Music From 100 Years Ago

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3rd Anniversary Show Mar 13, 2009

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For the third annivarsary of the podcast, some of the host's favorite records. Songs include: Rose Room, The Whistler and His Dog, I Got Rhythm, Fishing Blues and I Shall Wear a Crown. Performers include: Django Reinhardt, Louis Armstrong, Valaida Snow, The Skillet Lickers and Andre Segovia.

Angel Songs Mar 08, 2009

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Songs include: Got a Date With an Angel, Angel Child, And the Angels Sing and I'm No Angel.

Performers include: Count Basie, May West, Hal Kemp, Wingy Manone and Cab Calloway.

Fire Songs Feb 28, 2009

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Songs include: You Set Me On Fire, Fire Department Blues, I'm Playing With Fire and Baltimore Fire.

Performers include: Bing Crosby, Cal Stewart, Hazel Scott, and Andy Kirk.

Gus Kahn Feb 15, 2009

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Songs by lyricist, Gus Kahn, including: Carolina in the Morning, Toot Toot Tootsie, Love me or Leave Me and It Had to be You. Singers include: Al Jolson, Ruth Etting, Cliff Edwards and Manuel Romain.

Be My Valentine Feb 07, 2009

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Love songs for Valentine's Day, including: How My Sweetie Loves Me, Love Walked In, We're Back Togetheer and Will You Love Me in December. Artists include: Helen Kane, Louis Armstrong, Cliff Edwards and Ruth Etting.

Harlem Renaissance Feb 01, 2009

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Music of the Harlem Renaissance. Performers include: Paul Robeson, Bill Robinson, Ethyl Waters, Duke Ellington and the Reverend Gary Davis. Songs include: Old Man River, Jungle Jamboree, Have a Little More Faith in Jesus and Harlem Camp Meeting.

Mozart's Birthday Jan 24, 2009

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Music for Mozart's birthday. Music includes: Jupiter Symphony, Clarinet Quintet, Queen of the Night Aria and Piano Concerto 21.

Performers include: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Lily Pons, Bruno Walter and Wilhelm Furtwaengler.

Home Sweet Home Jan 17, 2009

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Songs of home including: Let's Spend the Evening at Home, Goin Home, Baby Won't You Please Come Home and No Place Like Home. Performers include: Bing Crosby, Bert Williams, the Boswell Sisters, Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith.

Torch Singers Jan 11, 2009

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Torch Singers of the 1920s and 1930s, including: Libby Holman, Josephine Baker, Helen Morgan, Marion Harris and Frances Langford.

Songs include: Love For Sale, Can't Help Lovin That Man, Les Mots DAmour and I'm In the Mood For Love.

1909 Jan 03, 2009

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The hits from 100 years ago, including: I've Got Rings on My Fingers, Let's Go Into a Picture Show, The National Emblem and I Love My Wife, But Oh You Kid.

Performers include: Ada Jones, Steve Porter, Byron G. Harlin and the Arthur Pyror Band.