The Bob Edwards Show, Dunstan Prial, October 6, 2006

Imagine the music landscape without the recordings of Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen. These were among the many, many artists discovered by visionary record producer John Hammond. Dunstan Prial has written the first biography of Hammond; it's called The Producer: John Hammond and the Soul of American Music. (Broadcast Date: October 6, 2006)