Mon, 10 November 2025
Songs include: Wedding Bells by the Four Aces, The Bells of Saint Mary by Bing Crosby, The Blue Bells of Scotland by Ella Logan, Serenade of the Bells by Jo Stafford and The Liberty Bell by The Band of the Grenadier Gaurds. |
Mon, 3 November 2025
Songs include: Lazy River by Hoagy Carmichael, River Stay Away From My Door by kate Smith, Ol Man River by The Ravens, Cry Me a River by Julie London, Down By the Riverside by Louis Armstrong and Walkin By the River by Una Mae Carlise. |
Mon, 27 October 2025
Songs include: It's a Blue World by The Four Freshmen, Three Coins In the Fountain by The Four Aces, It's Love, Love, Love by The Four King Sisters, I Get So Lonely by The Four Knights and Soldier Boy by The Four Fellows. |
Tue, 21 October 2025
Songs include: Dinner With Drac by John Zacherly, Ding Dong the witch Is Dead by Glenn Miller, Undertaker Blues by Buddy Moss, Danse Macrabe by the Royal Philharmonic and and Halloween poem by Louise Gluck. |
Mon, 13 October 2025
Music includes: Now's The Time by Charlie Parker, Body and Soul by Coleman Hawkins, East of the Sun by Lester Young, My Old Flame by Stan Getz, Cotton Tail by Ben Webster and Warm Valley by Johnny Hodges. |
Mon, 6 October 2025
Songs include: Faith Can Move Mountains by Nat King Cole, When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain by Kate Smith, Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Flatt and Scruggs, Blueberry Hill by Louis Armstrong, I'd Climb the Highest Mountain by the Ink Spots and The Old Man of the Mountain by Cab Calloway. |
Mon, 29 September 2025
Songs include: All the Things You Are by Artie Shaw, The Last Time I Saw Paris by Kate Smith, Pick Yourself Up by Fred Astaire, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Jo Staffored and Look For the Silver Lining by Chet Baker. |
Tue, 16 September 2025
Music includes: Let Em Jump by Pete Johnson, I'll See You In My Dreams by Teddy Wilson, Hungarian Rhapsody #10 by Arthur Rubinstein, Caravan by Ferante & Teicher and Night Wind by Roger Williams. |
Tue, 16 September 2025
A special, short podcast honoring guitarists, Charlie Byrd and B B King on the 100th anniversary of their births. |
Mon, 8 September 2025
Music includes: Pomp and Circumstance March #4 by Edward Elgar, Ruins of Athens march by Beethoven, March from the English Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughn Williams, the Nutcracker March by Tchaikovsky and the Guadalcanal March by Richard Rodgers and Richard Russel Bennett. Conducors include: Arturo Toscanini, Arthur Fiedler, Thomas Beecham and Henry Wood.
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Mon, 1 September 2025
Musicians include: Ester Phillips, Hank Thompson, Jack Teagarden. Arizonia Dranes, Lefty Frizzel, Consuelo Silva and Henry Thomas. Songs include: I Love You a Thousand Ways, He Is My Story, Whoa Sailor, Cuando Tu Te Alejes and Double Crossing Blues. |
Mon, 25 August 2025
Musicians include: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mary Martin, Lydia Mendoza, Bob Wills Ernest Tubb, Teddy Wilson, Charlie Christian and Hoyle Nix. Songs include: Easy Rider Blues, Spanish Two Step, My Heart Belongs to Daddy, Let Your Light Shine On me and Lamento Borincano. |
Mon, 18 August 2025
Songs include: Tico Tico by Ethel Smith, Jitterbug Waltz by Fats Waller, St Louis Blues by Bessie Smith, Twilight Time by The Three Suns, TV Is the Thing by Dinah Washington and Fuzzy Wuzzy by the Milt Hearth Trio. |
Mon, 11 August 2025
Musicians include: Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Mahalia Jackson, Lonnie Johnson, Louis Prima, Sidney Bechet and Blanche Thomas. |
Mon, 4 August 2025
Songs include: Ole Buttermilk Sky by Kay kyser, Cabin In the Sky by Ella Fitzgerald, Blue Skies by Count Basie, Riders In the Sky by Bing Crosby and Orange Colored Sky by Nat King Cole. |
Mon, 28 July 2025
Records include: Who's On First by Abbott & Costello, The Man On The Flying Trapeze by Spike Jones, Guarding the Gasworks by Stanley Holloway, Casey At The |
Mon, 21 July 2025
Songs include: So In Love by Patti Page, Taking a Chance On Love by Benny Goodman, Dream by the Pied Pipers, For Sentimental Reasons by Nat King Cole and I Wish That I Were Twins by Fats Waller. |
Tue, 15 July 2025
Songs include: That's What You Think by Pinky Tomlin, Thinking of You by Eddie Fischer, I Think I'll Wed In the Summer by Harry Lauder, What Do You Think by Nancy Walker and The Very Thought of you by Art Tatum. |
Mon, 7 July 2025
Songs include: Songs include: Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by the Andrews Sisters, God Bless The Child by Billie Holiday, Take the A Train by Duke Ellington and Stardust by Artie Shaw. |
Tue, 1 July 2025
Songs include: Stars and Stripes Forever by John Phillip Sousa, Tail End Charlie by Glenn Miller, Take Me Out To the Ball Game by Frankie Masters, America by the Boston Pops Orchestra, Bugler's Holiday by Leroy Anderson and Mr. Touchdown USA by Hugo Winterhalter. |
Mon, 23 June 2025
Songs include: Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree by Glenn Miller, Chiquita Banana by Xavier Cugat, Blueberry Hill by Louis Armstrong, Beans and Cornbread by Louis Jordan and Huckleberry Duck by Raymond Scott. |
Mon, 16 June 2025
Records include: Riverboat Shuffle by Isham Jones, A Trumpeter's Lullaby by Leroy Anderson, 3 O' Clock Blues by B.B. King, Tennessee Waltz by Jo Stafford, Mozart's Piano Sonata #12 by Aldo Ciccolini and Our Delight by Tadd Dameron. |
Mon, 9 June 2025
Songs include: Wedding Bells by the Four Aces, I Went to Your Wedding by Patti Page, An Apple Blossom Wedding by Sammy kaye and The Wedding of Mr. Mickey Mouse by Jack Jackson. |
Mon, 26 May 2025
Songs include: Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller, My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Mary Martin, Body and Soul by Coleman Hawkins, Deep Purple by Larry Clinton and God Bless America by Kate Smith. |
Mon, 19 May 2025
Historic recordings of classical music dances. Music by Johannes Brahams, William Gluck, Manuel De Fall, George Bizet, Frederic Chopin and Pytor Tchaikovsky.
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Mon, 12 May 2025
Records selected for the National Recording Registry in 2024 and 25. Including: Aloha Oe by the Hawaiian Quintette, Clarinet Marmelade by Jim Europe, Rose Room By the Benny Goodman Sextette, Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer by Gene Autry and Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston. |
Mon, 5 May 2025
Songs include: Second Hand Rose by Fannie Brice, Your Feets Too Big by Thomas "Fats" Waller, The Hand of Fate by Eddie Fischer, Sugar Foot Stomp by Benny Goodman, Careless Hands by Mel Torme and Pig Foot Pete by Dolly Dawn. |
Tue, 29 April 2025
Songs include: I'll See You In My Dreams by Django Rheinhardt, Farruca by Ramon Montoya, Strollin With Bone by T-Bone Walker, Step it Up And Go by Blind Boy Fuller and You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To by Billy Baur. |
Mon, 21 April 2025
Songs include: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by the Andrews Sisters, The Girl I left Behind Me by Fats Waller, Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend by Jo Stafford, Nature Boy by Nat King Cole and Beautiful Girl by Bing Crosby. |
Mon, 14 April 2025
Songs include: Five Guys Named Moe by Louis Jordan, Number Ten Lullabye Lane by Dinah Shore, Pennsylvania 6-5000 by Glenn Miller, One Hundred Years From Today by Ethyl Waters, "T" 99 Blues by Jimmie Nelson and One Hundred Percent For You by Fats Waller. |
Mon, 7 April 2025
Music includes: After Yor Gone by the Benny Goodman Quartet, If You Were Mine by Billie Holiday, Harlem Airshaft by Duke Ellington, Manteca by Dizzy Gillespie, Boplicity by Miles Davis and I Love paris by Cecil Taylor. |
Mon, 31 March 2025
Songs include: The Third man Theme by Anton Karas, Ruby by Richard Hayman, The Syncopated Clock by Leroy Anderson, Swedish Rhaposdy by Percy Faith, Dragnet by Ray Anthony and Melancholy Serenade by Jackie Gleeson. |
Tue, 25 March 2025
Songs include: After You've Gone by Django Rheinhardt, When Your Lover Has Gone by Billie Holiday, He's a Real Gone Guy by Nellie Lutcher, Long Gone Lonesome Blues by Hank Williams and Gone With the Wind by Julie London. |
Mon, 17 March 2025
Songs include: Chatanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller, Beale Street Blues by Jelly Roll Morton, In the Pines by Leadbelly, Louisville Lady by Sophie Tucker and Tenessee Waltz by Patti Page. |
Mon, 10 March 2025
Celebrating 19 years of this podcast with some of the host's favorite records, along with some memories of the show's origin. Songs include: Right Or Wrong by Bob Wills, Cherokee by Sarah Vaughn, Devil Got My Woman by Skip James, In a Mist by Frankie Traumbaur, The Half Of It Dearie Blues by Fred Astaire and Once In a While by Louis Armstrong. |
Mon, 3 March 2025
Songs include: Be Kind To Your Web Footed Friends by Peter and Mary, Doggie In the Window by Patti Page, The Flying Saucer by Buchannan and Goodman, I Ain't Got Nobody by Louis Prima and Little Blue Riding Hood by Stan Freberg. |
Mon, 24 February 2025
Music includes: Scrapple From the Apple by Charlie Parker, Lover by Stan Kenton, Easy Living by Billie Holiday, Shake That Thing by Turk Murphy, I Want To Be Loved by Benny Goodman and Boogie Woogie Stomp by Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson. |
Mon, 17 February 2025
Songs include; It Don't Mean a Thing by Ivie Anderson, Do Nothing Till You Hear From me by Al Hibbler, Blue Skies by Jimmy Rushing, Blues In the Night by Cab Calloway, It Ain't Necessarily So by Maxine Sullivan and Night In Tunisia by Sarah Vaughn. |
Mon, 10 February 2025
Songs include: When I Fall In Love by Jeri Southern, My Foolish heart by Billy Ecksteine, Moon and Sand by Xavier Cugat, Some Enchanted Evening by Jo Stafford and Goodbye Sue by Perry Como. |
Mon, 3 February 2025
Songs include: You Don't Know What Love Is by Dinah Washington, You Don't Have To Know the Language by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, It's Too Soon To Know by the Orioles, Ask Anyone Who Knows by the Ink Spots and I'll Know by Georgia Gibbs. |
Mon, 27 January 2025
Celebrating Mozart's 269th birthday with historical recordings including: Rondo In D Major by Walter Gieseking, Sring Quartet 21 by the Budapest String Quartet, Der Schauspieldirektor Overture by Eric Leinsdorf and Piano Concerto 19 by Clara Haskil. |
Mon, 20 January 2025
A salute to musicians born in 1925, including: Sammy Davis Jr, Art Pepper, Marty Robbins, Celia Cruz, Oscar Peterson, Johnny Horton, Bill Haley and Charlie Byrd. |
Tue, 14 January 2025
Songs include: Don't You Know I Love you by The Clovers, You'll Never Know by Frank Sinatra, Now I Know by Dinah Shore, You Know I Love You by BB King, I Don't Know Enough by The Mills Brothers and I Really Don't Want To Know by Less Paul and Mary Ford. |
Mon, 6 January 2025
Some of the most popular records of 1925, including: The Charleston by Paul Whiteman, St. Louis Blues by Bessie Smith, Gut Bucket Blues by Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives, Tea For Two by Marian Harris, Sweet Georgia Brown by Isham Jones and All Alone by Al Jolson. The host also describes some of the major events of 1925. |
Mon, 23 December 2024
Records left off of earlier episodes and a tribute to musicians who passed away in 2024. Performers include: Kate Smith, the Andrews Sisters, Jo Stafford, Bert Convey, Ezio Pinza, the Eastman Wind Ensemble and Hazel Scott. |
Sun, 15 December 2024
Celebrating Beethoven's 254th birthday with historic recordings of three, lesser-known works: Symphony #8, Piano Sonata #25 and The Creatures of Prometheus overture. Performers include Bruno Walter and Fredrich Gulda. |
Tue, 10 December 2024
Songs about dreams and dreaming by Frank Sinatra, Patti Page, Woody Herman, Glenn Miller, Perry Como and Harry James. |
Mon, 2 December 2024
Songs include: Here Comes Santa Claus by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, Jingle Bells by Les Paul, Oh Come All Ye Faithful by Kate Smith, Boogie Woogie Santa Claus by Patti Smith, the Russian Dance from the Nutcracker by Herbert von Karajan and the 12 Days of Christmas by Fred Waring. |
Tue, 26 November 2024
Songs include: They Call The Wind Maria by Vaughn Monroe, Trade Winds by Bing Crosby, With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair by Bob Crosby, Whispering winds by Patti Page, Night Wind by Thomas "Fats" Waller and The Wind by June Christy. |
Mon, 18 November 2024
Songs include: Sunrise Serenade by Glenn Miller, Twilight Time by Less Brown, The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise by Les Paul and Mary Ford, Dusk by Duke Ellington and Morning Mood by the Bamberg Symphony. |
Mon, 11 November 2024
Music from suites, including Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, Vaughan Williams' English Folk Song Suite, Grieg's Peer Gynt, Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances and Prokofiev's Love For Three Oranges. |
Tue, 29 October 2024
Songs include: Tuxedo Junction by the Andrews Sisters, Our Love Affair by Judy Garland, Looking At You by Lee Wiley, I'll Get By by the King Sisters, Starlit Hour by Ella Fitzgerald and Body and Soul by Billie Holiday. |
Tue, 22 October 2024
Songs include : Worried Man Blues by the Carter Family. Don't Worry Bout That Mule by Louis Jordan, Worried Blues by Gladys Bentley, Worried Over You by Red Norvo and Do I Worry by the Ink Spots. |
Mon, 14 October 2024
Songs include: Dead by the Poets, The Little Man Who Wasn't There by Glenn Miller, The Monster Hop by Bert Convey, The Ghost Song by Salty Holmes and Yodeling Ghost by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters. |
Mon, 7 October 2024
Songs include: By the Light of the Silvery Moon by Billy Murray, Blue Moon by Mel Torme, How High the Moon by Helen Forest, No Moon at All by the Ames Brothers and Moonlight Sonata by Solomon. |
Tue, 1 October 2024
Songs include: Shame On You by Spade Cooley, At the Mail Call Today by Gene Autry, Stay a Little Longer by Bob Wills, It Don't Matter To Me Now by Ernest Tubb and Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain by Roy Acuff. |
Tue, 24 September 2024
Songs include: June In January by Bing Crosby, April In Paris by Charlie Parker, June Is Bustin Out All Over by Hildegarde, Sleigh Ride In July by Dinah Shore and Roses In December by Ozzie Nelson. |
Mon, 16 September 2024
Musicians include: Perry Como, Lightnin Hopkins, Lydia Mendoza, Peggy Lee, Bo Diddley, Slim Whitman, Charley Parker, Dinah Washington and Horace Silver. Music includes: Mal Hombre, Solo Flight, Bandera Waltz, Hank's Tune, Bloomdido, Riders In the Sky and You don't Know What Love Is.
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Mon, 9 September 2024
Music includes: Death Ray Boogie by Pete Johnson, When You're Smiling by Errol Garner, Drag Em by Mary Lou Williams, Taboo by Art Tatum, Bach's WTC Book I, No. 19 in A Major by Edwin Fischer and Almost Paradise by Roger Williams. |
Mon, 2 September 2024
Songs include: Smoke, Smoke, Smoke by Tex Williams, Smoke Dreams by Jo Stafford, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Artie Shaw and While a Cigarette Was Burning by Paul Whiteman. |
Mon, 26 August 2024
Songs include: South Sea Island Magic by Bing Crosby, Christmas Island by the Andrews Sisters, Island In the Sun by Harry Belafonte, Rock Island Line by the Weavers, Poor Little Rhode Island by Guy Lombardo and Isle of Capri by the Gaylords. |
Tue, 20 August 2024
Songs include: Buttons and Bows by Dinah Shore, If I Steal a Kiss by Frank Sinatra, This Is the Moment by Jo Stafford, Melody Time by Vaughn Monroe, It's Magic by Sarah Vaughn and Blue Shadows On the Trail by Roy Rogers. |
Mon, 12 August 2024
Songs include: Istanbul by The Four Lads, All Right Louie, Drop the Gun by Cass Daley, I've Got You Under My Skin by Stan Freberg, The William Tell Overture by Spike Jones and It's Magic by Jonathan and Darlene Edwards. |
Mon, 5 August 2024
Music includes: Painted Rhythm - Stan Kenton, Rhythm and Romance - Chick Webb, I Got Rhythm - Glenn Miller, Rhythm Is Our Business - Jimmie Lunceford, Rhythm In Blues - McGuire Sisters and Lullaby In Rhythm - Benny Goodman. |
Tue, 23 July 2024
Featuring songs from: South Pacific, Texas Lil Darlin, Lost In the Stars, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Along Fifth Avenue and Miss Liberty. |
Tue, 16 July 2024
Duet partners include: Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes, Carmen Miranda, Les Paul, Dan Dailey, Burl Ives and Danny Kaye. Songs include: Take Me Out to the Ball Game, The Woody Woodpecker Song, Rumors Are Flying, Smile, Smile, Smile and There's No Business Like Show Business. |
Tue, 9 July 2024
Works include: Nocturne in E flat, Fantaisie Impromptu, minute Waltz, Grand Valse Brilliante and Etude Op 10 No. 3. Pianists include: Arthur Rubinstein. Alfred Cortot, Claudio Arrau, Margarete Long, Sergi Rachmanioff and William Kapell. |
Mon, 1 July 2024
Music includes: Oklahoma Highlights, On the Mall, Route 66, Bugle Call Rag, Happy Go Lucky Local and Salute to Our Fighting Men. Performers include: the Boston Pops, the Andrews Sisters, the Mills Brothers, Duke Ellington, Ralph Flanagan and the Goldman Band. |
Mon, 24 June 2024
Records left off of previous shows, including: It's a Sin to Tell a Lie by the Ink Spots, When Winter Comes by Mary Healy, Swing Them Jingle Bells by Fats Waller, Worried Blues by Gladys Bentley and Prison Cell Blues by Blind Lemon Jefferson. |
Mon, 17 June 2024
Here is the actual playlist: It's a Sin To Tell a Lie (Fats Waller 1936) Who Told You That Lie? (Vaughn Monroe 1946) My Bonnie Lie Over The Ocean (Ella Logan 1938) Darling, You Lied (Wayne King, Buddy Clark 1941) How Could You Believe Me ect. (Bing Crosby Judy Garland 1951) Little White Lies (Dick Haymes 1948) Why Do I Lie To Myself About You (Johnny Johnson 1936) Lovely Lies (Manhattan Brothers & Miriam Makeba 1956) How It Lies (Connie Haines 1949) |
Tue, 11 June 2024
Artists include: Bert Williams, Helen Gross, Bubber Miley, Cats and Fiddle, Elmo Hope, DeFord Bailey and Hazel Scott. Songs include: Pan-American Blues, Ten Little Bottles, Nevertheless, East St. Louis Toodle-oo, Nuts To You & I Gotta Swing.
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Mon, 3 June 2024
Songs include: On a Slow Boat to China, Song of the Volga Boatmen, Don't Give Up the Ship, Ferry Boat Serenade and Shrimp Boats. Musicians include: Jo Stafford, Glenn Miller, Dick Powell, Benny Goodman, John McCormack and Moon Mullican. |
Tue, 28 May 2024
Performers include: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Victoria Spivey, T-Bone Walker, Ida Mae Mack, Lightnin Hopkins, Blind Willie Johnson and Harmonica Slim. Songs include: Don't Trust Nobody, God Don't Never Change, Big Mama Jump, Howlin Wolf Blue and You Better Believe It.
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Tue, 21 May 2024
A special, short podcast honoring Thomas "Fats" Waller on his 120th birthday. Songs include: Honeysuckle Rose, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Whose Honey Are You. |
Mon, 20 May 2024
Songs include: Sweet Georgia Brown, Little Brown Jug, Brown Eyes, Why Are you Blue?, Fine Brown Frame and The Little Brown Gal. Musicians include: Brother Bones, Rosemary Clooney, Glen Miller, Joe Turner, Bob Wills, Nick Lucas and Nellie Lutcher. |
Sun, 12 May 2024
Musician include: Hank Thompson, Kitty Wells, Slim Whitman, Hank Williams, Red Foley and Ernest Tubb. Songs include: The Wild side of Life, Salty Dog Rag, Jambalya, It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels and Too Old to Cut the Mustard. |
Mon, 29 April 2024
Songs include: Born to Lose, Lost and Found, I'd Hate to Lose You, What Have We Got to lose?, Lost April and She Had to Go and Lose It At the Astor. Performers include: Benny Carter, the Andrews Sisters, Ted Daffran, the Ink Spots, Richard Himbler, Thomas "Fats" Waller and Nat King Cole. |
Tue, 23 April 2024
Songs include: It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing, Swing It Sister, Waltz In Swing Time, Rug Cutter's Swing, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and Swinging On a Star. Performers include: Duke Ellington, Les Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller, the Mills Brothers and the Fisk Jubilee Quartet.
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Mon, 15 April 2024
Songs include: Apple Blossom Time, Apple Honey, Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree, Scrapple From the Apple, The Big Apple and Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White. Performers include: Glenn Miller, Jo Stafford, Tommy Dorsey, the Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Charley Parker and Woody Herman. |
Wed, 3 April 2024
Singers include: Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, Louise Tobin, Vera Lynn, Ella Fitzgerald, Helen Forest, the Andrews Sisters, Carmen Miranda, and Kate Smith. Songs include: We'll Meet Again, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Beer Barrel Polka, Undecided, What's New, Strange Fruit and God Bless America. |
Sun, 31 March 2024
To mark Bach's 339th birthday, historical recordings of the Brandenburg Concerto 3 and the B Minor Prelude and Fugue from the Well Tempered Clavier. |
Mon, 25 March 2024
Songs include: Wild Horses, His Rocking Horse Ran Away, Black Horse Blues, Empty Saddles, Riders In the Sky, Horses Don't Bet On People and The Ride of the Valkeries. Performers include: Betty Hutton, Bing Crosby, Burl Ives, Kay Kyser and Perry Como. |
Mon, 18 March 2024
Songs include: I Love You Because You're You, Because of Once Upon a Time, Just Because, Because Of You and Because it's Love. Performers include: Thomas "Fats" Waller, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Leon Payne and Johnny Mercer. |
Mon, 11 March 2024
Celebrating 18 years of the podcast. Music includes: Confirmation, Go Where I Send Thee, Alabama Song, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Caravan, The Great Gate At Kiev, Worried Man Blues and Truckin' My Blues Away. Performers include: The Golden Gate Quartet, The Carter Family, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Arturo Toscanini, Duke Ellington and Lotte Lenya. |
Mon, 4 March 2024
Songs from Gershwin's Hollywood period, including: They Can't Take That Away From Me, Let's Call The Whole Thing Off, Love Walked In, Nice Work If You Can Get It, They All Laughed and Love Is Here To Stay. Performers include: Fred Astaire, The Andrews Sisters, Bea Wain, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Kenny Baker and Ozzie Nelson. |
Mon, 26 February 2024
Songs include: Bizet Has His Day, Day By Day, Day In Day Out, What a Difference a Day Made, Isn't This a Lovely Day, Night and Day and Oh Happy Day. Musicians include: Fred Astaire, Jo Stafford, Frank Sinatra, Helen Forest, Don Howard, Les Brown and Ben Selvin. |
Mon, 19 February 2024
Songs include: Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Montana Plains, There's No Hiding Place, Nobody's Darlin, Cattle Call and Beautiful Texas. Performers include: The Sons of the Pioneers, W. Lee O'Daniel, Red Foley, Patsy Montana, the Carter Family and Milton Brown. |
Mon, 12 February 2024
Musicians who appeared in Art Kane's iconic 1958 photograph, celebrating the golden age of jazz. Musicians include: Oscar Pettiford, Maxine Sullivan, Jimmy Rushing, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Sonny Rolling, Count Basie and Lester Young. |
Wed, 31 January 2024
Songs include: Bubbles In the Wine, Pink Champagne, Abercrombie Had a Zombie, Salty Dog Blues, Rum and Coca-Cola, Scotching With the Soda and Cocktails For Two. Performers include: Lawrence Welk, the King Cole Trio, Glenn Miller, the Andrews Sisters Joe Liggins and Fats Waller. |
Mon, 22 January 2024
Celebrating the 268th Birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Excerpts from the Symphony #39, Piano Sonata #17, String Quartet #23, Horn Concerto #4 and The Magic Flute. Performers include: Herbert Von Karajan, Claudio Arrau, The Budapest String Quarter and Dennis Brain. |
Tue, 16 January 2024
Celebrating performers born 100 years ago, this year, including, Dinah Washington, Bud Powell, Earl Scruggs, Roger Williams, Ella Mae Morse, Chet Atkins, Sarah Vaughn,Slim Whitman, Max Roach and Henry Mancini. Songs include: Cow Cow Boogie, Autumn Leaves, April In Paris, Baby, Get Back, Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Black Coffee. |
Mon, 8 January 2024
Songs include: Nobody's Sweetheart, Nobody's Darlin But Mine, Time Waits For No One, I Ain't Got Nobody and You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You. Musicians include: Helen Forrest, Thomas "Fats" Waller, the Mills Brothers, Judy Garland, Blind Willie Johnson and Doris Day. |
Tue, 2 January 2024
Songs include: California Here I come, It Had To Be You, Tea For Two, Jellybean Blues, You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She's Gone, All Alone and Somebody Loves Me. Artists include: Al Jolson, Bessie Smith, John McCormack, Jones & Hare, Marion Harris. Fiddlin John Carson and Paul Whiteman. |
Tue, 26 December 2023
Records left off of previous podcasts, along with a tribute to musics whom we lost this year. Performers include: Sarah Vaughn, Frank Sinatra, Artie Shaw, Les Paul, Moriz Rosenthal, Dick "Two Ton" Baker, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Fred Astaire. |
Sat, 16 December 2023
Celebrating Beethoven's 253rd birthday. Movements from the Cello Sonata #3 and the String Quartet #7, along with the Leonore Overture #3. Performers include: Pablo Casals, Rudolf Serkin, Karl Bohm and the Vienna Comcethouse Quartet. |
Mon, 11 December 2023
Songs include: A Christmas Festival, Christmas Island, Christmas In Killarney, The Twelve Days of Christmas, All Around the Christmas Tree, I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Performers include: Leroy Anderson, Judy Garland, The Andrews Sisters, The DeCastro Sisters, Gayla Peevy, Buddy Clark and Sammy Kaye. |
Tue, 5 December 2023
Songs include: White Christmas, Little Christmas Tree, It's Gonna Be a Lonely Christmas, Christmas Roses, A Christmas Symphony, Christmas Blues and The Christmas Song. Performers include: Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Mantovani, The Orioles, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Jo Stafford and Doris Day.
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Mon, 20 November 2023
Songs include: Everybody Loves Somebody, Somebody Stole My Gal, I'm Falling In Love With Someone, Someone To Watch Over Me, Somebody Loves Me and Like Someone In Love. Musicians include: George Gershwin, Joni James, Frank Sinatra, Fats Waller, Tommy Dorsey, Jo Stafford, Benny Goodman and Nelson Eddy. |
Mon, 13 November 2023
Songs include: No Strings, No Arms Can Ever Hold You, No Moon At All, No Other Love, Time Waits For No One and No Can Do. Performers include: Ella Mae Morse, Perry Como, Fred Astaire, Helen Forrest, Guy Lombardo and Pat Boone. |
Mon, 6 November 2023
Songs about the passing of time, including: Time Changes Everything, Every Night About This Time, Time After Time, Moonlight Savings Time, As Time Goes By and Time Waits For No One. Performers include: Dooley Wilson the Ink Spots, Helen Merrill, Artie Shaw, Guy Lombardo, Frank Sinatra and Harry James. |
