PRINTER'S NO. 3300
No. 192 Session of 1982
INTRODUCED BY WAMBACH, SEVENTY, GALLEN, HAYES, MANDERINO, IRVIS,
CESSAR AND RYAN, MAY 4, 1982
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MAY 4, 1982
In the House of Representatives, May 4, 1982
1 WHEREAS, The State of Pennsylvania gave birth to the American
2 popular song through the melodies and lyrics of Stephen Collins
3 Foster; and
4 WHEREAS, American popular music is now generally accepted
5 throughout the world as a legitimate art form; and
6 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania continues to contribute to the growth
7 of American music through the efforts of men and women, past and
8 present; and
9 WHEREAS, Fred Waring brought choral music to new heights, and
10 Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Les Brown, Vaughn Monroe and Russ Morgan
11 were at the forefront of the big bands; and
12 WHEREAS, Errol Gardner gave jazz piano a new dimension, Oscar
13 Levant was the greatest Gershwin interpreter and Henry Mancini
14 continues to add to the growing American list of serious
15 composers; therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That a committee be formed, consisting of four
17 members of the majority party and three members of the minority
1 party and that this committee appoint an advisory board made up
2 of noted musicians from the State of Pennsylvania and native-
3 born Pennsylvanians living elsewhere; and be it further
4 RESOLVED, That the committee and its advisory board explore
5 the possibility of a Pennsylvania State Music Hall of Fame along
6 with the housing of a Hall of Fame in the Pennsylvania Museum
7 and the funding of such a project to determine if the venture
8 should be supported by State tax money or through other
9 vehicles; and be it further
10 RESOLVED, That the committee study and make recommendations
11 to the House of Representatives within six months.
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