Music From 100 Years Ago

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Obscure Blues Singers Sep 18, 2016

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

Songs include: Death Cell Blues, Afternoon Blues Gulf Coast Blues, Black Snake Blues and Early In the Morning.

Piano Month 2016 Sep 11, 2016

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

Artists include: Jelly Roll Morton, Teddy Wilson, Albert Ammons, Dinu Lipatti, Moon Mullican, Art Tatum and Hazel Scott.

Works include: Boogie Woogie Stomp, Chopin's Nocturne #8, I Left My Heart In Texas, Tiger Rag, Sweetheart O Mine and Warsaw Concerto.

Country Music 1937 Sep 04, 2016

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

Songs include: With a Banjo On My Knee, Boots and Saddles, Texas Star, One More River To Cross, I Saw Your Face In the Moon and Hello Stranger.

Frogs Aug 28, 2016

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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.

Performers include: Ma Rainey, Jelly Roll Morton, Charlie Parker, Lovie Austin, William Harris and Burl Ives.

Train Instrumentals Part Two Aug 22, 2016

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

Music includes: Fast Freight Blues, Sixth Avenue Express, Bahn Frei, Dixie Flyer Blues, Locomotive and Whistle Stop.

Train Instrumentals Part One Aug 13, 2016

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

Performers include: Glenn Miller, Arthur Honegger, Sonny Terry, Count Basie and Lionel Hampton.

Murdered Musicians Aug 04, 2016

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

Songs include: Parker's Mood, Pinetop's Boogie Woogie, Prisoner of Love, Whiskey Head Woman, Preachin Blues and P.S. I Love You.

Charlie Christian Centennial Jul 29, 2016

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

Songs include: Solo Flight, Flying Home, Profoundly Blue and Topsy.

Summer Love Songs 2016 Jul 24, 2016

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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.

Performers include: Bing Crosby, Anita O'Day, Sarah Vaughn, The Happiness Boys, Cab Calloway and Louis Armstrong.

One Alone Jul 17, 2016

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

Works include: T For Texas, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Whistling Blues, Bach Cello Suite #6, All Alone and Cohen Telephones About His Automobile.

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