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Bill Rase scrapbook 1

by: Rase, William

Publication date: 1948/1964

Topics: californiarevealed, Big bands, Big band music, Concert programs, Sock hops, Musicians, Rase, Wiiliam "Bill", Meredith, James H.

Collection: centerforsacramentohistory; californiarevealed; americana

Language: English

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Bill Rase (1926-2006) was a well-known Sacramento musician and media figure. He founded and performed with the Bill Rase Band starting in the 1950s until his death. He was a disc jockey on local radio in the 1950s, hosted a television variety show, and portrayed "Bosun Bill" on a children's television show. Scrapbook 1 (Bill Rase Band, Disc Jockey, TV Days; 1948-1964) includes a list of all his band's paid musical performances, photographs, ephemera, correspondence, and newspaper and magazine clippings.

See his other scrapbooks in our collection here: Bill Rase scrapbook 2 and Bill Rase scrapbook 3

For additional information see California Revealed.

Contact Information: Center for Sacramento History, 551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95811, Telephone: (916) 808-7072, Email: csh@cityofsacramento.org, http://www.centerforsacramentohistory.org/

Acknowledgment: Source material provided by Center for Sacramento History. Preserved and made available online by California Revealed. California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.