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How unregulated radio stations out of Mexico fueled the country music boom in America
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Carter Family, whose music had a profound impact on country and bluegrass music, became popular...
Lola Dee, Singer of ‘Pretty Eyed Baby,’ Dies at 95
Variety via Yahoo News· 5 months agoLola Dee, a popular singer in the 1950s who toured with Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante and Johnnie Ray, has died. She was 95. The pop singer, who was signed to...
Lola Dee, Popular Singer of the 1950s, Dies at 95
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPop singer Lola Dee, who recorded for the Columbia and Mercury labels in the 1950s and toured around the world with the likes of Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante...
Understanding 'misunderstood' Appalachia focus of today's talk in Oak Ridge
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 4 months ago“Understanding Appalachia – The Most Misunderstood Region in the Country” will be the topic of the...
Column: There once was a time when our city was the country music capital
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoTwo relatively young men were sitting in a radio studio a few days ago talking about a radio show...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: 100 years of WLS — the ‘World’s Largest Store’ — radio
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe year 1924 was a memorable one in Chicago. Construction of Soldier Field was completed. Two wealthy University of Chicago students committed what they called “the perfect murder.” And a company ...
Remnants of the past evoke pleasant memories
The Courier via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI’m unsure how the box and its contents came into my possession, but that crumpled cardboard container, I discovered, yielded untold precious memories.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Paul Durica’s March 1924 finds
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWe’re checking in on our friend Paul Durica, director of exhibitions for the Chicago History Museum, as he continues to wade daily through pages of the Chicago Tribune from 100 years ago. We ...
