"Bill Randle in Cleveland:
From Electric Elvis To The Shakers

To celebrate the centennial of Bill Randle (1923-2004), there was a Zoom webinar
held on Thursday evening, September 21, 2023, co-sponsored by
The Shaker Historical Society and Shaker Heights Public Library.

This program was presented by Roger Lee Hall, author of The Bill Randle Chronicles (see below) and a music preservationist and Director of the Center for American Music Preservation (CAMP),
and he once worked as Bill Randle's teaching assistant in the 1970s when he was at
Case Western Reserve Univeristy in Cleveland.

 

Now for the first time!

Read the truth about how a popular Cleveland disc jockey
helped promote Elvis Presley in the beginning of his career

Cleveland disc jockey, Bill Randle

 

 

 

Read the fascinating story about Early Elvis --

 

This collection of articles, stories and more was compiled by musicologist and former radio d.j., Roger Lee Hall, who once worked for Bill Randle in Cleveland in the 1970s and taught his college class, "The History of Popular Music in America."

In addition to the Bill Randle articles about his early protion of Elvis Presley there are rare pictures from the 1950s to 1970s.

Also, there is information about bill Randle producing a 10 LP album set about America's oldest communal sect:.

The music from this record set was later edited by Roger Hall and released on 2 CDs from Rounder Records with 72 page booklet and titled:

 

Here are the chapter titles in the book, The Bill Randle Chronicles:

Prelude:   Biographical Profile of Bill Randle                                                            

01: “Shake, Rattle and Roll” – The Rise of Elvis Presley                                   

02: Bill Randle - The Pied Piper of Cleveland                                                 

03: Interview with Alanna Nash on Col. Tom Parker and Elvis Presley           

04: Bill Randle and The Shaker Heritage – From LP to CD                      

05: Picture Gallery of Shakers from New Hampshire and Maine                 

About the author

            

 

Also included at no extra charge is a Free audio file sent by email attachment
with a rare audio from 1955 with Bill Randle on his radio program where he talks about
an Elvis Presley song and reads some funny comments made by his teenage radio listeners.

Order your copy today of the book (sent as Adobe Acrobast PDF directly by email attachment) for only $11.95 payable through safe and secure PayPal.

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Related Pages

• Early Elvis
  
  
• Song Hits 1956
  
  
• Song Hits 1957
  
  
• Song Hits 1958
  
  
• Song Hits 1959
  
  
• Song Hits 1960

 

This Pioneering Disc Jockey Belongs In The Hall of Fame!

If you would like to join the campaign to install Bill Randle where he should be included,
send your email request to:

Rock and Rolll Hall of Fame
(Cleveland, Ohio)

 

 

 

 

For any questions or comments

click here

 

 

 

 

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