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Each week, Sam Waldron hosts “45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s” a musical journey back to the days when he was young. Each one-hour show combines stories and recordings centered on a theme.
Episode 311, Come Fly With Me Part 1, features 17 recordings picked at random from a playlist on Sam Waldron’s phone during a long red-eye flight. Performers include Matt Monro, Jimmy Durante, Barbara Cook, Robert Goulet, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Noel Paul Stokey, Pee Wee King, and Bobby Darin.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 311 | Come Fly With Me 1 | | Playlist | | 1 | Week in New England | Vic Damone | | 2 | Seems Like Old Times | Guy Lombardo | | 3 | Slow Poke | Pee Wee King | | 4 | Someone to Watch Over Me | Sarah Vaughan | | 5 | The Long Way Home | Norah Jones | | 6 | Don’t Blame Me | Barbara Cook | | 7 | I’ll Be Seeing You | The Five Satins | | 8 | If Ever I Would Leave You | Robert Goulet | | 9 | Dear Heart | Jack Jones | | 10 | Dream Lover | Bobby Darin | | 11 | The Wedding Song | Noel Paul Stokey | | 12 | You Make Me Feel So Young | Frank Sinatra | | 13 | I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You | Linda Ronstadt | | 14 | Harbor Lights | The Platters | | 15 | September Song | Jimmy Durante | | 16 | How Little We Know | Matt Monro |
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Episode 310, Music of Harold Arlen, features songs from one of the 20th century’s lesser-known songwriters. Titles include Over the Rainbow, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Stormy Weather, Let’s Fall in Love, Blues in the Night, That Old Black Magic, and I’ve Got the World on a String.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 310 | Music of Harold Arlen | | Playlist | | 1 | Over the Rainbow | Larry Clinton & Bea Wain | | 2 | Get Happy | Sammy Davis Jr. | | 3 | Blues in the Night | Dinah Shore | | 4 | That Old Black Magic | Louis Prima & Keely Smith | | 5 | I’ve Got the World on a String | Frank Sinatra | | 6 | When the Sun Comes Out | Tony Bennett | | 7 | The Man That Got Away | Judy Garland | | 8 | I Had Myself a True Love | Barbra Streisand | | 9 | Stormy Weather | Ethel Waters | | 10 | Stormy Weather | Bob Dylan | | 11 | Happiness is a Thing Called Joe | Ella Fitzgerald | | 12 | Come Rain or Come Shine | Ray Charles | | 13 | This Time The Dreams On Me | Nancy Wilson | | 14 | Let’s Fall in Love | Kristen Chenoweth | | 15 | One For My Baby | Rosemary Clooney | | 16 | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Perry Como |
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Episode 309, My Favorite Albums, samples a dozen LPs that were Sam Waldron’s favorites when he was young. Performers include Tommy Sands, Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, The Platters, Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, and The Beatles.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 309 | My Favorite Albums | | Playlist | | Every Little Thing I Want to Do | Pat Boone | | Little White Lies | Pat Boone | | Old Shep | Elvis Presley | | Remember When | The Platters | | PS I Love You | Mel Torme | | The Folks Who Live on the Hill | Mel Torme | | I Wish I Didn’t Love You So/Bewitched | The Ray Conniff Singers | | Just in Time | Barbra Streisand | | Sing Boy Sing | Tommy Sands | | When I’m Sixty-Four | The Beatles | | She’s Leaving Home | The Beatles | | I’ve Got a Crush on You | Linda Ronstadt | | I Could Have Danced All Night | Julie Andrews | | Song of the Jet Set | Tony Bennett | | Two by Two | Tony Bennett | | A String of Pearls | The Glenn Miller Orchestra |
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Episode 308, Bill Haley and His Comets, explores the music of the group most responsible for ushering in the era of 1950s rock and roll. Included are a few of Haley’s very early recordings from the 1940s. Songs include Rock Around the Clock, Forty Cups of Coffee, Skinny Minnie, Rip It Up, Shake Rattle and Roll, See Ya Later Alligator, and a dozen more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 308 | Bill Haley and His Comets | | Playlist | | 1 | Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 2 | Crazy Man Crazy | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 3 | Shake Rattle and Roll | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 4 | Dim Dim Dim The Lights | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 5 | Candy Kisses | Bill Haley and the 4 Aces of Western Swing | | 6 | Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals | Bill Haley and the 4 Aces of Western Swing | | 7 | Rockin’ Chair on the Moon | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 8 | Piccadilly Rock | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 9 | Vive La Rock and Roll | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 10 | Forty Cups of Coffee | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 11 | See Ya Later Alligator | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 12 | Rip it Up | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 13 | Razzle Dazzle | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 14 | The Paper Boy on Main Street | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 15 | Thirteen Women | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 16 | Skinny Minnie | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 17 | Ida — Sweet as Apple Cider | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 18 | Charmaine | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 19 | Charmaine | Mantovani |
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Episode 307, 1960 My Way, presents Sam Waldron’s unique perspective on music styles and trends in that year. The episode includes pop, rock-and-roll, country, doo-wop and adult-oriented jazz. Performers include Elvis Presley, Bobby Vee, Tony Bennett, Dion and the Belmonts, Jim Reeves, The Fleetwoods, and six more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 307 | 1960 My Way | | Playlist | | 1 | Beyond the Sea | Bobby Darin | | 2 | The Girl on Page 44 | The Four Lads | | 3 | Are You Lonesome Tonight | Elvis Presley | | 4 | Wonderful World | Sam Cooke | | 5 | Devil or Angel | Bobby Vee | | 6 | Wild One | Bobby Rydell | | 7 | Good Timin’ | Jimmy Jones | | 8 | Poor Butterfly | Tony Bennett | | 9 | Cheek to Cheek | Frank Sinatra | | 10 | Miller’s Cave | Hank Snow | | 11 | I’m a Honky Tonk Girl | Loretta Lynn | | 12 | Please Help Me I’m Falling | Hank Lochlin | | 13 | He’ll Have to Go | Jim Reeves | | 14 | He’ll Have to Stay | Jeanne Black | | 15 | El Paso | Marty Robbins | | 16 | Lonely Teenager | Dion & the Belmonts | | 17 | The Last One to Know | The Fleetwoods | | 18 | Look For a Star | Billy Vaughn |
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Episode 306, 1950s Dance Crazes, tracks popular music about the waltz, the mambo, the rhumba, rock and roll, the cha-cha-cha and five other popular dance styles. Performers include Elvis Presley, Patti Page, Bill Haley & His Comets, Sam Cooke, The Crickets, Tony and Joe, The Diamonds, plus 11 more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 306 | 1950s Dance Crazes | | Playlist | | 1 | Mambo Baby | Ruth Brown | | 2 | They Were Doing the Mambo | Tex Williams | | 3 | Mambo Italiano | Rosemary Clooney | | 4 | Papa Loves Mambo | Perry Como | | 5 | Mambo Rock | Bill Haley & His Comets | | 6 | Blue Tango | Leroy Anderson | | 7 | The Tennessee Waltz | Patti Page | | 8 | Till I Waltz Again With You | Teresa Brewer | | 9 | Rock and Roll Waltz | Kay Starr | | 10 | That’ll Be The Day | The Crickets | | 11 | Jailhouse Rock | Elvis Presley | | 12 | Heaven on Earth | The Platters | | 13 | The Stroll | The Diamonds | | 14 | Rhumba Boogie | Hank Snow | | 15 | Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha | Sam Cooke | | 16 | The Walk | Jimmy McCrackin | | 17 | The Freeze | Tony and Joe | | 18 | Carioca | Les Paul |
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Episode 304, The Four Lads, features hit records and album tracks by this popular singing group. Performances include Moments to Remember, No Not Much, Standin’ on the Corner, Moonlight Bay, I’ll Never Stop Loving You, Istanbul, The Bus Stop Song, and 12 more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | 304 | The Four Lads | | Playlist | | 1 | Standing on the Corner | The Four Lads | | 2 | Istanbul | The Four Lads | | 3 | Who Needs You | The Four Lads | | 4 | Love’s Old Sweet Song | The Four Lads | | 5 | Grandfather’s Clock | The Four Lads | | 6 | The Bus Stop Song (A Paper of Pins) | The Four Lads | | 7 | No Not Much | The Four Lads | | 8 | Somebody Loves Me | The Four Lads | | 9 | Skokiaan | The Four Lads | | 10 | The Mocking Bird | The Four Lads | | 11 | Moonlight Bay | The Four Lads | | 12 | Breezin Along With The Breeze | The Four Lads | | 13 | Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland | The Four Lads | | 14 | Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea | The Four Lads | | 15 | There’s Only One of You | The Four Lads | | 16 | Time After Time | The Four Lads | | 17 | I’ll Never Stop Loving You | The Four Lads | | 18 | Moments to Remember | The Four Lads | | 19 | Moments to Remember | Floyd Kramer |
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Episode 305, Ned Washington, explores music written by a man who created 140 songs in motion pictures and won two Best Original Song Grammy Awards. Performers include Frankie Laine, Jack Jones, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Linda Ronstadt, Nat King Cole, and 11 more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 305 | Ned Washington | | Playlist | | 1 | When You Wish Upon a Star | Cliff Edwards and the Disney Studio Chorus | | 2 | Baby Mine | Steve Tyrell | | 3 | Singing’ in the Bathtub | Mandy Patinkin | | 4 | The Nearness of You | Glenn Miller Orchestra | | 5 | The Nearness of You | Mel Torme | | 6 | The 3:10 to Yuma | Frankie Laine | | 7 | High Noon | Tex Ritter | | 8 | My Foolish Heart | Frank Sinatra | | 9 | I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You | Linda Ronstadt | | 10 | On Green Dolphin Street | Tony Bennett | | 11 | Wild is The Wind | Johnny Mathis | | 12 | Return to Paradise | Nat King Cole | | 13 | Stella by Starlight | Ella Fitzgerald | | 14 | The High and The Mighty | Billy Eckstine | | 15 | I’m Getting Sentimental Over You | Jack Jones | | 16 | I’m Getting Sentimental Over You | Tommy Dorsey |
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Episode 303, The Great American Songbook, features males performing 17 songs from Broadway and Hollywood productions, including Kismet, The King & I, South Pacific, Do Re Mi, and Pal Joey. Performers include Mel Torme, Frank Sinatra, Sam Cooke, Louis Armstrong, Matt Monro, The Platters, Jerry Vale, Pat Boone, and 10 more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 303 | The Great American Songbook | | 1 | Make Someone Happy | Jimmy Durante | | 2 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Bing Crosby & Al Jolson | | 3 | I’ll See You in My Dreams | Andy Williams | | 4 | Just One of Those Things | Frank Sinatra | | 5 | All By Myself | Pat Boone | | 6 | I’ve Got You Under My Skin | Steve Lawrence | | 7 | You’ll Never Know | Jim Reeves | | 8 | I Have Dreamed | Matt Monro | | 9 | They All Laughed | Tony Bennett | | 10 | I’m in the Mood for Love | Louis Armstrong | | 11 | There is Nothing Like a Dame | Ken Darby Male Chorus | | 12 | Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered | The Platters | | 13 | Shall We Dance | Johnny Mathis | | 14 | The Nearness of You | Mel Torme | | 15 | They Call the Wind Mariah | Sam Cooke | | 16 | Long Ago and Far Away | Rod Stewart | | 17 | With a Song in My Heart | Jerry Vale |
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Episode302, The Roots of Rock & Roll, presents 18 recordings, from the 1920s to 1958, that were important in shaping this genre. Songs include Statesboro Blues, Keep on theSunny Side, TV is the Thing This Year, Be Bop a Lula, Down Hearted Blues,Rumble, I Know Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well, How I Got Over, Wabash Cannon Ball, andSmokestack Lightnin’.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 302 | Roots of Rock&Roll | | Playlist | | 1 | TV is The Thing This Year | Dinah Washington | | 2 | Down Hearted Blues | Queen Latifah | | 3 | Keep On The Sunny Side | The Carter Family | | 4 | Statesboro Blues | Blind Willie McTell | | 5 | The Midnight Special | Lead Belly | | 6 | Wabash Cannon Ball | Roy Acuff | | 7 | This Train | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | | 8 | Rock & Roll | Wild Bill Moore | | 9 | I Know Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well | Bull Moose Jackson | | 10 | Lovesick Blues | Hank Williams | | 11 | We’re Gonna Rock | Cecil Gant | | 12 | How I Got Over | The Clara Ward Singers | | 13 | Gee | The Crows | | 14 | Wallflower | Etta James | | 15 | Smokestack Lightnin’ | Howlin Wolf | | 16 | Be Bop a Lula | Gene Vincent | | 17 | That’s All Right Mama | Elvis Presley | | 18 | Rumble | Link Wray |
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Episode 301, Favorite 1950s Love Songs, presents 18 love songs that are among Sam Waldron’s most treasured. Artists include Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Doris Day, Jerry Vale, The Platters, Betty Ann Blake, Pat Boone , Tony Bennett, and 10 more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 301 | Favorite 1950s Love Songs | | Playlist | | 1 | You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You | Dean Martin | | 2 | The Best of Everything | Johnny Mathis | | 3 | That Face | Joe Williams | | 4 | You’ll Never Know | The Platters | | 5 | Jersey Boy | Betty Ann Blake | | 6 | It’s Just a Matter of Time | Brook Benton | | 7 | Bobby Sox to Stockings | Frankie Avalon | | 8 | Sugar Moon | Pat Boone | | 9 | It’s All in the Game | Tommy Edwards | | 10 | Go Chase a Moonbeam | Jerry Vale | | 11 | I Have Dreamed | Doris Day | | 12 | Stranger in Paradise | Tony Bennett | | 13 | You Make Me Feel So Young | Frank Sinatra | | 14 | Stardust | Nat King Cole | | 15 | You’re Just in Love | Perry Como and Fontaine Sisters | | 16 | Blue Velvet | Bobby Vinton | | 17 | I Remember It Well | Steve and Eydie | | 18 | Can’t Help Falling in Love | Elvis Presley |
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Episode 300, Percy Faith, showcases the surprising range of music produced by one of the 20th century’s most important orchestra leaders. Recordings include Theme From A Summer Place, The Theme From Moulin Rouge, Do You Know the Way to San Jose, It’s Magic, Anchors Aweigh, and 13 more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 300 | Percy Faith | | Playlist | | 1 | All My Love (Bolereo) | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | | 2 | I Cross My Fingers | Russ Emery & Percy Faith | | 3 | Theme from Moulin Rouge | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | | 4 | Swedish Rhapsody | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | | 5 | If I Loved You | Percy Faith & The Magic Voices | | 6 | It’s Magic | Doris Day & Percy Faith | | 7 | Nice Work if You Can Get It | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | | 8 | On Broadway | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | | 9 | Theme from A Summer Place | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | | 10 | Summer Place ’76 | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | | 11 | I Got Rhythm | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | | 12 | Mr Touchdown USA | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | | 13 | Anchors Aweigh | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | | 14 | A Lover’s Concerto | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | | 15 | Rhythm of the Rain | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | | 16 | Forget Him | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | | 17 | Do You Know the Way to San Jose | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | | 18 | Moon River | Percy Faith & His Orchestra |
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Episode 299, Songs of Joy, presents 20 feel-good recordings likely to put smiles on the faces of even the grumpiest listeners. Performers include Rosemary Clooney, Jim Reeves, Jerry Keller, Jerry Vale, k d lang, Frank Sinatra, Pat Boone, Peggy Lee and The Ink Spots.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 299 | Songs of Joy | | Playlist | | 1 | I’ve Got the World on a String | Frank Sinatra | | 2 | Wonderful World | Sam Cooke | | 3 | What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong | | 4 | Go Chase a Moonbeam | Jerry Vale | | 5 | I Love You Because | Jim Reeves | | 6 | My Buick My Love and I | Giselle MacKenzie & Gordon MacRae | | 7 | Real Live Girl | Robert Goulet | | 8 | With a Song in My Heart | Jane Froman | | 9 | Java Jive | The Ink Spots | | 10 | Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy | Pat Boone | | 11 | Oh! You Beautiful Doll | Billy Vaughn | | 12 | That Face | Joe Williams | | 13 | Here Comes Summer | Jerry Keller | | 14 | Oh Boy! | Buddy Holly | | 15 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | Brenda Lee | | 16 | Count Your Blessings | Rosemary Clooney | | 17 | A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening | The Richmond Strings | | 18 | It’s a Good Day | Peggy Lee | | 19 | I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs | Elvis Presley | | 20 | Sitting on Top of the World | k. d. lang |
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Episode 298, Four Songs, presents five recordings each of four old songs: For Me and My Gal, Back in Your Own Back Yard, Deep Purple, and Ragtime Cowboy Joe. Performers include Bing Crosby, The Biscuit Brothers, Eydie Gorme, Nino Tempo & April Stevens, Jean Louisa Kelly, actor Jimmy Stewart, The Andrews Sisters, and the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 298 | Four Songs | | Playlist | | 1 | For Me and My Gal | Al Jolson | | 2 | For Me and My Gal | Judy Garland/Bing Crosby | | 3 | For Me and My Gal | The Four J’s | | 4 | For Me and My Gal | Melissa Manchester/Barry Manilow | | 5 | For Me and My Gal | Jean Louisa Kelly | | 6 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | Bing Crosby | | 7 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | The Andrews Sisters | | 8 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | Eydie Gorme | | 9 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | Madeleine Peyroux & William Galison | | 10 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads | | 11 | Deep Purple | Ella Fitzgerald & Herb Ellis | | 12 | Deep Purple | Larry Clinton & Bea Wain | | 13 | Deep Purple | Pat Boone | | 14 | Deep Purple | Billy Ward and His Dominoes | | 15 | Deep Purple | Nino Tempo & April Stevens | | 16 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Slim Whitman | | 17 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Jo Stafford | | 18 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | The Biscuit Brothers | | 19 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Dean Martin & Jimmy Stewart | | 20 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Wyoming Symphony Orchestra |
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Episode 297, My Favorite Doo-Wop Music, presents 19 of Sam Waldron favorites, including sweet harmonies like The Fleetwoods’ The Great Imposter, raunchy street songs like Love Potion #9, and no-holds-barred recordings like Whispering Bells, She Say, Donna the Prima Donna, and Remember Then.
| Playlist | | 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 297 | My Favorite Doo-Wop | | 1 | Heaven on Earth | The Platters | | 2 | You’ll Never Know | The Platters | | 3 | Love Potion #9 | The Clovers | | 4 | Hushabye | The Mystics | | 5 | I Only Have Eyes for You | The Flamingos | | 6 | Marie | The Four Tunes | | 7 | Teenager in Love | Dion and the Belmonts | | 8 | Donna the Prima Dona | Dion and the Belmonts | | 9 | Dem Dry Bones | Delta Rhythm Boys | | 10 | Since I Don’t Have You | The Skyliners | | 11 | In the Still of the Night | The Five Satins | | 12 | Blue Moon | The Marcels | | 13 | The Great Imposter | The Fleetwoods | | 14 | Maybe | The Chantels | | 15 | Come Go With Me | The Del Vikings | | 16 | Whispering Bells | The Del Vikings | | 17 | Rama Lama Ding Dong | The Edsels | | 18 | Remember Then | The Earls | | 19 | She Say | The Diamonds |
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Episode 296, Fats Domino, features 17 recordings by a musician once described by Elvis Presley as “the real king of rock and roll.” Songs include Blue Monday, Whole Lotta Lovin’, Blueberry Hill, Walkin’ to New Orleans, Slow Boat to China, Ain’t That a Shame, My Blue Heaven, and 10 more.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 296 | Fats Domino | | Playlist | | 1 | The Fat Man | Fats Domino | | 2 | Lawdy Miss Clawdy | Lloyd Price | | 3 | It’s You I Love | Fats Domino | | 4 | Please Don’t Leave Me | Fats Domino | | 5 | Ain’t That a Shame | Fats Domino | | 6 | Blueberry Hill | Fats Domino | | 7 | It Keeps Raining | Fats Domino | | 8 | Be My Guest | Fats Domino | | 9 | I’m in Love Again | Fats Domino | | 10 | I’m in Love Again | Bonnie Raitt & John Cleary | | 11 | Blue Monday | Fats Domino | | 12 | Blue Monday | Randy Newman | | 13 | I Want to Walk You Home | Fats Domino | | 14 | Valley of Tears | Fats Domino | | 15 | Your Cheating Heart | Fats Domino | | 16 | Whole Lotta Lovin’ | Fats Domino | | 17 | When My Dreamboat Comes Home | Fats Domino | | 18 | Slow Boat to China | Fats Domino | | 19 | My Blue Heaven | Gene Austin | | 20 | My Blue Heaven | Fats Domino | | 21 | Walking to New Orleans | Fats Domino | | 22 | You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You | Pete Fountain |
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Episode 295, Hidden Gems, presents lesser-known items from The Great American Songbook, including You Were Meant For Me, Lydia the Tatooed Lady, Lulu’s Back in Town, A Ship Without a Sail, and more than a dozen others. Performers include Neil Sedaka, Eddy Arnold, Jack Jones, Bing Crosby, Mary Coughlan, Peggy Lee, and Frank Sinatra.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 295 | Hidden Gems | | 1 | I Like the Likes of You | Dick Haymes | | 2 | Keep Young and Beautiful | Emmy Rossum | | 3 | Sometimes I’m Happy, Sometimes I’m Blue | Eddy Arnold | | 4 | Pagan Love Song | Orchid Lei | | 5 | I Know Why (And So Do You) | Glenn Miller & Paula Kelly | | 6 | Imagination | Bing Crosby | | 7 | Squeeze Me | Della Reese | | 8 | Lulu’s Back in Town | Connie Stevens | | 9 | Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry | Jack Jones | | 10 | You Were Meant For Me | Tracy Miller & Nick Curtis | | 11 | Miss Brown to You | Mary Coughlan | | 12 | Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) | Peggy Lee | | 13 | I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise | Pat Boone | | 14 | I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan | Frank Sinatra | | 15 | All Through the Night | Ella Fitzgerald | | 16 | It All Depends on You | Patti Page | | 17 | Lydia the Tatooed Lady | Burl Ives | | 18 | A Ship Without a Sail | Neil Sedaka |
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Episode 295, Hidden Gems, presents lesser-known items from The Great American Songbook, including You Were Meant For Me, Lydia the Tatooed Lady, Lulu’s Back in Town, A Ship Without a Sail, and more than a dozen others. Performers include Neil Sedaka, Eddy Arnold, Jack Jones, Bing Crosby, Mary Coughlan, Peggy Lee, and Frank Sinatra.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 295 | Hidden Gems | | 1 | I Like the Likes of You | Dick Haymes | | 2 | Keep Young and Beautiful | Emmy Rossum | | 3 | Sometimes I’m Happy, Sometimes I’m Blue | Eddy Arnold | | 4 | Pagan Love Song | Orchid Lei | | 5 | I Know Why (And So Do You) | Glenn Miller & Paula Kelly | | 6 | Imagination | Bing Crosby | | 7 | Squeeze Me | Della Reese | | 8 | Lulu’s Back in Town | Connie Stevens | | 9 | Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry | Jack Jones | | 10 | You Were Meant For Me | Tracy Miller & Nick Curtis | | 11 | Miss Brown to You | Mary Coughlan | | 12 | Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) | Peggy Lee | | 13 | I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise | Pat Boone | | 14 | I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan | Frank Sinatra | | 15 | All Through the Night | Ella Fitzgerald | | 16 | It All Depends on You | Patti Page | | 17 | Lydia the Tatooed Lady | Burl Ives | | 18 | A Ship Without a Sail | Neil Sedaka |
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Episode 294, Cindy Walker, features 17 songs from the pen of one of the most prolific behind-the-scenes songwriters of the 20th century. Performers include Bing Crosby, Jerry Wallace, Kitty Wells, Willie Nelson, Ernest Tubb, Roy Orbison, Eddy Arnold, and Cindy Walker herself.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 293 | Music of Cindy Walker | | Playlist | | 1 | I Don’t Care | Willie Nelson | | 2 | You Don’t Know Me | Jerry Vale | | 3 | Blue Canadian Rockies | Slim Whitman | | 4 | Dusty Skies | Hank Thompson | | 5 | When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again | Cindy Walker | | 6 | Lone Star Trail | Bing Crosby | | 7 | Take Me in Your Arms (and Hold Me) | Eddy Arnold | | 8 | The Night Watch | Jim Reeves | | 9 | Dream Baby | Roy Orbison | | 10 | The Next Voice You Hear | Ernest Tubb | | 11 | In the Misty Moonlight | Jerry Wallace | | 12 | Heaven Says Hello | Kitty Wells | | 13 | Flying South | Hank Snow | | 14 | Bubbles in My Beer | George Jones | | 15 | It’s All Your Fault | Willie Nelson | | 16 | Sugar Moon | Willie Nelson | | 17 | Thank You For Calling | Cindy Walker | | 18 | Hey Mr. Bluebird | Cindy Walker |
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Episode 293, Steve & Eydie, presents the music of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme and their 55-year partnership. Songs include Go Away Little Girl, If He Walked Into My Life Today, Where or When, Party Doll, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, I Remember It Well, plus nine more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 292 | Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme | | Playlist | | 1 | Portrait of My Love | Steve Lawrence | | 2 | Footsteps | Steve Lawrence | | 3 | When Your Lover Has Gone | Eydie Gorme | | 4 | Blame It On The Bossa Nova | Eydie Gorme | | 5 | Make Yourself Comfortable | Steve & Eydie | | 6 | This Could Be the Start of Something Big | Steve & Eydie | | 7 | I’ve Got You Under My Skin | Frank Sinatra | | 8 | I’ve Got You Under My Skin | Steve Lawrence | | 9 | Softly as I Leave You | Eydie Gorme | | 10 | It’s Us Again | Steve & Eydie | | 11 | Party Doll | Buddy Knox | | 12 | Party Doll | Steve Lawrence | | 13 | If He Walked Into My Life | Eydie Gorme | | 14 | Go Away Little Girl | Steve Lawrence | | 15 | In the Still of the Night | Steve Lawrence | | 16 | I Remember It Well | Steve & Eydie | | 17 | Where or When | Frank Sinatra, Steve & Eydie |
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Episode 292, Christmas 2023, celebrates secular holiday music performed by 21 artists, including The Andrews Sisters, The Mills Brothers, Andy Williams, Ernest Tubb, Kate Smith, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Pearl Bailey, The Platters, and Connie Francis.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 295 | Christmas 2023 | | Playlist | | 1 | Jingle Bells Cha Cha | Pearl Bailey | | 2 | Zat You Santa Claus? | Louis Armstrong | | 3 | The Christmas Waltz | Doris Day | | 4 | Santa Claus is Coming to Town | The Mills Brothers | | 5 | I’d Like to Hitch a Ride with Santa Claus | The Andrews Sisters | | 6 | The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot | Nat King Cole | | 7 | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Frank Sinatra | | 8 | It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year | Rosemary Clooney | | 9 | You Meet the Nicest People | Dinah Shore | | 10 | Merry Christmas Darling | The Uniques | | 11 | Frosty the Snowman | Bing Crosby | | 12 | Sleigh Ride | Andy Williams | | 13 | Blue Winter | Connie Francis | | 14 | Blue Christmas | Hank Snow | | 15 | Who’s Gonna Be Your Santa Claus This Year | Ernest Tubb | | 16 | I Love the Winter Weather (I’ve Got My Love to Zkeep Me Warm) | Tony Bennett | | 17 | Christmas Eve in My Home Town | Kate Smith | | 18 | There’s No Christmas Like a Home Christmas | Perry Como | | 19 | Come Home for Christmas | The Platters | | 20 | I’ll Be Home For Christmas | Dean Martin | | 21 | Sleigh Ride | London Fox Players |
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Episode 291, Top Hits of 1960, features 17 best-selling songs from that year plus a few memories of pop culture in 1960. Performers include Elvis Presley, Connie Francis, Chubby Checker, Ray Charles, The Ventures, The Orchestra of Percy Faith, Brenda Lee, Larry Verne, and eight more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 291 | Top Hits of 1960 | | Playlist | | 1 | It’s Now or Never | Elvis Presley | | 2 | I’m Sorry | Brenda Lee | | 3 | Running Bear | Johnny Preston | | 4 | Cathy’s Clown | The Everly Brothers | | 5 | El Paso | Marty Robbins | | 6 | The Twist | Chubby Checker | | 7 | Alley Oop | The Hollywood Argyles | | 8 | Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini | Brian Hyland | | 9 | Stuck on You | Elvis Presley | | 10 | Theme From a Summer Place | Percy Faith | | 11 | Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool | Connie Francis | | 12 | My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own | Connie Francis | | 13 | Save the Last Dance For Me | The Drifters | | 14 | Teen Angel | Mark Dinning | | 15 | Mr. Custer | Larry Verne | | 16 | Georgia on My Mind | Ray Charles | | 17 | Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures |
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Episode 290, Strictly 1940s, features 18 recordings that would have been familiar to most adults in the 1940s. Performers include Dinah Shore, Buddy Clark, Lester Lanin, Guy Lombardo, Frank Sinatra, Cole Porter, Margaret Whiting, Mel Torme, Tex Ritter, and nine more. Click for playlist
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 289 | Midnight | | Playlist | | 1 | Midnight and the Stars and You | Frederick Caper | | 2 | Round Midnight | Mel Torme | | 3 | At the Stroke of Midnight | Judy Garland | | 4 | The Midnight Sun | Johnny Merceer | | 5 | Midnight Flyer | Nat King Cole | | 6 | Midnight Train to Georgia | Neil Diamond | | 7 | Walking After Midnight | Patsy Cline | | 8 | Midnight Bus | Betty McQuade | | 9 | Midnight Shift | Buddy Holly and The CricketsGreatest Hits of Buddy Holly | | 10 | Midnight Special | Little Richard | | 11 | Blues at Midnight | B. B. King | | 12 | When That Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For Alabam | The Andrews Sisters | | 13 | Long About Midnight | The Mills Brothers | | 14 | Midnight | Red Foley | | 15 | Rainbow at Midnight | George Hamilton IV |
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Episode 289, Midnight, presents 15 recordings about what goes on “when the clock strikes 12.” Subject matter includes rainbows, hanky-panky, walking, and of course lots of love and the blues. Performers include The Andrews Sisters, The Mills Brothers, Little Richard, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, George Hamilton IV, Judy Garland, Neil Diamond and Nat King Cole.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 289 | Midnight | | Playlist | | 1 | Midnight and the Stars and You | Frederick Caper | | 2 | Round Midnight | Mel Torme | | 3 | At the Stroke of Midnight | Judy Garland | | 4 | The Midnight Sun | Johnny Merceer | | 5 | Midnight Flyer | Nat King Cole | | 6 | Midnight Train to Georgia | Neil Diamond | | 7 | Walking After Midnight | Patsy Cline | | 8 | Midnight Bus | Betty McQuade | | 9 | Midnight Shift | Buddy Holly and The CricketsGreatest Hits of Buddy Holly | | 10 | Midnight Special | Little Richard | | 11 | Blues at Midnight | B. B. King | | 12 | When That Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For Alabam | The Andrews Sisters | | 13 | Long About Midnight | The Mills Brothers | | 14 | Midnight | Red Foley | | 15 | Rainbow at Midnight | George Hamilton IV |
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Episode 288, Sam Cooke, presents the life, the music, and the legacy of one of the most highly regarded singer-songwriters of the late 50s and early 60s. Recordings include Unchained Melody, Cupid, Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha, You Send Me, Chain Gang, Twistin’ the Night Away, and 11 more, including Cooke’s first recording ever, Lovable.
| Episode 287 | Music of Richard Rodgers | | Playlist | | 1 | Isn’t it Romantic | Margaret Whiting | | 2 | Love Look Away | Tony Bennett | | 3 | It Never Entered My Mind | Linda Ronstadt | | 4 | I Have Dreamed | Doris Day | | 5 | Where or When | Dion and the Belmonts | | 6 | Blue Moon | Vaughn Monroe | | 7 | Blue Moon | The Marcels | | 8 | All At Once You Love Her | Michael Stewart Quartet | | 9 | The Sweetest Sounds | Ray Conniff Singers | | 10 | Glad to Be Unhappy | Tony DeSare | | 11 | I Married an Angel | Johnny Mathis | | 12 | Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered | The Platters | | 13 | He Was Too Good to Me | Janet Stevenson | | 14 | It Might as Well Be Spring | Julie Andrews | | 15 | Some Enchanted Evening | The Temptations | | 16 | It Might as Well Be Spring | Acker Bilk |
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Episode 287, Richard Rodgers, features music written by one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. Songs include Some Enchanted Evening, He Was Too Good to Me, It Might As Well Be Spring, Blue Moon, Love Look Away, I Have Dreamed, and eight more.
| Episode 287 | Music of Richard Rodgers | | Playlist | | 1 | Isn’t it Romantic | Margaret Whiting | | 2 | Love Look Away | Tony Bennett | | 3 | It Never Entered My Mind | Linda Ronstadt | | 4 | I Have Dreamed | Doris Day | | 5 | Where or When | Dion and the Belmonts | | 6 | Blue Moon | Vaughn Monroe | | 7 | Blue Moon | The Marcels | | 8 | All At Once You Love Her | Michael Stewart Quartet | | 9 | The Sweetest Sounds | Ray Conniff Singers | | 10 | Glad to Be Unhappy | Tony DeSare | | 11 | I Married an Angel | Johnny Mathis | | 12 | Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered | The Platters | | 13 | He Was Too Good to Me | Janet Stevenson | | 14 | It Might as Well Be Spring | Julie Andrews | | 15 | Some Enchanted Evening | The Temptations | | 16 | It Might as Well Be Spring | Acker Bilk |
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Episode 286, “Halloween! II” reveals Sam Waldron’s version of “the real truth” about the origin of Halloween and presents 17 pieces of music about ghosts, boogiemen, murder and other frightening themes. Recording artists include The Kingston Trio, Bing Crosby, Boris Karloff, Rosemary Clooney, Ethel Waters and Little Richard.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 286 | Halloween | | Playlist | | 1 | Ghost in the Graveyard | The Prairie Ramblers | | 2 | The Halloween Song | Bing Crosby & Boris Karlof | | 3 | My Man’s an Undertaker | Catherine Russell | | 4 | Skeleton in the Closet | Louis Armstrong | | 5 | Nightmare | Artie Shaw | | 6 | Punky Pumpkin | Rosemary Clooney | | 7 | Ding Dong the Wicked Witch is Dead | Barbra Streisand | | 8 | Ghost Town | Don Cherry | | 9 | Rockin’ Ghost | Steve Allen & Ira Lee & Archie Bleyer Orchestra | | 10 | Miss Otis Regrets | Rosemary Clooney | | 11 | With Her Head Tucked Under Her Arm | The Kingston Trio | | 12 | The Boogie Man | Todd Rollins & his Orchestra with Chick Bullock | | 13 | Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo | Ethel Waters | | 14 | Here Comes the Boogey Man | Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Band | | 15 | Heebie Jeebies | Little Richard | | 16 | Minnie the Moocher at the Morgue | Smiley Burnette | | 17 | Mr. Ghost Goes to Town | The Moon Rays |
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Episode 285, Rare 1940s Records, presents long-forgotten recordings by Bing Crosby, Yvonne King, Frank Sinatra, The Andrews Sisters, Eddy Arnold and many more. Songs include Bumble Boogie, Pig Foot Pete, Idaho, The House I Live In, Pennsylvania Polka, Sweet Georgia Brown, Cigareetes, Whusky and Wild Wild Women, plus 10 more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 285 | Rare 1940s Records | | Playlist | | 1 | I Said No! | Yvonne King & Alvino Rey’s Orchestra | | 2 | One Dozen Roses | Connie Boswell | | 3 | Shame on You | Spade Cooley | | 4 | Cigareetes, Whusky and Wild Wild Women | Sons of the Pioneers | | 5 | Idaho | Benny Goodman | | 6 | Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah | James Baskett | | 7 | They Took the Stars Out of Heaven | Floyd Tillman | | 8 | Pig Foot Pete | Ella Mae Morse | | 9 | I Learned a Lesson I’ll Never Forget | 5 Red Caps | | 10 | McNamara’s Band | Bing Crosby and The Jesters | | 11 | Pennsylvania Polka | The Andrews Sisters | | 12 | New Spanish Two Step | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | | 13 | The House I Live In | Frank Sinatra | | 14 | Sweet Georgia Brown | Brother Bones and his Shadows | | 15 | Together | Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes | | 16 | A Heart Full of Love | Eddy Arnold | | 17 | When My Man Comes Home | Buddy Johnson and Ella Johnson | | 18 | Bumble Boogie | Freddy Martin |
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Episode 284, Buddy Holly, focuses on the brief and intense career of one of the architects of 1950s rock and roll. Songs include Oh Boy!, Looking for Someone to Love, Raining in My Heart, Rave On, Maybe Baby, Peggy Sue, It’s So Easy, That’ll Be the Day, and 12 more, including a rare cover of Carl Perkins’ and Elvis Presley’s Blue Suede Shoes.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 284 | Buddy Holly | | Playlist | | 1 | That’ll Be the Day | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 2 | Rave On | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 3 | Peggy Sue | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 4 | Don’t Come Back Knocking | Buddy Holly | | 5 | Wishing | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 6 | It’s So Easy | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 7 | Tell Me How | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 8 | Peggy Sue Got Married | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 9 | Words of Love | Buddy Holly | | 10 | It Doesn’t Matter Any More | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 11 | Everyday | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 12 | Raining in My Heart | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 13 | Heartbeat | Buddy Holly | | 14 | Well All Right | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 15 | Listen to Me | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 16 | I’m Looking For Someone to Love | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 17 | Oh Boy! | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 18 | Oh Boy! | She & Him | | 19 | Blue Suede Shoes | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 20 | You’re the One | Buddy Holly | | 21 | Maybe Baby | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | | 22 | Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures |
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Episode 283, The Kitchen Sink, is an eclectic assortment of recordings that didn’t fit into specific themes but are worthy of remembering. Performers include Max Morath, Peter Howard, Jimmie Rodgers, Kermit the Frog, Dinah Washington, Carlos Gonzaga, George Morgan, Carmen McRae and Peter Nero.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 283 | The Kitchen Sink | | Playlist | | 1 | High Hopes | Frank Sinatra | | 2 | The Wizard | Jimmie Rodgers | | 3 | Ninety Miles an Hour Down a Dead End Road | Hank Snow | | 4 | One Wife, Five Kids Later | George Morgan | | 5 | Even if It Breaks My Heart | Carmen McRae | | 6 | My Romance | Carmen McRae | | 7 | Diana | Carlos Gonzaga | | 8 | WNYC pledge break | Peter Howard | | 9 | Firefly | Tony Bennett & Kermit the Frog | | 10 | Hello Ma Baby | Max Morath | | 11 | The Dirty Songs | Max Morath | | 12 | Hey Paula | Paul & Paula | | 13 | Young Lovers | Paul & Paula | | 14 | Richest Guy in the Graveyard | Dinah Washington | | 15 | Roll Over Beethoven | Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys | | 16 | Machine Gun | Peter Brötzmann | | 17 | The World I Used to Know | Jimmie Rodgers | | 18 | Love is Here to Stay | Peter Nero |
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Episode 282, After Dark Part 2, presents 20 recordings about romantic goings-on after the sun goes down. Performers include Dorothy Collins, Pat Boone, Elvis Presley, Dinah Washington, Jo Stafford, Hank Locklin, The Everly Brothers, and Dodie Stevens.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 282 | After Dark Part 2 | | Playlist | | 1 | I Need Your Love Tonight | Elvis Presley | | 2 | I’ll Remember Tonight | Pat Boone | | 3 | The Middle of the Night is My Cryin’ Time | Dean Martin | | 4 | The Night We Called it a Day | Frank Sinatra | | 5 | In the Still of the Night | The Five Satins | | 6 | Oh What a Night | The Dells | | 7 | Wake Up Little Susie | The Everly Brothers | | 8 | Night Train to Memphis | Hank Locklin | | 9 | Are You Lonesome Tonight | Elvis Presley | | 10 | Yes I’m Lonesome Tonight | Dodie Stevens | | 11 | Happy Days and Lonely Nights | Connie Francis | | 12 | Goodnight Irene | Les Paul & Mary Ford | | 13 | Oh What a Night For Love | Dorothy Collins | | 14 | Where Does the Sun Go at Night | Dorothy Collins | | 15 | Romance in the Dark | Dinah Washington | | 16 | A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening | Ernestine Anderson | | 17 | Tonight You Belong to Me | Patience & Prudence | | 18 | Some Enchanted Evening | Jo Stafford | | 19 | Some Enchanted Evening | Mantovani |
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Episode 281, After Dark Part 1, explores songs about things that happen after dark. Eighteen recordings include performances by The Andrews Sisters, The Ink Spots, The Fleetwoods, Rosemary Clooney, Patsy Cline, Sammi Smith, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Matt Monro.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 281 | After Dark Part 1 | | Playlist | | 1 | Two Sleepy People | Della Reese | | 2 | Who Kissed Me Last Night | Rosemary Clooney | | 3 | Last Night on the Back Porch | The Andrews Sisters | | 4 | Dancing in the Dark | Bea Wain | | 5 | Night and Day | Ella Fitzgerald | | 6 | Dark Moon | Bonnie Guitar | | 7 | Blue Moon of KY | Patsy Cline | | 8 | Help Me Make It Through the Night | Sammi Smith | | 9 | The Night Has a Thousand Eyes | Connie Smith | | 10 | Every Night About This Time | The Ink Spots | | 11 | Teach Me Tonight | Frank Sinatra | | 12 | Night Lights | Nat King Cole | | 13 | Strangers in the Night | Matt Monro | | 14 | Lovers by Night | The Fleetwoods | | 15 | One Summer Night | The Danleers | | 16 | You’ll Be Back Every Night in My Dreams | The Statler Brothers | | 17 | Good Rockin’ Tonight | Elvis Presley | | 18 | It’s Late | Ricky Nelson | | 19 | Goodnight | Jimmy Durante |
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Episode 280, Celebrating Tony Bennett, presents 18 recordings from his long career, including the demo disc that first landed him a contract with Columbia Records. Also, some of Bennett’s #1 hit records and three 21st century duets with female superstars Lady Gaga and Celine Dion.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 280 | Celebrating Tony Bennett | | Playlist | | 1 | Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Tony Bennett | | 2 | Stranger in Paradise | Tony Bennett | | 3 | Rags to Riches | Tony Bennett | | 4 | Crazy Rhythm | Tony Bennett | | 5 | Strike Up The Band | Count Basie & Tony Bennett | | 6 | The Best is Yet to Come | Tony Bennett | | 7 | Once Upon a Time | Tony Bennett | | 8 | Watch What Happens | Tony Bennett | | 9 | Don’t Get Around Much Anymore | Tony Bennett | | 10 | Just Friends | Tony Bennett | | 11 | When Do the Bells Ring For Me | Tony Bennett | | 12 | I Got Rhythm | Tony Bennett | | 13 | Sentimental Journey | Tony Bennett | | 14 | If I Ruled the World | Tony Bennett & Celine Dion | | 15 | Let’s Face the Music and Dance | Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga | | 16 | I Get a Kick Out of You | Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga | | 17 | Little Did I Dream | Tony Bennett | | 18 | The Best Man | Tony Bennett |
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Episode 278, Broadway 1940s, presents songs from prominent musicals of the decade including On the Town, Oklahoma, Kiss Me Kate, Annie Get Your Gun, South Pacific, Carousel and several others. Songs include I Hate Men, There is Nothing Like a Dame, You’ll Never Walk Alone, Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend, and Cock-Eyed Optimist.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 276 | Ella Fitzgerald | | Playlist | | 1 | Let’s Begin | Ella Fitzgerald | | 2 | Something’s Gotta Give | Ella Fitzgerald | | 3 | Thou Swell | Ella Fitzgerald | | 4 | How Deep is the Ocean | Ella Fitzgerald | | 5 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Ella Fitzgerald | | 6 | Let Yourself Go | Ella Fitzgerald | | 7 | All of You | Ella Fitzgerald | | 8 | They All Laughed | Ella Fitzgerald | | 9 | But Not For Me | Ella Fitzgerald | | 10 | In the Still of the Night | Ella Fitzgerald | | 11 | So in Love | Ella Fitzgerald | | 12 | It’s Delovely | Ella Fitzgerald | | 13 | The Song is Ended | Ella Fitzgerald | | 14 | You Couldn’t Be Cuter | Ella Fitzgerald | | 15 | I’ve Got a Crush on You | Ella Fitzgerald | | 16 | Get Happy | Ella Fitzgerald | | 17 | Out of This World | Ella Fitzgerald | | 18 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | The Titanic Orchesrta |
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Episode 277, 1950s Jazz, celebrates a decade of outstanding jazz singers including Mark Murphy, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O’Day, Eydie Gorme, plus eight others. Also included: two outstanding jazz instrumentals.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 270 | 1950s Jazz | | Playlist | | 1 | I Get a Kick Out of You | Ella Fitzgerald | | 2 | My Baby Just Cares for Me | Nina Simone | | 3 | Long Ago and Far Away | Chet Baker | | 4 | How Long Has This Been Going On | Eydie Gorme | | 5 | Would I Love You | Abbey Lincoln | | 6 | Kee-Mo Ky-Mo (the magic song) | Nat King Cole | | 7 | Take Five | Dave Brubeck | | 8 | Let the Good Times Roll | Ray Charles and the Count Basie Orchestra | | 9 | Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye | Pearl Bailey | | 10 | Have You Met Miss Jones | Tony Bennett | | 11 | When You’re Smiling | Louis Armstrong | | 12 | The Night We Called it a Day | Frank Sinatra | | 13 | You Turned the Tables on Me | Anita O’Day | | 14 | I Got Rhythm | Mark Murphy | | 15 | Dreamy | Erroll Garner |
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Episode 276, Ella Fitzgerald, features 17 songs from her ground-breaking Great American Songbook albums of the 1950s, with music written by Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Rodgers and Hart, George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving...
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Episode 275, “Academy Award Losers,” presents songs nominated for Best Song that didn’t win. Performers include Steve Lawrence, Patsy Cline, Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Fred Astaire and 10 more. 45 RPM, Music of...
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Episode 274, Moonlight, features Tony Bennett, Carmen McRae, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Wall, Mario Lanza and a dozen other performers singing moonlight-oriented love songs. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s Episode 274...
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273, Blue and The Blues features songs about blue men, blue women, blue clothing, a blue holiday and a blue world, followed by songs about The Blues from Dinah Shore, Ray Price, Hank Williams, Patsy...
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Episode 272, Sing Boy Sing, focuses on Tommy Sands’ 1958 motion picture and what it did for his career. Songs include Your Daddy Wants to Do Right, Soda Pop Pop, Blue Ribbon Baby, Teenage Crush,...
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Episode 271, World War Two Love Songs, presents timeless classics performed by Mildred Bailey, Perry Como, Benny Goodman, Helen Forrest, Lester Lanin, Judy Garland and many more. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and...
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Episode 270, Back to Rock & Roll, plays 22 famous 1950s rock-and-roll recordings by Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, The Coasters, Brenda Lee, LaVerne Baker, Danny & The Juniors, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and more than...
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Episode 268, Gene Autry, focuses on one of the most popular recording artists and movie stars of the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s. Songs include Who is Gene Autry, Red River Valley, Home on the Range,...
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Episode 267, 1950s Broadway, highlights popular music from 10 Broadway musicals, including The Music Man, Damn Yankees, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and Bells Are Ringing. Performers include Andy Williams, Barbra Streisand, Julie Andrews, Brook Benton, Patti Page, Frank Sinatra, and 13 more.
| Episode 263 | Breaking up | | Playlist | | 1 | Seven Lonely Days | Georgia Gibbs & Glenn Osser | | 2 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Frank Sinatra | | 3 | That’s When Your Heartaches Begin | The Ink Spots | | 4 | All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee | | 5 | Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley | | 6 | Cry Me A River | Ella Fitzgerald | | 7 | The Man That Got Away | Judy Garland | | 8 | Walk Away | Matt Monro | | 9 | Boo Hoo | Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians | | 10 | Thank God and Greyhound | Roy Clark | | 11 | Will Your Lawyer Talk to God? | Kitty Wells | | 12 | Crying | Roy Orbison | | 13 | She’s Got You | Patsy Cline | | 14 | I Fall to Pieces | Wanda Jackson | | 15 | Tears on My Pillow | Little Anthony & The Imperials | | 16 | Somebody Else is Taking My Place | Connie Francis | | 17 | The End of the World | Skeeter Davis | | 18 | I Fall to Pieces | David Hartley |
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Episode 266, Swing, hits some instrumental and vocal highlights of popular swing music from the late 1930s into the early 1960s. Performers include Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Noble, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Bobby Darin, Judy Garland, and eight more.
| Episode 263 | Breaking up | | Playlist | | 1 | Seven Lonely Days | Georgia Gibbs & Glenn Osser | | 2 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Frank Sinatra | | 3 | That’s When Your Heartaches Begin | The Ink Spots | | 4 | All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee | | 5 | Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley | | 6 | Cry Me A River | Ella Fitzgerald | | 7 | The Man That Got Away | Judy Garland | | 8 | Walk Away | Matt Monro | | 9 | Boo Hoo | Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians | | 10 | Thank God and Greyhound | Roy Clark | | 11 | Will Your Lawyer Talk to God? | Kitty Wells | | 12 | Crying | Roy Orbison | | 13 | She’s Got You | Patsy Cline | | 14 | I Fall to Pieces | Wanda Jackson | | 15 | Tears on My Pillow | Little Anthony & The Imperials | | 16 | Somebody Else is Taking My Place | Connie Francis | | 17 | The End of the World | Skeeter Davis | | 18 | I Fall to Pieces | David Hartley |
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Episode 265, Smoking and Exercise, presents nine recordings about the former and 10 about the latter. Performers include Peggy Lee, Chet Atkins, The Andrews Sisters, Tex Williams, Elvis Presley, and 13 more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 265 | Smoking and Exercise | | Playlist | | 1 | Let’s Have Another Cigarette | Ozzie Nelson & Harriet Hilliard | | 2 | Coffee Cigarettes and Tears | Eddie Marshall | | 3 | Big Rock Candy Mountain | Burl Ives | | 4 | Don’t Smoke in Bed | Peggy Lee | | 5 | Cigarettes and Coffee Blues | Lefty Frizell | | 6 | While a Cigarette Was Burning | Patti Page | | 7 | Love is Like a Cigarette | Duke Ellington, Ivie Anderson | | 8 | Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette | Tex Williams | | 9 | With Men Who Know Tobacco Best, It’s Women Two to One | Tex Williams | | 10 | A Little Jive is Good For You | Martha Tilton | | 11 | Run Rabbit, Run | Marion Mann & Bob Crosby’s Orchestra | | 12 | Run, Run, Run | The Andrews Sisters | | 13 | I’m Walking the Floor Over You | Georgia Gibbs | | 14 | I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs | Elvis Presley | | 15 | Do You Wanna Dance | Bobby Freeman | | 16 | Bug Dance | Chet Atkins & His Colorado Mountain Boys | | 17 | Shall We Dance? | Ella Fitzgerald | | 18 | Papa Loves Mambo | Perry Como | | 19 | Shall We Dance? | Frank Chacksfield Orchestra |
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Episode 264, Alice Faye, traces the career and music of one of Hollywood’s most popular actresses in the late 1930s and early 40s. Songs include Alexander’s Ragtime Band, You’ll Never Know, This Year’s Kisses, Honeymoon Hotel, Rose of Washington Square, Wake Up and Live.
| Episode 263 | Breaking up | | Playlist | | 1 | Seven Lonely Days | Georgia Gibbs & Glenn Osser | | 2 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Frank Sinatra | | 3 | That’s When Your Heartaches Begin | The Ink Spots | | 4 | All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee | | 5 | Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley | | 6 | Cry Me A River | Ella Fitzgerald | | 7 | The Man That Got Away | Judy Garland | | 8 | Walk Away | Matt Monro | | 9 | Boo Hoo | Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians | | 10 | Thank God and Greyhound | Roy Clark | | 11 | Will Your Lawyer Talk to God? | Kitty Wells | | 12 | Crying | Roy Orbison | | 13 | She’s Got You | Patsy Cline | | 14 | I Fall to Pieces | Wanda Jackson | | 15 | Tears on My Pillow | Little Anthony & The Imperials | | 16 | Somebody Else is Taking My Place | Connie Francis | | 17 | The End of the World | Skeeter Davis | | 18 | I Fall to Pieces | David Hartley |
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Episode #263, Breaking Up, presents 17 songs about the bitter end of romantic relationships. Performers include Roy Clark, Kitty Wells, Guy Lombardo, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, and 11 more.
| Episode 263 | Breaking up | | Playlist | | 1 | Seven Lonely Days | Georgia Gibbs & Glenn Osser | | 2 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Frank Sinatra | | 3 | That’s When Your Heartaches Begin | The Ink Spots | | 4 | All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee | | 5 | Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley | | 6 | Cry Me A River | Ella Fitzgerald | | 7 | The Man That Got Away | Judy Garland | | 8 | Walk Away | Matt Monro | | 9 | Boo Hoo | Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians | | 10 | Thank God and Greyhound | Roy Clark | | 11 | Will Your Lawyer Talk to God? | Kitty Wells | | 12 | Crying | Roy Orbison | | 13 | She’s Got You | Patsy Cline | | 14 | I Fall to Pieces | Wanda Jackson | | 15 | Tears on My Pillow | Little Anthony & The Imperials | | 16 | Somebody Else is Taking My Place | Connie Francis | | 17 | The End of the World | Skeeter Davis | | 18 | I Fall to Pieces | David Hartley |
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Episode 262, Rockabilly, explores this early iteration of rock-and-roll music with performances by 10 male singers and eight relatively unknown females. Performers include Bill Haley & His Comets, Johnny Burnette, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hal Willis, Wynona Carr, Janis Martin, Alis Lesley, and Barbara Pittman.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 262 | Rockabilly | | Playlist | | 1 | Go Cat Go | Bill Flagg | | 2 | Rocket 88 | Bill Haley His Comets | | 3 | Love My Baby | Hayden Thompson | | 4 | School of Rock ‘n Roll | Gene Summers | | 5 | Crazy Arms | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 6 | Rock Billy Boogie | Johnny Burnette | | 7 | Seven Nights to Rock | Moon Mullican with Boyd Bennett and His Rockets | | 8 | My Pink Cadillac | Hal Willis | | 9 | Folsum Prison Blues | Johnny Cash | | 10 | Ooby Dooby | Roy Orbison and The Teens | | 11 | Rock and Roll Cinnamon Tree | Maggie Sue Wimberley | | 12 | Come On Baby | Jo Ann Campbell | | 13 | Please Mr. Jailer | Wynona Carr | | 14 | Will You Willyum | Janis Martin | | 15 | Everlasting Love | Barbara Pittman | | 16 | I Gotta Know | Wanda Jackson | | 17 | Why Do I Feel This Way | Alis Lesley | | 18 | Just Because | Lorrie Collins & Ricky Nelson | | 19 | Hot Dog That Made Him Mad | Wanda Jackson | | 20 | Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures |
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Episode 261, Technicolors, features 20 recordings with colors in the song titles. Performers include Wanda Jackson, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Fats Domino, Winifred Atwell, The Delicates and 14 more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 261 | Technicolors | | Playlist | | 1 | The Green Door | Jim Lowe | | 2 | Green Eyes | Jimmy Dorsey, Helen O’Connell, Bob Eberle | | 3 | Orange Colored Sky | Nat King Cole | | 4 | Pink Shoe Laces | Dodie Stevens | | 5 | She Wears Red Feathers | Guy Mitchell | | 6 | Scarlett Ribbons | Jim Reeves | | 7 | He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings | Dinah Shore | | 8 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon | Mitch Miller & the Gang | | 9 | The Purple People Eater | Sheb Wooley | | 10 | I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs | Elvis Presley | | 11 | Sparkling Brown Eyes | Wanda Jackson | | 12 | Black and White Rag | Winifred Atwell | | 13 | Black and White Thunderbird | The Delicates | | 14 | Long Black Veil | Lefty Frizzell | | 15 | Yellow Bird | The Mills Brothers | | 16 | The Yellow Rose of Texas | Gene Autry | | 17 | Blue Monday | Fats Domino | | 18 | White Christmas | Bing Crosby | | 19 | Little White Lies | Pat Boone | | 20 | Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White | Perez Prado |
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Episode 260, Buddy Clark, presents the music of a popular 1940s crooner who was known as “the voice of romance,” and whose life was cut short at age 37 in a plane crash. Songs include Linda, Peg O’ My Heart, May I Have the Next Romance with You, South America Take it Away, A Dreamer’s Holiday plus 11 more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 260 | Buddy Clark | | Playlist | | 1 | Linda | Buddy Clark & Ray Noble | | 2 | Peg O’ My Heart | Buddy Clark | | 3 | Heaven Help This Heart of Mine | Buddy Clark | | 4 | May I Have the Next Romance With You? | Buddy Clark | | 5 | You’re Breaking My Heart | Buddy Clark | | 6 | If There is Someone Lovelier Than You | Buddy Clark | | 7 | I’ll Get By | Buddy Clark | | 8 | I’ll Dance at Your Wedding | Buddy Clark | | 9 | South America Take it Away | Xavier Cugat | | 10 | When I Write My Song | Buddy Clark | | 11 | Those Things Money Can’t Buy | Buddy Clark & Ray Noble | | 12 | Love Somebody | Doris Day & Buddy Clark | | 13 | That Certain Party | Doris Day & Buddy Clark | | 14 | I’m Living in a Great Big Way | Buddy Clark & Benny Goodman | | 15 | A Sailboat in the Moonlight | Buddy Clark | | 16 | A Dreamer’s Holiday | Buddy Clark & The Girl Friends | | 17 | Linda | Jerry Vale |
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Episode 259, Rare 1940s Records, presents seldom-played recordings by Ella Fitzgerald, Herb Jeffries, The Buchanan Brothers, Kitty Wells, Al Dexter, Louise Massey, Zeke Manners, George Morgan, and nine more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 259 | Rare 1940s records | | Playlist | | Inflation | Zeke Manners | | Elevator Boogie | Mabel Scott | | How Soon Will I Be Seeing You | Jack Owens | | Numbers Boogie | Sugar Chile Robinson | | Left a Good Deal in Mobile | Herb Jeffries | | We’re Gonna Rock | Wild Bill Moore | | When My Sugar Walks Down the Street | Ella Fitzgerald | | I Love Everything About You | George Morgan | | Double Talkin’ Woman | Earl Nunn and his Alabama Ramblers | | Atomic Power | The Buchanan Brothers | | Death at the Bar | Kitty Wells | | I’ll Be Back in a Year Little Darlin | Texas Jim Robertson | | Buddy Boy | Elton Britt | | Too Late | Jimmie Davis | | The Gods Were Angry With Me | Eddie Kirk | | Meet Me Down in Honky Tonk Town | Al Dexter and His Troopers | | Ridin’ Down That Old Texas Trail | Louise Massey and Her Westerners | | Guitar Polka | Al Dexter |
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Episode 258, Lazy & Jealous, focuses on songs depicting two of the Seven Deadly Sins: sloth and envy. Songs include Everybody Works But Father, It’s My Lazy Day, The Laziest Gal in Town, Hey! Jealous Lover, Somebody Else is Taking My Place, and Jealousy.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 258 | Lazy & Jealous | | Playlist | | 1 | The Laziest Gal in Town | Pearl Bailey | | 2 | Lazy | Bing Crosby | | 3 | Loafin’ on a Lazy Day | Frances Claire | | 4 | Lazy Afternoon | Tony Bennett | | 5 | That Lucky Old Sun | Louis Armstrong | | 6 | It’s My Lazy Day | Smiley Burnette | | 7 | Love’s Got Me in a Lazy Mood | Marlene VerPlanck | | 8 | Everybody Works but Father | The Mellomen | | 9 | Get a Job | The Silhouettes | | 10 | Lazy River | Bobby Darin | | 11 | Hey! Jealous Lover | Frank Sinatra | | 12 | Jealousy | Kitty Wells | | 13 | Jealousy | Frankie Laine | | 14 | Jealous Lover | Jimmie Davis | | 15 | Somebody Else is Taking My Place | Russ Morgan | | 16 | Every Night About This Time | Kay Kyser | | 17 | A White Sport Coat | Marty Robbins |
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Episode 257, Who Are They? features obscure performers whose names most people probably would not recognize. Examples include Roy Cordell, Stanley Drucker, Anita Gordon, Ilene Woods, Georgia Holt, Conny Froboess, Charlie Gracie and Lasse Lonndahl.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 257 | Who Are They? | | 1 | After You’ve Gone | Joyce Bryant | | 2 | Ninety-Nine Ways | Charlie Gracie | | 3 | Tragedy | Thomas Wayne and the Delons | | 4 | It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow | Al Bowlly | | 5 | When That Man is Dead and Gone | Al Bowlly | | 6 | Diana | Conny Froboess | | 7 | I’m Sittin on Top of the World | Jerry Lewis | | 8 | Bad Luck Blues | Albert King | | 9 | All Shook Up | Albert King | | 10 | Love Me Tender | Georgia Holt | | 11 | By the Light of the Stars | Roy Cordell & Jan Garber | | 12 | With a Song in My Heart | Frank Sinatra | | 13 | Tangokavaligeren | The Harmony Sisters & Lasse Lonndahl | | 14 | Please Let Me In | J.J. Barnes | | 15 | I’ll Walk Alone | Ilene Woods | | 17 | It’s a Most Unusual Day | Anita Gordon | | 18 | Curtain Call | ABC News | | 19 | Clarinet Quintet | Stanley Drucker |
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Episode 256, Brenda Lee, presents 19 recordings by the singer who broke into the Billboard Hot 100 at the age of 12 and earned the nickname Dynamite. Songs include “I’m Sorry,” “Break It to Me Gently,” “The End of the World,” “Back in Your Own Back Yard,” “I Wanna Be Around,” and 14 more, including a rare recording of “Hound Dog” performed live in 1956.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 256 | Brenda Lee | | Playlist | | 1 | All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee | | 2 | Hound Dog | Brenda Lee | | 3 | Dynamite | Brenda Lee | | 4 | Swanee River Rock | Brenda Lee | | 5 | Sweet Nothin’s | Brenda Lee | | 6 | I’ll Be Seeing You | Brenda Lee | | 7 | We Three | Brenda Lee | | 8 | Tragedy | Brenda Lee | | 9 | The End of the World | Brenda Lee | | 10 | Pretty Baby | Brenda Lee | | 11 | This Little Light of Mine | Brenda Lee | | 12 | Have a Little Talk with Jesus | Brenda Lee | | 13 | Fool #1 | Brenda Lee | | 14 | I Wanna Be Around | Brenda Lee | | 15 | Someday You’ll Want Me to Want You | Brenda Lee | | 16 | Break it to Me Gently | Brenda Lee | | 17 | My Whole World is Falling Down | Brenda Lee | | 18 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | Brenda Lee | | 19 | I’m Sorry | Brenda Lee | | 20 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | Syd Dale Double Dozen, Syd Dale & Len Hunter |
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Episode 255, About Coffee, is filled with music and commentary about the world’s most popular hot beverage. Performers include Frank Sinatra, Otis Redding, Johnny Cash, The Bluegrass Student Union, Eugene Ormandy, Garrison Keillor, Mary Mack, and Marlene Dietrich.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 255 | Songs About Coffee | | Playlist | | 1 | The Coffee Song | Frank Sinatra | | 2 | Forty Cups of Coffee | Ella Mae Morse | | 3 | Forty Cups of Coffee | Bill Haley and His Comets | | 4 | Coffee Blues | Mississippi John Hurt | | 5 | Coffee | Mary Mack | | 6 | Cigarettes and Coffee | Otis Redding | | 7 | Keep That Coffee Hot | Scatman Cruthers | | 8 | You’re the Cream in My Coffee | Marlene Dietrich | | 9 | Java Jive | Bluegrass Student Union | | 10 | Black Coffee | Ella Fitzgerald | | 11 | The Arabian Dance | Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra | | 12 | Coffee | Garrison Keillor | | 13 | One More Cup of Coffee | Bob Dylan | | 14 | Cup of Coffee | Johnny Cash | | 15 | You’re the Cream in My Coffee | Hal Davis & Linda Michele | | 16 | You’re the Cream in My Coffee | The Satin Saxophones & Robert Mandell and His Orchestra |
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Episode 254, Rolling Stone (2) presents 19 recordings ranked by Rolling Stone Magazine as among the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Performers include Chuck Berry, The Dells, Hank Williams, Sam Cooke, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Gene Vincent, and 12 more. This is the second of two episodes with this theme.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 254 | Rolling Stone (2) | Playlist | | Your Cheatin’ Heart | Hank Williams | | Sh-Boom | The Chords | | Earth Angel | The Penguins | | Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley and His Comets | | That’s All Right | Elvis Presley | | Be Bop A Lula | Gene Vincent | | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers | | Oh What a Night | The Dells | | Blueberry Hill | Fats Domino | | Love Me Tender | Elvis Presley | | Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | | Good Golly Miss Molly | Little Richard | | Bye Bye Love | The Everly Brothers | | Summertime Blues | Eddie Cochran | | That’ll Be the Day | Buddy Holly | | Johnny B. Goode | Chuck Berry | | Wonderful World | Sam Cooke | | Only the Lonely | Roy Orbison | | Georgia on my Mind | Ray Charles | | Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures |
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Episode 253, Rolling Stone (1) presents 19 recordings ranked by Rolling Stone Magazine as among the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Performers include Elvis Presley, The Platters, LaVerne Baker, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Fats Domino and 11 more. This is the first of two episodes with this theme.
| Song | Artist | Album | Label | | The Glenn Miller Orchestra | String of Pearls | Glenn Miller Orchestra – The Big Band Era: 18 Greatest Hits | RCA Victor | | I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry | Hank Williams | I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry | Mercury | | I Walk the Line | Johnny Cash | I Walk the Line | Sun Records | | Maybellene | Chuck Berry | Maybellene | Chess | | Mystery Train | Elvis Presley | Mystery Train | Sun Records | | LaBamba | Richie Valens | The Best of Ritchie Valens | Rhino | | Jim Dandy | LaVerne Baker | Soul On Fire: The Best of LaVerne Baker | Atlantic | | Ain’t That a Shame | Fats Domino | The Fats Domino Jukebox: 20 Greatest Hits | Capitol | | The Girl Can’t Help It | Little Richard | The Girl Can’t Help It Soundtrack | The Orchard Enterprises | | Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins | Blue Suede Shoes | Sun Records | | Mack the Knife | Bobby Darin | The Ultimate Bobby Darin | Atlantic | | Hound Dog | Elvis Presley | Hound Dog | RCA Victor | | Come Go With Me | The Del Vikings | 20th Century Masters – The Millenium Collection: The Best of The Del Vikings | UMG | | The Great Pretender | The Platters | The Platters | Mercury | | I Only Have Eyes For You | The Flamingos | Doo Wop Classics, Vol. 1 | Rhino | | All I Have to Do is Dream | The Everly Brothers | The Everly Brothers’ Best | Barnaby | | You Send Me | Sam Cooke | The Best of Sam Cooke | RCA Records | | Every Day | Buddy Holly | Greatest Hits | Geffen | | Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On | Jerry Lee Lewis | Sun Records Greatest Hits | Sun Records | | Maybe | The Chantels | Discover 50s Doo Wop | X5 Music Group | | Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures | The Ventures | Capitol |
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Episode 252, Harry Belafonte, explores the life and music of the extraordinarily long career of a Jamaican-American who once earned his living as a janitor’s assistant. Songs include Those Three Are On My Mind, Four Strong Winds, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), Jamaica Farewell, Brown Skin Girl, Judy Drowned, The Drummer and the Cook, plus nine more.
| Episode 252 | Harry Belafonte | | Playlist | | 1 | Day-O | Harry Belafonte | | 2 | Man Smart (Woman Smarter) | Harry Belafonte | | 3 | Angelique-O | Harry Belafonte | | 4 | Tongue Tie Baby | Harry Belafonte | | 5 | Fifteen | Harry Belafonte | | 6 | I’m Just a Country Boy | Harry Belafonte | | 7 | Judy Drowned | Harry Belafonte | | 8 | Land of the Sea and Sun | Harry Belafonte | | 9 | Brown Skin Girl | Harry Belafonte | | 10 | Jamaica Farewell | Harry Belafonte | | 11 | Those Three Are On My Mind | Harry Belafonte | | 12 | Try to Remember | Harry Belafonte | | 13 | The Drummer and the Cook | Harry Belafonte | | 14 | Coconut Woman | Harry Belafonte | | 15 | Four Strong Winds | Harry Belafonte | | 16 | Windy and Warm | Chet Atkins |
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Episode 251, Four Songs, presents multiple recordings of “Blues in the Night,” “Dancing in the Dark,” “Dancing on the Ceiling” and “There’ll Be Some Changes Made.” Performers include Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Connie Stevens, The Supremes, Chet Atkins and 11 more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 251 | Four Songs | | Playlist | | 1 | Blues in the Night | Kay Kyser | | 2 | Blues in the Night | Rosemary Clooney | | 3 | Blues in the Night | Tony Bennett | | 4 | Blues in the Night | Johnnie Taylor | | 5 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Peggy Lee | | 6 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Russ Morgan | | 7 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Julie London | | 8 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Chet Atkins | | 9 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Nick Cordero | | 10 | Dancing on the Ceiling | Jo Stafford | | 11 | Dancing on the Ceiling | Frank Sinatra | | 12 | Dancing on the Ceiling | Dodie Stevens | | 13 | Dancing on the Ceiling | The Supremes | | 14 | Dancing in the Dark | Fred Astaire | | 15 | Dancing in the Dark | Frank Sinatra | | 16 | Dancing in the Dark | Connie Stevens | | 17 | Dancing on the Ceiling/Dancing in the Dark | The Ray Conniff Singers | | 18 | Dancing in the Dark | Lester Lanin |
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Episode 250, 1958 My Way, presents Sam Waldron’s unique take on popular music from this particular year. Performers include Elvis Presley, Tony Bennett, Dion and The Belmonts, k.d. lang, The New York All Stars, Connie Francis, and 11 more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 250 | 1958 My Way | | Playlist | | 1 | At The Hop | Danny & The Juniors | | 2 | Hard Headed Woman | Elvis Presley | | 3 | A Lover’s Question exaggeratged stereo | Clyde McPhatter | | 4 | Big Man | The Four Preps | | 5 | Just Married | Marty Robbins | | 6 | She Was Only Seventeen | Marty Robbins | | 7 | Oh Lonesome Me | Don Gibson | | 8 | Blue Blue Day | Don Gibson | | 9 | Bird Dog | The Everly Brothers | | 10 | Stupid Cupid MGM this rose to #14 on the Hot 100 | Connie Francis | | 11 | Sugar Moon | Pat Boone | | 12 | Sugar Moon | k.d. lang | | 13 | Only the Lonely | Frank Sinatra | | 14 | Take Me Out to the Ballgame | New York Yankees All Stars | | 15 | Evry Time We Say Goodbye music and lyrics by cole porter | Tony Bennett | | 16 | The Very Thought of You | Ray Conniff | | 17 | Tears on My Pillow | Little Anthony & The Imperials | | 18 | I Wonder Why | Dion and the Belmonts |
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Episode 249, Jazz For Lovers, presents jazz performed by a baker’s dozen vocal artists including Frank Sinatra, Helen Ward, Nat King Cole, Louise Tobin, Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 249 | Jazz for Lovers | | Playlist | | 1 | Manhattan | Dinah Washington | | 2 | If Love is Good to Me | Nat King Cole | | 3 | Lullaby of Birdland | Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown | | 4 | My Romance | Tony Bennett | | 5 | You’re Not the Guy for Me | Ernestine Anderson | | 6 | My One and Only Love | Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane | | 7 | They Can’t Take That Away From Me | Billy Holiday | | 8 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Benny Goodman | | 9 | Deed I Do | Louise Tobin & Peanuts Hucko | | 10 | The Girl Next Door | Frank Sinatra | | 11 | Heart and Soul | Larry Clinton, Helen Ward | | 12 | Would You Like to Take a Walk | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | | 13 | These Foolish Things | Johnny Hartman | | 14 | Makin’ Whoopie | Frank Sinatra |
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Episode 247, I Love the 40s Vol. 1, presents 17 recordings Sam Waldron never gets tired of. Performers include Buddy Clark, Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Scatman Cruthers, Les and Larry Elgart, Guy Lombardo, Frank Sinatra and Alice Faye.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 247 | I Love the 40s Vol 1 | | Playlist | | 1 | Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall | Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots | | 2 | Ma, I Miss Your Apple Pie | The Jesters | | 3 | Oh, You Crazy Moon | Peggy Lee | | 4 | All or Nothing at All | Frank Sinatra, Harry James | | 5 | Twilight Time | The Three Suns | | 6 | Dream | The Pied Pipers | | 7 | You’ll Never Know/No Love No Nothing | Alice Faye | | 8 | Marie | Tommy Dorsey | | 9 | Green Eyes | Jimmy Dorsey | | 10 | Linda | Buddy Clark | | 11 | Blue Hawaii | Bing Crosby | | 12 | Skyliner | Les and Larry Elgart | | 13 | Keep That Coffee Hot | Scatman Crothers | | 14 | At Long Last Love | Bea Wain, Larry Clinton | | 15 | The Gypsy | The Ink Spots | | 16 | Boo Hoo | Guy Lombardo |
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Episode 248, Jerry Lee Lewis, presents 19 recordings by “The Killer” … one of the great pioneers of rock-and-roll music. Songs include Great Balls of Fire, Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On, You Call Everybody Darlin’, Long Tall Sally, What’d I Say?, Chantilly Lace, Cold Cold Heart, and Who’s Gonna Play This Old Piano.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 248 | Jerry Lee Lewis | | Playlist | | 1 | Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 2 | Whole Lotta Shakin Going On | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 3 | Breathless | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 4 | How’s My Ex Treating You? | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 5 | Hillbilly Fever | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 6 | What’d I Say | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 7 | Home | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 8 | Long Tall Sally | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 9 | My God’s Not Dead | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 10 | I Saw The Light | Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis | | 11 | Chantilly Lace | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 12 | There Must Be More To Love Than This | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 13 | You Call Everybody Darlin | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 14 | I’ll Make it All Up To You | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 15 | What’s Made Milwaukee Famous | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 16 | To Make Love Sweeter For You | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 17 | Cold Cold Heart | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 18 | Who’s Gonna Play This Old Piano | Jerry Lee Lewis | | 19 | Getting’ in the Mood | Jerry Lee Lewis |
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Episode 244, Lena Horne, explores the life and music of this dancer, singer, actor and civil rights activist through much of the 20th century. Seventeen recordings, including four from live performances before large audiences, include Stormy Weather, One For My Baby, New Fangled Tango, Softly as I Leave You, and The Lady is a Tramp.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 244 | Lena Horne | | Playlist | | 1 | Stormy Weather | Lena Horne | | 2 | Deed I Do | Lena Horne | | 3 | Moanin’ Low | Lena Horne | | 4 | Love Me or Leave Me | Lena Horne | | 5 | I Have Dreamed | Lena Horne | | 6 | Just One of Those Things | Lena Horne | | 7 | Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man | Lena Horne | | 8 | Speak Low | Lena Horne | | 9 | At Long Last Love | Lena Horne | | 10 | Today I Love Everybody | Lena Horne | | 11 | New Fangled Tango | Lena Horne | | 12 | Good for Nothin’ Joe | Lena Horne | | 13 | One For My Baby | Lena Horne | | 14 | That Old Feeling | Lena Horne | | 15 | Softly As I Leave You | Lena Horne | | 16 | Watch What Happens | Lena Horne | | 17 | The Lady is a Tramp | Lena Horne |
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Episode 245, Rock & Roll ALC Vol. 2, presents 22 1950s rock hits, including a huge international recording from Australia. Performers include Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bonnie Guitar, Bill Haley and His Comets, Elvis Presley, Tommy Sands, Pat Boone, Shirley & Lee, and 13 more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 245 | Rock & Roll Ala Carte Vol. 2 | | Playlist | | Let’s Have a Party | Wanda Jackson | | All Shook Up | Elvis Presley | | Kissin’ Time | Bobby Rydell | | Summertime Blues | Eddie Cochran | | The Fool | Sanford Clark | | Let the Good Times Roll | Shirley and Lee | | Fever | Little Willie John | | Splish Splash | Bobby Darin | | Raunchy | Bill Justis | | Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On | Jerry Lee Lewis | | Dottie | Danny and the Juniors | | See You Later Alligator | Bill Haley and His Comets | | Blue Ribbon Baby | Tommy Sands | | Sweet Little Sixteen | Chuck Berry | | Tutti Fruiti | Little Richard | | Long Tall Sally | Pat Boone | | Love Potion #9 | The Clovers | | A Pub With No Beer | Slim Dusty | | Party Doll | Buddy Knox | | Mister Fire Eyes | Bonnie Guitar | | That’s All Right Mama | Elvis Presley | | Rumble | Link Wray (Remastered) |
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Episode 246, Deep in Doo Wop, presents some famous examples of this rhythm-and-blues offshoot genre along with some little-known doo-wop recordings. Performers include The Orioles, The Edsels, The Chantels, Barry Mann, The Mystics, The Del-Vikings, The Heartbeats, and a dozen more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 246 | Doo Wop | | Playlist | | 1 | Hushabye | The Mystics | | 2 | Tonite, Tonite | The Mello-Kings | | 3 | She Say (Oom Dooby Doom) | The Diamonds | | 4 | Stormy Weather | The Spaniels | | 5 | A Thousand Miles Away | The Heartbeats | | 6 | Earth Angel | The Penguins | | 7 | Dear One | The Scarlets | | 8 | Don’t Ask Me to Be Lonely | The Dubs | | 9 | ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM | The Collegians | | 10 | Try the Impossible | Lee Andrews and The Hearts | | 11 | Gee But I’d Give The World | Anthony and the Sophomores | | 12 | Maybe | The Chantels | | 13 | Rama Lama Ding Dong | The Edsels | | 14 | Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp Bomp | Barry Mann and The Halos | | 15 | Little Star | The Elegants | | 16 | Crying in the Chapel | The Orioles | | 17 | Whispering Bells | The Del-Vikings | | 18 | Remember Then | The Earls |
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Episode 243, “All I Want for Christmas is My Sweetie,” is full of holiday-themed love songs performed by Marty Robbins, Carole King, Elvis Presley, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Julie London, Dolly Parton, and a dozen other performers.
| Episode 243 | All I Want for Christmas Is My Sweetie | | Playlist | | 1 | Winter Wonderland | Bing Crosby | | 2 | Mrs. Santa Claus | Nat King Cole | | 3 | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | Dolly Parton | | 4 | Christmas Dreaming | Frank Sinatra | | 5 | You’re All I Want for Christmas | Brooke Benton | | 6 | I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | Carole King | | 7 | Sleigh Ride | Harry Connick Jr. | | 8 | A Marshmallow World | Johnny Mathis | | 9 | Christmas Bride | Ray Conniff Singers | | 10 | Blue Chistmas | Blake Shelton | | 11 | Santa Baby | Madonna | | 12 | I’ll Be Home For Christmas | Dean Martin | | 13 | Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me | Elvis Presley | | 14 | I’d Like You For Christmas | Julie London | | 15 | Christmas Kisses | Marty Robbins | | 16 | Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow | Vaughn Monroe | | 17 | There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays | Robert Goulert | | 18 | All I Want for Christmas is You | Tony Bennett | | 19 | Blue Christmas | American Carol Community |
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Episode 242, Rare Mid-50s Records, presents 19 recordings that even Sam Waldron had never heard until recently. Performers include Nat King Cole, Marilyn Monroe, Alma Cogan, Al Martino, Bill Haley and His Comets, Les Paul & May Ford, and a dozen more.
| Episode 242 | Rare Mid-50s Records | | Playlist | | 1 | Oop Shoop | The Crew Cuts | | 2 | River of No Return | Marilyn Monroe | | 3 | Jim, Johnny and Jonas | Wesley and Marilyn Tuttle | | 4 | Good Intentions | Rosemary Clooney | | 5 | The Kid’s Last Fight | Frankie Laine | | 6 | The Story of Tina | Al Martino | | 7 | I Still Believe | Ronnie Hilton | | 8 | No One But You | Billy Eckstine | | 9 | Chee Chee-oo Chee | Perry Como & Jaye P. Morgan | | 10 | Mambo Rock | Bill Haley & His Comets | | 11 | Ev’rywhere | David Whitfield | | 12 | Dream Boat | Alma Cogan | | 13 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | Alma Cogan | | 14 | Reckless | Bob London | | 15 | Johnny is the Boy for Me | Les Paul & Mary Ford | | 16 | Blue Gardenia | Nat King Cole | | 17 | Kiss | Dean Martin | | 18 | Speedo | The Cadillacs | | 19 | Sleep | Earl Bostic |
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Episode 241, World War Two Love Songs, takes listeners back to a stressful time when love was particularly precious. Performers include Frank Sinatra, Dick Todd, Benny Goodman, The Mills Brothers, Perry Como, Barbara Cook, Lena Horne, and 10 more.
| Episode 241 | World War Two Love Songs | | Playlist | | 1 | The Very Thought of You | Ray Noble | | 2 | Till The End of Time | Doris Day | | 3 | That Old Black Magic | Bing Crosby | | 4 | One For My Baby | Lena Horne | | 5 | My Old Flame | Benny Goodman | | 6 | Oh What it Seemed to Be | Frankie Carle | | 7 | Oh What it Seemed to Be | Brooke Benton | | 8 | Goodnight Mother | Dick Todd | | 9 | I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good | Duke Ellington | | 10 | We Three | The Ink Spots | | 11 | Till Then | The Mills Brothers | | 12 | Don’t Blame Me | Ethel Waters | | 13 | Don’t Blame Me | Barbara Cook | | 14 | Now | Perry Como | | 15 | Night and Day | Frank Sinatra | | 16 | I Don’t Want to Walk Without You | Harry James | | 17 | I Can Dream Can’t I | Rosemary Squires |
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Episode 240, Little Richard, explores the life and music of one of the true pioneers of rock and roll. Recordings include Good Golly Miss Molly, Tutti Fruiti, Ready Teddy, Taxi Blues, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, two gospel songs, and 13 more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 240 | Little Richard | | Playlist | | 1 | Good Golly Miss Molly | Little Richard | | 2 | Send Me Some Lovin’ | Little Richard | | 3 | Taxi Blues | Little Richard | | 4 | Rip it Up | Little Richard | | 5 | Long Tall Sally | Little Richard | | 6 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon | Little Richard | | 7 | Sippin’and Slidin’ (Peepin’ and Hidin’) | Little Richard | | 8 | Somethin’ Else | Little Richard | | 9 | She’s Got It | Little Richard | | 10 | Lucille | Little Richard | | 11 | Tutti Fruiti | Little Richard | | 12 | Tutti Fruiti | Pat Boone | | 13 | Ready Teddy | Little Richard | | 14 | Ready Teddy | Elvis Presley | | 15 | Crying in the Chapel | Little Richard | | 16 | Peace in the Valley | Little Richard | | 17 | The Girl Can’t Help It | Little Richard | | 18 | Miss Ann | Little Richard | | 19 | Heebie Jeebies | Little Richard | | 20 | Keep a Knockin’ | Little Richard |
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Episode 239, 1948 My Way, is Sam Waldron’s personal vision of how that year’s music should be presented, as nobody else would ever be likely to do it. Performers include Al Jolson, Bobby Darin, The Orioles, Spike Jones, Little Richard, Eddie Arnold, and 14 more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 239 | 1948 My Way | | Playlist | | 1 | Buttons and Bows | Dinah Shore | | 2 | Teresa | Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters | | 3 | When You Were Sweet Sixteen | Al Jolson | | 4 | Good Rockin’ Tonight | Wynonie Harris | | 5 | Feel Like Going Home | Muddy Waters | | 6 | Baby Face | Art Mooney | | 7 | Baby Face | Bobby Darin | | 8 | Baby Face | Little Richard | | 9 | Love Somebody | Doris Day & Buddy Clark | | 10 | Beg Your Pardon | Francis Craig | | 11 | Beg Your Pardon | Pat Boone | | 12 | My Happiness | Ella Fitzgerald | | 13 | William Tell Overture | Spike Jones | | 14 | It’s Too Soon to Know | The Orioles | | 15 | Little White Lies | Dick Haymes | | 16 | Little White Lies | Chris Montez | | 17 | Boquet of Roses | Eddy Arnold | | 18 | Dog House Boogie | Hawkshaw Hawkins | | 19 | Ballerina | Vaughn Monroe | | 20 | Twelfth Street Rag | Pee Wee Hunt |
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Episode 238, Sing-along, celebrates shared music for kids and grownups of all ages. Performers include Mitch Miller and The Gang, Simon & Garfunkel, The Four Preps, Patsy Cline, Rusty Draper, John Denver, and many more.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 238 | Sing-along | | Playlist | | 1 | I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover | Mitch Miller and The Gang | | 2 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon | Mitch Miller and The Gang | | 3 | Shine On Harvest Moon | Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby | | 4 | California Dreamin’ | The Mamas and the Papas | | 5 | Walking After Midnight | Patsy Cline | | 6 | You Are My Sunshine | Alan O’Bryant | | 7 | Love Letters in the Sand | Margo Smith | | 8 | Mrs. Robinson | Simon and Garfunkel | | 9 | Down by the Station | The Four Preps | | 10 | It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie | Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads | | 11 | On top of Spaghetti | Tom Glazer | | 12 | Puff the Magic Dragon | The Brothers Four | | 13 | She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain | Sin and Swoon | | 14 | The Red River Valley | Mo Bandy | | 15 | Down by the Riverside | The Cedarmont Kids | | 16 | On Top of Old Smokey | The Weavers | | 17 | There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly | Patty Biscoe | | 18 | The Middle of the House | Rusty Draper | | 19 | The Ants Go Marching On | Super Simple Songs | | 20 | I’ve Been Working on the Railroad | John Denver | | 21 | Mrs. Robinson | Chet Atkins |
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Episode 237, Great Jazz, presents 18 recordings by 13 outstanding jazz performers including Anita O’Day, Tony Bennett, Ethel Merman, Mark Murphy, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Dinah Washington.
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | | Episode 237 | For Jazz Lovers | | Playlist | | 1 | Dream a Little Dream of Me | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | | 2 | Stairway to the Stars | Ella Fitzgerald | | 3 | It’s The Talk of the Town | Joe Williams | | 4 | Speak Low | Carmen McRae | | 5 | Skylark | Jackie Paris | | 6 | There Will Never Be Another You | Jackie Paris | | 7 | Cry Me a River | Dinah Washington | | 8 | What is There to Say | Johnny Hartman | | 9 | That Old Black Magic | Johnny Hartman | | 10 | Get Out of Town | Anita O’Day | | 11 | Johnny One Note | Anita O’Day | | 12 | I Got Rhythm | Mark Murphy | | 13 | I Got Rhythm | Ethel Merman | | 14 | It’s Not For Me to Say | Mark Murphy | | 15 | Too Marvelous For Words | Billie Holiday | | 16 | The Skyscraper Blues | Tony Bennett | | 17 | My Funny Valentine | Ramsey Lewis Trio | | 18 | The In Crowd | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
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Episode 237, “Halloween! II” reveals Sam Waldron’s version of “the real truth” about the origin of Halloween and presents 17 pieces of music about ghosts, boogiemen, murder and other frightening themes. Recording artists include The...
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Episode 235, “New Life for Late 40s Music,” presents explores five popular songs from 1947 through 1949, comparing the originals with later cover versions. Songs include “Linda,” “Heartaches,” “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” “You Call Everybody...
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Episode 236, “Larry Clinton,” focuses on a popular dance band leader from the late 1930s and early 40s, and his talented female vocalist Bea Wain. Songs include “Heart and Soul,” “At Long Last Love,” “Over...
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Episode 234, “American Bandstand,” features 19 records featured on the famous after-school television program’s first national season. Performers include Paul Anka, The Everly Brothers, The Chordettes, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Simon & Garfunkel, Johnny...
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Episode 233, “Obscure Mid-1940s Records,” presents 16 recordings that were in the bottom 20 percent of popularity in the years 1944 through 1946. Performers include Sammy Kaye, Doris Day, Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, Merle Travis,...
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Episode 230, “1952 Hit Parade,” revisits 16 of the best-selling popular songs from 1952, in some cases presenting cover versions instead of the originals. Performers include The Mills Brothers, Leroy Anderson, Patti Page, Tommy Edwards,...
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Episode 229, “January Babies,” features the music of performers who were born in the month of January. Featured are Elvis Presley, Felicia Sanders, Phil Everly, Gisele MacKenzie, Sam Cooke, Tex Ritter, and six more. ...
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Episode 228, “Patti Page,” follows the career and music of a performer who rose from dirt-poor rural roots to achieve international fame. Songs include “Doggie in the Window,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You,”...
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Episode 227, “1930s Love Songs,” features 16 classic love songs from the ‘30s, most of them introduced on Broadway or in movies. Performers include Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Steve Lawrence, Julie Andrews, Kristin Chenoweth, The...
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Episode 226, “New Life For Mid-50s Music,” contrasts the originals and later cover versions of nine million-selling records, including Que Sera Sera, It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie, Blueberry Hill, Learnin’ the Blues, and...
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Episode 225, “50s Album jazz,” samples 15 of the most influential jazz albums of the ‘50s. Performers include Chet Baker, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Milt Jackson, Henry Mancini, Frank Sinatra, and...
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Episode 224, “Jimmy Durante,” focuses on one of the 20th century’s most beloved performers, including more than a dozen of his own recordings and several audio clips from live TV appearances, plus the CBS Evening...
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Episode 223, “1958 Hit Parade,” presents 20 of the best-selling single records of 1958, including performances The Kalin Twins, The Everly Brothers, Pat Boone, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Perez Prado, Chuck Berry, and 13 more....
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Episode 222, “Around the World,” presents music about Mexico, Jamaica, Argentina, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Sweden. Performers include Frank Sinatra, The Four Lads, Tommy Dorsey, Kyu Sakamoto, Dinah Shore, Vic Damone, The Kingston Trio, and...
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Episode 221, “Eight Stories,” focuses on eight standout performers and one interesting songwriter. Performers include The Platters, Mel Torme, Connie Francis, Pat Boone, Perry Como, Hank Williams and Nat King Cole. 45 RPM, Music...
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Episode 220, “B.B. King,” focuses on the life and music of this accomplished blues musician. Recordings include “Every Day I Have the Blues,” “Why Do Things Happen to Me?” “You Upset Me Baby,” and four...
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Episode 219, “Songs About Money,” presents musical perspectives on having money, spending money, needing money, losing money, and asking for money. Performers include Frank Sinatra, Eddy Arnold, Pearl Bailey, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, and...
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Episode 218, “Songs About Dreams,” includes 20 recordings of songs about dreams and dreaming. Performers include Frank Sinatra, Tommy Sands, Doris Day, Hank Locklin, Chet Atkins, Patsy Cline, Bobby Darin, and Pat Boone. 45...
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Episode 217, “Easy Listening,” presents 18 recordings that were among the staples of “easy listening” radio stations in the 1950s. Performers include The Four Preps, Brenda Lee, Johnny Mathis, Julie London, Patti Page, Pat Boone,...
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Episode 216, “Dinah Shore,” focuses on the first woman to have her own TV variety show, and who arguably sold more Chevrolets in the ‘50s and ‘60s than anyone else. Included are the very first...
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Episode 215, “Latin Music” focuses on this popular genre with performances by Xavier Cugat, Julie London, Mel Torme, Bossa Nova, Eydie Gorme and more. Also included are tributes to two important 1950s music figures who...
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Episode 214, “RCA Studio B,” focuses on the history of an especially productive recording studio in Nashville and two groups of backup singers, The Anita Kerr Singers and The Jordanaires. Performers include Chet Atkins, Elvis...
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Episode 213, “1940s Jazz Standards,” presents 17 popular songs that became jazz standards, with performances by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Cab Calloway, Harry Belafonte, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holliday, Bing Crosby, Jo Stafford, and a dozen...
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Episode 212, “Two Country Boys,” presents the hit records of Marty Robbins and Guy Mitchell. Songs include Just Married, Singing the Blues, Heartaches by the Number, My Shoes Are Walking Back to You, El Paso,...
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Episode 211, “More Favorite 50s Music,” presents 20 of Sam Waldron’s favorite recordings from the decade when he became a teenager. Performers include Frank Sinatra, Tommy Sands, Brenda Lee, Percy Faith, Sam Cooke, Elvis Presley,...
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Episode 210, “Big Bands,” traces the evolution of band and orchestra music from the late 1930s through rock-and-roll groups in the late 1950s. Performers include Benny Goodman, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Ray Conniff, Percy Faith,...
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Episode 209, “May Babies,” presents recordings by more than 20 entertainers who had birthdays in May. Performers include Lawrence Welk, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Ricky Nelson, Julie London, Richie Valens, Danny and the Juniors, and...
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Episode 208, “Sammy Davis Jr.,” presents 14 recordings by one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s and ‘60s … and a monologue by Davis before a live audience in Las Vegas. 45...
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Episode 207, “Duets,” presents nearly 36 singers who recorded together. Performers include Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, The Everly Brothers, Connie Francis, Hoagy Carmichael, The Andrews Sisters, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Gene Autry, Rosemary...
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Episode 206, “Forgotten 50s Females,” presents 18 recordings by singers who had lots of talent but failed to rise to the top, including Linda Scott, Jill Corey, Margie Rayburn, Mindy Carson, and Toni Arden. ...
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Episode 205, “Music for Lovers,” presents 17 timeless love songs by Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, George Wein, Betty Hutton, Betty White, Ella Fitzgerald, and a dozen others. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and...
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Episode 204, “Pearl Bailey,” focuses on one of the most fun and versatile performers of the mid 20th century. Included are “A House is Not a Home,” “St. Louis Blues,” “Won’t You Come Home Bill...
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Episode 203, “New Life for 1950s Music,” presents nine popular recordings along with later reinterpretations by other performers. Songs include Heartbreak Hotel, Mack the Knife, Sh-Boom, Rock Around the Clock, My Prayer, and four more....
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Episode 202, “Mid-century Jazz,” includes 15 recordings that include hot jazz from the ‘40s, cool jazz from the ‘50s, and an energetic live performance by a high school band. Performers include Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington,...
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Episode 201, “Love @ First Listen,” Features recordings Sam Waldron fell in love with the first time he heard then. Performers include Elvis Presley, Peter Paul & Mary, Joe Williams, Perry Como, Johnny Mathis, The...
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Episode 200, “Rosemary Clooney,” focuses on her music, her career and her loves over the decades. Included are some of her big hits plus duets with Bing Crosby, Jimmy Boyd and Barry Manilow. Episode 200...
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Episode 199, “Songs About Letters,” presents 17 songs about letters of all types and varieties. Performers include the Louvin Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Lawrence Welk, Eddy Arnold, Billy Fury, Nat King Cole, Mary Osborn, and June...
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Episode 198, “Sayonara (1 of 2),” pays tribute to musicians who passed away in 2020 and 2021. Some are well-known, like Don Everly and Little Richard. Others are less familiar though equally interesting, including Jill...
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Episode 197, “All I Want for Christmas is Jazz,” includes 19 pieces of music. Some are pretty traditional, some are sort of jazzy and others are very jazzy. Performers include Count Basie, Etta James, Lena...
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Episode 196, “Hits of Hank Williams,” presents many of Wiolliams’ big hits, including three examples in which Nashville later doctored up his music to appeal to urban audiences. Songs include “I’m Sorry For You, My...
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Episode 195 “New Life for 1940s Music” Episode 195 New Life for 1940s Music Playlist 1 I’ve Got a Crush on You Helen Ward & Joe Sullivan and his Café Society Orchestra 2 I’ve Got...
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Episode 194, “1940s #1 Hits,” presents 17 million-selling popular songs from 1940 through 1949 by performers ranging from Mel Torme and Nat King Cole to The Andrews Sisters & The Ink Spots to Cab Calloway,...
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Episode 193, “Chaos in 1957,” focuses on the startling contrasts between various top-selling popular recordings. Comparisons include Buddy Knox vs. Perry Como, The Everly Brothers vs. Johnny Mathis, Bing Crosby vs. Little Richard, and Debbie...
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Episode 192, “Dean Martin,” focuses on the career of one of the mid-20th century’s most enduring performers. Songs include “Blue Blue Day,” “Sway,” “That’s Amore,” “Volare,” “Return to Me,” “Everybody Loves Somebody,” “Money Burns a...
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Episode 191, “Favorite 40s Music,” presents 17 of Sam Waldron’s personal favorite recordings from the decade of the Big Bands and World War Two. Performers include Alice Faye, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Buddy Clark, Helen...
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Episode 190, “1950s Girl Groups,” presents the music and stories of 15 female singing groups, ranging from the familiar like the McGuire Sisters and The Andrews Sisters to some obscure groups like The Paris Sisters...
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Episode 189, “Halloween!” presents 18 pieces of music about ghosts, boogiemen, murder and other frightening themes. Recording artists include The Kingston Trio, Bing Crosby, Boris Karloff, Rosemary Clooney, Ethel Waters, Little Richard, Kay Starr …...
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Episode 188, “Peggy Lee,” presents the music and the career of one of the 20th century’s most popular female singers. Recordings include “Fever,” “Manana,” “Sugar,” “The Folks Who Live on the Hill,” “Blues in the...
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Episode 187, “Rock & Roll Ala Carte,” presents 22 rock-and-roll recordings from the 1950s. Performers include The Champs, Dion and the Belmonts, Elvis Presley, Robert Parker, Pearl Bailey, Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly, Tommy Sands, Brenda...
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Episode 186, “Take Me Back to 1947,” presents 16 popular songs and makes the case that 1947 was an interesting year in terms of fashion, food, travel, population and futuristic technology. Recordings include performances by...
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Episode 185, “New Life for Early 50s Music,” presents modern versions of eight popular recordings from the early 1950s. Performers include Ronnie Millsap, The Carpenters, John Prine, Sandy Rusco, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Bobby Sykes....
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Episode 184, “Rod Stewart,” presents 15 cover recordings of classic love songs, including duets with Bette Midler and Dolly Parton. Songs include “My Funny Valentine,” “The Nearness of You,” “Stardust,” “Manhattan,” “Long Ago and Far...
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Episode 183, “Nice & Bad 1940s Music,” contrasts mainstream pop music by performers like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Dinah Shore with startlingly different blues recordings by Scatman Crothers, Wynonie Harris, John Taylor, and George...
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Episode 182, “Weird & Wonderful,” presents 20 novelty songs from the 1950 where we meet strange creatures from Earth and Space, fast cars, and some unusual historical insights that were never taught in school. 45...
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Episode 181, “Easy Listening Ala Carte,” presents 20 recordings, with minimal interruptions, of nice and easy music mostly from the 1950s. Performers include Perry Como, Dinah Shore, Jimmy Durante, Percy Faith, The Platters, Ray Price,...
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Episode 180, “Ricky Nelson,” focuses on one of the most popular singers of the late 1950s. Songs include “It’s Late,” “Garden Party,” “Dream Lover,” “If You Believe It,” “Be Bop Baby,” “Teenage Idol,” “I’ll Walk...
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Episode 179, “1940s Animal Songs,” includes nine songs about birds plus others about mules, dogs, cats, rabbits and more. Performers include Tex Ritter, Boxcar Willie, The Ink Spots, Evelyn Knight, Roy Rogers, The Andrews Sisters,...
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Episode 178, “Rain Wind Summer,” features 18 weather-related songs from the 1950s. Performers include Jim Reeves, Jane Morgan, Pat Boone, The Kingston Trio, Perry Como, Patsy Cline, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, The Everly Brothers and...
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Episode 177, “Favorite 50s,” features 21 of Sam Waldron’s favorite music from the 1950s. Performers include Pat Boone, The Four Preps, Skeeter Davis, Marty Robbins, Tommy Sands, Buddy Holly, Betty Ann Blake, The Kingston Trio,...
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Episode 176, “Margaret Whiting,” features one of the most popular singers from the 1940s and follows her career into the ‘60s and beyond. Songs include The Wheel of Hurt, Pretend, Old Devil Moon, That Old...
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Episode 175, “Great Gentlemen of Jazz,” presents 14 outstanding jazz vocalists including Louis Armstrong, Mose Allison, Mark Murphy, Billy Eckstine, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Cab Calloway, Al Hibbler, and Chet Baker. Episode 175 Great Gentlemen...
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Episode 174, “Favorite Country,” allows Sam Waldron to share 18 of his country favorites from the ‘40s and ‘50s. Performers include Chet Atkins, Marty Robbins, Hank Snow, Patsy Cline, Ernest Tubb, Buck Owens, Tex Williams,...
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Episode 173, “September Babies,” features 18 performers who were born in September, including Buddy Holly, Julie London, Jimmy Clanton, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dick Haymes, Mel Torme, Johnny Mathis, Eddy Howard, and...
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Episode 172, “Perry Como,” focuses on one of the most popular TV hosts of the 1940s and includes the first recording he ever made, the theme song from his weekly television show, and his last...
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Episode 171, “Easy Listening 1957-1959,” features 17 popular recordings from the late 1950s performed by Dean Martin, Jane Morgan, Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Brook Benton, Della Reese, Paul Anka, Nat King Cole, The Platters and...
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Episode 170, “Duets,” features 15 pairs of performers including Nino Tempo and April Stevens, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, The Everly Brothers, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Tony Bennett and...
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Episode 169, “50s Females,” focuses on 14 female singers who fell short of being megastars but deserve remembering. Performers include Betty Ann Blake, Giselle McKenzie, Gogi Grant, Bonnie Guitar, Jane Morgan, Dodie Stevens, Lavern Baker,...
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Episode 167, “Eight Stories,” focuses on the music and careers of Cliff Richard, The Kingston Trio, Judy Garland, The Fleetwoods, Guy Lombardo, Bing Crosby, Helen Forrest, and Louis Armstrong. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s...
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Episode 168, “Les Paul Mary Ford,” focuses on the music of one of the most popular musical acts of the early 1950s, including a 15-minute audio clip of The Les Paul Show on NBC radio....
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Episode 166, “1950s History,” looks at some historical events of the ‘50s and couples them with the most popular recordings at the time … with results that are sometimes surprising. Performers include Elvis Presley, The...
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Episode 165, “1940s Senior Prom,” features 18 recordings of music that would have been played at a high school dance in the ‘40s. Performers include Doris Day, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Guy Lombardo and his...
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Episode 164, “Pat Boone,” features 19 of his recordings, including several from his 1955 album Howdy! and his best-selling 1958 album Stardust. Songs include “All Shook Up,” “Walking the Floor Over You,” “Just a Closer...
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Episode 163, “78RPM Archive,” features digitized transcriptions of 17 records on 78RPM discs that were donated to the Boston Public Library over many years. Some of these recordings are familiar, but many are obscure. Performers...
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Episode 162, “My Favorite 1940s Music Part 1,” presents 18 recordings that Sam Waldron likes so much he would stop just about anything he was doing to hear them. Performers include Tommy Dorsey, Bea Wain,...
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Episode 161, “Country Music 1959-1960,” features 18 notable recordings including big hits by Jim Reeves and Hank Locklin, along with their answer songs, the very first single issued by Loretta Lynn and performances by Ray...
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Episode 160, “The Mills Brothers,” focuses on this versatile Black singing group whose popularity lasted for half a century. Recordings include: “Paper Doll,” “Dinah,” “Standing on the Corner,” “Till Then,” “I Don’t Know Enough About...
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Episode 159, “Songs About Animals,” presents 1950s songs about dogs, cats, birds, muskrats, horses, cattle, monkeys, alligators, pigs and bears. Performers include Elvis Presley Patti Page, Eddy Arnold, Bobby Day, Lloyd Price, Perry Como, the...
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Episode 158, “Number-name Groups,” features The Five Red Caps, the Four Tunes, The Four Lads, The Kingston Trio and 13 other singing groups with numbers in their names. Songs include “You Are My Inspiration,” “Standing...
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Episode 157, “Three in One,” explores three separate themes in one hour. First, the phenomenon of “ghost singers” in movies. Second, the story of Randy Wood and his DOT Records label. Third, the long-running Chicago-based...
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Episode 156, “The Real Patsy Cline,” compares and contrasts the sound of her polished studio style with her performances at the Grand Ole Opry and on the road. Recordings include “When I Get Through With...
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Episode 155, “New Life for 1940s Music,” features nine #1 hit songs from the 1940s and compares each one to the same song as it was recorded later by others. Performers include Doris Day, Ricky...
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Episode 154, “Jerome Kern,” focuses on one of the premier songwriters of the 20th century. Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day, The Andrews Sisters, Mel Torme, Dean Martin and a dozen others deliver many familiar songs and...
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Episode 153, “Easy Listening,” presents 17 recordings from the late ‘50s and early ‘60s that were typically chosen to appeal to adult radio audiences Performers include Connie Francis, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley,...
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Episode 152, “Lawrence Welk,” features the music of one of the most beloved orchestra leaders of the 20th century. Recordings include “The Moon is a Silver Dollar,” “Grandfather’s Clock,” “The Wah Watusi,” “Blue Velvet,” “Annabelle,”...
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Episode 151, “Great Ladies of Jazz,” features 18 accomplished jazz singers including Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, Peggy Lee, Julie London, and Sarah Vaughan. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s Episode 151...
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Episode 148, “Tony Bennett,” features the legendary singer’s hit singles and tracks from his first few studio albums, all released in the 1950s. Songs include “Just in Time,” “Ol’ Man River,” “Stranger in Paradise,” “Cold,...
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Episode 149, “Total Christmas,” celebrates the holiday with 17 recordings that include country, classical, jazz, pop and rock. Sam Waldron profiles a popular Christmas criminal, then describes summertime Christmas traditions south of the equator. Performers...
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Episode 150, “High School Prom,” features music that would have been played at high school dances in the 1950s. Many songs are familiar, others are obscure. Performers include The Tads, The Elegants, The Monotones, Elvis...
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Episode 147, “1940s Music & History,” looks at some of the most significant historical events of the ‘40s and couples them with the most popular recordings at the time … with results that are sometimes...
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Episode 146, “Country Hits of the Late 50s,” presents 19 popular recordings from the country charts in 1957 and 1958, some of which crossed over to the pop charts. Performers include Jim Reeves, Kitty Wells,...
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Episode 145, “Seven Stories,” focuses on the lives and music of six important performers (plus one group) from the 1940s and 1950s: Georgia Gibbs, The Mills Brothers, Doris Day, Matt Monro, Giselle MacKenzie, Bobby Darin,...
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Episode 144, “Hank Williams Lost Recordings,” presents 16 segments from long-lost transcriptions of Hank Williams’ early morning radio show in 1951. Songs include “Mind Your Own Business,” “Hey, Good Lookin,” “California Zephyr,” “Cold Cold Heart,”...
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Episode 143, “Songs About Houses,” includes nine songs with the word “home” in their title, eight with “house” plus two about cabins. Performers include Cab Calloway, Rosemary Clooney, Ethel Waters, Buck Owens, Loretta Lynn, Jerry...
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Episode 142, “1940s Weather,” includes 17 songs and stories about storms, sunshine, rain, wind, and snow. Performers include Perry Como, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Jimmy Dorsey, Sammy Kaye, Johnny Cash, and The Four Aces with Al...
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Episode 141, “1950s Superstars,” presents the music of 19 successful ‘50s performers including Pat Boone, Johnny Mathis, Matt Monro, Ricky Nelson, Mel Torme, Eydie Gorme, The Fleetwoods, The Platters, The Kingston Trio, Bobby Darin, Giselle...
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Episode 140, “Classic Frank Sinatra,” explores music from every non-holiday studio album he recorded in the 1940s and 1950s. Songs include “It Could Happen to You,” “Deep in a Dream,” “Come Dance with Me,” “It’s...
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Episode 139, “Paul’s Playlist,” presents the diverse early music influences of a man who grew up in a mid-size city in Central Washington. Recordings include live jazz, slow-dancing songs, and a love song about apple...
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Episode 138, “Flip That Record Over,” presents 20 recordings that were released on the “B” sides of singles. Performers include Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, Ricky Nelson, Frank Sinatra, The Silhouettes, and Jim Lowe. At least...
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Episode 137, “The Jive,” explores the many shades of this popular genre that borders rock-and-roll, swing, doo-wop, and rhythm-and-blues. Twenty songs include performances by Linda Hayes, Louis Prima, The Teen-Tones, The Bee Gees, Chuck Berry,...
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Episode 136, “Liberace,” presents the life and music of one of the era’s most flamboyant and wealthy entertainers and his winning way of connecting with audiences. Songs include Tiger Rag, Americana Medley, Alley Cat, Cement...
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Episode 135, “Grammys,” focuses on recordings that won Grammy Awards. Performers include Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller, Roy Acuff, Frank Sinatra, Hank Williams, The Mills Brothers, and eight...
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Episode 134, “1940s Superstars,” presents songs by standout 1940s performers. Included: Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, The Ink Spots, The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Helen Forrest, Guy Lombardo, Les and Larry...
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Episode 132, “Elvis Gospel” 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s Episode 132 Elvis Gospel Playlist 1 I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs Elvis Presley 2 Known Only to Him Elvis Presley 3 Just...
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Episode 133, “Songs with Stories,” explores interesting stories behind a dozen popular songs including “Take the A Train,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Sing Sing Sing,” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “Stardust,” and “The Green Door.”...
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Episode 131, “Perfect Pairs,” presents eight pairs of recordings that go together … or not. Topics include welcome and unwelcome letters, to dance or not to dance, a sweet ballad vs. a wild doo-wop reimagination,...
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Episode 130, “1940s Wedding,” imagines picking out music for an old-fashioned wedding, with recordings for a reception, walking down the aisle, and dancing. Performers include Billy Vaughn, Perry Como, Dick Haymes, Helen Forrest, The Glenn...
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Episode 129, “Just Good Music,” presents 20 songs (and a minimum of talk) to represent ‘40s and ‘50s, including love songs, fun songs, dance songs and the sound of the Big Bands. Performers include Mel...
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Episode 128, “Judy Garland,” presents the life and music of one of the 20th century’s musical and movie superstars. Highlights include “Over the Rainbow,” “You Made Me Love You,” “The Trolley Song,” three tracks from...
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Episode 127, “Classic Country Early 50s,” presents 20 country music recordings from 1952 through 1955. Performers include Carl Smith, Kitty Wells, Chet Atkins, Hank Snow, Red Foley, Eddie Arnold, Hank Thompson, Goldie Hill, Slim Whitman,...
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Episode 126, “Black Entertainers,” features 16 recordings by black artists including Louis Armstrong, Ray Brown, Sam Cooke, The Platters, Fats Domino, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Ruth Brown, Lena Horne, Muddy Waters and six more...
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Episode 125, “Johnny Burke,” highlights the lyrics of this prolific mid-century songwriter. Performers include Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, Ella Fitzgerald, She & Him, Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, and Julie London. Songs include “It’s Always...
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Show 124, “Johnny Mathis,” includes 15 of his songs including big hits like “Wonderful, Wonderful,” “Chances Are,” “It’s Not for me to Say,” “What Will My Mary Say,” and “Misty” as well as the country...
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Show 123, “Hidden Performers,” introduces eight very accomplished musicians who mostly never made it into the big time of U.S. Top-40 pop music. Performers include Robert Parker, Slim Dusty, Johnny O’Keefe, Wray Downs, and pianist...
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Show 122, “1940s Concert,” features diverse performers from Great Britain re-creating 33 million-selling songs from the 1940s. Performances include “Toot Toot Tootsie,” “Paper Doll,” “I Can Dream, Can’t I,” “I Had the Craziest Dream,” “Baby...
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Show 121, “Songs of Strength,” presents 19 songs with lyrics that describe strength, whether it’s muscle power, character, or unshakable belief. Performers include Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Gene Autry, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Georgia...
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Show 120, “The Singer’s Singer,” features the life and music of Great Britain’s Matt Monro. Performances include “Walk Away,” “Real Live Girl,” “How Little We Know,” “I Have Dreamed,” “Born Free,” “Laura,” “Jeannie,” and “Softly...
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Show 119, “July Babies,” features 19 diverse performers who were born in July. These include Jerry Vale, Cindy Walker, Dion DiMucci, Louis Armstrong, Tab Hunter, Louis Jordan, Margaret Whiting, Buddy Knox, Pete Fountain, The Andrews...
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Show 118, “1950s Comfort Music,” presents 19 recordings to show how people escaped the worries of that decade through love songs, escape songs, rock-and-roll, hopeful songs, and more. Performers include Kay Starr, Elvis Presley, Perry...
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Show 117, “Comfort Music for Troubling Times,” revisits music that helped people get through the dark days of World War Two. Performers include Rosemary Clooney, Vaughn Monroe, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Anne Shelton, Johnny Mercer,...
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Show 116, “Thanks for the Music,” presents 20 recordings that host Sam Waldron had never heard before starting 45RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s. Performers include The Andrews Sisters, Slim Whitman, Cole Porter, Jim...
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Show 115, “Sister Rosetta Tharpe,” explores the flamboyant life and the influential music of the first national gospel music star in the United States. Recordings include “This Train,” “White Christmas,” “Have a Little Talk with...
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Show 114, “Boogie-Woogie,” follows the “invasion” of this musical genre into Carnegie Hall, gospel music, popular music, Christmas music, and even classical music. Performers include Frankie Carle, Nadia Weintraub, Will Bradley, Pat Boone, Lionel Hampton,...
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Show 113, “Songs Named For Ladies,” presents 20 recordings with women’s names in their titles. Included are two songs featuring the most popular girl’s name of the 20th century plus performances by Pat Boone, Dion,...
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Show 112, “1940s Ladies,” presents 15 recordings by 12 prominent female vocalists, plus two female singing groups, all from the 1940s. Performers include Helen O’Connell, Kay Starr, Betty Hutton, Helen Forrest, Judy Garland, Dinah Washington,...
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Show 111, “Rare 1950s Records,” presents 20 recordings that most people never heard, including a female vocalist who sounded like Linda Ronstadt and a mostly unknown male singer who sounds like a clone of Elvis...
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Show 110, “Mr. New Year’s Eve,” presents 18 recordings by Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians, one of the most beloved dance bands of the 20th century. Performances include “Auld Lang Syn,” “Christmas Island,” “The...
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Show 109, “Midnight Blues Party,” presents 18 recordings, mostly from relatively obscure black performers, that explore many ways to get the blues and give the blues. Titles include “Lonesome Baby Blues,” “You Ain’t Nothin’ Daddy,”...
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Show 108, “New Life for Old Music,” contrasts 1940s hits with contemporary recordings. Comparisons include The Glenn Miller Orchestra with The Rolling Stones, Fred Astaire with Diana Krall, Al Jolson with Chet Atkins, Doris Day...
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Show 107, “Johnny Mercer,” explores the music and life of one of the great songwriters of the era, including a discussion of his lifelong relationship with Judy Garland. Performers include Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Frank...
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Show 106, “Secrets of 78s,” plays 15 78RPM records found in the closet of Sam Waldron’s friend Bob. Performers include Bing Crosby, Johnny Mercer, Judy Garland, The Andrews Sisters, Carson Robison, Benny Goodman, and Glenn...
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Show 105, “Cliff Richard,” presents the life and very early music of legendary British rock star Cliff Richard, who sold more records in the U.K. than anyone except The Beatles and Elvis Presley. Songs include...
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Show 104, “Songs with Stories,” explores interesting stories behind 10 mid-century recordings. Included are THREE contenders for the first important rock-and-roll hit, the folk song that thrust The Kingston Trio into the national scene, an...
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Show 103, “B” Side Singles, explores 19 songs that record companies put on the back of their records, expecting them to flop. Some did, some didn’t. Titles include “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Who’s Sorry Now,” “Tequila,”...
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Show 102, “Doo Wop” explores this distinctive 1950s genre. The hour includes huge hits such as “Poison Ivy,” “Love Potion # Nine,” and “Blue Moon” along with a few more obscure recordings such as “Walking...
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Show 101, “1950s Christmas,” presents more than 20 Christmas songs from the ‘50s, some well-known and some obscure. Performers include Eddie Arnold, Betty Johnson, Johnny Mathis, Elvis Presley, The Singing Dogs, The Episodes, Mantovani, Jim...
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Show 100, “Helen Forrest,” explores the music and career of arguably the most successful female big-band singer of the 1940s. Sixteen of her recordings include “They Say,” “I Had the Craziest Dream,” “I Concentrate on...
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Show 99, “Big Bands,” features 18 recordings by 12 bands and orchestras, an hour perfect for dancing. Songs include “Song of India,” “In the Mood,” “Tea for Two,” and “Little Brown Jug.” Performers include Glen...
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Show 98, “1950s Wedding,” presents a suggested playlist for a wedding with a 1950s theme. We hear 19 songs performed by Elvis Presley, Lex Baxter, Jo Stafford, Perry Como, Eydie Gorme, Johnny Mathis, Audrey Hepburn,...
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Show 97, “Lost Memories,” presents 18 songs from the 1950s, most of them largely forgotten by now. Performers include Martin Denny, The Everly Brothers, Kathy Linden, Rusty Draper, LeRoy Anderson, Mel Blanc, Patti Page, Conway...
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Show 96, “December Babies,” presents music performed by 15 artists who had birthdays in December. Performers include Matt Monro, Arthur Fiedler, Frank Sinatra, Connie Francis, Perez Prado, Joe Williams, Freddy Cannon, Little Richard, Brenda Lee,...
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Show 95, “The Kingston Trio,” presents 17 songs by arguably the most successful singing group of the late 1950s. Songs include “Reverend Mister Black,” “Tom Dooley,” “Four Strong Winds,” “Scotch and Soda,” “Sloop John B,”...
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Show 94, “Latin Music,” presents 18 examples of Latin music by performers including Trini Lopez, Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, The Andrews Sisters, Harry Belafonte, Richie Valens, Julie London, Eydie Gorme, a group known as...
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Show 93, “It’s Jane!” is a musical biography of a girl who grew up in a small, isolated mountain town in the 1950s. Performers include Gene Autry, Elvis Presley, Pat Boone, Johnny Mathis, Guy Lombardo,...
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Show 92, “The Oddball ‘40s,” recalls obscure news items and popular songs from every year, 1940 through 1949. Performers include Judy Garland, Al Jolson, Jimmy Dorsey, Peggy Lee, Jimmy Wakely, Helen Forrest, and Tex Williams....
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Show 91, “The Moon,” features 18 songs about the Moon, with performances by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, The Marcels, Louis Armstrong, The Drifters, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Rosemary Clooney & Bing Crosby, Steve Anderson, and...
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Show 90, “Nat King Cole,” is a musical tribute to one of the most familiar and distinctive voices of mid-century popular music. The show presents 15 recordings, including “When I Fall in Love,” “Mona Lisa,”...
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Show 89, “The Clarinet,” features 17 pieces of music that highlight the clarinet, including jazz, classical and easy-listening. Performers include David Bowie, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Sabine Meyer, the Budapest Clarinet Quintet, Acker Bilk, and...
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Show 88, “Runaway Jukebox,” features 20 songs that would have been heard on jukeboxes in the mid and late 1950s. Performers include Sam Cooke, Dodie Stevens, Ivan, Elvis Presley, Jerry Wallace, Brenda Lee, and Brooke...
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Show 87, “Music of 1948,” includes every Billboard #1 hit from 1948 plus several other popular songs from that year. Performers include Dinah Shore, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Margaret Whiting, The Ink Spots, Al...
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Show 86, “The Age of Jazz,” presents 16 vocal and instrumental jazz recordings, most from the 1940s. Performers include well-known names like Mildred Bailey, Dave Brubeck, and Jo Stafford as well as lesser-known talents like...
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Show 85, “The Ink Spots,” traces the story and music of one of the most influential singing groups of the 1940s. Songs include “We Three,” “I’m Beginning to See the Light,” “The Gypsy,” “Java Jive,”...
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Show 84, “Train Songs,” explores railroad lore through musical performances by Peggy Lee, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, The Four Preps, Jo Anne Kurman, Bing Crosby, and The Andrews Sisters, among...
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Show 83, “Margie’s Mom,” traces the wide-ranging musical tastes of a woman who grew up in Panama in the 1940s and 50s. Performers include Chubby Checker, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Georgia Gibbs, Elvis Presley, The...
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Show 82, “Behind the Microphone,” reveals the reasons for choosing the first song in a radio show. Performers include Barry Mann, The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, the band of Les and Larry Elgart, Patsy Cline,...
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Show 81, “Canadian Sweethearts,” features recordings by two popular radio and TV stars of the 40s and 50s: Gisele MacKenzie and Dorothy Collins. Songs include “Seven Lonely Days,” “It’s a Magnet,” “A Cock Eyed Optimist,”...
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Show 80, “Music of 1956,” features 20 of the most popular songs and some little-known bits of news from 1956. Performers include Kay Starr, Elvis Presley, The Platters, Carl Perkins, Dean Martin, Cathy Carr, Jim...
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Show 79, “Romance!,” features 16 love songs sung by Mel Torme, 12 of them from a single studio album. Included are “The Nearness of You,” “The Folks Who Live on the Hill,” “My Romance,” “That’s...
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Show 78, “Sounds of the ‘40s,” features 18 recordings that folks in the 1940s were listening to on the radio and their phonographs. Performers include Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, Les and Larry Elgart, Martha Tilton,...
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Show 77, “April Babies,” features recordings by 16 musicians who had one thing in common: Birthdays in the month of April. Performers include Helen Forrest, Bea Wain, Bobby Rydell, Billy Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day,...
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Show 76, “Top Hits 1954,” features 17 popular songs and some little-known bits of news from 1954. Performers include Rosemary Clooney, Dean Martin, The Four Lads, Patti Page, Elvis Presley, Perry Como, Tony Bennett, Eddie...
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Show 75, “Songs about cars,” uses 18 recordings to explore the complex relationship between humans and automobiles. Topics include breakdowns, speeding, hot dates that wound up going nowhere, muddy roads, a fantasy Cadillac, parking problems,...
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Show 74, “Guitar Channing,” explores the music and careers of country singer Bonnie Guitar and Broadway star Carol Channing. The show features 19 songs, including “Dark Moon,” “I Get So Lonely,” and “Mister Fire Eyes”...
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Show 73, “Saddest Songs,” uses music to explore variations of grief, loss, heartbreak, and loneliness, and ends with a song suggesting that breaking up isn’t always what it seems. Performers include George Hamilton IV, Elvis...
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Show 72, “Top Hits of 1950,” presents 10 Billboard best-selling songs and a half-dozen other notable recordings from 1950. Performers include Guy Lombardo, Nat King Cole, The Andrews Sisters, The Ames Brothers, Doris Day, Frank...
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Show 71, “Gospel Music,” explores mid-20th-century gospel music with 13 inspirational recordings by renowned performers including Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Skeeter Davis, Johnny Cash, Roberta Martin, and The Clara Ward Singers. Show...
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Show 70, “The birth of Rock and Roll,” takes listeners on a 15-year musical journey through the eyes (and ears) of a boy who became a teenager when rock and roll was new. Performers include...
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Show 69, “Connie Francis Bobby Darin,” focuses on two energetic entertainers and includes a few songs you’ve probably never heard. Connie Francis sings “Stupid Cupid,” “Who’s Sorry Now,” “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool” (in two languages), and...
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Show 68, “Top Hits of 1958,” tracks all the #1 Billboard hits from the year, plus some news about cars, Hula Hoops, the Space Race, and more. Performers include Frank Sinatra, The Platters, The McGuire...
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Show 67, “Songs about Food,” offers a comprehensive culinary tour of popular music, with songs about fruits, vegetables, meat stew, butter, snacks, deserts and coffee. Performers include Frankie Avalon, Frank Sinatra, Howdy Doody, Dean Martin,...
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Show 66, “1940s Blues,” traces the evolution of blues music through the decade, featuring top hits by 17 performers, including The Andrews Sisters, The Ink Spots, Charles Brown, Louis Armstrong, Wynonie Harris, and Dinah Washington. ...
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Show 65, “1950s Heart Throbs,” features the music of nine handsome male singers who made women swoon. Performers include Jim Reeves, Nat King Cole, Dion DiMucci, Frankie Avalon, Paul Anka, and Frank Sinatra. Show 65...
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Show 64, “Top Hits of 1942,” tracks the most popular music of that year, with 14 recordings by Bing Crosby, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Dinah Shore, Gene Autry, The Andrews Sisters, and Billie Holliday. Also...
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Show 63, “On the road with Sam,” is an imaginary road trip with Sam Waldron and a playlist of music that is sure to put a 60-minute smile on his face. Performers include Rosemary Clooney,...
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Show 62, “Bing Crosby,” follows the life and musical career of the 20th century’s first true Megastar. We hear 18 recordings from Bing and a variety of other performers including Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, The...
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Show 61, “Songs with Stories,” explores interesting stories behind important mid-century songs. Included are “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “St. Louis Blues,” “Get Your Kicks on Route 66,” “Over the Rainbow,” “Peggy Sue,” and “My Funny...
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Show 60, “Top Hits of 1952,” tracks the most popular recordings of 1952, playing 17 songs, including ballads, an unusual novelty song about Little Bo Peep, and a recording that’s an early precursor of rock-and-roll....
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Show 59, “Songs About Body Parts,” uses 19 popular songs to lead a comprehensive tour of the human body. Included are faces, feet, fingernails, hearts, minds, heads, and much more. Performers include Elvis Presley, Evelyn...
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Show 58, “Movie Night with Irving Berlin,” plays 16 soundtrack recordings from eight movies for which Irving Berlin wrote the music. Performers include Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, and Irving...
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Show 57, “Georgia Gibbs Tommy Sands,” focuses on two energetic entertainers from the mid-century. Nine songs by Sands include “Ring My Phone,” “Sing Boy Sing,” “Soda Pop Pop,” “Teenage Crush,” and “Blue Ribbon Baby.” Nine...
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Show 56, “Top Hits of 1946,” presents every #1 best-selling song from that year, with performances by Kay Kyser, Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers, The Ink Spots, Perry Como, Betty Hutton, Betty Barclay, and...
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Show 55, “Songs about Beer,” is focused on (you guessed it!) songs about beer. Performers include Hank Thompson, The Dubliners, Marilyn Scott, Guy Lombardo, Kolibris, Richie Valens, Tom T. Hall, and Jerry Lee Lewis. The...
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Show 54, “George and Ira Gershwin,” features 17 recordings of music written by two brothers who played a huge role in shaping popular music in the 20th century. Performers include Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Judy...
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Show 53, “The Jazz Age,” features a variety of jazz performances, both vocal and instrumental, from the 1930s through the 1950s. Performers include Anita O’Day, Tex Beneke, The Andrews Sisters, Mildred Bailey, Woody Herman, Louis...
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Show 52, “1950s Easy Listening,” features 17 very popular recordings from the 1950s that were regarded as “suitable for adults” because they didn’t include rock-and-roll, rhythm-and-blues or doo-wop. Performers include Jane Morgan, Johnny Mathis, Jimmy...
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Show 51, “Ella Fitzgerald,” features 16 recordings by a towering figure in jazz and popular music. Songs include “I Wish I Were in Love Again,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” “Manhattan,” “A Tisket, a Tasket,”...
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Show 50, “1940s Heart throbs,” features recordings from a baker’s dozen handsome crooners from the 1940s who had the power to make women swoon. Performers include Kenny Baker, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Leslie “Hutch”...
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Show 48, “Epilogue to the 1950s,” presents 17 hit songs from 1960, 1961, and 1962 to show how the themes of popular music evolved. Performers include Toni Fisher, Dave Brubeck, Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline, Steve...
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Show 47, “Top Hits of 1940,” presents 15 popular songs from the first year of the 1940s, including three that held the #1 Billboard chart position for a total of 33 weeks. Performers include Kay...
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Show 46, “1950s Slow Dancing” presents 18 songs from the ‘50s just perfect for dancing and romancing with the lights down low. Performers include Elvis Presley, The Platters, Rosemary Clooney, Pat Boone, The Teddy Bears,...
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Show 45, “Answer Songs,” pairs nine original songs with “answer songs” that address the original lyrics. Songs include “Mr. Lee,” “God Bless America,” “Chantilly Lace,” and “Get a Job.” Performers include Debbie Dean, Kitty Wells,...
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Show 44, “Top Hits of 1959,” tracks the most popular recordings of the final year of the 1950s, presenting 17 songs in a variety of styles. Performers include Guy Mitchell, Frankie Avalon, Little Anthony and...
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Show 42, “The Best of 45RPM” presents 16 of Sam Waldron’s personal favorite recordings from Episodes 21 through 40, plus two recordings from upcoming shows in the works. Performers include Julie Andrews, Ricky Nelson, The...
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Show 43, “Country Music circa 1950,” presents 17 popular country-western recordings from 1948 through 1953. Host Sam Waldron includes some thoughts on how regional hillbilly music evolved into a huge commercial enterprise by the 1960s....
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Show 41, “The Andrews Sisters,” presents 16 recordings by the most popular female singing group of the mid-20th century. Included are “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “I’ll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time,” “Keep Your...
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Show 40, “Top Hits of 1955,” tracks all the No. 1 Billboard hits plus a few other interesting songs from this year when rock-and-roll was just peeking over the horizon. Performers include Pat Boone, The...
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Show 39, “Prologue to the 1940s,” presents 16 popular songs from 1937, 1938, and 1939 that reveal musical threads and performers that paved the way for the 1940s. Performers include Frank Sinatra, Guy Lombardo, Judy...
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Show 38, “Top Hits of 1944,” tracks every #1 Billboard Magazine best-selling popular record of 1944 – plus four big hits from that year. Performers include Bing Crosby, Helen Forrest, The Andrews Sisters, Judy Garland,...
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Show 37, “Platters Fleetwoods,” focuses on recordings by The Platters and The Fleetwoods, two influential vocal groups in the 1950s. Songs by The Fleetwoods include “I’m Mr. Blue,” “Come Softly to Me,” “The Great Imposter,”...
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Show 36, “Top Hits of 1951,” includes every No. 1 Billboard best-selling record from that year plus a bit of interesting information about that year. Performers include Tommy Edwards, The Four Aces, Tony Bennett, Rosemary...
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Show 35, “New Life for Old Music,” presents eight popular songs from the 1940s and ‘50s, contrasting each with a more modern version recorded later. Songs include Moonlight Cocktail, Some Enchanted Evening, Poor Little Fool,...
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Show 34, “1950s Dance Party,” features 20 high-energy recordings from the mid and late ‘50s which are ideal for a fast-dance party. Performers include Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, The Ventures, LaVerne Baker, Bobby Rydell,...
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Show 33, “Forgotten Fifties,” features popular songs and performers from the “forgotten” pre-rock-and-roll years 1950 through 1954. Performers include Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Bill Haley and the Comets, Johnnie Ray, The Four Knights, Nat King...
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Show 32, “Top Hits 1947,” includes every #1 Billboard best-selling record of 1947 plus several other recordings of note from that year. Performers include Vaughn Monroe, The King Cole Trio, Peggy Lee, Al Jolson, The...
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Show 31, “You’ll Never Guess,” is a grab-bag of music and entertainment without restraint, including some music that host Sam Waldron regards as his personal “guilty pleasures.” Performers include Ricky Nelson, Nat King Cole, Ray...
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Show 30, “1940s Dance Party,” presents 20 songs for fast and slow dancing plus tips for hosting your own ‘40s dance party with invitations, decorations, food and beverages. Performers include Lester Lanin, Ed Ames, Bing...
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Show 29, “Louis Armstrong,” celebrates the music of one of the 20th century’s greatest jazz performers with 15 of his recordings. Included are “When the Saints Go Marching In,” “Moon River,” “Hello Dolly,” “Jeepers Creepers,” two...
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Show 28, “Top Hits of 1943,” tracks every #1 best-selling hit record of 1943 plus a few other important songs from that year. Performers include Helen Forrest, Glenn Miller, Bing Crosby, The Mills Brothers, Benny...
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Show 27, “Music of Irving Berlin” features 16 songs written by one of the greatest American songwriters. Performers include Frank Sinatra and Irving Berlin in a duo, Bing Crosby, Julie Andrews, Guy Lombardo, Patsy Cline,...
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Show 26, “Doo Wop Groups,” explores the variety of performers of this 1950s musical genre. Some examples are well-known hits, others are obscure. Performers include Frankie Lyman and The Teenagers, The Nutmegs, The Four Buddies,...
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Show 25, “The Big Bands,” plays 16 Big Band songs and samples another nine songs to show the range and versatility of this musical art form. Performers include Kay Kyser, Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, Glen...
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Show 24, “Top Hits of 1957,” tracks all 17 #1 Billboard hits that year and ends with a 1957-related song that was recorded in a later year. Performers include Paul Anka, Debbie Reynolds, Buddy Holly...
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Show 23, “The Perfect Country Song,” presents 14 big hits from the country charts in 1944 through 1947 in order to determine: What elements would need to be in the “perfect” country song? Performers include...
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Show 22, “Best of “45 RPM”, revisits 16 of Sam Waldron’s favorite recordings from the first 20 shows in the program. Performers include Glenn Miller, Mel Torme, The Skyliners, The Fleetwoods, Matt Monroe, Helen Forrest,...
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Show 21, “Music from Canada” features songs by more than a dozen Canadian performers. Included are Percy Faith, Hank Snow, Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians, Giselle McKenzie, Jack Scott, Dorothy Collins, Norman Brooks, and...
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Show 20, “Top Hits of 1953,” includes every Billboard #1 hit plus a handful of other notable songs from that year. Performers include Patti Page, Perry Como, Nat King Cole, Kay Starr, Percy Faith’s orchestra,...
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Show 19, “Doris Day and Pat Boone,” focuses on two popular 1950s singers and movie stars. The show includes excerpts from a telephone interview with Pat Boone. Included are comparisons of three songs they each...
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Show 18, “World War Two Love Songs” contains 15 recordings of songs about love, loneliness, separation and homesickness. Performers include Dinah Shore, Kay Kyser, Frank Sinatra, Kate Smith, Alice Faye, The Jesters, and The Andrews...
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Show 17, “Songs about cities,” features songs with city names in their titles. It’s a 33,000-mile journey to 15 cities in four countries on three continents, with performances by The Four Lads, Pearl Bailey, Elvis...
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Show 16, “Top Hits of 1949” tracks, in order, every Billboard #1 hit from that year, then adds half a dozen other popular songs from 1949. Performers include Perry Como, Frankie Laine, Dinah Shore, Bing...
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Show 01, “Pilot,” is an introduction to the program that provides an overview of music in the 1940s and 1950s, from the Big Bands through Rock & Roll. Performances by Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Lena...
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Show 14, “1950s Rock&Roll,” contains 16 recordings by iconic rock stars of the ‘50s. Performers include Little Richard, Johnny Cash, The El Dorados, Frankie Avalon, Tommy Sands, Brenda Lee, Buddy Knox, Bill Haley, and Fats...
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Show 13, “Pure Fun,” is an hour of nonsense songs about a variety of topics including genealogy, local politics, residential architecture, sports, and drag racing. Included are “the worst song Frank Sinatra ever recorded” plus...
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Show 12, “Top Hits of 1945,” tracks every No. 1 Billboard hit of that year and adds a few more interesting recordings. Performers include Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, Les Brown, Vaughn Monroe, Frank...
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Show 11, “Music of Hoagy Carmichael,” includes 14 songs he wrote, from everlasting hits like “Stardust” to obscure-but-fun items like “When Love Goes Wrong.” Performers include Mildred Bailey, The Fleetwoods, The Four Preps, Julie London,...
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Show 10, “Hello, I Love You, Goodbye,” categorizes 16 love songs as “Hello” or “I love you” or “Goodbye,” with the latter category extended in a couple of cases to “Goodbye and good riddance!” Performers...
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Show 08, “Top Hits of 1941,” drills down to a single year, playing every No. 1 Billboard hit in order, in effect letting our parents and grandparents choose the music for us. Performers include Artie...
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Show 09, “Elvis Presley,” features 17 songs sung by The King, including the very first song he sang in public (when he was just 10), some of his hard rock songs, some love ballads, and...
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Show 05, “Fabulous females,” features 15 talented female vocalists singing wonderful love songs, some happy and others very sad. Performers include Alice Faye, Margaret Whiting, Eydie Gorme, Judy Garland, Helen Forrest and Mary Ford. Playlist...
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Show 07, “Great Guys,” includes 15 songs by 15 male vocalists, each of whom made music history in his own way. Performers include Dick Haymes, Tony Bennett, Buddy Holly, Johnny Mathis, Jimmy Durante, and Bing...
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Show 04, “The not-so-boring 1940s,” has a wide variety of music including a vaudeville routine, jazz, vocal groups, a patriotic protest song and of course the Big Bands. Performers include Sammy Kaye, The Three Suns,...
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Show 03, “Songs about dancing,” includes 16 songs about dancing, at least one of which you’ve probably never heard before. Performers include Fred Astaire, Rosemary Clooney, The Diamonds, Patti Page, Barbara Cook, and Julie Andrews....
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Show 02, “Vocal groups,” highlights interesting songs by vocal groups, some well-known and at least one that’s fairly obscure. Performers include The Andrews Sisters, The Kingston Trio, The Ink Spots, The Charioteers, The Four Lads,...
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Show 01, “Pilot,” is an introduction to the program that provides an overview of music in the 1940s and 1950s, from the Big Bands through Rock & Roll. Performances by Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Lena...
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