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Crystal Gayle recording, 1988 January 28
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Interview starts with a recording of Gayle’s song “Don’t it Make my Brown Eyes Blue.” Gayle discusses influences in her early life that contributed to her becoming a singer, the significance of her long hair, her sister Loretta Lynn, and her musical influences.
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Bob Geddins recording, approximate
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Geddins describes his career as a record producer and a musician, different musical genres, and record production.
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Andy Gibb recording, 1983 August 16
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Gibb answers questions about the difficulties he was experiencing in his career, his drug abuse, anxiety, and depression after his break-up with Victoria Principal. He also talks about his upcoming engagement in Las Vegas.
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Dizzy Gillespie recording, 1970 April 28
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Gillespie talks about jazz music culture, his early career, racism and marketing in early pop music, as well as the integration and segregation of some popular acts of the time.
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Mickey Gilley recording, 1987 October 18
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Interview starts with a recorded rendition of "Stagger Lee". Gilley discusses his childhood, his cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis, opening the club "Gilley's" in 1971, his first successful record in 1974, "Urban Cowboy", performing in Las Vegas, techniques of recording and performing, and his band and back-up singers.
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Ortiz family member picking cotton in a field either in Pahrump, Nevada or Arizona: photograph, 1964
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Maria Luisa Nieto and Mary Ann Nieto (twins) stand holding dolls outside a building where others are gathered around the door in Moapa Valley, Nevada: photograph, approximately 1960 to 1969
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Maria Esther Ortiz, ready to being kindergarten, stands outside the family home in Logandale, Nevada: photograph, approximately 1960 to 1965
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Garza and Reyes children hold Easter baskets outside an Ozaki migrant dwelling on their way to the traditional Ozaki Easter Egg Hunt in Logandale, Nevada. Unidentified individual, Frederico Reyes, Lupe Garza (identified left to right): photograph, 1960
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Ramon Nieto and Jesusa Nieto Pena stand outside the family home in Rio Grande Valley, Texas (identified left to right): photograph, 1964 September
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