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Donald Waxman
- Oral History
Donald Waxman is a noted composer who served as editor at Galaxy Music Publishing Corp., as well as several positions on the ASCAP and MPA Boards
Bernie Vance
- Oral History
Bernie Vance played the saxophone in a number of big bands during the swing era. He was drafted and served during World War II, only to come home and find that...
Fred Theriault
- Oral History
Fred Theriault recalls the first time he set foot in Long & McQuade’s Music Store.
Eddy Shenker
- Oral History
Eddy Shenker teamed up with Marty Golden in the mid 1970s to form JAM Industries.
Dr. Wolf-Dieter Seiffert
- Oral History
Dr. Wolf-Dieter Seiffert is the president of G. Henle Publishers, a noted publishing firm located in Germany. Dr.
Earl Scruggs
- Oral History
Earl Scruggs was the father of bluegrass and country banjo playing.
Don Schlitz
- Oral History
Don Schlitz likes to tell the story about how he was in the right place at the right time when his song, “The Gambler,” was recorded by Kenny Rogers in 1978....
Johnny Rodgers
- Oral History
Johnny Rodgers can tell you all about the trends of piano sales in Texas.
Alvino Rey
- Oral History
Alvino Rey tinkered with putting a phonograph pickup in his banjo to increase the volume in 1927.
Nick Peck
- Oral History
Nick Peck’s entire face lights up whenever he talks about a great school music program!
Sammy Nestico
- Oral History
Sammy Nestico has revolutionized the band and orchestra repertoire by composing and arranging top jazz charts for all levels of bands. As a result, this...
Les Paul
- Oral History
Les Paul will forever be known for his role in the popularity of the electric guitar, the design of the Gibson Les Paul guitar, the multi track r
Vic Mizzy
- Oral History
Vic Mizzy wrote a number of hit songs for popular music, movies and television beginning in the 1940s. He wrote “The Jones Boy” for the Mills Brothers and is...
Billy May
- Oral History
Billy May was a fun loving trumpeter who arranged some of the best-loved music of the Big Band Era!
Jim Marshall
- Oral History
Jim Marshall was in a full body cast as a 12-year-old boy due to polio.
Keith Mardak
- Oral History
Keith Mardak provided great detail of the history of Hal Leonard Publishing, especially the stories of the company's founder, who passed away years ago, before...
Leif Juhl
- Oral History
Leif Juhl has had quite a life in music! As a boy, he picked up a trumpet – the instrument he still played in his early 90s when his oral history interview was...
George Holden
- Oral History
George Holden is the president and co-founder of Smith-Holden Music Store in Bloomington, IN.
Brad Hershberger
- Oral History
Brad Hershberger’s mother and father opened a music retail store in rural Nebraska in the late 1950s. Brad grew up in the business and worked side by side...
Dr. Sidney Harman
- Oral History
Dr. Sidney Harman, the founder of Harman-Kardon and Harman Industries provided a fascinating interview.
Alfredo Flores Sr.
- Oral History
Alfredo Flores was born in Mexico in 1908 and moved to San Antonio, Texas with his mother and grandmother when he was a small boy.
Alfredo Flores Jr.
- Oral History
Alfredo Flores Jr. proudly took over the music store his father established in 1928. Alamo Music Center in San Antonio, Texas, has long been established as a...
Martin Denny
- Oral History
Martin Denny cornered the market on the musical style of the early 1950s known as exotica. The smooth melody of the songs were enhanced by hundreds of...
Paul Damiano
- Oral History
Paul Damiano has played a critical role in the growth and development of Kaman Music ever since first joining the company in the early 1980s.
Andy Clark
- Oral History
Andy Clark is one of the great characters of the music publishing industry!
Don Canedy
- Oral History
Don Canedy was a beloved band director and professor at Southern Illinois University before being hired by the Roger’s Drum Company in 1961.
T. Warren Brown
- Oral History
T. Warren Brown was president of the music store his father established in the Tacoma, Washington area in the years of World War II.
Ernie Briefel
- Oral History
Ernie Briefel played a tremendous role in the wholesaling of musical instruments in New York City, beginning in the 1950s.
William Bevan
- Oral History
William Bevan has proudly served as an engineer at Shure Inc. for over 40 years.