Music From 100 Years Ago

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Halloween 2013 Oct 19, 2013

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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 Boogie Man. Performers include: Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Henry Hall, Peggy Lee and Eugene Ormandy

V-Disc Ladies Oct 13, 2013

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Female singers featured on V-Discs from the 1940s. Performers include: Billie Holiday, Ginny Simms, Kay Starr, Dinah Shore, Marian Anderson and the Andrews Sisters. Songs include: Bell Bottom Trousers, Moonlight in Vermont, He's Funny That Way and Let Us Break Bread Together.

Verdi Bicentennial Oct 05, 2013

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Celebrating the 200th birthday of Italian opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi. Works include: The Force of Destiny Overture, La Donna e Mobile, Requiem Mass, Triumphal March and Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici. Performers include: Arturo Toscanini, Jan Pierce, Licia Albanese, Jussi Bjorling and Herbert von Karajan.

Big Band Themes Part 2 Sep 27, 2013

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Theme songs from these bands: Cab Calloway, Hal Kemp, Benny Goodman, Eddie Duchin, Count Basie, Louis Prima, Bob Zurke and Glenn Miller.

Wedding Music Sep 21, 2013

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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 Up That Old Gang of Mine. Performers include: Woddy Herman, Al Jolson, Peggy Lee, The Andrews Sisters, The Cleveland Orchestra and Frankie Trambauer.

Banjo Legends Sep 16, 2013

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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 Home On the Morning Train, Doin My Time, Maple Leaf Rag and Can You Blame a Colored Man?.

Singer Pianists Sep 07, 2013

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Pianists who double as singers, including: Thomas "Fats" Waller, Pat Flowers, Hadda Brooks, Cleo Brown, Hoagy Carmichael, Fats Domino and Whispering Jack Smith. Songs include: Me And My Wonderful One, Sposin, Stardust, Out of the Blue and The Fat Man.

1943 Sep 01, 2013

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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 Sinatra, the Mills Brothers, Celeste Holm, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Noel Coward and Roy Acuff.

Magic Music Aug 24, 2013

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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 Crosby, Eddie Durham, Dorris Day, Margret Whiting, Raymond Scott and Django Reinhardt.

Beer Songs Aug 17, 2013

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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 Andrews Sisters, Bessie Smith, Bob Wills, Barney Bigard and the 101 Ranch Boys.

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