Episodes
From Coast Coast, from every state in the Union…it’s Groucho Marx and…
Have you heard the siren’s call today? You might have, and not even known it.
Coleman Hawkins got it in him one day to stray from the jazz norm, and he opened the door for a new style of music. Hawkins played tenor sax, which wasn’t really recognized as a jazz instrument until he helped make it one. Body and Soul,
The first copyrighted film was not a comedy, a thriller, but a…(ahem)...bodily function
Most kids take their piano lessons at school, or at a neighbor’s house. But Hazel Scott was always a bit above “chopsticks”.
Couples sway to the music, hand in hand, step matched for measured step. But we're not in Austria, or Vienna...we're in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Everyone knows John Philip Sousa for his marches. And, okay, so….yes, this is a march too, but so much more.
Artie Shaw sure knew how to surround himself with the right crowd.
Pianist/singer/ jack of many trades Ivory Joe Hunter with “Since I Met you Baby”.
Half a century after the Battle of Gettysburg, veterans from both sides gathered at the battle site to pay tribute to the fallen.
Merv Griffin with Freddy Martin and his Orchestra on a 1950 RCA Victor record
You’re listening to the Shelton Brothers…that’s Bob, Joe and Merle.
Perhaps the most popular song in American campaign history, and its very unlikely source.
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was included on Harris’ Blue Kentucky Girl, a Warner Brothers LP.
Jean de Brunhoff introduced Babar the Elephant to the world in1931…though some credit belongs to his wife and children.
...In a hurry!
Dame Nellie Melba’s Farewell speech, recorded at Covent Garden in 1926. Plus...dessert!
The Carter Family’s rendition of “Honey in the Rock", a Coral Record from 1949.
Victor Young and his Singing Strings