Gene Loving/AGL Productions Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Old Dominion University
3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library
Old Dominion University
4427 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23529
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Ritchie
Phone: (757) 683-4483
Fax: (757) 683-5954
Restrictions:

Open to researchers without restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Gene Loving/AGL Productions Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
4 Linear Feet and 10 Hollinger document cases boxes
Creator:
Loving, Gene
Abstract:
This collection contains press kits, booking agreements, performer contracts, correspondence, photographs, accounting records and ephemera pertaining to music performances in Hampton Roads, Virginia booked by AGL Productions between 1962 and 1975.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Gene Loving/AGL Productions Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the business records of AGL (A Gene Loving) Productions, a concert booking agency in Hampton Roads, Virginia between 1962 and 1975. Materials are arranged in folders, each of which correlates to a single performance event and vary in scope from a single document to a multitude of materials including press kits, booking agreements, performer contracts, correspondence, photographs, accounting records and ephemera. Among the artists Loving booked were James Brown, The Yardbirds, Sonny & Cher, Jimi Hendrix, The Beach Boys, David Bowie, and The Jackson Five. The dates on the folder heading refer to the concert date.

Biographical / historical:

Aubrey Eugene Loving, Jr. (aka Gene Loving) enjoyed a long career as a player in the southeast Virginia music scene, both as a concert promoter and as a radio/TV personality. Loving worked his way up in the radio business as a disc jockey and music director for Richmond station WLEE. He got his start as a promoter when he booked Freddy Cannon for a live broadcast in 1962. He soon moved to WGH where he became the first DJ to pick a Beatles record as a future hit, and over the next four decades was a familiar on-air personality in Hampton Roads. Later in his career Loving turned to television where he was an early innovator in UHF broadcast, developing one of the largest chains of independent stations in United States history. He later founded Hampton Roads Wireless. He is the recipient of numerous awards in broadcast and philanthropy.

Note written by Madeline Dietrich, Music Special Collections and Research Specialist

Acquisition information:

Gift of Aubrey Eugene Loving, Jr.

Acc. 2019.026 was received by Special Collections and University Archives from Andy Booth on behalf of the donor on 12/10/2019.

Processing information:

The collection was processed by Madeline Dietrich, Music Special Collections and Research Specialist, from February 2020 through July 2021.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically by performance date.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard