Pop Chronicles
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).[1] It first aired in 1969.[2][3][4]
Gilliland interviewed Frank Zappa for the documentary on March 5, 1969 in Glendale, California.[5] This was after the series had begun airing[3] and appears to be 4 days before parts of this interview first aired.[2] Zappa rerecorded parts of an earlier interview because of technical difficulties with its original recording[6] on December 8, 1967.[7] The show included Zappa reading from his article "The Oracle Has It All Psyched Out" about the film Blackboard Jungle.[8] The entire Pop Chronicles interview has been provided by the John Gilliland Collection at the University of North Texas.[9]
Zappa appears in shows 5, 8, 11, 14, 20, 34, 43, 54, and 55.[5][10]
Sources
- ↑ John Gilliland's Pop Chronicles
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 KRLA POP CHRONICLES Program, 1969 (1 of 2)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 'Pop Chronicles' Chronicle Pop
- ↑ The Pop Chronicles Of The 50s And 60s
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 T-Z interview index
- ↑ 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.)
- ↑ Pop Chronicles interview
- ↑ Show 5 - Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll: The rock revolution gets underway.
- ↑ Frank Zappa Interview Transcripts from the John Gilliland Collection at the University of North Texas.
- ↑ Index to "Pop Chronicles"
