Celebrating a Cleveland radio legend!
Popular Cleveland disc jockey,
Bill Randle (1923-2004)
Praise for this Cleveland disc jockey --
"Bill Randle was a legend in radio at that time [in the 1950s]." -- Peter Guralnick
"I would not be where I am today if it were not for Bill Randle." -- Tony Bennett
Praise from those who ordered the first multimedia edition
of The Bill Randle Chronicles --
"Ultimately, Hall compiled a fantastic resource for scholars and rock and roll enthusiasts alike. The Bill Randle Chronicles: From Electric Elvis to The Shakers should be a welcome addition to any university library or archival collection."
--Lior David Schragg, Ohio University in
The Bulletin of the Society for American Music, Spring, 2018.- "I must say it is an impressive collection. I was especially interested in the interview with Alanna Nash."
-- Allen Wiener, author of the book,
Channeling Elvis: How Television Saved the King of Rock n' Roll
Learn about this radio and recording legend!
The Bill Randle Chronicles is a book written by Roger Lee Hall,
a music preservationist and former disc jockey, who once worked for Bill Randle as his teaching assistant
and taught Randle's class on "The History of American Popular Music."A major part of the book is about the early promotion of Elvis Presley and making a movie short in 1955 which included the first filmed professional footage of Elvis Presley in performance.
There is also information about the 10 LP album set, "The Shaker Heritage," which Bill Randle produced in 1961 for research libraries. The music portion of that album set was later released on a 2 CD set with 72 page historical booklet written by Roger Hall and released by Rounder Records. It was titled:
Also included at no extra charge is a Free audio file sent by email attachment
with a rare air check from 1955 with Bill Randle on his radio program where he talks about an Elvis Presley song and reads some funny comments made by his teenage radio listeners.In the mid-1970s, Roger Hall worked as teaching assistant for Bill Randle and he taught Randle's class:
"The History of American Popular Music" at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Hall is now a music preservationist and Director of the Center for American Music Presentation (or CAMP)
and web master for a long-running page -- Early Elvis.
The new edition with the illustrated collection of articles is available exclusively
as a Adobe Acrobat PDF and sent as an email attachment.
Please Note
This title is not available as a printed book.
The price for this PDF book is just $11.95.
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one of the most influential disc jockeys from the 1950s and beyond!
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New book due in Spring 2025!
Commemorating the 90th birthday of Elvis Presley (born: January 8, 1935)
and 70th anniversary of the Elvis Presley appearances in Cleveland in 1955
(picture courtesy of Bill Randle)
"Good Rockin' Tonight" - Electric Elvis, Bill Randle, and The Rise of a Music Legend
This new book by Roger Hall, who once worked as teaching assistant for Cleveland disc jockey, Bill Randle.
The book details the early appearances by Elvis Presley in Cleveland in 1955 and the promotion of him by
two local disc jockeys: Tommy Edwards and Bill Randle (both shown in the above picture).
Bill Randle also introduced Elvis on his national TV debut in January 1956.
The book will also come with a bonus audio file from a rare TV appearance by Bill Randle in 1974.Watch for this new illustrated PDF book and audio file with music memories from the 1950s and beyond!
Two Online Programs on Bill Randle and Elvis Presley
"Bill Randle in Cleveland: From Electric Elvis to The Shakers"
A special Zoom program to commemorate the centennial of the birth of Bill Randle in 1923,
co-sponsored by the Shaker Historical Society and Shaker Heights Public Library,
was presented by Roger Lee Hall, a former music teacher and disc jockey who worked for Bill Randle in the 1970s
and later worked with him on a highly rated 2 CD set from Rounder Records,
Mr. Hall would like to thank for helping him plan and announce his program:
Krista Albertins, Education and Outreach Manager, and Brianna Trelevens, Executive Director of the Shaker Historical Society
in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Also Meghan Hays from the Shaker Heights Public Library.
An extensive article by Thomas Jewell is available on Cleveland.com -- hereTo watch this free 90 minute Zoom program on YouTube --- click here
Roger Hall told his remembrances on a podcast, "Elvis: The Ultimate Fan Channl,"
about disc jockey Bill Randle and his early promotion of Elvis
and the movie short which was filmed on October 20, 1955 but was never released.
Listen to this podcast on YouTube
Read about his early music career at
Early Elvis
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