ThePop Chronicles were two radiodocumentaries. They told the story of music that was popular in America in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.^[4]John Gilliland made both documentaries.

Los Angeles Radio stationKRLA 1110 broadcast the Pop Chroniclesdocumentary in 1969.^[5]John Gilliland,Dick LaPalm,Lew Irwin,Harry Shearer,Mike Masterson, andRichard Perry interviewed famous musicians.^[6]Len Chandler wrote and sang the theme song “The Chronicles of Pop” .^[7] The engineer and associate producer wasChester Coleman.^[8][9]

Other radio stations also broadcast the Pop Chronicles.^[8][10] TheAmerican Forces Network broadcast this show.^[11] TheUniversity of North Texas Music Library now broadcasts this show online.^[12][13] They started in June 2010.^[14]

San Francisco radio stationKSFO broadcast the "Pop Chronicles of the 1940s" in 1972 and 1976.^[15] TheAmerican Forces Network also broadcast this show.^[16] In 1994, Gilliland released a shorter version onaudio cassette. The title of thisaudiobook wasPop Chronicles the 40s: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40s.^[17][18] The audiobook was also calledThe Big Band Chronicles.^[19][20]

After his death, Gilliand's sister donated the "Pop Chronicles" tapes to theUniversity of North Texas Music Library. They form The John Gilliland Collection.^[4][21]

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