AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES                                                                   296a-b

Harry Simeone

with Susan Hawkshaw

Southbury, CT

June26, l999

Table of Contents

Side a                                                                                                             pp 1-24

Work at CBS--Fred Waring--Paramount Pictures--Firestone Hour--"Little Drummer Boy"--study at Juilliard--work as a song plugger at Famous Music--Gershwins--CBS--meeting Margaret McCrae--work on radio--Waring--Robert Shaw--Hawley Ades--Kate Smith--Chesterfield Hour--sponsors--Andre Kostelanetz--Bing Crosby--Bob Hope--Shane--Here Come the Waves--Victor Young--Ernst Toch--"Little Drummer Boy"--"Do You Hear What I Hear"--"Love Came Down"--Firestone Hour--Howard Barlow--Ed Sullivan--Margaret McCrae's career--Benny Goodman--David Bruckman--marriage and remarriage--songs Margaret McCrae recorded.

Side b                                                                                                                        pp. 24-42

Ted Strader--"Orpheus"--Simeone arrangements--Arnaud--Harry Simeone Chorale--Schillinger--Risë Stevens--"It's Coming Up Christmas"--Waring sound--Robert Shaw--Virginia and Fred Waring.