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2012-02-09T03:54:00.001-06:00

John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist.

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In a career spanning almost six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Hook, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Home Alone and the first three Harry Potter films. He has had a long association with director Steven Spielberg, composing the music for all but two of Spielberg's major feature films.

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Arthur Lyman (February 2, 1932 – February 24, 2002) was an American vibraphone and marimba player

2012-02-02T01:28:00.000-06:00

On February 2nd in 1932, jazz vibraphonist Arthur Lyman was born. With unique vibraphone stylings, bird songs and bells, Lyman helped turn exotic music into a national trend in the 50's and 60's, producing more than 30 albums and almost 400 singles and earning three gold albums. He played with Martin Denny's Orchestra from the age of 21. He died after a battle with throat cancer Feb 24, 2002 at age 70. His group popularized a style of faux-Polynesian music during the 1950s and 1960s which later became known as exotica. His albums became favorite stereo-effect demonstration discs during the early days of the stereophonic LP album for their elaborate and colorful percussion, deep bass and 3-dimensional recording soundstage. Lyman was known as "the King of Lounge music."

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Bobby Hackett

2012-01-31T03:55:00.000-06:00

Robert Leo "Bobby" Hackett (January 31, 1915 – June 7, 1976) was an US jazz musician who played trumpet, cornet and guitar with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late thirties and early forties. During the 1950s, he made a series of albums of ballads with a full string orchestra, produced by Jackie Gleason, exhibiting a dreamy, vibrato-free sound.

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Stereorey Mexico

2012-01-29T11:18:00.000-06:00

Este es un Jingle de los 70's u 80's de Stereorey la maxima dimension del radio ojala que les traiga bonitos recuerdos. Stereorey fue una de las mejores estaciones de musica en las principales ciudades de la Republica Mexicana:

Skitch Henderson

2012-01-27T00:40:00.006-06:00

On January 27th in 1918, pianist/bandleader/symphony conductor Skitch Henderson was born Lyle Russell Cedric Henderson at Birmingham England. After World War II he was Bing Crosby's musical director on radio. He is best remembered as the bandleader on NBC-TV's Tonight Show with Steve Allen and briefly with Johnny Carson; he also was an occasional co-host subbing for Carson. Also in his later years as conductor of the New York Pops Symphony. He died Nov 1 2005 at age 87. His nickname ("Skitch") reportedly derived from his ability to quickly "re-sketch" a song in a different key.

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Martin Louis "Marty" Paich (January 23, 1925, Oakland, California – August 12, 1995, Santa Ynez, California) was an American pianist, composer, arranger, producer, music director and conductor.

2012-01-23T07:00:00.001-06:00

On January 23rd in in 1925, musician/arranger Marty Paich was born in Oakland. He worked as pianist, composer, & arranger with & for the likes of Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé, & Ray Charles, and a hundred others. His name was not widely known, he avoided self-promotion. He died of colon cancer Aug 12, 1995 at age 70.

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January 21 1932 Mantovani Concert in England

2012-01-21T02:45:00.000-06:00

On this day in 1932, Annunzio Paolo Mantovani gave a memorable concert at Queen's Hall in England to "glowing notices". This was the beginning of the musician's successful recording career that provided beautiful music to radio stations for nearly five decades. Mantovani, was an Anglo-Italian conductor and light orchestra-styled entertainer with a cascading strings musical signature. The book British Hit Singles & Albums states that he was "Britain's most successful album act before The Beatles ... the first act to sell over one million stereo albums and had six albums simultaneously in the US Top 30 in 1959". Better known as just Mantovani, his music still entertains us with hits like, "Red Sails in the Sunset", "Serenade in the Night", "Song from Moulin Rouge" and "Charmaine".

WGAY Washington DC Video Memory

2012-01-20T20:05:00.001-06:00

Bert Weedon

2012-01-20T00:35:00.000-06:00

Herbert Maurice William 'Bert' Weedon OBE (born 10 May 1920) is an English guitarist and composer whose style of guitar playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Burges Road, East Ham, Essex, now Greater London.

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Paul Adams (August 1951 - ) is an American musician, writer and musical instrument builder.

2012-01-18T17:07:00.004-06:00

He began his foray into the arts by making stringed musical instruments such as guitars, banjos, Basses, and dulcimers after being introduced into the craft as a student of Ethnomusicology under Dr. Joel Maring at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He has been commissioned to build instruments by Daryl Hall, members of Stevie Wonder's band as well as other well known musicians.

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USA Congress does not own The Internet

2012-01-18T13:32:00.000-06:00

On Jan 24th, Congress will vote to pass internet censorship in the Senate, even though the vast majority of Americans are opposed. We need to kill the bill - PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House - to protect our rights to free speech, privacy, and prosperity.
See this timeline of SOPA and PIPA events and the activist backlash.

David Nevue is a solo piano composer and a pianist and the founder of online radio station "Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio".

2012-01-15T17:02:00.000-06:00

Nevue established the "Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio" internet radio station in August 2003 as a vehicle for promoting his own particular style of piano music. Believing that the days of the traditional music industry were numbered, he decided to bypass the process of sending demos to record labels, and to use the web to promote his music himself. Nevue has been working full time promoting his music via the web since 2001. Whisperings started out as part of the Live365.com family of independent online radio stations, but eventually grew beyond just Live365.com. Whisperings radio now runs off its own servers, located in Chicago.

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David Lanz (born June 28, 1950 in Seattle, Washington) is a Grammy-nominated New Age pianist.

2012-01-13T16:34:00.002-06:00

David Lanz (born June 28, 1950 in Seattle, Washington) is a Grammy-nominated New Age pianist. His most popular album, Cristofori's Dream, topped the New Age charts in 1988, which was No. 1 on Billboard's first adult alternative/New Age chart for 27 weeks and eventually sold platinum. Natural States peaked at No. 125 on the Billboard 200.

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American contemporary composer and pianist ROBIN SPIELBERG

2012-01-09T16:55:00.000-06:00

Robin Spielberg (born 1962) is an American pianist who was born in New Jersey. Raised in the suburban town of Maplewood, she is a Columbia High School alumni. She attended Michigan State University and later Tisch School of the Arts at New York University where she graduated with high honors and a BFA in drama. She currently lives in the rural community of New Freedom, Pennsylvania.

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Louis Landon is a pianist from New York.

2012-01-08T16:49:00.001-06:00

Louis Landon is a singer-songwriter, pianist and touring musician from New York. Under his former name, Louis Levin, he toured and recorded with renowned musician John Payne as a member of the John Payne-Louis Levin Band. He has performed and toured with Mikhail Baryshnikov, John Payne, Rupert Holmes, and John Hall.

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Fiona Joy Hawkins (born 1964) is an Australian composer.

2012-01-05T16:44:00.001-06:00

She was born in Cessnock, New South Wales, to a creative family, and trained as a classical pianist.

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David Arkenstone is an American New Age musician.

2012-01-03T16:37:00.001-06:00

He was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 1, 1952.

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New Year's special week of music

2011-12-24T17:16:00.005-06:00

During the week of December 25 through 31, New Years Eve, we will be programming selections of reflection, and optimism. There also will be a few of our programmers favorite selections which do not come up on our regular playlist. Then on New Years Day night we will be switching back to our traditional beautiful instrumentals...many have never been programmed into our regular playlist of traditional beautiful orchestral selections. Enjoy listening and have a Happy New Year!

Listen to the Beautiful Music of Christmas

2011-12-14T03:54:00.000-06:00

December 17 through Christmas Day and Night

Beautiful Instrumentals.com Internet radio

will be streaming your favorite songs and carols of the season

Morton Gould (December 10, 1913 – February 21, 1996) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist.

2011-12-09T03:43:00.000-06:00

On December 10 in 1913, pianist, composer, conductor, and arranger Morton Gould was born at Richmond Hill NY. In the 1930's & 40's he was musical director for national programs originating at WOR Mutual, and CBS Radio. He moved on to composing Broadway and Hollywood film scores, winning a Grammy and Pulitzer Awards. Gould died Feb 21, 1996 at age 82.

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more beautiful Christmas music on our player

2011-12-05T14:18:00.000-06:00

Johnny Douglas and The Living Strings

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PERCY FAITH in Japan

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1966 Tour of Japan

Kindle is on 'FIRE'

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