Music

Sound recording, apparently taped off-the-air, of music interrupted by news coverage of Harry S. Truman's funeral from Independence, MO. Most of the recording is music, but at about 27:15 of side one, radio DJ Army Specialist Bob Meyer interrupts the music to bring the Group W news feed of former president Harry S. Truman's funeral services at the Harry S. Truman Library. On this day, the casket was being unloaded from the hearse and moved into the Library lobby for viewing. President Nixon and former president Johnson were scheduled to appear later in the day.

Recordings related to artist Thomas Hart Benton, his family, and the creation of his mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West" at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, MO.

SR64-105-2 is in two parts. It has commentary between Truman Library curator Milton Perry and Thomas Hart Benton. It has extensive recordings of Benton's daughter, Jessie Benton, playing and singing music with her father. They play guitar and harmonica. It also begins a conversation with Benton's wife, Rita Benton.

The CD is labeled "Korean War Interrogations 1952-1953."

Tracks one and two are Chinese news bulletins. The content of these bulletins is known in part:

Chinese Transcription of Section 6: News from Munsan Regarding POW Exchange Logistics

「韓國汶山4月10號消息：聯合國為中朝交換傷病戰俘，4月9號晚上，特由釜山開出一列火車，作為演習。該列火車於4月10號早晨到達汶山。由釜山到汶山一共320英哩，五個小小時到達。

「4月20號起，實行交換傷病戰俘5800名，中共和北韓的戰俘，就用該列火車，由釜山運送到汶山。」

This song in support of Harry S. Truman's presidential campaign, "We Are For Truman" from Lillian Kammerman, is set to the tune of "Anchors Aweigh." It features a woman (presumably Kammerman) singing with a piano.

Recording is in two parts. Part 1 is essentially verbal letter from Theron P. Weaver, the writer of "Hail to the Legion" arguing for the adoption of his composition to become the official song of the American Legion. It gives some of the background of how and why it was written, its copyright status, and the difficulties the writer has had with getting it approved as the official song. Part 2 is a recording of "Hail to the Legion," a march that begins as an instrumental but includes a sung verse by an unidentified man.

Margaret Truman singing "Charmont L'oiseau." She is performing at the Stone Church in Independence, Missouri. It was recorded by Edmund D. Allen on a device which etched the sound into a blank vinyl disc. From: David S. Allen.

Margaret Truman singing the Spanish folk song "Cielito Lindo," performed during a recital at the Stone Church in Independence, Missouri. She is accompanied by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Karl Krueger. The radio announcer is unidentified. It was recorded by Edmund D. Allen on a device that etched the sound on a blank vinyl disc. From: David. S. Allen.

President Truman's Music Reviewed by Patrick Hayes of WQQW, the Good Music Station in Washington, June 23, 1950. Radio program includes a review of President Harry S. Truman's musical knowledge and musical preferences by weekly commentator Patrick Hayes of the Hayes Concert Bureau. Hayes also interviews Anthony Leviero of the Washington Bureau of the New York Times, who had interviewed Truman and others and had written an extensive column on this topic published in the Times on June 18, 1950.