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Susannah McCorkle Pays Tribute to Irving Berlin, Part 3: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Musicals.

Singer Susannah McCorkle performs a tribute to composer Irving Berlin. McCorkle will perform tributes to Berlin each week at this time throughout the month.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, May 20, 1988: Interview with Jay Stevens; Commentary on Irving Berlin; Interview with Guy Klucevsek; Review of the films 'Flesh," "Trash," and "Heat."
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The History of LSD.

Jay Stevens. His book, Storming Heaven, charts the forty-year history of the hallucinogen LSD. (Rebroadcast. Original broadcast Wednesday, July 26, 1987.)

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Guy Klucevsek Stops By With His Accordion for an Interview.

Avant-garde accordionist and composer Guy Klucevsek. Klucevsek grew up in western Pennsylvania, where polkas were a poplar musical form. Klucevsek has since developed an alternative polka style, best exemplified in his work on `"Polka From the Fringe," 23 three-minute polkas composed by a variety of experimental artists. (Rebroadcast. Original broadcast on Tuesday, January 19, 1988.)

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Jazz Singer Susannah McCorkle Updates Songs from the Past

A concert and interview with vocalist Susannah McCorkle, accompanied by pianist Cliff Korman. Last week, McCorkle finished a cabaret of Cole Porter tunes in New York City. "The Passionate Cole Porter" was an attempt to prove that Porter was not an unfeeling observer of romance. She also has a CD featuring Cole Porter tunes, "Easy To Love" (Concord Jazz). McCorkle is the youngest singer ever to be included in the Smithsonian Institution's "Popular Music Record Series."

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