Music From 100 Years Ago

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Leftovers Number Six Dec 28, 2008

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Records left off of previous podcasts. Music includes: God's Got a Crown, Grinder Man Blues, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Horses and Tea For Two. Performers include: Memphis Slim, Arizona Dranes, Red Norvo, the Berlin Philharmonic and Blanche Calloway.

Great Depression Dec 20, 2008

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Songs from the Great Depression, including: Brother Can You Spare a Dime?, Wrap Up Your Troubles in Dreams, Hobo Jungle Blues and When You Wish Upon a Star.

Performers include: Mildred Bailey, Bing Crosby, Ted Lewis, Cliff Edwards and Sleepy John Estes.

Beethoven's Birthday Dec 16, 2008

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For Beethoven's birthday, a special, short podcast featuring the final movment of the symphony #6 by the BBC Symphony conducted by Arturo Toscanini from 1937.

The Christmas Show Dec 13, 2008

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Christmas records from the teens through the 30s. Songs include: I Want You For Christmas, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, The Nutcracker and Auld Lang Syne.

Artists include: The Carol Singers, Tommy Dorsey, Rev. J.M. Gates and Guy Lombardo.

Drags Dec 06, 2008

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Songs include: Blue Drag, Varsity Drag, Saratoga Drag and Five O'Clock Drag. Performers include: Cab Calloway, George Olson, Jelly Roll Morton and Cow Cow Davenport.

Count Up 1 to 8 Nov 28, 2008

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More number songs including: Dinner at Eight, Five Foot Two, You Are the One and Three O' Clock in the Morning.

Artist include: Gene Austin, Hazel Scott, Bing Crosby and Bem Selvin.

Countdown 7 to 1 Nov 22, 2008

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Songs with numbers in the titles; plus pointless trivia about numbers. Songs include: Tea For Two, The Fives, I'm In Seventh Heaven and Three Little Words.Artists include: Ethyl Waters, Count Basie, Fats Waller, Marion Harris and Wingy Manone.

Star Songs Nov 15, 2008

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Songs about stars. Songs include: Dancing Under the Stars, Come Down My Evening Star, I Saw Stars and Stardust. Performers include: Lillian Russel, Willie the Lion Smith, Bing Crosby and Cab Calloway.

Boogie Woogie Part 2 Nov 08, 2008

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The musicians who brought boogie woogie into mainstream popularity in the 1930s and 1940s. Pianists include: Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, Hazel Scott and Jimmy Yancey.

Tunes include: Boogie Woogie Prayer, Bass Goin Crazy, Hazel's Boogie and Movin the Boogie.

Boogie Woogie Part 1 Nov 01, 2008

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Early boogie woogie pianists including: Jimmy Blythe, Cow Cow Davenport, Pinetop Smith and Romeo Nelson.

Tunes include: Pinetop's Boogie Woogie, Chicago Stomp, Cow Cow Blues and Head Rag Hop.

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