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Ralph McDaniels interviewed by David Simon. Ralph McDaniels, Full Interview Part 1. Time Period: 1957 - 1996.
- Title
- Ralph McDaniels, Full Interview Part 1
- Creator
- Ralph McDaniels interviewed by David Simon
- Subject
- Hip-hop
- Subject
- Clothing and dress
- Subject
- Music
- Subject
- Disc jockeys
- Subject
- Music videos
- Subject
- LL Cool J, 1968-
- Subject
- Grandmaster Flash
- Subject
- Video Music Box
- Date
- Time Period: 1957 - 1996
- Date
- 2016-08
- Date
- Interview recorded: August 2016
- Description
- Part 1 of Full Interview: Ralph McDaniels has been a DJ and music producer for many years. He also had a local video show called “Video Music Box” in the 1980’s. In this interview, Ralph discusses growing up in Queens Village, the importance of culture, and what music has impacted his life from childhood to adulthood. Mr. McDaniels grew up in Brooklyn and Queens, the son of a draftsman and a civil servant, and followed New York City’s burgeoning music scene. In the early ’80s, he was an engineer at WNYC-TV Channel 31. In 1983, “Video Music Box” was born, a six-day-a-week, hourlong show. At the time, there were few outlets that played music videos, and “Video Music Box” was among the first television shows to regularly feature hip-hop.
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- collection(s)
- Ralph McDaniels Oral History
- collection(s)
- Oral Histories
- Identifier
- aql:19864
- Identifier
- qmp-rm-full-000008
- Format
- Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Abode Soundbooth.
- Format
- Total running time: 1:33:01
- Format
- Total running time: 1:33:01
- Coverage
- Locations discussed: Queens Village, Queens, NY; New York, NY
- Coverage
- Locations discussed: Queens Village, Queens, NY; New York, NY
- Coverage
- Queens Village (New York, N.Y.)
- Coverage
- New York (N.Y.)
- Coverage
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)
- Relation
- Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Ralph McDaniels
- Rights
- Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
- Type
- Oral history
- Source
- Collected as part of the Hip Hop Pioneers oral history project for the Queens College Spring 2016 History 392W course taught by Prof. Bobby Wintermute.
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