Music From 100 Years Ago

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National Recording Registry Part 4 Jul 21, 2012

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Highlights from the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Performers include: John Lee Hooker, The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Sol Hoopii, Fiorello La Guardia and Vladimir Horowitz. Recordings include: Tudexo Junction, Facinating Rhythm, Reading Dick Tracy, I Can Hear it Now, Boogie Chillin and Artistry in Rhythm.

Starry Music Jul 13, 2012

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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 Goodman, Lilian Russel, Artie Shaw, Vera Lynn and Johnny Mercer.

London Songs Jul 07, 2012

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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 Square. Performers include: Billy Cotton, Vera Lynn, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Noel Coward and Fred Astaire.

Independence Day 2012 Jun 29, 2012

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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 Goldman, Deanna Durbin, The Boston Pops and Vladimir Horowitz.

Strange Records Jun 23, 2012

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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 Jun 22, 2012

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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 Jun 16, 2012

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Records left off of earlier podcasts. Sarah Vaughn sings Just Friends. The Norwalk Symphony plays Elegy by Sibleius. Western swing by Jimmie Revard. Woody Guthrie sings a Titaniac song. Plus Blind Boy Fuller plays Step it Up And Go.

Western Swing 1930s Jun 11, 2012

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The early history of western swing music. Performers include: The Light Crust Doughboys, Milton Brown, Bob Wills, Cliff Bruner, Adolph Hofner, The Tune Wranglers and the Swift Jewel Cowboys. Songs include: Pass the Biscuits Pappy, Beautiful Texas, Get A Long Home Cindy, Taking Off and My Untrue Cowgirl.

Sam Lewis Jun 03, 2012

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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. Performers include: Bing Crosby, Russ Columbo, Nora Bayes, Ted Lewis, Gene Austin and Isham Jones.

Classical V-Discs Part 2 May 27, 2012

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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, Scott's From the Sacred Harp and Ginastara's Panambi Suite. Artists include: Marian Anderson, Arturo Toscanini, Virgil Fox, Erich Kleiber, The Norwalk Symphony and Morley and Gearhart.

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