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Roy Plomley's castaway is bandleader Stan Kenton.

Book: The Mature Mind by H. L. Overstreet

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Mon 9 Apr 195613:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Béla Bartók - Concerto For Orchestra

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Concertgebouw Conductor: Eduard van Beinum

  • Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars

    When It's Sleepy Time Down South

  • Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

    The House Of Strings

  • Joya Sherrill

    The Blues

    Orchestra: Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra

  • Frank Sinatra

    Nancy With the Laughing Face

  • Jacques Ibert

    Rome

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Artur Rodzinski

  • Danny Purches

    We All Need Love

  • Tennessee Ernie Ford

    Sixteen Tons

  • Book Choice

    • The Mature Mind - H. L. Overstreet

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestStan Kenton

Broadcast

  • Mon 9 Apr 195613:10
    Home Service

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