Music From 100 Years Ago

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Stride Part 2 Jun 04, 2011

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More stride jazz piano music, including: Carolina Shout, Solitude, African Ripples, Nevertheless and Euphonic Sounds.

Performers include: James P. Johnson, Luckey Roberts, Fats Waller, Donald Lambert, Willie the Lion Smith, Joe Sullivan, Duke Ellington and Art Tatum.

Smoking May 28, 2011

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Songs about lighting up, including: Smoke, Smoke Smoke, Smoke Rings, If I Only Had a Match, Two Cigarettes In The Dark and Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.

Performers include: Bing Crosby, Ruth Etting, Al Jolson, Jo Stafford, the Mills Brothers and Phil Harris.

Water Music May 22, 2011

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Songs about dihydrogen monoxide, including:Cool Water, Rising High Water Blues, the Raindrop Prelude, By a Waterfall and Water Faucet; plus an excerpt from Handel's Water Music.

Performers include Sons of the Pioneers, Bessie Smith, Eugene Ormandy, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Stan Getz.

Country Music : World War II May 14, 2011

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Country Hits from the war years. Songs include: There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere, Roses in the Snow, Born to Lose, Banjo Pickin Girl and Night Train to Memphis.

Performers include: Roy Acuff, Cindy Walker, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, Cowboy Copas and the Coon Creek Girls.

Louis Alter May 08, 2011

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The music of songwriter,, Louis Alter, including:Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?, Manhattan Seranade, Dolores and Blue Shadows.

Performers include: Louis Armstrong, Jo Stafford, Paul Whiteman, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.

1930 Part 2 May 01, 2011

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More songs from the first year of the Great Depression. Songs include: Cotton Club Stomp, Let Me Sing, Price of Cotton Blues and Beyond the Blue Horizon. Performers include: Bessie Smith, the Allen Brothers, Ruth Etting. Al Jolson, Louis Armstrong and Thomas Waller.

The Lomax Recordings. Apr 22, 2011

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In the spring and summer of 1939, John and Ruby Lomax traveled through nine southern states making field recordings of folk music. Today's show features highlights from the Lomax's recordings.

Songs include: Rock Island Line, La Rancherita, Barbara Allen, Ain't No heaven On The County Road and What a Morning That Will Be.

Most of the Lomax field recordings are available at: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/lohome.html

Marches For Orchestra Apr 16, 2011

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Famous orchestral marches including: Bizet's March of the Toreadors, Chopin's Funeral March, Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance #1 and Mendelsshon's Wedding March.

Conductors include: Thomas Beecham, George Szell, Adrian Boult, Arthur Rodinski, Henry Wood and Leopold Stokowski.

Salty Songs Apr 10, 2011

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Songs with salt in the title, including: Let Me Be Your Salty Dog, Salt Water Blues, Salt Peanuts and I'm Gonna Salt Away Some Sugar.

Performers include: Bessie Smith, Dizzy Gillespie, Diana Washington, Tony Pastor, Rosetta Crawford and Fats Waller.

National Recording Registry part 3 Apr 02, 2011

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More highlights from the Library of Congress National Recording Registry. Records include: Canal Street Blues, Your the Top, Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow, The Rite of Spring The Lous/Schmeling Fight and Jole Blon. Performers include: Harry Choates, Bob Hope, The Carter Family, Igor Stravinsky and Clem McCarthy.

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