Music From 100 Years Ago
Episodes
Yellow Music
13 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: The Night Was Yellow, Yellow Dog Blues, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Yellow Rose of Texas and Yellow Fire. Performers include: Bessie Smit...
Country Music 1939
06 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Silver Bells, Great Speckled Bird, Back In the Saddle Again, Don't Be Blue, Truck Driver's Blues, Back On the Montana Plains and When I...
Running Music
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Runnin Wild, You Run Your Mouth, A Hit and Run Affair, Running a Temperature, Run Little Rabbit and You Can't Run Away From Love Tonigh...
World War II Classics
23 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Iconic songs of the World War II era. Songs include: Opus One, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Coming In On a Wing and a Prayer, I'll Be Seeing You, Sentimen...
Leftovers #23
16 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Records left off of earlier podcasts. Songs include: Kisses Sweeter Than Wine, Telephoning the Blues, The Lady In Bed, Me and the Devil Blues, Borodin...
Devil Muisc
09 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: There's Going to Be the Devil to Pay, At the Devil's Ball, Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil, Paging the Devil, That Old Devil Mo...
Fourth of July 2017
02 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Music includes: The Star Spangled Banner, America, Here's My Boy, Appalachian Spring, Naval Reserve March, On the Alert and Strike Up the Band. Perfor...
Lena Horne 100th Birthday
30 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A special, short podcast celebrating Lena Horne on the 100th anniversary of her birth. With songs: St Louis Blues, Stormy Weather and The Lady Is a Tr...
Love Songs of the Summer 2017
26 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Things Are Looking Up, I'm 100 Percent For You, Indian Love Call, She's the Lass For Me, The Lady's In Love With You, Take Care of You ...
Russian Composers 19th Century
20 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Excerpts from: Tchaikovsky: Serenade For Strings, Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Rimsky Korsakov: Scherazade, Borodin: In the Steppes of Cen...
Name Your Poison
11 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about alcoholic drinks, including: Beer Barrel Polka, Cocktails For Two, Rye Whiskey, One Mint Julip Abercombie Had a Zombie, Candlelight and Wi...
Broadway 1928
06 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hit songs from Broadway musicals from 1928. Songs include: I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Diga Diga Do, How Long Has This Been Going On, Love Me ...
Jazz 1938
29 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: You Go to My Head, At the Jazz Band Ball, Sing Sing Sing, Body and Soul, Jungle Blues, Begin the Beguine and Texas Shuffle. Artists inc...
Texas Cities
20 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Dallas Blues, Del Rio Boogie, Across the Alley From the Alamo, Deep Ellum Blues, Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas, Streets of Laredo, Big Bal...
The Desert
15 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs inspired by deserts. Music includes: Desert Blues, Cool Water, Searching the Desert For the Blues, On the Trail, the Cactus Polka and Texas Sand...
Alone
07 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about being alone. Music includes: One Alone, Travelin Alone, Alone Together, I'll Walk Alone, I'm Alone Without You and I'm All Alone. Musici...
Obituaries 1976
30 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A tribute to musicians who died in 1976, including: Connee Boswell, Howlin Wolf, Percy Faith, Benjamin Britten, Victoria Spivey, Paul Robeson, Johnny ...
Ella Fitzgerald Centennial
25 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating Ella Fitzgerald on her 100th birthday. Songs include: A Tisket A Tasket, Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall, Lady Be Good and I Get A Kick...
Brahms
23 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Music of Johannes Brahms, including excerpts from the Violin Concerto, Symphony #4, Waltzes Op. 39 along with Von ewiger Leibe. Performers include: Ma...
Chicken Music
16 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Chicken songs for those in a fowl mood. Songs include: A Chicken Ain't Nothin But a Bird, Chicken Reel, The Egg and I, Chicken Rhythm, Ain't Nobody ...
National Recording Registry #9
09 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Performers include: Big Mama Thornton, Harry Richman, Red Foley, Duke Elling...
1946 part 2
02 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Music includes: For Sentimental Reasons, Divorce Me COD, Good Morning Heartache, Lover Man, Prisoner of Love, Chopin Prelude #6 and Down In the Valley...
1946 Part One
26 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Time After Time, Blue Moon of Kentucky, Doing What Comes Naturally, A Mozart Opera, Candy and One Bass Hit. Performers include: Dinah S...
To Bed
18 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about beds, including, Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed, Empty Bed Blues, Don't Sit On My Bed, Feather Bed, I Should of Stood In Bed and Don't Smoke I...
St Patrick's Day 2017
13 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Did Your Mother Come From Ireland, My Wild Irish Rose, The Blind Fiddlers, I'll Take You home Again Kathleen, She Moved Through the F...
11th Anniversary Show
05 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating 11 years of the podcast with some of the host's favorite records. Songs include: Crying All Day, Cheek to Cheek, I Can't Believe That You'...
Stop Songs
25 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Stop the Sun, Stop the Moon, The Music Stopped, Nonstop Flight, Stop That Thing, Hey, Stop Kissing My Sister and I Can't Stop Loving Yo...
Dollar Songs
19 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: I Found a Million Dollar Baby, My Last Dollar, I've Got Five Dollars, Give Me 20 Nickels For a Dollar, I Wish I Had a Dollar and Dollar...
Valentine's Day 2017
12 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Love songs for Valentine's Day, Songs include: I Can't Give You Anything But Love, How Deep Is the Ocean?, Armful of Sweetness, Let Me Call You Sweeth...
Music From Jubilee
06 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the Armed Forces Radio show, Jubilee. Artists include: Count Basie, Lena Horne, Jimmy Rushing, Harry James, Tampa Red, Helen Humes a...
Smile
29 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: When You're Smiling, I'll Never Smile Again, If You Can't Smile and Say Yes, Smile Up At the Sun and Smile. Performers include: Nat Kin...
Mozart's Birthday 2017
27 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate Mozart's 261st birthday, a 1934 recording of his Symphony #39 K. 543 by the BBC Symphony conducted by Bruno Walter.
Centennials 2017 Part Two
22 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
More musicians born in 1917, one hundred years ago this year. Musicians include: Dean Martin, Jo Stafford, Dennis Day, Lena Horne, Buddy Rich, Daniell...
Centennials 2017 Part One
16 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A tribute to musicians born in 1917, including Ella Fitzgerald, Desi Arnaz, Dizzy Gillespie, Bea Wain Tex Williams, Dinu Lipatti, Helen Forrest and Th...
1917
09 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hit songs from 1917, including: Livery Stable Blues, Oh Johnny Oh, Till the Clouds Roll By, Poor Butterfly, Over There and No Place Like Home. Perform...
Leftovers #22
31 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Records left off earlier podcasts, and a tribute to musicians who passed away in 2016 . Songs include: Red Sails In the Sunset, Dizzy Fingers, Pig Foo...
Rainbow Colors
25 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: The Lady in Red, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Orange Colored Sky, Green Eyes, Blue Orchids and Violets For Your Furs. Performers include: ...
Beethoven's Birthday 2016
18 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Music for Beethoven's 246th birthday, including: Symphony #5, Cello Sonata #1 and Piano Sonata 24. Performers include: Wilhelm Furtwangler, Walter Gie...
Unusual Christmas
11 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The annual Christmas show features some unusual songs and performers this year. Songs include: Boogie Woogie Christmas, My Christmas Song For You,...
Shoe Songs
04 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about shoes, including: Shoe Shine Shuffle, Vagabond Shoes, Got a Pebble In My Shoe, Take Your Shoes Off and One, Two, button Your Shoes. Arti...
Sunset Songs
26 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Red Sails In the Sunset, Sunset Is Coming, But the Sunrise We'll See, Sunset Eyes, Sultry Sunset, As We Walk Into the Sunset and Sunset...
Hobo Songs
21 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Hobo Bill's Last Ride, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?, Big Rock Candy Mountain, Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train and Hobo Blues. Perform...
Drum Month
13 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating Drum and Percussion Month. Works include: Drum Boogie, Sing, Sing, Sing, Ionization, Strictly Drums, Bughouse and Quiet Riot. Performers...
Academy Awards Best Song Early 1950s
06 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Oscar nominated songs from 1950 to 1952, including: Mona Lisa, High Noon, A Kiss to Build a Dream On, Too Late Now, Be My Love and Mule Train. Perform...
Dirty Songs
29 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about dirt, dust and sand. Songs include: Angels With Dirty Faces, Dusty Rag, I Believe I'll Dust My Broom, Sand In My Shoes, Talking Dust Bowl ...
Accordionfest
23 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Accordion music! Including: Just Because, Tick Tock Polka, My Blue Heaven, Peg O' My Heart, Underneath the Arches, No Minors Allowed and Cherokee. P...
Halloween 2016
15 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Music for Halloween. Including: The Halloween Dance, Blue Ghost Blues, Bloody Razor Blues, Spellbound soundtrack, The Richest Guy In the Graveyard, ...
Classical Overtures
09 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Nicolai: Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor, Sullivan: Overture to The Yeoman of the Guard, Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture, Gershwin: Cuban Overtu...
1920s Ragtime
03 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The development of ragtime during the 1920s. Featuring: Zez Confrey, Vincent Lopez, Jelly Roll Morton, Benny Moten, Blind Blake and Bessie Smith. Song...
Red
25 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs with red in the title, including: Red Sails in the Sunset, Stop, the Red Light's On, How Could Red Riding Hood?, Red Hot Momma, Red Cross and Re...
Obscure Blues Singers
18 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lesser-known blues singers from the 1920s, including: Bessie Brown, Helen Gross, Rosa Henderson. Mary Johnson and Edna Hicks. Songs include: Death Cel...
Piano Month 2016
11 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
For National Piano Month, a collection of piano music from the first half of the 20th Century. Artists include: Jelly Roll Morton, Teddy Wilson, Alber...
Country Music 1937
04 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Artists include: Gene Autry, The Chuck Wagon Gang, Uncle Dave Macon, Roy Acuff, The Carter Family, Patsy Montana and Bob Wills. Songs include: Wit...
Frogs
28 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about frogs, including : Leap Frog, Froggy Went a Courtin, Froggy More Rag, Frog Legs Rag, Bull Frog Blues and The Nightingale and the Frog. Per...
Train Instrumentals Part Two
22 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Performers include: Duke Ellington DeFord Bailey, Ted Goon, Woody Herman, Albert Ammons, Peter Johnson and Arthur Fiedler. Music includes: Fast Freigh...
Train Instrumentals Part One
13 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Works include: Train Whistle Blues, Honky Tonk Train Blues, Super Chief, Dixie Flyer, Pacific 231, The Orient Express and Take the A Train. Performers...
Murdered Musicians
04 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Musicians who were killed including: Robert Johnson, Pinetop Smith, James Reese Europe, Lee Morgan and Eddie Jefferson. Songs include: Parker's Mood, ...
Charlie Christian Centennial
29 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A tribute to jazz guitarist, Charlie Christian on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Songs include: Solo Flight, Flying Home, Profoundly Blue and Top...
Summer Love Songs 2016
24 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Hey Good Lookin, The Shadow Waltz, I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me, I'm Happy With the Whole Thing and It's Magic. Performe...
One Alone
17 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Performances by solo musicians, including: Roland Hayes, Jelly Roll Morton, DeFord Bailey, Pablo Casals, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Cliff Edwards and Jimmi...
Lorenz Hart Part 3
10 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs from the final years of the Rodgers and Hart partnership. Songs include: It Never Entered My Mind, Have You Met Miss Jones, Bewitched, Spring ...
Independence Day 2016
02 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Music for July 4th and a tribute to composer, Harl McDonald. Music includes: The Stars and Stripes Forever, Strike Up the Band, The Maple Leaf Rag, ...
Bears Oh My
26 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about bears, including: The Teddy Bear's Picnic, Jack the Bear, The Preacher and the Bear, Bear Creek Blues and Teddy Bear Blues. Performers inc...
Jazz Trumpeters 1940s
18 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Performers include: Ray Nance, Cootie Williams, Harry James, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis. Music includes: St Louis ...
Leftovers #21
12 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Records left off of previous shows. Music includes: Walking In My Sleep, Dos Arbolitos, Rainy Day Blues, Mahler's 9th Symphony, How High the Moon?, ...
Lorenz Hart Part 2
06 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rodgers and Hart songs from the years 1930- 1937. Songs include: There's a Small Hotel, My Romance, My Funny Valentine, Mimi, Spring Is Here, I've G...
Lorenz 'Hart Part One
29 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Part one of a series featuring the music of Broadway lyricist, Lorenz hart. This week. we look at Rodgers & Hart musicals from the 1920s. Songs incl...
Rain
23 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Into Each Life, Some Rain Must Fall, Come Rain or Come Shine, Ridin' Around In the Rain, I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, Raindrop Prelude,...
500th Show
15 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Our 500th episode! In celebration, here's highlights from some of the most downloaded shows of the past 10 years, including: sacred harp singing, Di...
Trees
28 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs celebrating trees. Songs include: Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree, The Magic Tree, Autumn Leaves, The Green Grass Grows All Around, In The Shad...
Shakespeare
23 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A special podcast marking the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. Music includes: film music from Henry V (Walton), ballet music fr...
French Composers
19 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Works include: La Mer (Debussy), Sonatine (Ravel), Espana (Chabrier), Gypsy Dance (Bizet) and Pavane (Faure). Performers include: Arthur Rodinski, Th...
Jazz Appreciation Month
10 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
For Jazz Appreciation Month, great jazz records from the 1920s-1050s. Artists include: Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Billle Holiday, Coleman H...
National Recording Registry #8
05 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Records include: Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Wildcat Blues, Statesboro Blues, ...
Gospel Vocal Groups
26 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Gospel vocal groups from 1914 to 1951. Artists include: The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, Ernest Phipps Holiness Singers, The Five Blind Boys of Miss...
St Patrick's Day 2016
16 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Irish Music for St. Patrick's Day. Artists include: Dennis Day, John McCormack, Paddy Kiloran, Michael Coleman, Morton Downey Sr. and Pakie Dolan.
10th Anniversary Show
06 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating 10 years of Music From 100 Years Ago; some of the host's favorite records from the first half of the 20th Century. Music selections inclu...
Country Music 1940
29 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Time Changes Everything, You Are My Sunshine, My Home Among the Hills, Worried Mind, Will the Circle Be unbroken and The Precious Jewel...
Africian American Big Bands
16 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Musicians include: Fletcher Henderson, Don Redman, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Benny Moten, Count Basie, Lucky Millinder, Lionel Hampton and Louis A...
Valentine's Day 2016
09 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: I Love You, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, Somebody Loves Me, Watching the Clouds Roll By and My Fate Is In Your H...
Academy Award Nominated Songs 1940s Part 2
01 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Baby Mine, So In Love, That Old Black Magic, White Christmas, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Swinging On a Sta...
Mozart's Birthday 2016
27 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 260th birthday, a 1940 recording of the Symphony #39 by the London Philharmonic orchestra conducted by Sir Thoma...
Academy Award Nominated Songs 1940s Part 1
24 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: I Got a Gal In Kalamazoo, Blues In the Night, It Might As Well Be Spring, Zip a Dee Do Dah, You Keep Coming Back Like a Song and When Y...
Centennials 2016
17 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A tribute to musicians born in 1916; one hundred years ago this year. Musicians include: Harry James, Dinah Shore, Lydia Mendoza, Charlie Christian, J...
1916
05 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The music and events of 1916. Songs include: Keep the Home Fires Burning, Pretty Baby, M O T H E R, The Missouri Waltz , Hello Hawaii and America, I...
Leftovers # 20
29 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs left over from earlier podcasts. Songs include: What Is This Thing Called Love?, Harlem Heat, Blue Prelude, As Long As I Live, No More Sweet P...
Academy Award Nominated songs 1930s
21 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Jeepers Creepers, Over the Rainbow, Cheek to Cheek, The Way You Look Tonight, I've Got You Under My Skin, The Continental and Lullaby o...
Beethoven's Birthday 2015
16 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating the 245th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven with three recordings from 1947. Works include movements from the Symphony #9, the Piano Concer...
Christmas 1930s
13 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Christmas Swing, Silent Night, Christmas Out On the Prairie, What Will Santa Claus Say? , Santa Claus Blues and Winter Wonderland. Per...
Sinatra 100th Birthday
12 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
A special, short podcast in honor of Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday. Songs include: Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week, All Or Nothing ...
1940 Part 3
06 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
More recordings from 1940 including: In The Mood, Playmates, Java Jive, How High the Moon, I Concentrate On You, Mozart's Symphony #38, I Ain't Got No...
Questions?
29 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs with questions in the title. Songs include: Whose Honey Are You? How Deep is the Ocean? Why Was I Born? Why Don't You Do Right? Is You Is Or...
Ted Koehler
23 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The life and music of song lyricist, Ted Koehler. Songs include: Stormy Weather, Animal Crackers, I've Gotta Right to Sing the Blues, Get Happy, Lov...
Songs of the Great War Part 1 Repost
17 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is a repost of a show from 2006 that was accidentally deleted from the archives. Songs from the first two years of World War I.
Green
15 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Mountain Greenery, On Green Dolphin Street, The Green Grass Grows All Around, If The Moon Turns Green and Garbo Green. Performers incl...
1940 Part Two
08 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
More hits form 1940. Songs include: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You, Flying Home, Sweet Loraine, Jailhouse Blues, Barbara Allen, Meeting In The Air...
1940 Part One
01 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Hit records from 1940, including: Summit Ridge Drive, Tuxedo Junction, Stardust, Falling In Love Again, New San Antonio Rose, I'll Get Along Somehow a...
Feamle Band Leaders
26 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Jazz bands led by women from the 1920s to the 1940s. Performers include: Lovie Austin, Ina May Hutton, Mary Lou Williams, Blanche Calloway, Valida S...
Halloween 2015
18 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The annual Halloween show featuring Ghost Walkin Blues, Mr. Ghost Goes to Town, Witch Doctor, The Halloween Dance, Bloody Razor Blues, Chopin's Funera...
Country Music Month
11 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating Country Music Month with classic records from the 1920s through the 1940s. Songs include: Alabama Jubilee, I Am Thinking Tonight Of My Blu...