Episodes
Today we’re talking tornadoes and…You’re on the Sound Beat.
You’re listening to Pearl Bailey from 1946 and you’re on the Sound Beat. Pearl made her Broadway debut that year, performing “It’s a Woman’s Prerogative” in St. Louis Woman. Though audiences weren’t enamored of the play,
On today’s episode we’re talking electronic music…and the importance of a thorough resume. You’re on the Sound Beat. Miklos Rosza had long considered using electronic music in a film. He got his chance when director Alfred Hitchcock and producer ...
Here’s a succinct history lesson. “Istanbul was Constantinople. Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople.”
Tomato, to-mah-to, potato-po-tah-to…no matter how you say it, you’re on the Sound Beat. Most married couples admit to occasional, let’s say…differences of opinion. Seldom are those…again, just differences of opinion,
Nighttime is often the right time for thoughtful reflection..especially when one is on guard duty in the Army.
Freddie Fisher and "America's most unsophisticated band".
The Fisk Jubilee Singers with Band of Gideon, a cylinder recording from 1927
The Charleston wasn't the only dance on the floor in the 1920's.
Yves Montand with A Paris, an Odeon record from 1949.
Why did Governor Dewitt Clinton build a giant ditch across New York state? To get to the other side.
It was L. Frank Baum’s mother-in-law who encouraged him to write down the fanciful stories he told his kids. Seems he put a bit of himself into the tales, too.
In his hit “Caldonia,” Louis Jordan wasn’t singing about his wife Fleecie Moore’s “hard head”, but, you know, he could have been.
The Hammer Song has been pounding out social change since 1949.
You’re listening to Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians with Coast Guard Forever.
Two keys to any good marriage: understanding and coffee.
The American B-24 Bomber departed a Libyan Air Base on a bombing raid in April 1943.
Blues fans and extra-terrestrials alike may recognize this one.
Who cooked your last meal?
Perry Como was known for his crooning and his cardigan sweaters, both perfectly suitable for a Winter Wonderland.