Author Chris Valenti
After surviving a ruptured cardiac aortic aneurism, something that carries a 90% mortality rate, Chris Valenti retired from radio to concentrate on his writing. During his time on radio Chris specialized mostly with the music of the Big Band Era and had interviewed most of the eras great celebrities like Perry Como, Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney, Les Brown, Artie Shaw, and the like. The name of his show was called The Big Band Broadcast. You can visit Chris’ big band site and listen to some of those interviews by clicking here: www.BigBandRadio.com
Because of his accomplishments in preserving the music and morals of this outstanding era of American popular culture the way he did, Chris had also been distinguished by becoming one of only three radio disc jockeys in history to have ever been inducted into the Big Band Hall of Fame.
Yet another award winning journalistic effort of this era where Chris had gained praise from around the world including The BBC in London was his investigation into the disappearance of the great Big Band leader Glenn Miller. Chris was recognized not only as the one person who had spent more time investigating and reporting his findings regarding the 60 year old mystery, but has since been credited to ending the mystery altogether. For more info on Chris’ investigation into this mystery go to: www.GlennMiller.us
Chris also had a ton of other fun filled days during his career in broadcasting when he was a regular guest on most of the TV daytime talk shows. He was usually used as a rube by the shows producers to rile up the audiences by always taking the ‘not so’ politically correct side of an argument making him the guy the audience loved to hate. This was not the personality he was known as to his radio audience, but since it was all a come on, he enjoyed it all the more. To see clips of Chris on some of these shows that took place during the early 90’s; he is featured on his late friend Morton Downey Jr.’s web site. Morton Downey Jr.com
Chris is originally from Brooklyn, NY, and moved to Long Island in the early 1960’s. He is now semi-retired and living in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.
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