Hayes on Sunday

Title

Hayes on Sunday

Genre

Interview; Music

TX Date

26 Feb 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:21:58

Description

Hayes on Sunday. Brian Hayes revisits interviews from his shows of the past week with: Bill Deedes, editor of the Daily Telegraph, on its success, political stance, and readership; Carl Perkins, US rockabilly singer, on Elvis Presley and Blue Suede Shoes, the song which he wrote and was a success for Elvis; Gore Vidal, writer, on politics in the USA and elsewhere, democracy, corruption and the Watergate scandal. Ends with music.

Contributors

Brian Hayes; Bill Deedes; Gore Vidal; Carl Perkins

Keywords

USA; Politics; Newspapers; Political systems; Popular music; Singers; Political corruption; Literature; Richard Nixon; Presidents; Elvis Presley; Democracy; Vocal music; Daily Telegraph; Carl Perkins; Political scandals

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