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American radio producer (1920–1996)
Willis Clark Conover, Jr. (December 18, 1920 – May 17, 1996) was an American jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for more than forty
Willis_Conover
Radio program formerly hosted by Willis Conover
VOA1) program Jazz America. It began broadcasting in 1955, hosted by Willis Conover; in its current form, it is hosted by Russ Davis. It began broadcasting
Voice_of_America_Jazz_Hour
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writer Teresa Maxwell-Conover (1884–1968), American Broadway actress William Sheldrick Conover II (1928–2022), Congressman Willis Conover (1920–1996), American
Conover_(surname)
Ellington, Wilbur de Paris, Aaron Copland, Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Willis Conover, Lee Konitz, Cannonball Adderley, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Marshall
The_Subject_Is_Jazz
Name list
inventing modern air conditioning Willis Carto (1926–2015), American far right activist and Holocaust denier Willis Conover (1920–1996), jazz producer and
Willis_(given_name)
Fictional textbook of magic in stories by H. P. Lovecraft
always answered that it was completely his invention. In a letter to Willis Conover, Lovecraft elaborated upon his typical answer: Now about the "terrible
Necronomicon
Fictional deity in the Cthulhu Mythos
Shub-Niggurath can be found in his letters. For example, in a letter to Willis Conover, Lovecraft described her as an "evil cloud-like entity". "Yog-Sothoth's
Shub-Niggurath
Jazz band at the University of North Texas College of Music
veterans' hospitals, on WFAA radio, and at military bases in Texas. Willis Conover, jazz host on Voice of America, broadcast six nights a week to an audience
One_O'Clock_Lab_Band
Polish jazz magazine
under a communist regime, to reach out to the West. In the opinion of Willis Conover, Jazz is "the music of freedom;" and to those who had no freedom, it
Jazz_Forum_(magazine)
American singer (1926–2023)
Hits: 1955 to present. Billboard Publications. ISBN 0-8230-7511-7. Willis Conover. "20 Years with Tony". Billboard. November 30, 1968. pp. T1-T40. Balliett
Tony_Bennett
Azerbaijani pianist and composer (1940–1979)
progressed and popularity grew; he appeared in many festivals. In 1966, Willis Conover, conductor of the "Jazz Time" radio program, even went as far as to
Vagif_Mustafazadeh
Russian composer
— "Georgy Garanian is phaenomenal". And person number one in jazz, Willis Conover, the host of "Voice of America" jazz program, invited him many times
Georgy_Garanian
History of radio employees
Morning, Vietnam starring Robin Williams as Cronauer. Cold War radio DJ Willis Conover's program on the Voice of America from 1955 through the mid-1990s featured
History_of_radio_disc_jockeys
1959 American concert film
without dialog or narration barring the periodic announcements by emcee Willis Conover. The film features performances by Jimmy Giuffre, Thelonious Monk, Sonny
Jazz_on_a_Summer's_Day
American academic research library system
Digital Libraries (collections), for example, are housed in Willis Library (the building). The Willis Library is the main library of the University of North
University of North Texas Libraries
University_of_North_Texas_Libraries
International US-owned broadcaster
on the Voice of America Jazz Hour. Hosted for most of that period by Willis Conover, the program had 30 million listeners at its peak. A program aimed at
Voice_of_America
1933 song
in Lew Leslie's revue Blackbirds of 1934. In a 1956 interview with Willis Conover for Voice of America's Jazz Hour, Holiday claimed that she was 14 years
Your_Mother's_Son-In-Law
2008 live album by Horace Silver
No. Title Length 1. "Introduction by Willis Conover" 00:44 2. "Tippin'" 13:10 3. "The Outlaw" 11:47 4. "Señor Blues" 08:42 5. "Cool Eyes" 10:21
Live_at_Newport_'58
Collins Bud Collyer Ronald Colman Jerry Colonna Pinto Colvig Perry Como Willis Conover William Conrad Hans Conried John Conte Spade Cooley Jack L. Cooper Wyllis
List of old-time American radio people
List_of_old-time_American_radio_people
2001 live album by Miles Davis
Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4. Introduction by Willis Conover - 2:16 "Ah-Leu-Cha" (Charlie Parker) - 5:53 "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious
At_Newport_1958
American jazz pianist (1909–1956)
Hall. Bloomsbury Publishers, ISBN 0-8264-5893-9 Tatum's profile at NPR 1955 radio broadcast by Voice of America, in which Willis Conover interviews Tatum
Art_Tatum
musician and bassist for Stone Sour Stacy Clark, singer-songwriter Willis Conover, jazz producer and broadcaster Conway the Machine, rapper and songwriter
List of people from Buffalo, New York
List_of_people_from_Buffalo,_New_York
American jazz magazine (founded 1934)
1992 Rich Matteson 1993 Gunther Schuller 1994 Marian McPartland 1995 Willis Conover 1996 Chuck Suber 1997 William P. Gottlieb 1998 Bruce Lundvall 1999 Sheldon
DownBeat
Ukrainian-born Russian composer (1937–2020)
catalyst for this musical awakening was the legendary American broadcaster Willis Conover, whose nightly Jazz Hour program served as a form of covert American
Nikolai_Kapustin
1961 live album by Herbie Mann
percussion Ben Tucker - additional bass (and solo) on "Comin' Home, Baby" Willis Conover - liner notes The album peaked at 30 on The Billboard 200. Liner notes
Herbie Mann at the Village Gate
Herbie_Mann_at_the_Village_Gate
Subculture of fans who enjoy science fiction
Charles N. Brown Kenneth Bulmer Terry Carr Russ Chauvenet Vin¢ Clarke Willis Conover Walter A. Coslet Howard DeVore Malcolm Edwards Jan Howard Finder Leslie
Science_fiction_fandom
Exchange of culture between nations
critical role during the Cold War in establishing political ties. Producer Willis Conover explained jazz as an embodiment of an anti-ideology or an alternative
Cultural_diplomacy
American singer-songwriter (1928–2006)
Caverns, a nightclub in Washington, D.C., and soon became her manager. Willis Conover, the future Voice of America disc jockey, caught her act with Duke Ellington
Ruth_Brown
Album by Billy Taylor
3:37 It's a Grand Night for Swinging" - 2:59 "Memories of Spring" (Willis Conover) - 3:54 "Daddy-O" - 3:13 Billy Taylor – piano Earl May – bass Percy
A_Touch_of_Taylor
List of sound recordings preserved in the U.S. Library of Congress
Mort Sahl 1955 Interviews with jazz musicians for the Voice of America Willis Conover 1955–56 The Music from Peter Gunn Henry Mancini 1958 United Sacred Harp
National_Recording_Registry
American record label
not, and the deal was scuttled. On the recommendation of broadcaster Willis Conover, Ertegun and Herb visited Ruth Brown at the Crystal Caverns club in
Atlantic_Records
American broadcaster, producer, and writer (born 1956)
Wade) Producer 2017 21st Jazz Journalist Awards: Marian McPartland/Willis Conover Award for Career Excellence in Broadcasting Individual 2017 15th JazzWeek:
Mark_Ruffin
Auditorium in Washington, DC
) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.; Series: Jazz at the Smithsonian. Notes: Host: Willis Conover. Deposit includes descriptive folder (4 p.); Copyright Claimant: Adler
Baird_Auditorium
American actress
expanding it at WTBO into a five-times-per-week, 15-minute evening feature. Willis Conover played Albert. In February 1944, Lynch moved to New York City. Within
Peg_Lynch
Regular broadcasts made for decades
1972 or shortly thereafter. Voice of America Jazz Hour 47–48 41 by Willis Conover Voice of America 6 January 1955 2003 12,000+ Music (jazz) At its height
List of longest-running radio programmes
List_of_longest-running_radio_programmes
Music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, US
Louis Armstrong and producer Willis Conover, Newport Jazz Festival, 1958
Newport_Jazz_Festival
service and WFLA's 11-meter relay. Also a ham radio operator (deceased) Willis Conover William Cooper Mort Crim Chuck Harder Paul Harvey – Paul Harvey News
Shortwave broadcasting in the United States
Shortwave_broadcasting_in_the_United_States
Science fiction fan gatherings
event included James Blish, Charles D. Hornig, Julius Schwartz, and Willis Conover. This event came to be known as the "Second Eastern" and set the stage
Science_fiction_convention
Propaganda campaigns waged by both the United States and the Soviet Union
Voice of America jazz broadcaster Willis Conover recording a program, a key U.S. cultural diplomacy outlet during the Cold War.
Cultural_Cold_War
Music genre
learned about jazz by listening to a shortwave radio broadcast of Willis Conover's Voice of America Jazz Hour or smuggling jazz records from abroad. Soon
Polish_jazz
Georgian musician (1934–2016)
time, a limited opportunity to hear new jazz in Europe, apart from Willis Conover on VOA. There was an Italian jazz radio show; Flavio Ambrosetti's show
Giorgio_Gomelsky
Russian composer and jazz pianist
International Jazz Federation of UNESCO, working alongside figures such as Willis Conover and Alexei Batashev. During his lifetime he was recognized as one of
Alexander_Tsfasman
City in Maryland, United States
Darnell Clash (born 1962), former professional football player in Canada Willis Conover (1920–1996), "Voice of America" DJ, lived in Cambridge during the late
Cambridge,_Maryland
American jazz saxophonist (1930–2009)
(RCA Victor, 1955) Judy Collins, Hard Times for Lovers (Elektra, 1979) Willis Conover, House of Sounds (Brunswick, 1954) Ron Davies, U. F. O. (A&M, 1973)
Jack_Nimitz
American jazz trombonist (1932–2021)
Is a Kick (Mercury, 1960) Paul Chambers, 1st Bassman (Vee Jay, 1960) Willis Conover, Jazz Committee for Latin American Affairs (FM, 1963) Buddy DeFranco
Curtis_Fuller
Group of people who self-publish material among themselves
Bloch, Marion Zimmer Bradley, F. M. Busby, Terry Carr, Jack Chalker, Willis Conover, E. Everett Evans, Richard Geis, Jim Harmon, Patrick & Teresa Nielsen
Amateur_press_association
Jazz music in Russia and the Soviet Union
festival in Prague, Czechoslovakia, — "Georgy Garanian is phaenomenal". Willis Conover, host of the "Voice of America" jazz program, invited Garanian many
Russian_jazz
American musical artist (1939–2021)
Wayne Shorter were scheduled to adjudicate but both had to cancel. Willis Conover was MC. Saxophonist Michael Brecker from Indiana University won "outstanding
Ron_Dewar
Title Fict/ Real Author Notes Ghorl Nigral F (Willis Conover) An invention of one of Lovecraft's correspondents. Image du Monde R Gauthier de Metz L'Image
List_of_Cthulhu_Mythos_books
Radio show broadcast on Voice of America
is one of VOA's longest-running music programs, surpassed only by Willis Conover's jazz program (1955-1996), and "Country Hits USA" (airing continuously
Border_Crossings_(radio_show)
Writer, broadcaster and critic (born 1953)
Writer of the Year" at the British Jazz Awards. In 2003, he won the Willis Conover/Marian McPartland Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Broadcasting award from
Alyn_Shipton
Former corporation based in Manhattan, Kansas
Gillespie 1993 Maynard Ferguson, Max Roach, Herb Wong 1994 Jerry Coker, Willis Conover, Willie Thomas 1995 Gene Aitken, Doc Severinsen, Ella Fitzgerald 1996
International Association for Jazz Education
International_Association_for_Jazz_Education
Canadian broadcaster
In 2009, the Jazz Journalists Association nominated Porter for the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Broadcasting. In June 2014, Porter was made
Ross Porter (Canadian broadcaster)
Ross_Porter_(Canadian_broadcaster)
2000 box set by Miles Davis and John Coltrane
9:05 2. "Teo" Someday My Prince Will Come 9:36 3. "Introduction by Willis Conover" Miles Davis at Newport 1958 2:15 4. "Ah-Leu-Cha" Miles Davis at Newport
The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane
The_Complete_Columbia_Recordings_of_Miles_Davis_with_John_Coltrane
Willis Conover jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America radio program for over forty years, 1969.
1969_in_radio
Media's relationship with the ruling class
Willis Conover, host of the VOA's Music USA program, 1969
Politico-media_complex
American special effects technician and animator (1886–1962)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Willis O'Brien. Willis H. O'Brien at IMDb Willis H. O'Brien at Find a Grave "Willis H. O'Brien: special effects pioneer"
Willis_H._O'Brien
Busby & his wife Elinor Terry Carr Jack Chalker Louis Russell Chauvenet Willis Conover Gordon Eklund E. Everett Evans Ken Forman Richard E. Geis Steve Green
Fantasy Amateur Press Association
Fantasy_Amateur_Press_Association
Croatian composer and conductor
Feather included him in The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties, and Willis Conover (the notable jazz broadcaster on the Voice of America) dedicated two
Miljenko_Prohaska
Performance in the Soviet Union
Khrushchev Thaw), several years after Voice of America Jazz Hour, hosted by Willis Conover was launched. Arthur Seymour Lyons managed the Russian tour on behalf
Chocolate Kiddies 1926 Russian tour
Chocolate_Kiddies_1926_Russian_tour
Literary award for professional science fiction or fantasy achievements
Frank Belknap Long Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Dreamer on the Nightside Willis Conover Lovecraft at Last L. Sprague de Camp Lovecraft: A Biography 1977 Shelley
World Fantasy Special Award—Professional
World_Fantasy_Special_Award—Professional
19, 1931. p. 28. Retrieved October 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. "Conover, Willis Clark, Jr. | Encyclopedia.com". Cengage Encyclopedia. Retrieved October
List_of_Cosmos_Club_members
Technique of delivering political messages
public diplomacy was through radio programming on the Voice of America. Willis Conover's "Music USA" jazz programming that exposed foreign audiences to American
Music_and_political_warfare
1958 studio album by Duke Ellington
5:43 "Hi Fi Fo Fum" (Duke Ellington) - 5:58 Disc one Introduction by Willis Conover - 1:12 "Take the 'A' Train" [excerpt] (Billy Strayhorn) - 0:45 "Princess
Newport_1958
1992 box set by Billie Holiday
5:38 1957 Newport Jazz Festival Concert, Newport, Rhode Island 10-1 Willis Conover Announcement 0:54 10-2 Johnny Mercer Announcement 0:42 10-3 Fanfare
The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945–1959
The_Complete_Billie_Holiday_on_Verve_1945–1959
Collection of letters
Petaja Henry Kuttner Richard F. Searight C. L. Moore Kenneth Sterling Willis Conover Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island,
Selected Letters of H. P. Lovecraft V (1934–1937)
Selected_Letters_of_H._P._Lovecraft_V_(1934–1937)
Scott Brayton, 37, American open-wheel racing driver, racing accident. Willis Conover, 75, American radio producer, lung cancer. Mary Haas, 86, American linguist
Deaths_in_May_1996
Musical artist
charts for Army bands; he also composed and arranged for Joe Timer and Willis Conover's ensemble, THE Orchestra, which broadcast on Voice of America radio
Bill_Potts_(musician)
1989 studio album by George Shearing
Harburg) – 4:13 George Shearing – piano Production Phil Edwards – engineer Willis Conover – liner notes George Horn – mastering Carl Jefferson – producer Richard
Piano_(George_Shearing_album)
With little recorded music on the island, radio broadcasts such as Willis Conover's Voice of America, and the Associated-Rediffusion had a major influence
Music_of_Barbados
Founder of the New Netherlands colony (1579–1662)
railroad baron Seth Conover, namesake of Conover, Wisconsin Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), 26th president of the United States Willis Van Devanter (1859–1941)
Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven
Wolfert_Gerritse_van_Couwenhoven
American actress (1934–2021)
first as a child for the Montgomery Ward catalogue, and later as a top Conover model for John Robert Powers. Every year during high school summer vacation
Diana_Millay
American horticulturalist and philanthropist (1910–2014)
stepmother of Timothy Mellon and Catherine Conover Mellon (later Mrs. John Warner and now known as Catherine Conover). Together, the couple collected and donated
Rachel_Lambert_Mellon
1947 film by Willis Goldbeck
Wall as Mrs. Rowland Nell Craig as Nurse 'Nosey' Parker George Reed as Conover Mary Currier as Nurse Workman According to MGM records, the movie was not
Dark_Delusion
American actress
movie 1981 Lou Grant Lisa Episode: "Search" 1982 Making the Grade Sara Conover Main role 1982 Hill Street Blues Tracy Renko 4 episodes 1983 Newhart Professor
Alley_Mills
Bermudian-American actress (1923–2015)
Part 2" 1956 Science Fiction Theatre Elaine Conover / Jane Brandon 2 episodes 1956 West Point Mrs. Jan Willis Episode: "Officer's Wife" 1956–1957 Robert
Diana_Douglas
Chollard Cline Cockuijt Collard & Collard Colby Colonial Cotto Conn Conover Conover Cable Consolat de Mar Continental Conway Cornish Cramer Crane & Sons
List_of_piano_brand_names
List of Newport Folk Festival lineups
August 2000. Retrieved 3 August 2018. Catlin, Roger (2 August 2001). "Kelly Willis At Newport, Northampton". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 6 August 2018. "Bevy
Newport Folk Festival lineups by year
Newport_Folk_Festival_lineups_by_year
American jazz flautist (1942–2016)
What`s New, Billy Evans with Jeremy Steig. POCJ-9204, Verve, 1995 Conover, Willis. "Liner notes." Flute Fever. Columbia, 1964, "Beastie Boys: Sure Shot
Jeremy_Steig
Filmography and stage appearances
Irene Hayes 1951 Red Mountain Chris 1952 Stolen Face Alice Brent / Lily Conover 1953 Scared Stiff Mary Carroll 1953 Bad for Each Other Helen Curtis 1954
Lizabeth Scott on screen and stage
Lizabeth_Scott_on_screen_and_stage
Newton Williams Randal Williams Scott Williams Fred Williamson Mitch Willis James Willis Donald Wilson Eddie Wilson Jerry Wilson Quincy Wilson Reinard Wilson
List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy
List_of_NFL_players_with_chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy
American architect (1867–1959)
special student. He studied civil engineering under professor Allan D. Conover before leaving the school without taking a degree; in 1955, the university
Frank_Lloyd_Wright
American writer (1890–1937)
Hippocampus Press. ISBN 978-1-61498-028-5. OCLC 855115722. Lovecraft, H. P.; Conover, Willis; Joshi, S. T. (2002). Lovecraft at Last: The Master of Horror in His
H._P._Lovecraft
Skateboarding award
Jackson Pilz Jake Hayes Kevin Baekkel Ben Raemers Jon Dickson Sean Conover Enzo Cauleta Jamie Foy Chris Russell Zack Wallin Neen Williams Willis Kimbel
King of the Road (skateboarding)
King_of_the_Road_(skateboarding)
Ritter Collett (1921–2001), sports editor and columnist Charlotte Reeve Conover (1855–1940), historian Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906), early African-American
List of people from Dayton, Ohio
List_of_people_from_Dayton,_Ohio
American country singer (born 1993)
Notes 2015 Southern Charm Herself Performed and bid on cast member Craig Conover during date auction 2016 Greatest Hits Herself and co-host Co-hosted with
Kelsea_Ballerini
16th district; lost general election under new party William Sheldrick Conover Republican Pennsylvania 27th 1972 James R. Montgomery Redistricted to the
List of United States representatives who lost re-election in a primary
List_of_United_States_representatives_who_lost_re-election_in_a_primary
President of the United States from 1974 to 1977
worked with the John Robert Powers agency before investing in the Harry Conover agency, with whom he modelled until 1941. While attending Yale Law School
Gerald_Ford
American political endorsements
Gary Cole Jenn Colella Lily Collins Misha Collins Liza Colón-Zayas Adam Conover Jennifer Coolidge Lilli Cooper Marianne Leone Cooper Lorna Courtney Laverne
List of Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign non-political endorsements
List_of_Kamala_Harris_2024_presidential_campaign_non-political_endorsements
House of Representatives Jeff Longbine – member of the Kansas Senate John Conover Nichols – former U.S. rep. from Oklahoma; vice president of Transcontinental
List of Emporia State University people
List_of_Emporia_State_University_people
Chelosky, Danielle (October 15, 2025). "Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover announce new album What of our nature: hear "Fluorescent light" & "Boars""
List_of_2025_albums
American multinational warehouse club chain
Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2014. Conover, Raechel (August 25, 2015). "How Non-Members Can Shop at Costco". msn.com
Costco
English lodges, and Provincial Grand Master (UGLE) for Warwickshire. John Conover Nichols (31 August 1896 – 7 November 1945), U.S. congressman from Oklahoma
List_of_Freemasons_(E–Z)
1797 heavy frigate of the U.S. Navy
chronic gastritis and was buried near Lazaretto on the 9th. Captain Thomas Conover assumed command on the 18th and resumed routine patrolling for the rest
USS_Constitution
American jazz drummer (1910–1951)
Connections in Swing: Volume One: The Bandleaders. BearManor Media. p. 29. Conover, Willis (April 1956). "Interview with Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich". Metronome
Sid_Catlett
Actresses: Laura Marano, Lily Jackson. Barbary Coast (1975). Character: Cash Conover. Actors: Doug McClure, Dennis Cole (Pilot only). Batman (1966–1968). Character:
List of television programs in which one character was played by multiple actors
List_of_television_programs_in_which_one_character_was_played_by_multiple_actors
Minor league baseball team
Quintana 15 Yimy Tovar 2 Jose Verdugo 25 Dawson Willis Outfielders 10 Jesmaylin Arias 47 Alex Conover 45 Qrey Lott Manager 11 Brallan Perez Coaches 9
Lake_Elsinore_Storm
Former Minor League Baseball team in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville's Opening Day roster consisted of pitchers Theodore Conover, Jack McCoy, Charlie Petty, and Willis; catcher Frank Belt; first baseman Pat Dillard; second
Nashville_Centennials
1938 film by Harold S. Bucquet
nurses Molly Byrd (Alma Kruger) and Nosey Parker (Nell Craig), orderly Conover (George H. Reed), ambulance attendant Joe Wayman (Nat Pendleton), switchboard
Young_Dr._Kildare
American biotechnology company
Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020. Conover, Damien (January 19, 2021). "Biopharma Companies With COVID-19 Treatments
Regeneron_Pharmaceuticals
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