PRX - Pieces for Tone: Humorous

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Caption: Helen Kane & Betty Boop
Helen Kane's name went up in lights in the in the 1920. She became one of the recording industries biggest stars.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Here's a little song about apple season: I planted an apple in the springtime / I wanted an apple tree to grow ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:45
Caption: Eddie Cantor
This program brings in those talents who saw the humor in their musical forays.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Fess Wiliams
Stanley “Fess” Williams earned his nickname from his six years teaching music. Although he taught early elements of jazz, you can believe he also i...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 25, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Billy Banks
Under the leadership of guitarist Jack Bland, The Rhythmakers constituted one of the more exciting bands of the 1930s boasting a lineup that includ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dreamland Ballroom, Credit: 1923 poster
There is the Near South Side, The Loop, Uptown, and South Side. The hot spots for finding jazz clubs and speakeasies will to violate prohibition d...

Bought by WDCB and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Missourians
They were known as the big band of the 1920s who sounded a little “country.” Not because they were from Nashville, nor did they have a twang in th...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
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"Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant" features such strange musical animals as the Pop-up toadsters, the Circular Sawtoise, the Clocktopus, and the Ballp...

Bought by KENW and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 24, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Happy ChallaDAY! An original musical comedy for Hanukkah. Book, music and lyrics by Charles Moster.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KUNM, KWIT, KCMJ Community Radio, KUNM and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2009
  • Length: 53:39
  • Purchases: 11
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Man obsesses overlearning the dance moves to Michael Jackson's "Thriller."

  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 02:07
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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