260 Polar Vortex Trivia. What’s the coldest recorded temperature in Antarctica? What mountain recorded the coldest temperature in US history? And what celebrity had more appearances on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show?
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181 Super Smart Trivia – WOK
181 Super Smart Trivia – What is the origin of the Mafia kiss of death? And where is the only state capital dome made of wood. And what Hear the Off Ramp podcast. (Photo: Nick Youngson CC BY-SA)
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035 Mercer Ellington on Duke Ellington
In the Roaring 20s, Jazz was king. But the King was a Duke – Duke Ellington that is. Hear bandleader Mercer Ellington discuss his father’s contributions to American music on the Off Ramp with Bob Smith.
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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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006 Victor Borge – Music Trivia
Music trivia and an interview with the great Victor Borge, described by the New York Times as, “the irrepressible musical humorist, pianist and conductor.” A fun half hour.