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221112 The Second Rock and Roll Record
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Rock n' Tones Bop Boy LP Cover
85 song's you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of but all could claim to have made "the second rock and roll song." (Because finding...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 02:59:00
  • Purchases: 7
KC Gems
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Benny Moton Orchestra
Kansas City developed a unique style of jazz in the 1920s. Musicians borrowed heavily from blues and ragtime. In the process, the band leaders deve...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Songster
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Ethel Waters
Before there can be a singer there has to be a lyricist. Fortunately, the 1920s were rich in the number of creative wordsmiths. Not to mention the...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
221029 Searching for Good Radio is the Search for the First Rock and Roll Song.
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Rockin' R's
The first rock and roll songs catered to being on the radio on the hope of catching the masses' ears. And radio catered to this new sound of hot m...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 02:59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Lines of Color
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Edythe Turnham's Band
: Jazz emphasized improvisation and individual expression. It became a symbol of freedom and rebellion. Especially for the young. The fact that it...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
221022 The First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Bronzettes
Plenty of girl groups tonight.

Bought by KFCF FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Prairie Public, Delmarva Public Media, KPRG and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 02:58:59
  • Purchases: 6
EP209 Charlie Musselwhite "Mississippi Son"
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Charlie Musselwhite has been playing the blues for over 60 years. His latest project takes him back to his roots in Mississippi.

Bought by WLPR and WLPR


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
A Handful of Riffs
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Lang & Johnson
One entry into the field of jazz that is frequently overlooked is the guitar. It belonged in the rhythm section. That is until Eddie Lang and a few...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
221015 Searching for the First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Bobby Martin and the Tune Twisters
Songs about hickies!

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2022
  • Length: 02:59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Hanging Out with Royalty
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: WRK
The group went by quite a number of different names, but the one they were best know for was The Washboard Rhythm Kings. They were, by far, the mos...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Music of the Nuclear Age
From: David Dunaway
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Today's headlines include threats of nuclear war in Ukraine and the possibility of contamination from bombing off Ukraine's nuclear power plant. Th...

Bought by Prairie Public and KVCR


  • Added: Oct 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
221008 Songs About The Third Girl's Revenge, Judy, and Reggae Where You Least Expect It
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Exploring the beginnings of post WWII musical culture. When a new, "hot" music emerged from the orthodoxy of established musics. Later we would c...

Bought by KFCF FM, Prairie Public, WQCS, KPRG, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 03, 2022
  • Length: 03:58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Quality in the Performance
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Quality Serenaders
Almost completely forgotten today is a little known band based in Los Angeles in 1929 & ’30. Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders recorded a dozen titl...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP206 Jessie Mae Hemphill
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Jessie Mae Hemphill was a 4th generation Mississippi musician who learned how to play music from her granddaddy (as she called him).

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 1
EP205 A.C. Reed
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Aaron Corthen was more commonly known in the Blues music world as A.C. Reed and was heard on countless recordings as a contributing saxophone player.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:21
  • Purchases: 1
EP204 John Primer Hard Times
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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"Hard Times" is the title of this 2022 album by veteran Bluesman John Primer and is aptly named for our current time.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 24, 2022
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 1
Searching
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Reb Spike & his Pods of Pepper
A few musicians made the upper echelons of jazz in the 1920s. But, for every one at the top, there are hundreds of talented performers who only rec...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
221001 Answer Songs and The Root Songs of Root Music
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Kathy Lynn and the Playboys
Searching for the first rock and roll song in all the music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. This week, we'll start with son...

Bought by KFCF FM, WQCS, KPRG, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2022
  • Length: 02:59:00
  • Purchases: 6
220925 First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Vaqueros from MN
Integrated into the expected sound of the show, a narrative on art versus commercialism. Culminates with a hard close for membership in last two m...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, KPRG, and WQCS


  • Added: Sep 19, 2022
  • Length: 02:59:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Decade in the Windy City
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Eddie Condon
They were a team in 1928 when times were good, and reunited in 1938 at the peak of the depression. They were known as the Footwarmers and the Windy...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
220920 First Rock and Roll Song - Surf and Vocal Group Harmony Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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A focus on surf and vocal group harmony songs tonight. California can claim a regional, indigenous music; surf music. Ironically, the blonde Ca...

Bought by KPRG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Prairie Public, Delmarva Public Media, and WQCS


  • Added: Sep 14, 2022
  • Length: 03:58:00
  • Purchases: 5
Like a Lover
From: Will Duchon
Series: The Night Cafe
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Tracks from some new recordings, and some surprises.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2022
  • Length: 57:51
Deeper Voices - Baritone & Bass
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Adrian Rollini
When Adrian Rollini introduced the bass saxophone to the front line instruments, several other reed artists were inspired to follow suit. The big d...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Leading Voices in Jazz
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Adelaide Hall
There was no roadmap to success for the Early instrumentalists and vocalists in jazz. They were in untested waters and out on a limb. Nevertheless,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
220905 The First Rock and Roll Song
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Rodney and the Blazers
In the early 1950s, before "Rock and Roll," before Elvis, there were "doo wop" bands. More broadly, there were vocal group harmony bands. Think o...

Bought by KPRG, KFCF FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Prairie Public, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 03:58:00
  • Purchases: 6

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