Pop Chronicles

two radio documentary series on 1940s-1960s popular music

The Pop Chronicles were two radio documentaries. They told the story of music that was popular in America in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.[4] John Gilliland made both documentaries.

The Pop Chronicles
Home stationKRLA
SyndicatesArmed Forces Radio
CreatorsJohn Gilliland[1]
ProducersChester Coleman
Narrated byJohn Gilliland, Sie Holliday,[2] Thom Beck[3]
Air dates1969 to c1976
No. of episodes55
Other themesThe Chronicles of Pop by Len Chandler
WebsiteThe John Gilliland Collection

The Pop Chronicles of the 1950s and 1960s

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Los Angeles Radio station KRLA 1110 broadcast the Pop Chronicles documentary in 1969.[5] John Gilliland, Dick LaPalm, Lew Irwin, Harry Shearer, Mike Masterson, and Richard Perry interviewed famous musicians.[6] Len Chandler wrote and sang the theme song “The Chronicles of Pop” .[7] The engineer and associate producer was Chester Coleman.[8][9]

Other radio stations also broadcast the Pop Chronicles.[8][10] The American Forces Network broadcast this show.[11] The University of North Texas Music Library now broadcasts this show online.[12][13] They started in June 2010.[14]

Pop Chronicles the 1940s

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Pop Chronicles the 40s
Home stationKSFO
SyndicatesAFRTS
CreatorsJohn Gilliland
Narrated byJohn Gilliland
Air dates1972 to 1976
No. of episodes24

San Francisco radio station KSFO broadcast the "Pop Chronicles of the 1940s" in 1972 and 1976.[15] The American Forces Network also broadcast this show.[16] In 1994, Gilliland released a shorter version on audio cassette. The title of this audiobook was Pop Chronicles the 40s: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40s.[17][18] The audiobook was also called The Big Band Chronicles.[19][20]

After his death, Gilliand's sister donated the "Pop Chronicles" tapes to the University of North Texas Music Library. They form The John Gilliland Collection.[4][21]

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  1. "~Los Angeles Radio People, Where Are They Now, G". www.laradio.com.
  2. "~Los Angeles Radio People, Where Are They Now?h". www.laradio.com.
  3. "~Los Angeles Radio People, Where Are They Now, B". www.laradio.com.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "ARSC Conference 2008 - Session Abstracts" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-07-13.
  5. "CLASSIC DJ & RADIO SCRAPBOOK: KRLA POP CHRONICLES Program, 1969 (1 of 2)". Classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
  6. "Index to Interviews — University of North Texas Libraries". Library.unt.edu. 2008-07-24. Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2009-04-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. "Index to "Pop Chronicles" — University of North Texas Libraries". Library.unt.edu. 2008-07-24. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-04-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. 8.0 8.1 *Hopkins, Jerry (October 4, 1969), "'Pop Chronicles' Chronicle Pop", Rolling Stone, no. 43, p. 34, archived from the original on November 6, 2017, retrieved August 31, 2017{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  9. "CLASSIC DJ & RADIO SCRAPBOOK: KRLA POP CHRONICLES Program, 1969 (2 of 2)". Classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
  10. "Radio Returns to the '40s" (PDF). Oakland Tribune. 1972-10-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26.
  11. Gilliland, John (2008-08-18). Pop chronicles. 36 (RU 11-1 [Sept. 1970]) [WorldCat.org]. [WorldCat.org]. OCLC 50111827. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  12. Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 1" (audio). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu.
  13. "The Pop Chronicles Of The 50s And 60s". www.radioechoes.com. 1969. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  14. "Statistics: John Gilliland's Pop Chronicles UNT Digital Library". Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
  15. "John Gilliland - Pop Chronicles: The Forties". Sfradiomuseum.com. 1972. Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  16. Gilliland, John (2008-08-18). Pop chronicles of the 40s. 1 (RU 14-76 [Apr. 1976]) [WorldCat.org]. [WorldCat.org]. OCLC 50311556. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  17. Gilliland, John (1994). Pop Chronicles the 40s: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40s (audiobook). ISBN 978-1-55935-147-8. OCLC 31611854.
  18. Gilliland, John (2008-08-18). Pop chronicles. Worldcat.org. OCLC 31611854. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  19. Ruhlmann, William. The Big Band Chronicles at AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  20. The big band chronicles. Worldcat.org. OCLC 38555138. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  21. "John Gilliland Collection, 1955-1991 | Music Library". Findingaids.library.unt.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2019-06-14.Earlier version.

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