Pop Chronicles - Revision history

Spider of Destiny at 18:51, 6 June 2026

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Spider of Destiny at 03:33, 28 January 2025

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Jason.Kreitzer at 17:53, 24 September 2021

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PopFanDoug: update url

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update url

PopFanDoug: link to whole interview

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link to whole interview

PopFanDoug: fix urls to link first to FZ appearances

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fix urls to link first to FZ appearances

PopFanDoug: Renumbering at unt.edu

2020-03-30T20:42:02Z

Renumbering at unt.edu

PopFanDoug: clarify + date of earlier interview

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PopFanDoug: Link to transcript PDF in citation

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Link to transcript PDF in citation

PopFanDoug: Link to new page about whole interview.

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−	The [[Pop Chronicles]] was a radio documentary on the history of popular music. It focused on music popular in America in the 1950s and 1960s. It was written, hosted, and narrated by [[John Gilliland]] (1935-1998).<ref>[http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/ John Gilliland's Pop Chronicles]</ref> It first aired in 1969.<ref name=69program>[http://classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com/2009/04/krla-pop-chronicles-program-1969-1-of-2.html KRLA POP CHRONICLES Program, 1969 (1 of 2)]</ref><ref name=rs69>[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pop-chronicles-chronicle-pop-19691004 'Pop Chronicles' Chronicle Pop]</ref><ref>[http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=OTR-Historical&series=The%20Pop%20Chronicles%20Of%20The%2050s%20And%2060s The Pop Chronicles Of The 50s And 60s]</ref>	+	The [[Pop Chronicles]] was a radio documentary on the history of popular music. It focused on music popular in America in the 1950s and 1960s. It was written, hosted, and narrated by John Gilliland (1935-1998).<ref>[http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/ John Gilliland's Pop Chronicles]</ref> It first aired in 1969.<ref name=69program>[http://classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com/2009/04/krla-pop-chronicles-program-1969-1-of-2.html KRLA POP CHRONICLES Program, 1969 (1 of 2)]</ref><ref name=rs69>[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pop-chronicles-chronicle-pop-19691004 'Pop Chronicles' Chronicle Pop]</ref><ref>[http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=OTR-Historical&series=The%20Pop%20Chronicles%20Of%20The%2050s%20And%2060s The Pop Chronicles Of The 50s And 60s]</ref>

	Gilliland interviewed Frank Zappa for the documentary on March 5, 1969 in [[Glendale]], [[California]].<ref name=pc128>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703851/m1/ Pop Chronicles Interviews #128 - Frank Zappa, part 1]</ref><ref name=tz/> This was after the series had begun airing<ref name=rs69/> and appears to be 4 days before parts of this interview first aired.<ref name=69program/> Zappa rerecorded parts of an earlier interview because of technical difficulties with its original recording<ref>Gilliland, John (1997). "On Chronicling Pop". In Barrett, Don. ''Los Angeles radio people: Volume 2, 1957-1997.'' Valencia, CA: Db Marketing. ISBN 978-0-9658907-0-0. (The pages in this book are not numbered, but Gilliland's essay is located between the E and F entries.)</ref> on December 8, 1967.<ref>[[Pop Chronicles interview]]</ref> The show included Zappa reading from his article "[[The Oracle Has It All Psyched Out]]" about the film ''[[Blackboard Jungle]].''<ref name=pc128/><ref>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19751/m1/#track/1 Show 5 - Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll: The rock revolution gets underway.]</ref> The entire [[Pop Chronicles interview]] has been provided by the John Gilliland Collection at the University of North Texas.<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L3h6sZrKvPrcaZa2qllfDiI31jr9Hm7Z/view?usp=sharing Frank Zappa Interview Transcripts] from the [https://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=959&q=&rootcontentid=204947 John Gilliland Collection] at the [https://www.unt.edu/ University of North Texas].</ref>		Gilliland interviewed Frank Zappa for the documentary on March 5, 1969 in [[Glendale]], [[California]].<ref name=pc128>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703851/m1/ Pop Chronicles Interviews #128 - Frank Zappa, part 1]</ref><ref name=tz/> This was after the series had begun airing<ref name=rs69/> and appears to be 4 days before parts of this interview first aired.<ref name=69program/> Zappa rerecorded parts of an earlier interview because of technical difficulties with its original recording<ref>Gilliland, John (1997). "On Chronicling Pop". In Barrett, Don. ''Los Angeles radio people: Volume 2, 1957-1997.'' Valencia, CA: Db Marketing. ISBN 978-0-9658907-0-0. (The pages in this book are not numbered, but Gilliland's essay is located between the E and F entries.)</ref> on December 8, 1967.<ref>[[Pop Chronicles interview]]</ref> The show included Zappa reading from his article "[[The Oracle Has It All Psyched Out]]" about the film ''[[Blackboard Jungle]].''<ref name=pc128/><ref>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19751/m1/#track/1 Show 5 - Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll: The rock revolution gets underway.]</ref> The entire [[Pop Chronicles interview]] has been provided by the John Gilliland Collection at the University of North Texas.<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L3h6sZrKvPrcaZa2qllfDiI31jr9Hm7Z/view?usp=sharing Frank Zappa Interview Transcripts] from the [https://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=959&q=&rootcontentid=204947 John Gilliland Collection] at the [https://www.unt.edu/ University of North Texas].</ref>

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 Gilliland interviewed Frank Zappa for the documentary on March 5, 1969 in [[Glendale]], [[California]].<ref name=pc128>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703851/m1/ Pop Chronicles Interviews #128 - Frank Zappa, part 1]</ref><ref name=tz/>  This was after the series had begun airing<ref name=rs69/> and appears to be 4 days before parts of this interview first aired.<ref name=69program/>  Zappa rerecorded parts of an earlier interview because of technical difficulties with its original recording<ref>Gilliland, John (1997). "On Chronicling Pop". In Barrett, Don. ''Los Angeles radio people: Volume 2, 1957-1997.'' Valencia, CA: Db Marketing. ISBN 978-0-9658907-0-0. (The pages in this book are not numbered, but Gilliland's essay is located between the E and F entries.)</ref> on December 8, 1967.<ref>[[Pop Chronicles interview]]</ref>  The show included Zappa reading from his article "[[The Oracle Has It All Psyched Out]]" about the film ''[[Blackboard Jungle]].''<ref name=pc128/><ref>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19751/m1/#track/1 Show 5 - Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll: The rock revolution gets underway.]</ref>  The entire [[Pop Chronicles interview]] has been provided by the John Gilliland Collection at the University of North Texas.<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L3h6sZrKvPrcaZa2qllfDiI31jr9Hm7Z/view?usp=sharing Frank Zappa Interview Transcripts] from the [https://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=959&q=&rootcontentid=204947 John Gilliland Collection] at the [https://www.unt.edu/ University of North Texas].</ref>
-Zappa appears in shows [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=17 5, 8, 11], [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=26 14, 20], [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=46 34, 43], [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=66 54, and 55].<ref name=tz>[http://archive.is/dlXw T-Z interview index]</ref><ref>[https://archive.is/5aQZW Index to "Pop Chronicles"]</ref>
+Zappa appears in shows [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=143 5, 8, 11], [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=152 14, 20], [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=172 34, 43], [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=192 54, and 55].<ref name=tz>[http://archive.is/dlXw T-Z interview index]</ref><ref>[https://archive.is/5aQZW Index to "Pop Chronicles"]</ref>
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 The [[Pop Chronicles]] was a radio documentary on the history of popular music.  It focused on music popular in America in the 1950s and 1960s.  It was written, hosted, and narrated by [[John Gilliland]]  (1935-1998).<ref>[http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/ John Gilliland's Pop Chronicles]</ref>  It first aired in 1969.<ref name=69program>[http://classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com/2009/04/krla-pop-chronicles-program-1969-1-of-2.html KRLA POP CHRONICLES Program, 1969 (1 of 2)]</ref><ref name=rs69>[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pop-chronicles-chronicle-pop-19691004 'Pop Chronicles' Chronicle Pop]</ref><ref>[http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=OTR-Historical&series=The%20Pop%20Chronicles%20Of%20The%2050s%20And%2060s The Pop Chronicles Of The 50s And 60s]</ref>
-Gilliland interviewed Frank Zappa for the documentary on March 5, 1969 in [[Glendale]], [[California]].<ref name=tz/>  This was after the series had begun airing<ref name=rs69/> and appears to be 4 days before parts of this interview first aired.<ref name=69program/>  Zappa rerecorded parts of an earlier interview because of technical difficulties with its original recording<ref>Gilliland, John (1997). "On Chronicling Pop". In Barrett, Don. ''Los Angeles radio people: Volume 2, 1957-1997.'' Valencia, CA: Db Marketing. ISBN 978-0-9658907-0-0. (The pages in this book are not numbered, but Gilliland's essay is located between the E and F entries.)</ref> on December 8, 1967.<ref>[[Pop Chronicles interview]]</ref>  The show included Zappa reading from his article "[[The Oracle Has It All Psyched Out]]" about the film ''[[Blackboard Jungle]].''<ref>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19751/m1/#track/1 Show 5 - Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll: The rock revolution gets underway.]</ref>  The entire [[Pop Chronicles interview]] has been provided by the John Gilliland Collection at the University of North Texas.<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L3h6sZrKvPrcaZa2qllfDiI31jr9Hm7Z/view?usp=sharing Frank Zappa Interview Transcripts] from the [https://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=959&q=&rootcontentid=204947 John Gilliland Collection] at the [https://www.unt.edu/ University of North Texas].</ref>
+Gilliland interviewed Frank Zappa for the documentary on March 5, 1969 in [[Glendale]], [[California]].<ref name=pc128>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703851/m1/ Pop Chronicles Interviews #128 - Frank Zappa, part 1]</ref><ref name=tz/>  This was after the series had begun airing<ref name=rs69/> and appears to be 4 days before parts of this interview first aired.<ref name=69program/>  Zappa rerecorded parts of an earlier interview because of technical difficulties with its original recording<ref>Gilliland, John (1997). "On Chronicling Pop". In Barrett, Don. ''Los Angeles radio people: Volume 2, 1957-1997.'' Valencia, CA: Db Marketing. ISBN 978-0-9658907-0-0. (The pages in this book are not numbered, but Gilliland's essay is located between the E and F entries.)</ref> on December 8, 1967.<ref>[[Pop Chronicles interview]]</ref>  The show included Zappa reading from his article "[[The Oracle Has It All Psyched Out]]" about the film ''[[Blackboard Jungle]].''<ref name=pc128/><ref>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19751/m1/#track/1 Show 5 - Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll: The rock revolution gets underway.]</ref>  The entire [[Pop Chronicles interview]] has been provided by the John Gilliland Collection at the University of North Texas.<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L3h6sZrKvPrcaZa2qllfDiI31jr9Hm7Z/view?usp=sharing Frank Zappa Interview Transcripts] from the [https://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=959&q=&rootcontentid=204947 John Gilliland Collection] at the [https://www.unt.edu/ University of North Texas].</ref>
 Zappa appears in shows [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=17 5, 8, 11], [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=26 14, 20], [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=46 34, 43], [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=66 54, and 55].<ref name=tz>[http://archive.is/dlXw T-Z interview index]</ref><ref>[https://archive.is/5aQZW Index to "Pop Chronicles"]</ref>

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 The [[Pop Chronicles]] was a radio documentary on the history of popular music.  It focused on music popular in America in the 1950s and 1960s.  It was written, hosted, and narrated by [[John Gilliland]]  (1935-1998).<ref>[http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/ John Gilliland's Pop Chronicles]</ref>  It first aired in 1969.<ref name=69program>[http://classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com/2009/04/krla-pop-chronicles-program-1969-1-of-2.html KRLA POP CHRONICLES Program, 1969 (1 of 2)]</ref><ref name=rs69>[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pop-chronicles-chronicle-pop-19691004 'Pop Chronicles' Chronicle Pop]</ref><ref>[http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=OTR-Historical&series=The%20Pop%20Chronicles%20Of%20The%2050s%20And%2060s The Pop Chronicles Of The 50s And 60s]</ref>
-Gilliland interviewed Frank Zappa for the documentary on March 5, 1969 in [[Glendale]], [[California]].<ref name=tz/>  This was after the series had begun airing<ref name=rs69/> and appears to be 4 days before parts of this interview first aired.<ref name=69program/>  Zappa rerecorded his interview because of technical difficulties with the original recording.<ref>Gilliland, John (1997). "On Chronicling Pop". In Barrett, Don. ''Los Angeles radio people: Volume 2, 1957-1997.'' Valencia, CA: Db Marketing. ISBN 978-0-9658907-0-0. (The pages in this book are not numbered, but Gilliland's essay is located between the E and F entries.)</ref>  The show included Zappa reading from his article "[[The Oracle Has It All Psyched Out]]" about the film ''[[Blackboard Jungle]].''<ref>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19751/m1/#track/1 Show 5 - Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll: The rock revolution gets underway.]</ref>  The entire [[Pop Chronicles interview]] has been provided by the John Gilliland Collection at the University of North Texas.<ref>[https://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=959&q=&rootcontentid=204947 John Gilliland Collection, 1955-1991 | UNT Music Library]</ref>
+Gilliland interviewed Frank Zappa for the documentary on March 5, 1969 in [[Glendale]], [[California]].<ref name=tz/>  This was after the series had begun airing<ref name=rs69/> and appears to be 4 days before parts of this interview first aired.<ref name=69program/>  Zappa rerecorded his interview because of technical difficulties with the original recording.<ref>Gilliland, John (1997). "On Chronicling Pop". In Barrett, Don. ''Los Angeles radio people: Volume 2, 1957-1997.'' Valencia, CA: Db Marketing. ISBN 978-0-9658907-0-0. (The pages in this book are not numbered, but Gilliland's essay is located between the E and F entries.)</ref>  The show included Zappa reading from his article "[[The Oracle Has It All Psyched Out]]" about the film ''[[Blackboard Jungle]].''<ref>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19751/m1/#track/1 Show 5 - Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll: The rock revolution gets underway.]</ref>  The entire [[Pop Chronicles interview]] has been provided by the John Gilliland Collection at the University of North Texas.<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L3h6sZrKvPrcaZa2qllfDiI31jr9Hm7Z/view?usp=sharing Frank Zappa Interview Transcripts] from the [https://findingaids.library.unt.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=959&q=&rootcontentid=204947 John Gilliland Collection] at the [https://www.unt.edu/ University of North Texas].</ref>
 Zappa appears in shows [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=4 5, 8, 11], [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=13 14, 20], [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=33 34, 43], [http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/JGPC/browse/?start=53 54, and 55].<ref name=tz>[http://archive.is/dlXw T-Z interview index]</ref><ref>[https://archive.is/5aQZW Index to "Pop Chronicles"]</ref>