Raymond Bloch papers, 1935-1973.

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Raymond Bloch papers, 1935-1973.

The Raymond Bloch papers contain newspaper clippings about his career (1935-1969), correspondence to his wife from Berlin, Germany, where he was taping the music for a television music special (1961), annotated manuscript and sheet music (1930s-1973), twenty-five 78 rpm reference phonograph records of the music for NBC radio show (1939-1941), three 45 rpm phonograph records of Raymond Bloch and his band (1950s), and eight 78 rpm phonograph records of other bands (1940s). There are also many photographs of Raymond Bloch and his family. The photographs include three of Raymond Bloch on "This Is Your Life", ca. 1970s.

3 cubic ft. (3 boxes)

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National Broadcasting Company

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The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network owned by Comcast. The network is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, with additional major offices near Los Angeles (at 10 Universal City Plaza), and Chicago (at the NBC Tower). NBC is one of the Big Three television networks, and is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network", in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the...

Bloch, Raymond

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Raymond Bloch was a musician, a band leader, and a music director for radio and television shows. He was with Hal Kemp's Band during the 1930s. He worked on NBC radio shows from 1939-1941. His band played the themes and background music for NBC's radio shows. His band was in the USO during World War II. He and his band made phonograph records and played supper clubs in the 1950s. He also directed music for Broadway shows and television music specials, 1950s-1973. He directed the music for the Re...