA..NELSON RIDDLE..HARRY JAMES..COUNT BASIE..TED HEATH..RUBY BRAFF..THE SWE-DANES..BILLY BUTTERFIELD..JUDY HOLLIDAY..DAVID ROSE..EARL FATHA HINES..THE HARMONICATS..LES PAUL & MARY FORD..TOMMY ALEXANDER..JERRY FIELDING..HENRY JEROME..STANLEY WILSON..RAY ANTHONY..ANITA KERR..NORMAN LUBOFF..COOTIE WILLIAMS..DUKE ELLINGTON..HENRY MANCINI..JACK LEMMON..BUDDY BREGMAN..NEAL HEFTI..BOB THOMPSON..WARREN COVINGTON..TERI THORNTON..LEROY HOLMES..DON RALKE..BUDDY MORROW..BUDDY COLE..AL CAIOLA..JACK MARSHALL..SKITCH HENDERSON..VAN ALEXANDER..MEL TORME..JOHNNY DESMOND..JULIE LONDON..THE THREE SUNS..JACKIE GLEASON..BOBBY HACKETT..DEAN ELLIOTT..EDDIE LAMAR..MONTE KELLY..
novelties from the shellac age
HARRY JAMES..GLEN GRAY..BENNY GOODMAN..THE VICTOR SALON ORCH..ROY ELDRIDGE..WOODY HERMAN..LIONEL HAMPTON..NELLIE LUTCHER..COUNT BASIE..THE COLUMBIANS..BILLY MURRAY..FRANKIE LAINE..SY OLIVER..BING CROSBY..TONY PASTOR..DORIS DAY..THE THREE SUNS..LOUIS PRIMA..ART MOONEY..JIMMIE LUNCEFORD..CLYDE MCCOY..LOLA AMECHE..THE BENSON ORCH..LOUIS JORDAN..JACK SMITH..AL DEXTER..LES BROWN..WILL BRADLEY..ELLA MAE MORSE..VIC DAMONE..GUY LOMBARDO..NELSON RIDDLE..FRANK LUTHER..JOSEPH C SMITH..JOHNNY LONG..ROSEMARY CLOONEY..PETE DAILY..TROIS BANJOLIERS..FRANKIE CARLE..BUDDY CLARK..THE CHARIOTEERS..THE VAN EPS TRIO..MARGARET WHITING..BARCLAY ALLEN..DON CHERRY..BOBBY SHERWOOD..JOHNNY MERCER..EILEEN BARTON..THE GOLDMAN BAND..JO STAFFORD..VAUGHN MONROE..THE FERKO STRING BAND..ERROLL GARNER..HERB KERN..TOMMY DORSEY..PATTI PAGE..ALVINO REY..JIMMY CASTLE..KATE SMITH..DINAH SHORE..RUSTY DRAPER..XAVIER CUGAT..CREATORE'S BAND..STAN KENTON..SAM LANIN..THE MODERNAIRES..ZIGGY TALENT..DANNY KAYE.JUNE CHRISTY..BOB EBERLY..YOGI YORGESSON..ISHAM JONES..SOUSA'S BAND..HAROLD COLLINS..KAY STARR..AMBROSE..PIANO RED..RICHARD HIMBER..NAT SHILKRET..RUTH BROWN..MARGO..TEX BENEKE..JOHNNY MARVIN..BEATRICE KAY..JAN SAVITT..BON BON..CONNEE BOSWELL..LUCKY MILLENDER..PRINCE'S ORCH..JOHNNIE RAY..SIDNEY BECHET..DAVID CARROLL..EARL BOSTIC..TINY BRADSHAW..PAUL WHITEMAN..BUDDYMORROW..EDDIE VINSON..THE FOUR KNIGHTS..GLENN MILLER..EDDIE ELKINS..BUDDY JOHNSON..RAYMOND SCOTT..WILBUR SWEATMAN..THE HAPPINESS BOYS..SKINNAY ENNIS..VAN & SCHENCK..CHARLIE BARNET..THE CLUB ROYAL ORCH..CHU BERRY..EARL HINES..JOE TURNER..THE FOUR CLEFS..GEORGE JAMES..ZEZ CONFREY..RUDY VALEE..ARTIE SHAW..JIMMIE DAVIS..DON BESTOR..HORACE HEIDT..IVORY JOE HUNTER..LES PAUL & MARY FORD..CURTIS GORDON..MACHITO..VAN ALEXANDER..RED INGLE..GENE KRUPA..FRANK CRUMIT..PETE RUGOLO..ANNISTEEN ALLEN..TIGER HAYMES..MARGIE DAY..LARRY DARNELL..JUD CONLON..
best of American folk and western swing
HANK WILLIAMS..COWBOY COPAS..STONEWALL JACKSON..DOYE O'DELL..MOON MULLICAN..BUCK OWENS..GEORGE JONES..LEFTY FRIZZELL..JOHNNY MAPHIS..HERBIE REMINGTON..ERNEST TUBB..RED SOVINE..ARTHUR SMITH..PATSY CLINE..CHARLIE WALKER..DOTTIE WEST..RED FOLEY..MARTY ROBBINS..JOHNNY CASH..THE WILLIS BROTHERS..LORETTA LYNN..JOHNNY WESTERN..GOLDIE HILL..HANK THOMPSON..MERLE TRAVIS..CARL SMITH..LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS..BILL MACK..TOMMY COLLINS..WEBB PIERCE..RAY PRICE..LEON PAYNE..GENE AUTRY..TONY DOUGLAS..CLAUDE KING..JAN HOWARD..PETE DRAKE..SLIM WILLET..JOHNNY BOND..MELBA MONTGOMERY..BOB WILLS..TOMMY DUNCAN..JUSTIN TUBB..GENE PITNEY..THE STEWART FAMILY..PORTER WAGONER..ROY DRUSKY..CHARLIE LOUVIN..HOWDY FORESTER..DON GIBSON..ROSE MADDOX..ROY ACUFF..TOMMY HILL..THE DAVIS SISTERS..LONNIE IRVING..MONTANA SLIM..RED JOHNSON..WYNN STEWART..HANK LOCKLIN..ANDY PARKER..BETSY GAY..THE DELMORE BROTHERS..FRANK SIMON..MARVIN RAINWATER..CLAUDE GRAY..GLEN CAMPBELL..KITTY WELLS..FARON YOUNG..JIMMY DEAN..FERLIN HUSKY..JEAN SHEPARD..THE CARTER FAMILY..PHIL SULLIVAN..TEXAS RUBY..BILLY BRIGGS..TEX ATCHISON..LONZO & OSCAR..JOHNNY HORTON..SMILEY BURNETTE..EDDIE MCDUFF..BURL IVES..THE PHIPPS FAMILY..ADRIAN ROLAND..BONNIE GUITAR..LEW CHILDRE..HAWKSHAW HAWKINS..MARTHA CARSON..JIMMY OSBORNE..REX ALLEN..JIMMIE DAVIS..BILL ANDERSON..NORMA JEAN..SONNY JAMES..CARL BUTLER & PEARL..ROY CLARK..TEX RITTER..WANDA JACKSON..BOBBY DURHAM..MARY TAYLOR..NEAL MERRITT..RAY PILLOW..MAC WISEMAN..CAL SMITH..WALTER HENSLEY..MERLE KILGORE..THE OSBORNE BROTHERS..BOB LUMAN..SHEB WOOLEY..JIMMY NEWMAN..JERRY LEE LEWIS..THE KINGSTON TRIO..CHET ATKINS..T TEXAS TYLER..ROGER MILLER..JOHNNY WRIGHT..PEE WEE KING..HOMER & JETHRO..THE CHAD MITCHELL TRIO..FLOYD CRAMER..GRANDPA JONES..JIMMIE RODGERS..BOB ATCHER..LEROY VAN DYKE..
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OUR FEATURE RECORD
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"KANSAS CITY KITTY"
(Jesse Greer-Harry Rose ASCAP)
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees
Bluebird 7140 78 RPM 1937
(3 min. 08 sec.)
"TWENTIETH CENTURY COMEDY!" FEATURE
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"THE VIDIOT" Ken Nordine and "Jim" Dot 1957
(5 min. 41 sec.)
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WTAR 790 NORFOLK
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WDDY RADIO
"The Sound of the King-Size Beat!"
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INTERVIEW WITH PRODUCER FRANK GUIDA
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broadcast 1490 Hampton/Norfolk April 1989
(64 min. 15 sec.)
a KNOWSTON web production
HOLLYWOOD SILVER PLATTER SERVICE WITH JACK WAGNER
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#18 interviews with George Shearing and Nelson Riddle from September 1962 (23 min. 37 sec.)
#115 KLAC Hollywood Dee-Jay Special from summer 1964 (24 min. 05 sec.)
WRVA 50th ANNIVERSARY 1975
narrated by Lou Dean
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ALDEN AAROE TRIBUTE
with John Harding WRVA Richmond 7 July 1993
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(air recording 25 min. 17 sec.)
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ARTHUR GODFREY'S TV CALENDAR SHOW
Columbia CL 521 1953
with The Mariners, Marion Marlowe, Frank Parker, Haleloke, The Chordettes,
Janette Davis, Julius La Rosa, Lu Ann Simms
Archie Bleyer Orchestra
(38 min. 29 sec.)
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"SHOW BIZ"
from Vaude to Video
with George Jessel RCA 1953
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RCA's 25th anniversary salute to Television
1973
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with Hugh Downs, Arlene Francis and Milton Berle
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9:34 A.M. MAY 5, 1961
a recording of the historic space voyage
of America's first astronaut
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with Buddy Cole Orchestra Ken Carpenter announcer
CBS Radio #002 1 March 1960
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