Music From 100 Years Ago

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1920s Jazz Bands Sep 22, 2014

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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: Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Jean Goldkette, Duke Ellington and Fletcher Henderson.

V Disc Ladies Sep 14, 2014

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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 Bailey and Jo Stafford. Songs include: I'll See You In My Dreams, Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet, I'll Be Seeing You, Ain't Goin No Place and The Day After Forever.

Sugar Sep 07, 2014

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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, Alberta Hunter, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mercer and the Mills Brothers.

Country Music 1945-1950 Aug 31, 2014

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Singers include: Hank Williams, Eddie Arnold,Moon Mullican, Bill Monroe, Jack Guthrie, Ernie Ford, Bob Wills and Hank Snow. Songs include: Boquet of Roses, Along About Daybreak, Mule Train, Faded Love, Jole Blon and I'm Movin On.

1940s Jazz Aug 23, 2014

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Performers include: Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro, Charlie Christian, Bud Powell, Lu Watters, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and Billie Holiday. Songs include: Marmaduke, The Chase, Sage Hen Strut, Raincheck, Air Mail Special and There Is No Greater Love.

1944 Part 2 Aug 17, 2014

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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 Way. Performers include: Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Jo Stafford, Frank Sinatra, Josh White and Tex Ritter.

1920s Dance Bands Aug 10, 2014

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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 Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover, Avalon, Baby Face, What'll I Do, Dardenella and Sweet Georgia Brown.

First World War Aug 02, 2014

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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 Fires Burning and It's a Long Way To Tipperary. Performers include: Helen Clark, The American Quartet, Violet Lorraine, Al Jolson and Stanley Kirby.

Waltz Time Jul 27, 2014

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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 include: Bing Crosby, Dennis Day, Tino Rossi, Roy Acuff and Nick Lucas.

Bach 2014 Jul 20, 2014

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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 Suite #5 and Ich Habe Genug. Performers include: Albert Schweitzer, Fritz Reiner, Walter Gieseking and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

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