It’s been a long and winding road — from high school bands to Carnegie Hall. Today Bob Potter tours the nation as Ringo Star in one of the world’s top Beatles Tribute bands. Hear about his very unusual job with 1964 The Tribute. On the Off Ramp with Bob Smith.
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028 JFK Dallas Police Call, Don Michel
It’s the most famous phone call you NEVER heard. Two hours after President Kennedy is killed, a small-town broadcaster scoops the news world in a historic interview with Dallas Police. Hear Don Michel’s amazing call, plus additional audio from Dave Eliason. November 22, 1963.
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027 Walter Cronkite, Don Michel Interview
“We must simply be reporters of what is going on. And then let the people decide what is right and what is wrong.” Hear what journalism can — and should — be, in a remarkable interview with the late Walter Cronkite, dean of television news. From the archives of broadcaster Don Michel. (Photo by Rob Bogaerts / Anefo, Wiki Media Commons)
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016 Meeting Richard Nixon
It was 1968 and we were just teenagers – two kids with a tape recorder – when a future U.S. President helped us crash his airport press conference. Join my friend Libby Gosnell Brockman and me as we recall Meeting Richard Nixon.
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013 Wolfman Jack
To the world he was Wolfman Jack. To friends and family, Bob Smith. Learn how a guy with a boring name became the world’s most colorful DJ.
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012 Auditioning For Rogers And Hammerstein
What was it like to audition for Broadway’s greatest team Rogers and Hammerstein — at the age of 9? Hear the story of a little girl who modeled, acted on stage, worked on network radio, and performed on Broadway with teenager Marlon Brando — before retiring at the age of 12. Enjoy the remarkable story of my friend Alex Lamoureaux — on The Off Ramp.
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011 A Phone Call With George Burns
In 1980, George Burns became the oldest singer with a hit record on the national charts, the oldest actor to win an Oscar, and the oldest touring stand-up comedian. Hear Bob’s phone call with Burns, excerpts from their face-to-face meeting, and George’s wisdom on life. (Photo: James Shaffer)
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008 Buddy Holly Remembered – Part 2
Part 2 – The story of a Cricket who retired. Nikki Sullivan recalls the birth of the Crickets and his time as a guitarist with Buddy Holly. Recorded at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake Iowa, where Holly gave his last performance 60 years ago, before dying in a tragic plane crash.
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007 Buddy Holly Remembered – Part 1
Part 1 – Rock’s pioneering singer songwriter is remembered by those whose lives he changed. Featuring John Goldrosen author of The Buddy Holly Story, preservationist Bill Griggs, plus musicians Bobby Vee, Bobby Goldsboro and Scott Turner. Includes Holly radio interview from 1959.
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004 Holiday Show
It’s our Holiday Show! Wrap your presents with us and enjoy seasonal trivia, fun memories and some of the greatest Christmas Novelty songs ever recorded.(Photo: )