Roger has been involved with music for over 50 years!
His many music activities include:
Pop songwriter
ASCAP composer
Musicologist
Music teacher
Cable TV producer for a music series
Radio host for a four hour nightly program of 1930s-1950s pop music
Historian and conductor of the oldest choral society in the USA
Ethnomusicologist studying
the music of the Shakers
Director of the Center for American Music Preservation or CAMP
He was recognized for his many years of distinquished work in music by
being named in various directories including;
International Who's Who in Music,
Who's Who in Entertainment
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in the World
Each of the titles in the MAM series provide personal stories and articles
plus pictures.
Vol. 03:
"Dream World" -
Songs, Poems, Stories (2006) -- click here
Vol. 04:
"Peace-Lovin' Blues" -
Raised On Rock n'Roll (2013) -- click here
Vol. 05:
"Following The Stars" -
Music and Memories
of Hopalong Cassidy (2015) -- click here
Vol. 06:
"Search Thou My Heart" - A Musical Life (2017)
-- click here
Vol. 07:
"Crazy Rhythm" -
Memories of Eastern Military Academy
and Oheka Castle (2019, new edition, 2024)
-- click here
Volume 08:
"Gentle Peace" -
Songs For Survival
(2023)
-- click here
Volume 09:
"Celestial Praises" -
Shaker Music Discoveries -- Coming Soon
Volume 10:
"Good Rockin' Tonight" -
Electric Elvis in Cleveland, 1955 (2025)
This article available Free by request
-- click here
Vol. 1: "You Are My Sunshine" - Memories of Bloomfield, NJ
Vol. 2: "Free As The Breeze" - A Songwriter's Songs and Sorrows
Vol. 3: "Dream World - Songs, Poems, Stories"
Vol. 4: "Peace-Lovin' Blues" - Raised on Rock n' Roll
Vol. 5: "Following The Stars - Music and Memories of Hopalong Cassidy"
Vol. 6: "Search Thou My Heart - A Musical Life"
Vol. 7: "Crazy Rhythm - Memories of Oheka Castle and Eastern Military Academy"
Vol. 8: "Gentle Peace" - Songs For Survival
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Two free virtual programs are now available online:
"Making American Music Come Alive Again!"
You can listen to this program about his music career from high school
days in Bloomfield, NJ
and how he later became
an American Music Preservationist
helping to preserve music from the past.
Roger Hall speaks with
James Gardner on the popular audio podcast,
"Your History - Your Story," which is now available at any of these links:
Apple
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-history-your-story/id1535889414?i=1000611257078
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4mS6z5JjFwUapMnp3jk5XJ?si=lYjF4XNiT7iHmZmD7qCF9w
You Tube
https://youtu.be/aPlzapgMVkM
In commemoration of the centennial birthday of
popular Cleveland disc jockey,
Bill Randle (1923-2004),
read about him in this illustrated PDF book sent
by email download and also with a free bonus audio clip from
a Cleveland radio program with Bill Randle
-- click here
Roger spoke about him on a special Zoom program in 2023:
"Bill Randle in Cleveland:
From Electric Elvis to The Shakers"
This program with rare pictrures and audio examples, including
a rare
radio air check with Bill Randle speaking about Elvis Presley,
is
now available to watch on YouTube -- click here
"Tis the gift to be simple: Aaron Copland Meets The Shakers in Shaker Heights"
Watch this Zoom program with Roger Lee Hall, Shaker music preservationist
speaking about
introducing the composer to the Shakers from Maine in 1974.
at this webpage -- click here