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One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month". John Biggers
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month". Bessie Coleman
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month". Barbara Jordan
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
One of Thirteen (13) one-minute vignettes produced by Houston Public Media for "Black History Month".
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 01:00
Dr. Rochanda Mitchell is an expert in fetal medicine. She’s also a black woman pregnant with her first child who understands all too well that eve...
Bought by WKSU, KBIA, WCPN, High Plains Public Radio, WGTE Public Media and more
- Added: Nov 07, 2019
- Length: 53:55
- Purchases: 20
This time, we profile the March 1932 recording sessions held by Vocalion in New York City, as the nation was in the grips of the Great Depression.
- Added: Aug 30, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Rocket 88,” by Jackie Brenston — widely considered to be one of the archetypal records of rock ‘n’ roll.
- Added: Aug 28, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Baby Scratch My Back” by Slim Harpo — the only number one hit on the Excello label during its 23 year run.
- Added: Aug 26, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Key to the Highway” — one of the enduring classics of the blues, first recorded by pianist Charlie Segar in 1940.
Bought by KLCC
- Added: Aug 24, 2018
- Length: 03:29
- Purchases: 1
This time, we profile Stick McGhee’s 1949 anthem to good times and cheap booze — a big hit that saved a fledgling Atlantic Records from bankruptcy.
- Added: Aug 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile B.B. King, who hit the number one spot on the Billboard R&B charts with “Three O’Clock Blues,” this week in 1952.
- Added: Aug 18, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Guitar Slim, who — much to everyone’s surprise — hit the top of the R&B charts with “The Things That I Used To Do,” in 1954.
- Added: Jul 26, 2018
- Length: 03:29
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with “Homesick” James Williamson and Johnny Shines.
- Added: Jul 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with Elmore James, Arthur Spires, and Johnny Williams.
- Added: Jul 17, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile “Open the Door, Richard” — a 1947 novelty record that quickly embedded itself into the American consciousness.
- Added: May 15, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Son House and B.B. King, who both made historic live appearances in Chicago the Saturday night before Thanksgiving, 1964.
- Added: Apr 19, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile James “Beale Street” Clark — barely a footnote in blues history — who recorded an enduring classic, this week in 1945.
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 03:29
