Celebrating the centennial
of a radio and recording legend!
Popular Cleveland disc jockey,
William McKinley Randle (1923-2004)
A special Zoom program to commemorate the centennial of the birth of
Bill Randle, co-sponsored by the Shaker Historical Society
and Shaker Heights Public Library, was presented by Roger Lee Hall,
a music preservationist and former disc jockey who worked for Bill Randle in the 1970s and later worked with him on a 2 CD set from Rounder Records,
"Let Zion Move: Music of the Shakers" (1999).
The program was presented on September 21, 2023.
Mr. Hall would like to thank for helping him plan and announce his program:
Krista Albertins, Education and Outreach Manager,
and Brianna Trelevens, Executive Director of the Shaker Historical Society
in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
An extensive article by Thomas Jewell is available on Cleveland -- hereTo watch this free 90 minute Zoom program on You tube --- click here
Praise for this Cleveland disc jockey --
"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
Praise from those who ordered the first multimedia edition
of The Bill Randle Chronicles --
"Ultimately, Hall compiled a fantastic resource for scholars and rock and roll enthusiasts alike. The Bill Randle Chronicles: From Electric Elvis to The Shakers should be a welcome addition to any university library or archival collection."
--Lior David Schragg, Ohio University in
The Bulletin of the Society for American Music, Spring, 2018.- "I must say it is an impressive collection. I 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
Learn about this radio and recording legend!
The Bill Randle Chronicles is a book written by Roger Lee Hall,
a music preservationist and former disc jockey, who once worked for Bill Randle as his teaching assistant
and taught Randle's class on "The History of American Popular Music."This boo is now available in a second edition with more rare pictures about the influential disc jockey who helped the careers of many singers especially in the 1950s, like Harry Belafonte, Tony Bennett, The Crew Cuts, Fats Domino. The Everly Brothers, and many others.
A major part of the book is about the early promotion of Elvis Presley and making a movie short in 1955 which included the first filmed professional footage of Elvis Presley in performance. There is also information about the 10 LP album set, "The Shaker Heritage," which Bill Randle produced in 1961 for research libraries. The music portion of that album set was later released
on a 2 CD set with 72 page historical booklet written by Roger Hall and released by Rounder Records. It was titled:
Also included at no extra charge is a Free audio file sent by email attachment
with a rare air check 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.In the mid-1970s, Roger Hall worked as teaching assistant for Bill Randle and he taught Randle's class:
"The History of American Popular Music" at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Hall is now a music preservationist and Director of the Center for American Music Presentation (or CAMP)
and web master for a long-running page -- Early Elvis.
Order your copy of this new edition - only available here
The new edition of this illustrated collection of articles is available exclusively
as a Adobe Acrobat PDF readable on computer or similar device
and sent as an email attachment.
Free Bonus Included!
An audio file of a radio air check with Bill Randle
reading letters from young fans of Elvis Presley in 1955
is also sent as an email download.Please Note
This title is not available as a printed book.
The price for this book is just $11.95.
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one of the most influential disc jockeys from the past!
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The latest volume in the Memories And Music series Roger includes a chapter about Bill Randle and his introduction of Elvis Presley.
Click this link to read about his book --"Gentle Peace" - Songs For Survival (PineTree Press)
See the list of his lectures and workshops -- click here
Coming in 2024!
To help celebrate the 250th anniversary of
the Shakers first arrival in America from England in 1774.
This extensive collection will have many leaves from the Shaker tree of history.
They include: facts about the Bill Randle 10 LP album set and later 2-CD set,
also research articles, sheet music, audio examples and concert video clips
from an extensive 50 year study of Shaker music by the author.
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Roger told his remembrances on a pod cast on Bill Randle about his early promotion of "Electric Elvis"and the famous movie short which was filmed on October 20, 1955 but has never been released.
To listen to the Lost Elvis pod cast from iHeart: click here
For more about his early career,
click -- Early Elvis
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