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Modern Notebook for April 28 - May 4, 2024 (Ep. 243)

From: WSMR
Series: Modern Notebook

On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: States of discord: like struggle, disagreement, dispute, and division - is the subject matter of Clar...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KECG, WDAV Classical Public Radio, and KCNP

Rain

From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show

Records from the 1950s and 1960s featuring rain in the title.

Max Reger and Pals

From: Brent Johnson
Series: King of Instruments

We continue our month of exploring Romantic musical giants by going to Germany and the music of Max Reger and some of his contemporaries.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

The Beatles - April 4, 1964

From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show

An unprecedented week in pop music history.

4 in 1 Volume 1

From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show

Artists in the rock'n'roll era who scored 4 or more top ten hits in the span of 12 or fewer months

Modern Notebook for March 31 - April 6, 2024 (Ep. 239)

From: WSMR
Series: Modern Notebook

On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline, tune in for a work by Kerry Politzer for solo piano titled “Microclimates,” and a buzzing work by ...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KECG, WDAV Classical Public Radio and more

Damin Spritzer

From: Brent Johnson
Series: King of Instruments

This week we highlight the work of American organist and pedagogue Damin Spritzer. Spritzer has enthusiastically brought a new awareness to some co...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

String Is The Thing

From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show

Rock'n'roll era records featuring strings!

1-4-1

From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®

In the pop music Baby Boomer Era, 1955-1985, there were 600 #1 hits. 210 of them were #1 for one week, 1-4-1. Several had significance for one reas...

Bought by KSRQ

The Exciting Broadway Overture

From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound

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...

Oddballs: All #1 Hits

From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®

Why? How? America bought and brought all these oddball hits to #1. Many off-the-wall. Others weird premises. But they all had "cart topper" status.

Bought by KSRQ

Black Roots on the Harlem Jukebox

From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®

The second half of the 20th century saw the beginning of the culmination of American Black Music styles explode into the mainstream. But the genesi...

Bought by KSRQ

You Gotta Have Heart!

From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show

Valentine's Day - Heart records!

60th Anniversary - The Beatles - February 9, 1964

From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show

60th anniversary of The Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show!

The Day the Music Died

From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show

65th anniversary of The Day The Music Died

Teen Tragedies

From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show

The phenomenon of 1950s and 1960s teen tragedy records

The Song Writers - 4 Teams

From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®

Song writers are behind every hit we have ever heard. Here are four songwriting teams that gave use hundreds of our favorite songs in the '60s and ...

Bought by KSRQ

A Taste of Italy

From: Mike Ficher
Series: The Ultimate Oldies Show

Rock'n'roll artists of Italian descent

1964: The Year That Changed Pop Music Forever

From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®

With the British invasion of 1964 a new era of pop music was ushered in. But it was more than the Brits making noise in 1964.

Bought by KSRQ

Double Talk - (Major Rework)

From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®

Many many song titles contain one word repeated two or three or more times. Listen to 34 of them here.

Bought by WMNR, KSRQ, and WEZU

Billboard's 500 Best Pop Songs

From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®

Billboard Magazine's Hot-100 celebrated its 65th Anniversary in 2023. On this occasion the 500 "best" POP songs to have ever been on the chart were...

Bought by KSRQ

MOTOWN DETROIT: 1959-1972 (Can be tailored to your fundraiser)

From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®

Magical music was born in a little bungalow in Detroit, Michigan by an incredible team of visionaries and talented musicians. That music changed th...