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He was a master ”Tickler”. Stride piano is the term attached later to a specific rhythmic style where the left hand follows the pattern of the rig...
- Added: Sep 07, 2012
- Length: 58:54
Remember Dick Powell the actor? How about Dick Powell the jazz banjo player? He’s just one of many obscure early jazz performers heard in this pro...
- Added: Aug 21, 2012
- Length: 58:55
The origin of his nickname is disputed. Regardless of the reasons, Francis Joseph Julian Spanier was simply known as Muggsy. Before Bix Beiderbeck...
- Added: Jul 12, 2012
- Length: 58:59
Harold Arlen wrote some of the greatest hits jazz and popular music, including the entire score to the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz. But there a...
- Added: Jun 29, 2012
- Length: 58:58
This is a glimpse at some of those talented bands of the 1920s and ‘30s who only recorded a few sides in their brief careers. There is some buried...
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 58:54
In 1922 composer Harry Warren created his first hit, "Rose of the Rio Grande," with lyrics by Edgar Leslie. From that successful launch came a prod...
- Added: Apr 12, 2012
- Length: 58:59
There are three audible stages in the career of Louis Armstrong: The years prior to recording when he performed with Fate Marable, Oscar Celestin a...
- Added: Apr 06, 2012
- Length: 59:01
He has one foot in vaudeville and one foot in jazz, and he was a show unto himself. Ted Lewis was the only popular bandleader who could show up wit...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 59:01
In 1921, the Coconut Grove nightclub was the place to see and be seen. Hollywood stars frequently the club located in a peaceful rural setting sur...
- Added: Mar 09, 2012
- Length: 58:57
In recognition of Hanukkah, this show is dedicated to the Jews who catapulted popular music to stage and radio from the 1900 to the early 1930s.
Bought by Troy Public Radio, KWIT, and WNMU-FM
- Added: Dec 12, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
One of America's most creative and prolific composers and lyricists, Hoagy Carmichael.
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Dec 01, 2011
- Length: 58:53
- Purchases: 1
George Carlin's 7 Dirty Words - RIP Mixes (clean)
Bought by XRAY.fm, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KGLT, Marfa Public Radio, and KVMR
- Added: Jun 23, 2008
- Length: 21:02
- Purchases: 5
From: Nicole Haldeman
Michael Palin presents a radio special about the Beatles? second movie Help!, which was first released in 1965.
Bought by WGDR, WCPN, KGLT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Oct 22, 2007
- Length: 48:21
- Purchases: 4
