Celebrating a Cleveland radio legend!
Praise for this Cleveland disc jockey --
"Bill Randle was a legend in radio at that time [in the 1950s]." -- Peter Guralnick
"I would not be where I am today if it were not for Bill Randle." -- Tony Bennett
Praise from those who ordered the first multimedia edition
of The Bill Randle Chronicles --
"Ultimately, Hall compiled a fantastic resource for scholars and rock and roll enthusiasts alike. The Bill Randle Chronicles: From Electric Elvis to The Shakers should be a welcome addition to any university library or archival collection."
--Lior David Schragg, Ohio University in
The Bulletin of the Society for American Music, Spring, 2018.- "I must say it is an impressive collection. I was especially interested in the interview with Alanna Nash."
-- Allen Wiener, author of the book,
Channeling Elvis: How Television Saved the King of Rock n' Roll
Learn about this radio and recording legend!
The Bill Randle Chronicles is a book written by Roger Lee Hall.
A major part of the book is about the early promotion of Elvis Presley
and making a movie short in 1955
which included the first filmed professional footage of Elvis Presley in performance.
There is also information about the 10 LP album set, "The Shaker Heritage,"
which Bill Randle produced in 1961
and distributed to research libraries.
The music portion of that album set was later released on a 2 CD setwith 72 page illustrated booklet written by Roger Hall
and released by Rounder Records. It was titled:
Also included at no extra charge is a Free audio file sent by email attachment
with a rare air check from 1955 with Bill Randle on his radio programwhere he talks about Elvis Presley and reads some funny
comments made by his teenage radio listeners.In the mid-1970s, Roger Hall worked as teaching assistant for Bill Randle and he taught Randle's class:
"The History of American Popular Music" at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Mr. Hall is now a music preservationist and Director of the Center for American Music Preservationist
The new edition with the illustrated collection of articlesis available exclusively
as an ebook and sent as an email attachment.
The price for this pdf book is just $11.95.
Order your copy now and learn about
one of the most influential disc jockeys from the 1950s and beyond!
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New ebook now available!
Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Elvis Presley appearances in Cleveland in 1955
(picture courtesy of Bill Randle)
"Good Rockin' Tonight" -
Elvis Presley, Bill Randle, and The Rise of a Music Legend
By Roger Lee Hall (PineTree Press, 2025)This new ebook from PineTree Press by Roger Lee Hall,
details the early appearances by Elvis Presley in Cleveland in 1955
and the promotion of him by Cleveland disc jockey Bill Randle
This new ebook is now available
-- here
This previous book is no longer available but
the information has been included in
The Bill Randle Chronicles
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Read about his early music career at this long-running web information site:
Early Elvis
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