Music From 100 Years Ago
Episodes
Extended Play Jazz
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jazz records from the 1930s and 40s that are longer than usual for the time. Music includes: Sing Sing Sing by Benny Goodman, Concerto For Clairnet ...
Centennials 2026
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating the 100th Birthdays of: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Tony Bennett, Julie London, Big Mama Thorton, Buddy Greco, Stan Freberg, Chuck Berry, ...
Music Of 1926
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include Valencia by Paul Whiteman, Black Bottom Stomp by Jelly Roll Morton, White House Blues by Charlie Poole, Hebbie Jebbies by Louis Armstron...
Leftovers #37
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the last show of 2025, records left off of earlier podcasts, plus a tribute to musicinas who passed away this year. Songs include: Don't Trust Nob...
Beethoven's Birthday 2025
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of Beethoven's 225th birthday, historical recordings of some lesser-known works. Music includes excerpts from Symphony #1 by Furtangler and t...
Christmas 2025
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Christmas Dinner by Ernie Ford, Sleighride by the Boston Pops, Give Me Your Heart For Christmas by The McGuire Sisters, Here Comes Sant...
More 1950s Pop Instrumentals
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Mambo Jambo by Dave Barbour, Canadian Sunset by Hugo Winterhalter, Misty by Erroll Garner, The Typewriter by Leroy Anderson, Charmaine ...
Star Song
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Stardust by Artie Shaw, Swinging On a Star by Bing Crosby, The Second Star to the Right by Doris Day, Stars Fell on Alabama by Guy Lomb...
Songs of Mexico
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Marimba by Lydia Mendoza, Granada by Frankie Laine, Arentia De Oro by Cuarto Coculense, Mexican Joe by Jim Reeves, Perfidia by Lupita P...
Bells
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Wedding Bells by the Four Aces, The Bells of Saint Mary by Bing Crosby, The Blue Bells of Scotland by Ella Logan, Serenade of the Bells...
Rivers
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Lazy River by Hoagy Carmichael, River Stay Away From My Door by kate Smith, Ol Man River by The Ravens, Cry Me a River by Julie London,...
The Fours
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: It's a Blue World by The Four Freshmen, Three Coins In the Fountain by The Four Aces, It's Love, Love, Love by The Four King Sisters, I...
Halloween 2025
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Dinner With Drac by John Zacherly, Ding Dong the witch Is Dead by Glenn Miller, Undertaker Blues by Buddy Moss, Danse Macrabe by the Ro...
1940s Jazz Saxophonists
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Music includes: Now's The Time by Charlie Parker, Body and Soul by Coleman Hawkins, East of the Sun by Lester Young, My Old Flame by Stan Getz, Cotton...
Mountains and Hills
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Faith Can Move Mountains by Nat King Cole, When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain by Kate Smith, Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Flatt and S...
Jerome Kern Part One
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: All the Things You Are by Artie Shaw, The Last Time I Saw Paris by Kate Smith, Pick Yourself Up by Fred Astaire, Smoke Gets In Your Eye...
National Piano Month 2025
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Music includes: Let Em Jump by Pete Johnson, I'll See You In My Dreams by Teddy Wilson, Hungarian Rhapsody #10 by Arthur Rubinstein, Caravan by Ferant...
Charlie Byrd and B B King
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A special, short podcast honoring guitarists, Charlie Byrd and B B King on the 100th anniversary of their births.
Symphonic Marches
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Music includes: Pomp and Circumstance March #4 by Edward Elgar, Ruins of Athens march by Beethoven, March from the English Folk Song Suite by Ralph Va...
Lone Star Musicians Part Two
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Musicians include: Ester Phillips, Hank Thompson, Jack Teagarden. Arizonia Dranes, Lefty Frizzel, Consuelo Silva and Henry Thomas. Songs include: I Lo...
Lone Star Musicians Part One
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Musicians include: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mary Martin, Lydia Mendoza, Bob Wills Ernest Tubb, Teddy Wilson, Charlie Christian and Hoyle Nix. Songs incl...
Pop Goes the Organ
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Tico Tico by Ethel Smith, Jitterbug Waltz by Fats Waller, St Louis Blues by Bessie Smith, Twilight Time by The Three Suns, TV Is the Th...
Born In New Orleans
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Musicians include: Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Mahalia Jackson, Lonnie Johnson, Louis Prima, Sidney Bechet and Blanche Thomas.
Sky Songs
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Ole Buttermilk Sky by Kay kyser, Cabin In the Sky by Ella Fitzgerald, Blue Skies by Count Basie, Riders In the Sky by Bing Crosby and O...
Comedy Records 1940s
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Records include: Who's On First by Abbott & Costello, The Man On The Flying Trapeze by Spike Jones, Guarding the Gasworks by Stanley Holloway, Casey A...
Summer Love Songs 2025
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: So In Love by Patti Page, Taking a Chance On Love by Benny Goodman, Dream by the Pied Pipers, For Sentimental Reasons by Nat King Cole ...
Think
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: That's What You Think by Pinky Tomlin, Thinking of You by Eddie Fischer, I Think I'll Wed In the Summer by Harry Lauder, What Do You Th...
The Hits of 1941
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Songs include: Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by the Andrews Sisters, God Bless The Child by Billi...
Independence Day 2025
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Stars and Stripes Forever by John Phillip Sousa, Tail End Charlie by Glenn Miller, Take Me Out To the Ball Game by Frankie Masters, Ame...
Fruit and Veggies Month
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree by Glenn Miller, Chiquita Banana by Xavier Cugat, Blueberry Hill by Louis Armstrong, Beans and Cornbread...
Leftovers #36
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Records include: Riverboat Shuffle by Isham Jones, A Trumpeter's Lullaby by Leroy Anderson, 3 O' Clock Blues by B.B. King, Tennessee Waltz by Jo Staff...
June Wedding
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Wedding Bells by the Four Aces, I Went to Your Wedding by Patti Page, An Apple Blossom Wedding by Sammy kaye and The Wedding of Mr. Mic...
Number One Songs of 1939
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller, My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Mary Martin, Body and Soul by Coleman Hawkins, Deep Purple by Larry Cl...
Classical Dances
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Historic recordings of classical music dances. Music by Johannes Brahams, William Gluck, Manuel De Fall, George Bizet, Frederic Chopin and Pytor Tch...
National Recording Registry 2025
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Records selected for the National Recording Registry in 2024 and 25. Including: Aloha Oe by the Hawaiian Quintette, Clarinet Marmelade by Jim Europe...
Hands and Feet
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Second Hand Rose by Fannie Brice, Your Feets Too Big by Thomas "Fats" Waller, The Hand of Fate by Eddie Fischer, Sugar Foot Stomp by Be...
National Guitar Month 2025
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: I'll See You In My Dreams by Django Rheinhardt, Farruca by Ramon Montoya, Strollin With Bone by T-Bone Walker, Step it Up And Go by Bli...
Boy and Girl
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by the Andrews Sisters, The Girl I left Behind Me by Fats Waller, Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend by Jo Staff...
Episode 900 All About Numbers
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Five Guys Named Moe by Louis Jordan, Number Ten Lullabye Lane by Dinah Shore, Pennsylvania 6-5000 by Glenn Miller, One Hundred Years Fr...
Jazz Appreciation Month 2025
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Music includes: After Yor Gone by the Benny Goodman Quartet, If You Were Mine by Billie Holiday, Harlem Airshaft by Duke Ellington, Manteca by Dizzy G...
Pop Instrumentals 1950s
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: The Third man Theme by Anton Karas, Ruby by Richard Hayman, The Syncopated Clock by Leroy Anderson, Swedish Rhaposdy by Percy Faith, Dr...
Gone
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: After You've Gone by Django Rheinhardt, When Your Lover Has Gone by Billie Holiday, He's a Real Gone Guy by Nellie Lutcher, Long Gone L...
Kentucky and Tennessee
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Chatanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller, Beale Street Blues by Jelly Roll Morton, In the Pines by Leadbelly, Louisville Lady by Sophie Tuc...
The 19th Anniversary Show
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating 19 years of this podcast with some of the host's favorite records, along with some memories of the show's origin. Songs include: Right O...
Novelty Songs 1950s
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Be Kind To Your Web Footed Friends by Peter and Mary, Doggie In the Window by Patti Page, The Flying Saucer by Buchannan and Goodman, I...
Jazz 1947
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Music includes: Scrapple From the Apple by Charlie Parker, Lover by Stan Kenton, Easy Living by Billie Holiday, Shake That Thing by Turk Murphy, I Wan...
African American Band Singers
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include; It Don't Mean a Thing by Ivie Anderson, Do Nothing Till You Hear From me by Al Hibbler, Blue Skies by Jimmy Rushing, Blues In the Night...
Songs For Valentine's Day
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: When I Fall In Love by Jeri Southern, My Foolish heart by Billy Ecksteine, Moon and Sand by Xavier Cugat, Some Enchanted Evening by Jo ...
Know Part 2
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: You Don't Know What Love Is by Dinah Washington, You Don't Have To Know the Language by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, It's Too S...
Mozart's Birthday 2025
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating Mozart's 269th birthday with historical recordings including: Rondo In D Major by Walter Gieseking, Sring Quartet 21 by the Budapest Strin...
Centennials 2025 Part 1
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A salute to musicians born in 1925, including: Sammy Davis Jr, Art Pepper, Marty Robbins, Celia Cruz, Oscar Peterson, Johnny Horton, Bill Haley and Ch...
Know Part 1
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Don't You Know I Love you by The Clovers, You'll Never Know by Frank Sinatra, Now I Know by Dinah Shore, You Know I Love You by BB King...
1925
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the most popular records of 1925, including: The Charleston by Paul Whiteman, St. Louis Blues by Bessie Smith, Gut Bucket Blues by Louis Armst...
Leftovers #35
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Records left off of earlier episodes and a tribute to musicians who passed away in 2024. Performers include: Kate Smith, the Andrews Sisters, Jo Sta...
Beethoven's Birthday 2025
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating Beethoven's 254th birthday with historic recordings of three, lesser-known works: Symphony #8, Piano Sonata #25 and The Creatures of Prome...
Dream
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about dreams and dreaming by Frank Sinatra, Patti Page, Woody Herman, Glenn Miller, Perry Como and Harry James.
Christmas 2024
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Here Comes Santa Claus by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, Jingle Bells by Les Paul, Oh Come All Ye Faithful by Kate Smith, Boogie ...
More Windy Music
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: They Call The Wind Maria by Vaughn Monroe, Trade Winds by Bing Crosby, With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair by Bob Crosby, Whisperi...
Sunrise To Sunset
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Sunrise Serenade by Glenn Miller, Twilight Time by Less Brown, The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise by Les Paul and Mary Ford, Dusk by ...
How Suite It Is
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Music from suites, including Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, Vaughan Williams' English Folk Song Suite, Grieg's Peer Gynt, Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dance...
Female Singers of 1940
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Tuxedo Junction by the Andrews Sisters, Our Love Affair by Judy Garland, Looking At You by Lee Wiley, I'll Get By by the King Sisters, ...
Worried
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include : Worried Man Blues by the Carter Family. Don't Worry Bout That Mule by Louis Jordan, Worried Blues by Gladys Bentley, Worried Over You ...
Halloween 2024
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Dead by the Poets, The Little Man Who Wasn't There by Glenn Miller, The Monster Hop by Bert Convey, The Ghost Song by Salty Holmes and ...
Moon
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: By the Light of the Silvery Moon by Billy Murray, Blue Moon by Mel Torme, How High the Moon by Helen Forest, No Moon at All by the Ames...
Country Music 1945
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Shame On You by Spade Cooley, At the Mail Call Today by Gene Autry, Stay a Little Longer by Bob Wills, It Don't Matter To Me Now by Ern...
Time of the Month
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: June In January by Bing Crosby, April In Paris by Charlie Parker, June Is Bustin Out All Over by Hildegarde, Sleigh Ride In July by Din...
Musicians With Something In Common part 2
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Musicians include: Perry Como, Lightnin Hopkins, Lydia Mendoza, Peggy Lee, Bo Diddley, Slim Whitman, Charley Parker, Dinah Washington and Horace Silve...
National Piano Month 2024
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Music includes: Death Ray Boogie by Pete Johnson, When You're Smiling by Errol Garner, Drag Em by Mary Lou Williams, Taboo by Art Tatum, Bach's WTC Bo...
Cigarettes and Smoke
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Smoke, Smoke, Smoke by Tex Williams, Smoke Dreams by Jo Stafford, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Artie Shaw and While a Cigarette Was Burni...
Island Songs
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: South Sea Island Magic by Bing Crosby, Christmas Island by the Andrews Sisters, Island In the Sun by Harry Belafonte, Rock Island Line ...
Movie Songs of 1948
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Buttons and Bows by Dinah Shore, If I Steal a Kiss by Frank Sinatra, This Is the Moment by Jo Stafford, Melody Time by Vaughn Monroe, I...
N ovelty Songs of the 1940s and 1950s
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Istanbul by The Four Lads, All Right Louie, Drop the Gun by Cass Daley, I've Got You Under My Skin by Stan Freberg, The William Tell Ov...
Rhythm Tunes
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Music includes: Painted Rhythm - Stan Kenton, Rhythm and Romance - Chick Webb, I Got Rhythm - Glenn Miller, Rhythm Is Our Business - Jimmie Lunceford,...
Broadway Musicals 1949
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring songs from: South Pacific, Texas Lil Darlin, Lost In the Stars, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Along Fifth Avenue and Miss Liberty.
Andrews Sisters Duets
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Duet partners include: Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes, Carmen Miranda, Les Paul, Dan Dailey, Burl Ives and Danny Kaye. Songs include: Take Me Out to the B...
Chopin Piano Music
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Works include: Nocturne in E flat, Fantaisie Impromptu, minute Waltz, Grand Valse Brilliante and Etude Op 10 No. 3. Pianists include: Arthur Rubinstei...
Independence Day 2024
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Music includes: Oklahoma Highlights, On the Mall, Route 66, Bugle Call Rag, Happy Go Lucky Local and Salute to Our Fighting Men. Performers include: t...
Leftovers #34
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Records left off of previous shows, including: It's a Sin to Tell a Lie by the Ink Spots, When Winter Comes by Mary Healy, Swing Them Jingle Bells by ...
Lies and Liars
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here is the actual playlist: It's a Sin To Tell a Lie (Fats Waller 1936) Who Told You That Lie? (Vaughn Monroe 1946) My Bonnie Lie Over The Ocean (Ell...
Forgotten African American Musicans
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Artists include: Bert Williams, Helen Gross, Bubber Miley, Cats and Fiddle, Elmo Hope, DeFord Bailey and Hazel Scott. Songs include: Pan-American Blue...
Ships and Boats 2
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: On a Slow Boat to China, Song of the Volga Boatmen, Don't Give Up the Ship, Ferry Boat Serenade and Shrimp Boats. Musicians include: ...
Texas Blues Musicians
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Performers include: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Victoria Spivey, T-Bone Walker, Ida Mae Mack, Lightnin Hopkins, Blind Willie Johnson and Harmonica Slim. So...
Fats Waller 120th Birthday
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A special, short podcast honoring Thomas "Fats" Waller on his 120th birthday. Songs include: Honeysuckle Rose, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Whose Ho...
Brown Color Show
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Sweet Georgia Brown, Little Brown Jug, Brown Eyes, Why Are you Blue?, Fine Brown Frame and The Little Brown Gal. Musicians include: Bro...
Country Music 1952
12 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Musician include: Hank Thompson, Kitty Wells, Slim Whitman, Hank Williams, Red Foley and Ernest Tubb. Songs include: The Wild side of Life, Salty Do...
Lose
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Born to Lose, Lost and Found, I'd Hate to Lose You, What Have We Got to lose?, Lost April and She Had to Go and Lose It At the Astor. ...
It Don't mean a Thing If It Ain't got That Swing
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing, Swing It Sister, Waltz In Swing Time, Rug Cutter's Swing, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot a...
Apples
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Apple Blossom Time, Apple Honey, Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree, Scrapple From the Apple, The Big Apple and Cherry Pink and Apple Bloss...
Female Singers of 1939
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Singers include: Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, Louise Tobin, Vera Lynn, Ella Fitzgerald, Helen Forest, the Andrews Sisters, Carmen Miranda, and Kate S...
J. S. Bach's Birthday 2024
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To mark Bach's 339th birthday, historical recordings of the Brandenburg Concerto 3 and the B Minor Prelude and Fugue from the Well Tempered Clavier.
Horse Music
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Wild Horses, His Rocking Horse Ran Away, Black Horse Blues, Empty Saddles, Riders In the Sky, Horses Don't Bet On People and The Ride o...
Because
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: I Love You Because You're You, Because of Once Upon a Time, Just Because, Because Of You and Because it's Love. Performers include: Tho...
18th Anniversary Show
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating 18 years of the podcast. Music includes: Confirmation, Go Where I Send Thee, Alabama Song, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Caravan, The Gr...
George Gershwin's Movie Songs
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs from Gershwin's Hollywood period, including: They Can't Take That Away From Me, Let's Call The Whole Thing Off, Love Walked In, Nice Work If...
Day
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Bizet Has His Day, Day By Day, Day In Day Out, What a Difference a Day Made, Isn't This a Lovely Day, Night and Day and Oh Happy Day. ...
Country Music 1934
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Montana Plains, There's No Hiding Place, Nobody's Darlin, Cattle Call and Beautiful Texas. Performers include: Th...
A Great Day In Harlem
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Musicians who appeared in Art Kane's iconic 1958 photograph, celebrating the golden age of jazz. Musicians include: Oscar Pettiford, Maxine Sullivan...
Champagne and Cocktails
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Bubbles In the Wine, Pink Champagne, Abercrombie Had a Zombie, Salty Dog Blues, Rum and Coca-Cola, Scotching With the Soda and Cocktail...
Mozart's Birthday 2024
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating the 268th Birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Excerpts from the Symphony #39, Piano Sonata #17, String Quartet #23, Horn Concerto #4 and ...
Centenials 2024
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating performers born 100 years ago, this year, including, Dinah Washington, Bud Powell, Earl Scruggs, Roger Williams, Ella Mae Morse, Chet Atki...