The first Bill Boggs interview is featured on The Paul Leslie Hour. Our special guest is a four-time Emmy award-winning television host, and an interviewer of legends. Bill Boggs is a TV personality, a public speaker and an author. In this interview, we cover the early years of Bill Boggs
Charles L. Granata is a returning guest to The Paul Leslie Hour. Chuck Granata is a noted Sinatra historian, author and producer. Granata has produced a new deluxe reissue of Frank Sinatra’s sixth studio album: Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra. Originally released 70 years ago, this reissue has been
Merrill Kelem is a special guest on The Paul Leslie Hour. From what he’s seen and heard, Merrill Kelem paid attention to the details. As an interesting person, Merrill makes for a great broadcast. He’s had a verse range of experiences and if you’re interested, you can find out a lot. For one Merrill
2015 was a very important year for all the aficionados of Frank Sinatra music. It was the centenary, 100 years since the greatest American singer’s birth. One man with a wealth of Sinatra lore is radio personality Sid Mark. It was an honor to interview Sid Mark and broadcast it on
This interesting interview with Charles Pignone was recorded, produced and broadcast on the radio in 2015, the Centenary year of Frank Sinatra – 100 years since the great singer’s birth. The interview also appeared as an article in the international bilingual magazine La Revisita. Charles Pignone is the Senior Vice President of Frank
The sensational Ruta Lee is an actress, dancer, a Hollywood legend and an icon. She’s starred in such films as Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Funny Face and a personal favorite: Witness for the Prosecution. Her memoirs should be out soon, proudly entitled Consider Your Ass Kissed. You won’t need
Jazz star Joe Gransden came to There, a Bar and Eatery in Atlanta, Georgia for an episode of The Paul Leslie Hour. Joe Gransden is one of the most talented creators in jazz. A bandleader, trumpeter, vocalist, and sometimes actor. As a live entertainer, instrumentalist and recording artist he is second to none.
“The Big Band” has been called “America’s finest art form.” We are pleased to welcome bandleader clarinetist and saxophonist Pat Longo. Pat Longo learned a lot from his time with the legendary Harry James Orchestra. In 1978, with Harry James blessing, he formed his own orchestra. Pat Longo & His Big
Peter Marshall is known for his personality, and it is his personality that has shined through on the stage, screen and on recordings. Peter Marshall is known to many as the original host of “Hollywood Squares.” He is an actor, radio personality and singer. On Peter Marshall’s album Can We Be Frank?
We live in a world of constant transition. Our modes and models change incessantly. Nowhere is that so true as in the entertainment industry. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able, at once, to reach back into the good ol’ days while still keeping pace with the new entertainers? The
Bill Zehme is a best-selling author of several books including The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin’. A man with many claims, all of them to fame. He’s the “King of the First Sentence” and the magazine writer who gets to know the unknowable. Zehme is