Sun, 19 May 2013
More songs about New York, including: Broadway Rose, Let Me Off Uptown, Brooklyn Bridge, Slaughter on 10th Avenue and Manhattan Minuet. Performers include: Raymond Scott, Ted Lewis, Dolly Dawn, Billy Muray and Lenny Hayton. |
Sun, 12 May 2013
The music of opera composer, Richard Wagner on the 200th anniversary of his birth. Works include: The Flying Dutchman Overture, The Magic Fire Music, The Bridal Chorus and The Ride of the Valkeries. Peformers include: Thomas Beecham, Arturo Toscanini, Karl Bohm, Tiana Lemniz and Arthur Rodniski. |
Sun, 5 May 2013
Songs include: Honeymoon Hotel, Putin' On the Ritz, There's a Small Hotel, Rose Room and Lounging at the Waldorf. Performers include: Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, The Nite Owls and Thomas "Fats" Waller. |
Sat, 27 April 2013
Songs include: Waiting For a Train, Fast Mail Rambler, Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train, Take the A Train, Texas and Pacific and It Takes a Long, Long Train. performers include: Louis Armstrong, The Rev. J.M. Gates, Dinah Shore, Lighting Hopkins, Johnny Mercer , Jimmie Rogers and Duke Ellington. |
Sat, 20 April 2013
Songs include: Get On Board, Train Whistle Blues, Waiting For the Train to Come In, My Savior's Train, Rock Island Line and Cannonball Express. Performers include: Roy Acuff, Lionel Hampton, The Andrews Sisters, Ella May Morse, The Monroe Brothers , Leadbelly and Sonny Terry. |
Sun, 14 April 2013
A tribute to musicians born in 1913, including: Sammy Cahn, Helen Humes, Frankie Laine, Cowboy Copas, Licia Albanese, Richard Tucker and Carmen Cavellero. Songs include: Time After Time The Flower Song, Georgia On My Mind and September Song. |
Sun, 7 April 2013
Music produced by military bands and recorded by the V-Disc program in the 1940s. Songs include: Stairway to the Stars, Swingtime in the Rockies, Go Down Moses, Little Liza and Hungarian Dance #5 |
Sun, 31 March 2013
Songs celebrating New York City, Including: The Sidewalks of New York, Harlem Holliday, 42nd Street, Give Me the Moon Over Brooklyn and Coney Island Washboard. Performers include: Bing Crosby, The Mills Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Hal Kemp, Guy Lombardo and Jelly Roll Morton. |
Sat, 30 March 2013
A special podcast for J.S. Bach's 328th birthday featuring a 1946 recording of the Concerto for Two Violins by Jascha Heifetz. |
Sun, 24 March 2013
The life and music of songwriter Irving Caesar. Songs include: Tea For Two, Animal Crackers In My Soup, I Want To Be Happy, Swanee, Is It True What They Say About Dixie and Sometimes I'm Happy. Performers include: Al Jolson, Mildred Bailey, Bing Crosby, Shirley Temple, Wingy Manone, Mildred Bailey and Jimmy Durrante. |
