Music From 100 Years Ago

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Break Up Songs Jul 31, 2010

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Songs include: I'm Sorry Me Met, When I Lost You, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down, Heartbreaker, Why Should I Cry and One For My Baby.

Performers include: Ma Rainey, Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, The Happiness Boys, Frank Sinatra, Ted Lewis and the Andrews Sisters.

Pennsylvania Jul 24, 2010

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Performers from the Keystone State, including: Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey, Ethyl Waters, Les Brown, Marion Anderson, Perry Como & Earl Hines.

Songs include: Song of India, Goin' Places, Long Ago and Far Away, Heat Wave and Leap Frog.

More Summer Love Songs Jul 17, 2010

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Love songs for the summer, including: Things We did last Summer, Summer Souvenirs, Wait till You See My Cheri and When You Were Sweet Sixteen.

Performers include: The Mills Brothers, Bea Wain, Enrico Caruso, Tommy Dorsey, Fats Waller, Helen kane, Ethyl Waters and Bing Crosby.

V-disc Rarities Jul 09, 2010

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Lesser-known tunes from the v-disc program of the 1940s. Songs include: Just Because, Black Is the Color, Get On Board, Sing, sing Sing, Pearl Harbor Blues and Take Me Out to the Ballgame.

Performers include: Dr. Clayton, Frankie Yankovich, The Deep River Boys, Susan Reed, Vincente Gomez and the Army Air Force Band.

WPA Federal Music Project Jul 03, 2010

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Classical Music from the WPA Federal Music Project of the 1930s. Works include: Dvorak : Carnival Overture, Mozart: Magic Flute Overture, Quincy Porter: Ukrainian Suite and Percy Grainger: Molly On the Shore.

Performers include: Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles, Knickerbocker Little Symphony, Federal Music Project Chamber Orchestra & the Manhattan Concert Band.

North Carolina Jun 26, 2010

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Musicians from the tar heel state. Performers include: Charlie Poole, Kathryn Grayson, Earl Scruggs, Kay Kyser, Blind Boy Fuller & Lena Wilson.

Songs include: On a Slow Boat to China, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Time After Time, Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane, In Walked Bud & On the Sentimatal Side.

Leftovers #9 Jun 19, 2010

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Records left off of previous podcasts,including: Tom Cat Blues, Mazurka #7, Tumbling Tumbleweeds and Strip Polka.

Artists include:Michael Colman, Gene Autry, Jelly Roll Morton, Beverly Kenney and Kay Kyser.

Cat Songs Jun 12, 2010

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Songs include: The Pussy Cat Song, I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat, The Waltzing Cat, The Pussy Cat Rag and Kitten On the Keys.

Performers include: Paul Whiteman, Patty Andrews, Leroy Anderson, Ada Jones, Mel Blanc and Erroll Garner.

Big Band Remotes Jun 05, 2010

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Radio Broadasts of big band music featuring the bands of: Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Count Basie, Glenn Miller and Gene Krupa.

Songs include: Too Much in Love, Love Me or Leave Me, Caravan, The Lady's in Love With You and Night and Day.

Jack Yellen May 30, 2010

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The songs of lyricist, Jack Yellen, including: Happy Days Are Here Again, Ain't She Sweet, Are You From Dixie, Happy Feet and I Wonder What's Become Of Sally.

Performers include: Sophie Tucker, Al Jolson, Paul Whitman, Kaufman & Murray and Alice Faye.

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