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1963. Rock historian ED WARD continues his look back. This time, the year

2: Our classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ has a collection of poems, "Goodnight, Gracie," (published by Phoenix Poets). David Lehman calls this new collection, "a moving and inventive collection, his best and most ambitious to date." LLOYD is also music editor of The Boston Phoenix and is co-director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Massachusetts. (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 4/22/93).

2: Interview with MICHAEL BESCHLOSS continued. BESCHLOSS is also the author of "Kennedy and Roosevelt: The Uneasy Alliance" (1980), and "The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960-1963" (1991). He is editor at large and foreign affairs columnist for "Time" Magazine, and was CNN-on-air analyst during the years when the cold war was ending.

Rock guitarist ERIC CLAPTON. His latest album, "Unplugged," swept the Grammy Awards. The album was inspired, in part, by the death of his young son, who fell from a window ledge and died. CLAPTON is considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest, guitar player in rock history. Clapton started out playing blues with the Yardbirds (For Your Love) in the early 60s, then played with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers before forming Cream, one of the 60s most influental bands (Crossroads, White Room). In this interview from 1989, Terry talks with him about his life and work. (Originally aired 12

MILO MILES REV.S NEW SALSA SINGER "INDIA", WHOSE ALBUM, "LLEGO LA INDIA" (yay-GO la EEN-dee-a) FEATURES BANDLEADER AND SALSA VETERAN EDDIE PALMIERI.

L.A. rocker and "spoken-word" artist HENRY ROLLINS. He used to be with the hard-core punk-rock group, Black Flag. He's also the current leader of the Henry Rollins Band. His "spoken word" performances are story-telling that goes back and forth between comedy and serious commentary. He has a new album of these performances, "Boxed Life," and a video, "Talking from the Box." (both by Imago). REBROADCAST (Originally aired 1/

2: PETER SCHWEIZER, author of "Friendly Spies: How America's Allies are Using Economic Espionage to Steal our Secrets," (Atlantic Monthly Press). SCHWEIZER is a consultant for "NBC News," and he's written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews two new outer space adventure series, "Space Rangers," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."

Child Psychologist and an expert on how chronic violence affects a child's growth and development JAMES GARBARINO. He's just co-authored a new book, "Children in Danger: Coping with the Consequences of Community Violence," (Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series) about the children who grow up in the "war zones" of cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. GARBARINO has also co-authored, "No Place to be a Child: Growing Up in a War Zone." (Lexington Books). GARBARINO is president of the Erikson Institute for Advanced Study in Child Development.

2: Guitarist BILL FRISSELL. He's recognized as a "genius of the guitar;" one reviewer likened him to both a "painter and sonic psychopath:" "Mysterious grace notes emerge from the ether. Billowing sound clouds hover and haunt like the soundtrack to some David Lynch dream sequence." FRISSELL is a prolific performer and recording artist. His latest album, "Have a Little Faith," (Elektra) pays tribute to the American music makers such as Muddy Waters, Madonna, John Hiatt and John Philip Sousa.

2: Actor WILLEM (WILLIAM) DEFOE. He's starred in "Platoon," "The Last Temptation of Christ," "Mississippi Burning," and "Wild at Heart." He's currently starring in "Body of Evidence," with Madonna. (REBROACAST. Originally aired 8

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI previews the season finale of "I''ll Fly Away," on NBC. He says it''s probably the last episode of the show all together.