Music From 100 Years Ago

Songs include: Tears, Ain't It a Crying Shame, Why Should I Cry Over You and Dancing With Tears in My Eyes. Performers include: The Tuxedo Dance Orchestra, Ruth Etting, Blind Boy Fuller, Bix Biederbeck and Bing Crosby. 

The story of the father of the blues, W.C. Handy.  Songs include: Saint Louis Blues, Memphis Blues, Steal Away to Jesus and Way Down South Where the Blues Began. Musicians include: W. C. Handy, Marion Harris, Blanche Calloway and Jellyroll Morton.

Songs include: Trombone Cholly, Teddy Bear's Picnic, Ory's Creole Trombone and Avalon.Trombonists include: Kid Ory, Arthur Pryor, Jack Teagarden and Charlie Green.

Songs about cake, candy, ice cream and pie. Performers include: Ted Lewis, Harry Resser, Lee Morse and Blind Boy Fuller.

For the 100th episode, it's highlights from past shows.  Performers include: Billy Murray, Blind Lemmon Jefferson, Enrico Caurso and Al Jolson.

More songs from 1929, including: Sweet Fern, Mean to Me, Feeling the Spirit and How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times.Artists include: Rudy Vallee, The Carter Family, Blind Alfred Reed, Ruth Etting and Al Jolson.

Songs about heaven, including: My Blue Heaven, When I Put On My Long White Robe, Heaven's Radio and In My Little Hula Heaven.Artists include: Gene Austin, The Carter Family, Rev. J.B. Gates, The Swift Jewel Cowboys and John McCormack.

Songs include: Chicago Breakdown, Chicago Blues, Chicago Mess Around and Chicago Stomp. Performers include: Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Earl Hines, Lovie Austin and Fletcher Henderson.

A selection of Irish music, including: Haste to the Wedding, The Girls of Bainbridge, Leaving Dear Old Ireland and The Star of the County Down. Artists include: John McCormack, Michael Coleman, Paddy Killoran and Chauncey Olcott.

Songs about the Sun including: On the Sunny Side of the Street, Red Sails in the Sunset, Morning Sun Blues and Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie. Performers include: Louis Armstrong, Harry Richman, Bryon Harlin, the Brox Sisters and John McCormack.

Early works by  Hollywood song writer , Harry Warren. Songs include, The Lullaby of Broadway, Lulu's Back In Town, You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me, and Shadow Waltz. Performers include: Bing Crosby, Connie Boswell, Hal Kemp and Fats Waller.

Songs about Alabama and musicians from the yellowhammer state. Songs include: Alabama Jubilee, Go Down Moses, Alabama Strut and the Stars Fell On Alabama. Musicans include: Cow Cow Davenport, Guy Lombardo, the Tuskeggee Institute Singers and W.C. Handy.

 Six songs with rose in the title.  Songs include: My Wild Irish Rose, Second Hand Rose, Rose Room, My Virgina Rose and Roses of Picardy.Performers include: the Carter Family, Django Rheinhardt, Bing Crosby and Fanny Brice.

The story of the first African-American owned record label. Artists include: Ethel Waters, Fletcher henderson, The Four Harmony Kings, Alberta Hunter and Trixie Smith. Songs include: Oh Daddy, They'll be some Changes Made, Farewell Blues and Trixie's Blues.

Songs about the moon.  Songs include: By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Once In a Blue Moon, Roll Along Kentucky Moon and Moon Country. Performers include: Ada Jones, Cliff Edwards, Hoagy Carmichael, Helen Kane and Charlie Patton.

Songs with breakdown in the title.  Songs include: Piano Breakdown, Birmington Breakdown, Redell Breakdown and Country Breakdown. Performers include: Charley Lincoln, The Skillet Lickers, Louis Armstrong, Blind Blake and J.B. Fuselier.

Pianists include: Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller, Pinetop Smith, Earl Hines and Cow Cow Davenport.Tunes include: Jelly Roll Blues, Black Beauty,Pinetop's Boogie Woogie and Goin About.

Songs written or recorded in 1908.  Songs include: Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Shine On Harvest Moon, Pineapple Rag and It Looks Like a Big Night Tonight. Performers include: Billy Murray, the Sousa Band, the Knickerbocker Quartet and Harry Lauder.

Records left off of previous podcasts.  Plus a tribute to Oscar Peterson and Lydia Mendoza. Artists include: Oscar Peterson, Lydia Mendoza, Mound City Blue Blowers, Floyd Smith, Valaida Snow and John Philip Sousa.

Guitar Music from the 1920s and 1930s.  Guitarists include: Nick Lucas, Eddie Lang, Blind Boy Fuller, Bennie Nawahi, Ramon Montoya, Andre Segovia and Django Reinhardt. Songs include; Pickin on the Guitar, Dark was the Night, Clouds, El Rosa and Mauna Kea.