Sat, 27 December 2008
Records left off of previous podcasts. Music includes: God's Got a Crown, Grinder Man Blues, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Horses and Tea For Two. Performers include: Memphis Slim, Arizona Dranes, Red Norvo, the Berlin Philharmonic and Blanche Calloway.
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Sat, 20 December 2008
Songs from the Great Depression, including: Brother Can You Spare a Dime?, Wrap Up Your Troubles in Dreams, Hobo Jungle Blues and When You Wish Upon a Star. Performers include: Mildred Bailey, Bing Crosby, Ted Lewis, Cliff Edwards and Sleepy John Estes. |
Tue, 16 December 2008
For Beethoven's birthday, a special, short podcast featuring the final movment of the symphony #6 by the BBC Symphony conducted by Arturo Toscanini from 1937.
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Sat, 13 December 2008
Christmas records from the teens through the 30s. Songs include: I Want You For Christmas, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, The Nutcracker and Auld Lang Syne. Artists include: The Carol Singers, Tommy Dorsey, Rev. J.M. Gates and Guy Lombardo. |
Sat, 6 December 2008
Songs include: Blue Drag, Varsity Drag, Saratoga Drag and Five O'Clock Drag. Performers include: Cab Calloway, George Olson, Jelly Roll Morton and Cow Cow Davenport.
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Fri, 28 November 2008
More number songs including: Dinner at Eight, Five Foot Two, You Are the One and Three O' Clock in the Morning. Artist include: Gene Austin, Hazel Scott, Bing Crosby and Bem Selvin. |
Sat, 22 November 2008
Songs with numbers in the titles; plus pointless trivia about numbers. Songs include: Tea For Two, The Fives, I'm In Seventh Heaven and Three Little Words.
Artists include: Ethyl Waters, Count Basie, Fats Waller, Marion Harris and Wingy Manone. |
Sat, 15 November 2008
Songs about stars. Songs include: Dancing Under the Stars, Come Down My Evening Star, I Saw Stars and Stardust. Performers include: Lillian Russel, Willie the Lion Smith, Bing Crosby and Cab Calloway.
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Sat, 8 November 2008
The musicians who brought boogie woogie into mainstream popularity in the 1930s and 1940s. Pianists include: Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, Hazel Scott and Jimmy Yancey. Tunes include: Boogie Woogie Prayer, Bass Goin Crazy, Hazel's Boogie and Movin the Boogie. |
Sat, 1 November 2008
Early boogie woogie pianists including: Jimmy Blythe, Cow Cow Davenport, Pinetop Smith and Romeo Nelson. Tunes include: Pinetop's Boogie Woogie, Chicago Stomp, Cow Cow Blues and Head Rag Hop. |
Sat, 25 October 2008
Music for Halloween, including: Haunted House Blues, The Skeleton in the Closet, Mr Ghost Goes to Town and Graveyard Blues. Performers include: Helen Gross, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Davis and Woody Herman. |
Sat, 18 October 2008
Songs with happy in the title. Songs include: Happy Days Are Here Again, Is Everybody Happy?, Let Me Sing and I'm Happy and There's Always a Happy Ending. Performers include: Ted Lewis, Helen Kane, Lee Morse, Bing Crosby and Al Jolson. |
Sat, 11 October 2008
Early Mississippi Delta Blues Singers, including: Charley Patton, Son House, Bo Carter, Robert Johnson and Blind Willie McTell. Songs include: Screamin and Hollerin the Blues, Spike Driver Blues, I Believe I'll Dust My Broom and Sitting on Top of the World. |
Sun, 28 September 2008
Songs about birds, including: Bye Bye Blackbird, Turkey in the Straw, Bluebird Blues and The Bird on Nelly's Hat. Artists include: Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Helen Trix, Cab Calloway and Sonny Boy Williamson.
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Sat, 20 September 2008
Piano music of all types. Pianists include: Teddy Wilson, Ignaz Paderewski, George Gershwin, Art Tatum and Arizona Dranes. Music Includes: Honky Tonk Train Blues, Rhapsody in Blue, Polonaise #1 and Tea For Two. |
Sun, 14 September 2008
Music by bandleader and songwriter Isham Jones. Songs include: I'll See You in My Dreams, Wabash Blues, There is No Greater Love and Stardust. Other musicians include: Al Jolson, Woody Herman and Cliff Edwards. |
Sun, 7 September 2008
Songs involving cars, trains, planes and boats. Songs include: In My Merry Oldsmobile, The Wreck of the Old 97, Come Josephine in My Flying Machine and Sailing Down Chesapeake Bay. Artists include: Billy Murray, Ada Jones, Vernon Dalhart and the Memphis Jug Band. |
Sun, 31 August 2008
This week, musicians from Mississippi, including: Jimmie Rodgers, Mississippi John Hurt, The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Sonny Boy Williamson and Lester Young. Songs include: Lady Be Good, Blue Bird, Mississippi Moon, Ol Miss Rag and Dream Daddy Blues. |
Sun, 24 August 2008
Songs about fruit, including: Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries, I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time, On a Coconut Island and Black Raspberry Jam. Performers include: Cliff Edwards, Andy Iona, Rudy Valley, Fats Waller and the Memphis Jug Band. |
Sat, 16 August 2008
Xylophone, marimba and vibraphone recordings. Songs include: Triplets, Who's Sorry Now?, Memories of You and Avelon. Artists include: Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, George Hamilton Green and Adrian Rollini. |
Sat, 9 August 2008
Music by songwriter, Walter Donaldson. Songs include: Carolina in the Morning, My Blue Heaven, Love Me or Leave Me and You're Driving Me Crazy. Performers include: Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Josephine Baker and Nora Bayes. |
Fri, 1 August 2008
Songs include: Happy Days, I Faw Down, When You're Smiling, Train Whistle Blues and Sweetheart of Yesterday. Artists include: The Casa Loma Orchestra, Bessie Smith, Jimmie Rodgers, Bennie Moten, Annette Hanshaw and Louis Armstrong. |
Fri, 25 July 2008
Music includes: Liszt's Hungarian Rhaposdy 2, Beethoven's Egmont Overture and Smetana's Bartered Bride Overture. Conductors include: Leopold Stokowski, Hamilton Harty and Wilhelm Furtwangler. |
Fri, 18 July 2008
Songs about money, including: We're in the Money, Broke and Hungry, Don't Let Your Deal Go Down and Brother Can You Spare a Dime? Musicians include: Ted Lewis, Bing Crosby, Blind Lemon Jeffferson, Fletcher Henderson and Bert Williams. |
Fri, 11 July 2008
Love songs for summer. Artists include: Sir Harry Lauder, Josephine Baker, Enrico Caurso, Lee Morse and Maurice Chevalier. Songs include: Old Fashioned Love, She's the Lass For Me, Love is Mine and Stardust. |
Sat, 5 July 2008
Records that topped one million in sales. Songs include; Dardenella, The Prisoner's Song, Sonny Boy and Down Hearted Blues. Performers include: Al Jolson, Bessie Smith, Sophie Tucker, Ted Weems and Gene Austin. |
Sun, 29 June 2008
Patriotic songs for July 4th. Songs include: National Emblem, America, Any Place the Old Flag Flies and Keep the Home Fires Burning. Performers include: The Marine Band, Cal Stewart, Victor Herbert and Louis Armstrong. |
Sat, 21 June 2008
Songs about Georgia and musicians from the peach state. Songs include: Sweet Georgia Brown, Savannah Mama, Georgia Bound and Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia. Musicans include: Blind Willie McTell, The Skillet Lickers, Ma Rainey, Fiddlin John Carson and the American Quartet. |
Sat, 14 June 2008
Songs about Rain. Songs include: Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon, Stormy Weather, Rainy Nights and I'm Dancing on a Rainbow.
Musicians include: Bessie Smith, Ada Jones, The Happiness Boys and Duke Ellington. |
Sat, 7 June 2008
A tribute to our equine friends. Songs include: The Horse Trot, Empty Saddles, Racehorse Blues and My Old Saddle Horse Is Missing. Performers include: Cliff Carlise, Bing Crosby, Helen Humes and Sonny Scott. |
Sun, 1 June 2008
Records left off previous shows. Songs include: Lord McDonald, The Little Old Ford, Some Sunny Day, Sweetie Pie and I'm In Seventh Heaven.
Performers include: Paul Whiteman, Michael Coleman, Bing Crosby, Vernon Dalhart and Al Jolson. |
Sun, 25 May 2008
Early comedy records. Performers include: Bert Williams, Cal Stewart, Miss Ray Cox, Eddie Cantor and Steve Porter.
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Sat, 17 May 2008
Songs include: Tears, Ain't It a Crying Shame, Why Should I Cry Over You and Dancing With Tears in My Eyes. Performers include: The Tuxedo Dance Orchestra, Ruth Etting, Blind Boy Fuller, Bix Biederbeck and Bing Crosby. |
Sun, 11 May 2008
The story of the father of the blues, W.C. Handy. Songs include: Saint Louis Blues, Memphis Blues, Steal Away to Jesus and Way Down South Where the Blues Began. Musicians include: W. C. Handy, Marion Harris, Blanche Calloway and Jellyroll Morton. |
Sat, 3 May 2008
Songs include: Trombone Cholly, Teddy Bear's Picnic, Ory's Creole Trombone and Avalon.
Trombonists include: Kid Ory, Arthur Pryor, Jack Teagarden and Charlie Green. |
Sun, 27 April 2008
Songs about cake, candy, ice cream and pie. Performers include: Ted Lewis, Harry Resser, Lee Morse and Blind Boy Fuller.
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Sat, 19 April 2008
For the 100th episode, it's highlights from past shows. Performers include: Billy Murray, Blind Lemmon Jefferson, Enrico Caurso and Al Jolson.
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Sat, 19 April 2008
For the 100th episode, it's highlights from past programs. Performers include: Billy Murray, Pinetop Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Al Jolson.
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Sat, 5 April 2008
More songs from 1929, including: Sweet Fern, Mean to Me, Feeling the Spirit and How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times.
Artists include: Rudy Vallee, The Carter Family, Blind Alfred Reed, Ruth Etting and Al Jolson. |
Sat, 29 March 2008
Songs about heaven, including: My Blue Heaven, When I Put On My Long White Robe, Heaven's Radio and In My Little Hula Heaven.
Artists include: Gene Austin, The Carter Family, Rev. J.B. Gates, The Swift Jewel Cowboys and John McCormack. |
Fri, 21 March 2008
Songs include: Chicago Breakdown, Chicago Blues, Chicago Mess Around and Chicago Stomp. Performers include: Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Earl Hines, Lovie Austin and Fletcher Henderson. |
Sat, 15 March 2008
A selection of Irish music, including: Haste to the Wedding, The Girls of Bainbridge, Leaving Dear Old Ireland and The Star of the County Down. Artists include: John McCormack, Michael Coleman, Paddy Killoran and Chauncey Olcott. |
Sat, 8 March 2008
Songs about the Sun including: On the Sunny Side of the Street, Red Sails in the Sunset, Morning Sun Blues and Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie. Performers include: Louis Armstrong, Harry Richman, Bryon Harlin, the Brox Sisters and John McCormack. |
Sat, 1 March 2008
Early works by Hollywood song writer , Harry Warren. Songs include, The Lullaby of Broadway, Lulu's Back In Town, You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me, and Shadow Waltz. Performers include: Bing Crosby, Connie Boswell, Hal Kemp and Fats Waller. |
Sat, 23 February 2008
Songs about Alabama and musicians from the yellowhammer state. Songs include: Alabama Jubilee, Go Down Moses, Alabama Strut and the Stars Fell On Alabama. Musicans include: Cow Cow Davenport, Guy Lombardo, the Tuskeggee Institute Singers and W.C. Handy. |
Sun, 10 February 2008
Six songs with rose in the title. Songs include: My Wild Irish Rose, Second Hand Rose, Rose Room, My Virgina Rose and Roses of Picardy.
Performers include: the Carter Family, Django Rheinhardt, Bing Crosby and Fanny Brice. |
Sun, 3 February 2008
The story of the first African-American owned record label. Artists include: Ethel Waters, Fletcher henderson, The Four Harmony Kings, Alberta Hunter and Trixie Smith. Songs include: Oh Daddy, They'll be some Changes Made, Farewell Blues and Trixie's Blues. |
Sat, 26 January 2008
Songs about the moon. Songs include: By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Once In a Blue Moon, Roll Along Kentucky Moon and Moon Country. Performers include: Ada Jones, Cliff Edwards, Hoagy Carmichael, Helen Kane and Charlie Patton. |
Sun, 20 January 2008
Songs with breakdown in the title. Songs include: Piano Breakdown, Birmington Breakdown, Redell Breakdown and Country Breakdown. Performers include: Charley Lincoln, The Skillet Lickers, Louis Armstrong, Blind Blake and J.B. Fuselier. |
Sat, 12 January 2008
Pianists include: Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller, Pinetop Smith, Earl Hines and Cow Cow Davenport.
Tunes include: Jelly Roll Blues, Black Beauty,Pinetop's Boogie Woogie and Goin About. |
Sat, 5 January 2008
Songs written or recorded in 1908. Songs include: Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Shine On Harvest Moon, Pineapple Rag and It Looks Like a Big Night Tonight. Performers include: Billy Murray, the Sousa Band, the Knickerbocker Quartet and Harry Lauder. |