MUSIC RESEARCH

ARTISTS

Music Research by Dennis M. Spragg includes the following studies. Firstly, musical studies include detailed histories and discographies. Consequently, the studies include reports arranged by artists and programs. The artists include exceptional 20th century American bandleaders. Moreover, the bandleaders currently include Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Tex Beneke and Tommy Dorsey. Likewise, the programs include commercial and government network series. Click the Music Research links and images below to discover the exceptional era, incredible talents, fine music and rich history.

Major bandleaders are well represented in the Glenn Miller Collections. Dennis has a lifelong interest in their careers and cultural impact. Consequently, the artists include popular celebrities of both archival and historical interest. Furthermore, Dennis has collaborated with key associates to produce comprehensive studies about the bandleaders. Moreover, these include year-by-year Music Research documentation of their activities. Therefore, numerous media documenting the bandleaders and their many talented musicians appear.

PROGRAMS

ARMED FORCES RADIO SERVICE

The Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) became the largest radio network in history during World War II. Moreover, the organization built and broadcast from shortwave and medium wave stations and transmitters around the globe. AFRS also recorded many thousands of programs and shipped them overseas on transcription discs. Therefore, the AFRS programs included original series and dubs of American network programs. Command Performance, Mail Call, G. I. Journal, and Jubilee. Moreover, AFRS produced Jubilee with black artists. Furthermore, Jubilee became what today must be considered a unique and essential American cultural achievement. Furthermore, every important black entertainer of the era appeared on Jubilee and these broadcasts memorialize their legendary talent. Moreover, Dennis and key contributors have thoroughly documented and preserved the legendary series. Among the activities of AFRS was the rebroadcast of programs from the commercial radio networks. Firstly, these included both commercial network series with the advertising removed and edited sustaining musical programs. Furthermore, the musical AFRS programs included sustaining broadcasts programmed as the AFRS series One Night Stand. Moreover, as World War II ended, government announced Operation Magic Carpet, the return of millions of Americans from overseas. However, AFRS followed with a series to augment One Night Stand, named, naturally, Magic Carpet.

V-DISCS AND TRANSCRIPTIONS

Likewise, in addition to complete broadcasts, the United States armed forces created the V-Disc program. The purpose of V-Discs was to copy and circulate popular records and recordings from broadcasts of Popular, Jazz, Classical, Country-Western and Latin American music to Americans around the world. Moreover, this massive program required great technical advancements, infrastructure, and logistical achievements to succeed. Consequently, the armed forces produced and shipped millions of V-Discs every month for five years. Meanwhile, numerous methods were used by commercial radio networks, syndicated programming services, and AFRS to record and circulate broadcasts.

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