Dick Robinson, originator of American Standards By The Sea, has announced the founding of The Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook (GAS).
The official worldwide launch of this Internet radio station will take place at midnight January 1, 2011. A beta version is available now at the website http://www.theoriginalgasstation.com/
The mission of the Society is to preserve and perpetuate the music, character and history of the Great American Songbook featuring artists like George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, Frank Sinatra, Vic Damone, Jack Jones, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Hoagy Carmichael.
In three days listeners will enjoy non-stop hit songs around-the-clock and around-the-world ontheoriginalgasstation.com.
From the few hours I have spent listening on line, I can report that famous singers do not sing all of the songs; some are performed by lesser known talents (to me, at least) who deserve a wider audience.
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Great info -- thanks! Coincidentally,I just, tonight, found out about a CD readers who are interested in the American songbook might also be interested in: an album Brian Wilson released this year -- his "reimaginings" of Gershwin.I haven't heard it yet, but it is available on Amazon. It should be interesting to hear Wilson's harmonic concept melding with Gershwin's . . .
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