From Streisand’s album, “Just For The Record.” Her performance was originally recorded on The Tonight Show, probably on February 1, 1963. Barbra Streisand singing “Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most,” by Fran Landesman.The Quartette Tres Bien playing “Boss Tres Bien,” from the Verve compilation “Latin Sounds.” Originally released on the Decca album “Boss Tres Bien” in 1964.In the story, you heard excerpts of the following musical selections: To start the slideshow, click on an image, then hover your cursor over it to see the caption.Ī special thank you to Dennis Owsley and Art Chimes for providing much of the music I used in this feature, and to Stephanie Zimmerman and Madalyn Painter for their help with the second slideshow. If, like me, you never had the chance to experience Gaslight, I hope this story will give you at least a little sense of what it must have been like to be there. If they do, I encourage you to share them in the comments section of this webpage. If you went to Gaslight Square yourself, their recollections may bring back memories of your own. For the curious-minded: their photos are in the order that you first hear their voices in the audio postcard. You can meet them all ― then and now ― in the slideshow below, and learn a little about their personal connections to Gaslight Square. Louis Public Radio's Dennis Owsley and Robert Duffy. You'll hear from Bill Christman, Charlie Rose, Jack Parker, Jeter Thompson, Martha Mahon, Mary Strauss, Nancy Young, Norman Menne, Patricia Heller, Sam Clark, and St. As you listen to the voices of the people who shared their stories with me, remember that they're recalling places and events from almost a half a century ago. What came out of these interviews is a sometimes disparate collage of subjective memories and impressions. Some went there to socialize, others to perform ― both on-stage and off. Some lived there, others owned businesses. I spoke to as many people as I could who had experienced the district in its heyday, more than a dozen in all. Louis' 250th birthday, I took a little detour off my usual science beat to explore this extraordinary time and place in our city's history. Louis a national destination for music and culture. And it only lasted about ten years.īut the arts and entertainment district known as Gaslight Square flourished in the 1950s and '60s, making St. It spanned less than three blocks at the intersection of Olive and Boyle.
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