Vinyl records

John Kiley vinyl records

1 album with 18 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Born November 1, 1912. Died July 15, 1993. Kiley was a veteran movie theater organist from the silent film era. According to his Boston Globe obituary: "From the age of 15, when he made his professional musician's debut at the Criterion Theater in Roxbury, Kiley played in many Greater Boston movie theaters. In 1934 he switched to radio, and was music director for the next 22 years at radio station WMEX." He was the organist at the Boston Garden from 1941 to 1984, and at Fenway Park from 1953 to 1989. He is credited with having discovered the Boston Garden's resident singer Rene Rancourt.