Recordings from the early 20th Century with comments.
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The Christmas Show
Christmas records from the teens through the 30s. Songs include: I Want You For Christmas, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, The Nutcracker and Auld Lang Syne. Artists include: The Carol Singers, Tommy Dorsey, Rev. J.M. Gates and Guy Lombardo.
Drags
Songs include: Blue Drag, Varsity Drag, Saratoga Drag and Five O'Clock Drag. Performers include: Cab Calloway, George Olson, Jelly Roll Morton and Cow Cow Davenport.
Count Up 1 to 8
More number songs including: Dinner at Eight, Five Foot Two, You Are the One and Three O' Clock in the Morning. Artist include: Gene Austin, Hazel Scott, Bing Crosby and Bem Selvin.
Countdown 7 to 1
Songs with numbers in the titles; plus pointless trivia about numbers. Songs include: Tea For Two, The Fives, I'm In Seventh Heaven and Three Little Words.Artists include: Ethyl Waters, Count Basie, Fats Waller, Marion Harris and Wingy Manone.
Star Songs
Songs about stars. Songs include: Dancing Under the Stars, Come Down My Evening Star, I Saw Stars and Stardust. Performers include: Lillian Russel, Willie the Lion Smith, Bing Crosby and Cab Calloway.
Boogie Woogie Part 2
The musicians who brought boogie woogie into mainstream popularity in the 1930s and 1940s. Pianists include: Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, Hazel Scott and Jimmy Yancey. Tunes include: Boogie Woogie Prayer, Bass Goin Crazy,...
Boogie Woogie Part 1
Early boogie woogie pianists including: Jimmy Blythe, Cow Cow Davenport, Pinetop Smith and Romeo Nelson. Tunes include: Pinetop's Boogie Woogie, Chicago Stomp, Cow Cow Blues and Head Rag Hop.
Halloween Show
Music for Halloween, including: Haunted House Blues, The Skeleton in the Closet, Mr Ghost Goes to Town and Graveyard Blues. Performers include: Helen Gross, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Davis and Woody Herman.
Happy Songs
Songs with happy in the title. Songs include: Happy Days Are Here Again, Is Everybody Happy?, Let Me Sing and I'm Happy and There's Always a Happy Ending. Performers include: Ted Lewis, Helen Kane, Lee Morse, Bing Crosby and Al Jolson.
Delta Blues
Early Mississippi Delta Blues Singers, including: Charley Patton, Son House, Bo Carter, Robert Johnson and Blind Willie McTell. Songs include: Screamin and Hollerin the Blues, Spike Driver Blues, I Believe I'll Dust My Broom and Sitting on Top of the...