Thanks I’ll try Mickey.
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> On Jan 5, 2021, at 9:42 PM, Bob Kosovsky <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Sorry to piggyback on this topic, but the suggestion of asking Ken Burns
> really irked me. Ken Burns is not a professional researcher: He hires
> other people to do the research - he just puts it together. It's great
> that he's done so much to satisfy the people who need to receive
> information by television. But the nature of television is one of
> superficiality.
>
> For people in search of research questions, we should really be careful to
> make the distinction between where one could really find source material
> that would answer the question, rather than just mentioning people simply
> because they are well-known and may have had brief tangential contact with
> the subject.
>
>
> Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Librarian, Rare Books and Manuscripts,
> Music & Recorded Sound Division
> The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Dorothy and Lewis B.
> Cullman Center
>
> 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023
>
> www.nypl.org
>
>
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 8:33 PM Dave Radlauer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> The Country Music docu is fantastic. One of his best. Equal to JAZZ. But
>> good luck asking Ken Burns for anything!
>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 4:14 PM Chris Brady <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Have you tried Ken Burns - he'd have found something if it exists.
>>> Also there's Tony Palmer.
>>>
>>> Wiki links here:
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_(miniseries)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_You_Need_Is_Love:_The_Story_of_Popular_Music
>>>
>>> CJB
>>>
>>>
>>> On 05/01/2021, Chris Kennedy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> Hi Everyone, Happy New Year. My name is Chris Kennedy and I’m a
>>> researcher,
>>>> writer and musician. I thought I’d float this out and see if anyone has
>>> any
>>>> thoughts or suggestions as far as rocks unturned. Elvis made is only
>> Opry
>>>> appearance on 10/2/54, Saturday night. He apparently sang Blue Moon of
>>>> Kentucky and that’s basically all the info that’s out there. No
>>> recording,
>>>> no ephemera, no ads, show programs or reviews or mentions. I believe
>>>> Saturday nights were broadcast on WSM but I can’t confirm that this
>> show
>>>> was. The LOC has Opry recordings but I haven’t come across anything.
>> The
>>>> Country Music Hall of Fame / Rock Hall either. I’ve done some searches
>>>> through the Tennessean archives with nothing turning up. It would be
>>>> interesting and fun to turn up something on this part of music history.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>
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