Music From 100 Years Ago

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Female Crooners May 20, 2012

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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, Paper Moon, Skylark, It's Been A Long Long Time and Some Enchanted Evening.

Cheer Up May 12, 2012

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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 a New Day. Performers include; Alice Faye, Leo Reisman, Louis Armstrong, Horace Heidt, Lee Morse and Bing Crosby.

Jazz Piano 1920s-1940s May 06, 2012

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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 Blues, It had to be You, I Can't Get Started and Rosetta.

Mail Call Apr 29, 2012

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Highlights from the Armed Forces Radio show, Mail Call from the 1940s. Performers include: Frank Sinatra, Diana Shore, June Allison, Bing Crosby, the Mills Brothers and Robert Benchley. Songs include: Don't Fence Me In, Till Then, Oh What a Beautiful Morning, Begin the Beguine and Speak Low.

Tangos Apr 21, 2012

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Tangos from the 1910s through the 1940s. Performers include: Carlos Gardel, Roberto Firpo, Carlos di Sarli, Anibal Troilo and Juan Canaro. Tangos include: La Cumparsita, La Brisa, Paloma Blanca, El Amanecer and Caminito.

Titanic Apr 07, 2012

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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 My God to Thee, God Moves On the Water , plus interviews with two Titanic survivors. Performers include: Leadbelly, the Knickerbocker Quartet, Ernest Stoneman, Blind Willie Johnson, Charles Lightoller and Edith Rosenbaum Russel.

More interviews with Titanic survivors can be heard at: bbc.co.uk/archive/titanic.

Episode 300, Number Songs Mar 31, 2012

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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 Million People and Infinity Promanade. Performers include: Uma Mae Carlisle, Thomas Waller, Bing Crosby, Thelonious Monk and Shorty Rodgers.

Delius Brigg Fair Mar 25, 2012

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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 Mar 24, 2012

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Music By Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth, John Ireland, Arthur Sullivan, Fredrick Delius and William Walton. Works include: Nimrod, Spitfire, Sea Fever, The Wasps Overture and The Wand Of Youth.

St Patrick's Day 2012 Mar 16, 2012

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Irish music including: My Wild Irish Rose, Londerry bAir, Did Your Mother Come From Ireland and traditional Irish Reels. Performers include: John McCormack, Michael Coleman, Paddy Killoren, Bing Crosby, Tom Ennis and William Butler Yeats.

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