Music From 100 Years Ago

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 World.

Songs about birds, including: Bye Bye Blackbird, Turkey in the Straw, Bluebird Blues and The Bird on Nelly's Hat. Artists include: Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Helen Trix, Cab Calloway and Sonny Boy Williamson.  

Piano music of all types.  Pianists include: Teddy Wilson, Ignaz Paderewski, George Gershwin, Art Tatum and Arizona Dranes. Music Includes: Honky Tonk Train Blues, Rhapsody in Blue, Polonaise #1 and Tea For Two.

Music by bandleader and songwriter Isham Jones. Songs include: I'll See You in My Dreams, Wabash Blues, There is No Greater Love and Stardust. Other musicians include: Al Jolson, Woody Herman and Cliff Edwards.

Songs involving cars, trains, planes and boats. Songs include: In My Merry Oldsmobile, The Wreck of the Old 97, Come Josephine in My Flying Machine and Sailing Down Chesapeake Bay. Artists include: Billy Murray, Ada Jones, Vernon Dalhart and the Memphis Jug Band.

This week, musicians from Mississippi, including: Jimmie Rodgers, Mississippi John Hurt, The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Sonny Boy Williamson and Lester Young. Songs include: Lady Be Good, Blue Bird, Mississippi Moon, Ol Miss Rag and Dream Daddy Blues.

Songs about fruit, including: Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries, I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time, On a Coconut Island and Black Raspberry Jam. Performers include: Cliff Edwards, Andy Iona, Rudy Valley, Fats Waller and the Memphis Jug Band.

Xylophone, marimba and vibraphone recordings.  Songs include: Triplets, Who's Sorry Now?, Memories of You and Avelon. Artists include: Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, George Hamilton Green and Adrian Rollini.

Music by songwriter, Walter Donaldson.  Songs include: Carolina in the Morning, My Blue Heaven, Love Me or Leave Me and You're Driving Me Crazy. Performers include: Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Josephine Baker and Nora Bayes.

Songs include: Happy Days, I Faw Down, When You're Smiling, Train Whistle Blues and Sweetheart of Yesterday. Artists include: The Casa Loma Orchestra, Bessie Smith, Jimmie Rodgers, Bennie Moten, Annette Hanshaw and Louis Armstrong.

Music includes: Liszt's Hungarian Rhaposdy 2, Beethoven's Egmont Overture and Smetana's Bartered Bride Overture. Conductors include: Leopold Stokowski, Hamilton Harty and Wilhelm Furtwangler.

Songs about money, including: We're in the Money, Broke and Hungry, Don't Let Your Deal Go Down and Brother Can You Spare a Dime? Musicians include: Ted Lewis, Bing Crosby, Blind Lemon Jeffferson, Fletcher Henderson and Bert Williams.

Love songs for summer. Artists include: Sir Harry Lauder, Josephine Baker, Enrico Caurso, Lee Morse and Maurice Chevalier. Songs include: Old Fashioned Love, She's the Lass For Me, Love is Mine and Stardust.

Records that topped one million in sales.  Songs include; Dardenella, The Prisoner's Song, Sonny Boy and Down Hearted Blues. Performers include: Al Jolson, Bessie Smith, Sophie Tucker, Ted Weems  and Gene Austin.

Patriotic songs for July 4th.  Songs include: National Emblem, America, Any Place the Old Flag Flies and Keep the Home Fires Burning. Performers include: The Marine Band, Cal Stewart, Victor Herbert and Louis Armstrong.

Songs about Georgia and musicians from the peach state.  Songs include: Sweet Georgia Brown, Savannah Mama, Georgia Bound and Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia. Musicans include: Blind Willie McTell, The Skillet Lickers, Ma Rainey, Fiddlin John Carson and the American Quartet.

Songs about Rain.  Songs include: Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon, Stormy Weather, Rainy Nights and I'm Dancing on a Rainbow.Musicians include: Bessie Smith, Ada Jones, The Happiness Boys and Duke Ellington.

A tribute to our equine friends.  Songs include: The Horse Trot, Empty Saddles, Racehorse Blues and My Old Saddle Horse Is Missing. Performers include: Cliff Carlise, Bing Crosby, Helen Humes and Sonny Scott.

 Records left off previous shows.  Songs include: Lord McDonald, The Little Old Ford, Some Sunny Day, Sweetie Pie and I'm In Seventh Heaven.Performers include: Paul Whiteman, Michael Coleman, Bing Crosby, Vernon Dalhart and Al Jolson.

Early comedy records.  Performers include: Bert Williams, Cal Stewart, Miss Ray Cox, Eddie Cantor and Steve Porter.