During its nearly half-century run, Roper Records released hundreds of high-quality records, cassettes and CDs, which it distributed via mail order to dance professionals in the US and internationally.
Spanish Band Los Fulanos Revive ‘Boogaloo’ to Counter Economic Pessimism
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Tom Schnabel of station KCRW in Santa Monica, California, about the late Peruvian singer Yma Sumac. She was known to Americans in the 1950’s as “The Nightingale of the Andes” and “The Peruvian Songbird.”