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JOHN DOREMUS SHOW "AFRTS"

 

 

Wonderful stories wound into beautiful orchestral music.

sketches in sound

 

Pete Smith's Sketches In Sound for AFRTS.

JIM AMECHE TIME "Tony Bennett"

 

Episode 79 for AFRTS opens up with a selection by Tony Bennett.

IRA COOK SHOW

 

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One of the AFRTS most popular DJs was Ira Cook whose personality comes shining through in every one of his recorded broadcasts; he is a white collared, narrow tie-wearing square, but he had an appreciation for popular music

Musical theater legend Stephen Sondheim dies at 91

 

Sondheim's best-known works as composer and lyricist include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987). He was also known for writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959). WIKIPEDIA BIO

Diahann Carroll (July 17, 1935 – October 4, 2019)

DIAHANN CARROLL was an American actress, singer, and model. She rose to stardom in performances in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts, including Carmen Jones in 1954 and Porgy and Bess in 1959. In 1962, Carroll won a Tony Award for best actress, a first for a black woman, for her role in the Broadway musical No Strings.

 WIKIPEDIA | About No Strings

 Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley sing their beautiful rendition of "The Sweetest Sounds" from the Richard Rodgers musical NO STRINGS: