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VOA is pleased to offer the following downloadable audio clips of Willis Conover. If additional clips become available, we will add them. Please e-mail the Office of Public Relations with questions or requests.
Willis tells how he got into radio
Excerpt from an interview on his 10th anniversary (January 18, 1965) |
1:15 |
1.15 MB |
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Willis explains how he learned his favorite music was “jazz”
Excerpt from an interview on his 10th anniversary (January 18, 1965) |
:36 |
585 KB |
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Willis’s view on developing one’s personal taste in music
Excerpt from an interview on his 10th anniversary (January 18, 1965) |
:39 |
616 KB |
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Willis’s thoughts on building a radio program
Excerpt from an interview on his 10th anniversary (January 18, 1965) |
:41 |
652 KB |
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Willis’s feelings about working for Voice of America
Excerpt from an interview on his 10th anniversary (January 18, 1965) |
:22 |
360 KB |
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Willis describes leaving commercial radio for Voice of America
Excerpt from an interview on his 10th anniversary (January 18, 1965) |
1:21 |
1.24 MB |
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Willis calls jazz a ‘living music’, growing and changing
Excerpt from an interview on his 10th anniversary (January 18, 1965) |
:39 |
620 KB |
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Willis tells of writing the song “Where Does the Moon Go?” while driving
Excerpt from VOA’s “Mail Bag” program with Robin Rupli (1990s) |
2:26 |
2.23 MB |
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| Song “Where Does the Moon Go?” as recorded by a Romanian musician |
3:04 |
2.82 MB |
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Willis explains how he came to write a piece of music, “Far Off, Close By”
Excerpt from VOA’s “Mail Bag” program with Robin Rupli (1990s) |
2:18 |
1.05 MB |
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| “Far Off, Close By” by Willis, with him whistling |
2:16 |
2.08 MB |
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Willis tells of writing and recording a lyric as spoken word over music
Excerpt from VOA’s “Mail Bag” program with Robin Rupli (1990s) |
2:47 |
655 KB |
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| Song with Willis speaking his lyrics over Charlie Byrd’s playing |
3:35 |
3.28 MB |
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