https://thebbrm.org/files/original/9769ab22c8234d0355949b84e990fa09.jpg d5fd0fde6fe3557f1d45c0c05f8f7a14 https://thebbrm.org/files/original/915944809d96fde8e0c8613b6c0ad747.mp3 be91b166d22e779d24fba40e2991043a https://thebbrm.org/files/original/bd6cc3e8b21f2f565287a7f390a86952.pdf b1b7a4e1391099ed5b855eb1ba09bc1c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource <p>A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below.<b></b></p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights held by The Birmingham Black Radio Museum unless otherwise specified. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpg .mp3 .wav .pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Ephemera Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bob Friedman Emily Bibb and numerous student volunteers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OralHistory Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of Audio Snippet: Bob Friedman: We got a picture from Ben Franklin, who was the engineer at JLD for a long time. Gatemouth Moore: Oh yeah! BF: Ben. You know Ben. GM: Yeah. BF: Very nice guy. Very nice guy. And Ben told us that Bob Umbach used to play— GM: All my blues! BF: Christmas Blues records by you. GM: My blues.That’s right! BF: Ben Franklin had a great memory. GM: When I was a blues singer! BF: Great memory. GM: Yeah, yeah. BF: And Roberta Rolland. GM: Yeah, she was on the weekends. BF: Mhmm. We— GM: For Mister Epps. BF: Mister Epps for the funeral GM: Yeah. Epps Jewelry. Him and Deacon Davis. Her and Deacon Davis. BF: Deacon Richmond Davis for Epps Jewelry... GM: Yeah. And their favorite preacher was that preacher from Bessemer. Reverend Clark. BF: W.A. Clark? GM: Yeah, he was famous. BF: From Saint Peter’s Primitive? GM: Yeah, baptist church. BF: Yeah, yeah. GM: Yeah and I’m tryin’, I’m almost— Walter! Walter Anglin! BF: Walter Anglin was back in the 50s?! GM: Yes sir! BF: No kidding… GM: Walter Anglin! He was with me when I was at WEDR. With me. Walter Anglin. BF: Now you see, he’s such an old. He’s eighty-two years old. GM: Who? BF: Walter is. GM: Well, I’m eighty. BF: Well, I know that but we only had information about Walter from the 1960s. We got pictures of him from the 60s— GM: No sir, Walter Anglin was with me at WEDR. BF: No kidding… GM: When I started. BF: Well, see now— GM: In 1950! BF: Now, we gotta get a picture of Walter from that period. GM: Walter Anglin. He went up to JLD. BF: Right, he came— GM: Yeah. That’s who I was tryin’ to tell you about. Walter Anglin! BF: We got, we got pictures of Walter, you know. The 60s… GM: Listen, I started…Listen, I put Shelly (Stewart) on the air for the first time. BF: Where? On EDR? GM: Yes! BF: Uh-huh. GM: Doing my show for me. BF: Ok. GM: I’m the fella who put Shelley in radio. He told you that? BF: He didn’t mention that. GM: Well, you better tell him, tell him Gatemouth said that. BF: Ok. GM: Yeah. BF: And Walter was a newsman? GM: Yeah, news and, one of the best there... BF: Oh that’s great. GM: In the 50's. Walter Anglin. BF: I gotta call him. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full Interview: 197 minutes Audio Snippet: 2 minutes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore, Oral History Description An account of the resource Arnold Dwight “Gatemouth” Moore - (b. Nov 8, 1913, d. May 19, 2004). Starting his career on the air at WIBW in Topeka, Kansas, his home town, in the 1930's, Moore was a major blues singer in the 1930’s and 40's and a prolific recording artist and gospel singer, minister and radio announcer in the 40's and 50’s... moving from AM 730 WDIA* Memphis in 1949 to AM 1220 WEDR and AM 1400 WJLD in Birmingham, from 1950 through 1957. His accomplishments can best be appreciated by listening to both interviews in the BBRM archive. This interview was done by phone while Gatemouth was at home in Yazoo, Mississippi. This early interview was the second done with Gatemouth Moore. One of Bob Friedman's earliest interviews, he was mainly working to have Moore share as much as he could of the lay of the land, regarding WEDR and WJLD announcers in the early 50's. Friedman's zeal is best expressed by his sharing with Gatemouth how the collection was growing and by his hope Moore would follow through sending Friedman his music. The BBRM was a year old and much information was still needed. Gatemouth refers to individuals that Friedman has not yet learned about. When Gatemouth does not eventually recall those names, we have placed a note to name the individual. * WDIA's power was rated at 250 watts from 1947 until 1954 when they changed frequencies to 1070 AM and were allowed to increase power to 50,000 watts. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore Bob Friedman Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 3, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tabor Chapman Emily Bibb Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF MP3 JPG Language A language of the resource English 1950s A. G. Gaston Bob Umbach Eddie Castleberry Gatemouth Moore Gospel Jim Connolly Leland Chiles Music N. H. Smith Shelley "The Playboy" Stewart Trumon Puckett W. A. Clark Walter Anglin WEDR William Faush Willie McKinstry WJLD