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Musical Americana (07/02/1981)

July 1, 2022, 11:00 pm

American flag by T. H. Barrington, New York circa 1918. (Photo: (Library of Congress, Music Division))

From July 1981, Studs Terkel conjures a “pre-July 4” potpourri of musical Americana. The hour includes the mighty Wurlitzer organ heard in so many movie palaces of the past, Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha, a tribute to Lucky Lindbergh – Eagle of the USA, Jazz by Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines, and so much more.

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Meet the Host

Studs Terkel (1912-2008) radically redefined the concept of radio interviews. For 45 years starting in 1952, WFMT was his homebase. His daily radio show was a pillar of WFMT’s programming, with its eclectic and astute mix of music and conversation. Studs juxtaposed interviews with the many of the 20th century’s most significant figures with the voices of uncelebrated, working people from Chicago. As a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Studs helped established oral history as a popular and socially ambitious literary genre. Some of his titles include: Division Street, Hard Times, Working, Race and And They All Sang (Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey). Studs was also a recipient of the National Book Award.

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