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Joe Smith interview on NBC News Today

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Title
Joe Smith interview on NBC News Today
Names
Smith, Joe, 1928- (Interviewee)
Palmer, John, 1935-2013 (Reporter)
Elliot, Rona (Interviewer)
NBC News (Broadcaster)
Collection

Mitch Miller collection of audio and moving image

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1988-12-12
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LVH 2780
Topics
Miller, Mitch
Smith, Joe, 1928-
Morrison, Van, 1945-
Clooney, Rosemary
Streisand, Barbra
Lewis, Jerry Lee
John, Elton
Charles, Ray, 1930-2004
Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998
Popular music -- History and criticism
Today show (Television program)
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Performers: Joe Smith, interviewee ; Rona Elliot, NBC Today music correspondent ; [John Palmer], news anchor.
Venue: Videotaped broadcast NBC News Today, New York, New York [1988] December 12.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (5 min., 56 sec.) : sound, color, NTSC ; 1/2 in.
Description
In this video, Rona Elliot interviews Joe Smith, the president of Capitol/EMI Records and the author of the book "Off the record: an oral history of popular music" (published in 1988). They talk about Smith's interviews of 220 musicians from the swing era to the present during a two-year period. Featured musicians (in video clips) Smith talked about in the news report were Van Morrison, Mitch Miller, Rosemary Clooney, Barbra Streisand, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elton John, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, and Frank Sinatra (no video clip).
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 892932446
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20313163
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 83732ba0-66a6-0132-fb84-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1988: Created
  • 2025: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Joe Smith interview on NBC News Today" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/849d9c00-66a6-0132-edaa-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Joe Smith interview on NBC News Today" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/849d9c00-66a6-0132-edaa-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1988). Joe Smith interview on NBC News Today Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/849d9c00-66a6-0132-edaa-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Joe Smith interview on NBC News Today