Paul HarveyFor the Stuckist artist, see Paul Harvey (artist). Paul Harvey Aurandt (born September 4, 1918), better known as Paul Harvey, is an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He broadcasts a monologue in the morning and at noon Monday through Friday and at noon on Saturday. His shows are mostly news and commentary as well as his famous "The Rest of the Story" segment. His listening audience is estimated at 22 million people a week. Paul Harvey likes to say that he was raised in radio newsrooms. CareerHarvey was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Harvey made radio sets as a boy. In 1933, at a high school teacher’s suggestion, he started working at KVOO/Tulsa. There he helped clean up and eventually was allowed to fill in on the air, reading commercials and news. Later, while attending the University of Tulsa, he continued working at KVOO as an announcer, and later as a program director. Harvey spent three years as a station manager for a local station in Salina, Kansas. From there, he moved to a news casting job at KOMA-AM in Oklahoma City, then moved on to KXOK-AM, in St. Louis, where he was Director of Special Events as well as working as a roving reporter. In 1940, Harvey moved to Hawaii to cover the U.S. Navy as it concentrated its fleet in the Pacific. He was returning to the United States from assignment in Hawaii when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Harvey then enlisted in the Army Air Corps, where he served until 1944. (The November 7, 1978, issue of Esquire magazine has an exposé of sorts on Harvey, including how he came to drop his last name of Aurandt: Briefly, he stole an airplane and was discharged from the Army Air Corps on Section 8 [mental illness] charges.) After leaving military service, Harvey moved to Chicago, where in June 1944, he began broadcasting from the ABC affiliate WENR-AM. He quickly became the most popular newscaster in Chicago. In 1945 he began hosting the postwar employment program Jobs for G.I. Joe on ABC affiliate WENR-AM. In 1946, Harvey added "The Rest of the Story" segments to his newscasts, which eventually became its own series in 1976. In 1951, the ABC Radio Networks carried Paul Harvey's show News and Comment coast-to-coast and it has continued ever since. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was a televised, five-minute version of the show that local stations could insert into their noon news programs. On May 10, 1976, ABC Radio Networks spun off The Rest of the Story as a separate series which provided endless surprises as Harvey dug into the stories behind the stories of famous events people. Harvey's son, a concert pianist, helped write the show. In 2001, Harvey was off the air after damaging his vocal cords, returning in late August, 2001. Paul Harvey News has been called the "largest one-man network in the world", as it is carried on broadcast civilian radio stations, 400 Armed Forces Network stations around the world, 100 stations and 300 newspapers. His broadcasts and newspaper columns have been reprinted in the Congressional Record more than those of any other commentator. Harvey's News and Comment is streamed on the World Wide Web twice a day. ContractsHarvey recently signed a 10-year, $100 million contract with ABC Radio Networks. AwardsHe has been named Salesman of the Year, Commentator of the Year, Person of the Year, Father of the Year, and American of the Year. He has been elected to the National Association of Broadcasters Radio Hall of Fame and Oklahoma Hall of Fame and appeared on the Gallup poll list of America's most admired men. In addition he has received eleven Freedom Foundation Awards as well as the Horatio Alger Award. FamilyPaul Harvey's father, Harry H. Aurandt, was a police officer with the Tulsa Police Department. Officer Aurandt was killed in the line of duty by gunfire on December 20, 1921 while trying to arrest a suspect. Harvey is married to Lynne Harvey (née Cooper) of St. Louis. When Harvey was Special Events Director and newsman at KXOX he met Lynne Cooper when she came to the station for a school news program. Harvey invited her to dinner, and proposed to her after a few minutes of conversation and from then on called her Angel. A year later she said yes. Lynne Harvey is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and is a former school teacher. They have one son, Paul Aurandt Jr.. Quotes
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Harvey invited her to dinner, and proposed to her after a few minutes of conversation and from then on called her Angel. Keys became an Honorary Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha (http://www.aka1908.com) Sorority, Inc. When Harvey was Special Events Director and newsman at KXOX he met Lynne Cooper when she came to the station for a school news program. She eventually went home with 4 Grammys (Best R&B Album for The Diary of Alicia Keys; Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "If I Ain't Got You"; Best R&B Song for "You Don't Know My Name"); and Best R&B Duo or Group ("My Boo" with Usher). Louis. At the 47th Annual Grammy Awards ceremonies held on February 13, 2005, she gave a powerful solo performance of the single "If I Ain't Got You", and then joined Jamie Foxx and Quincy Jones in a stirring rendition of the Hoagy Carmichael song made famous by the late Ray Charles, "Georgia On My Mind". Harvey is married to Lynne Harvey (née Cooper) of St. In late 2003, Keys released her second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, which shot straight up to the top of the Billboard R&B charts, selling over 610,000 copies its 1st week. Officer Aurandt was killed in the line of duty by gunfire on December 20, 1921 while trying to arrest a suspect. Some critics went on to accuse her of outright plagiarism, especially in the case of her single "Fallin'", which interpolates James Brown's "It's A Man's World" right down to the string arrangement. Aurandt, was a police officer with the Tulsa Police Department. Keys' work had a sound similar to 1970s soul singers like Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye, with hip hop influences like those apparent in neo soul artists like Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu and D'Angelo. Paul Harvey's father, Harry H. Critical reviews were mostly positive. In addition he has received eleven Freedom Foundation Awards as well as the Horatio Alger Award. As such, she established a large fanbase of devoted fans, making her one of the most popular artists of the early years of the twenty-first century. He has been elected to the National Association of Broadcasters Radio Hall of Fame and Oklahoma Hall of Fame and appeared on the Gallup poll list of America's most admired men. Because she wrote her own songs and played several instruments very well, consumers saw Keys as an original voice at a time when the musical marketplace was flooded with pop bands that were little more than an attractive front for the creative energies of others. He has been named Salesman of the Year, Commentator of the Year, Person of the Year, Father of the Year, and American of the Year. With it she won five Grammy Awards in 2002 (see 2002 in music). Harvey recently signed a 10-year, $100 million contract with ABC Radio Networks. Songs in A Minor was a commercially successful album. Harvey's News and Comment is streamed on the World Wide Web twice a day. Following her mentor Clive Davis to his newly-formed J Records label, she released her debut album Songs in A Minor, the title being a reference to both her classical aspirations and to the fact that she wrote most of the songs while still being very young. His broadcasts and newspaper columns have been reprinted in the Congressional Record more than those of any other commentator. She briefly attended Columbia University on a scholarship before devoting herself to a full-time musical career. Paul Harvey News has been called the "largest one-man network in the world", as it is carried on broadcast civilian radio stations, 400 Armed Forces Network stations around the world, 100 stations and 300 newspapers. Keys graduated as valedictorian from the Professional Performing Arts School, a public high school in Manhattan at the age of 16 years old. In 2001, Harvey was off the air after damaging his vocal cords, returning in late August, 2001. Keys's mother was the one who most supported her during the time when Keys was developing her talents. Harvey's son, a concert pianist, helped write the show. She wrote her first song "Butterflyz" at the age of fourteen; the song can be found on her debut album. On May 10, 1976, ABC Radio Networks spun off The Rest of the Story as a separate series which provided endless surprises as Harvey dug into the stories behind the stories of famous events people. She learned classical music by composers such as Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin, who was her favorite composer. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was a televised, five-minute version of the show that local stations could insert into their noon news programs. She began playing piano when she was seven. In 1951, the ABC Radio Networks carried Paul Harvey's show News and Comment coast-to-coast and it has continued ever since. Alicia's maternal grandmother is Puerto Rican. In 1946, Harvey added "The Rest of the Story" segments to his newscasts, which eventually became its own series in 1976. She was born to a Italian mother, Terri Augello, and a Black father, Craig Cook and was raised in the Hell's Kitchen section of New York City. Joe on ABC affiliate WENR-AM. Alicia Keys (born Alicia Augello-Cook on January 25, 1981 in Manhattan, New York City, USA) is a popular R&B/soul vocalist and pianist. In 1945 he began hosting the postwar employment program Jobs for G.I. 2004 "Karma" #20 US. He quickly became the most popular newscaster in Chicago. 2004 "My Boo" (with Usher) #1 US, #5 UK - Platinum certification. After leaving military service, Harvey moved to Chicago, where in June 1944, he began broadcasting from the ABC affiliate WENR-AM. Tony! Toni! Tone!) #8 US. (The November 7, 1978, issue of Esquire magazine has an exposé of sorts on Harvey, including how he came to drop his last name of Aurandt: Briefly, he stole an airplane and was discharged from the Army Air Corps on Section 8 [mental illness] charges.). 2004 "Diary" (feat. Harvey then enlisted in the Army Air Corps, where he served until 1944. 2004 "If I Ain't Got You" #4 US, #18 UK - Platinum certification. He was returning to the United States from assignment in Hawaii when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. 2003 "You Don't Know My Name" #3 US, #19 UK. Navy as it concentrated its fleet in the Pacific. 2002 "Girlfriend" #24 UK. In 1940, Harvey moved to Hawaii to cover the U.S. Alicia Keys) #2 US, #6 UK. Louis, where he was Director of Special Events as well as working as a roving reporter. 2002 "Gangsta Lovin'" (Eve feat. From there, he moved to a news casting job at KOMA-AM in Oklahoma City, then moved on to KXOK-AM, in St. 2002 "How Come You Don't Call Me" #59 US, #26 UK. Harvey spent three years as a station manager for a local station in Salina, Kansas. 2002 "A Woman's Worth" #7 US, #18 UK. Later, while attending the University of Tulsa, he continued working at KVOO as an announcer, and later as a program director. Alicia Keys and Eve) #37 UK. There he helped clean up and eventually was allowed to fill in on the air, reading commercials and news. 2002 "Brotha Part II" (Angie Stone feat. In 1933, at a high school teacher’s suggestion, he started working at KVOO/Tulsa. 2001 "Fallin'" #1 US, #3 UK. Harvey made radio sets as a boy. 1). Harvey was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 2003: The Diary of Alicia Keys [4x Platinum--U.S.] (2 weeks at No. Paul Harvey likes to say that he was raised in radio newsrooms. 1). His listening audience is estimated at 22 million people a week. 2001: Songs in A Minor [6x Platinum--U.S.] (3 weeks at No. His shows are mostly news and commentary as well as his famous "The Rest of the Story" segment. Longest Note:. He broadcasts a monologue in the morning and at noon Monday through Friday and at noon on Saturday. Vocal Range: [approx.]2.5 octaves (C3-E5). Paul Harvey Aurandt (born September 4, 1918), better known as Paul Harvey, is an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. Lowest note: C3 (The Life). For the Stuckist artist, see Paul Harvey (artist).. Highest note: E5 (You Don't Know My Name). New York: Bantam Books, 1991, ISBN 0553077201. Voice type: Contralto. Paul Harvey's For What It's Worth. New York: William Morrow, 1983, ISBN 0688022057. Destiny: From Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story. New York: William Morrow, 1980, ISBN 0688036694. More of Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story. ISBN 0385127685. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1977. Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story. Waco, Tx.: Word Books, 1975. Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Our Sacred Honor. Garden City, N.Y.: Hanover House, 1956. The Rest of the Story. Garden City, N.Y.: Hanover House, 1954. Autumn of Liberty. "Paul Harvey.— [pause] —Good day!" (intonation rising significantly on "day"). "...and now you know [pause] the Rest of the Story.". two,' just like he does on the radio." —Garrison Keillor when he met Harvey at a "stuffed-shirt" dinner in Chicago. "When the salad plates were whisked away and the entrée brought in, he leaned over toward me and said, 'Page .. "In our 'For What It's Worth' Department..." - Lead-in to funny story closing the newscast. On his wife: "She is still one of the daintiest, most feminine creatures I've ever known.". Just like your local True Value Hardware store". "Yes, It's true. To Larry King in a 2003 interview: "The best time is right now.". Tomorrow has always been better than today, and it always will be.". "Every pessimist who ever lived has been buried in an unmarked grave. That doesn't take any practice.". "Retiring is just practicing up to be dead. President, I love you, but you're wrong.". To Richard Nixon, on the Vietnam War: "Mr. "Page— [pause] —two (three, four, etc.)" - Signaling a commercial break. the R-r-rest of the Story!". Now you're going to hear.. "You know what the news is. "Stand by for news!" ...OR... followed immediately by. "Hello, Americans! This is Paul Harvey!" .. |