Podcasts by Music From 100 Years Ago

A Christmas Christmas Part 2 from 2023-12-11T15:44:27

Songs include: A Christmas Festival, Christmas Island, Christmas In Killarney, The Twelve Days of Christmas, All Around the Christmas Tree, I Want a Hippopotamus F...

A Christmas Christmas Part 1 from 2023-12-05T18:04:13

Songs include: White Christmas, Little Christmas Tree, It's Gonna Be a Lonely Christmas, Christmas Roses, A Christmas Symphony, Christmas Blues and The Christmas S...

Someone and Somebody from 2023-11-20T14:08:49

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 L...

No from 2023-11-13T14:33:16

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.

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Time Changes Everything from 2023-11-07T00:33:47

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...

National Recording Registry 2023 from 2023-11-01T00:03:29

Songs include: Sugar Foot Stomp, Jesus Give Me Water, Walking the Floor Over You, Piano Sonata #13, El Chivo and Jeep's Blues.

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Halloween 2023 from 2023-10-18T00:45:09

The annual Halloween show, Songs include: At the Devil's Ball, I Got the Jitters, Bloody Razor Blues, You Got Me Voodooed, Punky Punkin and What's Halloween? Listen

Black Is the Color Of My True Love's Podcast from 2023-10-10T01:03:33

Songs include: Black Is the Color Of My True Love's Hair, Black Bottom Stomp, That Old Black Magic, Black and Blue, Black Snake Moan, Black Coffee, Black Eyes and ...

Oscar Nominated Songs 1940-1955 from 2023-10-03T01:42:57

Songs include: Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, Lavender Blue, It Might As Well Be Spring, The High and the Mighty, Mona Lisa, Count Your Blessings and I Fall In L...

Ballads 1947 from 2023-09-26T01:08:54

Songs include: Just One Of Those Things, Midnight Sun, Interlude, Golden Earrings, There Is No Greater Love and Blue Shadows On the Trail.

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Mozart Overtures from 2023-09-19T01:07:25

Overtures to The Impresario, The Marriage of Figaro, Cosi fan Tutte, The Clemency of Titus, Don Giovanni and more. 

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A Kiss To Build a Show On from 2023-09-12T17:16:39

Songs include: A Kiss To Build a Dream On, We Kiss In a Shadow, Kiss the Boys Goodbye, I Still Love To Kiss You Goodnight and Kiss Of Fire.

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Train Wrecks from 2023-09-06T02:17:05

Songs include: Casey Jones, Ben Dewberry's Final Run, Wreck of the Old 97 and Wreck of the Royal Palm.

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Big Band Small Groups Part 2 from 2023-08-29T18:57

Small jazz combos drawn from big bands. Including: Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Count Basie, Woody Herman and Bunny Berigan. Listen

Hollywood Musicals 1936 from 2023-08-22T01:41:20

Songs from the movies: Show Boat, Swingtime, Rose Marie, Follow the Fleet, Pennies From Heaven and Gold Diggers of 1937

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Lady from 2023-08-15T00:59:04

Songs include: Oh Lady Be Good, Lady of Spain, The Lady In Red, The Lady Is a Tramp. Red Roses For a Blue Lady and The Lady's In Love With You/

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Veggies from 2023-08-08T01:06:49

Songs include: Solid Potato Salad, Mixed Salad, Beans and Cornbread, The Yam, Onions, Dill Pickle Rag and Celery Stalks At Midnight.

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Music Of Chopin from 2023-07-25T01:29:43

Works include:  Waltzes #3 &6, The Revolutionary Etude, Prelude #17, Scherzo #1, Nocturne #13 and Mazurka # 26.

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Strange Music from 2023-07-19T00:21:31

Songs include: Strange Enchantment, Strange Things Are Happening, A Strange Fact, Strange As It Seems, Strange Fruit and Strange Blues.

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Leftovers #32 from 2023-07-11T00:43:29

Songs include: Old Devil Moon, Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, On the Mall, I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night, Beer Barrel Polka and Body and Soul. Listen

Independence Day 2023 from 2023-07-03T19:43:46

Music includes: Anchors Aweigh, Semper Fidelis, The Caissons Go Rolling Along, Promenade, I Got Rhythm Variations, Look Sharp, Be Sharp and God Bless America. Listen

Unusual Pairings from 2023-06-26T23:23

Performers include: Mae West & Duke Ellington, Jimmie Rodgers & Louis Armstrong, Perry Como & Betty Hutton, Dick Powell & the Mills Brothers and Carmen Miranda & t...

Broadway 1947 from 2023-06-21T01:59:08

Songs from Brigadoon, Finian's Rainbow, Allegro, High Button Shoes, The Medium and Angel In the Wings.

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Summer love Songs 2023 from 2023-06-13T01:46:59

Songs include: Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Love Is Sweeping the Country, Love Me Tonight, Body and Soul, For Sentimental Reasons and Ain't She Sweet.

Black Music Month 2023 from 2023-06-06T00:48:02

Performers include: Charlie Patton, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughn, Louis Armstrong and Big Joe Turner.

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Hits of 1928 from 2023-05-24T01:05:56

Songs include: Sonny Boy, Ramona, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Old Man River, Black and Tan Fantasy and Struttin With Some Barbecue. 

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Night Music from 2023-05-16T02:03:55

Songs include: Blues In the Night, Saturday Night, Thief In the Night, Night Train, When the Blue Of the Night Meets the Gold Of the Day and Tomorrow Night....

Chamber Music Month from 2023-05-09T01:27:38

Works include: Schumann's Violin Sonata #1, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #2, Brahms' Horn Trio, Vivaldi's Cello Sonata #1 and Varese's Ionization. 

Sing from 2023-05-03T00:48:37

Songs include: Sing, Sing ,Sing, I Gotta Right To Sing the Blues, Let Me Sing and I'm Happy, Sing, You Sinners, And the Angels Sing and It's a Grand Night For Sing...

Forgotten Delta Blues Singers from 2023-04-25T01:54

Performers include: Furry Lewis, Bo Weavil Jackson, Louise Johnson, Kid Bailey, King Soloman Hill, Peatie Wheatstraw and Robert Petway. 

Go For Baroque from 2022-04-18T01:17:11

Historical recordings of music by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell, Scarlatti, Telemann & Pachelbel.

Jazz Appreciation Month 2022 from 2022-04-05T03:40:57

Artists include: Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Anita O'Day, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, The Quintet of the Hot Cl...

Movie Songs from 2022-03-29T02:56

Songs include: In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening, Boogie Woogie Bugle Bay, Buttons and Bows, I'll Always Love You, Concerto For Clarinet and It Might As Well Be...

Sweet 16: The Anniversary Show from 2022-03-16T03:12:03

Celebrating 16 years with music by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Marcelle Meyer, Bob Wills, Blind Boy Fuller, Art Tatum, Charlie Parker and The Golden Gate Gospe...

Country Music Train Songs from 2022-03-08T03:07:03

Songs include: Wabash Cannonball, Lonesome Whistle,The Wreck of the Old 97, Waiting For a Train, Eastbound Freight Train, The Devil's Train & Ben Dubery's Final Ru...

Falling from 2022-02-22T04:03:27

Songs include: Let's Fall In Love, Into Each Life, Some Rain Must Fall, I Believe I'll Fall In Love, I Faw Down and Go Boom, I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling and I F...

Gotta Have Heart from 2022-02-08T03:00:22

Songs include: My Foolish Heart, Heart and Soul, I'm Gonna Lock My Heart, Cold, Cold Heart, Deep In the Heart of Texas & My Heart Belongs to Daddy.

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Centennials 2022 from 2022-02-01T04:39:58

Celebrating musicians born 100 years ago this year. Musicians include: Judy Garland, Doris Day, Lord Kitchner, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Charles Mingus, Kay Starr, Gale ...

1922 from 2022-01-17T02:58:43

Songs include: Toot Toot Tootsie, My Buddy, Kitten On the Keys, Who Cares, Downhearted Blues & The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise.

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Leftovers #29 from 2022-01-01T03:08:38

Songs include: Honky Tonk Train, To a Wild Rose, Turkish Rondo, Just a Baby's Prayer, Bongo Bop, Mr Ghost Takes the Air & The Pearls.

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Beethoven's Birtday 2021 from 2021-12-16T02:29:30

To mark the 251st birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven, here is a 1947 recording of the Piano Sonata #24 played by Rudolf Serkin.

Christmas 2021 from 2021-12-14T02:22:32

Holiday hits and misses from the 1940s and early 1950s.  Songs include: Silver Bells, Jingle Bells,  Silent Night, The Birthday of a King, Socko the Smallest Snowb...

Guns and Roses from 2021-12-07T03:16:49

Songs include: You Can't Get a Man With a Gun, Rose Room, Shotgun Boogie, Moonlight and Roses, Pistol Packin Mama, Rose Marie and San Antonio Rose.

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Lost from 2021-11-28T02:53:04

Songs include: Let's Get Lost, Lost In the Stars. I'm Lost, Little Jack
Frost Get Lost, Baby, Get Lost & Lost Love. Listen

Walking from 2021-11-16T03:36:33

Songs include: I Don't Want To Walk Without You, Walking My Baby Back Home, The Mule Walk, Would You Like To Take a Walk?, Just a Closer Walk With Thee and In Walk...

On the Boogie Woogie Train from 2021-11-07T23:49:05

Songs include: Honky Tonk Train Blues, Barrelhouse Boogie, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Scrub Me Mama With a Boogie Beat, Roots of the Blues and Woo Woo.

Gems and Precious Metals from 2021-10-25T23:55:08

Songs include: Jack O Diamond Blues, A String of Pearls, Lover's Gold, Sapphire. Ruby My Dear and The Moon Is a Silver Dollar.

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The Five from 2021-10-20T00:24:11

Bands include: Clarence Williams Blue Five, Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, Artie Shaw and the Gramercy Five, Kay Starr and the Lamplighter Five, The Original Me...

Country Music Month 2021 from 2021-10-12T01:14:44

Early country music performers, including: Fiddlin John Carson, Billie Maxwell, The Carter Family, Darby and Tarlton, Henry Whitter, Ernest Stoneman, The Skillet L...

Ghost from 2021-10-03T03:11:25

Songs include: I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance, Ghost Riders In the Sky, Me and the Ghost Upstairs, The Ghost of Love, Mr Ghost Goes to Town and Ghost of Yesterd...

Brown from 2021-09-21T00:40:35

Songs include: Sweet Georgia Brown, Brown Gal, Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue, I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair and Brown Bee Boogie.

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Jazz Quintets 2021 from 2021-09-13T01:19:21

Quintets led by: Charlie Parker, George Shearing, Benny Goodman, Stan Getz, Tadd Dameron, Charlie Shavers and Django Reinhardt.

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Classical Music Month 2021 from 2021-09-06T19:23:22

Historical recordings of music by Mozart, Schumann, Debussy, Respighi, Chopin & Bach.

Performers include : Eileen Joyc...

Singing Pianists from 2021-08-24T02:49:37

Musicians include: Thomas "Fats" Waller, Pat Flowers, Una Mae Carlisle, Blossom Dearie, Nina Simone, Whispering Jack Smith & Arizona Dranes.

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Fool from 2021-08-15T21:08:43

Songs include: These Foolish things, Fools Rush In, Who's Foolin Who?, Foolish Tears, Keep Cool Fool & Why Fool Yourself?

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Jazz All Stars from 2021-08-09T22:36:23

The Metronome All Star records from 1939-1953

Songs include: Bugle Call Rag, Saint Louis Blues, Sweet Loraine, King Porter Stomp, Overtime and Blue Lou.

Wind from 2021-08-02T23:25:17

Songs include: Windy City Boogie Woogie, Gone With the Wind, Night Winds, They Call the Wind Mariah, The Four Winds and the Seven Seas and Ill Wind.

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At Twilight from 2021-07-27T00:30:46

Songs include: At Twilight, Twilight Time, Twilight In Turkey, Twilight Rag, A Little Kiss At Twilight and Twilight Blues.

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Classical Preludes from 2021-07-18T23:11:49

Historical recordings of preludes by Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Debussy, Shostakovich and Scriabin.

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Stormy Music from 2021-07-12T15:51:02

Songs include: After the Storm, Stormy Weather, Call It Stormy Monday, Sandstorm, I've Been In the Storm Too Long and Stormy Blues.

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Independence Day 2021 from 2021-07-03T23:51:55

Music includes: The Star Spangled Banner, God Bless America, Lift Every Voice And Sing, Blues From An American In Paris, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, American Patrol a...

Centennials 2021 from 2021-06-28T00:32:47

Celebrating musicians born in 1921.

Mario Lanza, Betty Hutton, Arthur Smith, Dennis Brain, Herb Ellis, Deanna Durbin, Nelson Riddle, Gordon MacRae and Mary Osborne. 

National Accordion Month from 2021-06-14T03:39:24

A salute to the squeeze box. Accordionists include: Lawrence Welk, Frankie Yankovic, Art Van Damme, Pietro Diero, Charles Magnante, The Three Suns and Dick Contino...

Summer Love Songs 2021 from 2021-06-06T22:17:31

Songs include: Whose Honey Are You?, All the Things You Are, I Concentrate On You, Apple Blossom Time, The Band Played On and September Song.

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When from 2021-05-29T22:46:26

Songs include: When the Saints Go Marching In, When Your Lover Has Gone, Where Or When, When a Woman Loves a Man, I'm Sharp When I Hit the Coast and Who Will Be Wi...

Blues 1927 from 2021-05-16T02:56:02

Performers include: Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Barbecue Bob, Meade Lux Lewis, Henry Thomas, Victoria Spivey and the Memphis Jug Band.

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Fish from 2021-05-09T00:48:52

Songs include: Three Little Fishies, Gone Fishin, Don't Fish In My Sea, Fish For Supper, Saturday Night Fish Fry and Fishin Around.

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Fire from 2021-05-01T22:18:23

Songs include: Baltimore Fire, I Don't Want To Set the World On Fire, Fireworks, Swamp Fire, Ritual Fire Dance, Setting the Woods On Fire and I'm Playing With Fire...

Street Music from 2021-04-25T18:20:13

Songs include: On the Sunny Side of the Street, 12th Street Rag, Walking the Street, Annie Street Rock, 52nd Street Theme and 42nd Street.

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Classical Adagios from 2021-04-18T03:07:49

Slow movements from composers: Mozart, Bach, Ravel, Barber, Chopin & Holst,

Performers include: Wilhelm Giesking, Yehu...

Birds of a Feather from 2021-04-04T22:03:38

Songs about birds. Including: When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano, Listen to the Mockingbird, Weather Bird, Skylark, His Eye Is On the Sparrow, Bluebirds in ...

National Recording Registry #13 from 2021-03-28T22:52:29

Highlights from the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. Performers include: Hjalmer Peterson, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, FDR, Marika Papag...

15th Anniversary Show from 2021-03-13T18:13:02

Celebrating 15 years of Music From 100 Years Ago with records by Lu Watters, Arizona Dranes, the Mills Brothers, Charlie Parker, Bob Wills, Mozart and Blind Willie...

Five from 2021-02-28T17:54:53

Songs include: Five Foot Two, Five O' Clock Whistle, Deep Fives, Five Minutes More, Mr. Five By Five and Swinging At the Circle Five.

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It's Cold from 2021-02-21T02:40:35

Songs include: It's Getting Chilly, Cold, Cold Heart, Baby It's Cold Outside, There's Frost On the Moon, Frosty Morning Blues, Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind and Out ...

Kansas City Jazz from 2021-02-12T01:52:03

Celebrating the Kansas City jazz sound. Musicians include: Benny Moten, Count Basie, Juli Lee, Andy Kirk, Mary Lou Williams and Charley Parker.

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Mozart Birthday 2021 from 2021-01-28T02:00:07

In honor of Mozart's 265th birthday, a special podcast featuring the Piano Concerto #19 in F, KV459. Pianist Clara Haskil is accompanied by the Winterthur Symphony...

Blues 1928 from 2021-01-19T01:08:17

Musicians include: Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Scrapper Blackwell, Lonnie Johnson, Victoria Spivey, Mississippi John Hurt and Blind Lemon Jefferson.

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1921 from 2021-01-11T04:13:21

The hits and history of 1921. Songs include: April Showers, Ain't We Got Fun, Look For the Silver Lining, Carolina Shout, They'll Be Some Changes Made and Song of ...

Leftover #29 from 2020-12-31T23:38:45

For the final podcast of 2020, records left off earlier podcasts and a tribute to musicians who passed away this year.

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Beethoven 250 Part 12: Symphony #9 from 2020-12-28T01:35:28

The final episode of our Beethoven 250 series features a 1947 recording of the Symphony #9 by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan with Elizabe...

Rhythm from 2020-12-23T16:49:36

Songs include: Rockin In Rhythm, Rhythm King, I Got Rhythm Variations, Swing Out Rhythm and I Got a Heart Full of Rhythm.

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Christmas 2020 from 2020-12-06T15:40:15

Holiday records from the 1940s and early 1950s. Songs include: Jingle Bells, Here Comes Santa Claus, Blue Christmas, the Nutcracker, Silent Night, Christmas Chopst...

Beethoven 250 Part 11: Symphony #7 from 2020-11-28T21:32:15

The penultimate Beethoven 250 podcast features a 1944 recording of the Symphony #7 in A by the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy. 

Drag from 2020-11-24T02:35:31

Tunes include: Sunflower Slow Drag, Viper's Drag, Varsity Drag, Shim Sham Drag and Shoe Shiner's Drag.

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Breakdown from 2020-11-17T04:23:58

Songs include: Harlem Breakdown, Central Avenue Breakdown, Rehearsing For a Nervous Breakdown, Bayou Breakdown and Vine Street Breakdown.

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Thankful from 2020-11-08T17:06:24

Songs about being thankful.  Songs include: Thanks a Million, Crazy Bout My Baby, Count Your Blessings, I've Got Plenty to be Thankful For, Thank Your Lucky Stars ...

Beethoven 250 Part 10: Six Bagatelles Op 126 from 2020-10-31T02:36:31

Beethoven's last major piano work, the Six Bagatelles Op 126 in a 1937 performance by Artur Schnabel.

On the Town from 2020-10-25T01:59:33

Songs include: Lulu's Back In Town, Bach Goes to Town, Get Out of Town, There's a Tavern In the Town, Let Me Off Uptown and It's the Talk of the Town.

Halloween 2020 from 2020-10-18T02:55:52

Songs include: The Skeleton Rag, Mr. Ghost Goes to Town, Ghost Riders in the Sky, The Halloween Dance, Is the Rope Around Your Neck? and Devil's Gonna Get You.  Al...

Country Music Month 2020 from 2020-10-12T04:07:25

Performers include: Jimmy Rodgers, Gene Autry, the Carter Family, The Chuck Wagon Gang, Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, Ray Price and Bob Wills.

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Novelty Tunes from 2020-10-04T19:51:10

Oddball songs from the 1920s to the 1950s.  Songs include: I've Never Seen a Straight Banana, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts, The Thing, Dinner Music For a Pa...

Beethoven 250 Part 9: Waldstein Sonata from 2020-09-27T17:27:59

This month's Beethoven podcast features a 1952 recording of the Waldstein Sonata by the English pianist, Solomon, along with a windy introduction by your host. Listen

Hollywood Musicals 1937 from 2020-09-20T01:16:12

Songs include: September In the Rain, Nice Work If You Can Get It, That Old Feeling, I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, In the Still of the Night, They Can't Take T...

On Sale from 2020-09-13T02:14:07

Songs include: A Cottage For Sale, Love For Sale, No Sale, She's Got the Blues For Sale, Swing For Sale and There's a House In Harlem For Sale.

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700th Show from 2020-09-07T00:28:29

To mark 700 episodes, we look back at episodes 1, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 & 600. Thanks to all of you for listening for all these years.

Beethoven 250 Part 8 Symphony #6 from 2020-08-29T14:17:03

This month's Beethoven podcast features a 1946 recording of the Symphony #6 (Pastoral) by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter.

Baby Songs from 2020-08-23T02:56:35

Songs include: I'm Crazy Bout My Baby, Baby Mine, Pretty Baby, You Must of Been a Beautiful Baby, One For My Baby and Baby Doll.

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Jazz Piano 1939 from 2020-08-16T02:30:55

Performers include: Art Tatum, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Albert Ammons, Jimmy Yancey, Jess Stacy, James P. Johnson, Thomas "Fats" Waller And Willie The Li...

Lips from 2020-08-08T01:13:46

Songs include: Hot Lips, The Touch of Your Lips, Loose Lips, Candy Lips, Take, Oh Take Those Lips From Me, And Then Your Lips Met Mine and My Lips Remember Your Ki...

Beethoven 250 Part 7: String Quartet #14 from 2020-07-30T02:58:41

This month's Beethoven podcast features the Barylli Quartet performing the String Quartet #14 in C Sharp Minor, in a recording from 1952.  Plus, a long-winded intr...

Songs of New York Part 2 from 2020-07-27T02:01:22

Another tribute to the Big Apple. Performers include: Artie Shaw, The Mills Brothers, Ada Jones, Ray Nobel, Andy Kirk and Harry Richman.
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Clouds from 2020-07-17T02:43:40

Songs include: Sweeping the Clouds Away, Brain Cloudy Blues, Waltzing In the Clouds, The Little White Cloud That Cried and Clouds In My Heart.

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Obituaries 1967 from 2020-07-06T03:38:27

Paying tribute to musicians who died in 1967. These include: Ida Cox, Nelson Eddy, Paul Whiteman, Woody Guthrie, Pete Johnson, Billy Strayhorn, Muggsy Spanier, Moo...

Leftovers #28 from 2020-06-30T02:10:10

Songs left off earlier podcasts. Music includes: Japanese Sandman, Dill Pickles Rag, Promenade, The Man From Harlem, Golden Earrings, No Strings and Who's Sorry No...

Beethoven 250 Part 6: Kreutzer Sonata from 2020-06-28T01:25:22

This month's Beethoven podcast is a historic recording of the Violin Sonata #9 (Kreutzer Sonata).  This 1952 recording features violinist, Wolfgang Schneiderhan & ...

Songs of New York Part 1 from 2020-06-23T03:28:16

Songs include: Sidewalks of New York, Take the A Train, Manhattan Serenade, Give Me the Moon Over Brooklyn, Lenox Avenue, Lullaby of Broadway and Harlem Holiday. Listen

Summer Love Songs 2020 from 2020-06-16T00:57:29

Songs include: All The Things You Are, In the Good Old Summer Time, That's All, Button Up Your Overcoat, I Didn't Know What Time It was and All Or Nothing.<...

It's About Time from 2020-06-07T17:18:13

Songs include: Alexander's Ragtime Band, It's Been a Long, Long Time, Now's The Time, I Didn't Know What Time It Was, Let The Good Times Roll and Baby, Baby All Th...

Blues 1930 from 2020-06-02T02:46:59

Musicians include: Charley Patton, Son House, Bessie Smith, Blind Willie McTell, Victoria Spivey, the Memphis Jug Band and Lonnie Johnson.

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Beethoven 250 Part 5 Symphony #5 from 2020-05-29T19:25:22

This month's Beethoven podcast features a 1947 live recording of the symphony #5 by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler.

Silver from 2020-05-25T21:17:15

Songs include: By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Look For the Silver Lining, Silver Bells, The Moon's a Silver Dollar, He wears a Pair of Silver Wings and High Yo ...

Hollywood Musicals 1935 from 2020-05-17T22:59:28

Songs from Top Hat, The Big Broadcast of 1936, Curly Top, Naughty Marietta, Roberta and In Caliente.

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First Ragtime Revival from 2020-05-11T01:17:19

Musicians include: Turk Murphy, Lu Watters, James P. Johnson, Pee Wee Hunt, Johnny Wittwer and Milt Raskin.

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I'm Sorry from 2020-05-05T01:10:37

Songs include: Who's Sorry Now, I'm Sorry I Made You Cry, You Don't Have To Say You're Sorry, Sorry I Lost My Head and Sorry Wrong Rhumba.

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Beethoven 250 Part 4: Violin Concerto from 2020-05-02T01:03:05

This month's Beethoven podcast features a 1945 radio broadcast of the Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 61.  Jascha Heifetz is joined by the NY Philharmonic conducted...

Hollywood Musiocals 1933 from 2020-04-26T22:34:08

Songs from 42nd Street, Flying Down to Rio, The Gold Diggers of 1933, Going Hollywood, The Three Little Pigs and Footlight Parade.

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Short and Tall from 2020-04-20T00:45:41

Songs include: Four Bars Short, Long Tall Moma, Short Dress Gal, Cut Off My Legs and Call Me Shorty, She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific and Short Stop. Listen

Left Turn from 2020-04-12T22:06:36

Songs about left. Songs include: The Girl I Left Behind Me, Left Turn, Never Let Your Left Hand Know, My Baby Left Me, and Two Left Feet.

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Guitar Month 2020 from 2020-04-06T18:54:50

Guitarists include: George Barnes, Django Reinhardt, Luise Walker, Ramon Montoya, Charlie Christian, Blind Willie Johnson, Gabby Pahinui and Joe Maphis.

National Recording Registry #12 from 2020-03-30T01:36:36

Highlights from this year's list of inductees to the National Recording Registry.

Artists include: Paul Whiteman, Narc...

Beethoven 250 Part 3 Moonlight Sonata from 2020-03-27T16:34:41

This month's Beethoven podcast features  a 1951 recording of the Moonlight Sonata by German pianist Walter Gieseking.

Metals from 2020-03-23T00:59:49

Songs include: 'When the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day, Copper Colored Gal, On the Mercury, The Iron Hat, The Moon Is a Silver Dollar, Tin Roof Blues...

Black Women In Jazz Month 2020 from 2020-03-16T03:05:33

Performers include: Lovie Austin, Terry Pollard, Valaida Snow, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Hazel Scott, Mary Lou Williams, Sarah Vaughan & Billie Holiday.

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14th Anniversary Show from 2020-03-10T03:48:28

Celebrating 14 years of this podcast!

Music includes: Ain't Misbehavin, Step It Up and Go, Down Home Rag, Go Where I S...

A and B Sides from 2020-03-01T22:17:54

Famous 78s, along with their lesser-known B sides.

Musicians include: Glenn Miller, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra.

Country Music 1942 from 2020-02-23T15:34:27

Songs include: There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere, Jingle Jangle, Deep In the Heart of Texas, Try Me One More Time, Cherokee Maiden, Rosalita and Wrec...

Beethoven 250 Part 2 The Choral Fantasy from 2020-02-21T00:24

This month's salute to Beethoven on his 250th anniversary year, is a 1939 performance of the Choral Fantasy Op. 80. The NBC Symphony & the Westminster Choir are co...

More Yellow Music from 2020-02-17T00:23:23

Another color-themed show, with songs concerning yellow.

Songs include: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Yellow Dog Blues, Th...

Valentine's Day 2020 from 2020-02-09T16:40:40

Songs include: My Love Comes Down, I'm In the Mood For Love, Lover, Falling In Love Again, Love Walked In, That's How Much I Love You and Comes Love.

Harlem On My Mind from 2020-02-03T01:21:51

Songs include: Harlem On a Saturday Night, Harlem Strut, Drop Me Off In Harlem, I'm Red Hot From Harlem and Harlem On My Mind.

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Beethoven 250 Part 1 Marches from 2020-01-29T16:57:39

The first of a monthly series marking Beethoven's 250th birthday.  Music includes the Turkish March form the Ruins of Athens and the Funeral March form the Eroica ...

Sheep and Goats from 2020-01-26T16:30:12

Music includes: Billy Goat Stomp, Sheep May Safely Graze, Goat Blues, Black Sheep Blues, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Hymn to a Goat and I Wanna Count Sheep.

Centennials 2020 from 2020-01-20T04:02:45

Celebrating musicians born 100 years ago this year.  Musicians include: Charlie Parker, Hazel Scott, Peggy Lee, Dave Brubeck, Jimmy Witherspoon, Bonnie Davis, Eile...

1920 from 2020-01-03T19:03:20

Some of the top hits of 1920, including Swanee, Apple Blossom Time, Whispering, You'd Be Surprised, Crazy Blues and The Japanese Sandman.

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Leftovers #27 from 2019-12-28T22:05:29

Records left off of earlier podcasts and a tribute to musicians who passed away in 2019.

Performers include: Bessie Sm...

Step from 2019-12-22T14:13:17

Songs include: Steps, Five Step, I'm Stepping Out With a Memory, Everybody Step, You Stepped Out Of a Dream and Step Up and Shake My Hand.

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Beethoven's Birthday 2019 from 2019-12-16T11:57:43

A special, short podcast marking the 249th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven. Works performed are the Creatures of Prometheus overture and the Coriolan overture. Ar...

666 Evil Music from 2019-12-15T02:23:34

For episode 666, a collection of evil music., including: Sinful Blues, Hard Time Killing Floor, Oh I'm Evil, Witches' Sabbath, Pretty Polly, Me and the Devil and I...

Christmas 2019 from 2019-12-07T20:42:55

Songs include: Jingle Bells, The Twelve Days of Christmas, the Merry Christmas Waltz, Here Comes Santa Claus, If It Doesn't Snow On Christmas, May Every Day Be Chr...

Cool Songs from 2019-12-01T18:17:14

Songs include: In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, Cool Breeze, Cool Blues, Cool Train and Keep Cool Fool.

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Blues 1929 from 2019-11-25T02:25:37

Artists include: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, Lonnie Johnson, Victoria Spivey, Cow Cow Davenport, The Memphis Jug Band, Blind Willie McTell Charlie Patton ...

A Stomping Good Time from 2019-11-17T18:41:11

Songs include: King Porter Stomp, Cotton Club Stomp, Steamboat Stomp, Black Spider Stomp and Special Delivery Stomp.

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"Rock Music" from 2019-11-10T20:40:46

Songs include: Rock Me To Sleep, Little Rock Getaway, I Want to Rock. Bed Rock Blues, Rock It Boogie and Solid As a Rock.

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Leaves from 2019-11-03T19:01:04

To celebrate autumn, a show about leaves.  Songs include: Autumn Leaves, I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover, Tea Leaves, Leaf By Leaf the Roses Fall, Maple Leaf R...

Jazz Classics 1946-1951 from 2019-10-27T15:20

The final episode in the Jazz Classics series features ionic jazz recordings from the late 1940s & early 50s.

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Hand from 2019-10-19T22:37:49

Songs include: Careless Hands, Handful of Keys, I'm An Old Cowhand, Time On My Hands, Cold In Hand Blues, Overhand & Precious Lord, Hold My Hand.

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Halloween 2019 from 2019-10-12T01:24:09

Our annual Halloween show, featuring: Bessie Smith, Bing Crosby, Lena Horne, Borrah Minevitch, Patsy Montana, Cyril Smith and the Victor Military Band.

Moan from 2019-10-05T15:12:30

Songs include: Moaning Low, Out In the New Moan Hay, Moaning the Blues, K.C. Moan, Texas Moaner Blues, Moaning In the Morning and That Moaning Saxophone Rag.

Musicians include: Blind Lemo...

All Aboard from 2019-09-29T12:57:22

Songs about trains.  Songs include: Honky Tonk Train Blues, Take the A Train, Night Train, Train Whistle Blues, Uptown Express and Freight Train Boogie.

Obituaries 1965 from 2019-09-15T19:03:37

A tribute to musician who died in 1965.  Musicians Include: Nat King Cole, Dorothy Dandridge, Joe Falcon, Albert Schweitzer, Tadd Dameron, Mayra Hess and Janette M...

On the Trail from 2019-09-08T17:03

Songs include: On the Trail, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Blue Shadows On the Trail, The Oregon Trail, Hellhound On My Trail and North of the Mohawk Trail. Listen

Classical Music Month 2019 from 2019-09-01T23:54:57

Works include: Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream, Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On Greensleeves, Bach: Sonata #3 for Solo...

It's Magic from 2019-08-25T02:05:45

Songs dealing with magic, including: Some Enchanted Evening, That Old Black Magic, Voodoo Woman Blues, The Magic Tree, Grandpa's Spells and Mister Magician....

Jazz Classics 1941-1945 from 2019-08-18T21:27:56

Iconic jazz recordings from the early 1940s. Music includes: Take the A Train, Night In Tunisia, Round Midnight, Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby, Laura, Lover Ma...

Mountain Music from 2019-08-11T03:10:47

Songs include: Mountain Music, When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain, Mountain Dew, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Mountain Greenery & Mountain Top Blues.

Country Music 1941 from 2019-08-05T00:34:36

Songs include: You Are My Sunshine, San Antonio Rose, I Hung My Head And Cried, Be Honest With Me and Walking the Floor Over You.

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Big Band Hits of 1938 from 2019-07-28T22:56:17

Musicians include: Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Lawrence Welk, Bob Crosby, Count Basie, Larry Clinton & Ray Noble.

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Summer Love Songs 2019 from 2019-07-21T22:44:04

Songs include: I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me. Dancing In the Moonlight, Believe It Beloved, Body and Soul, I'm In the Mood For Love and Yours Is My H...

Million Sellers 1952 from 2019-07-14T20:11:56

Songs include: You Belong to Me, Tenderly, Flamingo, Wild Side of Life, Oh Happy Day, Kiss of Fire and Caravan.

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Independence Day 2019 from 2019-07-04T00:09:35

After a long delay, our annual July 4th show. Marches by the Boston Pops, Bunk Johnson, Bob Crosby, The Goldman Band, Ralph Flanagan and (?) The Berlin Philharmoni...

Royalty from 2019-04-21T23:59:16

Songs include: King Porter Stomp. Queen Isabella, Duke For Dinner, Walking With the King, The Count and Prince Charming.

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Solo Jazz Piano from 2019-04-09T02:39:56

In time for Jazz Appreciation Month, a program of solo jazz piano. Artists include: Teddy Wilson, Jelly Roll Morton, Lennie Tristano, Art Tatum, Mary Lou Williams ...

National Recording Registry 11 from 2019-03-31T22:14:13

Highlights from the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.

Artists include: Cab Calloway, Pablo Casals, Mer...

Obituaries 1963 from 2019-03-26T03:20:31

Paying tribute to musicians who died in 1963.  Performers include: Patsy Cline, Elmore James,Lizzie Miles,  Alec Templeton, Edith Piaf, Herbie Nichols, Dick Powell...

Rats and Mice from 2019-03-17T16:19:33

Songs include: Churchmouse On a Spree, Black Rat Blues, Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party, Three Blind Mice, The Rats and Experiments With Mice.

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13th Anniversary Show from 2019-03-11T03:11:09

Celebrating 13 years of Music From 100 Years Ago. Music by, Bix Beiderbeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Bob Wills, Mozart, Django Reinhardt, Blind Boy Fuller a...

Boogie Woogie 1939 from 2019-03-03T16:25:56

Boogie Woogie classics from 1939. Tunes include: Steady Rock Blues, Shout For Joy, Deep Fives, Woo Woo and Pinetop's Boogie Woogie.

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Million-Selling Records 1952 from 2019-02-24T16:15:56

Songs include: Blue Tango, You Belong To Me, Wheel of Fortune, Delicado, The Glo-Worm, Cry and I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.

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Sailors andf Sailing from 2019-02-17T20:27:33

Songs include: Red Sails At Sunset, Barnacle Bill the Sailor, Popeye the Sailor Man, Smooth Sailing and Sail On Blues Blues.

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African American Band Leaders on the Radio from 2019-02-12T02:53:09

Radio transcription of famous African American Big bands from the 1940s.

Musicians include: Count Basie, Duke Ellingto...

It's a Crime from 2019-02-04T02:14:43

Songs about crime and criminals.  Songs include: It's Murder, The Life and Death of John Dillinger, Pickpocket Blues, She's a Killer, Stealing Love, Pretty Boy Flo...

Throwing Shade from 2019-01-29T02:57:06

Songs with shade in the title. Songs include: In the Sade of the Old Apple Tree, Purple Shades, 90 In the Shade, In the Shade of the Palm and Pull Down the Shade, ...

Centennials 2019 Part Two from 2019-01-21T01:40:59

More musicians  born 100 years ago this year. Performers include: George Shearing, Anita O'Day, Art Blakey, Lennie Tristanio, Marion Hutton and Pete Seeger....

Centennials 2019 Part One from 2019-01-15T03:08:15

Celebrating musicians born in 1919. Performers include: Ernie Ford, Kitty Wells, Georgie Auld, Nat King Cole, Carol Bruce, Billy Vaughn and Liberace.

1919 from 2019-01-08T03:36:35

Some of the hits from 100 years ago.  Songs include: Dardanella, You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet, Till We Meet Again, Take Me to the Land of Jazz, A Pretty Girl Is Lik...

Leftovers #26 from 2019-01-01T02:52:46

Records left off of earlier shows. Songs include: Poor Butterfly, Sittin In a Corner, Fussin, Fudin and Fightin, The House is Haunted, Moonlight Rhapsody, Cannonba...

Jazz Singers of the 1940s from 2018-12-24T02:11:06

Singers include: Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme, Jimmy Rushing, Anita O'Day, Mildred Bailey, Maxine Sullivan & Nat King Cole. Listen

Beethoven's Birthday 2018 from 2018-12-18T01:33:57

To mark the 248th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven, a 1953 recording of the Symphony #2 by Herbert von Karajan and the Philaharmonia Orchestra.

Forgotten Christmas Songs Part 2 from 2018-12-16T03:10:18

Songs include: The Christmas Spell, The Man With the Bag, The Sleigh, Barnyard Christmas, Christmas In Jail, The Mistletoe Kiss and Death Might Be Your Santa Claus...

Forgotten Christmas Songs Part One from 2018-12-08T21:49:33

Lesser-known Christmas music from the 1930s through the 1950s.

Songs include: Christmas Candles, Shake Hands With Sant...

Corner Music from 2018-12-02T16:11:04

Songs include: Love Is Just Around the Corner, A Table In a Corner, Blue Skies Are Just Around the Corner, There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner and Dark Corn...

Father of the Symphony from 2018-11-25T16:06:38

Historic Recordings of the symphonies of Franz Joseph Haydn.

Works include:  movements from the London, Farewell, Oxfo...

Easy Music from 2018-11-18T21:42:57

Songs include: Easy to Love, It's So Easy, Easy As Pie, Slow and Easy Man, Easy Does It and Take It Easy.

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Armistice Centennial from 2018-11-11T19:28:13

Special episode marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.  Songs include: The Americans Come, Till We Meet Again, Hands Across the Sea, I Don't Want...

Three Quarter Time Part 2 from 2018-11-04T17:53:19

More vintage waltzes. Songs include: The Merry Go Round Waltz, It's a Sin To Tell a Lie, When I Grow to Old to Dream, Always, the Minute Waltz, the Merry Christmas...

Three Quarter Time Part One from 2018-10-28T15:57:13

Famous waltzes, including: Sidewalks of New York, I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, The Tennessee Waltz, The Band Played On, The Waltz of the Flowers and the Blue Skirt...

Country Music Month 2018 from 2018-10-21T15:25:03

Songs include: Cotton-Eyed Joe, Wabash Cannonball, Banjo Pickin Girl, Why Don't You Love Me, Time Changes Everything and If the River Was Whisky.

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Halloween 2018 from 2018-10-14T15:42:42

Our annual look at spooky music for Halloween. Songs include: Mr Ghost Goes to Town, Skeleton in the Closet, The Halloween Dance, Music For Strings, Percussion and...

Children's Songs from 2018-10-09T01:35:59

Songs include: How Much is That Doggie In the Window?, The Green Grass Grows All Around, Old McDonald, The Teddy Bear's Picnic, The Hokey Pokey, The Little White D...

Million Selling Records 1950 from 2018-10-01T00:48:26

Songs include: The Thing, The Third Man Theme, Be My Love, La Viv En Rose, I'm Movin On, Frosty the Snowman, Mona Lisa and The Hot Canary.

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Musical Medleys from 2018-09-23T17:00:44

Medley recordings by Louis Armstrong, The Andrews Sisters, Abe Lyman, Art Tatum The Boston Pops and Richard Rodgers.

The Solar System from 2018-09-17T02:19:40

Songs include: You Are My Sunshine, Venus di Milo, The Moon Got In My Eyes, Mercury,  Jumpin Jupiter, On a Planet, Men From Mars and Meteor.

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Classical Music Month 2018 from 2018-09-09T20:25:31

Celebrating Classical Music Month with historical recordings by Eugene Ormandy, Jascha Heifetz, Oscar Levant and Vladimir Horowitz.

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Million-Selling Records 1951 Part 2 from 2018-09-03T00:30:25

Songs include: Shrimp Boats, Blue Tango, Cold, Cold Heart, Would I Love You?, Down Yonder, The Loveliest Night of the Year and Come-On-a-My-House.

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Butterfly Songs from 2018-08-26T23:25:36

Songs include: Poor Butterfly, Just Like a Butterfly, Butterfly Kick, New Orleans Butterfly & Big Fat Butterfly.

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Obituaries 1975 from 2018-08-21T01:49:45

Musicians who passed away in 1975. Musicians include: Bob Wills, Josephine Baker, Louis Jordan, T-Bone Walker, Bernard Hermann, Lefty Frizzell, Leroy Anderson and ...

Million Selling Records 1951 Part One from 2018-08-12T17:00:10

Songs include: Mocking Bird Hill, Chains of Love, Indian Love Call, Detour, Jezebel, Too Young and the Syncopated Clock.

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Door Songs from 2018-08-04T16:55:05

Tunes include: Open the Door Richard, River, Stay Away From My Door, The Boy Next Door, Somebody Changed the Lock On My Door and Who's That Knocking At My Door. Listen

1929 Blues from 2018-07-28T16:13:39

Songs include: Nobody Know You, Chime's Blues, Jump Steady Blues, Don't Leave Me Daddy, God Moves On the Water, Screamin and Hollarin the Blues and Georgia Bound.<...

Broadway 1944 from 2018-07-22T20:32:51

Highlights from the 1944 Broadway season., including: On the Town, Song of Norway, Bloomer Girl, Porgy and Bess, The Seven Lively Arts and Mexican Hayride.<...

Light Music from 2018-07-16T19:24:06

Songs with "light" in the title, including: Blue Moonlight, Lights Out, I'm Beginning to See the Light, By the Light of the Stars and I'll Keep the Lovelight Burni...

Jazz Classics 1936-1940 Part 2 from 2018-07-08T15:26:38

Songs include: Cottontail, Cherokee, Woodchopper's Ball, Frenesi, Rocking Chair, I Can't Get Started and Lester Leaps In.

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Independence Day 2018 from 2018-07-01T18:48:56

Songs include: Star Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes Forever, Victory Polka, Battle Hymn of the Republic, American Fantasy and On the Mall.

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Leftovers #25 from 2018-06-25T00:31:42

Records left off earlier podcasts. Songs include: Keepin Out of Mischief Now, The Cross-Eyed Cowboy From Abilene, Doggie In the Window, Lazy Daddy, Thanks For the ...

Ducks and Geese from 2018-06-17T19:03:27

Songs include: Little White Duck, The Goose Hangs High, The Ugly Duckling, Wild Goose Chase, Lucky Duck and Blue Goose.

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600th Show from 2018-06-10T16:13:57

To mark the 600th show, highlights from the last 12 years of podcasts. Thanks for all the support over the years. 

Hitler Songs from 2018-06-01T23:07:07

Songs include: Der Fuhrer's Face, Stalin Wasn't Stalin, Hitler Lives, Berlin Or Bust, Mr. Hitler, Hot Time In the Town of Berlin, Hitler and Hell and Hitler Blues....

Country Music 1950 from 2018-05-27T18:29:54

Country Hits from the beginning of the Nashville Era.

Songs include: I'm Movin On, I Love You Because, Ain't Nobody's ...

Memories from 2018-05-19T01:17:20

Songs with memory in the title. Songs include: Thanks For the Memory, Memories of You, I can't Put My Arms Around a Memory, You're My Favorite Memory and Blue Memo...

Orchestral Tanscriptions from 2018-05-06T03:37:52

Orchestra versions of famous keyboard works. Music includes: Bach's Toccata and Fugue in d Minor, Chopin's Funeral March, Brahms' Hungarian Dance #5 and Beethoven'...

Obituaries 1969 from 2018-04-29T23:55:27

A tribute to musicians who died in 1969, including: Judy Garland, Pee Wee Russel. Skip James, Ella Logan, Wilhelm Backhaus, Wynonie Harris, Spade Cooley and Colema...

Bounce from 2018-04-23T23:15:54

Songs include: Bounce the Ball, Bouncing With Bud, Jersey Bounce, Salt Lake City Bounce, Battery Bounce & Billie's Bounce.

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Guitar Music 1940s from 2018-04-15T16:04:04

Guitarists include: Charlie Christian, T-Bone Walker, Billy Bauer, Leadbelly, Django Reinhardt, Tony Motola, Les Paul, Oscar Moore and Joaquin Murphey.

Window Music from 2018-04-09T02:18:45

Songs include: Bluebird On Your Windowsill, Stars Are the Windows of Heaven, My Window Faces the South, Out the Window, The Sun Is At My Window and Ticket Agent, E...

National Recording Registry #10 from 2018-04-01T03:06:50

More highlights from the National Recording Registry. Records by: Merle Travis, Clara Ward, Benny Goodman, The Mississippi Sheiks, Will Rogers, Victor Herbert,  Th...

Black Women In Jazz Month from 2018-03-25T13:58:26

Celebrating Black Women In Jazz Month with: Mary Lou Williams, Lovie Austin, Lil Hardin Armstrong, The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Blanche Calloway, Billi...

St Patrick's Day 2018 from 2018-03-17T01:04:54

Irish music for St. Patrick's Day. Musicians include: Michael Coleman, John McCormack, Bing Crosby, Paddy Kiloran, The Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Morton Downey and Ja...

12th Anniversary Show from 2018-03-11T23:57:59

To mark 12 years of the podcast, your host plays some of his favorite records. Music includes: My Blue Heaven, Dr. Jazz, I Cover the Waterfront, I'm Praying Humble...

Vivaldi Birthday from 2018-03-06T12:02:16

A special.short podcast marking the 340th birthday of composer, Antonio Vivaldi. Includes a 1949 recording of the Oboe Concerto in D Minor Opus 8 Number 9 by Leon ...

Jazz Classics 1936-1940: Part One from 2018-03-04T02:36:27

Iconic jazz records from the late in30s. Songs include: Begin the Beguine, Strange Fruit, Avalon, One O'Clock Jump. Yancey Stomp. Sing Sing Sing and Big Noise From...

African-American Song Writers from 2018-02-19T01:09:27

Classic songs by Andy Razaf, James P. Johnson, Duke Ellington, Tony Jackson, Eubie Blake, W.C. Handy and Billy Strayhorn.

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Valentines Day 2018 from 2018-02-10T17:52:53

Songs include: Button Up Your Overcoat, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, AS Long As I Live, I'm In the Mood For Love, All My Love and You Can't Lose a Broken Heart. Listen

Broadway 1937 from 2018-02-04T21:18:08

Selections from Babes In Arms, Between the Devil, Pins and Needles, The Cradle Will Rock and I'd Rather Be Right.

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Centennials 2018 from 2018-01-21T23:16:41

A tribute to musicians born in 1918, including: Elmore James, Patty Andrews, Dick Haymes, Leonard Bernstein, Juan Garcia Esquivel, Eugene List, Jimmy Rowles, Eddy ...

1918 from 2018-01-01T16:34:48

Hit songs from the last year of World War I. Songs include: I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, Hello Central. Give Me No Man's Land, Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In the Morn...

Leftovers #24 from 2017-12-25T22:49:14

Records left off earlier podcasts. Songs include: Running Water, It's De-Lovely , Yellow Fire, Butterflies,  The Convict and the Rose, Devil In the Lion's Den and ...

Jazz Classics Part 3 1930-1935 from 2017-12-19T15:25:29

Iconic jazz recordings from the early 1930s. Songs include: I Got a Right to Sing the Blues, Minnie the Moocher, Tiger Rag, After You're Gone, Sophisticated Lady, ...

Beethoven's Birthday 2017 from 2017-12-16T05:14:25

A special podcast in honor of Beethoven's birthday. Movements from the Waldstein piano sonata, the String Quartet #13 and the Piano Concerto #3,

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Christmas 2017 from 2017-12-10T03:13:36

The annual Christmas Show. Songs include: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Winter Wonderland, The 12 Days of Christmas, Merry Christmas Baby, The Dixieland Band Fro...

Obituaries 1971 from 2017-12-04T03:14:38

Honoring musicians who passed away in 1971. Musicians include: Louis Armstrong, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Ted Lewis, Libby Holman, Doc Boggs, Igor Stravinsky, Zez Conf...

Golden Songs from 2017-11-19T02:46:04

Songs include: Oh Dem Golden Slippers, The Gold In Africa, The Golden Gate Gospel Train, Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day, The Golden Wedding,...

Insect Songs from 2017-11-11T22:12:25

Songs include: Blue Tail Fly, Bees Knees, Poor Butterfly, Mosquito Moan, La Cucaracha, Flight of the Bumble Bee, The Glow-worm and They Ain't No Flies On Me. Listen

Jazz Classics Part 2 1925-1929 The Jazz Age from 2017-11-05T14:59:58

Iconic jazz recordings from the late 1920s. Recordings include: Hebbie Jeebies, Black Bottom Stomp, In a Mist, A Monday Date, Weather Bird, Creole Love Call and Rh...

Ragtime from 2017-10-29T13:55:29

Music includes: Maple Leaf Rag, Sensation Rag, Ragtime Oriole, Charleston  Rag, Kitten On the Keys, Nola and 12th Street Rag.

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Halloween 2017 from 2017-10-22T02:10:29

The annual Halloween show!  Music includes: My Friend the Ghost, The Halloween Dance, Undertaker's Blues, Haunted Heart, The Nightmare, The Goblin Band, The Walls ...

Country Music Month 2017 from 2017-10-14T16:52:13

We celebrate Country Music Month with songs from the 1920s through the 1940s.

Music includes: She'll Be Coming Around ...

Thelonious Monk Centennial from 2017-10-10T18:29:43

A special, short podcast celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Thelonious Monk.

More Froggy Music from 2017-10-07T19:46:07

After a week's delay, here's More Froggy Music,  Songs include: Froggy Went a Courting, Frog and Mule, Froggy Moore, Grandpa Frog, Old Bullfrog and Hopping Toad Fr...

Jazz Classics 1917-1924 from 2017-09-24T23:34:45

Early jazz records from the acoustic era. Musicians include: King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton,Kid Ory,  The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, James P. Johnson, Bix Beide...

Broadway 1934 from 2017-09-17T17:14:29

Songs include: I Get a Kick Out Of You, You And The Night And The Music, Autumn In New York, I'll Follow My Secret Heart, One Day When We Were Young, You're The To...

Tears Part Two from 2017-09-10T14:38:29

Songs include: And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine, If Teardrops Were Pennies, Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes, He's Not worth Your Tears and Too Many Tears. Listen

Tears Part One from 2017-09-03T12:41:01

Songs include: After the Laughter Came Tears, Dancing With Tears In My Eyes, Yesterday's Tears, Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry and Time Out For Tears.<...

Obituaries 1973 from 2017-08-28T03:42:37

A tribute to musicians who died in 1973, Including: Clara Ward, Gene Krupa, Ben Webster, Kid Ory, Memphis Minnie, Vaughan Monroe, Joseph Szigeti, Willie the Lion S...

Percy Grainger from 2017-08-20T14:38:25

Compositions by the Australian-American, Percy Grainger. Works include: Country Gardens, Molly On the Shore, Mock Morris, Irish Tune From County Derry and Handel i...

Yellow Music from 2017-08-13T20:03:42

Songs include: The Night Was Yellow, Yellow Dog Blues, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Yellow Rose of Texas and Yellow Fire.

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Country Music 1939 from 2017-08-06T14:55:26

Songs include: Silver Bells, Great Speckled Bird, Back In the Saddle Again, Don't Be Blue, Truck Driver's Blues, Back On the Montana Plains and When I Put On My Lo...

Running Music from 2017-07-31T01:16:31

Songs include: Runnin Wild, You Run Your Mouth, A Hit and Run Affair, Running a Temperature, Run Little Rabbit and You Can't Run Away From Love Tonight.

World War II Classics from 2017-07-23T14:53:27

Iconic songs of the World War II era. Songs include: Opus One, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Coming In On a Wing and a Prayer, I'll Be Seeing You, Sentimental Journey a...

Leftovers #23 from 2017-07-16T13:32:44

Records left off of earlier podcasts. Songs include: Kisses Sweeter Than Wine, Telephoning the Blues, The Lady In Bed, Me and the Devil Blues, Borodin: Symphony #2...

Devil Muisc from 2017-07-09T02:24:50

Songs include: There's Going  to Be the Devil to Pay, At the Devil's Ball, Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil, Paging the Devil, That Old Devil Moon and The Dev...

Fourth of July 2017 from 2017-07-02T14:15:17

Music includes: The Star Spangled Banner, America, Here's My Boy, Appalachian
Spring, Naval Reserve March, On the Alert...

Lena Horne 100th Birthday from 2017-06-30T01:19:54

A special, short podcast celebrating Lena Horne on the 100th anniversary of her birth. With songs: St Louis Blues, Stormy Weather and The Lady Is a Tramp.

Love Songs of the Summer 2017 from 2017-06-26T00:28:53

Songs include: Things Are Looking Up, I'm 100 Percent For You, Indian Love Call, She's the Lass For Me, The Lady's In Love With You, Take Care of You For Me and Ai...

Russian Composers 19th Century from 2017-06-20T01:48:53

 Excerpts from: Tchaikovsky: Serenade For Strings, Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Rimsky Korsakov: Scherazade, Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia and ...

Name Your Poison from 2017-06-11T22:58:54

Songs about alcoholic drinks, including: Beer Barrel Polka, Cocktails For Two, Rye Whiskey, One Mint Julip Abercombie Had a Zombie, Candlelight and Wine and Bubble...

Broadway 1928 from 2017-06-06T02:12:37

Hit songs from Broadway musicals from 1928. Songs include: I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Diga Diga Do, How Long Has This Been Going On, Love Me Or Leave Me, ...

Jazz 1938 from 2017-05-29T00:28:50

Songs include: You Go to My Head, At the Jazz Band Ball, Sing Sing Sing, Body and Soul, Jungle Blues, Begin the Beguine and Texas Shuffle.

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Texas Cities from 2017-05-20T14:51:44

Songs include: Dallas Blues, Del Rio Boogie, Across the Alley From the Alamo, Deep Ellum Blues, Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas, Streets of Laredo, Big Ball's In Cowtow...

The Desert from 2017-05-15T04:14:07

Songs inspired by deserts. Music includes: Desert Blues, Cool Water, Searching the Desert For the Blues, On the Trail, the Cactus Polka and Texas Sand.

Alone from 2017-05-07T20:24:14

Songs about being alone.  Music includes: One Alone, Travelin Alone, Alone Together, I'll Walk Alone, I'm Alone Without You and I'm All Alone.

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Obituaries 1976 from 2017-04-30T14:22:37

A tribute to musicians who died in 1976, including: Connee Boswell, Howlin Wolf, Percy Faith, Benjamin Britten, Victoria Spivey, Paul Robeson, Johnny Mercer and Al...

Ella Fitzgerald Centennial from 2017-04-25T10:11:19

Celebrating Ella Fitzgerald on her 100th birthday. Songs include: A Tisket A Tasket, Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall, Lady Be Good and I Get A Kick Out Of you.<...

Brahms from 2017-04-23T15:40:21

Music of Johannes Brahms, including excerpts from the Violin Concerto, Symphony #4, Waltzes Op. 39 along with Von ewiger Leibe.

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Chicken Music from 2017-04-16T01:48:21

Chicken songs for those in a fowl mood.  Songs include: A Chicken Ain't Nothin But a Bird, Chicken Reel, The Egg and I, Chicken Rhythm, Ain't Nobody Here But Us Ch...

National Recording Registry #9 from 2017-04-09T03:56:43

Highlights  from the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.  Performers include: Big Mama Thornton, Harry Richman, Red Foley, Duke Ellington, Judy Garla...

1946 part 2 from 2017-04-02T02:21:06

Music includes: For Sentimental Reasons, Divorce Me COD, Good Morning Heartache, Lover Man, Prisoner of Love, Chopin Prelude #6 and Down In the Valley.

1946 Part One from 2017-03-26T01:28:37

Songs include: Time After Time, Blue Moon of Kentucky, Doing What Comes Naturally, A Mozart Opera, Candy and One Bass Hit.

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To Bed from 2017-03-18T01:04:28

Songs about beds, including, Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed, Empty Bed Blues, Don't Sit On My Bed, Feather Bed, I Should of Stood In Bed and Don't Smoke In Bed....

St Patrick's Day 2017 from 2017-03-13T03:53:32

Songs include: Did Your Mother Come From Ireland, My Wild Irish Rose,  The Blind Fiddlers, I'll Take You home Again Kathleen, She Moved Through the Fair and Dwyer'...

11th Anniversary Show from 2017-03-05T15:48:24

Celebrating 11 years of the podcast with some of the host's favorite records.

Songs include: Crying All Day, Cheek to ...

Stop Songs from 2017-02-25T23:39:14

Songs include: Stop the Sun, Stop the Moon, The Music Stopped, Nonstop Flight, Stop That Thing, Hey, Stop Kissing My Sister and I Can't Stop Loving You.

Dollar Songs from 2017-02-19T15:03:25

Songs include: I Found a Million Dollar Baby, My Last Dollar, I've Got Five Dollars, Give Me 20 Nickels For a Dollar, I Wish I Had a Dollar and Dollar Bill Blues.<...

Valentine's Day 2017 from 2017-02-12T23:58:54

Love songs for Valentine's Day, Songs include: I Can't Give You Anything But Love, How Deep Is the Ocean?, Armful of Sweetness, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Prelude...

Music From Jubilee from 2017-02-06T03:33:37

Highlights  from the Armed Forces Radio show, Jubilee. Artists include: Count Basie, Lena Horne, Jimmy Rushing, Harry James, Tampa Red, Helen Humes and Louis Armst...

Smile from 2017-01-29T15:57:55

Songs include: When You're Smiling, I'll Never Smile Again, If You Can't Smile and Say Yes, Smile Up At the Sun and Smile.

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Mozart's Birthday 2017 from 2017-01-27T01:28:52

To celebrate Mozart's 261st birthday, a 1934 recording of his Symphony #39 K. 543 by the BBC Symphony conducted by Bruno Walter.

Centennials 2017 Part Two from 2017-01-22T22:57:01

More musicians born in 1917, one hundred years ago this year.

Musicians include: Dean Martin, Jo Stafford, Dennis Day,...

Centennials 2017 Part One from 2017-01-16T04:23:49

A tribute to musicians born in 1917, including Ella Fitzgerald, Desi Arnaz, Dizzy Gillespie, Bea Wain Tex Williams, Dinu Lipatti, Helen Forrest and Thelonious Monk...

1917 from 2017-01-09T00:13:22

Hit songs from 1917, including: Livery Stable Blues, Oh Johnny Oh, Till the Clouds Roll By, Poor Butterfly, Over There and No Place Like Home.

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Leftovers #22 from 2016-12-31T19:47:30

Records left off earlier podcasts, and a tribute to musicians who passed away in 2016 . Songs include: Red Sails In the Sunset, Dizzy Fingers, Pig Foot Pete, Steel...

Rainbow Colors from 2016-12-25T17:45:59

Songs include: The Lady in Red, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Orange Colored Sky, Green Eyes, Blue Orchids and Violets For Your Furs.

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Beethoven's Birthday 2016 from 2016-12-18T22:48:38

Music for Beethoven's 246th birthday, including: Symphony #5, Cello Sonata #1 and Piano Sonata 24.

Performers include:...

Unusual Christmas from 2016-12-11T02:32:45

The annual Christmas show features some unusual songs and performers this year.  Songs include: Boogie Woogie Christmas,  My Christmas Song For You, The Night Befo...

Shoe Songs from 2016-12-04T13:36:42

Songs about shoes, including: Shoe Shine Shuffle, Vagabond Shoes,  Got a Pebble In My Shoe, Take Your Shoes Off and One, Two, button Your Shoes.

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Sunset Songs from 2016-11-26T04:51

Songs include: Red Sails In the Sunset, Sunset Is Coming, But the Sunrise We'll See, Sunset Eyes, Sultry Sunset, As We Walk Into the Sunset and Sunset Cafe Stomp.<...

Hobo Songs from 2016-11-21T02:18:50

Songs include: Hobo Bill's Last Ride, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?, Big Rock Candy Mountain, Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train and Hobo Blues.

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Drum Month from 2016-11-13T14:28:35

Celebrating Drum and Percussion Month.  Works include: Drum Boogie, Sing, Sing, Sing, Ionization, Strictly Drums, Bughouse and Quiet Riot.

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Academy Awards Best Song Early 1950s from 2016-11-06T15:46:53

Oscar nominated songs from 1950 to 1952, including: Mona Lisa, High Noon, A Kiss to Build a Dream On, Too Late Now, Be My Love and Mule Train.

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Dirty Songs from 2016-10-29T17:00:58

Songs about dirt, dust and sand. Songs include: Angels With Dirty Faces, Dusty Rag, I Believe I'll Dust My Broom, Sand In My Shoes, Talking Dust Bowl Blues and Cry...

Accordionfest from 2016-10-23T00:47:41

Accordion music! Including: Just Because, Tick Tock Polka, My Blue Heaven, Peg O' My Heart, Underneath the Arches, No Minors Allowed  and Cherokee.

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Halloween 2016 from 2016-10-15T23:54:59

Music for Halloween.  Including: The Halloween Dance, Blue Ghost Blues, Bloody Razor Blues, Spellbound soundtrack, The Richest Guy In the Graveyard, Skeleton Rag, ...

Classical Overtures from 2016-10-09T20:16:48

Nicolai: Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor, Sullivan: Overture to The Yeoman of the Guard, Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture, Gershwin: Cuban Overture & Beethove...

1920s Ragtime from 2016-10-03T00:11:17

The development of ragtime during the 1920s. Featuring: Zez Confrey, Vincent Lopez, Jelly Roll Morton, Benny Moten, Blind Blake and Bessie Smith.

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Red from 2016-09-25T12:21:04

Songs with red in the title, including: Red Sails in the Sunset, Stop, the Red Light's On, How Could Red Riding Hood?, Red Hot Momma, Red Cross and Red Roses For a...

Obscure Blues Singers from 2016-09-18T18:49:16

Lesser-known blues singers from the 1920s, including: Bessie Brown, Helen Gross, Rosa Henderson. Mary Johnson and Edna Hicks.

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Piano Month 2016 from 2016-09-11T18:27

For National Piano Month, a collection of piano music from the first half of the 20th Century.

Artists include: Jelly ...

Country Music 1937 from 2016-09-04T16:57:25

Artists include: Gene Autry, The  Chuck Wagon Gang, Uncle Dave Macon, Roy Acuff,  The Carter Family, Patsy Montana and Bob Wills.

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Frogs from 2016-08-28T17:18:14

Songs about frogs, including : Leap Frog, Froggy Went a Courtin, Froggy More Rag, Frog Legs Rag, Bull Frog Blues and The Nightingale and the Frog.

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Train Instrumentals Part Two from 2016-08-22T04:18:23

Performers include: Duke Ellington DeFord Bailey, Ted Goon, Woody Herman, Albert Ammons, Peter Johnson and Arthur Fiedler.

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Train Instrumentals Part One from 2016-08-13T16:55:57

Works include: Train Whistle Blues, Honky Tonk Train Blues, Super Chief, Dixie Flyer, Pacific 231, The Orient Express and Take the A Train.

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Murdered Musicians from 2016-08-04T18:09:50

Musicians who were killed including: Robert Johnson, Pinetop Smith, James Reese Europe, Lee Morgan and Eddie Jefferson.

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Charlie Christian Centennial from 2016-07-29T14:43:04

A tribute to jazz guitarist, Charlie Christian on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Songs include: Solo Flight, Flyi...

Summer Love Songs 2016 from 2016-07-24T22:09:48

Songs include: Hey Good Lookin, The Shadow Waltz, I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me, I'm Happy With the Whole Thing and It's Magic.

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One Alone from 2016-07-17T02:16:24

Performances by solo musicians, including: Roland Hayes, Jelly Roll Morton, DeFord Bailey, Pablo Casals, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Cliff Edwards and Jimmie Rodgers. Listen

Lorenz Hart Part 3 from 2016-07-10T01:47

Songs from the final years of the Rodgers and Hart partnership.  Songs include: It Never Entered My Mind, Have You Met Miss Jones, Bewitched, Spring Is Here, I Did...

Independence Day 2016 from 2016-07-02T16:21:35

Music for July 4th and a tribute to composer, Harl McDonald.  Music includes: The Stars and Stripes Forever, Strike Up the Band, The Maple Leaf Rag, The Washington...

Bears Oh My from 2016-06-26T03:26:47

Songs about bears, including: The Teddy Bear's Picnic, Jack the Bear, The Preacher an...

Jazz Trumpeters 1940s from 2016-06-18T21:34:58

Performers include: Ray Nance, Cootie Williams, Harry James, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis.

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Leftovers #21 from 2016-06-12T00:46:19

Records left off of previous shows.  Music includes: Walking In My Sleep, Dos Arbolitos, Rainy Day Blues, Mahler's 9th Symphony, How High the Moon?, I Love a Piano...

Lorenz Hart Part 2 from 2016-06-06T03:03:20

Rodgers and Hart songs from the years 1930- 1937.  Songs include: There's a Small Hotel, My Romance, My Funny Valentine, Mimi, Spring Is Here, I've Got Five Dollar...

Lorenz 'Hart Part One from 2016-05-29T23:13:47

Part one of a series featuring the music of Broadway lyricist, Lorenz hart.  This week. we look at Rodgers & Hart musicals from the 1920s.

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Rain from 2016-05-23T02:40:50

Songs include: Into Each Life, Some Rain Must Fall, Come Rain or Come Shine, Ridin' Around In the Rain, I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, Raindrop Prelude, Rainy Weathe...

500th Show from 2016-05-15T00:16:36

Our 500th episode!  In celebration, here's highlights from some of the most downloaded shows of the past 10 years, including: sacred harp singing, Dixieland reviva...

Trees from 2016-04-28T01:31:30

Songs celebrating trees.  Songs include: Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree, The Magic Tree, Autumn Leaves, The Green Grass Grows All Around, In The Shade of the Old A...

Shakespeare from 2016-04-23T16:45:03

A special podcast marking the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. Music includes: film music from Henry V (Walton), ballet music from Romeo and ...

French Composers from 2016-04-19T22:40:36

Works include: La Mer (Debussy), Sonatine (Ravel), Espana (Chabrier), Gypsy Dance (Bizet) and Pavane (Faure).

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Jazz Appreciation Month from 2016-04-10T15:21:44

For Jazz Appreciation Month, great jazz records from the 1920s-1050s.  Artists include: Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Billle Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Count ...

National Recording Registry #8 from 2016-04-05T03:12

Highlights from the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.  Records include: Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Wildcat Blues, Statesboro Blues, My Funny Valen...

Gospel Vocal Groups from 2016-03-26T02:56:07

Gospel vocal groups from 1914 to 1951.  Artists include: The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, Ernest Phipps Holiness Singers, The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, The C...

St Patrick's Day 2016 from 2016-03-16T19:07:48

Irish Music for St. Patrick's Day.  Artists include: Dennis Day, John McCormack, Paddy Kiloran, Michael Coleman, Morton Downey Sr. and Pakie Dolan.

10th Anniversary Show from 2016-03-06T14:35:27

Celebrating 10 years of Music From 100 Years Ago; some of the host's favorite records from the first half of the 20th Century.

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Country Music 1940 from 2016-02-29T01:10:13

Songs include: Time Changes Everything, You Are My Sunshine, My Home Among the Hills, Worried Mind, Will the Circle Be unbroken and The Precious Jewel.

Africian American Big Bands from 2016-02-16T04:52:25

Musicians include: Fletcher Henderson, Don Redman, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Benny Moten, Count Basie, Lucky Millinder, Lionel Hampton and Louis Armstrong. Listen

Valentine's Day 2016 from 2016-02-09T02:19:46

Songs include: I Love You, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, Somebody Loves Me, Watching the Clouds Roll By and My Fate Is In Your Hands.<...

Academy Award Nominated Songs 1940s Part 2 from 2016-02-01T03:40

Songs include: Baby Mine, So In Love, That Old Black Magic, White Christmas, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Swinging On a Star and the Woo...

Mozart's Birthday 2016 from 2016-01-27T04:35:15

In honor of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 260th birthday, a 1940 recording of the Symphony #39 by the London Philharmonic orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Listen

Academy Award Nominated Songs 1940s Part 1 from 2016-01-24T18:28:50

Songs include: I Got a Gal In Kalamazoo, Blues In the Night, It Might As Well Be Spring, Zip a Dee Do Dah, You Keep Coming Back Like a Song and When You Wish Upon ...

Centennials 2016 from 2016-01-17T16:01:25

A tribute to musicians born in 1916; one hundred years ago this year. Musicians include: Harry James, Dinah Shore, Lydia Mendoza, Charlie Christian, Jackie Gleason...

1916 from 2016-01-05T01:38:14

The music and events of 1916.  Songs include: Keep the Home Fires Burning, Pretty Baby, M O T H E R, The Missouri Waltz , Hello Hawaii and America, I Love You. Listen

Leftovers # 20 from 2015-12-29T14:26:23

Songs left over from earlier podcasts.  Songs include: What Is This Thing Called Love?, Harlem Heat, Blue Prelude, As Long As I Live, No More Sweet Potatoes, They ...

Academy Award Nominated songs 1930s from 2015-12-21T04:08:12

Songs include: Jeepers Creepers, Over the Rainbow, Cheek to Cheek, The Way You Look Tonight, I've Got You Under My Skin, The Continental and Lullaby of Broadway. Listen

Beethoven's Birthday 2015 from 2015-12-16T04:31:31

Celebrating the 245th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven with three recordings from 1947. Works include movements from the Symphony #9, the Piano Concerto #4 and The...

Christmas 1930s from 2015-12-13T14:54:06

Songs include: Christmas Swing, Silent Night, Christmas Out On the Prairie, What Will Santa Claus Say? , Santa Claus Blues and Winter Wonderland.

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Sinatra 100th Birthday from 2015-12-12T03:41:20

A special, short podcast in honor of Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday. Songs include: Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week, All Or Nothing At All, How A...

1940 Part 3 from 2015-12-06T16:53:08

More recordings from 1940 including: In The Mood, Playmates, Java Jive, How High the Moon, I Concentrate On You, Mozart's Symphony #38, I Ain't Got No Home and Fre...

Questions? from 2015-11-29T14:42:43

Songs with questions in the title.  Songs include: Whose Honey Are You? How Deep is the Ocean? Why Was I Born?  Why Don't You Do Right? Is You Is Or Is You Ain't M...

Ted Koehler from 2015-11-23T03:37:35

The life  and music of song lyricist, Ted Koehler. Songs include: Stormy Weather, Animal Crackers, I've Gotta Right to Sing the Blues, Get Happy, Love For Love and...

Songs of the Great War Part 1 Repost from 2015-11-17T23:54:36

This is a repost of a show from 2006 that was accidentally deleted from the archives.

Songs from the first two years of World War I.

Green from 2015-11-15T15:45:22

Songs include: Mountain Greenery, On Green Dolphin Street, The Green Grass Grows All Around, If The Moon Turns Green and Garbo Green.

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1940 Part Two from 2015-11-08T21:21:16

More hits form 1940.  Songs include: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You, Flying Home, Sweet Loraine, Jailhouse Blues, Barbara Allen, Meeting In The Air and When You ...

1940 Part One from 2015-11-01T14:40:41

Hit records from 1940, including: Summit Ridge Drive, Tuxedo Junction, Stardust, Falling In Love Again, New San Antonio Rose, I'll Get Along Somehow and A Nighting...

Feamle Band Leaders from 2015-10-26T03:15:29

Jazz bands led by women from the 1920s to the 1940s.  Performers include: Lovie Austin, Ina May Hutton, Mary Lou Williams, Blanche Calloway, Valida Snow, Ivy Benso...

Halloween 2015 from 2015-10-18T01:24:30

The annual Halloween show featuring Ghost Walkin Blues, Mr. Ghost Goes to Town, Witch Doctor, The Halloween Dance, Bloody Razor Blues, Chopin's Funeral March and I...

Country Music Month from 2015-10-11T01:57:52

Celebrating Country Music Month with classic records from the 1920s through the 1940s. Songs include: Alabama Jubilee, I Am Thinking Tonight Of My Blue eyes, Blue ...

The Big Apple Part 3 from 2015-10-05T04:01:05

Songs of New York, including: Night Game in Brooklyn, Lullaby of Broadway, Fifth Avenue, The Man From Harlem, New York City Blues and Slumming On Park Avenue. Listen

Songs of the South from 2015-09-28T03:21:49

Songs include: My Window Faces the South, Swanee, Mint Julep, Down South Camp Meeting, Alabama Jubilee and  Georgia On My Mind.

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Haydn from 2015-09-21T01:20:09

Highlights from the music of Austrian composer, Franz Joseph Haydn.  Works include movements from the Surprise Smphony, the String Quartet #50, the Hen Symphony, t...

Cylinder Recordings from 2015-09-14T03:43:32

Records made on cylinders from 1902 to 1919, including: The Thunderer, In the Garden, I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, Shine On Harvest Moon, The Carmen March and The ...

Leftovers #19 from 2015-09-07T04:26:07

Songs include: Stardust, Hebbie Jeebies, Born to Swing, The Yam, A Sailboat In the Moonlight and Songs of Native Birds.

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Murder Ballads from 2015-08-30T03:42:19

Songs include: Frankie and Johnny, Down on the Banks of the Ohio, White House Blues, Louis Collins, Pretty Polly, Tom Dooley and Stack O Lee Blues.

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Potato Songs from 2015-07-20T03:49:18

Records featuring the potato & the sweet potato.  Songs include: Potato Head Blues, Solid Potato Salad, The Yam, Sweet Potato Piper, All That Meat and No Potatoes,...

1937 Part 2 from 2015-07-13T03:36:27

Songs include: I Can't Get Started, Bei Mir Bist du Shoen, Nobodys Darlin But Mine, Why Was I Born, The Dipsy Doodle, The Merry Go Round Broke Down and Dinner Musi...

Independence Day 2015 from 2015-07-04T02:35:28

Songs include: God Bless America, The Stars and Stripes Forever, Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle, Victory Stride, America and Song of Freedom.

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1937 Part One from 2015-06-29T01:32:07

Part one of a series on great records recorded in 1937. Records include: One O'Clock Jump, Sing,Sing,Sing, Let's Call The Whole Thing Off, Hellhound On My Trail, L...

Summer Songs 2015 from 2015-06-24T15:33:49

Songs include: Summertime, Indian Summer, In the  Good Old Summertime, Summer Holiday, Summer Night and Summertime Is Past And Gone. 

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Mitchell Parish from 2015-06-14T15:51:20

The songs of lyricist, Mitchell Parish.  Songs include: Stardust, Sleigh Ride, Stars Fell On Alabama, The Lamp is Low, My Window Faces the South,Sweet Loraine, Sta...

Double Plays Part 2 from 2015-05-31T17:49:08

Alternate versions of the same song.  Songs include: Runnin Wild, Tiger Rag, Open the Door Richard, Caravan and San Antonio Rose.

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Country Music 1935 from 2015-05-24T20:08:25

Songs include: Tumbling Tumbleweeds, I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart, Are You Tired of Me My Darlin, Taking Off, I Ain't Got Nobody and I'm Rolling On.  Perform...

"Girl Singer" from 2015-05-17T20:25:51

Female big band singers form the 1930s and 1940s, including: Edyth Wright, Ella Fitzgerald, Kitty Kallen, Blanche Calloway, June Christy, Jo Stafford and Ivy Ander...

All Aboard the Jazz Train from 2015-05-10T19:32:37

   Jazz bands play train songs.  Songs include: Daybreak Express,  Take the A Train, Honky Tonk Train Blues, Night Train, Can...

Bach Transcriptions from 2015-05-04T00:48:36

Bach works transcribed for orchestra.  Works include: Toccata and Fugue in d Minor, Trio Sonata BVW 525, Sheep May Safely Graze, and Fantasia and Fugue in c Minor ...

Cowboy Songs from 2015-04-27T02:52:22

Performers include: Gene Autry, Roy Rogers & Dale Evans, The Sons of the Pioneers, The Carter Family, Slim Whitman and Patsy Montana.  Songs include: Cattle Call, ...

World Watr I 1915 from 2015-04-18T13:56:11

Popular songs from the second year of the First World War.  Songs include: It's a Long Way to Tipperary, Don't Take My Darling Boy Away, My Old Iron Cross, When We...

Billie Holiday Centennial from 2015-04-11T02:42:16

A special, short podcast to mark the 100th birthday of Jazz singer, Billie Holiday.  Songs include: A Fine Romance, Don't Explain, What's new? and God Bless the Ch...

Guitar Month from 2015-04-05T22:43:26

For National Guitar Month, a show featuring great guitarists from the 1920s through the 1950s. Guitarists include: George Barnes, Charlie Christian, Eddie Lang, Lo...

National Recording Registry #7 from 2015-03-31T03:37:20

Highlights from the Library of Congress National Recording Registry.  Performers include: Louis Armstrong, Patricia Morison, Blind Lemon Jefferson, The Almanac Sin...

Sviatoslav Richter Centennial from 2015-03-26T02:44:46

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Russian pianist, Sviatoslav Richter.  Music includes: Liszt: Transendental Etude #5, Chopin: Military Polanaise a...

Harlod Arlen Part 2 from 2015-03-22T15:25:45

Songs written by Harlod Arlen in the 1940s and 1950s.  Songs include: My Shining Hour, Ac Cent Uate The Positive, One for My Baby, That Old Black Magic, The Man Th...

St Patrick's Day 2015 from 2015-03-15T15:34:41

Irish music for St. Patrick's Day.  Songs include: The Morning Dew, My Wild Irish Rose,  Flannagan's Mother-In_Law, The Isle of Innisfree, There's a Long, Winding ...

Ninth Anniversary Show from 2015-03-08T18:34:44

Celebrating nine years of Music From 100 Years Ago with some of the host's favorite records. Performers include: Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, the Tune Wranglers, ...

Harlod Arlen Part 1 from 2015-03-01T19:44:43

The life and music of composer, Harlod Arlen, from the 1920s and 1930s.  Songs include: It's Only a Paper Moon, Get Happy, Let's Fall In Love, Over the Rainbow, St...

Sister Acts from 2015-02-22T15:36:22

Sister singing groups from the 1920s through the 1950s. Groups include: the Brox Sisters, the Boswell Sisters, the Andrews Sisters, the Fontane Sisters, the King S...

Deep In The Heart Of Texas from 2015-02-15T16:03:06

Songs about the Lone Star State given a jazz treatment. Songs include: Deep In The Heart Of Texas, The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You, Dallas Blues, Across The Alley F...

Early African American Stars from 2015-02-08T15:53:54

African-American recording stars from 1900 through 1925.  Performers include: Bert Williams, James Reese Europe, Mamie Smith, Eubie Blake, George Washington Johnso...

Love Songs: Happy and Sad from 2015-02-01T16:26:58

Love songs, both happy and sad, for Valentine's Day.  Songs include: Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Heart and Soul, You're So Darn Charming, Easy to Love and Don't Ex...

Mozart's Birthday 2015 from 2015-01-28T01:46:53

A special, short podcast in honor of Mozart's 259th birthday.  Music includes the Symphony 38, the Piano Sonata 12 and the Marriage of Figaro Overture.  Performers...

Jazz Piano 1940s from 2015-01-26T00:13:08

Pianists include: Thomas 'Fats" Waller, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Thelonius Monk, George Shearing, Errol Garner, Dave Brubeck, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and Bud...

Centennials 2015 Part 2 from 2015-01-20T04:50:24

More musicians born 100 years ago, this year. Perfomers include: Billie Holiday, Frankie Yankovic, Willie Dixon, Edith Piaf, Sviatoslav Richter, Brownie McGee and ...

Centennials 2015 Part 1 from 2015-01-11T17:11:39

A tribute to musicians born in 1915. Performers include: Frank Sinatra, Una May Carlise, Les Paul, Alice Faye, Turk Murphy, Billy Strayhorn, Earl Wild, Al Hibbler ...

1915 from 2015-01-03T18:41:45

Songs from 1915, including: It's a Long Way to Tipperarary, Listen to the Mockingbird, Swing Low, I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier, St Louis Blues and The Lit...

Leftovers #18 from 2014-12-28T05:08:18

Records left off earlier podcasts.  Songs include: Tennessee Waltz, Knock Me a Kiss, Round and Round, You're Laughing At Me and Limehouse Blues.  Performers includ...

Fun Music from 2014-12-21T17:40:15

Songs that are fun. Tunes include: And The Green Grass Grew All Around, Honky Tonk Train Blues, Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby, Take An Old Cold Tater, The Join...

Beethoven's Birthday 2014 from 2014-12-14T20:08:01

Celebrating Beethoven's 244th birthday with historical recordings.  Works include movements from: Symphony #2, Bagateles Op. 33, String Quartet #5, Piano Concerto ...

A Jewish-American Christmas from 2014-12-07T03:06:40

Famous Christmas songs written by Jewish-American songwriters.  Songs include: Winter Wonderland, White Christmas, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Rudolph, The Red-Nos...

To Tell the Truth from 2014-11-30T03:11:27

Songs with truth or true in the title.  Songs include: It Must Be True, My Untrue Cowgirl, The Truth of the Matter, It's Sad But True and If Dreams Come True.  Per...

Food Music from 2014-11-23T15:06:38

A musical feast to celebrate Thanksgiving.  Songs include: Turkey Hop, Low Gravy, Blueberry Hill, Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee and Solid Potato Salad.  Perform...

Hawaiian Guitar from 2014-11-16T17:49:06

Classic Hawaiian guitarists from the 1920s and 1930s, including Lani McIntire, Frank Ferera, Sol Hoopi, Andy Iona, Tau & Rose Moe, Sam Ku West and Bennie Nawahi.  ...

Road Music from 2014-11-09T01:52:35

Songs about the road. Tunes include: Crossroads Blues, Hit the Road, One For My Baby and One More For the Road, Stay On the Right Side of the Road, Waiting at th...

Saxophonists from 2014-11-02T12:40:38

Great sax men from the 1930s and 1940s. Performers include: Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Sidney Bechet, Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster and Benny Ca...

Halloween 2014 from 2014-10-26T15:23:04

The annual Halloween show.  Songs include: The Halloween Dance, Mr Ghost Goes to Town, Riders In The Sky, Coffin Blues, The House is Haunted and Music For Stings...

Chopin from 2014-10-19T03:07:49

Historical recordings of Chopin favorites. Works include: Polonaise #3, Scherzo #1, Berceuse, Waltz # 7, and Nocturne #19.  Pianists include: Vladimir Horowitz, ...

Early Jug Bands from 2014-10-12T13:24:08

Jug Bands from the 1920s and 1930s.  Bands include: the Memphis Jug Band, Cannon's Jug Stompers, King David's Jug Band, the Louisville Jug Band and Noah Lewis' J...

Nonblues Blue Music from 2014-10-05T01:27:51

Songs  with blue in the title that aren't blues songs.  Songs include: Blue Skies, When the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day, Blue Tango, Blue Tail Fl...

Irving Berlin 1930s from 2014-09-28T14:39

Songs include: Puttin On The Ritz, Heat Wave, I've got My Love To Keep Me Warm, How Deep Is The Ocean, Easter Parade and God Bless  America.  Performers include:...

1920s Jazz Bands from 2014-09-22T04:09:44

Songs include: Potato Head Blues, I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover, Original Jelly Roll Blues, You've Got to Get Hot and Creole Love Call.  Musicians include:...

V Disc Ladies from 2014-09-14T14:30:03

Female singers who recorded for the V-Disc program in the 1940s.  Performers include: Kay Starr, Billie Holliday, Ginny Simms, Georgia Gibbs, Peggy lee, Pearl Ba...

Sugar from 2014-09-07T01:32:52

Songs include: Sugar, My Sugar Is So Refined, Sugar Daddy, My Brown Skin Sugar Plum, Sugar Baby and Sugar Foot Rag.  Performers include: Harry James, Dock Boggs,...

Country Music 1945-1950 from 2014-08-31T15:37:47

Singers include: Hank Williams, Eddie Arnold,Moon Mullican, Bill Monroe, Jack Guthrie, Ernie Ford, Bob Wills  and Hank Snow.  Songs include: Boquet of Roses, Alo...

1940s Jazz from 2014-08-23T14:29:40

Performers include: Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro, Charlie Christian, Bud Powell, Lu Watters, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and Billie Holiday.  Son...

1944 Part 2 from 2014-08-17T04:03:14

Songs include: Hot Time in the Town of Berlin, There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder, Night and Day, Artistry In Rhythm, Holiday For Strings and He's Funny that Wa...

1920s Dance Bands from 2014-08-10T00:58:20

Popular dance bands from the Roaring 20s, including: Paul Whiteman, Leo Reisman, Nat Shilkret, Art Hickman, Ben Selvin and Isham Jones.  Songs include: I'm Looki...

First World War from 2014-08-02T14:23:14

Marking the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, Songs include: Your King and Country Want You, I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be a Soldier, Keep the Home Fi...

Waltz Time from 2014-07-27T15:37:45

Songs in 3/4 time. Tunes include: Sidewalks of New York, Always, Missouri Waltz, Goodnight Irene, After the Ball and Oh What a Beautiful Morning.  Performers inc...

Bach 2014 from 2014-07-20T21:16:29

A program marking the 264th anniversary of J.S. Bach's death. Works include: Brandenburg Concerto #1, The Musical Offering, The St Matthew Passion, The French Su...

Whiteman Plays Gershwin from 2014-07-12T16:24:26

Music of George Gershwin performed by Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra.  Works include: Rhapsody In Blue, I'll Build A Stairway, The Man I Love, Concerto In F, Le...

Summer Love Songs 2014 from 2014-07-06T14:54:41

Songs include: You Fit Into the Picture, I Only Have Eyes For You, Day By Day, If You Knew Susie, Cuddle Up and I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm.  Performers inc...

4th of July With the Goldman Band from 2014-06-29T15:04:07

Patriotic music performed by Edwin Franco Goldman and the Goldman Band. Music includes: The Stars And Stripes Forever, On The Mall, King Cotton, The Chimes of Li...

Leftovers # 17 from 2014-06-22T02:12:42

Records left off previous podcasts, including: Charleston, Gnomes, Got a Penny, Screech Owl Man, Do I Love You? and Freilecher Yontov.  Performers include: Ivory...

Rarities from 2014-06-14T14:17:36

Shirley Temple singing in Japanese. A 1932 Duke Ellington record, in stereo! John Guilgud reciting Shakespeare.  King Tut's trumpets played.  A Fred Astaire comp...

Saul Chaplin from 2014-06-08T20:26:14

The music and life of songwriter, Saul Chaplin.  Songs include: Bei Mir Bist Du Schon, The Anniversary Song, Rhythm Is Our Business, Please Be Kind and Until the...

Walking Music from 2014-06-01T14:43:32

Songs include: Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk, Walking Blues, In Walked Bud, Walking the Floor, Sidewalk Blues, My Walking Stick  and I Don't Want to Walk With...

1944 Part One from 2014-05-25T13:26:28

The music of 1944, including:  Swinging On a Star-- Bing Crosby, I'll Be Seeing You -- Billie Holiday, Dancing In the Dark -- Artie Shaw,  Tiny's Tempo -- Charli...

Sand from 2014-05-17T20:25:50

Songs include: Love Letters  In the Sand, Sand Dunes, Miami Beach Rhumba, Texas Sand and Pushing Sand.  Performers incluce: Lee Morse, Kay Kayser, Glenn Miller, ...

Wine from 2014-05-11T15:41:48

Songs celebrating wine, including, Drinking Wine, Wine, Women and Song, Blue Champagne, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine and Bubbles In The Wine. Performers include: Jim...

Ladies Sing the Blues 2 from 2014-05-03T21:51:04

Female blues singers from the 1920s, including: Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Eva Taylor, Mamie Smith, Ethyl Waters, Lucille Bogan, Alberta Hunter and Mary Johnson.  ...

Player Piano Rolls from 2014-04-19T14:12:12

Player piano rolls from 1905 to 1928.  Performers include: James P Johnson, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Geroge Gershwin, Gustav Mahler, Vladimir Horowitz , Eubie Blake...

National Recording Registery Part 6 from 2014-04-13T22:45:04

Highlights from the Library Of Congress' National Recording Registery. Performers include: Charley Parker, Roland Hayes, Erich Von Korngold, Bing Crosby, Jasha H...

Jazz Quintets from 2014-04-05T15:54:38

Jazz quintets featuring: Louis Armstrong, Dexter Gordon, Raymond Scott, Thelonius Monk, George Shearing and Django Reinhardt.  Songs include: Dinah, Twlight in T...

Composer Conductors from 2014-03-30T13:12:59

Composers conducting their own works.  Composers include: Edward Elgar, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Sergi Prokofiev,  Gustav Holst and Pietro Mascagni.  Wo...

Klezmer from 2014-03-23T14:03:22

Classic early klezmer recordings featuring Dave Tarras, Abe Schwatrtz, Naftule Brandwein, Joseph Solinski , Israel Hochmann, and Mishka Ziganoff. Songs include: ...

8th Anniversary Show from 2014-03-15T19:38:18

Some of the host's favorite records, including Sepia Panaroma, Come On Baby, I Shall Wear A Crown, Mock Morris, You're From Texas and Candlelights.  Performers i...

400th Episode from 2014-03-10T14:19:25

Highlights from the first two years of Music From 100 years Ago.

St Patrick's Day 2014 from 2014-03-02T22:12:05

Irish Music for St. Patrick's Day.  Songs include: My Wild Irish Rose, Dear Irish Boy, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, The Blackthorn Stick and Gilda Ray.  Performe...

Cole Porter 1930s from 2014-02-23T18:33:23

Song writer, Cole Porter's work from the 1930s.  Songs include: My Heart Belongs to Daddy, You're the Top, Night and Day, Anything Goes, At Long Last Love, Begin...

1920s Piano from 2014-02-16T03:55:10

Pianists of the 1920s, including: George Gershwin, Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Vladimir Horowitz, Bix Beiderbeck, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Thomas "Fats" Walle...

Highlights From Jubilee from 2014-02-10T00:44:48

Highlights from the World War II era radio show, Jubilee. Jubilee was an Armed Forces Radio request show targeting African-American servicemen and women.  Songs ...

Valentine's Day 2014 from 2014-02-02T22:53:17

Love songs by Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, The Boswell Sisters, Jo Stafford, Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers.  Songs include: Stairway to the...

Mozart's Birtday 2014 from 2014-01-31T01:17:24

A special, short podcast in honor of the 258th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.  Works include: the Symphony #1, Dove Sono and The overture to Cosi  Fan Tutt...

Gospel Music 1930s from 2014-01-26T15:53:31

Artists include: Thomas A. Dorsey, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mahalia Jackson, The Rev. Gary Davis, The Golden Gate Quartet and the Heavenly Gospel Singers. Music in...

Loose Change from 2014-01-19T15:39:37

Songs include: Pennies From Heaven, Dime a Dozen, Betcha Nickel, Penny Seranade and Brother, Can You Spae a Dime?  Performers include: Rudy Vallee, Ruth Etting, ...

Centennials 2014 from 2014-01-12T15:09:02

Musicians born 100 years ago this year, including: Ernest Tubb, Dorothy Lamour, Sonny Boy Williamson, Larry Adler, Erskine Hawkins, Rafael Kubelik, Billy Eckstin...

1914 from 2014-01-05T15:06:33

The hit records of 1914, including: Trusting Eyes, Aba Daba Honeymoon, The Memphis Blues,  The Good Ship Mary Ann, Cohen on the Telephone and It's a Long Way to ...

Leftovers #16 from 2013-12-28T20:53:30

Records left off of previous shows.  Songs include: Oh What a Beautiful Morning, Ko Ko, No Wedding Bells For Me, La Traviata Prelude, Trouble in Mind and Down Ho...

Haven Gillespie from 2013-12-23T03:04:46

The life and music of song writer, Haven Gillespie.  Songs include: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, You Go to My Head, Whose Honey Are You?, Right Or Wrong, Kiss,...

Beethoven's Birthday 2013 from 2013-12-16T10:42:03

Celebrating Beethoven's birthday with three historic recordings.  Works include: Fur Elise, Violin Sonata #7 and The Concecration of the House Overture.  Perform...

Cold Music from 2013-12-14T13:36:59

Music about being cold.  Works include: Baby It's Cold Outside, Cold, Cold Heart, Massas In the Cold, Cold Ground, It's Getting Chilly, Out In the Cold Again and...

National Recording Registry Part 5 from 2013-12-07T16:24:44

More highlights from the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.  Music includes: 12th Street Rag, In a Mellotone, Can't Help Lovin That Man, The Adven...

Christmas 2013 from 2013-12-01T02:14:06

Songs include: Winter Wonderland, Santa Claus Got Stuck In the Chimney, Let It Snow, Don't Wait Until Christmas Night and Canon in D.  Performers include: Bing C...

Early Country Women from 2013-11-24T14:37:42

Pioneering women in country music from the 1930s and 1940s, including: Patsy Montana, The Girls of the Golden West, Moonshine Kate, Shirley Thoms, Lulu Belle and...

The Gettysburg Address from 2013-11-19T04:52:44

The host recites the Gettysburg Address on the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's famous speech.

Thanks from 2013-11-16T20:11:29

Songs about being thankful, including: Thanks For the Memory, I Want To Thank You Folks, Thanks a Million, Thank Your Father and Thank You Mr. Moon.  Performers ...

Ellingtonians Part 2 from 2013-11-10T16:31:45

Sidemen of the Duke Ellinbgton Orchestra from the 1930s and 1940s.  Performers include: Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster, Herb Jeffries, Al Hibbler, Ray Nance and Juan...

Return to the Delta from 2013-11-02T18:35:06

Blues singers of the Mississippi Delta, including: Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, Son House, Bukka White, Memphis Minnie and Skip James.  Songs include: Banty R...

Serenades from 2013-10-26T18:57

Songs include: Sunrise Serenade, Manhatthan Serenade, Serenade For a Wealthy Widow, Sleepy Serenade and Shepard's Serenade.  Performers include: The Casa Loma Or...

Halloween 2013 from 2013-10-19T13:47:15

The annual Halloween show.  Songs include: My Friend the Ghost, The Halloween Dance, Ghost Riders In the Sky, I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried and Here Comes the Bo...

Verdi Bicentennial from 2013-10-05T19:59:53

Celebrating the 200th birthday of Italian opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi.  Works include: The Force of Destiny Overture, La Donna e Mobile, Requiem Mass, Triumph...

Big Band Themes Part 2 from 2013-09-27T14:36:27

Theme songs from these bands: Cab Calloway, Hal Kemp, Benny Goodman, Eddie Duchin, Count Basie, Louis Prima, Bob Zurke and Glenn Miller.

Wedding Music from 2013-09-21T15:24:47

Songs include: The Anniversary Song, Clancey's Wooden Wedding, The Golden Wedding, I'll Dance At Your Wedding, The Wedding March and Wedding Bells Are Breaking U...

Banjo Legends from 2013-09-16T01:11:48

Early banjo masters, including: Vess Ossman, Fred Van Epps, Harry Reser, Molly O Day, Uncle Dave Macon, Gus Cannon and Earl Scruggs. Songs include: I'm Going Hom...

Singer Pianists from 2013-09-07T15:20:50

Pianists who double as singers, including: Thomas "Fats" Waller, Pat Flowers, Hadda Brooks, Cleo Brown, Hoagy Carmichael, Fats Domino and Whispering Jack Smith. ...

1943 from 2013-09-01T01:17:21

The music of 1943, including, Song of India, Paper Doll, Night Train to Memphis, I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say No and Cherokee.  Performers include: Frank Sinatr...

Magic Music from 2013-08-24T17:31:16

Songs  include: That Old Black Magic, It's Magic, Grandpa's Spells, South Sea Island Magic and My Name Is John Wellington Welles.  Performers include: Bing Crosb...

Beer Songs from 2013-08-17T15:57:32

Songs include: Beer Barrel Polka, More Beer, Gimmie a Pigfoot, Beer Bottle Woman & The Bartender's Just Like a Mother.  Performers include: Will Glahe, the Andre...

Robert Schumann from 2013-08-11T02:36:46

Highlights from the music of composer Robert Schumann, including excerpts from the piano concerto, Kinderszenen, the Piano Quintet, the Symphony #3 and Arabeske....

Summer Love Songs 2013 from 2013-08-03T12:48:53

Songs include: Let's Fall In Love, Summertime, I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me, Armful of Sweetness and Pretty Baby.  Performers include: Les Paul & ...

Dixieland Revival from 2013-07-27T14:26:41

Bands that revived New Orleans style jazz in the 1930s and 40s. Performers include: Lu Watters, Bunk Johnson, Turk Murphy, Muggsy Spainer, Eddie Condon and the B...

Big Band Themes Part 1 from 2013-07-20T21:03

Themes include: Take the A Train, Cherokee, I'm Getting Sentimental Over You, Blue Prelude, Nightmare and Bubbles In the Wine.  Performers include: Duke Ellingto...

Mack Gordon Part 2 from 2013-07-13T15:19:11

Mack Gordon's movie songs from the 1940s, including: I Had the Craziest Dream, Chattanooga Choo Choo, You'll Never Know, Down Argentine Way, At Last and You Make...

Mack Gordon Part 1 from 2013-07-07T14:15:35

The 1930s songs of lyricist, Mack Gordon, including: Paris In the Spring, Goodnight My Love, Don't Let It Bother You, Help Youself to Happiness and I've Got a Da...

July 4th from 2013-06-29T13:55:24

Music for U.S. Independence Day, including: Star Spangled Banner, Here Comes the Navy, El Capitan and God Bless America. Performers include: Ernest Tubb, Arturio...

Jazz Duets from 2013-06-22T21:45:44

Jazz times two.  Performers include: Duke Ellington & Jimmy Blanton, Django Reinhart & Eddie South, Albert Ammons & Meade Lux Lewis and Louis Armstrong & Earl Hi...

Double Plays from 2013-06-15T20:35:10

Two versions of these songs: Stardust, Caravan, Steel Guitar Rag, You Are My Sunshine and Matchbox Blues.  Artists include: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Valaida Snow, ...

Stop.mp3 from 2013-06-08T18:01:37

Songs include: Stop Pretending, I Can't Stop Loving You, Stop, The Red Light's On, You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming & Nonstop Flight.  Performers include: Artie S...

Wagner Bicentennial Repost from 2013-06-06T22:14:42

A repost of the Wagner bicentennial podcast with improved sound.

Leftovers # 15 from 2013-06-02T14:45:08

Records left off of previous podcasts.  Music inclues: I'm a Happy Go Lucky Cowboy, K.C. Moan, Schubert's Impromptu #2, We've Got a Parrot At Our House, Whoop Em...

More Piedmont Blues from 2013-05-26T15:15:25

Performers include: Blind Blake, Buddy Moss, Scrapper Blackwell, Peg Leg Howell, Josh White and Reverend Gary Davis.  Songs include: Lord, I Want to Die Easy, Ai...

The Big Apple Part 2 from 2013-05-19T02:58:30

More songs about New York, including: Broadway Rose, Let Me Off Uptown, Brooklyn Bridge, Slaughter on 10th Avenue and Manhattan Minuet.  Performers include: Raym...

Hotel Songs from 2013-05-05T00:32:43

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 Ellingt...

Train Songs Part 2 from 2013-04-27T17:13:03

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.  pe...

Train Songs Part 1 from 2013-04-20T23:04:08

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 inclu...

Centennials 2013 Part 3 from 2013-04-14T17:30:25

A tribute to musicians born in 1913, including: Sammy Cahn, Helen Humes, Frankie Laine, Cowboy Copas, Licia Albanese, Richard Tucker and Carmen Cavellero.  Songs...

V-Disc Military Bands from 2013-04-07T04:28

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,...

The Big Apple part 1 from 2013-03-31T16:27:29

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.  ...

Bach's Birthday from 2013-03-30T00:35:01

A special podcast for J.S. Bach's 328th birthday featuring a 1946 recording of the Concerto for Two Violins by Jascha Heifetz.

Irving Caesar from 2013-03-24T17:27:33

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 Abo...

Roots of Bluegrass from 2013-03-16T03:54:39

Bands that influenced the development of bluegrass music.  Artists include: Bill Monroe, The Skillet Lickers, Charlie Poole, The Delmore Brothers, Uncle Dave Mac...

Seventh Anniversary Show from 2013-03-11T01:15:09

Celebrating seven years of podcasting with: Louis Armstrong, Patti Page, the Memphis Jug Band, Duke Ellington, Thomas "Fats"  Waller, Johnny Mercer, the Rev. J.M...

Schubert from 2013-03-03T03:20:30

The music of composer Franz Schubert, including: Erlkonig, The Trout, Symphony #5, the Death and the Maiden Quartet and the Impromptu in B Flat.  Performers incl...

Ellingtonians from 2013-02-24T16:05:52

Musicians who played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra, including: Johnny Hodges, Rex Stewart, Ivy Anderson, Jimmy Blanton, Billy Strayhorn and Jaun Tizol.  Songs ...

Singing Cowboys from 2013-02-17T21:08:06

Singing Cowboys of the 1920s through the 1940s, including: Carl T. Sprague, Harry McClintock, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Tex Ritter.  Songs include: Back in the ...

Valentines Day 2013 from 2013-02-10T14:21:37

Love songs for Valentines Day, including: Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree, My Heart Stood Still, One Hour Tonight, Let's Fall In Love and I Can't Beleive That You...

In Memorium Patty Andrews from 2013-02-09T04:34:25

A special, short podcast in tribute to Patty Andrews, of the Andrews Sisters, who passed away January 30th, 2013 at 94.

Cotton Club from 2013-02-03T19:48:34

Musicians who played at the famous Cotton Club in Harlem including: Duke Ellington, Adelaide Hall. Cab Calloway, Ethyl Waters, Jimmy Lunceford and the Mills Blue...

British Dance Bands 1930s from 2013-01-27T15:04:51

Music Of British dance bands of the 1930s, including: Bert Ambrose, Jack Jackson, Ray Noble, Billy Cotton and Roy Fox. Songs include: Too Marvelous For Words, Di...

Centennials 2013 Part 2 from 2013-01-20T15:43:15

More musicians born 100 years ago this year, including: Judy Canova, Woody Herman, Bob Crosby, Jimmy Van Heusen, Ella Logan and Muddy Waters.  Songs include: Swi...

Centennials 2013 part 1 from 2013-01-13T15:58:57

A tribute to musicians born in 1913, including: Mary Martin, Grandpa Jones, Morton Gould, Charley Barnet, Danny Kaye and Rise Stevens. Songs inclue: My Heart Bel...

1913 from 2013-01-06T15:13:10

Hit music from 1913, including: Peg O' My Heart, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, The Rite of Spring, Sweethearts and Because.  Performers include: Caunchey Olcott, ...

Leftovers #14 from 2012-12-29T19:16:35

Records left off of previous podcasts.  Songs include: I Found a New Baby, Roadside Rag, Don't Grieve After Me, Nola and Puck's Dance.  Performers include: Sonny...

Obituaries 1977 part 2 from 2012-12-23T02:38:51

Celebrating the lives of musicains who passed away in 1977, including: Paul Desmond, Mary Ford, E. Power Biggs, Bukka White, Maria Callas  and Guy Lombardo. Listen

Beethoven's Birthday 2012 from 2012-12-17T02:00:08

A special, short podcast for Beethoven's birthday featuring the Eroica Variations played by Claudio Arrau.

Obituaries 1977 from 2012-12-16T06:08:50

A tribute to musicians who passed away in 1977, including: Elvis Presely, Bing Crosby, Ethel Waters, Leopold Stokowski,, Sleepy John Estes and Errol Garner. Listen

Christmas 2012 from 2012-12-08T19:17:34

Songs include: Frosty the Snowman, The Christmas Song, Joy to the World, Christmas Island, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and White Christmas.  Performers include...

In Memorium: Dave Brubeck from 2012-12-08T02:26:32

A special, short podcast in honor of jazz pianist and composer, Dave Brubeck.  Works include: Fugue on a Bop Theme, Laura, Tea For Two and Stardust.

Forgotten Pianists from 2012-12-01T21:07:11

Pianists forgotten by time; including: Pat Flowers, Jimmy Blythe, Hazel Scott, Donald Lambert, Rosita Renard, Zez Confrey and Jess Stacy.  Works include: But Not...

Harry von Tilzer from 2012-11-24T14:00:27

The life and music of song writer, Harry von Tilzer.  Songs include: Wait Till The Sun Shines Nelly, I Love My Wife, The Green Grass Grew All Around and I Want  ...

Novelty Songs of the 1920s from 2012-11-17T20:43:06

Songs include: I Faw Down, My One and Only, I Want to Be Bad, Diga Diga Do, Old McDonald and Tip Toe Through the Tulips.  Performers include: Cliff Edwards, Hele...

Handel from 2012-11-11T15:18:45

Music of composer, George Fredrick Handel.  Works include; Hallelujah Chorus , Zadock the Priest, Water Music , Chaconne in G and Concerto Grosso #9.

Western Swing 1940s from 2012-11-03T16:42

Western swing records from the peak years of its popularity.  Songs include: New San Antonio Rose, Big Ball's In Cowtown, Pistol Packin Mama, Never Trust a Woman ...

Waltz Anyone? from 2012-10-28T14:29:41

Songs include: Waltz Me Around Again, Willie, Waltzing the Blues, Kentucky Waltz and the Minute Waltz.  Performers include: Rudy Vallee, John Kirby, Helen Clark, ...

Halloween 2012 from 2012-10-20T23:16:37

Songs include; Mr Ghost Goes To Town, The Halloween Dance, At the Devil's Ball. I'm Scared and Devil Got My Woman.  Performers include: Bessie Smith, The Peerless...

V-Disc Jazz from 2012-10-13T17:25:02

Jazz tunes especially recorded for the V-Disc program in the 1940s.  Songs include: Don't Explain, Indiana, Undercurrent Blues, I Can't Get Started and That Ain't...

Chuck Wagon Gang from 2012-10-09T03:21:43

Repost of We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder, plus, The Church in the Wildwood by the Chuck Wagon Gang.

Country Gospel from 2012-10-06T22:37:43

Southern Gospel from the 1920s - 1940s.  Songs include: Jesus Hold My Hand, Gospel Ship, I Am Climbing Jacob's Ladder, Leaning On the Everlasting Arms and Never G...

Banana Music from 2012-09-29T20:41:42

Songs about America's favorite fruit, Iincluding; Yes, We Have No Bananas, Banana Oil, Banana In Your Fruit Basket and I Like Bananas.  Performers include: Billy ...

Tenors 1910-1920 from 2012-09-23T03:50:08

Tenors from the second decade of the 20th Century, including: Al Jolson,  Billy Murray, Enrico Caruso, Henry Burr, Bob Roberts and Will Oakland.  Songs include; O...

Piano Month from 2012-09-16T00:57:07

Music for National Piano Month.  Pianists include: Art Tatum, Artur Rubinstein, Moon Mullican, Pinetop Smith, Thelonius Monk,  Erroll Garner, Liberace and Edwin F...

Harry Woods from 2012-09-08T23:07:04

The life and music of songwriter, Harry M. Woods.  Songs include: I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover, Try a Little Tenderness, Side By Side, Just An Echo In the ...

Hammon Organ from 2012-09-01T16:31:32

Recordings from the 1930s and 1940s of the Hammond electric organ and novachord.  Performers include: Thomas"Fats" Waller, Ethyl Smith, Milt Herth, Ken Griffin, V...

Milky Music from 2012-08-25T23:33:59

Songs include: Malted Milk, Milkshake Stand, My Very Good Friend the Milkman, Milkcow Blues and Ole Buttermilk Sky. Performers include: Robert Johnson, Hoagy Carm...

Gennett Jazz from 2012-08-19T13:19:11

Early jazz records from the Gennett label, including: Cakewalking Babies From Home, Riverboat Shuffle, Dippermouth Blues and Stardust.  Performers include: King O...

Debussy Sesquicentennial from 2012-08-10T18:23:44

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer claude Debussy.  Works include: Reverie, Clair de Lune, The Girl With the Flaxen Hair, Fetes, String Quartet and The Play of the Waves....

Jealousy from 2012-08-04T19:30:13

Songs include: Jalousie, I'll Be Around, Where Did You Sleep, All the World Will Be Jealous and All or Nuttin.  Performers include: Arthur Fiedler, Cab Calloway, Henry Burr, the Andrews Sisters ...

Blues Harmonica from 2012-07-28T18:03:47

Prewar blues harp greats, including: Sonny Terry, Daddy Stovepipe, Noah Taylor, Sonny Boy Williamson 1, Eddie Mapp and Jaybird Coleman. Songs include: Harmonica B...

National Recording Registry Part 4 from 2012-07-21T15:25:24

Highlights from the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.  Performers include: John Lee Hooker, The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Sol Hoopii, F...

Starry Music from 2012-07-13T20:32:34

Songs include: Stardust, Stella By Starlight. Stars Fell On Alabama, A Handful of Stars and Come Down My Evening Star. Performers include: Hoagy Carmichael, Benny...

London Songs from 2012-07-07T15:02:09

Songs include: Maybe It's Because I'm An Londoner, Chelsea Bridge, A Foggy Day In London, The London Bridge March, London Pride and A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley...

Independence Day 2012 from 2012-06-29T18:40:50

Works include: The Star Spangled Banner, The Stars and Stripes Forever, On the Mall and the 1812 Overture.  Performers include: John Philip Sousa, Edwin Franco Go...

Strange Records from 2012-06-23T15:11:07

Shirley Temple singing in Japanese, Nazi Jazz, a musical saw, the worst opera singer, a creepy Christmas poem and other strange records.

In Memorium : Ray Bradbury from 2012-06-22T05:40:43

A special podcast marking the death of scifi writer, Ray Bradburry.  The show includes a radio performance of Bradbury's story, The Veldt from 1951.

Leftovers # 13 from 2012-06-16T22:19:33

Records left off of earlier podcasts.  Sarah Vaughn sings Just Friends.  The Norwalk Symphony plays Elegy by Sibleius. Western swing by Jimmie Revard.  Woody Guth...

Western Swing 1930s from 2012-06-11T02:12:18

The early history of western swing music.  Performers include: The Light Crust Doughboys, Milton Brown, Bob  Wills, Cliff Bruner,  Adolph Hofner, The Tune Wrangle...

Sam Lewis from 2012-06-03T18:10:35

The life and music of songwriter Sam Lewis.  Songs include: For All We Know, Just Friends, I'm Sitting On Top Of The World, Dinah, Five foot Two and Hello Central...

Classical V-Discs Part 2 from 2012-05-27T13:25

More classical music from the V-Disc program of the 1940s.  Works include: Bizet's Habanera, Rossinini's Dance of the Soldiers, Purcell's Trumpet Tune and Air, Sc...

Female Crooners from 2012-05-20T12:44:10

Singers include: Vaughn DeLeath, Kitty Kallen, Jo Stafford, Helen Ward, Evelyn Dall and Annette Handshaw.  Songs include: Are You Lonesome Tonight, Ain't He Sweet...

Cheer Up from 2012-05-12T19:00:09

Cheerful songs from the Great Depression.  Songs include: Happy Days Are Here Again, When You're Smiling, Pennies From Heaven, Don't Let It Bother You and Dawn of...

Jazz Piano 1920s-1940s from 2012-05-06T00:06:59

Pianists include; Jelly Roll Morton, James P Johnson, Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Art Tatum, Bud Powell and Lenny Tristano.  Songs include: Original Rags, Chimes in ...

Mail Call from 2012-04-29T03:02:22

Highlights from the Armed Forces Radio show, Mail Call from the 1940s. Performers include: Frank Sinatra, Diana Shore, June Allison, Bing Crosby, the Mills Brothe...

Tangos from 2012-04-21T12:43:01

Tangos from the 1910s through the 1940s.  Performers include: Carlos Gardel, Roberto Firpo, Carlos di Sarli, Anibal Troilo and Juan Canaro.  Tangos include: La Cu...

Titanic from 2012-04-07T14:37:36

A special program marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.  Songs include: When That Great Ship Went Down, The Sinking of the Titanic, Nearer ...

Episode 300, Number Songs from 2012-03-31T05:19

To celebrate the 300th episode of Music From 100 Years Ago, songs with numbers in the title, including:  Tea For Two, I'm a Hundred Percent For You, I See a Milli...

Delius Brigg Fair from 2012-03-25T15:27:42

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Fredrick Delius, a special podcast featuring Brigg Fair performed by Thomas Beecham and the London Philharmonic...

British Composers from 2012-03-24T14:02:49

Music By Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth, John Ireland, Arthur Sullivan, Fredrick Delius and William Walton.  Works include: Nimrod, Spit...

St Patrick's Day 2012 from 2012-03-16T14:41:36

Irish music including: My Wild Irish Rose, Londerry bAir, Did Your Mother Come From Ireland and traditional Irish Reels.  Performers include: John McCormack, Mich...

6th Anniversary Show from 2012-03-11T16:05:04

Highlights from 6 years of Music From 100 Years Ago.  Performers include: Doris Day, Meade Lux Lewis, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and Eugene Ormandy.

Monday Music from 2012-03-03T21:43:37

Songs about Monday, including: A Monday Date, Every Day Is Monday, Blue Monday Blues, Monday Again and Sunday, Monday and Always.

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Early Country Fiddlers from 2012-02-26T04:29:58

Country fiddlers from the 1920s and 1930s, including Eck Robertson, John Carson, G.B. Grayson, Alfred Reed and Bob Wills. Songs include: Goin Down This Road Feeli...

The First V-Discs from 2012-02-18T18:48

Highlights from the first eight V-Discs, from October 1943. Songs include: Blue Skies. Sing Sing Sing. Home On the Range, Che Li and Okalahoma.  Performers includ...

Blind Blues Musicians from 2012-02-04T14:09:51

Blind blues singers of the 1920s and 1030s, including: Lemon Jefferson, Willie McTell, Gary Davis, Blind Blake, Blind Willie Johnson, Teddy Darb and Blind Boy Ful...

Gershwin on the Radio from 2012-01-29T16:27:01

Music of George Gershwin as perfored on radio broadcasts in the 1930s and 1940s.  Music includes: Lady Be Good, I Got Rhythm Variations, Summertime, Piano Prelude...

Mozart's Birthday 2012 from 2012-01-28T05:40:51

A special podcast to honor Mozart on his 256th birthday. Performers include: Thomas Beecham, The Budapest String Quartet, Wanda Landowsky and Hamilton Harty. Listen

The Eyes Have It from 2012-01-21T15:33:28

Songs about eyes, including: I Only Have Eyes For You, Green Eyes, Them There Eyes, Angel Eyes and Dark Eyes.  Performers include: Billie Holiday. Jame Froman, He...

2012 Centennials from 2012-01-15T16:18:46

A tribute to performers born 100 years ago this year, including: Perry Como, Lightnin Hopkins, Woody Guthrie, Georg Solti, Don Byas & Marta Eggerth.  Music Includ...

1912 from 2012-01-07T23:12:06

Hit songs from 1912, including: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, Oh You Beautiful Doll, Love Is Mine, Come Down My Evening Star and Waiting For the Robert E Lee.  Per...

Leftovers #12 from 2011-12-31T07:59:04

Records left off of previous podcasts, including: Yodeling Ranger, Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?, Riders In the Sky, Texas Polka and Preachin Blu...

Harry Ruby from 2011-12-26T12:47:06

The music of songwriter, Harry Ruby. Songs include: Who's Sorry Now?, Three Little Words, Give Me The Simple Life, Nevertheless and Hooray For Captain Spaluding. ...

Beethoven's Birthday 2011 from 2011-12-17T10:10:22

Celebrating the 241st birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven.  Performers include: George Szell, Bruno Walter, the Budapest String Quartet, Arthur Schnabel and Pablo Ca...

Boy Meets Girl from 2011-12-10T17:53:02

Male-female duets, including: Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald, Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest, Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell, Nelson Eddy & Jannette McDonald and An...

Christmas 1940s from 2011-12-04T06:41:02

Classic Christmas songs from the 1940s, including: The Christmas Song, Winter Wond...

Coffee Time from 2011-11-26T05:05:54

Music about America's favorite morning beverage. Songs include: Java Jive, I'd Like to Dunk You In My Coffee, Let's Have An...

Mississippi Blues Singers 1920s-1930s from 2011-11-21T04:15:20

Performers include: Charley Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Bo Carter, Skip James and Sonny Boy Williamson #1.

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List Songs from 2011-11-14T04:11:19

Songs with lists, including: My Baby Just Cares For Me, Route 66, A, You're Adorable, It Might As Well Be Spring. I Wish That I Were Twins and These Foolish Thing...

Swinging the Classics from 2011-11-05T16:51:32

Classical music gets the swing treatment. Songs include; My Reverie, Prelude and Fugue, Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy and ...

Streets and Highways from 2011-10-29T18:46:27

Songs include: Fifth Avenue, Lost Highway, Sixth Avenue Express, On the Sunny Side of the Street and Summit Ridge Drive.

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Halloween 2011 from 2011-10-23T03:41:36

Songs include; Ghost Walkin Blues, Haunted Heart, Riders In the Sky, Funeral March of a Marionette and Satan Takes a Holiday.

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Liszt Bicentenial from 2011-10-15T20:18:13

Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of composer Franz Liszt.  Works include: Hungarian Rhapsody #2, Liebestraum #3, Totentanze and the Piano Concerto #...

Ships and Boats from 2011-10-12T01:14:48

Songs include: A Sailboat in the Moonlight, Ferryboat Sernade, Gospel Ship, Someone's rockin My dreamboat and I'll Sail My Ship Alone.

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1945 Part 2 from 2011-10-02T15:11:33

More music from the final year of World War II. Songs include: It's Been So Long Darlin, Angilena, The Syncopated Clock, The New Spanish Two-Step, Brahms Symphony...

Bill Monroe Centennial from 2011-09-24T17:10:30

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bill Monroe, The Father of Bluegrass.  Songs include: Blue Moon of Kentucky, Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms, Cripl...

Cool Music from 2011-09-18T04:49:48

Music about being cool.  Songs include: Cold Cold Heart, Be Cool Fool, Out In the Cold Again, In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening and Baby, It's Cold Outside.  P...

Whisper from 2011-09-10T16:12:44

Hush!  Songs about whispering.  Songs include: Whispering, Whispering Hope, Whisper in the Night and Moonlight Whispers.  Performers include: Bing Crosby, Connee ...

Classical Music month 2011 from 2011-09-03T15:13:24

Celebrating Classical Music Month with historical recordings from the 1930s & 1940s, including: Albinez: Spanish Seranade, Bach: Little Fugue in g minor, Grofe: O...

Forgotten Blues Singers from 2011-08-27T15:48:51

Lesser-known blues singers from the 1920s and 1930s.  Performers include: Josie Miles, Mary Johnson, Kathrine Henderson, Hattie McDaniel, Maggie Jones, Chippie Hi...

1945 part One from 2011-08-20T15:52:36

The first in a series dedicated to the music of 1945; the last year of World War II, Songs include: It Might As Well Be Spring, Lover Man, Ebony Concerto, Laura a...

Leftovers #11 from 2011-08-13T14:46:13

Music left off of earlier podcasts.  Songs include: Bewitched, Fish Fry, The Stars & Stripes Forever, Martha and Please Be Kind.  Performers include: Lary Clinton...

Yodeling from 2011-08-06T15:06:14

Yodeling in early 20th Century pop music.  Songs include: Yodeling Jive, The Harlem Yodel, Blue Yodel #5, I Miss My Swiss and The Yodeling Polka. 

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Jazz Guitarists from 2011-07-29T16:35:54

Early jazz guitarists from the 1920s through the 1940s, including: Eddie Lang, Nick Lucas, Charlie Christian, Les Paul and Django Reinhardt.

Hot Tunes from 2011-07-22T13:35:21

Songs about heat, including Heat Wave, Too Darn Hot, Cool Water, Hotter Than that and Go Down Old Hannah.

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Sammy Fain from 2011-07-17T14:45:55

The life and work of songwriter, Sammy Fain. Songs include: Love is a Many Splendored Thing, I'll Be Seeing You, That Old Feeling, By a Waterfall and Secret Love....

London Symphonies from 2011-07-08T17:37:47

Historical recordings by symphony orchestras based in London, including: The London Symphony, The London Philharmonic, The Boyd Neel Orchestra, The Philharmonia, ...

A V-Disc Fourth from 2011-07-03T00:16:15

For July 4th, rare, marching band recordings from the V-Disc label, including: American Patrol, The Marines Hymn, King Cotton & The St. Louis Blues March.
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Fort Valley Gospel from 2011-06-25T15:06:04

In the 1940s and 1950s, Fort Valley State College in Fort Valley, Georgia hosted a folk music festival. In 1941 & 1943 professors from Fisk University recorded pe...

Fishing Music from 2011-06-17T22:14:47

Tunes about fish and fishing, including: Saturday Night Fish Fry, Fishing Blues, Gone Fishing, Fisherman's Luck and Poissons d'or.  Listen

Love Songs For Summer from 2011-06-12T16:48:40

Songs include: That's the Way it Is, Things Are Looking Up, Goodnight Sweetheart, Ain't He Sweet and Let's Take the Long Way Home.

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Stride Part 2 from 2011-06-04T22:10:51

More stride jazz piano music, including: Carolina Shout, Solitude, African Ripples, Nevertheless and Euphonic Sounds.

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Smoking from 2011-05-28T22:40:34

Songs about lighting up, including: Smoke, Smoke Smoke, Smoke Rings, If I Only Had a Match, Two Cigarettes In The Dark and Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.

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Water Music from 2011-05-22T01:05:24

Songs about dihydrogen monoxide, including:Cool Water, Rising High Water Blues, the Raindrop Prelude, By a Waterfall and Wa...

Country Music : World War II from 2011-05-14T21:17:38

Country Hits from the war years. Songs include: There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere, Roses in the Snow, Born to Lose, Banjo Pickin Girl and Night Trai...

Louis Alter from 2011-05-08T14:04:50

The music of songwriter,, Louis Alter, including:Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?, Manhattan Seranade, Dolores and Blue Shadows.

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1930 Part 2 from 2011-05-01T17:06:41

More songs from the first year of the Great Depression.  Songs include: Cotton Club Stomp, Let Me Sing, Price of Cotton Blues and Beyond the Blue Horizon. Perfor...

The Lomax Recordings. from 2011-04-22T16:10:52

In the spring and summer of 1939, John and Ruby Lomax traveled through nine southern states making field recordings of folk music.  Today's show featur...

Marches For Orchestra from 2011-04-16T03:46:53

Famous orchestral marches including: Bizet's March of the Toreadors, Chopin's Funeral March, Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance #1 and Mendelsshon's Wedding March. Listen

Salty Songs from 2011-04-10T16:12:40

Songs with salt in the title, including: Let Me Be Your Salty Dog, Salt Water Blues, Salt Peanuts and I'm Gonna Salt Away Some Sugar.

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National Recording Registry part 3 from 2011-04-02T14:31:51

More highlights from the Library of Congress National Recording Registry. Records include: Canal Street Blues, Your the Top, Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow, The...

Moonlight Music from 2011-03-26T05:02:45

Songs include: Moonlight Seranade, Moonlight Becomes You, Moonlight Bay, A Sailboat in the Moonlight and Moonlight Mood.

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Death Blues from 2011-03-18T12:03:27

Blues singers opine on the Grim Reaper. Songs include: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean, Lonesome Graveyard Blues, Jesus, Make Up My Dying Bed and Stones in My Pas...

St. Patrick's Day 2011 from 2011-03-13T14:42:25

Irish music for Saint Patrick's Day! Performers include: Michael Coleman, Joseph Locke, Delia Murphy, Tom Enis and Joh McCormack.

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5th Anniversary Show from 2011-03-06T15:02:49

Celebrating five years of podcasting, the host plays some of his favorite recordings from the first half of the 20th Century.

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Ned Washington from 2011-02-27T15:14:48

The Songs of lyricist, Ned Washington.  Songs include: The High and the Mighty, When You Wish Upon a Star, The Nearness of You, Baby Mine and Rawhide.

Classics Into Jazz from 2011-02-19T18:07:06

Famous classical melodies given the jazz treatment.  Works include: Moonlight Sonata, Bolero, Arab Dance, Ritual Fire Dance and Two-Part Invention #12.

In Memoriam George Shearing from 2011-02-15T05:01:20

A special, short podcast in memory of jazz pianist, George Shearing.  Songs include: September In the Rain, I Only Have Eyes For You, Fly Me to the Moon and Lulab...

Valentine's 2011 from 2011-02-13T02:49:38

Love songs for Valentine's Day.  Songs include: Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?, Am I Blue?, You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To and When I Grow Too Old To D...