Recordings from the early 20th Century with comments.
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Songs of the Sea
Nautical tunes for landlubbers. Songs include: I Love to be a Sailor, Barnacle Bill, By the Sea and My Bonnie.Performers include: Alma Gluck, Cal Stewart, the Knickerbocker Quartet and Billy Murray.
Valentine Songs
Songs for Valentine's Day. Songs include: I'm Falling in Love With Someone, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Pretty Baby and For You Alone. Performers include: John McCormack, Cliff Edwards, Ethyl Waters and Enrico Caruso.
Button Up Your Overcoat
An appendix to episode #41. Two versions of Button Up Your Overcoat by Helen Kane and Annette Hanshaw.
Texas Songs
Songs about Texas and songs by Texans. Artists include: Jimmie Davis, Lydia Mendoza, The Red Onion Jazz Babies, Jimmie Rodgers and Gene Autry. Songs include: Beautiful Texas, Texas Moaner Blues, Chinatown, My Chianatown and Mal Hombre.
Disasters
Songs about real-life disasters. Songs include: The Baltimore Fire, The Titanic Blues, The Death of Floyd Collins and Ben Dewberry's Final Run. Artists include: Jimmie Rogers, Vernon Dalhart,Virginia Liston and Bessie Smith.
Flappers
Female singers of the 1920s. Performers include: Helen Kane, Josephine Baker, Annette Handshaw, Sophie Tucker and Marion Harris.Songs include: Button Up Your Overcoat, 50 Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong, Bye Bye Blackbird and Loveable and Sweet.
Piano Music
Early piano recordings. Performers include: Johannes Brahms, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake, Pinetop Smith and Jelly Roll Morton.
1907
Records released in 1907. Artists include: Enrico Caruso, Billy Murrary, Ada Jones, the Arthur Pryor Band, Bob Roberts and Steve Porter.Songs include: Vesti La Giubba, I'm Gettin Ready for My Mother-In-Law, And a Little Child Will Lead Them and...
Leftovers Part 2
Artists include: Al Jolson, Ada Jones, Bert Williams, the Original Dixiland Jazz Band, the Sousa Band and the Peerless Quartet.Songs include: Tiger Rag, Nobody, California, Here I Come and Christmas Eve.
1920s Blues
Early blues recordings including: Crazy Blues, Saint Louis Blues,Bearcat Blues and Bad Luck Blues. Performers include: Mamie Smith, Lonnie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Ma Rainey and Charley Patton.