Saturday, April 16, 2022

April 16 - Milton Cross (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for' April 16th may be found here: Henry Mancini; Charlie Chaplin (2019), Dennis Russell Davies (2020), and Herbie Mann; Edie Adams (2021)

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Milton Cross (16 April 1897 – 3 January 1975) was an American radio announcer best known as the voice of the Metropolitan Opera, hosting its Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts for 43 years. - adapted from Wikipedia




Cross Purposes


The cultured tones of Milton Cross

   Untangled operatic knots

And rescued listeners at a loss

   In complicated lyric plots.


Each week the Met was on the air

  From Canada to Mexico,

And Milton Cross was always there,

  As brought to us by Texaco.

 

 

 

 

 

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