Country Music From the 1920s
Country music pioneers including : Eck Robertson, Fiddlin John Carson,Ernest Stoneman and the Carter Family.Songs include: Cripple Creek, The Little Old Log Cabin and Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow.
Apr 06, 2007•30 min
Music From 100 Years Ago
Recordings from the early 20th Century with comments.
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Episodes
Primary Colors
Songs with red, green and blue in the title. Songs include: The Red Pepper Rag, The Green Isle of Erin and I'd Rather Be Blue. Performers include: The Peerless Quartet, Ma Rainey, Sophie Tucker and John McCormack.
Mar 31, 2007•27 min
Duets
Performers include: Collins & Harlin, Bessie Smith & Clara Smith, Ada Jones & Billy Murray and Jack Norworth & Nora Bayes. Songs include: Come Josephine In My Flying Machine, Waiting For the Robert E. Lee, I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles and I'm Going Back to My Used to Be.
Mar 24, 2007•30 min
Early Jewish Stars
Artists Include; Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, Irving Kaufman, Nora Bayes and Arthur Fields.Songs include: Second Hand Rose, Toot Toot Tootsie, Oh How I Hate to Get Up In the Morning and Hail Hail, the Gang's All Here.
Mar 18, 2007•30 min
One Year Anniversary Show
Looking back at the first year of podcasts. Performers include: Billy Murrary, Irving Kaufmann, Bert Williams, Blind Blake and George Hamilton Green. Songs include: You're a Grand Old Rag, Police Dog Blues, Triplets and Home Call.
Mar 11, 2007•27 min
Ireland
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.
Mar 03, 2007•32 min
Dream Songs
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.
Feb 24, 2007•31 min
Songs of the Sea
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.
Feb 18, 2007•30 min
Valentine Songs
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.
Feb 11, 2007•27 min
Button Up Your Overcoat
An appendix to episode #41. Two versions of Button Up Your Overcoat by Helen Kane and Annette Hanshaw.
Feb 03, 2007•7 min
Texas Songs
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.
Feb 03, 2007•23 min
Disasters
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.
Jan 30, 2007•34 min
Flappers
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.
Jan 23, 2007•31 min
Piano Music
Early piano recordings. Performers include: Johannes Brahms, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake, Pinetop Smith and Jelly Roll Morton.
Jan 14, 2007•34 min
1907
Records released in 1907. Artists include: Enrico Caruso, Billy Murrary, Ada Jones, the Arthur Pryor Band, Bob Roberts and Steve Porter.Songs include: Vesti La Giubba, I'm Gettin Ready for My Mother-In-Law, And a Little Child Will Lead Them and the International Martch.
Jan 07, 2007•31 min
Leftovers Part 2
Artists include: Al Jolson, Ada Jones, Bert Williams, the Original Dixiland Jazz Band, the Sousa Band and the Peerless Quartet.Songs include: Tiger Rag, Nobody, California, Here I Come and Christmas Eve.
Dec 29, 2006•34 min
1920s Blues
Early blues recordings including: Crazy Blues, Saint Louis Blues,Bearcat Blues and Bad Luck Blues. Performers include: Mamie Smith, Lonnie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Ma Rainey and Charley Patton.
Dec 24, 2006•29 min
Christmas Part 2
Christmas records from the early 20th Century. Including: Ring Out the Bells at Christmas, Silent Night, The Christmas Man Blues and We Three Kings.
Dec 16, 2006•31 min
Christmas part 1
Early 20th Century recordings of Christmas music. Songs include: The Santa Claus Song, Joy to the World, Christmas Morning at Clancy's and The March of the Toys.
Dec 09, 2006•30 min
Whistling
Whistling recordings including: Whistle It, The Whistler and His Dog, Listen to the Mockingbird and Pucker Up And Whistle.Whistlers include: Joe Belmont, Al Jolson, Sibyl Sanderson Fagan and Billy Murray.
Dec 02, 2006•30 min
Banjos Guitars and Ukuleles
Featuring banjoist, Eddie Peabody, jazz guitarist, Eddie Lang and ukulele player Cliff Edwards. Songs include: Baby Face, Hot Fingers and Will You Remember Me.
Nov 24, 2006•38 min
Say It With Flowers
Songs with flowers in the title.Songs include: Tiptoe Through the Tulips, When the Daisies Bloom, Second Hand Rose and the Petunia Quadrille.Featured performers: Anette Handshaw, Vernon Dalhart, Fanny Brice and the New York Military Band.
Nov 19, 2006•29 min
Armistice Day
Songs from the last days of World War I and the aftermath. Songs include: How You Gonna Keep Em Down on the Farm, Stony Broke in No Man's Land and I've Got My Captain Working For Me Now.
Nov 11, 2006•32 min
Stephen Foster
Songs by Stephen Foster. Including: Oh Susannah, Old Folks at Home and Beautiful Dreamer.Note: Some of these old recordings contain racial terms that may be offensive to some people.
Nov 05, 2006•33 min
Voices of American Presidents
Recordings of American presidents from Benjamin Harrison to Franklin Roosevelt.
Oct 28, 2006•39 min
Richard Wagner
Early recordings of music from Wagner's operas. Podcast includes selections from Parsifal, Tannhauser, Lohengrin and the ring cycle.
Oct 21, 2006•30 min
More Marches
Early recordings of marches including: The Wedding March, King Cotton, Marche Slav and The Rakoczy March.
Oct 07, 2006•29 min
Autumn Songs
Episode 26: Celebrating the beginning of the fall season. Songs include: Shine on Harvest Moon, The Halloween Dance and I'll Be Home at Harvest Time.
Oct 02, 2006•24 min
Comedy links
Mp3s of Cal Stewart's Uncle Josh recordings can be found here: http://www.archive.org/details/CalStewart_part1 http://www.archive.org/details/CalStewart_part2 Mp3s of the Avon Comedy Four can be found here: http://www.archive.org/details/AvonComedyFourwithIrvingKaufman The official Will Rogers web page is here: http://www.willrogers.org/...
Sep 23, 2006•31 min
Victor Herbert
Music by Victor Herbert including The March of the Toys and Gypsy Love Song.
Sep 11, 2006•36 min
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