Music From 100 Years Ago

Country Music Month 2021

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Early country music performers, including: Fiddlin John Carson, Billie Maxwell, The Carter Family, Darby and Tarlton, Henry Whitter, Ernest Stoneman, ...

Ghost

03 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance, Ghost Riders In the Sky, Me and the Ghost Upstairs, The Ghost of Love, Mr Ghost Goes to Town and Gho...

Brown

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Sweet Georgia Brown, Brown Gal, Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue, I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair and Brown Bee Boogie. Perfor...

Jazz Quintets 2021

13 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Quintets led by: Charlie Parker, George Shearing, Benny Goodman, Stan Getz, Tadd Dameron, Charlie Shavers and Django Reinhardt. Songs include: Stardus...

Classical Music Month 2021

06 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Historical recordings of music by Mozart, Schumann, Debussy, Respighi, Chopin & Bach. Performers include : Eileen Joyce, Eugene Ormandy, Joseph Sziget...

Singing Pianists

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Musicians include: Thomas "Fats" Waller, Pat Flowers, Una Mae Carlisle, Blossom Dearie, Nina Simone, Whispering Jack Smith & Arizona Dranes. Songs inc...

Fool

15 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: These Foolish things, Fools Rush In, Who's Foolin Who?, Foolish Tears, Keep Cool Fool & Why Fool Yourself? Performers include: Ivory Jo...

Jazz All Stars

09 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Metronome All Star records from 1939-1953 Songs include: Bugle Call Rag, Saint Louis Blues, Sweet Loraine, King Porter Stomp, Overtime and Blue Lo...

Wind

02 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Windy City Boogie Woogie, Gone With the Wind, Night Winds, They Call the Wind Mariah, The Four Winds and the Seven Seas and Ill Wind. M...

At Twilight

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: At Twilight, Twilight Time, Twilight In Turkey, Twilight Rag, A Little Kiss At Twilight and Twilight Blues. Performers include: Benny G...

Classical Preludes

18 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Historical recordings of preludes by Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Debussy, Shostakovich and Scriabin. Pianists include: Edwin Fischer, Oscar ...

Stormy Music

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: After the Storm, Stormy Weather, Call It Stormy Monday, Sandstorm, I've Been In the Storm Too Long and Stormy Blues. Musicians include:...

Independence Day 2021

03 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Music includes: The Star Spangled Banner, God Bless America, Lift Every Voice And Sing, Blues From An American In Paris, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Amer...

Centennials 2021

28 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrating musicians born in 1921. Mario Lanza, Betty Hutton, Arthur Smith, Dennis Brain, Herb Ellis, Deanna Durbin, Nelson Riddle, Gordon MacRae and...

National Accordion Month

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A salute to the squeeze box. Accordionists include: Lawrence Welk, Frankie Yankovic, Art Van Damme, Pietro Diero, Charles Magnante, The Three Suns and...

Summer Love Songs 2021

06 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Whose Honey Are You?, All the Things You Are, I Concentrate On You, Apple Blossom Time, The Band Played On and September Song. Performe...

When

29 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: When the Saints Go Marching In, When Your Lover Has Gone, Where Or When, When a Woman Loves a Man, I'm Sharp When I Hit the Coast and W...

Blues 1927

16 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Performers include: Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Barbecue Bob, Meade Lux Lewis, Henry Thomas, Victoria Spivey and the Memphis Jug Band. Songs include: Bac...

Fish

09 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Three Little Fishies, Gone Fishin, Don't Fish In My Sea, Fish For Supper, Saturday Night Fish Fry and Fishin Around. Performers include...

Fire

01 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Baltimore Fire, I Don't Want To Set the World On Fire, Fireworks, Swamp Fire, Ritual Fire Dance, Setting the Woods On Fire and I'm Play...

Street Music

25 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: On the Sunny Side of the Street, 12th Street Rag, Walking the Street, Annie Street Rock, 52nd Street Theme and 42nd Street. Performers ...

Classical Adagios

18 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Slow movements from composers: Mozart, Bach, Ravel, Barber, Chopin & Holst, Performers include: Wilhelm Giesking, Yehudi Menuhin, Adrian Bolt, Ignancy...

Birds of a Feather

04 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Songs about birds. Including: When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano, Listen to the Mockingbird, Weather Bird, Skylark, His Eye Is On the Sparrow, ...

National Recording Registry #13

28 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights from the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. Performers include: Hjalmer Peterson, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, FDR,...

15th Anniversary Show

13 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrating 15 years of Music From 100 Years Ago with records by Lu Watters, Arizona Dranes, the Mills Brothers, Charlie Parker, Bob Wills, Mozart and...

Five

28 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Five Foot Two, Five O' Clock Whistle, Deep Fives, Five Minutes More, Mr. Five By Five and Swinging At the Circle Five. Musicians includ...

It's Cold

21 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: It's Getting Chilly, Cold, Cold Heart, Baby It's Cold Outside, There's Frost On the Moon, Frosty Morning Blues, Blow, Blow Thou Winter ...

Kansas City Jazz

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrating the Kansas City jazz sound. Musicians include: Benny Moten, Count Basie, Juli Lee, Andy Kirk, Mary Lou Williams and Charley Parker. Music ...

Kansas City Jazz

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrating the Kansas City jazz sound. Musicians include: Benny Moten, Count Basie, Juli Lee, Andy Kirk, Mary Lou Williams and Charley Parker. Music ...

Mozart Birthday 2021

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of Mozart's 265th birthday, a special podcast featuring the Piano Concerto #19 in F, KV459. Pianist Clara Haskil is accompanied by the Winter...

Blues 1928

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Musicians include: Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Scrapper Blackwell, Lonnie Johnson, Victoria Spivey, Mississippi John Hurt and Blind Lemon Jefferson. Song...

1921

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The hits and history of 1921. Songs include: April Showers, Ain't We Got Fun, Look For the Silver Lining, Carolina Shout, They'll Be Some Changes Made...

Leftover #29

31 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For the final podcast of 2020, records left off earlier podcasts and a tribute to musicians who passed away this year. Musicians include: Hildergarde,...

Beethoven 250 Part 12: Symphony #9

28 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The final episode of our Beethoven 250 series features a 1947 recording of the Symphony #9 by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan...

Rhythm

23 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Rockin In Rhythm, Rhythm King, I Got Rhythm Variations, Swing Out Rhythm and I Got a Heart Full of Rhythm. Performers include: Louis Ar...

Christmas 2020

06 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Holiday records from the 1940s and early 1950s. Songs include: Jingle Bells, Here Comes Santa Claus, Blue Christmas, the Nutcracker, Silent Night, Chr...

Beethoven 250 Part 11: Symphony #7

28 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The penultimate Beethoven 250 podcast features a 1944 recording of the Symphony #7 in A by the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy. 

Drag

24 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tunes include: Sunflower Slow Drag, Viper's Drag, Varsity Drag, Shim Sham Drag and Shoe Shiner's Drag. Musicians include: Thomas"Fats" Waller, Eddie C...

Breakdown

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Harlem Breakdown, Central Avenue Breakdown, Rehearsing For a Nervous Breakdown, Bayou Breakdown and Vine Street Breakdown. Performers i...

Thankful

08 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs about being thankful.  Songs include: Thanks a Million, Crazy Bout My Baby, Count Your Blessings, I've Got Plenty to be Thankful For, Thank You...

Beethoven 250 Part 10: Six Bagatelles Op 126

31 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Beethoven's last major piano work, the Six Bagatelles Op 126 in a 1937 performance by Artur Schnabel.

On the Town

25 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Lulu's Back In Town, Bach Goes to Town, Get Out of Town, There's a Tavern In the Town, Let Me Off Uptown and It's the Talk of the Town....

Halloween 2020

18 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: The Skeleton Rag, Mr. Ghost Goes to Town, Ghost Riders in the Sky, The Halloween Dance, Is the Rope Around Your Neck? and Devil's Gonna...

Country Music Month 2020

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Performers include: Jimmy Rodgers, Gene Autry, the Carter Family, The Chuck Wagon Gang, Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, Ray Price and Bob Wills. Songs include...

Novelty Tunes

04 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Oddball songs from the 1920s to the 1950s.  Songs include: I've Never Seen a Straight Banana, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts, The Thing, Dinner ...

Beethoven 250 Part 9: Waldstein Sonata

27 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month's Beethoven podcast features a 1952 recording of the Waldstein Sonata by the English pianist, Solomon, along with a windy introduction by y...

Hollywood Musicals 1937

20 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: September In the Rain, Nice Work If You Can Get It, That Old Feeling, I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm, In the Still of the Night, They...

On Sale

13 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: A Cottage For Sale, Love For Sale, No Sale, She's Got the Blues For Sale, Swing For Sale and There's a House In Harlem For Sale. Artist...

700th Show

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

To mark 700 episodes, we look back at episodes 1, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 & 600. Thanks to all of you for listening for all these years.

Beethoven 250 Part 8 Symphony #6

29 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month's Beethoven podcast features a 1946 recording of the Symphony #6 (Pastoral) by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter.

Baby Songs

23 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: I'm Crazy Bout My Baby, Baby Mine, Pretty Baby, You Must of Been a Beautiful Baby, One For My Baby and Baby Doll. Musicians include: Be...

Jazz Piano 1939

16 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Performers include: Art Tatum, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Albert Ammons, Jimmy Yancey, Jess Stacy, James P. Johnson, Thomas "Fats" Waller And ...

Lips

08 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Hot Lips, The Touch of Your Lips, Loose Lips, Candy Lips, Take, Oh Take Those Lips From Me, And Then Your Lips Met Mine and My Lips Rem...

Beethoven 250 Part 7: String Quartet #14

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month's Beethoven podcast features the Barylli Quartet performing the String Quartet #14 in C Sharp Minor, in a recording from 1952.  Plus, a lo...

Songs of New York Part 2

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Another tribute to the Big Apple. Performers include: Artie Shaw, The Mills Brothers, Ada Jones, Ray Nobel, Andy Kirk and Harry Richman. Songs include...

Clouds

17 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Sweeping the Clouds Away, Brain Cloudy Blues, Waltzing In the Clouds, The Little White Cloud That Cried and Clouds In My Heart. Perform...

Obituaries 1967

06 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Paying tribute to musicians who died in 1967. These include: Ida Cox, Nelson Eddy, Paul Whiteman, Woody Guthrie, Pete Johnson, Billy Strayhorn, Muggsy...

Leftovers #28

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs left off earlier podcasts. Music includes: Japanese Sandman, Dill Pickles Rag, Promenade, The Man From Harlem, Golden Earrings, No Strings and W...

Beethoven 250 Part 6: Kreutzer Sonata

28 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month's Beethoven podcast is a historic recording of the Violin Sonata #9 (Kreutzer Sonata).  This 1952 recording features violinist, Wolfgang S...

Beethoven 250 Part 6: Kreutzer Sonata

28 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month's Beethoven podcast is a historic recording of the Violin Sonata #9 (Kreutzer Sonata).  This 1952 recording features violinist, Wolfgang S...

Songs of New York Part 1

23 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Sidewalks of New York, Take the A Train, Manhattan Serenade, Give Me the Moon Over Brooklyn, Lenox Avenue, Lullaby of Broadway and Harl...

Summer Love Songs 2020

16 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: All The Things You Are, In the Good Old Summer Time, That's All, Button Up Your Overcoat, I Didn't Know What Time It was and All Or Not...

It's About Time

07 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Alexander's Ragtime Band, It's Been a Long, Long Time, Now's The Time, I Didn't Know What Time It Was, Let The Good Times Roll and Baby...

Blues 1930

02 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Musicians include: Charley Patton, Son House, Bessie Smith, Blind Willie McTell, Victoria Spivey, the Memphis Jug Band and Lonnie Johnson. Songs inclu...

Beethoven 250 Part 5 Symphony #5

29 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month's Beethoven podcast features a 1947 live recording of the symphony #5 by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler.

Silver

25 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Look For the Silver Lining, Silver Bells, The Moon's a Silver Dollar, He wears a Pair of Silver Wings...

Hollywood Musicals 1935

17 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs from Top Hat, The Big Broadcast of 1936, Curly Top, Naughty Marietta, Roberta and In Caliente. Performers include: Fred Astaire, Janette McDonal...

First Ragtime Revival

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Musicians include: Turk Murphy, Lu Watters, James P. Johnson, Pee Wee Hunt, Johnny Wittwer and Milt Raskin. Music includes: Maple Leaf Rage, 12th Stre...

I'm Sorry

05 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Who's Sorry Now, I'm Sorry I Made You Cry, You Don't Have To Say You're Sorry, Sorry I Lost My Head and Sorry Wrong Rhumba. Performers ...

Beethoven 250 Part 4: Violin Concerto

02 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month's Beethoven podcast features a 1945 radio broadcast of the Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 61.  Jascha Heifetz is joined by the NY Philharm...

Hollywood Musiocals 1933

26 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs from 42nd Street, Flying Down to Rio, The Gold Diggers of 1933, Going Hollywood, The Three Little Pigs and Footlight Parade. Numbers include: We...

Short and Tall

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Four Bars Short, Long Tall Moma, Short Dress Gal, Cut Off My Legs and Call Me Shorty, She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific and Short S...

Left Turn

12 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs about left. Songs include: The Girl I Left Behind Me, Left Turn, Never Let Your Left Hand Know, My Baby Left Me, and Two Left Feet. Musicians in...

Guitar Month 2020

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Guitarists include: George Barnes, Django Reinhardt, Luise Walker, Ramon Montoya, Charlie Christian, Blind Willie Johnson, Gabby Pahinui and Joe Maphi...

National Recording Registry #12

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights from this year's list of inductees to the National Recording Registry. Artists include: Paul Whiteman, Narcisco Martinez, Maria Callas, Ale...

Beethoven 250 Part 3 Moonlight Sonata

27 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month's Beethoven podcast features  a 1951 recording of the Moonlight Sonata by German pianist Walter Gieseking.

Metals

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: 'When the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day, Copper Colored Gal, On the Mercury, The Iron Hat, The Moon Is a Silver Dollar, T...

Black Women In Jazz Month 2020

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Performers include: Lovie Austin, Terry Pollard, Valaida Snow, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Hazel Scott, Mary Lou Williams, Sarah Vaughan & Billie Holiday. M...

14th Anniversary Show

10 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrating 14 years of this podcast! Music includes: Ain't Misbehavin, Step It Up and Go, Down Home Rag, Go Where I Send Thee, Waltz in C-Sharp Minor...

A and B Sides

01 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Famous 78s, along with their lesser-known B sides. Musicians include: Glenn Miller, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra.

Country Music 1942

23 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere, Jingle Jangle, Deep In the Heart of Texas, Try Me One More Time, Cherokee Maiden, Rosa...

Beethoven 250 Part 2 The Choral Fantasy

21 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This month's salute to Beethoven on his 250th anniversary year, is a 1939 performance of the Choral Fantasy Op. 80. The NBC Symphony & the Westminster...

More Yellow Music

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Another color-themed show, with songs concerning yellow. Songs include: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Yellow Dog Blues, The Moon Was Yellow, A Little Yell...

Valentine's Day 2020

09 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: My Love Comes Down, I'm In the Mood For Love, Lover, Falling In Love Again, Love Walked In, That's How Much I Love You and Comes Love. ...

Harlem On My Mind

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Harlem On a Saturday Night, Harlem Strut, Drop Me Off In Harlem, I'm Red Hot From Harlem and Harlem On My Mind. Artists include: Duke E...

Beethoven 250 Part 1 Marches

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The first of a monthly series marking Beethoven's 250th birthday.  Music includes the Turkish March form the Ruins of Athens and the Funeral March fo...

Sheep and Goats

26 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Music includes: Billy Goat Stomp, Sheep May Safely Graze, Goat Blues, Black Sheep Blues, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Hymn to a Goat and I Wanna Count Shee...

Centennials 2020

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Celebrating musicians born 100 years ago this year.  Musicians include: Charlie Parker, Hazel Scott, Peggy Lee, Dave Brubeck, Jimmy Witherspoon, Bonn...

1920

03 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Some of the top hits of 1920, including Swanee, Apple Blossom Time, Whispering, You'd Be Surprised, Crazy Blues and The Japanese Sandman. Performers i...

Leftovers #27

28 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Records left off of earlier podcasts and a tribute to musicians who passed away in 2019. Performers include: Bessie Smith, Montana Taylor, Jelly Roll ...

Step

22 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Steps, Five Step, I'm Stepping Out With a Memory, Everybody Step, You Stepped Out Of a Dream and Step Up and Shake My Hand. Performers ...

Beethoven's Birthday 2019

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A special, short podcast marking the 249th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven. Works performed are the Creatures of Prometheus overture and the Coriolan...

666 Evil Music

15 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For episode 666, a collection of evil music., including: Sinful Blues, Hard Time Killing Floor, Oh I'm Evil, Witches' Sabbath, Pretty Polly, Me and th...

Christmas 2019

07 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Jingle Bells, The Twelve Days of Christmas, the Merry Christmas Waltz, Here Comes Santa Claus, If It Doesn't Snow On Christmas, May Eve...

Cool Songs

01 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, Cool Breeze, Cool Blues, Cool Train and Keep Cool Fool. Artists  include: Ella Fitzgerald, Joh...

Blues 1929

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Artists include: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, Lonnie Johnson, Victoria Spivey, Cow Cow Davenport, The Memphis Jug Band, Blind Willie McTell Ch...

A Stomping Good Time

17 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: King Porter Stomp, Cotton Club Stomp, Steamboat Stomp, Black Spider Stomp and Special Delivery Stomp. Musicians include: Jelly Roll Mor...

"Rock Music"

10 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Songs include: Rock Me To Sleep, Little Rock Getaway, I Want to Rock. Bed Rock Blues, Rock It Boogie and Solid As a Rock. Performers include: Harry Ja...

Leaves

03 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate autumn, a show about leaves.  Songs include: Autumn Leaves, I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover, Tea Leaves, Leaf By Leaf the Roses Fall...

Jazz Classics 1946-1951

27 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The final episode in the Jazz Classics series features ionic jazz recordings from the late 1940s & early 50s. Records include: Relaxin at Camarillo, L...