Music From 100 Years Ago
Episodes
The Big Apple Part 3
05 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs of New York, including: Night Game in Brooklyn, Lullaby of Broadway, Fifth Avenue, The Man From Harlem, New York City Blues and Slumming On Park...
Songs of the South
28 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: My Window Faces the South, Swanee, Mint Julep, Down South Camp Meeting, Alabama Jubilee and Georgia On My Mind. Performers include: ...
Haydn
21 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the music of Austrian composer, Franz Joseph Haydn. Works include movements from the Surprise Smphony, the String Quartet #50, the H...
Cylinder Recordings
14 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Records made on cylinders from 1902 to 1919, including: The Thunderer, In the Garden, I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, Shine On Harvest Moon, The Carmen M...
Leftovers #19
07 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Stardust, Hebbie Jeebies, Born to Swing, The Yam, A Sailboat In the Moonlight and Songs of Native Birds. Performers include: James Ree...
Murder Ballads
30 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Frankie and Johnny, Down on the Banks of the Ohio, White House Blues, Louis Collins, Pretty Polly, Tom Dooley and Stack O Lee Blues. P...
Potato Songs
20 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Records featuring the potato & the sweet potato. Songs include: Potato Head Blues, Solid Potato Salad, The Yam, Sweet Potato Piper, All That Meat an...
1937 Part 2
13 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: I Can't Get Started, Bei Mir Bist du Shoen, Nobodys Darlin But Mine, Why Was I Born, The Dipsy Doodle, The Merry Go Round Broke Down an...
Independence Day 2015
04 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: God Bless America, The Stars and Stripes Forever, Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle, Victory Stride, America and Song of Freedom. Perform...
1937 Part One
29 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Part one of a series on great records recorded in 1937. Records include: One O'Clock Jump, Sing,Sing,Sing, Let's Call The Whole Thing Off, Hellhound O...
Summer Songs 2015
24 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Summertime, Indian Summer, In the Good Old Summertime, Summer Holiday, Summer Night and Summertime Is Past And Gone. Performers i...
Mitchell Parish
14 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The songs of lyricist, Mitchell Parish. Songs include: Stardust, Sleigh Ride, Stars Fell On Alabama, The Lamp is Low, My Window Faces the South,Swee...
Double Plays Part 2
31 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Alternate versions of the same song. Songs include: Runnin Wild, Tiger Rag, Open the Door Richard, Caravan and San Antonio Rose. Performers includ...
Country Music 1935
24 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Tumbling Tumbleweeds, I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart, Are You Tired of Me My Darlin, Taking Off, I Ain't Got Nobody and I'm Rolling...
"Girl Singer"
17 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Female big band singers form the 1930s and 1940s, including: Edyth Wright, Ella Fitzgerald, Kitty Kallen, Blanche Calloway, June Christy, Jo Stafford ...
All Aboard the Jazz Train
10 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Jazz bands play train songs. Songs include: Daybreak Express, Take the A Train, Honky Tonk Train Blues, Night Train, Cannonball Express and D...
Bach Transcriptions
04 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Bach works transcribed for orchestra. Works include: Toccata and Fugue in d Minor, Trio Sonata BVW 525, Sheep May Safely Graze, and Fantasia and Fug...
Cowboy Songs
27 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Performers include: Gene Autry, Roy Rogers & Dale Evans, The Sons of the Pioneers, The Carter Family, Slim Whitman and Patsy Montana. Songs include:...
World Watr I 1915
18 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Popular songs from the second year of the First World War. Songs include: It's a Long Way to Tipperary, Don't Take My Darling Boy Away, My Old Iron ...
Billie Holiday Centennial
11 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
A special, short podcast to mark the 100th birthday of Jazz singer, Billie Holiday. Songs include: A Fine Romance, Don't Explain, What's new? and Go...
Guitar Month
05 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
For National Guitar Month, a show featuring great guitarists from the 1920s through the 1950s. Guitarists include: George Barnes, Charlie Christian, E...
National Recording Registry #7
31 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the Library of Congress National Recording Registry. Performers include: Louis Armstrong, Patricia Morison, Blind Lemon Jefferson, T...
Sviatoslav Richter Centennial
26 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Russian pianist, Sviatoslav Richter. Music includes: Liszt: Transendental Etude #5, Chopin: Milita...
Harlod Arlen Part 2
22 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs written by Harlod Arlen in the 1940s and 1950s. Songs include: My Shining Hour, Ac Cent Uate The Positive, One for My Baby, That Old Black Mag...
St Patrick's Day 2015
15 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Irish music for St. Patrick's Day. Songs include: The Morning Dew, My Wild Irish Rose, Flannagan's Mother-In_Law, The Isle of Innisfree, There's a...
Ninth Anniversary Show
08 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating nine years of Music From 100 Years Ago with some of the host's favorite records. Performers include: Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, the Tun...
Harlod Arlen Part 1
01 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The life and music of composer, Harlod Arlen, from the 1920s and 1930s. Songs include: It's Only a Paper Moon, Get Happy, Let's Fall In Love, Over t...
Sister Acts
22 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Sister singing groups from the 1920s through the 1950s. Groups include: the Brox Sisters, the Boswell Sisters, the Andrews Sisters, the Fontane Sister...
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
15 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about the Lone Star State given a jazz treatment. Songs include: Deep In The Heart Of Texas, The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You, Dallas Blues, Acros...
Early African American Stars
08 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
African-American recording stars from 1900 through 1925. Performers include: Bert Williams, James Reese Europe, Mamie Smith, Eubie Blake, George Was...
Love Songs: Happy and Sad
01 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Love songs, both happy and sad, for Valentine's Day. Songs include: Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Heart and Soul, You're So Darn Charming, Easy to Lov...
Mozart's Birthday 2015
28 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
A special, short podcast in honor of Mozart's 259th birthday. Music includes the Symphony 38, the Piano Sonata 12 and the Marriage of Figaro Overtur...
Jazz Piano 1940s
26 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Pianists include: Thomas 'Fats" Waller, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Thelonius Monk, George Shearing, Errol Garner, Dave Brubeck, Albert Ammons, Pete Jo...
Centennials 2015 Part 2
20 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
More musicians born 100 years ago, this year. Perfomers include: Billie Holiday, Frankie Yankovic, Willie Dixon, Edith Piaf, Sviatoslav Richter, Brown...
Centennials 2015 Part 1
11 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
A tribute to musicians born in 1915. Performers include: Frank Sinatra, Una May Carlise, Les Paul, Alice Faye, Turk Murphy, Billy Strayhorn, Earl Wild...
1915
03 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Songs from 1915, including: It's a Long Way to Tipperarary, Listen to the Mockingbird, Swing Low, I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier, St Louis Blue...
Leftovers #18
28 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Records left off earlier podcasts. Songs include: Tennessee Waltz, Knock Me a Kiss, Round and Round, You're Laughing At Me and Limehouse Blues. Pe...
Fun Music
21 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Songs that are fun. Tunes include: And The Green Grass Grew All Around, Honky Tonk Train Blues, Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby, Take An Old Cold Ta...
Beethoven's Birthday 2014
14 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating Beethoven's 244th birthday with historical recordings. Works include movements from: Symphony #2, Bagateles Op. 33, String Quartet #5, P...
A Jewish-American Christmas
07 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Famous Christmas songs written by Jewish-American songwriters. Songs include: Winter Wonderland, White Christmas, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Rudolp...
To Tell the Truth
30 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Songs with truth or true in the title. Songs include: It Must Be True, My Untrue Cowgirl, The Truth of the Matter, It's Sad But True and If Dreams C...
Food Music
23 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A musical feast to celebrate Thanksgiving. Songs include: Turkey Hop, Low Gravy, Blueberry Hill, Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee and Solid Potato S...
Hawaiian Guitar
16 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Classic Hawaiian guitarists from the 1920s and 1930s, including Lani McIntire, Frank Ferera, Sol Hoopi, Andy Iona, Tau & Rose Moe, Sam Ku West and Ben...
Road Music
09 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about the road. Tunes include: Crossroads Blues, Hit the Road, One For My Baby and One More For the Road, Stay On the Right Side of the Road, Wa...
Saxophonists
02 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Great sax men from the 1930s and 1940s. Performers include: Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Sidney Bechet, Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster a...
Halloween 2014
26 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The annual Halloween show. Songs include: The Halloween Dance, Mr Ghost Goes to Town, Riders In The Sky, Coffin Blues, The House is Haunted and Musi...
Chopin
19 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Historical recordings of Chopin favorites. Works include: Polonaise #3, Scherzo #1, Berceuse, Waltz # 7, and Nocturne #19. Pianists include: Vladimi...
Early Jug Bands
12 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Jug Bands from the 1920s and 1930s. Bands include: the Memphis Jug Band, Cannon's Jug Stompers, King David's Jug Band, the Louisville Jug Band and N...
Nonblues Blue Music
05 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Songs with blue in the title that aren't blues songs. Songs include: Blue Skies, When the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day, Blue Tango,...
Irving Berlin 1930s
28 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Puttin On The Ritz, Heat Wave, I've got My Love To Keep Me Warm, How Deep Is The Ocean, Easter Parade and God Bless America. Perfor...
1920s Jazz Bands
22 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Potato Head Blues, I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover, Original Jelly Roll Blues, You've Got to Get Hot and Creole Love Call. Musici...
V Disc Ladies
14 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Female singers who recorded for the V-Disc program in the 1940s. Performers include: Kay Starr, Billie Holliday, Ginny Simms, Georgia Gibbs, Peggy l...
Sugar
07 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Sugar, My Sugar Is So Refined, Sugar Daddy, My Brown Skin Sugar Plum, Sugar Baby and Sugar Foot Rag. Performers include: Harry James,...
Country Music 1945-1950
31 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Singers include: Hank Williams, Eddie Arnold,Moon Mullican, Bill Monroe, Jack Guthrie, Ernie Ford, Bob Wills and Hank Snow. Songs include: Boquet ...
1940s Jazz
23 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Performers include: Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Fats Navarro, Charlie Christian, Bud Powell, Lu Watters, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and Billie Ho...
1944 Part 2
17 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Hot Time in the Town of Berlin, There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder, Night and Day, Artistry In Rhythm, Holiday For Strings and He's Fu...
1920s Dance Bands
10 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Popular dance bands from the Roaring 20s, including: Paul Whiteman, Leo Reisman, Nat Shilkret, Art Hickman, Ben Selvin and Isham Jones. Songs includ...
First World War
02 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Marking the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, Songs include: Your King and Country Want You, I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be a Soldier, Keep ...
Waltz Time
27 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Songs in 3/4 time. Tunes include: Sidewalks of New York, Always, Missouri Waltz, Goodnight Irene, After the Ball and Oh What a Beautiful Morning. Pe...
Bach 2014
20 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A program marking the 264th anniversary of J.S. Bach's death. Works include: Brandenburg Concerto #1, The Musical Offering, The St Matthew Passion, Th...
Whiteman Plays Gershwin
12 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Music of George Gershwin performed by Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra. Works include: Rhapsody In Blue, I'll Build A Stairway, The Man I Love, Conce...
Summer Love Songs 2014
06 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: You Fit Into the Picture, I Only Have Eyes For You, Day By Day, If You Knew Susie, Cuddle Up and I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm. Pe...
4th of July With the Goldman Band
29 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Patriotic music performed by Edwin Franco Goldman and the Goldman Band. Music includes: The Stars And Stripes Forever, On The Mall, King Cotton, The C...
Leftovers # 17
22 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Records left off previous podcasts, including: Charleston, Gnomes, Got a Penny, Screech Owl Man, Do I Love You? and Freilecher Yontov. Performers in...
Rarities
14 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Shirley Temple singing in Japanese. A 1932 Duke Ellington record, in stereo! John Guilgud reciting Shakespeare. King Tut's trumpets played. A Fred...
Saul Chaplin
08 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The music and life of songwriter, Saul Chaplin. Songs include: Bei Mir Bist Du Schon, The Anniversary Song, Rhythm Is Our Business, Please Be Kind a...
Walking Music
01 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk, Walking Blues, In Walked Bud, Walking the Floor, Sidewalk Blues, My Walking Stick and I Don't Want ...
1944 Part One
25 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The music of 1944, including: Swinging On a Star-- Bing Crosby, I'll Be Seeing You -- Billie Holiday, Dancing In the Dark -- Artie Shaw, Tiny's Te...
Sand
17 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Love Letters In the Sand, Sand Dunes, Miami Beach Rhumba, Texas Sand and Pushing Sand. Performers incluce: Lee Morse, Kay Kayser, G...
Wine
11 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Songs celebrating wine, including, Drinking Wine, Wine, Women and Song, Blue Champagne, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine and Bubbles In The Wine. Performers i...
Ladies Sing the Blues 2
03 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Female blues singers from the 1920s, including: Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Eva Taylor, Mamie Smith, Ethyl Waters, Lucille Bogan, Alberta Hunter and Mary...
Player Piano Rolls
19 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Player piano rolls from 1905 to 1928. Performers include: James P Johnson, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Geroge Gershwin, Gustav Mahler, Vladimir Horowitz ,...
National Recording Registery Part 6
13 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the Library Of Congress' National Recording Registery. Performers include: Charley Parker, Roland Hayes, Erich Von Korngold, Bing Cros...
Jazz Quintets
05 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Jazz quintets featuring: Louis Armstrong, Dexter Gordon, Raymond Scott, Thelonius Monk, George Shearing and Django Reinhardt. Songs include: Dinah, ...
Composer Conductors
30 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Composers conducting their own works. Composers include: Edward Elgar, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Sergi Prokofiev, Gustav Holst and Pietro ...
Klezmer
23 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Classic early klezmer recordings featuring Dave Tarras, Abe Schwatrtz, Naftule Brandwein, Joseph Solinski , Israel Hochmann, and Mishka Ziganoff. Song...
8th Anniversary Show
15 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the host's favorite records, including Sepia Panaroma, Come On Baby, I Shall Wear A Crown, Mock Morris, You're From Texas and Candlelights. ...
400th Episode
10 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the first two years of Music From 100 years Ago.
St Patrick's Day 2014
02 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Irish Music for St. Patrick's Day. Songs include: My Wild Irish Rose, Dear Irish Boy, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, The Blackthorn Stick and Gilda Ra...
Cole Porter 1930s
23 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Song writer, Cole Porter's work from the 1930s. Songs include: My Heart Belongs to Daddy, You're the Top, Night and Day, Anything Goes, At Long Last...
1920s Piano
16 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Pianists of the 1920s, including: George Gershwin, Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Vladimir Horowitz, Bix Beiderbeck, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Thomas...
Highlights From Jubilee
10 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the World War II era radio show, Jubilee. Jubilee was an Armed Forces Radio request show targeting African-American servicemen and wom...
Valentine's Day 2014
02 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Love songs by Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, The Boswell Sisters, Jo Stafford, Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers. Songs include: Sta...
Mozart's Birtday 2014
31 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A special, short podcast in honor of the 258th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Works include: the Symphony #1, Dove Sono and The overture to Co...
Gospel Music 1930s
26 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Artists include: Thomas A. Dorsey, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mahalia Jackson, The Rev. Gary Davis, The Golden Gate Quartet and the Heavenly Gospel Singer...
Loose Change
19 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Pennies From Heaven, Dime a Dozen, Betcha Nickel, Penny Seranade and Brother, Can You Spae a Dime? Performers include: Rudy Vallee, R...
Centennials 2014
12 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Musicians born 100 years ago this year, including: Ernest Tubb, Dorothy Lamour, Sonny Boy Williamson, Larry Adler, Erskine Hawkins, Rafael Kubelik, Bi...
1914
05 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The hit records of 1914, including: Trusting Eyes, Aba Daba Honeymoon, The Memphis Blues, The Good Ship Mary Ann, Cohen on the Telephone and It's a ...
Leftovers #16
28 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Records left off of previous shows. Songs include: Oh What a Beautiful Morning, Ko Ko, No Wedding Bells For Me, La Traviata Prelude, Trouble in Mind...
Haven Gillespie
23 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The life and music of song writer, Haven Gillespie. Songs include: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, You Go to My Head, Whose Honey Are You?, Right Or ...
Beethoven's Birthday 2013
16 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating Beethoven's birthday with three historic recordings. Works include: Fur Elise, Violin Sonata #7 and The Concecration of the House Overtu...
Cold Music
14 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Music about being cold. Works include: Baby It's Cold Outside, Cold, Cold Heart, Massas In the Cold, Cold Ground, It's Getting Chilly, Out In the Co...
National Recording Registry Part 5
07 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
More highlights from the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Music includes: 12th Street Rag, In a Mellotone, Can't Help Lovin That Ma...
Christmas 2013
01 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Winter Wonderland, Santa Claus Got Stuck In the Chimney, Let It Snow, Don't Wait Until Christmas Night and Canon in D. Performers inc...
Early Country Women
24 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Pioneering women in country music from the 1930s and 1940s, including: Patsy Montana, The Girls of the Golden West, Moonshine Kate, Shirley Thoms, Lul...
The Gettysburg Address
19 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The host recites the Gettysburg Address on the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's famous speech.
Thanks
16 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about being thankful, including: Thanks For the Memory, I Want To Thank You Folks, Thanks a Million, Thank Your Father and Thank You Mr. Moon. ...
Ellingtonians Part 2
10 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Sidemen of the Duke Ellinbgton Orchestra from the 1930s and 1940s. Performers include: Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster, Herb Jeffries, Al Hibbler, Ray Na...
Return to the Delta
02 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Blues singers of the Mississippi Delta, including: Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, Son House, Bukka White, Memphis Minnie and Skip James. Songs incl...
Serenades
26 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Sunrise Serenade, Manhatthan Serenade, Serenade For a Wealthy Widow, Sleepy Serenade and Shepard's Serenade. Performers include: The ...