PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American
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For a time in the late ’60s, no one’s microphone in Philadelphia blazed hotter than Sonny Hopson. He was dynamic, exciting and wildly unpredictable...
Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KUCB, WFHB, WDSE, PRX Remix and more
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 04:29
- Purchases: 6
In the late 50s and 60s, jazz musician Sam Reed was the house leader at the historic Uptown Theater in North Philadelphia. The Uptown was the Phill...
Bought by KTEP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, WDSE, and KUOW
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 03:26
- Purchases: 5
Harvey Holiday was one of the few white disc jockeys who made it big on Black radio in Philadelphia in the 70s. His highly-rated Sunday night “Holi...
Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, and KUOW
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 05:13
- Purchases: 3
Although he appeared on stage and in more than 20 motion pictures, Dooley Wilson won immortality for his role as "Sam" in the 1942 film Casablanca....
- Added: May 19, 2011
- Length: 03:00