Music From 100 Years Ago

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1908 Jan 06, 2008

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Songs written or recorded in 1908. Songs include: Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Shine On Harvest Moon, Pineapple Rag and It Looks Like a Big Night Tonight.

Performers include: Billy Murray, the Sousa Band, the Knickerbocker Quartet and Harry Lauder.

Leftovers #4 Dec 29, 2007

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Records left off of previous podcasts. Plus a tribute to Oscar Peterson and Lydia Mendoza.

Artists include: Oscar Peterson, Lydia Mendoza, Mound City Blue Blowers, Floyd Smith, Valaida Snow and John Philip Sousa.

Guitar Music Dec 23, 2007

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Guitar Music from the 1920s and 1930s. Guitarists include: Nick Lucas, Eddie Lang, Blind Boy Fuller, Bennie Nawahi, Ramon Montoya, Andre Segovia and Django Reinhardt.

Songs include; Pickin on the Guitar, Dark was the Night, Clouds, El Rosa and Mauna Kea.

Christmas Tunes Dec 16, 2007

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Christmas records from 1917 to 1936.Songs include: Silent Night, Jingle Bells, We Three Kings and Christmas Morning Blues.Performers include: Fats Waller, Victoria Spivey, Louis Prima, Eddie Cantor and Bing Crosby.

1929 Part 2 Dec 08, 2007

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More records from 1929.

Performers include: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bing Crosby, Kate Smith, Pinetop Smith and Ethyl Waters.

Songs include: Am I Blue, Freakish, Guitar Blues, Waiting at the End of the Road and Soldier's Joy.

1929 Part 1 Nov 24, 2007

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Recordings released in the pivotal year of 1929.

Artists include: Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Jimmie Rodgers, Sophie Tucker and Helen Kane.

Songs include: Ain't Misbehavin, My Rough and Rowdy Ways, Numb Fumblin, Pony Blues and In the Fall of 29.

Prison Songs Nov 17, 2007

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Songs about prison and prison life. Songs include : The Prisoner's Song, Birmingham Jail, Chain Gang Blues and No Room in the Jailhouse.

Artists include: Jimmie Rodgers, Ma Rainey, Darby & Tarleton , Blind Willie McTell and the Rev. J.M. Gates

Veteran's Day Nov 11, 2007

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Songs from World War I in honor of Veteran's Day.

Songs include: Over There, Pack Up Your Troubles, Tell That to the Marines and My Dream of the Big Parade.

Performers include: Al Jolson, The Peerless Quartet, Nora Bayes and The Hotel Taft Orchestra.

Shuffles Nov 04, 2007

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Songs with shuffle in the title.

Songs include: Band Box Shuffle, Dry Bone Shuffle, Lennox Avenue Shuffle and Riverboat Shuffle.

Artists include : Blind Blake, Bennie Moten, Jelly Roll Morton, Fletcher Henderson and Bix Biederbeck.

Halloween Songs Oct 27, 2007

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Spooky songs for Halloween. Songs include: Ghost Walking Blues, Haunted House Blues, Halloween Dance, The Ragtime Goblin Man and Mr. Ghost Goes to Town.Artists include: Bessie Smith, Louis Prima, Collins and Harlin and Helen Gross.

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