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The dashing Rudolph Valentino certainly had the right look for silent films. The problem was, he had the right singing voice for them as well.
April 10, 2024Dame Nellie Melba’s Farewell speech, recorded at Covent Garden in 1926. Plus…dessert!
March 30, 2024C.W. Lee introduced Martin Luther King Jr. to the National Negro Funeral Directors Association in 1956.
March 21, 2024“The birth of a new age. The birth of a new age.”You’re listening to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Addressing the National Negro Funeral Directors Association in August of 1956. You’re on the Sound Beat.“Carlton Stevens was an engineer and not an audio engineer but as we understand it a metallurgical engineer. He kind of ...
March 21, 2024At the time of this recording, Dr. King was president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, which guided the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
March 21, 2024