Re: The Americans

[Richard Chonak <rac@gabriel.cambridge.ma.us>]

> Given the events of the past two days, I think Gordon Sinclair's words are
> as appropriate today as 25 years ago, so the following is a url to the
> history,  text, and  Real Audio clip of Sinclair's original broadcast:
> 
> http://www.rcc.ryerson.ca/schools/rta/ccf/news/unique/am_text.html


Here's a bit of trivia: On 2/9/74, Sinclair's commentary "The Americans"
hit #24 _and_ #4 of the Billboard Top 100 chart simultaneously, in two
recorded versions.  

Up in New Hampshire, I heard the piece when Casey Kasem played it on his
"American Top 40" show in early 1974.  However, Kasem only aired the
higher-ranked version voiced by Byron McGregor, and I suppose there are
probably many people who, like me, remember Sinclair's salute but have
never heard Sinclair deliver it.

http://www.oldradioshows.com/at40/020974.html
--RC