Music From 100 Years Ago

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Ireland Mar 03, 2007

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A salute to the Emerald Isle.

Songs include: There's a Little Bit of Irish in Us All, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, Too-Ra-Loo-Ra and My Wild Irish Rose.

Performers include: Chauncey Olcott, John MacCormack, Aileen Stanley, Steve Porter and the Brunswick Quartet.

Dream Songs Feb 24, 2007

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Songs about dreaming and dreamers.

Songs include: I'll See You in My Dreams, I Must Be Dreaming, The Ragtime Dream and I'm a Dreamer.

Singers include: Collins and Harlin, Cliff Edwards, Annette Hanshaw, Smith Ballew and Jon Finnegan.

Songs of the Sea Feb 18, 2007

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Nautical tunes for landlubbers. Songs include: I Love to be a Sailor, Barnacle Bill, By the Sea and My Bonnie.Performers include: Alma Gluck, Cal Stewart, the Knickerbocker Quartet and Billy Murray.

Valentine Songs Feb 11, 2007

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Songs for Valentine's Day.

Songs include: I'm Falling in Love With Someone, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Pretty Baby and For You Alone.

Performers include: John McCormack, Cliff Edwards, Ethyl Waters and Enrico Caruso.

Button Up Your Overcoat Feb 03, 2007

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An appendix to episode #41. Two versions of Button Up Your Overcoat by Helen Kane and Annette Hanshaw.

Button Up Your Overcoat Feb 03, 2007

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An appendix to episode # 41. Two versions of Button Up Your Overcoat by Helen Kane and Annette Hanshaw.

Texas Songs Feb 03, 2007

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Songs about Texas and songs by Texans.

Artists include: Jimmie Davis, Lydia Mendoza, The Red Onion Jazz Babies, Jimmie Rodgers and Gene Autry.

Songs include: Beautiful Texas, Texas Moaner Blues, Chinatown, My Chianatown and Mal Hombre.

Disasters Jan 30, 2007

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Songs about real-life disasters. Songs include: The Baltimore Fire, The Titanic Blues, The Death of Floyd Collins and Ben Dewberry's Final Run. Artists include: Jimmie Rogers, Vernon Dalhart,Virginia Liston and Bessie Smith.

Flappers Jan 23, 2007

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Female singers of the 1920s. Performers include: Helen Kane, Josephine Baker, Annette Handshaw, Sophie Tucker and Marion Harris.Songs include: Button Up Your Overcoat, 50 Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong, Bye Bye Blackbird and Loveable and Sweet.

Piano Music Jan 14, 2007

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Early piano recordings. Performers include: Johannes Brahms, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake, Pinetop Smith and Jelly Roll Morton.