Podcast
Music From 100 Years Ago
Hosted by Brice Fuqua · EN
Recordings from the early 20th Century with comments.
26episodes
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Centennials 2025 Part 1
Jan 20, 2025Tap to summarizeA salute to musicians born in 1925, including: Sammy Davis Jr, Art Pepper, Marty Robbins, Celia Cruz, Oscar Peterson, Johnny Horton, Bill Haley and Charlie Byrd.
Transcribe →Many Happy Returns
Jan 31, 2023Tap to summarizeSongs include: Many Happy Returns of the Day, River of No Return, Return to Paradise, Return Trip, If You Never Return & Lemminkainen's Return. Performers include: Bing Crosby, Marylin Monroe, Buddy Johnson, Eugene Ormandy, Nat King Cole and Arden & Ohman.
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Bach Transcriptions
May 4, 2015Tap to summarizeBach works transcribed for orchestra. Works include: Toccata and Fugue in d Minor, Trio Sonata BVW 525, Sheep May Safely Graze, and Fantasia and Fugue in c Minor BWV 537 . Conductors include: Leopold Stokowski, John Barbaroli, Eugene Ormandy, Aturo Toscanini and Albert Coates.
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Titanic
Apr 7, 2012Tap to summarizeA special program marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Songs include: When That Great Ship Went Down, The Sinking of the Titanic, Nearer My God to Thee, God Moves On the Water , plus interviews with two Titanic survivors. Performers include: Leadbelly, the Knickerbocker Quartet, Ernest Stoneman, Blind Willie Johnson, Charles Lightoller and Edith Rosenbaum Russel. More interviews with Titanic survivors can be heard at: bbc.co.uk/archive/titanic.
Transcribe →Command Performance
Nov 6, 2010Tap to summarizeHighlights from the Command Performance radio show of the 1940s. Performers include: Bob Hope, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Count Basie, Bing Crosby,James Cagney and Frank Sinatra. Songs include: Embraceable You, I'll Be Back, Just One of Those Things and Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child.
Transcribe →Stephen Foster
Nov 5, 2006Tap to summarizeSongs by Stephen Foster. Including: Oh Susannah, Old Folks at Home and Beautiful Dreamer.Note: Some of these old recordings contain racial terms that may be offensive to some people.
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