"Harry B. Soria Sr. was actually working at KHON by Christmas 1951. A detailed history of the Soria broadcasting family, originally published in Honolulu Magazine and based partly on interviews with Soria himself, says that by Christmas 1951 he had…"
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ryan W Aug 9. 488 Replies 0 Likes
I purchased this 78 vinyl record purportedly signed by Billie Holiday…Continue
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"Hal Lewis was one of the biggest radio personalities in Hawaiʻi’s history. He was better known on air as J. Akuhead Pupule, usually shortened to “Aku.” The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court itself later identified him as “Hal Lewis, aka…"
"I love the research you're doing. 1956 is still circa 1950 BTW."
"At this point, I think the “circa 1950” dating of the Continental Room setlist deserves serious re-examination. I would no longer treat March/April 1950 as an established part of the provenance.
The more I have researched this, the more…"
"As you know, I feel strongly that Billie's autograph on the record is real. But I have nowhere near the expertise and experience that Roger and Steve Grad do—I greatly respect them both.
This is simply a difference of opinion among…"
"I had some renewed interest in getting another opinion on my Billie Holiday autograph because there has been so much scrutiny and so many question marks surrounding it.
I recently had Steve Grad take a look at it, and he also declined to…"
"I wouldn’t mind opening this discussion back up. "
"KHON-AM started broadcasting in 1947 "
"2 on the labels, like yours but not as nice"
"There are other Holiday records on that site. Not many, but maybe 3 label signed total. I mentioned that."
"Since this is the only known signed Holiday record, this estimated falls in the $10,000–$15,000 range."
"Steve, I totally agree with you and Ryan. Let's put this discussion to bed.
It's perhaps worth mentioning that I did look at the "Billie" part in a post on 5 April. I'd have been happy to elaborate on the points I made but…"
"Steve, I agree completely. Pug isn’t going to change my mind, and I’m not going to change his."
"Pug, every TPA makes mistakes. Every one of us makes mistakes. And sometimes knowledgeable people disagree on authenticity.
We don't know who at JSA examined it, of course. We know Roger did, and he liked it. I did, very carefully. I am very…"
"Thanks for your reply Ryan.
If you read my post again you will see that I was not trying to write a conclusion myself, I was simply pointing to missing facts and inaccuracies in yours.
I didn't mention Roger's LOA because you already…"
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