Music From 100 Years Ago
Episodes
Hand
19 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Careless Hands, Handful of Keys, I'm An Old Cowhand, Time On My Hands, Cold In Hand Blues, Overhand & Precious Lord, Hold My Hand. Perf...
Halloween 2019
12 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our annual Halloween show, featuring: Bessie Smith, Bing Crosby, Lena Horne, Borrah Minevitch, Patsy Montana, Cyril Smith and the Victor Military Band...
Moan
05 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Moaning Low, Out In the New Moan Hay, Moaning the Blues, K.C. Moan, Texas Moaner Blues, Moaning In the Morning and That Moaning Saxopho...
All Aboard
29 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about trains. Songs include: Honky Tonk Train Blues, Take the A Train, Night Train, Train Whistle Blues, Uptown Express and Freight Train Boog...
Obituaries 1965
15 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A tribute to musician who died in 1965. Musicians Include: Nat King Cole, Dorothy Dandridge, Joe Falcon, Albert Schweitzer, Tadd Dameron, Mayra Hess...
On the Trail
08 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: On the Trail, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Blue Shadows On the Trail, The Oregon Trail, Hellhound On My Trail and North of the Mohaw...
Classical Music Month 2019
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Works include: Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream, Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On Greensleeves, Bach: Sonat...
It's Magic
25 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Songs dealing with magic, including: Some Enchanted Evening, That Old Black Magic, Voodoo Woman Blues, The Magic Tree, Grandpa's Spells and Mister Mag...
Jazz Classics 1941-1945
18 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Iconic jazz recordings from the early 1940s. Music includes: Take the A Train, Night In Tunisia, Round Midnight, Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby, La...
Mountain Music
11 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Mountain Music, When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain, Mountain Dew, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Mountain Greenery & Mountain Top Blues. ...
Country Music 1941
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: You Are My Sunshine, San Antonio Rose, I Hung My Head And Cried, Be Honest With Me and Walking the Floor Over You. Performers include: ...
Big Band Hits of 1938
28 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Musicians include: Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Lawrence Welk, Bob Crosby, Count Basie, Larry Clinton & Ray Noble. Music includes: Don't Be That Way, Ho...
Summer Love Songs 2019
21 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me. Dancing In the Moonlight, Believe It Beloved, Body and Soul, I'm In the Mood For Love and ...
Million Sellers 1952
14 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: You Belong to Me, Tenderly, Flamingo, Wild Side of Life, Oh Happy Day, Kiss of Fire and Caravan. Performers include: Georgia Gibbs, Ear...
Independence Day 2019
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After a long delay, our annual July 4th show. Marches by the Boston Pops, Bunk Johnson, Bob Crosby, The Goldman Band, Ralph Flanagan and (?) The Berli...
Royalty
21 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: King Porter Stomp. Queen Isabella, Duke For Dinner, Walking With the King, The Count and Prince Charming. Performers include: Benny Goo...
Solo Jazz Piano
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In time for Jazz Appreciation Month, a program of solo jazz piano. Artists include: Teddy Wilson, Jelly Roll Morton, Lennie Tristano, Art Tatum, Mary ...
National Recording Registry 11
31 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Artists include: Cab Calloway, Pablo Casals, Merle Travis, Hoagy Carmichael, Duk...
Obituaries 1963
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Paying tribute to musicians who died in 1963. Performers include: Patsy Cline, Elmore James,Lizzie Miles, Alec Templeton, Edith Piaf, Herbie Nicho...
Rats and Mice
17 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Churchmouse On a Spree, Black Rat Blues, Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party, Three Blind Mice, The Rats and Experiments With Mice. Performer...
13th Anniversary Show
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating 13 years of Music From 100 Years Ago. Music by, Bix Beiderbeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Bob Wills, Mozart, Django Reinhardt, Blind...
Boogie Woogie 1939
03 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Boogie Woogie classics from 1939. Tunes include: Steady Rock Blues, Shout For Joy, Deep Fives, Woo Woo and Pinetop's Boogie Woogie. Performers include...
Million-Selling Records 1952
24 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Blue Tango, You Belong To Me, Wheel of Fortune, Delicado, The Glo-Worm, Cry and I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus. Performers include: Ka...
Sailors andf Sailing
17 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Red Sails At Sunset, Barnacle Bill the Sailor, Popeye the Sailor Man, Smooth Sailing and Sail On Blues Blues. Performers include: Billi...
African American Band Leaders on the Radio
12 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Radio transcription of famous African American Big bands from the 1940s. Musicians include: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Jimmie Luncefor...
It's a Crime
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about crime and criminals. Songs include: It's Murder, The Life and Death of John Dillinger, Pickpocket Blues, She's a Killer, Stealing Love, ...
Throwing Shade
29 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Songs with shade in the title. Songs include: In the Sade of the Old Apple Tree, Purple Shades, 90 In the Shade, In the Shade of the Palm and Pull Dow...
Centennials 2019 Part Two
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
More musicians born 100 years ago this year. Performers include: George Shearing, Anita O'Day, Art Blakey, Lennie Tristanio, Marion Hutton and Pete ...
Centennials 2019 Part One
15 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating musicians born in 1919. Performers include: Ernie Ford, Kitty Wells, Georgie Auld, Nat King Cole, Carol Bruce, Billy Vaughn and Liberace.
1919
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the hits from 100 years ago. Songs include: Dardanella, You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet, Till We Meet Again, Take Me to the Land of Jazz, A Pret...
Leftovers #26
01 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Records left off of earlier shows. Songs include: Poor Butterfly, Sittin In a Corner, Fussin, Fudin and Fightin, The House is Haunted, Moonlight Rhaps...
Jazz Singers of the 1940s
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Singers include: Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme, Jimmy Rushing, Anita O'Day, Mildred Bailey, Maxine Sullivan & Nat King C...
Beethoven's Birthday 2018
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
To mark the 248th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven, a 1953 recording of the Symphony #2 by Herbert von Karajan and the Philaharmonia Orchestra.
Forgotten Christmas Songs Part 2
16 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: The Christmas Spell, The Man With the Bag, The Sleigh, Barnyard Christmas, Christmas In Jail, The Mistletoe Kiss and Death Might Be You...
Forgotten Christmas Songs Part One
08 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lesser-known Christmas music from the 1930s through the 1950s. Songs include: Christmas Candles, Shake Hands With Santa Claus, Santa Claus' Party, Lit...
Corner Music
02 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Love Is Just Around the Corner, A Table In a Corner, Blue Skies Are Just Around the Corner, There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner ...
Father of the Symphony
25 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Historic Recordings of the symphonies of Franz Joseph Haydn. Works include: movements from the London, Farewell, Oxford, Passion and Drumroll sympho...
Easy Music
18 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Easy to Love, It's So Easy, Easy As Pie, Slow and Easy Man, Easy Does It and Take It Easy. Performers include: Doris Day, Thomas "Fats"...
Armistice Centennial
11 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Special episode marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Songs include: The Americans Come, Till We Meet Again, Hands Across the Sea...
Three Quarter Time Part 2
04 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
More vintage waltzes. Songs include: The Merry Go Round Waltz, It's a Sin To Tell a Lie, When I Grow to Old to Dream, Always, the Minute Waltz, the Me...
Three Quarter Time Part One
28 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Famous waltzes, including: Sidewalks of New York, I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, The Tennessee Waltz, The Band Played On, The Waltz of the Flowers and t...
Country Music Month 2018
21 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Cotton-Eyed Joe, Wabash Cannonball, Banjo Pickin Girl, Why Don't You Love Me, Time Changes Everything and If the River Was Whisky. Musi...
Halloween 2018
14 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our annual look at spooky music for Halloween. Songs include: Mr Ghost Goes to Town, Skeleton in the Closet, The Halloween Dance, Music For Strings, P...
Children's Songs
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: How Much is That Doggie In the Window?, The Green Grass Grows All Around, Old McDonald, The Teddy Bear's Picnic, The Hokey Pokey, The L...
Million Selling Records 1950
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: The Thing, The Third Man Theme, Be My Love, La Viv En Rose, I'm Movin On, Frosty the Snowman, Mona Lisa and The Hot Canary. Performers ...
Musical Medleys
23 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Medley recordings by Louis Armstrong, The Andrews Sisters, Abe Lyman, Art Tatum The Boston Pops and Richard Rodgers.
The Solar System
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: You Are My Sunshine, Venus di Milo, The Moon Got In My Eyes, Mercury, Jumpin Jupiter, On a Planet, Men From Mars and Meteor. Musician...
Classical Music Month 2018
09 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating Classical Music Month with historical recordings by Eugene Ormandy, Jascha Heifetz, Oscar Levant and Vladimir Horowitz. Music includes: Mo...
Million-Selling Records 1951 Part 2
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Shrimp Boats, Blue Tango, Cold, Cold Heart, Would I Love You?, Down Yonder, The Loveliest Night of the Year and Come-On-a-My-House. Per...
Butterfly Songs
26 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Poor Butterfly, Just Like a Butterfly, Butterfly Kick, New Orleans Butterfly & Big Fat Butterfly. Musicians include: Elizabeth Welch, D...
Obituaries 1975
21 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Musicians who passed away in 1975. Musicians include: Bob Wills, Josephine Baker, Louis Jordan, T-Bone Walker, Bernard Hermann, Lefty Frizzell, Leroy ...
Million Selling Records 1951 Part One
12 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Mocking Bird Hill, Chains of Love, Indian Love Call, Detour, Jezebel, Too Young and the Syncopated Clock. Performers include: The Ames ...
Door Songs
04 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tunes include: Open the Door Richard, River, Stay Away From My Door, The Boy Next Door, Somebody Changed the Lock On My Door and Who's That Knocking A...
1929 Blues
28 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Nobody Know You, Chime's Blues, Jump Steady Blues, Don't Leave Me Daddy, God Moves On the Water, Screamin and Hollarin the Blues and Ge...
Broadway 1944
22 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the 1944 Broadway season., including: On the Town, Song of Norway, Bloomer Girl, Porgy and Bess, The Seven Lively Arts and Mexican Hay...
Light Music
16 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs with "light" in the title, including: Blue Moonlight, Lights Out, I'm Beginning to See the Light, By the Light of the Stars and I'll Keep the Lo...
Jazz Classics 1936-1940 Part 2
08 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Cottontail, Cherokee, Woodchopper's Ball, Frenesi, Rocking Chair, I Can't Get Started and Lester Leaps In. Performers include: Lester Y...
Independence Day 2018
01 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Star Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes Forever, Victory Polka, Battle Hymn of the Republic, American Fantasy and On the Mall. Performe...
Leftovers #25
25 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Records left off earlier podcasts. Songs include: Keepin Out of Mischief Now, The Cross-Eyed Cowboy From Abilene, Doggie In the Window, Lazy Daddy, Th...
Ducks and Geese
17 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Little White Duck, The Goose Hangs High, The Ugly Duckling, Wild Goose Chase, Lucky Duck and Blue Goose. Performers include: Duck Ellin...
600th Show
10 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
To mark the 600th show, highlights from the last 12 years of podcasts. Thanks for all the support over the years.
Hitler Songs
01 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Der Fuhrer's Face, Stalin Wasn't Stalin, Hitler Lives, Berlin Or Bust, Mr. Hitler, Hot Time In the Town of Berlin, Hitler and Hell and ...
Country Music 1950
27 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Country Hits from the beginning of the Nashville Era. Songs include: I'm Movin On, I Love You Because, Ain't Nobody's Business, You Don't Have To Be a...
Memories
19 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs with memory in the title. Songs include: Thanks For the Memory, Memories of You, I can't Put My Arms Around a Memory, You're My Favorite Memory ...
Orchestral Tanscriptions
06 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Orchestra versions of famous keyboard works. Music includes: Bach's Toccata and Fugue in d Minor, Chopin's Funeral March, Brahms' Hungarian Dance #5 a...
Obituaries 1969
29 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A tribute to musicians who died in 1969, including: Judy Garland, Pee Wee Russel. Skip James, Ella Logan, Wilhelm Backhaus, Wynonie Harris, Spade Cool...
Bounce
23 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Bounce the Ball, Bouncing With Bud, Jersey Bounce, Salt Lake City Bounce, Battery Bounce & Billie's Bounce. Musicians include: Charlie ...
Guitar Music 1940s
15 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Guitarists include: Charlie Christian, T-Bone Walker, Billy Bauer, Leadbelly, Django Reinhardt, Tony Motola, Les Paul, Oscar Moore and Joaquin Murphey...
Window Music
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Bluebird On Your Windowsill, Stars Are the Windows of Heaven, My Window Faces the South, Out the Window, The Sun Is At My Window and Ti...
National Recording Registry #10
01 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
More highlights from the National Recording Registry. Records by: Merle Travis, Clara Ward, Benny Goodman, The Mississippi Sheiks, Will Rogers, Victor...
Black Women In Jazz Month
25 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating Black Women In Jazz Month with: Mary Lou Williams, Lovie Austin, Lil Hardin Armstrong, The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Blanche Ca...
St Patrick's Day 2018
17 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Irish music for St. Patrick's Day. Musicians include: Michael Coleman, John McCormack, Bing Crosby, Paddy Kiloran, The Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Morton ...
12th Anniversary Show
11 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
To mark 12 years of the podcast, your host plays some of his favorite records. Music includes: My Blue Heaven, Dr. Jazz, I Cover the Waterfront, I'm P...
Vivaldi Birthday
06 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A special.short podcast marking the 340th birthday of composer, Antonio Vivaldi. Includes a 1949 recording of the Oboe Concerto in D Minor Opus 8 Numb...
Jazz Classics 1936-1940: Part One
04 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Iconic jazz records from the late in30s. Songs include: Begin the Beguine, Strange Fruit, Avalon, One O'Clock Jump. Yancey Stomp. Sing Sing Sing and B...
African-American Song Writers
19 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Classic songs by Andy Razaf, James P. Johnson, Duke Ellington, Tony Jackson, Eubie Blake, W.C. Handy and Billy Strayhorn. Songs include: Memories of Y...
Valentines Day 2018
10 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Button Up Your Overcoat, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, AS Long As I Live, I'm In the Mood For Love, All My Love and You Can't Lose a Brok...
Broadway 1937
04 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Selections from Babes In Arms, Between the Devil, Pins and Needles, The Cradle Will Rock and I'd Rather Be Right. Performers include: Lena Horne, Mild...
Cowboy Songs
28 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: I Want To Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart, Cowboy Swing, The Barstool Cowboy, The Cowboy From Brooklyn, Ragtime Cowboy Joe, The Dying Cowboy's...
Centennials 2018
21 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A tribute to musicians born in 1918, including: Elmore James, Patty Andrews, Dick Haymes, Leonard Bernstein, Juan Garcia Esquivel, Eugene List, Jimmy ...
1918
01 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hit songs from the last year of World War I. Songs include: I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, Hello Central. Give Me No Man's Land, Oh, How I Hate To Get U...
Leftovers #24
25 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Records left off earlier podcasts. Songs include: Running Water, It's De-Lovely , Yellow Fire, Butterflies, The Convict and the Rose, Devil In the L...
Jazz Classics Part 3 1930-1935
19 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Iconic jazz recordings from the early 1930s. Songs include: I Got a Right to Sing the Blues, Minnie the Moocher, Tiger Rag, After You're Gone, Sophist...
Beethoven's Birthday 2017
16 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A special podcast in honor of Beethoven's birthday. Movements from the Waldstein piano sonata, the String Quartet #13 and the Piano Concerto #3, Perfo...
Christmas 2017
10 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The annual Christmas Show. Songs include: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Winter Wonderland, The 12 Days of Christmas, Merry Christmas Baby, The Dixie...
Obituaries 1971
04 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Honoring musicians who passed away in 1971. Musicians include: Louis Armstrong, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Ted Lewis, Libby Holman, Doc Boggs, Igor Stravin...
Golden Songs
19 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Oh Dem Golden Slippers, The Gold In Africa, The Golden Gate Gospel Train, Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day, The Go...
Insect Songs
11 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Blue Tail Fly, Bees Knees, Poor Butterfly, Mosquito Moan, La Cucaracha, Flight of the Bumble Bee, The Glow-worm and They Ain't No Flies...
Jazz Classics Part 2 1925-1929 The Jazz Age
05 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Iconic jazz recordings from the late 1920s. Recordings include: Hebbie Jeebies, Black Bottom Stomp, In a Mist, A Monday Date, Weather Bird, Creole Lov...
Ragtime
29 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Music includes: Maple Leaf Rag, Sensation Rag, Ragtime Oriole, Charleston Rag, Kitten On the Keys, Nola and 12th Street Rag. Performers include: Sco...
Halloween 2017
22 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The annual Halloween show! Music includes: My Friend the Ghost, The Halloween Dance, Undertaker's Blues, Haunted Heart, The Nightmare, The Goblin Ba...
Country Music Month 2017
14 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We celebrate Country Music Month with songs from the 1920s through the 1940s. Music includes: She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain, Blue Yodel #4, I D...
Thelonious Monk Centennial
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A special, short podcast celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Thelonious Monk.
More Froggy Music
07 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
After a week's delay, here's More Froggy Music, Songs include: Froggy Went a Courting, Frog and Mule, Froggy Moore, Grandpa Frog, Old Bullfrog and H...
Jazz Classics 1917-1924
24 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Early jazz records from the acoustic era. Musicians include: King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton,Kid Ory, The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, James P. John...
Broadway 1934
17 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: I Get a Kick Out Of You, You And The Night And The Music, Autumn In New York, I'll Follow My Secret Heart, One Day When We Were Young, ...
Tears Part Two
10 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine, If Teardrops Were Pennies, Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes, He's Not worth Your Tears and Too Many Tea...
Tears Part One
03 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: After the Laughter Came Tears, Dancing With Tears In My Eyes, Yesterday's Tears, Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry and Time Out For T...
Obituaries 1973
28 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A tribute to musicians who died in 1973, Including: Clara Ward, Gene Krupa, Ben Webster, Kid Ory, Memphis Minnie, Vaughan Monroe, Joseph Szigeti, Will...
Percy Grainger
20 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Compositions by the Australian-American, Percy Grainger. Works include: Country Gardens, Molly On the Shore, Mock Morris, Irish Tune From County Derry...