Music From 100 Years Ago
Episodes
Halloween 2013
19 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The annual Halloween show. Songs include: My Friend the Ghost, The Halloween Dance, Ghost Riders In the Sky, I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried and Here ...
V-Disc Ladies
13 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Female singers featured on V-Discs from the 1940s. Performers include: Billie Holiday, Ginny Simms, Kay Starr, Dinah Shore, Marian Anderson and the ...
Verdi Bicentennial
05 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating the 200th birthday of Italian opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi. Works include: The Force of Destiny Overture, La Donna e Mobile, Requiem M...
Big Band Themes Part 2
27 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Theme songs from these bands: Cab Calloway, Hal Kemp, Benny Goodman, Eddie Duchin, Count Basie, Louis Prima, Bob Zurke and Glenn Miller.
Wedding Music
21 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: The Anniversary Song, Clancey's Wooden Wedding, The Golden Wedding, I'll Dance At Your Wedding, The Wedding March and Wedding Bells Are...
Banjo Legends
16 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Early banjo masters, including: Vess Ossman, Fred Van Epps, Harry Reser, Molly O Day, Uncle Dave Macon, Gus Cannon and Earl Scruggs. Songs include: I'...
Singer Pianists
07 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Pianists who double as singers, including: Thomas "Fats" Waller, Pat Flowers, Hadda Brooks, Cleo Brown, Hoagy Carmichael, Fats Domino and Whispering J...
1943
01 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The music of 1943, including, Song of India, Paper Doll, Night Train to Memphis, I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say No and Cherokee. Performers include: ...
Magic Music
24 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: That Old Black Magic, It's Magic, Grandpa's Spells, South Sea Island Magic and My Name Is John Wellington Welles. Performers includ...
Beer Songs
17 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Beer Barrel Polka, More Beer, Gimmie a Pigfoot, Beer Bottle Woman & The Bartender's Just Like a Mother. Performers include: Will Glah...
Robert Schumann
11 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the music of composer Robert Schumann, including excerpts from the piano concerto, Kinderszenen, the Piano Quintet, the Symphony #3 an...
Summer Love Songs 2013
03 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Let's Fall In Love, Summertime, I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me, Armful of Sweetness and Pretty Baby. Performers include:...
Dixieland Revival
27 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Bands that revived New Orleans style jazz in the 1930s and 40s. Performers include: Lu Watters, Bunk Johnson, Turk Murphy, Muggsy Spainer, Eddie Condo...
Big Band Themes Part 1
20 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Themes include: Take the A Train, Cherokee, I'm Getting Sentimental Over You, Blue Prelude, Nightmare and Bubbles In the Wine. Performers include: D...
Mack Gordon Part 2
13 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Mack Gordon's movie songs from the 1940s, including: I Had the Craziest Dream, Chattanooga Choo Choo, You'll Never Know, Down Argentine Way, At Last a...
Mack Gordon Part 1
07 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The 1930s songs of lyricist, Mack Gordon, including: Paris In the Spring, Goodnight My Love, Don't Let It Bother You, Help Youself to Happiness and I'...
July 4th
29 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Music for U.S. Independence Day, including: Star Spangled Banner, Here Comes the Navy, El Capitan and God Bless America. Performers include: Ernest Tu...
Jazz Duets
22 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Jazz times two. Performers include: Duke Ellington & Jimmy Blanton, Django Reinhart & Eddie South, Albert Ammons & Meade Lux Lewis and Louis Armstro...
Double Plays
15 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Two versions of these songs: Stardust, Caravan, Steel Guitar Rag, You Are My Sunshine and Matchbox Blues. Artists include: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Va...
Stop.mp3
08 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Stop Pretending, I Can't Stop Loving You, Stop, The Red Light's On, You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming & Nonstop Flight. Performers incl...
Wagner Bicentennial Repost
06 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
A repost of the Wagner bicentennial podcast with improved sound.
Leftovers # 15
02 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Records left off of previous podcasts. Music inclues: I'm a Happy Go Lucky Cowboy, K.C. Moan, Schubert's Impromptu #2, We've Got a Parrot At Our Hou...
More Piedmont Blues
26 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Performers include: Blind Blake, Buddy Moss, Scrapper Blackwell, Peg Leg Howell, Josh White and Reverend Gary Davis. Songs include: Lord, I Want to ...
The Big Apple Part 2
19 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
More songs about New York, including: Broadway Rose, Let Me Off Uptown, Brooklyn Bridge, Slaughter on 10th Avenue and Manhattan Minuet. Performers i...
Hotel Songs
05 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Honeymoon Hotel, Putin' On the Ritz, There's a Small Hotel, Rose Room and Lounging at the Waldorf. Performers include: Glenn Miller, ...
Train Songs Part 2
27 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Waiting For a Train, Fast Mail Rambler, Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train, Take the A Train, Texas and Pacific and It Takes a Long, Lon...
Train Songs Part 1
20 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Get On Board, Train Whistle Blues, Waiting For the Train to Come In, My Savior's Train, Rock Island Line and Cannonball Express. Perf...
Centennials 2013 Part 3
14 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
A tribute to musicians born in 1913, including: Sammy Cahn, Helen Humes, Frankie Laine, Cowboy Copas, Licia Albanese, Richard Tucker and Carmen Cavell...
V-Disc Military Bands
07 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Music produced by military bands and recorded by the V-Disc program in the 1940s. Songs include: Stairway to the Stars, Swingtime in the Rockies, Go...
The Big Apple part 1
31 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Songs celebrating New York City, Including: The Sidewalks of New York, Harlem Holliday, 42nd Street, Give Me the Moon Over Brooklyn and Coney Island W...
Bach's Birthday
30 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
A special podcast for J.S. Bach's 328th birthday featuring a 1946 recording of the Concerto for Two Violins by Jascha Heifetz.
Irving Caesar
24 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The life and music of songwriter Irving Caesar. Songs include: Tea For Two, Animal Crackers In My Soup, I Want To Be Happy, Swanee, Is It True What ...
Roots of Bluegrass
16 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Bands that influenced the development of bluegrass music. Artists include: Bill Monroe, The Skillet Lickers, Charlie Poole, The Delmore Brothers, Un...
Seventh Anniversary Show
11 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating seven years of podcasting with: Louis Armstrong, Patti Page, the Memphis Jug Band, Duke Ellington, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Johnny Mercer, ...
Schubert
03 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The music of composer Franz Schubert, including: Erlkonig, The Trout, Symphony #5, the Death and the Maiden Quartet and the Impromptu in B Flat. Per...
Ellingtonians
24 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Musicians who played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra, including: Johnny Hodges, Rex Stewart, Ivy Anderson, Jimmy Blanton, Billy Strayhorn and Jaun Tiz...
Singing Cowboys
17 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Singing Cowboys of the 1920s through the 1940s, including: Carl T. Sprague, Harry McClintock, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Tex Ritter. Songs include: ...
Valentines Day 2013
10 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Love songs for Valentines Day, including: Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree, My Heart Stood Still, One Hour Tonight, Let's Fall In Love and I Can't Belei...
In Memorium Patty Andrews
09 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
A special, short podcast in tribute to Patty Andrews, of the Andrews Sisters, who passed away January 30th, 2013 at 94.
Cotton Club
03 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Musicians who played at the famous Cotton Club in Harlem including: Duke Ellington, Adelaide Hall. Cab Calloway, Ethyl Waters, Jimmy Lunceford and the...
British Dance Bands 1930s
27 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Music Of British dance bands of the 1930s, including: Bert Ambrose, Jack Jackson, Ray Noble, Billy Cotton and Roy Fox. Songs include: Too Marvelous Fo...
Centennials 2013 Part 2
20 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
More musicians born 100 years ago this year, including: Judy Canova, Woody Herman, Bob Crosby, Jimmy Van Heusen, Ella Logan and Muddy Waters. Songs ...
Centennials 2013 part 1
13 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
A tribute to musicians born in 1913, including: Mary Martin, Grandpa Jones, Morton Gould, Charley Barnet, Danny Kaye and Rise Stevens. Songs inclue: M...
1913
06 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hit music from 1913, including: Peg O' My Heart, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, The Rite of Spring, Sweethearts and Because. Performers include: Caunc...
Leftovers #14
29 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Records left off of previous podcasts. Songs include: I Found a New Baby, Roadside Rag, Don't Grieve After Me, Nola and Puck's Dance. Performers i...
Obituaries 1977 part 2
23 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating the lives of musicains who passed away in 1977, including: Paul Desmond, Mary Ford, E. Power Biggs, Bukka White, Maria Callas and Guy Lo...
Beethoven's Birthday 2012
17 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A special, short podcast for Beethoven's birthday featuring the Eroica Variations played by Claudio Arrau.
Obituaries 1977
16 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A tribute to musicians who passed away in 1977, including: Elvis Presely, Bing Crosby, Ethel Waters, Leopold Stokowski,, Sleepy John Estes and Errol G...
Christmas 2012
08 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Frosty the Snowman, The Christmas Song, Joy to the World, Christmas Island, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and White Christmas. Perfor...
In Memorium: Dave Brubeck
08 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A special, short podcast in honor of jazz pianist and composer, Dave Brubeck. Works include: Fugue on a Bop Theme, Laura, Tea For Two and Stardust.
Forgotten Pianists
01 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Pianists forgotten by time; including: Pat Flowers, Jimmy Blythe, Hazel Scott, Donald Lambert, Rosita Renard, Zez Confrey and Jess Stacy. Works incl...
Harry von Tilzer
24 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The life and music of song writer, Harry von Tilzer. Songs include: Wait Till The Sun Shines Nelly, I Love My Wife, The Green Grass Grew All Around ...
Novelty Songs of the 1920s
17 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: I Faw Down, My One and Only, I Want to Be Bad, Diga Diga Do, Old McDonald and Tip Toe Through the Tulips. Performers include: Cliff E...
Handel
11 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Music of composer, George Fredrick Handel. Works include; Hallelujah Chorus , Zadock the Priest, Water Music , Chaconne in G and Concerto Grosso #9....
Western Swing 1940s
03 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Western swing records from the peak years of its popularity. Songs include: New San Antonio Rose, Big Ball's In Cowtown, Pistol Packin Mama, Never T...
Waltz Anyone?
28 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Waltz Me Around Again, Willie, Waltzing the Blues, Kentucky Waltz and the Minute Waltz. Performers include: Rudy Vallee, John Kirby, ...
Halloween 2012
20 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include; Mr Ghost Goes To Town, The Halloween Dance, At the Devil's Ball. I'm Scared and Devil Got My Woman. Performers include: Bessie Smith,...
V-Disc Jazz
13 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Jazz tunes especially recorded for the V-Disc program in the 1940s. Songs include: Don't Explain, Indiana, Undercurrent Blues, I Can't Get Started a...
Chuck Wagon Gang
09 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Repost of We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder, plus, The Church in the Wildwood by the Chuck Wagon Gang.
Country Gospel
06 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Southern Gospel from the 1920s - 1940s. Songs include: Jesus Hold My Hand, Gospel Ship, I Am Climbing Jacob's Ladder, Leaning On the Everlasting Arm...
Banana Music
29 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about America's favorite fruit, Iincluding; Yes, We Have No Bananas, Banana Oil, Banana In Your Fruit Basket and I Like Bananas. Performers in...
Tenors 1910-1920
23 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Tenors from the second decade of the 20th Century, including: Al Jolson, Billy Murray, Enrico Caruso, Henry Burr, Bob Roberts and Will Oakland. So...
Piano Month
16 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Music for National Piano Month. Pianists include: Art Tatum, Artur Rubinstein, Moon Mullican, Pinetop Smith, Thelonius Monk, Erroll Garner, Libera...
Harry Woods
08 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The life and music of songwriter, Harry M. Woods. Songs include: I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover, Try a Little Tenderness, Side By Side, Just An...
Hammon Organ
01 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Recordings from the 1930s and 1940s of the Hammond electric organ and novachord. Performers include: Thomas"Fats" Waller, Ethyl Smith, Milt Herth, K...
Milky Music
25 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Malted Milk, Milkshake Stand, My Very Good Friend the Milkman, Milkcow Blues and Ole Buttermilk Sky. Performers include: Robert Johnson...
Gennett Jazz
19 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Early jazz records from the Gennett label, including: Cakewalking Babies From Home, Riverboat Shuffle, Dippermouth Blues and Stardust. Performers in...
Debussy Sesquicentennial
10 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer claude Debussy. Works include: Reverie, Clair de Lune, The Girl With the Flaxen Hair, Fet...
Jealousy
04 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Jalousie, I'll Be Around, Where Did You Sleep, All the World Will Be Jealous and All or Nuttin. Performers include: Arthur Fiedler, C...
Blues Harmonica
28 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Prewar blues harp greats, including: Sonny Terry, Daddy Stovepipe, Noah Taylor, Sonny Boy Williamson 1, Eddie Mapp and Jaybird Coleman. Songs include:...
National Recording Registry Part 4
21 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Performers include: John Lee Hooker, The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, ...
Starry Music
13 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Stardust, Stella By Starlight. Stars Fell On Alabama, A Handful of Stars and Come Down My Evening Star. Performers include: Hoagy Carmi...
London Songs
07 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Songs include: Maybe It's Because I'm An Londoner, Chelsea Bridge, A Foggy Day In London, The London Bridge March, London Pride and A Nightingale Sang...
Independence Day 2012
29 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Works include: The Star Spangled Banner, The Stars and Stripes Forever, On the Mall and the 1812 Overture. Performers include: John Philip Sousa, Ed...
Strange Records
23 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Shirley Temple singing in Japanese, Nazi Jazz, a musical saw, the worst opera singer, a creepy Christmas poem and other strange records.
In Memorium : Ray Bradbury
22 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A special podcast marking the death of scifi writer, Ray Bradburry. The show includes a radio performance of Bradbury's story, The Veldt from 1951.
Leftovers # 13
16 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Records left off of earlier podcasts. Sarah Vaughn sings Just Friends. The Norwalk Symphony plays Elegy by Sibleius. Western swing by Jimmie Revar...
Western Swing 1930s
11 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The early history of western swing music. Performers include: The Light Crust Doughboys, Milton Brown, Bob Wills, Cliff Bruner, Adolph Hofner, T...
Sam Lewis
03 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The life and music of songwriter Sam Lewis. Songs include: For All We Know, Just Friends, I'm Sitting On Top Of The World, Dinah, Five foot Two and ...
Classical V-Discs Part 2
27 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
More classical music from the V-Disc program of the 1940s. Works include: Bizet's Habanera, Rossinini's Dance of the Soldiers, Purcell's Trumpet Tun...
Female Crooners
20 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Singers include: Vaughn DeLeath, Kitty Kallen, Jo Stafford, Helen Ward, Evelyn Dall and Annette Handshaw. Songs include: Are You Lonesome Tonight, A...
Cheer Up
12 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Cheerful songs from the Great Depression. Songs include: Happy Days Are Here Again, When You're Smiling, Pennies From Heaven, Don't Let It Bother Yo...
Jazz Piano 1920s-1940s
06 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Pianists include; Jelly Roll Morton, James P Johnson, Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Art Tatum, Bud Powell and Lenny Tristano. Songs include: Original Rag...
Mail Call
29 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the Armed Forces Radio show, Mail Call from the 1940s. Performers include: Frank Sinatra, Diana Shore, June Allison, Bing Crosby, the ...
Tangos
21 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Tangos from the 1910s through the 1940s. Performers include: Carlos Gardel, Roberto Firpo, Carlos di Sarli, Anibal Troilo and Juan Canaro. Tangos ...
Titanic
07 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A special program marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Songs include: When That Great Ship Went Down, The Sinking of the Tit...
Episode 300, Number Songs
31 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate the 300th episode of Music From 100 Years Ago, songs with numbers in the title, including: Tea For Two, I'm a Hundred Percent For You, ...
Delius Brigg Fair
25 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Fredrick Delius, a special podcast featuring Brigg Fair performed by Thomas Beecham and the London ...
British Composers
24 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Music By Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth, John Ireland, Arthur Sullivan, Fredrick Delius and William Walton. Works include:...
St Patrick's Day 2012
16 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Irish music including: My Wild Irish Rose, Londerry bAir, Did Your Mother Come From Ireland and traditional Irish Reels. Performers include: John Mc...
6th Anniversary Show
11 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from 6 years of Music From 100 Years Ago. Performers include: Doris Day, Meade Lux Lewis, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and Eugene Orm...
Monday Music
03 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about Monday, including: A Monday Date, Every Day Is Monday, Blue Monday Blues, Monday Again and Sunday, Monday and Always. Performers include: ...
Early Country Fiddlers
26 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Country fiddlers from the 1920s and 1930s, including Eck Robertson, John Carson, G.B. Grayson, Alfred Reed and Bob Wills. Songs include: Goin Down Thi...
The First V-Discs
18 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the first eight V-Discs, from October 1943. Songs include: Blue Skies. Sing Sing Sing. Home On the Range, Che Li and Okalahoma. Perf...
Blind Blues Musicians
04 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Blind blues singers of the 1920s and 1030s, including: Lemon Jefferson, Willie McTell, Gary Davis, Blind Blake, Blind Willie Johnson, Teddy Darb and B...
Gershwin on the Radio
29 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Music of George Gershwin as perfored on radio broadcasts in the 1930s and 1940s. Music includes: Lady Be Good, I Got Rhythm Variations, Summertime, ...
Mozart's Birthday 2012
28 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A special podcast to honor Mozart on his 256th birthday. Performers include: Thomas Beecham, The Budapest String Quartet, Wanda Landowsky and Hamilton...
The Eyes Have It
21 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Songs about eyes, including: I Only Have Eyes For You, Green Eyes, Them There Eyes, Angel Eyes and Dark Eyes. Performers include: Billie Holiday. Ja...
2012 Centennials
15 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A tribute to performers born 100 years ago this year, including: Perry Como, Lightnin Hopkins, Woody Guthrie, Georg Solti, Don Byas & Marta Eggerth. ...
1912
07 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hit songs from 1912, including: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, Oh You Beautiful Doll, Love Is Mine, Come Down My Evening Star and Waiting For the Robert...