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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