From the Center for American Music Preservation (CAMP)

 

 

 

Remembering a Cleveland radio legend...

 

 

From the Society for American Music
Newsletter (Winter 2017):

The Bill Randle Chronicles: From Electric Elvis to The Shakers (PineTree Press, 2016) is a new DVD collection by music preservationist and former disc jockey Roger Lee Hall. The multi-media collection provides details about the Cleveland radio legend Bill Randle. Included on the disc are folders about Randle’s record promotion of Elvis Presley in 1955 and 1956, his record production for blues singer Big Bill Broonzy, and his massive 10-LP set on The Shaker Heritage. In addition to the articles there are bonus audio albums and videos.

 

 

 

Praise from those who ordered the first edition of
The Bill Randle Chronicles--

• "I must say it is an impressive collection. I was glad to see the original Time Magazine article on Randle reprinted as well as other documents, like Col. Parker's telegram, and was especially interested in the interview with Alanna Nash. 
  -- Allen Wiener, author of the book,
  Channeling Elvis: How Television Saved the King of Rock n' Roll
  
  
• "Received my Bill Randle Chronicles' yesterday!!! Soooo much information!!! Fantastic info for ALL Elvis fansl!!"
  -- Mark Lee Pringle, Elvis impersonator

Praise for Bill Randle

"Bill Randle was a legend in radio at that time
[in the 1950s]." -- Peter Guralnick

"I would not be where I am today if it were not for Bill Randle." -- Tony Bennett

"For reasons best understood by legal minds, the movie was not released at the time and has never been released since, though some sources state that it was shown once in Cleveland."
-- "The Pied Piper of Cleveland" movie short

[the above quotes are from The Elvis Encyclopedia by Adam Victor, 2008]

 

The Bill Randle Chronicles is a unique multi-media collection and unlike print books since it also includes bonus audio albums and video features.

The audio includes a rare air check from Bill Randle's radio show on WERE in Cleveland where he introduces the song, "I Forgot To Remember To Forget" recorded by Elvis Presley, and he reads some young radio listener's heated comments.

The video portion includes the television debut of Elvis Presley in 1956, and a television program about the Shaker Village Work Camp in New York State for teenagers in the 1960s.

This publication is only available on a computer disc exclusively from this website.

The author of the disc, Roger Lee Hall, is a longtime music preservationist, film music critic, and a former disc jockey who had a radio program playing popular songs and film music. He worked as teaching assistant to Randle in the 1970s and has included his remembrances of Randle and about his early promotion of Elvis Presley and the famous movie short which was filmed on October 20, 1955 and that is still unreleased:

The Pied Piper of Cleveland:
A Day in the Life of a Famous Disc Jockey

 

 

These are the files on "The Bill Randle Chronicles" disc:

No. 1: Contents and Credits
No. 2: Cleveland's Top D.J.
No. 3: The Legacy of Bill Randle
No. 4: The Promotion of Electric Elvis
No. 5: When Elvis Presley Rocked Cleveland
No. 6: The Pied Piper of Cleveland (1955 movie short)
No. 7: Audio - Bill Randle Introduces Electric Elvis
No. 8: Video - Elvis National Television Debut in 1956
No. 9: Alanna Nash interview about "The Colonel" book
No. 10 - Audio - Bill Randle Television Show (1956)
No. 11 - Audio - Big Bill Broonzy - Bill Randle, Producer
No. 12 - Audio - The Shaker Heritage - From LP to CD
No. 13 - Video - What's New (NET, 1966)
No. 14 - Picture Gallery
No. 15 - Audio - Bill Randle, Promoter and Producer
No. 16 - Audio - Bill Randle Memorial Tribute on NPR

 

 

 

The Bill Randle Chronicles:
From Electric Elvis To The Shakers
by Roger Lee Hall
PineTree Press, 2016

available on a computer disc,
with articles (Word documents), picture gallery,
audio and video features

This computer disc is available for $19.95
including shipping (USA only)


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