Shirley Temple singing in Japanese. A 1932 Duke Ellington record, in stereo! John Guilgud reciting Shakespeare. King Tut's trumpets played. A Fred Astaire composition. A seven year-old Judy Garland singing. Glenn Miller attempting German and a little-known George Gershwin concert work.
The music and life of songwriter, Saul Chaplin. Songs include: Bei Mir Bist Du Schon, The Anniversary Song, Rhythm Is Our Business, Please Be Kind and Until the Real Thing Comes Along. Peformers include: Louis Armstrong, The Andews sisters, The Mills Brothers, Maxine Sullivan, The Ink Spots and Al Jolson.
Songs include: Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk, Walking Blues, In Walked Bud, Walking the Floor, Sidewalk Blues, My Walking Stick and I Don't Want to Walk Without You. Performers include: Dinah Shore, Louis Armstrong, Thelonius Monk, Tommy Dorsey, Dave Brubeck, Ernest Tubb and Ada Jones.
The music of 1944, including: Swinging On a Star-- Bing Crosby, I'll Be Seeing You -- Billie Holiday, Dancing In the Dark -- Artie Shaw, Tiny's Tempo -- Charlie Parker, Born to Lose -- Ted Daffan and Jo Stafford -- I Love You.
Songs include: Love Letters In the Sand, Sand Dunes, Miami Beach Rhumba, Texas Sand and Pushing Sand. Performers incluce: Lee Morse, Kay Kayser, Glenn Miller, Count Basie and the Tune Wranglers.
Songs celebrating wine, including, Drinking Wine, Wine, Women and Song, Blue Champagne, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine and Bubbles In The Wine. Performers include: Jimmy Dorsey, Lawrence Welk, Ella Fitzgerald, Eddie Cantor and Sticks McGee.
Female blues singers from the 1920s, including: Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Eva Taylor, Mamie Smith, Ethyl Waters, Lucille Bogan, Alberta Hunter and Mary Johnson. Songs include: West End Blues, Careless Love, He's Your Dog, But He's Wearing My Collar, Bring It With You, Payroll Blues and Organ Grinder Blues.
Player piano rolls from 1905 to 1928. Performers include: James P Johnson, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Geroge Gershwin, Gustav Mahler, Vladimir Horowitz , Eubie Blake and Conlon Nancarrow. Works include: Grace and Beauty, Charlston Rag, Mahler's Symphony #4, Rachmanioff's Prelude in G Minor, Rialto Ripples and Study For Player Piano 3A.
Highlights from the Library Of Congress' National Recording Registery. Performers include: Charley Parker, Roland Hayes, Erich Von Korngold, Bing Crosby, Jasha Heifetz and Duke Ellington. Recordings include: Caldonia, The Goldbergs, Were You There?, The Adventures of Robin Hood and Brother Cna You Spare a Dime?.
Jazz quintets featuring: Louis Armstrong, Dexter Gordon, Raymond Scott, Thelonius Monk, George Shearing and Django Reinhardt. Songs include: Dinah, Twlight in Turkey, September In the Rain, I'm Not Rough and Cris Cross.
Composers conducting their own works. Composers include: Edward Elgar, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Sergi Prokofiev, Gustav Holst and Pietro Mascagni. Works include highlights from: The Planets, An Alpine Symphony, Cavalleria Rusticana, Romeo and Juliet and The Firebird.
Classic early klezmer recordings featuring Dave Tarras, Abe Schwatrtz, Naftule Brandwein, Joseph Solinski , Israel Hochmann, and Mishka Ziganoff. Songs include: A Dance For Everyone, The Rabbi's Dance, The Dearest One From Bukowina and Romanian Fantasy.
Some of the host's favorite records, including Sepia Panaroma, Come On Baby, I Shall Wear A Crown, Mock Morris, You're From Texas and Candlelights. Performers include: Blind Willie McTell, Duke Ellington, Arizona Dranes, Ella Fitzgerald, The Queen's hall Orchestra and Bob Wills.
Highlights from the first two years of Music From 100 years Ago.
Irish Music for St. Patrick's Day. Songs include: My Wild Irish Rose, Dear Irish Boy, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, The Blackthorn Stick and Gilda Ray. Performers include: John McCormack, Michael Coleman, Tom Ennis, Dennis Day, Paddy Kiloran and Chauncy Olcott.
Song writer, Cole Porter's work from the 1930s. Songs include: My Heart Belongs to Daddy, You're the Top, Night and Day, Anything Goes, At Long Last Love, Begin The Beguine, Miss Otis Regrets and Don't Fence Me In. Performers include: Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Ethyl Merman, Richard Himbler, Bing Crosby, Mary Martin and Bea Wain.
Pianists of the 1920s, including: George Gershwin, Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Vladimir Horowitz, Bix Beiderbeck, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Thomas "Fats" Waller and Duke Ellington. Works include: Ive Got a Feeling I'm Falling, Weeping Blues, Prelude In C Sharp Minor, Glad Rag Doll and Kitten On The Keys.
Highlights from the World War II era radio show, Jubilee. Jubilee was an Armed Forces Radio request show targeting African-American servicemen and women. Songs include: Paper Doll, Straighten Up and Fly Right, Buzz Me, One O'Clock Jump and Please Don't Cry. Performers include: Lena Horne, Duke Ellington, Ella Mae Morse, Count Basie, The Golden Gate Quartet, Andy Kirk and Dinah Washington.
Love songs by Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, The Boswell Sisters, Jo Stafford, Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers. Songs include: Stairway to the Stars, I Only Have Eyes For You, Sweetheart Waltz, Thing Are Looking Up and Sweet Sue.
A special, short podcast in honor of the 258th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Works include: the Symphony #1, Dove Sono and The overture to Cosi Fan Tutte. Artists include the New York Philharmonic, Elizabeth Schwartzkopf, Peter Colombo and Burno Walter.
Artists include: Thomas A. Dorsey, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mahalia Jackson, The Rev. Gary Davis, The Golden Gate Quartet and the Heavenly Gospel Singers. Music includes: Gospel Train, Percious Lord, This Train, Have a Little More Faith In Jesus, Oh My Lord and Rock My Soul.
Songs include: Pennies From Heaven, Dime a Dozen, Betcha Nickel, Penny Seranade and Brother, Can You Spae a Dime? Performers include: Rudy Vallee, Ruth Etting, The Pied Pepers, Bing Crosby and Louis Prima.
Musicians born 100 years ago this year, including: Ernest Tubb, Dorothy Lamour, Sonny Boy Williamson, Larry Adler, Erskine Hawkins, Rafael Kubelik, Billy Eckstine and Hank Snow. Songs include: The Man I Love, I'm Moving On, Waiting For a Train, Legends, Tuxedo Junction and My Cabin in Caroline.
The hit records of 1914, including: Trusting Eyes, Aba Daba Honeymoon, The Memphis Blues, The Good Ship Mary Ann, Cohen on the Telephone and It's a Long Way to Tipperary. Performers include: Enrico Caruso, Nora Bayes, The American Quartet, Joe Hayman and Prince's Orchestra.
Records left off of previous shows. Songs include: Oh What a Beautiful Morning, Ko Ko, No Wedding Bells For Me, La Traviata Prelude, Trouble in Mind and Down Home Rag. Performers include: The Yerba Buena Jazz Band, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Bing Crosby, Shep Fields, Billy Murray and Arturo Toscanini.
The life and music of song writer, Haven Gillespie. Songs include: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, You Go to My Head, Whose Honey Are You?, Right Or Wrong, Kiss, Beautiful Love and That Lucky Old Sun. Performers include: Bing Crosby, Billy Holliday, Harry Resser, Sarah Vaughn, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Marylin Monroe and Henry "Red" Allen.
Celebrating Beethoven's birthday with three historic recordings. Works include: Fur Elise, Violin Sonata #7 and The Concecration of the House Overture. Performers include: Artur Schnabel, Yehudi Menuhin and Arturo Toscanini.
Music about being cold. Works include: Baby It's Cold Outside, Cold, Cold Heart, Massas In the Cold, Cold Ground, It's Getting Chilly, Out In the Cold Again and The Winter's Passed. Performers include: Doris Day, Hal Kemp, Helen Kane, Louis Armstrong, Slim and Sam and the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet.
More highlights from the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Music includes: 12th Street Rag, In a Mellotone, Can't Help Lovin That Man, The Adventures of Robin Hood and Honky Tonk Blues. Perfromers include: Louis Armstrong, Helen Morgan. Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Erich Korngold and Iry Lejeune.
Songs include: Winter Wonderland, Santa Claus Got Stuck In the Chimney, Let It Snow, Don't Wait Until Christmas Night and Canon in D. Performers include: Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters, Perry Como, Arthur Fiedler, Ella Fitzgerald and Kay Kyser.
