Music From 100 Years Ago

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Leftovers #12 Dec 31, 2011

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Records left off of previous podcasts, including: Yodeling Ranger, Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?, Riders In the Sky, Texas Polka and Preachin Blues. Performers include: Billie Holiday, Martha Tilton, Larry Clinton, Arturo Toscanini, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Robert Johnson.

Harry Ruby Dec 26, 2011

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The music of songwriter, Harry Ruby. Songs include: Who's Sorry Now?, Three Little Words, Give Me The Simple Life, Nevertheless and Hooray For Captain Spaluding. Performers include: Louis Armstrong, Marion Harris, The Mills Brothers, Helen Kane, Benny Goodman, Ehtyl Waters and Groucho Marx.

Beethoven's Birthday 2011 Dec 17, 2011

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Celebrating the 241st birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven. Performers include: George Szell, Bruno Walter, the Budapest String Quartet, Arthur Schnabel and Pablo Casals.

Works include highlights from the Symphony #4, the Six Bagatelles Op 126, the String Quartet #10 and the Celo Sonata #5.

Boy Meets Girl Dec 10, 2011

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Male-female duets, including: Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald, Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest, Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell, Nelson Eddy & Jannette McDonald and Anita O'Day & Roy Eldrige.

Songs include: It Had To Be You, An Apple For the Teacher, Let Me Off Uptown and Indian Love Call.

Christmas 1940s Dec 04, 2011

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Classic Christmas songs from the 1940s, including: The Christmas Song, Winter Wonderland, Here Comes Santa Claus, Sleigh Ride and Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.

Performers include: Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra, The Boston Pops, Gene Autry and Doris Day.

Coffee Time Nov 26, 2011

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Music about America's favorite morning beverage. Songs include: Java Jive, I'd Like to Dunk You In My Coffee, Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee, Coffee Grindin Blues and You're the Cream In My Coffee.

Performers include: Una Mae Carlisle, the Ink Spots, Ted Weems, the Boswell Sisters, Wingy Manone and

Mike Douglas.

Mississippi Blues Singers 1920s-1930s Nov 21, 2011

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Performers include: Charley Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Bo Carter, Skip James and Sonny Boy Williamson #1.

Songs include: Canned heat Blues, Traveling Riverside Blues, Shake Em On Down, 4 O' Clock Blues and Dry Well Blues.

List Songs Nov 14, 2011

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Songs with lists, including: My Baby Just Cares For Me, Route 66, A, You're Adorable, It Might As Well Be Spring. I Wish That I Were Twins and These Foolish Things.

Performers include: Billie Holiday, Mildred Bailey, Nat King Cole, Fats Waller and Jo Stafford.

Swinging the Classics Nov 05, 2011

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Classical music gets the swing treatment. Songs include; My Reverie, Prelude and Fugue, Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Beethoven riffs.

Performers include: John Kirby, Larry Adler, Larry Clinton, Pat Flowers and Hazel Scott.

Streets and Highways Oct 29, 2011

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Songs include: Fifth Avenue, Lost Highway, Sixth Avenue Express, On the Sunny Side of the Street and Summit Ridge Drive.

Performers include: Jo Stafford, Connie Boswell, Hank Williams, Ted Weems, Bill Monroe and Glenn Miller.

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