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The Exciting Broadway Overture
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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In a bygone era, the overture at the start of a Broadway musical created excitement and anticipation, teasing us about what was to come. Listen to...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
Labor Day Workers Salute (Reworked)
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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The Broadway musical is replete with characters who have jobs, from a street vendor In the Heights, to a London pie maker in Sweeney Todd.

Bought by WMNR and Interlochen Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 2
American Stories as Told in Broadway Songs
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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The musical theater is brimming with all things American. From events, to people, to crimes and politics.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
AFVN: The GI's Companion
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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For ten years, the Armed Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) radio served as a lifeline to "home" for the millions who served in Vietnam and southeast Asia.

Bought by KSRQ, KFSK, WABE, WMNR, KCNP and more


  • Added: May 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 7
Burt Bacharach: A Celebration in Song
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Burt Bacharach stands alongside all the giants in popular music: "Music by Burt Bacharach." Hew wrote hundreds of hits as varied as the weather in ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Digging Into Broadway's Black History
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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Black Americans have been major stars of the musical theater since 1906. Who was the first black Broadway star? What was the first all-black musica...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
Broadway Bound Reboot #1
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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With what Garrett Stack considers, with few exceptions, a dismal state of musical theater for the last decade, a new programming format focuses alm...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:59
220709 Fabric Bands, The New Jersey Record Companies, and That Mrs. Jones.
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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A twist on the "bird bands" names of the 1950s, the first two hours feature bands named after ... fabrics. Tweeds, wool, cotton, velvet, denim, s...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, Delmarva Public Media, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KPRG and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 03:00:00
  • Purchases: 8
Bicentennial Jukebox
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Countdown of the Top-40 hits on Billboard's Hot-100 when America turned 200 – July 4, 1976

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 03, 2022
  • Length: 02:27:30
  • Purchases: 1
Fathers
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Popular music has forever had songs written about relationships with fathers. All genres, all times.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 1
Miles & Wayne-Christmas Eve Classics
From: Daniel Polletta
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Longtime WCPN Cleveland/ideastream jazz programmer Dan Polletta has created the 58:30 segmented show “Miles & Wayne: Christmas Eve Classics.” The p...

Bought by WDCB and WCPN


  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 2
Coping With COVID
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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During times of crisis and stress, lyrics of familiar songs can take on new meaning.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio and WMNR


  • Added: Mar 30, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 2
Chanukkah In Story & Song
From: William Zukof
Series: The Western Wind Judaica Series
Caption: The Western Wind
Chanukkah In Story and Song Sung by the The Western Wind Narrated by Leonard Nimoy The acclaimed vocal sextet and the renowned actor present 25 ...

Bought by RADIOLEX, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WCQS, Radio Kansas, West Virginia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 57:48
  • Purchases: 59
The British Invasion: 1964-1967
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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For three years British recording artists dominated the American pop and rock charts. Their influence is a significant piece of popular music history.

Bought by KSRQ, CI Dolphin Radio, and WEZU


  • Added: Feb 17, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Men of Modern Broadway
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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Yesterday's leading men in musicals have been replaced by new younger talents. The cycle of rising and fading stars is a fact of life. Here are the...

Bought by WMNR, KVNO, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Apr 29, 2018
  • Length: 01:57:26
  • Purchases: 3
Tribute To R&B, Soul, Funk & Disco of the '60s & '70s
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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There would be precious few great hits of the '60s and '70s if it weren't for the thrilling sounds of R&B, Soul, Funk and Disco and the black artis...

Bought by KSRQ and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:57:24
  • Purchases: 2
Black History: African American Tony Winners
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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Black History: Saluting African American actors who have won the Tony Award for roles in musicals.

Bought by KVNO, WMNR, and WJAB


  • Added: Feb 04, 2018
  • Length: 01:56:27
  • Purchases: 3
The Emergence of Linda Ronstadt
From: Paul Ingles
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The remarkable and varied performing career of Linda Ronstadt is explored by a panel of her friends, music writers, musicians and fans. Plus archi...

Bought by KNCT FM, KSJE, Prairie Public, KSUT, WYSO and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 20
A Baby Boomer's Christmas
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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Celebrating 50 years of Phil Spector's Christmas Album and many other Baby Boomer favorites.

Bought by KSRQ, WDCB, WMNR, WEZU, KRPS and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 01:55:56
  • Purchases: 6
Isn't it Good: The Beatles' RUBBER SOUL (2 hour and 1 hour NON-NEWSCAST versions)
From: Paul Ingles
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To spotlight The Beatles' landmark album RUBBER SOUL, producer Paul Ingles presents another in his acclaimed series of specials on Beatles' history...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KDUR, KAAD-LP, Prairie Public, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:57:57
  • Purchases: 34
2015 Tony Musicals Nominations
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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A complete look at the 2015 Tony-nominated shows in the "Best Musical" and "Best Musical Revival."

  • Added: Jun 07, 2015
  • Length: 01:55:49
Jazz From the Left - Cool and West Coast Jazz
From: Raoul van Hall
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Cool out with the story of "cool" and West Coast Jazz. Available in 1, 2 or 3 hour versions. This program is available FREE TO STATIONS. Conta...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:05
The Colors of Claude Debussy - 150th Birthday Celebration
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Caption: (L to R) Kenneth Radnofsky; Marc-André Hamelin; Richard Stoltzman , Credit: Melinda Gordon
Classical New England celebrates the revolutionary French composer, with pianist Marc-André Hamelin, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, saxophonist Ken...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:31
  • Purchases: 3
This Week in Texas Music History: Sunny Ozuna
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the second week of September (9/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer whose musical oddity took him to pop s...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
This Week in Texas Music History: Emilio Navaira
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the fourth week of August (8/23): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a man who blended conjunto and country to become ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:40