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| Episode 333 | Did You Know? | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Come Fly With Me | Frank Sinatra |
| 2 | Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket | Dean Martin |
| 3 | Money Honey | Elvis Presley |
| 4 | Strange Fruit | Billie Holliday |
| 5 | Will Your Lawyer Talk to God? | Kitty Wells |
| 6 | That’ll Be The Day | The Crickets |
| 7 | Ford Jingle #2. | Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney |
| 8 | My Baby Just Cares For Me | Bing Crosby |
| 9 | The Folks Who Live on the Hill | Peggy Lee |
| 10 | Pensylvania 6-5000 | Glenn Miller |
| 11 | With My Eyes Wide Open I’m Dreaming | Patti Page |
| 12 | Change Partners | Ella Fitzgerald |
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| Episode 332 | Songs About Boats | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Sloop John B | Kingston Trio |
| 2 | Sea Cruise | Frankie Ford |
| 3 | Ski King | E.C. Beatty |
| 4 | Red Sails in the Sunset | Nat King Cole |
| 5 | Ferry Boat Serenade | The Andrews Sisters |
| 6 | Cruising Down the River | Blue Baron |
| 7 | A Ship Without a Sail | Neil Sedaka |
| 8 | Anchors Aweigh | Percy Faith |
| 9 | La mer | Charles Trenet from 40s |
| 10 | Beyond the Sea | Bobby Darin |
| 11 | My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean | John McDermott |
| 12 | Row Row Row | Joy Hodges |
| 13 | Slow Boat to China | The Richmond Strings |
| 14 | Harbor Lights | Rosemary Clooney |
| 15 | Blow the Man Down | Burl Ives |
| 16 | Old Man River | Frank Sinatra |
| 17 | La Mer | James Turner |
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| Episode 331 | Benny Goodman Tribute | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Moonglow | Benny Goodman |
| 2 | Moonglow | The McGuire Sisters |
| 3 | Why Don’t You Do Right | Peggy Lee |
| 4 | We’ll Meet Again | Peggy Lee |
| 5 | Blue Skies | Art Lund |
| 6 | And the Angels Sing | Martha Tilton |
| 7 | How High The Moon | Helen Forrest |
| 8 | Sing Sing Sing With a Swing | Benny Goodman |
| 9 | Sing Sing Sing With a Swing | The Andrews Sisters & BBC Big Band |
| 10 | Let’s Dance | Eddie Daniels |
| 11 | Mood Indigo | Pete Fountain |
| 12 | Perform Benny Goodman | Dan Levinson & Ken Peplowski & Dave Bennett |
| 13 | Moonglow | Lisa Ono |
| 14 | Moonglow | Benny Goodman |
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| Episode 330 | 1956 My Way | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley |
| 2 | Be Bop a Lula | Gene Vincent |
| 3 | Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| 4 | The Great Pretender | The Platters |
| 5 | Jamaica Farewell | Harry Belafonte |
| 6 | Dizzy Fingers | Carmen Cavalerro |
| 7 | Ivory Tower | Cathy Carr |
| 8 | Crazy Arms | Ray Price |
| 8 | Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins |
| 9 | The Poor People of Paris | Les Baxter |
| 10 | Dreamy Eyes | The Four Preps |
| 11 | Memories Are Made of This | Dean Martin |
| 12 | How Do You Think I Feel | Elvis Presley |
| 14 | You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me | Frank Sinatra |
| 13 | Exactly Like You | Louis Armstrong |
| 15 | Honky Tonk | Bill Doggett & His Combo |
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Episode 329 |
1950s Gospel |
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Playlist |
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1 |
Keep Your Hand on the Plow |
Mahalia Jackson |
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2 |
Surely God is Able |
The Famous Ward Singers |
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3 |
Old Time Religion |
The Staple Singers |
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4 |
We’ve Got a Great Big Wonderful God |
The Blackwood Brothers Quartet |
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5 |
Touch the Hem of His Garment |
The Soul Stirrers with Sam Cooke |
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6 |
Come and Go to That Land |
The Soul Stirrers with Sam Cooke |
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7 |
Heaven’s Grocery Store |
The Dixie Hummingbirds |
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8 |
Steal Away |
Five Blind Boys of Mississippi |
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9 |
Swing Low Sweet Chariot |
The Clara Ward Singers |
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10 |
Buked and Scorned |
Odetta |
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11 |
Take My Hand Precious Lord |
Elvis Presley |
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12 |
Have a Little Talk With Jesus |
Sister Rosetta Tharp & Red Foley |
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13 |
This Train |
Sister Rosetta Tharp |
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14 |
Everybody’s Gonna Have a Wonderful Time Up There |
The Pilgrim Travelers |
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15 |
Wonderful Time Up There |
Pat Boone |
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16 |
That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine |
The Statesman Quartet with Hovie Lister |
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| Episode 328 | Now the Words | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Tuxedo Junction | Glenn Miller |
| 2 | Tuxedo Junction | The Andrews Sisters |
| 3 | Opus Number One | Members of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra |
| 4 | Opus One | The Mills Brothers |
| 5 | Song of India | Glen Gray |
| 6 | Song of India | Mario Lanza |
| 7 | Take the A Train | Duke Ellington Orchestra |
| 8 | Take the A Train | Delta Rhythm Boys |
| 9 | Frenesi | Artie Shaw |
| 10 | Frenesi | Mel Torme & Billy May |
| 11 | String of Pearls | Brisbane Ballroom Dance Combo |
| 12 | String of Pearls | The Modernaires |
| 13 | Full Moon and Empty Arms | Members of the Lawrence Welk Orchestra |
| 14 | Full Moon and Empty Arms | Jerry Vale |
| 15 | In the Mood | Al Saxon Big Band |
| 16 | In the Mood | The Andrews Sisters |
| 17 | Moonlight Serenade | Glenn Miller |
| 18 | Moonlight Serenade | Frank Sinatra |
| 19 | A String of Pearls | The Glenn Miller Orchestra |
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| Episode 327 | Obscure 50s Females | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | The Answer to a Maiden’s Prayer | June Valli |
| 2 | Rock and Roll Wedding | Sunny Gale |
| 3 | I Hear a Rhapsody | Fran Warren |
| 4 | A Corset Can Do a Lot | Fran Warren |
| 5 | Anything Goes | Helen Merrill |
| 6 | When It’s Sleepy Time Down South | Joy Bryan |
| 7 | Tabby the Cat | Lucy Reed |
| 8 | I Want to Play Post Office | Mavis Rivers |
| 9 | I’ll See You in My Dreams | Sue Raney |
| 10 | Rock Love | Lula Reed |
| 11 | How About You | Lola Albright |
| 12 | I’ve Got a Crush on You | Lola Albright |
| 13 | Better Than Anything | Irene Kral |
| 14 | Surry With the Fringe on Top | Laura Allyn |
| 15 | Yes Sir That’s My Baby | Carol Ventura |
| 16 | It Could Happen to You | Lurlean Hunter |
| 17 | Too Young to Settle Down | Louise Duncan |
| 18 | Blue Dream | Margie Bowes |
| 19 | I’ll See You in My Dreams | Chet Atkins |
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| Episode 326 | 1940 and 41 My Way | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Frenesi | Artie Shaw |
| 2 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra |
| 3 | Tuxedo Junction | Glenn Miller |
| 4 | Maybe | The Ink Spots |
| 5 | W.P.A. | The Mills Brothers & Louis Armstrong |
| 6 | You Are My Sunshine | Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell Orchestra |
| 7 | Never No Lament | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra |
| 8 | Daddy | Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye |
| 9 | Chattanooga Choo Choo | Glenn Miller |
| 10 | Green Eyes | Jimmy Dorsey & Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell |
| 11 | You Made Me Love You | Harry James & his Orchestra |
| 12 | Dinah’s Blues | Dinah Shore |
| 13 | Seven Beers with the Wrong Woman | Tommy Tucker |
| 14 | I Surrender Dear | Nat King Cole |
The post Episode 326, 1940-1941 My Way appeared first on Sam Waldron.
]]>| Episode 325 | Six Years of Rock and Roll | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Sh-Boom | The Crew Cuts |
| 2 | Papa Loves Mambo | Perry Como |
| 3 | Shake Rattle and Roll | Bill Haley & His Comets |
| 4 | Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley & His Comets |
| 5 | Aint That a Shame | Pat Boone |
| 6 | Maybellene | Chuck Berry |
| 7 | Don’t Be Cruel | Elvis |
| 8 | Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins |
| 9 | Be Bop A Lula | Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps |
| 10 | Long Tall Sally | Little Richard |
| 11 | All Shook Up | Elvis Presley |
| 12 | Party Doll | Buddy Knox |
| 13 | Bye Bye Love | The Everly Brothers |
| 14 | Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 15 | Stood Up | Ricky Nelson |
| 16 | At the Hop | Danny & The Juniors |
| 17 | Johnny B. Goode | Chuck Berry |
| 18 | Stagger Lee | Lloyd Price |
| 19 | What’d I Say | Ray Charles |
| 20 | Red River Rock | Johnny & The Hurricanes |
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| Episode 324 | New Love | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | I’ve Never Been in Love Before | Frank Sinatra |
| 2 | Can’t Help Falling in Love | Elvis Presley |
| 3 | Some Enchanted Evening | Jo Stafford |
| 4 | My Buick My Love and I | Giselle MacKenzie and Gordon MacRae |
| 5 | Linda | Buddy Clark |
| 6 | Week in New England | Vic Damone |
| 7 | Jersey Boy | Betty Ann Blake |
| 8 | Stranger in Paradise | Johnny Mathis |
| 9 | This Could Be the Start of Something | Steve & Eydie |
| 10 | Tonight | Eddie Fisher |
| 11 | I’ll Remember Tonight | Pat Boone |
| 12 | My Heart Stood Still | Dorothy Collins |
| 13 | I’m Beginning to See the Light | The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald |
| 14 | I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover | Russ Morgan |
| 15 | Watch What Happens | Tony Bennett |
| 16 | Real Live Girl | Matt Monro |
| 17 | What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong |
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| Episode 323 | Jim Reeves | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Four Walls | Jim Reeves |
| 2 | Blue Boy | Jim Reeves |
| 3 | Blue Side of Lonesome | Jim Reeves |
| 4 | I’m Gonna Change Everything | Jim Reeves |
| 5 | I Love You Because | Jim Reeves |
| 6 | Mexican Joe | Jim Reeves |
| 7 | Am I Losing You | Jim Reeves |
| 8 | Stand at Your Window | Jim Reeves |
| 9 | The Blizzard | Jim Reeves |
| 10 | The Wreck of Number Nine | Jim Reeves |
| 11 | Newscast of 1948 | Jim Reeves |
| 12 | Scarlett Ribbons | Jim Reeves |
| 13 | The Night Watch | Jim Reeves |
| 14 | Love is No Excuse | Jim Reeves & Dottie West |
| 15 | Little Ole You | Jim Reeves |
| 16 | He’ll Have to Go | Jim Reeves |
| 17 | Welcome to My World | Jim Reeves |
| 18 | Have You Ever Been Lonely | Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline |
| 19 | Welcome to My World | Floyd Cramer |
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| Episode 322 | Music for Breaking Up | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Breaking Up is Hard to Do | Neil Sedaka |
| 2 | By the Time I Get to Phoenix | Glenn Campbell |
| 3 | I can’t believe I’m losing you | Frank Sinatra |
| 4 | I Fall to Pieces | Jim Reeves |
| 5 | Once Upon a Time | Vic Damone |
| 6 | Walk Away | Matt Monro |
| 7 | Separate Ways | Elvis Presley |
| 8 | When You Leave Don’t Slam the Door | Tex Ritter |
| 9 | Crazy | Willie Nelson |
| 10 | Will Your Lawyer Talk to God? | Kitty Wells |
| 11 | Hello Faithless | Rosemary Clooney |
| 12 | Miss Otis Regrets | Rosemary Clooney |
| 13 | Stone Cold Dead in the Market | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan |
| 14 | Leavin’ on Your Mind | Patsy Cline |
| 15 | She’s Got You | Patsy Cline |
| 16 | Somebody Else is Taking My Place | Connie Francis |
| 17 | By the Time I Get to Phoenix | Ronnie Aldrich |
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| Episode 321 | 1954 My Way | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Secret Love | Doris Day |
| 2 | Mr. Sandman | The Chordettes |
| 3 | Stranger in Paradise | Tony Bennett |
| 4 | Young at Heart | Frank Sinatra & Nelson Riddle |
| 5 | Sh-Boom | The Crew Cuts |
| 6 | Shake Rattle and Roll | Bill Haley and His Comets |
| 7 | Good Rockin’ Tonight | Elvis Presley |
| 8 | Earth Angel | The Penguins |
| 9 | My Walking Stick | Louis Armstrong & The Mills Brothers |
| 10 | Nice Work if You Can Get It | Ella Fitzgerald & Ellis Larkins |
| 11 | I’ve Got a Woman | Ray Charles |
| 12 | I Don’t Hurt Any More | Hank Snow |
| 13 | Downhill Drag | Chet Atkins |
| 14 | Freight Train | Chet Atkins |
| 15 | You Win Again | Hank Williams |
| 16 | You Win Again | Hank Williams |
| 17 | In the Still of the Night | The Five Satins |
| 18 | Mr. Sandman | LeRoy Glazier |
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| Episode 320 | Signed Off 2024 | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Go Away Little Girl | Steve Lawrence |
| 2 | Portrait of My Love | Steve Lawrence |
| 3 | Shy Away | Jerry Fuller |
| 4 | Travelin’Man | Ricky Nelson |
| 5 | Cha-Cha-Cha | Lola Dee |
| 6 | Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 7 | Snap Crackle | Roy Haynes Quartet |
| 8 | The Preacher | Quincy Jones |
| 9 | The Erotic Garden | Quincy Jones |
| 10 | She’s a Square | Ray St. Germain |
| 11 | Lollipops and Roses | Jack Jones |
| 12 | If You Go Away | Jack Jones |
| 13 | Anoranza | Angela Alvarez |
| 14 | Green Green | The New Christy Minstrels |
| 15 | Forty Miles of Bad Road | Duane Eddy |
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| Episode 319 | More Signature Songs | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | If I Didn’t Care | The Ink Spots |
| 2 | Linda | Buddy Clark & Ray Noble |
| 3 | Everybody Loves Somebody | Dean Martin |
| 4 | Blueberry Hill | Fats Domino |
| 5 | Cupid | Sam Cooke |
| 6 | Come On A My House | Rosemary Clooney |
| 7 | It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels | Kitty Wells |
| 8 | Moon River | Andy Williams |
| 9 | Can’t Help Falling in Love | Elvis Presley |
| 10 | Tennessee Waltz | Patti Page |
| 11 | Love Letters in the Sand | Pat Boone |
| 12 | It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas | Perry Como |
| 13 | Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 14 | Que Sera Sera | Doris Day |
| 15 | Misty | Johnny Mathis |
| 16 | Unforgettable | Nat King Cole |
| 17 | My Way | Frank Sinatra |
| 18 | Dreamy | Erroll Garner |
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| Episode 318 | Songs With Stories | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | In The Mood | The Andrews Sisters |
| 2 | In The Mood | The Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| 3 | In The Mood | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 4 | White Christmas | Bing Crosby |
| 5 | Ain’t That a Shame | Fats Domino |
| 6 | Ain’t That a Shame | Pat Boone |
| 7 | LaBamba | Richie Valens |
| 8 | Foggy Mountain Breakdown | Earl Scruggs |
| 9 | We Shall Overcome | Pete Seeger |
| 10 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Alice Faye |
| 11 | That’s All Right Mama | Elvis Presley |
| 12 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Billy Butterfield |
The post Episode 318, Songs With Stories appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 317 | My Favorite Christmas Music | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | There’s No Christmas Like a Home Christmas | Perry Como & the Ray Charles Singers |
| 2 | Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow | Dean Martin |
| 3 | Christmas Carousel | Peggy Lee |
| 4 | Frosty the Snowman | Bing Crosby |
| 5 | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | Dolly Parton |
| 6 | 17 Versions of Jingle Bells | Tony Desare |
| 7 | Christmas Island | The Andrews Sisters |
| 8 | I’ll Be Home For Christmas | Dean Martin |
| 9 | Blue Christmas | Blake Shelton |
| 10 | Who’s Gonna Be Your Santa Claus This Year | Ernest Tubb |
| 11 | All I Want For Christmas is You | Tony Bennett |
| 12 | You’re All I Want for Christmas | Brooke Benton |
| 13 | I’d Like You for Christmas | Julie London |
| 14 | Christmas Bride | Ray Conniff |
| 15 | Christmas Kisses | Marty Robbins |
| 16 | An Old Christmas Card | Jim Reeves |
| 17 | My Favorite Things | Tony Bennett |
| 18 | Sleigh Ride | The Boston Pops |
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| Episode 316 | My Favorite Big Bands | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Beale Street Blues | Guy Lombardo |
| 2 | Skyliner | Les and Larry Elgart |
| 3 | If You Knew Susie/Toot Toot Tootsie | Lester Lanin |
| 4 | Poor Butterfly | Benny Goodman |
| 5 | Moonlight Serenade | Glenn Miller |
| 6 | At Long Last Love | Larry Clinton & Bea Wain |
| 7 | Ma He’s Makin’ Eyes at Me | Kay Kaiser |
| 8 | Green Eyes | Jimmy Dorsey |
| 9 | Oh You Beautiful Doll | Billy Vaughn |
| 10 | Song of India | Glen Gray |
| 11 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Liberace |
| 12 | Oh! | Pee Wee Hunt |
| 13 | Heartaches | Ted Weems |
| 14 | Rhapsody in Blue | Ray Conniff |
| 15 | Hello Dolly | Louis Armstrong |
| 16 | Mr Touchdown/Anchors Aweigh | Percy Faith |
| 17 | Midnight and the Stars and You | Ray Noble & Al Bowlly |
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| Episode 315 | Sundays & Mondays | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Saturday Night is the Lonliest Night of the Week | Barry Manilow | |
| 2 | Sunday | Pat Boone | |
| 3 | Next Sunday Darling is My Birthday | Hank Williams | |
| 4 | A Sunday Kind of Love | Dion | |
| 5 | A Zoot Suit For My Sunday Gal | Kay Kaiser & His Orchestra | |
| 6 | In the Garden | Jimmy Durante | |
| 7 | Gloomy Sunday | Billie Holliday | |
| 8 | Never on Sunday | The Chordettes | |
| 9 | I Met Him on a Sunday | The Shirelles | |
| 10 | Sunday Monday or Always | Bing Crosby & Ken Darby Singers | |
| 11 | Some Sunday Morning | Frank Sinatra | |
| 12 | Blue Monday | Fats Domino | |
| 13 | Call it Stormy Monday | Rita Coolidge | |
| 14 | On a Monday | Frankie Laine | |
| 15 | Monday Monday | The Mamas & the Papas | |
| 16 | Rainy Days and Mondays | The Carpenters | |
| 17 | If We’re Not Back in Love By Monday | Merle Haggard | |
| 18 | Never on Sunday | Ray Conniff | |
The post Episode 315, Songs About Sunday and Monday appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Playlist | ||
| Too Young | Nat King Cole | |
| Cry | Johnnie Ray | |
| Come-On-A My House | Rosemary Clooney | |
| You’re Just in Love | Perry Como & The Fontaine Sisters | |
| Smooth Sailing | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| A Kiss to Build a Dream On | Louis Armstrong | |
| Because of You | Tony Bennett | |
| Cold Cold Heart | Hank Williams | |
| Unforgetable | Nat King Cole | |
| Blue Velvet | Tony Bennett | |
| There’s Been a Change in Me | Eddy Arnold | |
| I Wanna Play House With You | Eddy Arnold | |
| Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way | Carl Smith | |
| Sick Sober and Sorry | George Jones & Merle Haggard | |
| When You and I Were Young Maggie Blues | Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely | |
| Charmaine | Mantovani |
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| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Crazy | Patsy Cline |
| 2 | Venus | Frankie Avalon |
| 3 | Mack the Knife | Bobby Darin |
| 4 | Fever | Peggy Lee |
| 5 | Your Cheatin’ Heart | Hank Williams |
| 6 | Opus One | The Tommy Dorsey Band |
| 7 | Where the Boys Are | Connie Francis |
| 8 | Back in the Saddle Again | Gene Autry |
| 9 | I Left My Heart in San Francisco | Tony Bennett |
| 10 | Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree | Brenda Lee |
| 11 | See the USA in Your Chevrolet | Dinah Shore |
| 12 | It Might As Well Be Spring | Margaret Whiting |
| 13 | Travelin’ Man | Ricky Nelson |
| 14 | The Great Pretender | The Platters |
| 15 | Bye Bye Love | The Everly Brothers |
| 16 | What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong |
| 17 | Moonlight Serenade | The Glenn Miller Band |
The post Episode 313, Signature Songs appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 312 | Come Fly With Me 2 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| I Was the One | Elvis Presley | ||
| The Magic Touch | The Platters | ||
| Let’s Face the Music and Dance | Diana Krall | ||
| The World is Waiting for the Sunrise | Les Paul & Mary Ford | ||
| Forget Him | Bobby Rydell | ||
| Since I Don’t Have You | The Skyliners | ||
| I Had Myself a True Love | Barbra Streisand | ||
| Be Careful It’s My Heart | Pat Boone | ||
| Diana | Paul Anka | ||
| It’s Impossible | Perry Como | ||
| This Guy’s in Love With You | Herb Alpert | ||
| One Less Bell to Answer | The Fifth Dimension | ||
| Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone | The Mills Brothers | ||
| We Three | The Ink Spots | ||
| Tears on My Pillow | Little Anthony & the Imperials | ||
| Unforgettable | Dinah Washington | ||
| When Joanna Loved Me | Tony Bennett | ||
The post Episode 312, Come Fly With Me 2 appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 311 | Come Fly With Me 1 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Week in New England | Vic Damone | |
| 2 | Seems Like Old Times | Guy Lombardo | |
| 3 | Slow Poke | Pee Wee King | |
| 4 | Someone to Watch Over Me | Sarah Vaughan | |
| 5 | The Long Way Home | Norah Jones | |
| 6 | Don’t Blame Me | Barbara Cook | |
| 7 | I’ll Be Seeing You | The Five Satins | |
| 8 | If Ever I Would Leave You | Robert Goulet | |
| 9 | Dear Heart | Jack Jones | |
| 10 | Dream Lover | Bobby Darin | |
| 11 | The Wedding Song | Noel Paul Stokey | |
| 12 | You Make Me Feel So Young | Frank Sinatra | |
| 13 | I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You | Linda Ronstadt | |
| 14 | Harbor Lights | The Platters | |
| 15 | September Song | Jimmy Durante | |
| 16 | Ask Me | Elvis Presley | |
| 17 | How Little We Know | Matt Monro | |
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| Episode 310 | Music of Harold Arlen | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Over the Rainbow | Larry Clinton & Bea Wain | |
| 2 | Get Happy | Sammy Davis Jr. | |
| 3 | Blues in the Night | Dinah Shore | |
| 4 | That Old Black Magic | Louis Prima & Keely Smith | |
| 5 | I’ve Got the World on a String | Frank Sinatra | |
| 6 | When the Sun Comes Out | Tony Bennett | |
| 7 | The Man That Got Away | Judy Garland | |
| 8 | I Had Myself a True Love | Barbra Streisand | |
| 9 | Stormy Weather | Ethel Waters | |
| 10 | Stormy Weather | Bob Dylan | |
| 11 | Happiness is a Thing Called Joe | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 12 | Come Rain or Come Shine | Ray Charles | |
| 13 | This Time The Dreams On Me | Nancy Wilson | |
| 14 | Let’s Fall in Love | Kristen Chenoweth | |
| 15 | One For My Baby | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 16 | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Perry Como | |
The post Episode 310, Music of Harold Arlen appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 309 | My Favorite Albums | |
| Playlist | ||
| Every Little Thing I Want to Do | Pat Boone | |
| Little White Lies | Pat Boone | |
| Old Shep | Elvis Presley | |
| Remember When | The Platters | |
| PS I Love You | Mel Torme | |
| The Folks Who Live on the Hill | Mel Torme | |
| I Wish I Didn’t Love You So/Bewitched | The Ray Conniff Singers | |
| Just in Time | Barbra Streisand | |
| Sing Boy Sing | Tommy Sands | |
| When I’m Sixty-Four | The Beatles | |
| She’s Leaving Home | The Beatles | |
| I’ve Got a Crush on You | Linda Ronstadt | |
| I Could Have Danced All Night | Julie Andrews | |
| Song of the Jet Set | Tony Bennett | |
| Two by Two | Tony Bennett | |
| A String of Pearls | The Glenn Miller Orchestra | |
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| Episode 308 | Bill Haley and His Comets | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 2 | Crazy Man Crazy | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 3 | Shake Rattle and Roll | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 4 | Dim Dim Dim The Lights | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 5 | Candy Kisses | Bill Haley and the 4 Aces of Western Swing | |
| 6 | Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals | Bill Haley and the 4 Aces of Western Swing | |
| 7 | Rockin’ Chair on the Moon | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 8 | Piccadilly Rock | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 9 | Vive La Rock and Roll | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 10 | Forty Cups of Coffee | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 11 | See Ya Later Alligator | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 12 | Rip it Up | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 13 | Razzle Dazzle | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 14 | The Paper Boy on Main Street | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 15 | Thirteen Women | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 16 | Skinny Minnie | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 17 | Ida — Sweet as Apple Cider | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 18 | Charmaine | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 19 | Charmaine | Mantovani | |
The post Episode 308, Bill Haley and His Comets appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 307 | 1960 My Way | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Beyond the Sea | Bobby Darin |
| 2 | The Girl on Page 44 | The Four Lads |
| 3 | Are You Lonesome Tonight | Elvis Presley |
| 4 | Wonderful World | Sam Cooke |
| 5 | Devil or Angel | Bobby Vee |
| 6 | Wild One | Bobby Rydell |
| 7 | Good Timin’ | Jimmy Jones |
| 8 | Poor Butterfly | Tony Bennett |
| 9 | Cheek to Cheek | Frank Sinatra |
| 10 | Miller’s Cave | Hank Snow |
| 11 | I’m a Honky Tonk Girl | Loretta Lynn |
| 12 | Please Help Me I’m Falling | Hank Lochlin |
| 13 | He’ll Have to Go | Jim Reeves |
| 14 | He’ll Have to Stay | Jeanne Black |
| 15 | El Paso | Marty Robbins |
| 16 | Lonely Teenager | Dion & the Belmonts |
| 17 | The Last One to Know | The Fleetwoods |
| 18 | Look For a Star | Billy Vaughn |
The post Episode 307, 1960 My Way appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 306 | 1950s Dance Crazes | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Mambo Baby | Ruth Brown |
| 2 | They Were Doing the Mambo | Tex Williams |
| 3 | Mambo Italiano | Rosemary Clooney |
| 4 | Papa Loves Mambo | Perry Como |
| 5 | Mambo Rock | Bill Haley & His Comets |
| 6 | Blue Tango | Leroy Anderson |
| 7 | The Tennessee Waltz | Patti Page |
| 8 | Till I Waltz Again With You | Teresa Brewer |
| 9 | Rock and Roll Waltz | Kay Starr |
| 10 | That’ll Be The Day | The Crickets |
| 11 | Jailhouse Rock | Elvis Presley |
| 12 | Heaven on Earth | The Platters |
| 13 | The Stroll | The Diamonds |
| 14 | Rhumba Boogie | Hank Snow |
| 15 | Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha | Sam Cooke |
| 16 | The Walk | Jimmy McCrackin |
| 17 | The Freeze | Tony and Joe |
| 18 | Carioca | Les Paul |
The post Episode 306, 1950s Dance Crazes appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 304 | The Four Lads | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Standing on the Corner | The Four Lads |
| 2 | Istanbul | The Four Lads |
| 3 | Who Needs You | The Four Lads |
| 4 | Love’s Old Sweet Song | The Four Lads |
| 5 | Grandfather’s Clock | The Four Lads |
| 6 | The Bus Stop Song (A Paper of Pins) | The Four Lads |
| 7 | No Not Much | The Four Lads |
| 8 | Somebody Loves Me | The Four Lads |
| 9 | Skokiaan | The Four Lads |
| 10 | The Mocking Bird | The Four Lads |
| 11 | Moonlight Bay | The Four Lads |
| 12 | Breezin Along With The Breeze | The Four Lads |
| 13 | Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland | The Four Lads |
| 14 | Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea | The Four Lads |
| 15 | There’s Only One of You | The Four Lads |
| 16 | Time After Time | The Four Lads |
| 17 | I’ll Never Stop Loving You | The Four Lads |
| 18 | Moments to Remember | The Four Lads |
| 19 | Moments to Remember | Floyd Kramer |
The post Episode 304, The Four Lads appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 305 | Ned Washington | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | When You Wish Upon a Star | Cliff Edwards and the Disney Studio Chorus | |
| 2 | Baby Mine | Steve Tyrell | |
| 3 | Singing’ in the Bathtub | Mandy Patinkin | |
| 4 | The Nearness of You | Glenn Miller Orchestra | |
| 5 | The Nearness of You | Mel Torme | |
| 6 | The 3:10 to Yuma | Frankie Laine | |
| 7 | High Noon | Tex Ritter | |
| 8 | My Foolish Heart | Frank Sinatra | |
| 9 | I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You | Linda Ronstadt | |
| 10 | On Green Dolphin Street | Tony Bennett | |
| 11 | Wild is The Wind | Johnny Mathis | |
| 12 | Return to Paradise | Nat King Cole | |
| 13 | Stella by Starlight | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 14 | The High and The Mighty | Billy Eckstine | |
| 15 | I’m Getting Sentimental Over You | Jack Jones | |
| 16 | I’m Getting Sentimental Over You | Tommy Dorsey | |
The post Episode 305, Ned Washington appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 303 | The Great American Songbook | |
| 1 | Make Someone Happy | Jimmy Durante |
| 2 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Bing Crosby & Al Jolson |
| 3 | I’ll See You in My Dreams | Andy Williams |
| 4 | Just One of Those Things | Frank Sinatra |
| 5 | All By Myself | Pat Boone |
| 6 | I’ve Got You Under My Skin | Steve Lawrence |
| 7 | You’ll Never Know | Jim Reeves |
| 8 | I Have Dreamed | Matt Monro |
| 9 | They All Laughed | Tony Bennett |
| 10 | I’m in the Mood for Love | Louis Armstrong |
| 11 | There is Nothing Like a Dame | Ken Darby Male Chorus |
| 12 | Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered | The Platters |
| 13 | Shall We Dance | Johnny Mathis |
| 14 | The Nearness of You | Mel Torme |
| 15 | They Call the Wind Mariah | Sam Cooke |
| 16 | Long Ago and Far Away | Rod Stewart |
| 17 | With a Song in My Heart | Jerry Vale |
The post Episode 303, The Great American Songbook appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 302 | Roots of Rock&Roll | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | TV is The Thing This Year | Dinah Washington | |
| 2 | Down Hearted Blues | Queen Latifah | |
| 3 | Keep On The Sunny Side | The Carter Family | |
| 4 | Statesboro Blues | Blind Willie McTell | |
| 5 | The Midnight Special | Lead Belly | |
| 6 | Wabash Cannon Ball | Roy Acuff | |
| 7 | This Train | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 8 | Rock & Roll | Wild Bill Moore | |
| 9 | I Know Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well | Bull Moose Jackson | |
| 10 | Lovesick Blues | Hank Williams | |
| 11 | We’re Gonna Rock | Cecil Gant | |
| 12 | How I Got Over | The Clara Ward Singers | |
| 13 | Gee | The Crows | |
| 14 | Wallflower | Etta James | |
| 15 | Smokestack Lightnin’ | Howlin Wolf | |
| 16 | Be Bop a Lula | Gene Vincent | |
| 17 | That’s All Right Mama | Elvis Presley | |
| 18 | Rumble | Link Wray | |
The post Episode 302, The Roots of Rock & Roll appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 301 | Favorite 1950s Love Songs | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You | Dean Martin |
| 2 | The Best of Everything | Johnny Mathis |
| 3 | That Face | Joe Williams |
| 4 | You’ll Never Know | The Platters |
| 5 | Jersey Boy | Betty Ann Blake |
| 6 | It’s Just a Matter of Time | Brook Benton |
| 7 | Bobby Sox to Stockings | Frankie Avalon |
| 8 | Sugar Moon | Pat Boone |
| 9 | It’s All in the Game | Tommy Edwards |
| 10 | Go Chase a Moonbeam | Jerry Vale |
| 11 | I Have Dreamed | Doris Day |
| 12 | Stranger in Paradise | Tony Bennett |
| 13 | You Make Me Feel So Young | Frank Sinatra |
| 14 | Stardust | Nat King Cole |
| 15 | You’re Just in Love | Perry Como and Fontaine Sisters |
| 16 | Blue Velvet | Bobby Vinton |
| 17 | I Remember It Well | Steve and Eydie |
| 18 | Can’t Help Falling in Love | Elvis Presley |
The post Episode 301, Favorite 1950s Love Songs appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 300 | Percy Faith | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | All My Love (Bolereo) | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | |
| 2 | I Cross My Fingers | Russ Emery & Percy Faith | |
| 3 | Theme from Moulin Rouge | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | |
| 4 | Swedish Rhapsody | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | |
| 5 | If I Loved You | Percy Faith & The Magic Voices | |
| 6 | It’s Magic | Doris Day & Percy Faith | |
| 7 | Nice Work if You Can Get It | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | |
| 8 | On Broadway | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | |
| 9 | Theme from A Summer Place | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | |
| 10 | Summer Place ’76 | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | |
| 11 | I Got Rhythm | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | |
| 12 | Mr Touchdown USA | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | |
| 13 | Anchors Aweigh | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | |
| 14 | A Lover’s Concerto | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | |
| 15 | Rhythm of the Rain | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | |
| 16 | Forget Him | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | |
| 17 | Do You Know the Way to San Jose | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | |
| 18 | Moon River | Percy Faith & His Orchestra | |
The post Episode 300, Percy Faith appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 299 | Songs of Joy | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | I’ve Got the World on a String | Frank Sinatra |
| 2 | Wonderful World | Sam Cooke |
| 3 | What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong |
| 4 | Go Chase a Moonbeam | Jerry Vale |
| 5 | I Love You Because | Jim Reeves |
| 6 | My Buick My Love and I | Giselle MacKenzie & Gordon MacRae |
| 7 | Real Live Girl | Robert Goulet |
| 8 | With a Song in My Heart | Jane Froman |
| 9 | Java Jive | The Ink Spots |
| 10 | Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy | Pat Boone |
| 11 | Oh! You Beautiful Doll | Billy Vaughn |
| 12 | That Face | Joe Williams |
| 13 | Here Comes Summer | Jerry Keller |
| 14 | Oh Boy! | Buddy Holly |
| 15 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | Brenda Lee |
| 16 | Count Your Blessings | Rosemary Clooney |
| 17 | A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening | The Richmond Strings |
| 18 | It’s a Good Day | Peggy Lee |
| 19 | I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs | Elvis Presley |
| 20 | Sitting on Top of the World | k. d. lang |
The post Episode 299, Songs of Joy appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 298 | Four Songs | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | For Me and My Gal | Al Jolson | |
| 2 | For Me and My Gal | Judy Garland/Bing Crosby | |
| 3 | For Me and My Gal | The Four J’s | |
| 4 | For Me and My Gal | Melissa Manchester/Barry Manilow | |
| 5 | For Me and My Gal | Jean Louisa Kelly | |
| 6 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | Bing Crosby | |
| 7 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 8 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | Eydie Gorme | |
| 9 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | Madeleine Peyroux & William Galison | |
| 10 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads | |
| 11 | Deep Purple | Ella Fitzgerald & Herb Ellis | |
| 12 | Deep Purple | Larry Clinton & Bea Wain | |
| 13 | Deep Purple | Pat Boone | |
| 14 | Deep Purple | Billy Ward and His Dominoes | |
| 15 | Deep Purple | Nino Tempo & April Stevens | |
| 16 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Slim Whitman | |
| 17 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Jo Stafford | |
| 18 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | The Biscuit Brothers | |
| 19 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Dean Martin & Jimmy Stewart | |
| 20 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Wyoming Symphony Orchestra | |
The post Episode 298, Four Songs appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Playlist | ||
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| Episode 297 | My Favorite Doo-Wop | |
| 1 | Heaven on Earth | The Platters |
| 2 | You’ll Never Know | The Platters |
| 3 | Love Potion #9 | The Clovers |
| 4 | Hushabye | The Mystics |
| 5 | I Only Have Eyes for You | The Flamingos |
| 6 | Marie | The Four Tunes |
| 7 | Teenager in Love | Dion and the Belmonts |
| 8 | Donna the Prima Dona | Dion and the Belmonts |
| 9 | Dem Dry Bones | Delta Rhythm Boys |
| 10 | Since I Don’t Have You | The Skyliners |
| 11 | In the Still of the Night | The Five Satins |
| 12 | Blue Moon | The Marcels |
| 13 | The Great Imposter | The Fleetwoods |
| 14 | Maybe | The Chantels |
| 15 | Come Go With Me | The Del Vikings |
| 16 | Whispering Bells | The Del Vikings |
| 17 | Rama Lama Ding Dong | The Edsels |
| 18 | Remember Then | The Earls |
| 19 | She Say | The Diamonds |
The post Episode 297, My Favorite Doo-Wop Music appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 296 | Fats Domino | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | The Fat Man | Fats Domino |
| 2 | Lawdy Miss Clawdy | Lloyd Price |
| 3 | It’s You I Love | Fats Domino |
| 4 | Please Don’t Leave Me | Fats Domino |
| 5 | Ain’t That a Shame | Fats Domino |
| 6 | Blueberry Hill | Fats Domino |
| 7 | It Keeps Raining | Fats Domino |
| 8 | Be My Guest | Fats Domino |
| 9 | I’m in Love Again | Fats Domino |
| 10 | I’m in Love Again | Bonnie Raitt & John Cleary |
| 11 | Blue Monday | Fats Domino |
| 12 | Blue Monday | Randy Newman |
| 13 | I Want to Walk You Home | Fats Domino |
| 14 | Valley of Tears | Fats Domino |
| 15 | Your Cheating Heart | Fats Domino |
| 16 | Whole Lotta Lovin’ | Fats Domino |
| 17 | When My Dreamboat Comes Home | Fats Domino |
| 18 | Slow Boat to China | Fats Domino |
| 19 | My Blue Heaven | Gene Austin |
| 20 | My Blue Heaven | Fats Domino |
| 21 | Walking to New Orleans | Fats Domino |
| 22 | You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You | Pete Fountain |
The post Episode 296, Fats Domino appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 295 | Hidden Gems | |
| 1 | I Like the Likes of You | Dick Haymes |
| 2 | Keep Young and Beautiful | Emmy Rossum |
| 3 | Sometimes I’m Happy, Sometimes I’m Blue | Eddy Arnold |
| 4 | Pagan Love Song | Orchid Lei |
| 5 | I Know Why (And So Do You) | Glenn Miller & Paula Kelly |
| 6 | Imagination | Bing Crosby |
| 7 | Squeeze Me | Della Reese |
| 8 | Lulu’s Back in Town | Connie Stevens |
| 9 | Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry | Jack Jones |
| 10 | You Were Meant For Me | Tracy Miller & Nick Curtis |
| 11 | Miss Brown to You | Mary Coughlan |
| 12 | Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) | Peggy Lee |
| 13 | I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise | Pat Boone |
| 14 | I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan | Frank Sinatra |
| 15 | All Through the Night | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 16 | It All Depends on You | Patti Page |
| 17 | Lydia the Tatooed Lady | Burl Ives |
| 18 | A Ship Without a Sail | Neil Sedaka |
The post Episode 295, Hidden Gems appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 295 | Hidden Gems | |
| 1 | I Like the Likes of You | Dick Haymes |
| 2 | Keep Young and Beautiful | Emmy Rossum |
| 3 | Sometimes I’m Happy, Sometimes I’m Blue | Eddy Arnold |
| 4 | Pagan Love Song | Orchid Lei |
| 5 | I Know Why (And So Do You) | Glenn Miller & Paula Kelly |
| 6 | Imagination | Bing Crosby |
| 7 | Squeeze Me | Della Reese |
| 8 | Lulu’s Back in Town | Connie Stevens |
| 9 | Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry | Jack Jones |
| 10 | You Were Meant For Me | Tracy Miller & Nick Curtis |
| 11 | Miss Brown to You | Mary Coughlan |
| 12 | Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) | Peggy Lee |
| 13 | I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise | Pat Boone |
| 14 | I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan | Frank Sinatra |
| 15 | All Through the Night | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 16 | It All Depends on You | Patti Page |
| 17 | Lydia the Tatooed Lady | Burl Ives |
| 18 | A Ship Without a Sail | Neil Sedaka |
The post Episode 295, Hidden Gems appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 293 | Music of Cindy Walker | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | I Don’t Care | Willie Nelson | |
| 2 | You Don’t Know Me | Jerry Vale | |
| 3 | Blue Canadian Rockies | Slim Whitman | |
| 4 | Dusty Skies | Hank Thompson | |
| 5 | When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again | Cindy Walker | |
| 6 | Lone Star Trail | Bing Crosby | |
| 7 | Take Me in Your Arms (and Hold Me) | Eddy Arnold | |
| 8 | The Night Watch | Jim Reeves | |
| 9 | Dream Baby | Roy Orbison | |
| 10 | The Next Voice You Hear | Ernest Tubb | |
| 11 | In the Misty Moonlight | Jerry Wallace | |
| 12 | Heaven Says Hello | Kitty Wells | |
| 13 | Flying South | Hank Snow | |
| 14 | Bubbles in My Beer | George Jones | |
| 15 | It’s All Your Fault | Willie Nelson | |
| 16 | Sugar Moon | Willie Nelson | |
| 17 | Thank You For Calling | Cindy Walker | |
| 18 | Hey Mr. Bluebird | Cindy Walker | |
The post Episode 294, Cindy Walker appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 292 | Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Portrait of My Love | Steve Lawrence | |
| 2 | Footsteps | Steve Lawrence | |
| 3 | When Your Lover Has Gone | Eydie Gorme | |
| 4 | Blame It On The Bossa Nova | Eydie Gorme | |
| 5 | Make Yourself Comfortable | Steve & Eydie | |
| 6 | This Could Be the Start of Something Big | Steve & Eydie | |
| 7 | I’ve Got You Under My Skin | Frank Sinatra | |
| 8 | I’ve Got You Under My Skin | Steve Lawrence | |
| 9 | Softly as I Leave You | Eydie Gorme | |
| 10 | It’s Us Again | Steve & Eydie | |
| 11 | Party Doll | Buddy Knox | |
| 12 | Party Doll | Steve Lawrence | |
| 13 | If He Walked Into My Life | Eydie Gorme | |
| 14 | Go Away Little Girl | Steve Lawrence | |
| 15 | In the Still of the Night | Steve Lawrence | |
| 16 | I Remember It Well | Steve & Eydie | |
| 17 | Where or When | Frank Sinatra, Steve & Eydie | |
The post Episode 293, Steve & Eydie appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 295 | Christmas 2023 | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Jingle Bells Cha Cha | Pearl Bailey |
| 2 | Zat You Santa Claus? | Louis Armstrong |
| 3 | The Christmas Waltz | Doris Day |
| 4 | Santa Claus is Coming to Town | The Mills Brothers |
| 5 | I’d Like to Hitch a Ride with Santa Claus | The Andrews Sisters |
| 6 | The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot | Nat King Cole |
| 7 | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Frank Sinatra |
| 8 | It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year | Rosemary Clooney |
| 9 | You Meet the Nicest People | Dinah Shore |
| 10 | Merry Christmas Darling | The Uniques |
| 11 | Frosty the Snowman | Bing Crosby |
| 12 | Sleigh Ride | Andy Williams |
| 13 | Blue Winter | Connie Francis |
| 14 | Blue Christmas | Hank Snow |
| 15 | Who’s Gonna Be Your Santa Claus This Year | Ernest Tubb |
| 16 | I Love the Winter Weather (I’ve Got My Love to Zkeep Me Warm) | Tony Bennett |
| 17 | Christmas Eve in My Home Town | Kate Smith |
| 18 | There’s No Christmas Like a Home Christmas | Perry Como |
| 19 | Come Home for Christmas | The Platters |
| 20 | I’ll Be Home For Christmas | Dean Martin |
| 21 | Sleigh Ride | London Fox Players |
The post Episode 292, Christmas 2023 appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 291 | Top Hits of 1960 | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | It’s Now or Never | Elvis Presley |
| 2 | I’m Sorry | Brenda Lee |
| 3 | Running Bear | Johnny Preston |
| 4 | Cathy’s Clown | The Everly Brothers |
| 5 | El Paso | Marty Robbins |
| 6 | The Twist | Chubby Checker |
| 7 | Alley Oop | The Hollywood Argyles |
| 8 | Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini | Brian Hyland |
| 9 | Stuck on You | Elvis Presley |
| 10 | Theme From a Summer Place | Percy Faith |
| 11 | Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool | Connie Francis |
| 12 | My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own | Connie Francis |
| 13 | Save the Last Dance For Me | The Drifters |
| 14 | Teen Angel | Mark Dinning |
| 15 | Mr. Custer | Larry Verne |
| 16 | Georgia on My Mind | Ray Charles |
| 17 | Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures |
The post Episode 291, Top Hits of 1960 appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 289 | Midnight | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Midnight and the Stars and You | Frederick Caper |
| 2 | Round Midnight | Mel Torme |
| 3 | At the Stroke of Midnight | Judy Garland |
| 4 | The Midnight Sun | Johnny Merceer |
| 5 | Midnight Flyer | Nat King Cole |
| 6 | Midnight Train to Georgia | Neil Diamond |
| 7 | Walking After Midnight | Patsy Cline |
| 8 | Midnight Bus | Betty McQuade |
| 9 | Midnight Shift | Buddy Holly and The CricketsGreatest Hits of Buddy Holly |
| 10 | Midnight Special | Little Richard |
| 11 | Blues at Midnight | B. B. King |
| 12 | When That Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For Alabam | The Andrews Sisters |
| 13 | Long About Midnight | The Mills Brothers |
| 14 | Midnight | Red Foley |
| 15 | Rainbow at Midnight | George Hamilton IV |
The post Episode 290, Strictly 1940s appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 289 | Midnight | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Midnight and the Stars and You | Frederick Caper |
| 2 | Round Midnight | Mel Torme |
| 3 | At the Stroke of Midnight | Judy Garland |
| 4 | The Midnight Sun | Johnny Merceer |
| 5 | Midnight Flyer | Nat King Cole |
| 6 | Midnight Train to Georgia | Neil Diamond |
| 7 | Walking After Midnight | Patsy Cline |
| 8 | Midnight Bus | Betty McQuade |
| 9 | Midnight Shift | Buddy Holly and The CricketsGreatest Hits of Buddy Holly |
| 10 | Midnight Special | Little Richard |
| 11 | Blues at Midnight | B. B. King |
| 12 | When That Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For Alabam | The Andrews Sisters |
| 13 | Long About Midnight | The Mills Brothers |
| 14 | Midnight | Red Foley |
| 15 | Rainbow at Midnight | George Hamilton IV |
The post Episode 289, Midnight appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Isn’t it Romantic | Margaret Whiting |
| 2 | Love Look Away | Tony Bennett |
| 3 | It Never Entered My Mind | Linda Ronstadt |
| 4 | I Have Dreamed | Doris Day |
| 5 | Where or When | Dion and the Belmonts |
| 6 | Blue Moon | Vaughn Monroe |
| 7 | Blue Moon | The Marcels |
| 8 | All At Once You Love Her | Michael Stewart Quartet |
| 9 | The Sweetest Sounds | Ray Conniff Singers |
| 10 | Glad to Be Unhappy | Tony DeSare |
| 11 | I Married an Angel | Johnny Mathis |
| 12 | Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered | The Platters |
| 13 | He Was Too Good to Me | Janet Stevenson |
| 14 | It Might as Well Be Spring | Julie Andrews |
| 15 | Some Enchanted Evening | The Temptations |
| 16 | It Might as Well Be Spring | Acker Bilk |
The post Episode 288, Sam Cooke appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Isn’t it Romantic | Margaret Whiting |
| 2 | Love Look Away | Tony Bennett |
| 3 | It Never Entered My Mind | Linda Ronstadt |
| 4 | I Have Dreamed | Doris Day |
| 5 | Where or When | Dion and the Belmonts |
| 6 | Blue Moon | Vaughn Monroe |
| 7 | Blue Moon | The Marcels |
| 8 | All At Once You Love Her | Michael Stewart Quartet |
| 9 | The Sweetest Sounds | Ray Conniff Singers |
| 10 | Glad to Be Unhappy | Tony DeSare |
| 11 | I Married an Angel | Johnny Mathis |
| 12 | Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered | The Platters |
| 13 | He Was Too Good to Me | Janet Stevenson |
| 14 | It Might as Well Be Spring | Julie Andrews |
| 15 | Some Enchanted Evening | The Temptations |
| 16 | It Might as Well Be Spring | Acker Bilk |
The post Episode 287, Richard Rodgers appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 286 | Halloween | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Ghost in the Graveyard | The Prairie Ramblers |
| 2 | The Halloween Song | Bing Crosby & Boris Karlof |
| 3 | My Man’s an Undertaker | Catherine Russell |
| 4 | Skeleton in the Closet | Louis Armstrong |
| 5 | Nightmare | Artie Shaw |
| 6 | Punky Pumpkin | Rosemary Clooney |
| 7 | Ding Dong the Wicked Witch is Dead | Barbra Streisand |
| 8 | Ghost Town | Don Cherry |
| 9 | Rockin’ Ghost | Steve Allen & Ira Lee & Archie Bleyer Orchestra |
| 10 | Miss Otis Regrets | Rosemary Clooney |
| 11 | With Her Head Tucked Under Her Arm | The Kingston Trio |
| 12 | The Boogie Man | Todd Rollins & his Orchestra with Chick Bullock |
| 13 | Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo | Ethel Waters |
| 14 | Here Comes the Boogey Man | Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Band |
| 15 | Heebie Jeebies | Little Richard |
| 16 | Minnie the Moocher at the Morgue | Smiley Burnette |
| 17 | Mr. Ghost Goes to Town | The Moon Rays |
The post Episode 286, “Halloween! II” appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 285 | Rare 1940s Records | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | I Said No! | Yvonne King & Alvino Rey’s Orchestra |
| 2 | One Dozen Roses | Connie Boswell |
| 3 | Shame on You | Spade Cooley |
| 4 | Cigareetes, Whusky and Wild Wild Women | Sons of the Pioneers |
| 5 | Idaho | Benny Goodman |
| 6 | Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah | James Baskett |
| 7 | They Took the Stars Out of Heaven | Floyd Tillman |
| 8 | Pig Foot Pete | Ella Mae Morse |
| 9 | I Learned a Lesson I’ll Never Forget | 5 Red Caps |
| 10 | McNamara’s Band | Bing Crosby and The Jesters |
| 11 | Pennsylvania Polka | The Andrews Sisters |
| 12 | New Spanish Two Step | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys |
| 13 | The House I Live In | Frank Sinatra |
| 14 | Sweet Georgia Brown | Brother Bones and his Shadows |
| 15 | Together | Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes |
| 16 | A Heart Full of Love | Eddy Arnold |
| 17 | When My Man Comes Home | Buddy Johnson and Ella Johnson |
| 18 | Bumble Boogie | Freddy Martin |
The post Episode 285, Rare 1940s Records appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 284 | Buddy Holly | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | That’ll Be the Day | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 2 | Rave On | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 3 | Peggy Sue | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 4 | Don’t Come Back Knocking | Buddy Holly |
| 5 | Wishing | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 6 | It’s So Easy | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 7 | Tell Me How | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 8 | Peggy Sue Got Married | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 9 | Words of Love | Buddy Holly |
| 10 | It Doesn’t Matter Any More | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 11 | Everyday | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 12 | Raining in My Heart | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 13 | Heartbeat | Buddy Holly |
| 14 | Well All Right | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 15 | Listen to Me | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 16 | I’m Looking For Someone to Love | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 17 | Oh Boy! | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 18 | Oh Boy! | She & Him |
| 19 | Blue Suede Shoes | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 20 | You’re the One | Buddy Holly |
| 21 | Maybe Baby | Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
| 22 | Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures |
The post Episode 284, Buddy Holly appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 283 | The Kitchen Sink | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | High Hopes | Frank Sinatra |
| 2 | The Wizard | Jimmie Rodgers |
| 3 | Ninety Miles an Hour Down a Dead End Road | Hank Snow |
| 4 | One Wife, Five Kids Later | George Morgan |
| 5 | Even if It Breaks My Heart | Carmen McRae |
| 6 | My Romance | Carmen McRae |
| 7 | Diana | Carlos Gonzaga |
| 8 | WNYC pledge break | Peter Howard |
| 9 | Firefly | Tony Bennett & Kermit the Frog |
| 10 | Hello Ma Baby | Max Morath |
| 11 | The Dirty Songs | Max Morath |
| 12 | Hey Paula | Paul & Paula |
| 13 | Young Lovers | Paul & Paula |
| 14 | Richest Guy in the Graveyard | Dinah Washington |
| 15 | Roll Over Beethoven | Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys |
| 16 | Machine Gun | Peter Brötzmann |
| 17 | The World I Used to Know | Jimmie Rodgers |
| 18 | Love is Here to Stay | Peter Nero |
The post Episode 283, The Kitchen Sink appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 282 | After Dark Part 2 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | I Need Your Love Tonight | Elvis Presley | |
| 2 | I’ll Remember Tonight | Pat Boone | |
| 3 | The Middle of the Night is My Cryin’ Time | Dean Martin | |
| 4 | The Night We Called it a Day | Frank Sinatra | |
| 5 | In the Still of the Night | The Five Satins | |
| 6 | Oh What a Night | The Dells | |
| 7 | Wake Up Little Susie | The Everly Brothers | |
| 8 | Night Train to Memphis | Hank Locklin | |
| 9 | Are You Lonesome Tonight | Elvis Presley | |
| 10 | Yes I’m Lonesome Tonight | Dodie Stevens | |
| 11 | Happy Days and Lonely Nights | Connie Francis | |
| 12 | Goodnight Irene | Les Paul & Mary Ford | |
| 13 | Oh What a Night For Love | Dorothy Collins | |
| 14 | Where Does the Sun Go at Night | Dorothy Collins | |
| 15 | Romance in the Dark | Dinah Washington | |
| 16 | A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening | Ernestine Anderson | |
| 17 | Tonight You Belong to Me | Patience & Prudence | |
| 18 | Some Enchanted Evening | Jo Stafford | |
| 19 | Some Enchanted Evening | Mantovani | |
The post Episode 282, After Dark Part 2 appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 281 | After Dark Part 1 | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Two Sleepy People | Della Reese |
| 2 | Who Kissed Me Last Night | Rosemary Clooney |
| 3 | Last Night on the Back Porch | The Andrews Sisters |
| 4 | Dancing in the Dark | Bea Wain |
| 5 | Night and Day | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 6 | Dark Moon | Bonnie Guitar |
| 7 | Blue Moon of KY | Patsy Cline |
| 8 | Help Me Make It Through the Night | Sammi Smith |
| 9 | The Night Has a Thousand Eyes | Connie Smith |
| 10 | Every Night About This Time | The Ink Spots |
| 11 | Teach Me Tonight | Frank Sinatra |
| 12 | Night Lights | Nat King Cole |
| 13 | Strangers in the Night | Matt Monro |
| 14 | Lovers by Night | The Fleetwoods |
| 15 | One Summer Night | The Danleers |
| 16 | You’ll Be Back Every Night in My Dreams | The Statler Brothers |
| 17 | Good Rockin’ Tonight | Elvis Presley |
| 18 | It’s Late | Ricky Nelson |
| 19 | Goodnight | Jimmy Durante |
The post Episode 281, After Dark Part 1 appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 280 | Celebrating Tony Bennett | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Tony Bennett |
| 2 | Stranger in Paradise | Tony Bennett |
| 3 | Rags to Riches | Tony Bennett |
| 4 | Crazy Rhythm | Tony Bennett |
| 5 | Strike Up The Band | Count Basie & Tony Bennett |
| 6 | The Best is Yet to Come | Tony Bennett |
| 7 | Once Upon a Time | Tony Bennett |
| 8 | Watch What Happens | Tony Bennett |
| 9 | Don’t Get Around Much Anymore | Tony Bennett |
| 10 | Just Friends | Tony Bennett |
| 11 | When Do the Bells Ring For Me | Tony Bennett |
| 12 | I Got Rhythm | Tony Bennett |
| 13 | Sentimental Journey | Tony Bennett |
| 14 | If I Ruled the World | Tony Bennett & Celine Dion |
| 15 | Let’s Face the Music and Dance | Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga |
| 16 | I Get a Kick Out of You | Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga |
| 17 | Little Did I Dream | Tony Bennett |
| 18 | The Best Man | Tony Bennett |
The post Episode 280, Celebrating Tony Bennett appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 276 | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Let’s Begin | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 2 | Something’s Gotta Give | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 3 | Thou Swell | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 4 | How Deep is the Ocean | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 5 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 6 | Let Yourself Go | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 7 | All of You | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 8 | They All Laughed | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 9 | But Not For Me | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 10 | In the Still of the Night | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 11 | So in Love | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 12 | It’s Delovely | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 13 | The Song is Ended | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 14 | You Couldn’t Be Cuter | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 15 | I’ve Got a Crush on You | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 16 | Get Happy | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 17 | Out of This World | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 18 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | The Titanic Orchesrta |
The post Episode 278, Broadway 1940s appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 270 | 1950s Jazz | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | I Get a Kick Out of You | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 2 | My Baby Just Cares for Me | Nina Simone | |
| 3 | Long Ago and Far Away | Chet Baker | |
| 4 | How Long Has This Been Going On | Eydie Gorme | |
| 5 | Would I Love You | Abbey Lincoln | |
| 6 | Kee-Mo Ky-Mo (the magic song) | Nat King Cole | |
| 7 | Take Five | Dave Brubeck | |
| 8 | Let the Good Times Roll | Ray Charles and the Count Basie Orchestra | |
| 9 | Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye | Pearl Bailey | |
| 10 | Have You Met Miss Jones | Tony Bennett | |
| 11 | When You’re Smiling | Louis Armstrong | |
| 12 | The Night We Called it a Day | Frank Sinatra | |
| 13 | You Turned the Tables on Me | Anita O’Day | |
| 14 | I Got Rhythm | Mark Murphy | |
| 15 | Dreamy | Erroll Garner | |
The post Episode 277, 1950s Jazz appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 276 | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Let’s Begin | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 2 | Something’s Gotta Give | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 3 | Thou Swell | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 4 | How Deep is the Ocean | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 5 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 6 | Let Yourself Go | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 7 | All of You | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 8 | They All Laughed | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 9 | But Not For Me | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 10 | In the Still of the Night | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 11 | So in Love | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 12 | It’s Delovely | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 13 | The Song is Ended | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 14 | You Couldn’t Be Cuter | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 15 | I’ve Got a Crush on You | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 16 | Get Happy | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 17 | Out of This World | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 18 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | The Titanic Orchesrta |
The post Episode 276, Ella Fitzgerald appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 275 | Academy Award Losers | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | I’ve Got You Under My Skin | Steve Lawrence |
| 2 | Something’s Gotta Give | The McGuire Sisters |
| 3 | The Tender Trap | Frank Sinatra |
| 4 | I’ll Buy That Dream | Doris Day |
| 5 | The Man That Got Away | Judy Garland |
| 6 | How About You | Bobby Darin |
| 7 | That Old Feeling | Kitty Kallen |
| 8 | Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye | Fred Astaire |
| 9 | So in Love | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 10 | April Love | Pat Boone |
| 11 | Change Partners | Steve Lawrence |
| 12 | Cheek to Cheek | Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme |
| 13 | Long Ago and Far Away | Rod Stewart |
| 14 | The Best of Everything | Johnny Mathis |
| 15 | True Love | Patsy Cline |
| 16 | My Foolish Heart | Tony Bennett |
| 17 | Cheek to Cheek | Lester Lanin |
The post Episode 275, “Academy Award Losers,” appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 274 | Moonlight | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Moonlight Serenade | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 2 | Moonlight Cocktail | Thurston Harris | |
| 3 | What a Little Moonlight Can Do | Tony Bennett | |
| 4 | Moon Love | Della Reese | |
| 5 | Moonlight in Vermont | Margaret Whiting | |
| 6 | In the Misty Moonlight | Tony Wall | |
| 7 | Moonlight Bay | Alice Faye | |
| 8 | Black Moonlight | Bing Crosby | |
| 9 | Oh You Crazy Moon | Sarah Vaughan | |
| 10 | The Moon Was Yellow | Mario Lanza | |
| 11 | In the Chapel by the Moonlight | Patti Page | |
| 12 | Sailboat in the Moonlight | Buddy Clark | |
| 13 | It’s Like Reaching for the Moon | Carmen McRae | |
| 14 | Moonlight Mississippi | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 15 | Moonlight Saving Time | Lisa Maxwell | |
| 16 | Shine on Harvest Moon | April Stevens and Nino Temple | |
| 17 | Moonlight Becomes You | Frank Sinatra | |
| 18 | Moonlight Serenade | The Glenn Miller Orchestra | |
The post Episode 274, Moonlight appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Playlist | ||
| 1 | It’s a Blue World | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 2 | Blue Moon | Vaughn Monroe |
| 3 | Blue Velvet | Tony Bennett |
| 4 | Red Roses for a Blue Lady | Andy Williams |
| 5 | Serenade in Blue | Doris Day |
| 6 | Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins |
| 7 | Blue Christmas | Elvis Presley |
| 8 | Lavender Blue | The Fleetwoods |
| 9 | Little Blue Man | Betty Johnson |
| 10 | Invitation to the Blues | Ray Price |
| 11 | Blues in the Night | Dinah Shore |
| 12 | Learning the Blues | Frank Sinatra |
| 13 | Talking to the Blues | Jim Lowe |
| 14 | In Care of the Blues | Patsy Cline |
| 15 | Summertime Blues | Eddie Cochran |
| 16 | Singing The Blues | Guy Mitchell |
| 17 | Lovesick Blues | Hank Williams |
| 18 | Beale Street Blues | Guy Lombardo |
| 19 | Blue Tango | LeRoy Anderson |
The post 273, Blue and The Blues appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 272 | Sing Boy Sing | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Kissin’ Ain’t No Fun | Tommy Sands |
| 2 | Teenage Crush | Tommy Sands |
| 3 | Goin’ Steady | Tommy Sands |
| 4 | Sing Boy Sing | Tommy Sands |
| 5 | I’m Gonna Walk and Talk With My Lord | Tommy Sands |
| 6 | Who Baby | Tommy Sands |
| 7 | A Bundle of Dreams | Tommy Sands |
| 8 | Would I Love You | Tommy Sands |
| 9 | Crazy Cause I Love You | Tommy Sands |
| 10 | Soda Pop Pop | Tommy Sands |
| 11 | Blue Ribbon Baby | Tommy Sands |
| 12 | Gonna Get a Girl | Tommy Sands |
| 13 | I’ll Be Seeing You | Tommy Sands |
| 14 | I Don’t Know Why | Tommy Sands |
| 15 | I Don’t Care Who Knows It | Tommy Sands |
| 16 | Ring My Phone | Tommy Sands |
| 17 | Worrying Kind | Tommy Sands |
| 18 | Hey Good Lookin’ | Tommy Sands, Nancy Sinatra |
| 19 | Your Daddy Wants to Do Right | Tommy Sands |
| 20 | “A” You’re Adorable | Tommy Sands |
The post Episode 272, Sing Boy Sing appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 271 | World War Two Love Songs | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | All of Me | Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra & Helen O’Connell |
| 2 | I Threw a Kiss in the Ocean | Johnny Long Orchestra & Helen Young |
| 3 | I Can’t Give You Anything But Love | Connie Boswell |
| 4 | You’ll Never Know | Dick Haymes |
| 5 | Waitin’ For the Train to Come In | Peggy Lee |
| 6 | It’s a Lonesome Old Town | The Modernaires |
| 7 | Candy | Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford & The Pied Pipers |
| 8 | Old Devil Moon | Lester Lanin |
| 9 | My Time is Your Time | Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees |
| 10 | My Heart Stood Still | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 11 | Moon Love | Mildred Bailey |
| 12 | Till the End of Time | Perry Como |
| 13 | Where Was I? | Charlie Barnet & Mary Ann McCall |
| 14 | Does Your Heart Beat For Me | Russ Morgan |
| 15 | Taking a Chance On Love | Benny Goodman & Helen Forrest |
| 16 | Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart | Judy Garland |
| 17 | That Old Black Magic | Margaret Whiting |
| 18 | Just One of Those Things | Lester Lanin |
The post Episode 271, World War Two Love Songs appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 270 | Back to Rock | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley and His Comets |
| 2 | Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins |
| 3 | Hound Dog | Elvis Presley |
| 4 | Be Bop a Lula | Gene Vincent |
| 5 | Maybe Baby | The Crickets & Buddy Holly |
| 6 | Let the Good Times Roll | Shirley & Lee |
| 7 | Johnny B. Goode | Chuck Berry |
| 8 | Ringa My Phone | Brenda Lee |
| 9 | Come Go With Me | The Del Vikings |
| 10 | Love Potion #9 | The Clovers |
| 11 | Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures |
| 12 | Teenager in Love | Dion and the Belmonts |
| 13 | Little Darlin’ | The Diamonds |
| 14 | Blueberry Hill | Fats Domino |
| 15 | Tutti Fruiti | Little Richard |
| 16 | Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 17 | Yakity Yak | The Coasters |
| 18 | Jim Dandy | LaVerne Baker |
| 19 | Splish Splash | Bobby Darin |
| 20 | Rock and Roll is Here to Stay | Danny and the Juniors |
| 21 | Ballad of a Teenage Queen | Johnny Cash |
| 22 | What’d I Say | Ray Charles |
The post Episode 270, Back to Rock & Roll appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 269 | Jazz 1935-1949 | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | In a Sentimental Mood | Tony Bennett |
| 2 | I Can’t Get Started With You | Billie Holiday |
| 3 | I Can’t Get Started With You | Merle Haggard |
| 4 | Summertime | Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald |
| 5 | These Foolish Things | The Duprees |
| 6 | Heart and Soul | Larry Clinton & Bea Wain |
| 7 | Prelude to a Kiss | Mel Torme |
| 8 | Laura | Julie London |
| 9 | Darn That Dream | Benny Goodman & Milded Bailey |
| 10 | All the Things You Are | Willie Nelson |
| 11 | How High the Moon | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 12 | That Old Black Magic | Judy Garland |
| 13 | Star Eyes | Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Eberly, Kitty Kallen |
| 14 | Stella by Starlight | Tony Bennett |
| 15 | Detour Ahead | Jackie Paris |
| 16 | What’s New | Bing Crosby |
| 17 | What’s New | Bob Crosby & Billy Butterfield |
The post Episode 269, Jazz 1935-1949 appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 269 | Jazz 1935-1949 | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | In a Sentimental Mood | Tony Bennett |
| 2 | I Can’t Get Started With You | Billie Holiday |
| 3 | I Can’t Get Started With You | Merle Haggard |
| 4 | Summertime | Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald |
| 5 | These Foolish Things | The Duprees |
| 6 | Heart and Soul | Larry Clinton & Bea Wain |
| 7 | Prelude to a Kiss | Mel Torme |
| 8 | Laura | Julie London |
| 9 | Darn That Dream | Benny Goodman & Milded Bailey |
| 10 | All the Things You Are | Willie Nelson |
| 11 | How High the Moon | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 12 | That Old Black Magic | Judy Garland |
| 13 | Star Eyes | Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Eberly, Kitty Kallen |
| 14 | Stella by Starlight | Tony Bennett |
| 15 | Detour Ahead | Jackie Paris |
| 16 | What’s New | Bing Crosby |
| 17 | What’s New | Bob Crosby & Billy Butterfield |
The post Episode 269, Jazz 1935-1949 appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 268 | Gene Autry | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Who’s Gene Autry? | Johnny Cash |
| 2 | Back in the Saddle Again | Gene Autry |
| 3 | That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine | Gene Autry |
| 4 | South of the Border | Gene Autry |
| 5 | Don’t Fence Me In | Gene Autry |
| 6 | You Are My Sunshine | Gene Autry |
| 7 | Ridin’ Down the Canyon | Gene Autry |
| 8 | Oklahoma Hills | Gene Autry |
| 9 | There’s a Rainbow on the River Colorado | Gene Autry |
| 10 | There’s a Goldmine in the Sky | Gene Autry |
| 11 | On Top of Old Smokey | Gene Autry |
| 12 | Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer | Gene Autry |
| 13 | He’ll Be Coming Down the Chimney | Gene Autry |
| 14 | I Wish My Mom Would Marry Santa Claus | Gene Autry |
| 15 | Blueberry Hill | Gene Autry |
| 16 | The Old Chisholm Trail | Gene Autry |
| 17 | Home on the Range | Gene Autry |
| 18 | Sioux City Sioux | Gene Autry |
| 19 | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Gene Autry |
| 20 | Red River Valley | Gene Autry |
| 21 | Home on the Range | Mantovani |
The post Episode 268, Gene Autry appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 263 | Breaking up | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Seven Lonely Days | Georgia Gibbs & Glenn Osser |
| 2 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Frank Sinatra |
| 3 | That’s When Your Heartaches Begin | The Ink Spots |
| 4 | All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee |
| 5 | Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley |
| 6 | Cry Me A River | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 7 | The Man That Got Away | Judy Garland |
| 8 | Walk Away | Matt Monro |
| 9 | Boo Hoo | Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians |
| 10 | Thank God and Greyhound | Roy Clark |
| 11 | Will Your Lawyer Talk to God? | Kitty Wells |
| 12 | Crying | Roy Orbison |
| 13 | She’s Got You | Patsy Cline |
| 14 | I Fall to Pieces | Wanda Jackson |
| 15 | Tears on My Pillow | Little Anthony & The Imperials |
| 16 | Somebody Else is Taking My Place | Connie Francis |
| 17 | The End of the World | Skeeter Davis |
| 18 | I Fall to Pieces | David Hartley |
The post Episode 267, 1950s Broadway appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 263 | Breaking up | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Seven Lonely Days | Georgia Gibbs & Glenn Osser |
| 2 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Frank Sinatra |
| 3 | That’s When Your Heartaches Begin | The Ink Spots |
| 4 | All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee |
| 5 | Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley |
| 6 | Cry Me A River | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 7 | The Man That Got Away | Judy Garland |
| 8 | Walk Away | Matt Monro |
| 9 | Boo Hoo | Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians |
| 10 | Thank God and Greyhound | Roy Clark |
| 11 | Will Your Lawyer Talk to God? | Kitty Wells |
| 12 | Crying | Roy Orbison |
| 13 | She’s Got You | Patsy Cline |
| 14 | I Fall to Pieces | Wanda Jackson |
| 15 | Tears on My Pillow | Little Anthony & The Imperials |
| 16 | Somebody Else is Taking My Place | Connie Francis |
| 17 | The End of the World | Skeeter Davis |
| 18 | I Fall to Pieces | David Hartley |
The post Episode 266, Swing appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 265 | Smoking and Exercise | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Let’s Have Another Cigarette | Ozzie Nelson & Harriet Hilliard |
| 2 | Coffee Cigarettes and Tears | Eddie Marshall |
| 3 | Big Rock Candy Mountain | Burl Ives |
| 4 | Don’t Smoke in Bed | Peggy Lee |
| 5 | Cigarettes and Coffee Blues | Lefty Frizell |
| 6 | While a Cigarette Was Burning | Patti Page |
| 7 | Love is Like a Cigarette | Duke Ellington, Ivie Anderson |
| 8 | Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette | Tex Williams |
| 9 | With Men Who Know Tobacco Best, It’s Women Two to One | Tex Williams |
| 10 | A Little Jive is Good For You | Martha Tilton |
| 11 | Run Rabbit, Run | Marion Mann & Bob Crosby’s Orchestra |
| 12 | Run, Run, Run | The Andrews Sisters |
| 13 | I’m Walking the Floor Over You | Georgia Gibbs |
| 14 | I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs | Elvis Presley |
| 15 | Do You Wanna Dance | Bobby Freeman |
| 16 | Bug Dance | Chet Atkins & His Colorado Mountain Boys |
| 17 | Shall We Dance? | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 18 | Papa Loves Mambo | Perry Como |
| 19 | Shall We Dance? | Frank Chacksfield Orchestra |
The post Episode 265, Smoking and Exercise appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 263 | Breaking up | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Seven Lonely Days | Georgia Gibbs & Glenn Osser |
| 2 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Frank Sinatra |
| 3 | That’s When Your Heartaches Begin | The Ink Spots |
| 4 | All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee |
| 5 | Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley |
| 6 | Cry Me A River | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 7 | The Man That Got Away | Judy Garland |
| 8 | Walk Away | Matt Monro |
| 9 | Boo Hoo | Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians |
| 10 | Thank God and Greyhound | Roy Clark |
| 11 | Will Your Lawyer Talk to God? | Kitty Wells |
| 12 | Crying | Roy Orbison |
| 13 | She’s Got You | Patsy Cline |
| 14 | I Fall to Pieces | Wanda Jackson |
| 15 | Tears on My Pillow | Little Anthony & The Imperials |
| 16 | Somebody Else is Taking My Place | Connie Francis |
| 17 | The End of the World | Skeeter Davis |
| 18 | I Fall to Pieces | David Hartley |
The post Episode 264, Alice Faye appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 263 | Breaking up | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Seven Lonely Days | Georgia Gibbs & Glenn Osser |
| 2 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Frank Sinatra |
| 3 | That’s When Your Heartaches Begin | The Ink Spots |
| 4 | All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee |
| 5 | Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley |
| 6 | Cry Me A River | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 7 | The Man That Got Away | Judy Garland |
| 8 | Walk Away | Matt Monro |
| 9 | Boo Hoo | Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians |
| 10 | Thank God and Greyhound | Roy Clark |
| 11 | Will Your Lawyer Talk to God? | Kitty Wells |
| 12 | Crying | Roy Orbison |
| 13 | She’s Got You | Patsy Cline |
| 14 | I Fall to Pieces | Wanda Jackson |
| 15 | Tears on My Pillow | Little Anthony & The Imperials |
| 16 | Somebody Else is Taking My Place | Connie Francis |
| 17 | The End of the World | Skeeter Davis |
| 18 | I Fall to Pieces | David Hartley |
The post Episode #263, Breaking Up appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 262 | Rockabilly | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Go Cat Go | Bill Flagg |
| 2 | Rocket 88 | Bill Haley His Comets |
| 3 | Love My Baby | Hayden Thompson |
| 4 | School of Rock ‘n Roll | Gene Summers |
| 5 | Crazy Arms | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 6 | Rock Billy Boogie | Johnny Burnette |
| 7 | Seven Nights to Rock | Moon Mullican with Boyd Bennett and His Rockets |
| 8 | My Pink Cadillac | Hal Willis |
| 9 | Folsum Prison Blues | Johnny Cash |
| 10 | Ooby Dooby | Roy Orbison and The Teens |
| 11 | Rock and Roll Cinnamon Tree | Maggie Sue Wimberley |
| 12 | Come On Baby | Jo Ann Campbell |
| 13 | Please Mr. Jailer | Wynona Carr |
| 14 | Will You Willyum | Janis Martin |
| 15 | Everlasting Love | Barbara Pittman |
| 16 | I Gotta Know | Wanda Jackson |
| 17 | Why Do I Feel This Way | Alis Lesley |
| 18 | Just Because | Lorrie Collins & Ricky Nelson |
| 19 | Hot Dog That Made Him Mad | Wanda Jackson |
| 20 | Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 261 | Technicolors | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | The Green Door | Jim Lowe |
| 2 | Green Eyes | Jimmy Dorsey, Helen O’Connell, Bob Eberle |
| 3 | Orange Colored Sky | Nat King Cole |
| 4 | Pink Shoe Laces | Dodie Stevens |
| 5 | She Wears Red Feathers | Guy Mitchell |
| 6 | Scarlett Ribbons | Jim Reeves |
| 7 | He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings | Dinah Shore |
| 8 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon | Mitch Miller & the Gang |
| 9 | The Purple People Eater | Sheb Wooley |
| 10 | I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs | Elvis Presley |
| 11 | Sparkling Brown Eyes | Wanda Jackson |
| 12 | Black and White Rag | Winifred Atwell |
| 13 | Black and White Thunderbird | The Delicates |
| 14 | Long Black Veil | Lefty Frizzell |
| 15 | Yellow Bird | The Mills Brothers |
| 16 | The Yellow Rose of Texas | Gene Autry |
| 17 | Blue Monday | Fats Domino |
| 18 | White Christmas | Bing Crosby |
| 19 | Little White Lies | Pat Boone |
| 20 | Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White | Perez Prado |
The post Episode 261, Technicolors appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 260 | Buddy Clark | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Linda | Buddy Clark & Ray Noble |
| 2 | Peg O’ My Heart | Buddy Clark |
| 3 | Heaven Help This Heart of Mine | Buddy Clark |
| 4 | May I Have the Next Romance With You? | Buddy Clark |
| 5 | You’re Breaking My Heart | Buddy Clark |
| 6 | If There is Someone Lovelier Than You | Buddy Clark |
| 7 | I’ll Get By | Buddy Clark |
| 8 | I’ll Dance at Your Wedding | Buddy Clark |
| 9 | South America Take it Away | Xavier Cugat |
| 10 | When I Write My Song | Buddy Clark |
| 11 | Those Things Money Can’t Buy | Buddy Clark & Ray Noble |
| 12 | Love Somebody | Doris Day & Buddy Clark |
| 13 | That Certain Party | Doris Day & Buddy Clark |
| 14 | I’m Living in a Great Big Way | Buddy Clark & Benny Goodman |
| 15 | A Sailboat in the Moonlight | Buddy Clark |
| 16 | A Dreamer’s Holiday | Buddy Clark & The Girl Friends |
| 17 | Linda | Jerry Vale |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 259 | Rare 1940s records | |
| Playlist | ||
| Inflation | Zeke Manners | |
| Elevator Boogie | Mabel Scott | |
| How Soon Will I Be Seeing You | Jack Owens | |
| Numbers Boogie | Sugar Chile Robinson | |
| Left a Good Deal in Mobile | Herb Jeffries | |
| We’re Gonna Rock | Wild Bill Moore | |
| When My Sugar Walks Down the Street | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| I Love Everything About You | George Morgan | |
| Double Talkin’ Woman | Earl Nunn and his Alabama Ramblers | |
| Atomic Power | The Buchanan Brothers | |
| Death at the Bar | Kitty Wells | |
| I’ll Be Back in a Year Little Darlin | Texas Jim Robertson | |
| Buddy Boy | Elton Britt | |
| Too Late | Jimmie Davis | |
| The Gods Were Angry With Me | Eddie Kirk | |
| Meet Me Down in Honky Tonk Town | Al Dexter and His Troopers | |
| Ridin’ Down That Old Texas Trail | Louise Massey and Her Westerners | |
| Guitar Polka | Al Dexter | |
The post Episode 259, Rare 1940s Records appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 258 | Lazy & Jealous | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | The Laziest Gal in Town | Pearl Bailey |
| 2 | Lazy | Bing Crosby |
| 3 | Loafin’ on a Lazy Day | Frances Claire |
| 4 | Lazy Afternoon | Tony Bennett |
| 5 | That Lucky Old Sun | Louis Armstrong |
| 6 | It’s My Lazy Day | Smiley Burnette |
| 7 | Love’s Got Me in a Lazy Mood | Marlene VerPlanck |
| 8 | Everybody Works but Father | The Mellomen |
| 9 | Get a Job | The Silhouettes |
| 10 | Lazy River | Bobby Darin |
| 11 | Hey! Jealous Lover | Frank Sinatra |
| 12 | Jealousy | Kitty Wells |
| 13 | Jealousy | Frankie Laine |
| 14 | Jealous Lover | Jimmie Davis |
| 15 | Somebody Else is Taking My Place | Russ Morgan |
| 16 | Every Night About This Time | Kay Kyser |
| 17 | A White Sport Coat | Marty Robbins |
The post Episode 258, Lazy & Jealous appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 257 | Who Are They? | |
| 1 | After You’ve Gone | Joyce Bryant |
| 2 | Ninety-Nine Ways | Charlie Gracie |
| 3 | Tragedy | Thomas Wayne and the Delons |
| 4 | It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow | Al Bowlly |
| 5 | When That Man is Dead and Gone | Al Bowlly |
| 6 | Diana | Conny Froboess |
| 7 | I’m Sittin on Top of the World | Jerry Lewis |
| 8 | Bad Luck Blues | Albert King |
| 9 | All Shook Up | Albert King |
| 10 | Love Me Tender | Georgia Holt |
| 11 | By the Light of the Stars | Roy Cordell & Jan Garber |
| 12 | With a Song in My Heart | Frank Sinatra |
| 13 | Tangokavaligeren | The Harmony Sisters & Lasse Lonndahl |
| 14 | Please Let Me In | J.J. Barnes |
| 15 | I’ll Walk Alone | Ilene Woods |
| 17 | It’s a Most Unusual Day | Anita Gordon |
| 18 | Curtain Call | ABC News |
| 19 | Clarinet Quintet | Stanley Drucker |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Episode 256 | Brenda Lee | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee | |
| 2 | Hound Dog | Brenda Lee | |
| 3 | Dynamite | Brenda Lee | |
| 4 | Swanee River Rock | Brenda Lee | |
| 5 | Sweet Nothin’s | Brenda Lee | |
| 6 | I’ll Be Seeing You | Brenda Lee | |
| 7 | We Three | Brenda Lee | |
| 8 | Tragedy | Brenda Lee | |
| 9 | The End of the World | Brenda Lee | |
| 10 | Pretty Baby | Brenda Lee | |
| 11 | This Little Light of Mine | Brenda Lee | |
| 12 | Have a Little Talk with Jesus | Brenda Lee | |
| 13 | Fool #1 | Brenda Lee | |
| 14 | I Wanna Be Around | Brenda Lee | |
| 15 | Someday You’ll Want Me to Want You | Brenda Lee | |
| 16 | Break it to Me Gently | Brenda Lee | |
| 17 | My Whole World is Falling Down | Brenda Lee | |
| 18 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | Brenda Lee | |
| 19 | I’m Sorry | Brenda Lee | |
| 20 | Back in Your Own Back Yard | Syd Dale Double Dozen, Syd Dale & Len Hunter | |
The post Episode 256, Brenda Lee appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 255 | Songs About Coffee | ||||
| Playlist | |||||
| 1 | The Coffee Song | Frank Sinatra | |||
| 2 | Forty Cups of Coffee | Ella Mae Morse | |||
| 3 | Forty Cups of Coffee | Bill Haley and His Comets | |||
| 4 | Coffee Blues | Mississippi John Hurt | |||
| 5 | Coffee | Mary Mack | |||
| 6 | Cigarettes and Coffee | Otis Redding | |||
| 7 | Keep That Coffee Hot | Scatman Cruthers | |||
| 8 | You’re the Cream in My Coffee | Marlene Dietrich | |||
| 9 | Java Jive | Bluegrass Student Union | |||
| 10 | Black Coffee | Ella Fitzgerald | |||
| 11 | The Arabian Dance | Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra | |||
| 12 | Coffee | Garrison Keillor | |||
| 13 | One More Cup of Coffee | Bob Dylan | |||
| 14 | Cup of Coffee | Johnny Cash | |||
| 15 | You’re the Cream in My Coffee | Hal Davis & Linda Michele | |||
| 16 | You’re the Cream in My Coffee | The Satin Saxophones & Robert Mandell and His Orchestra | |||
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 254 | Rolling Stone (2) | Playlist |
| Your Cheatin’ Heart | Hank Williams | |
| Sh-Boom | The Chords | |
| Earth Angel | The Penguins | |
| Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| That’s All Right | Elvis Presley | |
| Be Bop A Lula | Gene Vincent | |
| Why Do Fools Fall in Love | Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers | |
| Oh What a Night | The Dells | |
| Blueberry Hill | Fats Domino | |
| Love Me Tender | Elvis Presley | |
| Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| Good Golly Miss Molly | Little Richard | |
| Bye Bye Love | The Everly Brothers | |
| Summertime Blues | Eddie Cochran | |
| That’ll Be the Day | Buddy Holly | |
| Johnny B. Goode | Chuck Berry | |
| Wonderful World | Sam Cooke | |
| Only the Lonely | Roy Orbison | |
| Georgia on my Mind | Ray Charles | |
| Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures | |
The post Episode 254, Rolling Stone (2) appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Song | Artist | Album | Label |
| The Glenn Miller Orchestra | String of Pearls | Glenn Miller Orchestra – The Big Band Era: 18 Greatest Hits | RCA Victor |
| I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry | Hank Williams | I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry | Mercury |
| I Walk the Line | Johnny Cash | I Walk the Line | Sun Records |
| Maybellene | Chuck Berry | Maybellene | Chess |
| Mystery Train | Elvis Presley | Mystery Train | Sun Records |
| LaBamba | Richie Valens | The Best of Ritchie Valens | Rhino |
| Jim Dandy | LaVerne Baker | Soul On Fire: The Best of LaVerne Baker | Atlantic |
| Ain’t That a Shame | Fats Domino | The Fats Domino Jukebox: 20 Greatest Hits | Capitol |
| The Girl Can’t Help It | Little Richard | The Girl Can’t Help It Soundtrack | The Orchard Enterprises |
| Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins | Blue Suede Shoes | Sun Records |
| Mack the Knife | Bobby Darin | The Ultimate Bobby Darin | Atlantic |
| Hound Dog | Elvis Presley | Hound Dog | RCA Victor |
| Come Go With Me | The Del Vikings | 20th Century Masters – The Millenium Collection: The Best of The Del Vikings | UMG |
| The Great Pretender | The Platters | The Platters | Mercury |
| I Only Have Eyes For You | The Flamingos | Doo Wop Classics, Vol. 1 | Rhino |
| All I Have to Do is Dream | The Everly Brothers | The Everly Brothers’ Best | Barnaby |
| You Send Me | Sam Cooke | The Best of Sam Cooke | RCA Records |
| Every Day | Buddy Holly | Greatest Hits | Geffen |
| Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On | Jerry Lee Lewis | Sun Records Greatest Hits | Sun Records |
| Maybe | The Chantels | Discover 50s Doo Wop | X5 Music Group |
| Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures | The Ventures | Capitol |
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| Episode 252 | Harry Belafonte | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Day-O | Harry Belafonte | |
| 2 | Man Smart (Woman Smarter) | Harry Belafonte | |
| 3 | Angelique-O | Harry Belafonte | |
| 4 | Tongue Tie Baby | Harry Belafonte | |
| 5 | Fifteen | Harry Belafonte | |
| 6 | I’m Just a Country Boy | Harry Belafonte | |
| 7 | Judy Drowned | Harry Belafonte | |
| 8 | Land of the Sea and Sun | Harry Belafonte | |
| 9 | Brown Skin Girl | Harry Belafonte | |
| 10 | Jamaica Farewell | Harry Belafonte | |
| 11 | Those Three Are On My Mind | Harry Belafonte | |
| 12 | Try to Remember | Harry Belafonte | |
| 13 | The Drummer and the Cook | Harry Belafonte | |
| 14 | Coconut Woman | Harry Belafonte | |
| 15 | Four Strong Winds | Harry Belafonte | |
| 16 | Windy and Warm | Chet Atkins |
The post Episode 252, Harry Belafonte appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Episode 251 | Four Songs | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Blues in the Night | Kay Kyser | |
| 2 | Blues in the Night | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 3 | Blues in the Night | Tony Bennett | |
| 4 | Blues in the Night | Johnnie Taylor | |
| 5 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Peggy Lee | |
| 6 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Russ Morgan | |
| 7 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Julie London | |
| 8 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Chet Atkins | |
| 9 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Nick Cordero | |
| 10 | Dancing on the Ceiling | Jo Stafford | |
| 11 | Dancing on the Ceiling | Frank Sinatra | |
| 12 | Dancing on the Ceiling | Dodie Stevens | |
| 13 | Dancing on the Ceiling | The Supremes | |
| 14 | Dancing in the Dark | Fred Astaire | |
| 15 | Dancing in the Dark | Frank Sinatra | |
| 16 | Dancing in the Dark | Connie Stevens | |
| 17 | Dancing on the Ceiling/Dancing in the Dark | The Ray Conniff Singers | |
| 18 | Dancing in the Dark | Lester Lanin | |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Episode 250 | 1958 My Way | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | At The Hop | Danny & The Juniors | |
| 2 | Hard Headed Woman | Elvis Presley | |
| 3 | A Lover’s Question exaggeratged stereo | Clyde McPhatter | |
| 4 | Big Man | The Four Preps | |
| 5 | Just Married | Marty Robbins | |
| 6 | She Was Only Seventeen | Marty Robbins | |
| 7 | Oh Lonesome Me | Don Gibson | |
| 8 | Blue Blue Day | Don Gibson | |
| 9 | Bird Dog | The Everly Brothers | |
| 10 | Stupid Cupid MGM this rose to #14 on the Hot 100 | Connie Francis | |
| 11 | Sugar Moon | Pat Boone | |
| 12 | Sugar Moon | k.d. lang | |
| 13 | Only the Lonely | Frank Sinatra | |
| 14 | Take Me Out to the Ballgame | New York Yankees All Stars | |
| 15 | Evry Time We Say Goodbye music and lyrics by cole porter | Tony Bennett | |
| 16 | The Very Thought of You | Ray Conniff | |
| 17 | Tears on My Pillow | Little Anthony & The Imperials | |
| 18 | I Wonder Why | Dion and the Belmonts | |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Episode 249 | Jazz for Lovers | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Manhattan | Dinah Washington | |
| 2 | If Love is Good to Me | Nat King Cole | |
| 3 | Lullaby of Birdland | Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown | |
| 4 | My Romance | Tony Bennett | |
| 5 | You’re Not the Guy for Me | Ernestine Anderson | |
| 6 | My One and Only Love | Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane | |
| 7 | They Can’t Take That Away From Me | Billy Holiday | |
| 8 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Benny Goodman | |
| 9 | Deed I Do | Louise Tobin & Peanuts Hucko | |
| 10 | The Girl Next Door | Frank Sinatra | |
| 11 | Heart and Soul | Larry Clinton, Helen Ward | |
| 12 | Would You Like to Take a Walk | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | |
| 13 | These Foolish Things | Johnny Hartman | |
| 14 | Makin’ Whoopie | Frank Sinatra | |
The post Episode 249, Jazz For Lovers appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Episode 248 | Jerry Lee Lewis | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 2 | Whole Lotta Shakin Going On | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 3 | Breathless | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 4 | How’s My Ex Treating You? | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 5 | Hillbilly Fever | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 6 | What’d I Say | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 7 | Home | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 8 | Long Tall Sally | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 9 | My God’s Not Dead | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 10 | I Saw The Light | Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 11 | Chantilly Lace | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 12 | There Must Be More To Love Than This | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 13 | You Call Everybody Darlin | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 14 | I’ll Make it All Up To You | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 15 | What’s Made Milwaukee Famous | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 16 | To Make Love Sweeter For You | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 17 | Cold Cold Heart | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 18 | Who’s Gonna Play This Old Piano | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 19 | Getting’ in the Mood | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
The post Episode 248, Jerry Lee Lewis, presents 19 recordings by “The Killer” appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 247 | I Love the 40s Vol 1 | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall | Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots |
| 2 | Ma, I Miss Your Apple Pie | The Jesters |
| 3 | Oh, You Crazy Moon | Peggy Lee |
| 4 | All or Nothing at All | Frank Sinatra, Harry James |
| 5 | Twilight Time | The Three Suns |
| 6 | Dream | The Pied Pipers |
| 7 | You’ll Never Know/No Love No Nothing | Alice Faye |
| 8 | Marie | Tommy Dorsey |
| 9 | Green Eyes | Jimmy Dorsey |
| 10 | Linda | Buddy Clark |
| 11 | Blue Hawaii | Bing Crosby |
| 12 | Skyliner | Les and Larry Elgart |
| 13 | Keep That Coffee Hot | Scatman Crothers |
| 14 | At Long Last Love | Bea Wain, Larry Clinton |
| 15 | The Gypsy | The Ink Spots |
| 16 | Boo Hoo | Guy Lombardo |
The post Episode 247, I Love the 40s Vol. 1 appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Episode 244 | Lena Horne | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Stormy Weather | Lena Horne | |
| 2 | Deed I Do | Lena Horne | |
| 3 | Moanin’ Low | Lena Horne | |
| 4 | Love Me or Leave Me | Lena Horne | |
| 5 | I Have Dreamed | Lena Horne | |
| 6 | Just One of Those Things | Lena Horne | |
| 7 | Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man | Lena Horne | |
| 8 | Speak Low | Lena Horne | |
| 9 | At Long Last Love | Lena Horne | |
| 10 | Today I Love Everybody | Lena Horne | |
| 11 | New Fangled Tango | Lena Horne | |
| 12 | Good for Nothin’ Joe | Lena Horne | |
| 13 | One For My Baby | Lena Horne | |
| 14 | That Old Feeling | Lena Horne | |
| 15 | Softly As I Leave You | Lena Horne | |
| 16 | Watch What Happens | Lena Horne | |
| 17 | The Lady is a Tramp | Lena Horne | |
The post Episode 244, Lena Horne appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 245 | Rock & Roll Ala Carte Vol. 2 | |
| Playlist | ||
| Let’s Have a Party | Wanda Jackson | |
| All Shook Up | Elvis Presley | |
| Kissin’ Time | Bobby Rydell | |
| Summertime Blues | Eddie Cochran | |
| The Fool | Sanford Clark | |
| Let the Good Times Roll | Shirley and Lee | |
| Fever | Little Willie John | |
| Splish Splash | Bobby Darin | |
| Raunchy | Bill Justis | |
| Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| Dottie | Danny and the Juniors | |
| See You Later Alligator | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| Blue Ribbon Baby | Tommy Sands | |
| Sweet Little Sixteen | Chuck Berry | |
| Tutti Fruiti | Little Richard | |
| Long Tall Sally | Pat Boone | |
| Love Potion #9 | The Clovers | |
| A Pub With No Beer | Slim Dusty | |
| Party Doll | Buddy Knox | |
| Mister Fire Eyes | Bonnie Guitar | |
| That’s All Right Mama | Elvis Presley | |
| Rumble | Link Wray (Remastered) |
The post Episode 245, Rock & Roll ALC Vol. 2 appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 246 | Doo Wop | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Hushabye | The Mystics |
| 2 | Tonite, Tonite | The Mello-Kings |
| 3 | She Say (Oom Dooby Doom) | The Diamonds |
| 4 | Stormy Weather | The Spaniels |
| 5 | A Thousand Miles Away | The Heartbeats |
| 6 | Earth Angel | The Penguins |
| 7 | Dear One | The Scarlets |
| 8 | Don’t Ask Me to Be Lonely | The Dubs |
| 9 | ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM | The Collegians |
| 10 | Try the Impossible | Lee Andrews and The Hearts |
| 11 | Gee But I’d Give The World | Anthony and the Sophomores |
| 12 | Maybe | The Chantels |
| 13 | Rama Lama Ding Dong | The Edsels |
| 14 | Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp Bomp | Barry Mann and The Halos |
| 15 | Little Star | The Elegants |
| 16 | Crying in the Chapel | The Orioles |
| 17 | Whispering Bells | The Del-Vikings |
| 18 | Remember Then | The Earls |
The post Episode 246, Deep in Doo Wop appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 243 | All I Want for Christmas Is My Sweetie | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Winter Wonderland | Bing Crosby |
| 2 | Mrs. Santa Claus | Nat King Cole |
| 3 | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | Dolly Parton |
| 4 | Christmas Dreaming | Frank Sinatra |
| 5 | You’re All I Want for Christmas | Brooke Benton |
| 6 | I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | Carole King |
| 7 | Sleigh Ride | Harry Connick Jr. |
| 8 | A Marshmallow World | Johnny Mathis |
| 9 | Christmas Bride | Ray Conniff Singers |
| 10 | Blue Chistmas | Blake Shelton |
| 11 | Santa Baby | Madonna |
| 12 | I’ll Be Home For Christmas | Dean Martin |
| 13 | Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me | Elvis Presley |
| 14 | I’d Like You For Christmas | Julie London |
| 15 | Christmas Kisses | Marty Robbins |
| 16 | Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow | Vaughn Monroe |
| 17 | There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays | Robert Goulert |
| 18 | All I Want for Christmas is You | Tony Bennett |
| 19 | Blue Christmas | American Carol Community |
The post Episode 243, “All I Want for Christmas is My Sweetie” appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 242 | Rare Mid-50s Records | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Oop Shoop | The Crew Cuts |
| 2 | River of No Return | Marilyn Monroe |
| 3 | Jim, Johnny and Jonas | Wesley and Marilyn Tuttle |
| 4 | Good Intentions | Rosemary Clooney |
| 5 | The Kid’s Last Fight | Frankie Laine |
| 6 | The Story of Tina | Al Martino |
| 7 | I Still Believe | Ronnie Hilton |
| 8 | No One But You | Billy Eckstine |
| 9 | Chee Chee-oo Chee | Perry Como & Jaye P. Morgan |
| 10 | Mambo Rock | Bill Haley & His Comets |
| 11 | Ev’rywhere | David Whitfield |
| 12 | Dream Boat | Alma Cogan |
| 13 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | Alma Cogan |
| 14 | Reckless | Bob London |
| 15 | Johnny is the Boy for Me | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 16 | Blue Gardenia | Nat King Cole |
| 17 | Kiss | Dean Martin |
| 18 | Speedo | The Cadillacs |
| 19 | Sleep | Earl Bostic |
The post Episode 242, Rare Mid-50s Records appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 241 | World War Two Love Songs | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | The Very Thought of You | Ray Noble |
| 2 | Till The End of Time | Doris Day |
| 3 | That Old Black Magic | Bing Crosby |
| 4 | One For My Baby | Lena Horne |
| 5 | My Old Flame | Benny Goodman |
| 6 | Oh What it Seemed to Be | Frankie Carle |
| 7 | Oh What it Seemed to Be | Brooke Benton |
| 8 | Goodnight Mother | Dick Todd |
| 9 | I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good | Duke Ellington |
| 10 | We Three | The Ink Spots |
| 11 | Till Then | The Mills Brothers |
| 12 | Don’t Blame Me | Ethel Waters |
| 13 | Don’t Blame Me | Barbara Cook |
| 14 | Now | Perry Como |
| 15 | Night and Day | Frank Sinatra |
| 16 | I Don’t Want to Walk Without You | Harry James |
| 17 | I Can Dream Can’t I | Rosemary Squires |
The post Episode 241, World War Two Love Songs appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 240 | Little Richard | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Good Golly Miss Molly | Little Richard |
| 2 | Send Me Some Lovin’ | Little Richard |
| 3 | Taxi Blues | Little Richard |
| 4 | Rip it Up | Little Richard |
| 5 | Long Tall Sally | Little Richard |
| 6 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon | Little Richard |
| 7 | Sippin’and Slidin’ (Peepin’ and Hidin’) | Little Richard |
| 8 | Somethin’ Else | Little Richard |
| 9 | She’s Got It | Little Richard |
| 10 | Lucille | Little Richard |
| 11 | Tutti Fruiti | Little Richard |
| 12 | Tutti Fruiti | Pat Boone |
| 13 | Ready Teddy | Little Richard |
| 14 | Ready Teddy | Elvis Presley |
| 15 | Crying in the Chapel | Little Richard |
| 16 | Peace in the Valley | Little Richard |
| 17 | The Girl Can’t Help It | Little Richard |
| 18 | Miss Ann | Little Richard |
| 19 | Heebie Jeebies | Little Richard |
| 20 | Keep a Knockin’ | Little Richard |
The post Episode 240, Little Richard appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 239 | 1948 My Way | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Buttons and Bows | Dinah Shore |
| 2 | Teresa | Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters |
| 3 | When You Were Sweet Sixteen | Al Jolson |
| 4 | Good Rockin’ Tonight | Wynonie Harris |
| 5 | Feel Like Going Home | Muddy Waters |
| 6 | Baby Face | Art Mooney |
| 7 | Baby Face | Bobby Darin |
| 8 | Baby Face | Little Richard |
| 9 | Love Somebody | Doris Day & Buddy Clark |
| 10 | Beg Your Pardon | Francis Craig |
| 11 | Beg Your Pardon | Pat Boone |
| 12 | My Happiness | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 13 | William Tell Overture | Spike Jones |
| 14 | It’s Too Soon to Know | The Orioles |
| 15 | Little White Lies | Dick Haymes |
| 16 | Little White Lies | Chris Montez |
| 17 | Boquet of Roses | Eddy Arnold |
| 18 | Dog House Boogie | Hawkshaw Hawkins |
| 19 | Ballerina | Vaughn Monroe |
| 20 | Twelfth Street Rag | Pee Wee Hunt |
The post Episode 239, 1948 My Way appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 238 | Sing-along | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover | Mitch Miller and The Gang |
| 2 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon | Mitch Miller and The Gang |
| 3 | Shine On Harvest Moon | Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby |
| 4 | California Dreamin’ | The Mamas and the Papas |
| 5 | Walking After Midnight | Patsy Cline |
| 6 | You Are My Sunshine | Alan O’Bryant |
| 7 | Love Letters in the Sand | Margo Smith |
| 8 | Mrs. Robinson | Simon and Garfunkel |
| 9 | Down by the Station | The Four Preps |
| 10 | It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie | Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads |
| 11 | On top of Spaghetti | Tom Glazer |
| 12 | Puff the Magic Dragon | The Brothers Four |
| 13 | She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain | Sin and Swoon |
| 14 | The Red River Valley | Mo Bandy |
| 15 | Down by the Riverside | The Cedarmont Kids |
| 16 | On Top of Old Smokey | The Weavers |
| 17 | There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly | Patty Biscoe |
| 18 | The Middle of the House | Rusty Draper |
| 19 | The Ants Go Marching On | Super Simple Songs |
| 20 | I’ve Been Working on the Railroad | John Denver |
| 21 | Mrs. Robinson | Chet Atkins |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 237 | For Jazz Lovers | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Dream a Little Dream of Me | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong |
| 2 | Stairway to the Stars | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 3 | It’s The Talk of the Town | Joe Williams |
| 4 | Speak Low | Carmen McRae |
| 5 | Skylark | Jackie Paris |
| 6 | There Will Never Be Another You | Jackie Paris |
| 7 | Cry Me a River | Dinah Washington |
| 8 | What is There to Say | Johnny Hartman |
| 9 | That Old Black Magic | Johnny Hartman |
| 10 | Get Out of Town | Anita O’Day |
| 11 | Johnny One Note | Anita O’Day |
| 12 | I Got Rhythm | Mark Murphy |
| 13 | I Got Rhythm | Ethel Merman |
| 14 | It’s Not For Me to Say | Mark Murphy |
| 15 | Too Marvelous For Words | Billie Holiday |
| 16 | The Skyscraper Blues | Tony Bennett |
| 17 | My Funny Valentine | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| 18 | The In Crowd | Ramsey Lewis Trio |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 189 | Halloween II | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Ghost in the Graveyard | The Prairie Ramblers |
| 2 | The Halloween Song | Bing Crosby & Boris Karlof |
| 3 | My Man’s an Undertaker | Catherine Russell |
| 4 | Skeleton in the Closet | Louis Armstrong |
| 5 | Nightmare | Artie Shaw |
| 6 | Punky Pumpkin | Rosemary Clooney |
| 7 | Ding Dong the Wicked Witch is Dead | Barbra Streisand |
| 8 | Ghost Town | Don Cherry |
| 9 | Rockin’ Ghost | Steve Allen & Ira Lee & Archie Bleyer Orchestra |
| 10 | Miss Otis Regrets | Rosemary Clooney |
| 11 | With Her Head Tucked Under Her Arm | The Kingston Trio |
| 12 | The Boogie Man | Todd Rollins & his Orchestra with Chick Bullock |
| 13 | Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo | Ethel Waters |
| 14 | Here Comes the Boogey Man | Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Band |
| 15 | Heebie Jeebies | Little Richard |
| 16 | Minnie the Moocher at the Morgue | Smiley Burnette |
| 17 | Mr. Ghost Goes to Town | The Moon Rays |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 235 | New life for late 40s music | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | You Call Everybody Darling | Al Trace and his New Orchestra & Bob Vincent |
| 2 | You Call Everybody Darling | Rusty Draper |
| 3 | You Call Everybody Darling | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 4 | Linda | Buddy Clark |
| 5 | Linda | Jerry Vale |
| 6 | Heartaches | Ted Weems |
| 7 | Heartaches | Ruby and the Romantics |
| 8 | Heartaches | Birch Pereira & The Gin Joints |
| 9 | Headaches | Allan Sherman |
| 10 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Bill Monroe |
| 11 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | LeAnn Rimes |
| 12 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Original Nashville Cast |
| 13 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Patsy Cline |
| 14 | Lovesick Blues | Hank Williams |
| 15 | Lovesick Blues | Lily Conners |
| 16 | Lovesick Blues | Tanya Tucker |
| 17 | Lovesick Blues | Pokey LaFarge |
| 18 | Heartaches | Al Bowlly |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 236 | Larry Clinton | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Wolverine Blues | Larry Clinton |
| 2 | RCA Victrola U-111 Advert | Larry Clinton |
| 3 | In a Persian Market | Larry Clinton |
| 4 | A Study in Brown | Larry Clinton |
| 5 | A Study in Green | Larry Clinton |
| 6 | RCA Console Grand Advert | Larry Clinton |
| 7 | Swing Lightly | Larry Clinton |
| 8 | Satan Takes a Holiday | Larry Clinton |
| 9 | Saving Myself For You | Larry Clinton |
| 10 | Deep Purple | Larry Clinton |
| 10 | At Long Last Love | Larry Clinton |
| 11 | Heart and Soul | Larry Clinton |
| 12 | Over the Rainbow | Larry Clinton |
| 13 | My reverie | Larry Clinton |
| 14 | Summer Souveniers | Larry Clinton |
| 15 | Cry, Baby Cry | Larry Clinton |
| 16 | Our Love is Here to Stay | Larry Clinton |
| 17 | You Go to My Head | Larry Clinton |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 234 | American Bandstand | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Tallahassee Lassie | Freddy Cannon |
| 2 | Diana | Paul Anka |
| 3 | Don’t Call My Name | Bobby Darin |
| 4 | Bon Voyage | Janis Harper |
| 5 | Come Go With Me | The Del Vikings |
| 6 | Could This Be Magic | The Dubs |
| 7 | Rock and Roll Music | Chuck Berry |
| 8 | Love is Strange | Mickey & Sylvia |
| 9 | It Took a Long Time | Malcolm Dodds and the Tunedrops |
| 10 | Beach Party | Bob Jaxon |
| 11 | It’s Not for Me to Say | Johnny Mathis |
| 12 | Reet Petite | Jackie Wilson |
| 13 | Wake Up Little Susie | The Everly Brothers |
| 14 | Hey Schoolgirl | Tom and Jerrry |
| 15 | JO-ANN | The Twin-Tones |
| 16 | Bop-a-Lena | Ronnie Self |
| 17 | Lollipop | The Chordettes |
| 18 | Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 19 | That’ll Be the Day | Buddy Holly and The Crickets |
| 20 | So Rare | Jimmy Dorsey |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 233 | Obscure Mid-1940s Records | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Poinciana (Song of the Tree) | Bing Crosby |
| 2 | Down by the Riverside | Sister Rosetta Tharp |
| 3 | So Long Pal | Al Dexter and his Troopers |
| 4 | It’s Love Love Love | The King Sisters |
| 5 | Dance with a Dolly With a Hole in Her Stocking | Russ Morgan & Al Jennings vocal |
| 6 | There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder | Jimmie Davis |
| 7 | Some Sunday Morning | Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes |
| 8 | Sleigh Ride in July | Dinah Shore |
| 9 | Divorce Me C.O.D. | Merle Travis |
| 10 | Bell Bottom Trousers | Kay Kyser |
| 11 | Aren’t You Glad You’re You | Les Brown and Doris Day |
| 12 | Doin’ What Comes Naturally | Dinah Shore |
| 13 | The Gypsy | Sammy Kaye & Mary Marlow |
| 14 | That’s Alright Mama | Arthur Big Boy Crudup |
| 15 | That’s Alright Mama | Elvis Presley |
| 16 | Let the Good Times Roll | Louis Jordan |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Million Dollar Voices | ||
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Too Young | Nat King Cole |
| 2 | She’s Got You | Patsy Cline |
| 3 | It’s Been a Long Long Time | Bing Crosby |
| 4 | I Get Along Without You Very Well | Matt Monro |
| 5 | My One and Only Love | Dean Martin |
| 6 | Maybe | The Ink Spots |
| 7 | Stranger in Paradise | Johnny Mathis |
| 8 | Watch What Happens | Tony Bennett |
| 9 | Misty | Julie London |
| 10 | Go Chase a Moonbeam | Jerry Vale |
| 11 | Real Live Girl | Robert Goulet |
| 12 | Stardust | Nat King Cole |
| 13 | Walk Away | Matt Monro |
| 14 | Every Night About This Time | The Ink Spots |
| 15 | The Best of Everything | Johnny Mathis |
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| Episode 229 | January Babies | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | I’m Wasting My Tears on You | Tex Ritter |
| 2 | Ferryboat Serenade | The Andrews Sisters |
| 3 | Standing on the Corner | The Four Lads |
| 4 | No Two People | Jane Wyman & Danny Kaye |
| 5 | The Theme From Moulin Rouge | Percy Faith & His Orchestra |
| 6 | In Other Words | Felicia Sanders |
| 7 | That’s All Right Mama | Elvis Presley |
| 8 | Loving You | Elvis Presley |
| 9 | Cock Eyed Optimist | Gisele MacKenzie |
| 10 | I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes | Goldie Hill |
| 11 | Fly Me to the Moon | Rod Stewart |
| 12 | Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell | Eartha Kitt |
| 13 | Walk Right Back | The Everly Brothers |
| 14 | On the Wings of a Nightingale | The Everly Brothers |
| 15 | Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley | Robert Parker |
| 16 | You Send Me | Sam Cooke |
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| Episode 228 | Patti Page | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | With My Eyes Wide Open I’m Dreaming | Patti Page |
| 2 | Confess | Patti Page |
| 3 | Money Marbles and Chalk | Patti Page |
| 4 | Changing Partners | Patti Page |
| 5 | Allegheny Moon | Patti Page |
| 6 | Hey There | Patti Page |
| 7 | Doggie in the Window | Patti Page |
| 8 | Tennessee Waltz | Patti Page |
| 9 | Old Cape Cod | Patti Page |
| 10 | I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine | Patti Page |
| 11 | I Went to Your Wedding | Patti Page |
| 12 | Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You | Patti Page |
| 13 | Oh What It Seemed to Be | Patti Page |
| 14 | The End of the World | Patti Page |
| 15 | Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte | Patti Page |
| 16 | Can’t Help Falling in Love | Patti Page |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 232 | Kitty Wells | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | The Wild Side of Life | Hank Thompson |
| 2 | It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels | Kitty Wells |
| 3 | Paying For That Back Street Affair | Kitty Wells |
| 4 | Cheatin’s a Sin | Kitty Wells |
| 5 | Release Me | Kitty Wells |
| 6 | Church in the Wildwood | Kitty Wells |
| 7 | Searching | Kitty Wells |
| 8 | Left to Right | Kitty Wells |
| 9 | Mommy For a Day | Kitty Wells |
| 10 | Fraulein | Bobby Helms |
| 11 | I’ll Always Be Your Fraulein | Kitty Wells |
| 12 | Three Ways to Love You | Kitty Wells |
| 13 | Lonely Side of Town | Kitty Wells |
| 14 | There’s Poison in Your Heart | Kitty Wells |
| 15 | I Gave My Wedding Dress Away | Kitty Wells |
| 16 | I Gave My Wedding Dress Away | Laura Cantrell |
| 17 | Will Your Lawyer Talk to God | Kitty Wells |
| 18 | Heartbreak U.S.A. | Kitty Wells |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 230 | The Hit Parade 1952 | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Please Mr. Sun | Tommy Edwards |
| 2 | I’ll Walk Alone | Jane Froman |
| 3 | Walking My Baby Back Home | Nick Lucas |
| 4 | Slow Poke | Pee Wee King |
| 5 | The Glow Worm | The Mills Brothers |
| 6 | High Noon | Frankie Laine |
| 7 | A Guy is a Guy | Doris Day |
| 8 | Kiss of Fire | Georgia Gibbs |
| 9 | Tell Me Why | The Four Aces |
| 10 | Anytime | Eddie Fisher |
| 11 | I Went to Your Wedding | Patti Page |
| 12 | Half as Much | Rosemary Clooney |
| 13 | Auf Wiedersehn Sweetheart | Vera Lynn |
| 14 | You Belong to Me | Jo Stafford |
| 15 | Wheel of Fortune | Kay Starr |
| 16 | Blue Tango | Leroy Anderson |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 227 | 1930s Love Songs | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | But Not For Me | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 2 | Easter Parade | Judy Garland |
| 3 | They Can’t Take That Away From Me | Kristen Chenoweth |
| 4 | Cheek to Cheek | The Boswell Sisters |
| 5 | Once in a While | Tommy Dorsey |
| 6 | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | Dinah Washington |
| 7 | How Deep is the Ocean | Julie Andrews |
| 8 | Where or When | Carly Simon |
| 9 | I’ve Got You Under My Skin | Steve Lawrence |
| 10 | My Funny Valentine | Chet Baker |
| 11 | Deep Purple | Dean Martin |
| 12 | If I Didn’t Care | The Ink Spots |
| 13 | Moonlight Serenade | Frank Sinatra |
| 14 | Isn’t it Romantic | Johnny Mathis |
| 15 | My Heart Stood Still | Tony Bennett |
| 16 | All of Me | Rod Stewart |
| Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | The Mantovani Orchestra | |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 226 | New Life for Mid-50s Music | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Just Walking in the Rain | Johnnie Ray |
| 2 | Just Walking in the Rain | The Izzies |
| 3 | Just Walking in the Rain | Eddy Smets |
| 4 | No Not Much | The Four Lads |
| 5 | No Not Much | Pamela Luss |
| 6 | Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| 7 | Sixteen Tons | Geoff Castellucci |
| 8 | Learning the Blues | Frank Sinatra |
| 9 | Learning the Blues | Laura Dickinson |
| 10 | Learning the Blues | Peter Brooks |
| 11 | Blueberry Hill | Fats Domino |
| 12 | Blueberry Hill | Loretta Lynn |
| 13 | Que Sera Sera | Doris Day |
| 14 | Que Sera Sera | Wildside |
| 16 | It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie | Somethin Smith and The Redheads |
| 17 | It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie | The Hot Nut Riveters |
| 18 | It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie | Margo Smith |
| 19 | Rock and Roll Waltz | Kay Starr |
| 20 | Rock and Roll Waltz | Dennis Marsh |
| 21 | I Almost Lost My Mind | Pat Boone |
| 22 | I Almost Lost My Mind | Barbara Mandrell really good |
| 23 | I Almost Lost My Mind | Solomon Burke |
| 24 | It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie | 101 Strings Orchestra |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 225 | 1950s Album Jazz | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | The Swiss Woodpecker | Les Paul |
| 2 | I May Be Wrong | Doris Day & Harry James |
| 3 | Bouncin’ With Bud | Bud Powell |
| 4 | Mood Indigo | Nina Simone |
| 5 | Lotus Flower | Kenny Dorham |
| 6 | Bags’ Groove | Milt Jackson |
| 7 | Just One of Those Things | Frank Sinatra |
| 8 | Singing in the Rain | Count Basie & Joe Williams |
| 9 | Solidado | Toshiko Akiyoshi |
| 10 | I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby | Louis Armstrong |
| 11 | Laura | Charlie Parker |
| 12 | I Fall in Love Too Easily | Chet Baker |
| 13 | It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 14 | Walkin’ Bass | Henry Mancini |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 224 | Jimmy Durante | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Inka Dinka Doo | Jimmy Durante |
| 2 | As Time Goes By | Jimmy Durante |
| 3 | Start Off Each Day With a Song | Jimmy Durante |
| 4 | Old Man Time | Jimmy Durante & Louis Armstrong |
| 5 | We’re Going U.F.O. -ing | Jimmy Durante |
| 6 | The Most Beautiful Girl in the World | Jimmy Durante |
| 7 | September Song | Jimmy Durante |
| 8 | In the Garden | Jimmy Durante |
| 9 | Somebody’s Keeping Score | Jimmy Durante |
| 10 | Bill Bailey | Jimmy Durante & Eddie Jackson |
| 11 | When the Circus Leaves Town | Jimmy Durante |
| 12 | I’ll Be Seeing You | Jimmy Durante |
| 13 | I’ll See You in My Dreams | Jimmy Durante |
| 14 | Volkswagen SuperBeetle Commercial | Jimmy Durante |
| 15 | Make Someone Happy | Robert Goulet & Peggy Lee |
| 16 | Make Someone Happy | Jimmy Durante |
| 17 | One of Those Songs | Jimmy Durante |
| 18 | News Report of His Death | CBS TV |
| 19 | Good Night | Jimmy Durante |
| 20 | Make Someone Happy | Stan Whitmire |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Episode 223 | The Hit Parade 1958 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 0:02:31 | 1 | Peggy Sue | Buddy Holly |
| 0:02:36 | 2 | The Stroll | The Diamonds |
| 0:02:45 | 3 | Oh Julie | The Crescendos |
| 0:02:42 | 4 | April Love | Pat Boone |
| 0:02:27 | 5 | When | The Kalin Twins |
| 0:02:36 | 6 | Do You Want to Dance? | Bobby Freeman |
| 0:02:23 | 7 | Endless Sleep | Jody Reynolds |
| 0:02:13 | 8 | Splish Splash | Bobby Darin |
| 0:02:10 | 9 | Lollipop | The Chordettes |
| 0:02:34 | 10 | Short Shorts | The Royal Teens |
| 0:02:19 | 11 | Tears on My Pillow | Little Anthony and the Imperials |
| 0:02:18 | 12 | Who Wrote the Book of Love | The Monotones |
| 0:03:02 | 13 | Sweet Little Sixteen | Chuck Berry |
| 0:02:21 | 14 | He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands | Laurie London |
| 0:02:44 | 15 | Return to Me | Dean Martin |
| 0:02:07 | 16 | Sail Along Silvery Moon | Billy Vaughn |
| 0:02:52 | 17 | Don’t | Elvis Presley |
| 0:02:22 | 18 | All I Have to Do is Dream | The Everly Brothers |
| 0:03:36 | 19 | Volare | Domenico Modugno |
| 0:02:21 | 20 | Patricia | Perez Prado |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 222 | Around the World | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Around the World | Bing Crosby |
| 2 | Faraway Places | Vera Lynn |
| 3 | South of the Border | Frank Sinatra |
| 4 | The Tijuana Jail | The Kingston Trio |
| 5 | Mexican Joe | Jim Reeves |
| 6 | Jamaica Farewell | Harry Belafonte |
| 7 | The Last Time I Saw Paris | Anne Shelton |
| 8 | Slow Boat to China | Fats Domino |
| 9 | Christmas Island | The Andrews Sisters |
| 10 | Down Argentina Way | Dinah Shore |
| 11 | The Girl from Ipanema | Vic Damone |
| 12 | Skokiaan | The Four Lads |
| 13 | Song of India | Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra |
| 14 | The Italian Theme | Dorothy Collins |
| 15 | Istanbul | The Four Lads |
| 16 | The Merry Minuet | The Kingston Trio |
| 17 | Sukiyaki | Kyu Sakamoto |
| 18 | Swedish Rhapsody | The London Pops Orchestra |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 221 | Seven stories 3 | |
| 1 | Deep Purple | Pat Boone |
| 2 | Walking the Floor Over You | Pat Boone |
| 3 | A Tisket A Tasket | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 4 | You Won’t Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart | Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald |
| 5 | You Win Again | Hank Williams |
| 6 | I’ll Never Get Out of this World Alive | Hank Williams |
| 7 | Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini | Brian Hyland |
| 8 | Catch a Falling Star | Perry Como |
| 9 | In Love in Vain | Mel Torme |
| 10 | Oh Ba La La | Mel Torme |
| 11 | Who’s Sorry Now | Connie Francis |
| 12 | Lipstick on Your Collar | Connie Francis |
| 13 | Route 66 | Nat King Cole |
| 14 | Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer | Nat King Cole |
| 15 | The Magic Touch | The Platters |
| 16 | My Prayer | The Platters |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 220 | B.B. King | |
| 1 | Miss Martha King | B.B. King |
| 2 | 3 O’Clock Blues | B.B. King |
| 3 | Whole Lotta Love | B.B. King |
| 4 | Why Do Things Happen to Me | B.B. King |
| 5 | Please Accept My Love | B.B. King |
| 6 | Love You Baby | B.B. King |
| 7 | Woke Up This Morning | B.B. King |
| 8 | Ten Long Years | B.B. King |
| 9 | On My Word of Honor | B.B. King |
| 10 | Every Day I Have the Blues | B.B. King |
| 11 | It’s My Own Fault | B.B. King |
| 12 | Help the Poor | B.B. King |
| 13 | Worry, Worry | B.B. King |
| 14 | You Know I Love You | B.B. King |
| 15 | You Upset Me Baby | B.B. King |
| 16 | Sweet Little Angel | B.B. King |
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| Episode 219 | Songs About Money | |
| 1 | With Plenty of Money and You | Tony Bennett and Count Basie |
| 2 | I Found a Million Dollar Baby | Nat King Cole |
| 3 | If You’ve Got the Money | Jo Stafford |
| 4 | The Money Song | Mel Torme |
| 5 | Pennies From Heaven | Frank Sinatra |
| 6 | Save That Money | Rufus Thomas |
| 7 | Money Can’t Buy Love | Roy Rogers |
| 8 | Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket | Dean Martin |
| 9 | I Spent All My Money Loving You | Fats Domino |
| 10 | A Five Pound Box of Money | Pearl Bailey |
| 11 | No Money Down | Chuck Berry |
| 12 | The Gold Diggers Song | Leo Reisman & Fred Astaire |
| 13 | I Need Some Money | John Lee Hooker |
| 14 | Money Honey | Elvis Presley |
| 15 | I Paid My Income Tax Today | Gene Autry |
| 16 | Money in My Pockets | The Mills Brothers |
| 17 | Those Things Money Can’t Buy | Buddy Clark |
| 18 | I Am the Richest Man in the World | Eddy Arnold |
| 19 | You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You | Pete Fountain |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Episode 218 | Songs About Dreams | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Dream | The Pied Pipers | |
| 2 | I Had the Craziest Dream | Al Saxon Band | |
| 3 | Deep in a Dream | Frank Sinatra | |
| 4 | Sweet Dreams | Patsy Cline | |
| 5 | I Have Dreamed | Doris Day | |
| 6 | Dream Lover | Bobby Darin | |
| 7 | Street of Dreams | Ed Ames | |
| 8 | Darn that Dream | Mildred Bailey and Benny Goodman | |
| 9 | Dream Valley | Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra | |
| 10 | Dream Along With Me | Perry Como | |
| 11 | I Can Dream Can’t I | Rosemary Squires | |
| 12 | I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams | Louis Armstrong | |
| 13 | Bundle of Dreams | Tommy Sands | |
| 14 | Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On | Hank Locklin | |
| 15 | All I Have to do is Dream | The Everly Brothers | |
| 16 | All I Do is Dream of You | Pat Boone | |
| 17 | You Stepped Out of a Dream | Nat King Cole | |
| 18 | Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams | Les Paul Mary Ford | |
| 19 | I’ll See You in My Dreams | Andy Williams | |
| 20 | I’ll See You in My Dreams | Chet Atkins and Mark Knoffler | |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 217 | Easy Listening | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Autumn Leaves | Al Martino |
| 2 | I’ll Be Seeing You | Tommy Sands |
| 3 | When I Fall in Love | Jeri Southern |
| 4 | It Had to Be You | Jerry Vale |
| 5 | Secret Love | Pat Boone |
| 6 | I’m Sorry | Brenda Lee |
| 7 | Somewhere Along the Way | Nat King Cole |
| 8 | Harbor Lights | The Platters |
| 9 | Old Cape Cod | Patti Page |
| 10 | What Will My Mary Say | Johnny Mathis |
| 11 | Dancing on the Ceiling | Frank Sinatra |
| 12 | You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To | Julie London |
| 13 | My One and Only Love | Dean Martin |
| 14 | Day by Day | Jo Stafford |
| 15 | Come Softly to Me | The Fleetwoods |
| 16 | I Have Dreamed | Matt Monro |
| 17 | I’ve Never Been in Love Before | Doris Day |
| 18 | 26 Miles | The Four Preps |
| 19 | Some Enchanted Evening | Mantovani |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Episode 216 | Dinah Shore | ||
| 1 | Thrill of a New Romance | Xavier Cugat & Dinah Shore | |
| 2 | Yes My Darling Daughter | Dinah Shore | |
| 3 | I Hear a Rhapsody | Dinah Shore | |
| 4 | One Dozen Roses | Dinah Shore | |
| 5 | You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To | Dinah Shore | |
| 6 | Murder He Says | Dinah Shore | |
| 7 | I’ll Walk Alone | Dinah Shore | |
| 8 | The Gypsy | Dinah Shore | |
| 9 | Buttons and Bows | Dinah Shore | |
| 10 | See the U.S.A. | Dinah Shore | |
| 11 | Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy | Dinah Shore | |
| 12 | Dear Hearts and Gentle People | Dinah Shore | |
| 13 | Sweet Violets | Dinah Shore | |
| 14 | It’s DeLovely | Dinah Shore | |
| 15 | It Had to Be You | Dinah Shore | |
| 16 | Way Down Yonder in New Orleans | Dinah Shore | |
| 17 | Carolina in the Morning | Dinah Shore | |
| 18 | I Get a Kick Out of You | Dinah Shore | |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 215 | Latin Music | |
| Playlist | Lawdy Miss Clawdy | Lloyd Price |
| The Ball Game | Sister Wynona Carr | |
| Forget Him | Bobby Rydell | |
| Frenesi | Bobby Rydell | |
| Frenesi | June Christy | |
| Tangerine | Johnny Mercer | |
| Can’t Get Over Bossa Nova | Eydie Gorme | |
| Estoy Siemprer Junto A Ti | Tito Puente | |
| Brazil | Xavier Cugat & his Waldorf Astoria Orchestra | |
| Yours | Dinah Shore | |
| La Bamba | Richie Valens | |
| Brown Skin Girl | Harry Belafonte | |
| Jamaica Farewell | Patti Page | |
| The Anything Can Happen Mambo | Xavier Cugat & his Waldorf Astoria Orchestra | |
| Callabo Negro | Perez Prado | |
| Patricia | Perez Prado | |
| Perfidia | Nat King Cole | |
| O barquinho | Bossa Nova | |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 214 | RCA Studio B | |
| 1 | The Old Master Painter | The Anita Kerr Singers |
| 2 | Oh Lonesome Me | Don Gibson |
| 3 | Oh Lonesome Me | Chet Atkins |
| 4 | No Place For Me | Willie Nelson |
| 5 | The Three Bells | The Browns |
| 6 | Somebody’s Knockin at your Door | The Jordannaires |
| 7 | Across the Wide Missouri | The Jordannaires |
| 8 | The Wayward Wind | Patsy Cline |
| 8 | The Wayward Wind | Hank Snow |
| 10 | Big Wheels | Hank Snow |
| 11 | I Was the One | Elvis Presley |
| 12 | Bye Bye Love | The Everly Brothers |
| 13 | Young Love | Sonny James |
| 14 | Sweet Nothin’s | Brenda Lee |
| 15 | Here Comes My Baby Back Again | Dottie West |
| 16 | Tennessee Stud | Eddy Arnold |
| 17 | He’ll Have to Go | Jim Reeves |
| 18 | Sweet and Simple | The Anita Kerr Singers |
| 19 | End of the World | Skeeter Davis |
| 20 | Oh Lonesome Me | Chet Atkins |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 213 | 1940s Jazz Standards | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans | Billie Holliday & Louis Armstrong |
| 2 | Blues in the Night | Cab Calloway |
| 3 | Long Ago and Far Away | Jo Stafford |
| 4 | Come Rain or Come Shine | Margaret Whiting |
| 5 | Harlem Nocturne | BBC Big Band |
| 6 | How High the Moon | Benny Goodman, Helen Forrest |
| 7 | The Night Has a Thousand Eyes | Harry Belafonte |
| 8 | Detour Ahead | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 9 | Laura | Matt Monro |
| 9 | Why Don’t You Do Right | Sandy Kastel |
| 10 | Skylark | The Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| 11 | Serenade in Blue | Leslie Uggams |
| 12 | My Foolish Heart | Bing Crosby |
| 13 | My Foolish Heart | Frank Sinatra |
| 14 | Round Midnight | Mel Torme |
| 15 | Lush Life | Carmen McCrae |
| 16 | You Stepped Out of a Dream | Ray Conniff Orchestra & Chorus |
| 17 | A String of Pearls | The Glenn Miller Orchestra |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 212 | Two Country Boys | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | I’ll Go On Alone | Marty Robbins |
| 2 | Singing the Blues | Marty Robbins |
| 3 | Singing the Blues | Guy Mitchell |
| 4 | A White Sport Coat | Marty Robbins |
| 5 | The Story of My Life | Marty Robbins |
| 6 | Just Married | Marty Robbins |
| 7 | She Was Only 17 | Marty Robbins |
| 8 | Devil Woman | Marty Robbins |
| 9 | El Paso | Marty Robbins |
| 10 | My Heart Cries For You | Guy Mitchell |
| 11 | Pittsburgh Pennsylvania | Guy Mitchell |
| 12 | You’re Just in Love | Rosemary Clooney & Guy Mitchell |
| 13 | Knee Deep in the Blues | Guy Mitchell |
| 14 | Traveling Shoes | Guy Mitchell |
| 15 | My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You | Gene Pitney & George Jones |
| 16 | My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You | Guy Mitchell |
| 17 | Heartaches By The Number | Ray Price |
| 18 | Heartaches By The Number | Guy Mitchell |
| 19 | El Paso | Chet Atkins |
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| Episode 211 | More Favorite 50s Music | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Love Potion #9 | The Clovers |
| 2 | Teenager in Love | Dion and the Belmonts |
| 3 | Learning the Blues | Frank Sinatra |
| 4 | Theme from Moulin Rouge | Percy Faith |
| 5 | Teenage Crush | Tommy Sands |
| 6 | Sh-Boom | The Crew Cuts |
| 7 | Dream Baby | Roy Orbison |
| 8 | The Great Pretender | The Platters |
| 9 | Crying in the Chapel | Elvis Presley |
| 10 | Ring A My Phone | Brenda Lee |
| 11 | Poor Little Fool | Ricky Nelson |
| 12 | The Fool | Sanford Clark |
| 13 | Splish Splash | Bobby Darin |
| 14 | Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On | Hank Locklin |
| 15 | Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful | Mel Torme |
| 16 | Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 17 | The Talk of the Town | Ray Conniff Singers |
| 18 | It’s Only Make Believe | Conway Twitty |
| 19 | Party Doll | Buddy Knox |
| 20 | Cupid | Sam Cooke |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Episode 210 | Big Bands | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Charmaine | Mantovani | |
| 2 | Heartaches | Ted Weems | |
| 3 | I’m Getting Sentimental Over You | Tommy Dorsey | |
| 4 | Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry | Jimmy Dorsey | |
| 5 | Piano Concerto in B Flat | Freddy Martin | |
| 6 | Schubert’s Serenade | Ray Conniff | |
| 7 | I Get a Kick Out of You | Ray Conniff | |
| 8 | Beyond the Reef | Billy Vaughn | |
| 9 | After You’ve Gone | Benny Goodman | |
| 10 | Fascination Waltz | Guy Lombardo | |
| 11 | Blue Moon is excellent | Glen Gray | |
| 12 | Lamento | Nelson Riddle | |
| 13 | I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance | Linda Ronstadt & Nelson Riddle | |
| 14 | All the Things You Are | Artie Shaw | |
| 15 | Rhythm of the Rain | Percy Faith | |
| 16 | The Poor People of Paris | Les Baxter Orchestra & Chorus | |
| 17 | Raunchy | Bill Justis & His Orchestra | |
| 18 | Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures | |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 209 | May Babies | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | People Who Are Born in May | Julie London |
| 2 | A Teenager’s Romance | Ricky Nelson |
| 3 | Toot Tootsie Goodbye | Al Jolson |
| 4 | River Stay Way From My Door | Kate Smith & Guy Lombardo |
| 5 | Would You Mind | Hank Snow |
| 6 | Sabre Dance | Woody Herman |
| 7 | Ma He’s Makin’ Eyes at Me | Teresa Brewer |
| 8 | No Love, No Nothin’ | Alice Faye & Benny Goodman |
| 9 | Ramblin’ Rose | Perry Como backed by The Satisfiers |
| 10 | Yellow Bird | Lawrence Welk |
| 11 | Slow Poke | Helen O’Connell |
| 12 | You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You | Bobby Darin |
| 13 | Why Don’t You Do Right? | Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee |
| 14 | A Couple of Song and Dance Men | Fred Astaire & Bing Crosby |
| 15 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Liberace |
| 16 | Dancing in the Dark | Artie Shaw |
| 17 | I Ain’t Got Nobody | Rosemary Clooney |
| 18 | At the Hop | Danny Rapp, frontman for Danny and the Juniors |
| 19 | Oh Donna | Richie Valens |
| 20 | Primrose Lane | Jerry Wallace |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 208 | Sammy Davis Jr. | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Something’s Gotta Give | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 2 | If I Ruled the World | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 3 | There’s a Small Hotel | Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McCrae |
| 4 | You’re the Top | Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McCrae |
| 5 | Who Can I Turn To | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 6 | Too Close for Comfort | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 7 | All of You | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 8 | Birth of the Blues | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 9 | Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 10 | Monologue | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 11 | Walking My Baby Back Home | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 12 | Hey There | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 13 | That Old Black Magic | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 14 | What Kind of Fool Am I? | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 15 | Happy Ending | Sammy Davis Jr. |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 207 | Duets | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Two Sleepy People | Hoagy Carmichael & Ella Logan |
| 2 | Wedding Bells | Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely |
| 3 | There’s No Business Like Show Business | Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes, The Andrews Sisters |
| 4 | A Rockin’ Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love) | Brook Benton & Dinah Washington |
| 5 | Hey Good Lookin’ | Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine |
| 6 | A Penny a Kiss | Tony Martin & Dinah Shore |
| 7 | You’re Just in Love | Perry Como & The Fontaine Sisters |
| 8 | Gone Fishin’ | Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong |
| 9 | Medley: When the Saints Go Marching In | Dean Martin & Louis Armstrong |
| 10 | Boring Song | Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme |
| 11 | I Fall to Pieces | Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline |
| 12 | Cathy’s Clown | The Everly Brothers |
| 13 | Tonight You Belong to Me | Patience and Prudence |
| 14 | My Happiness | Pat Boone & Connie Francis |
| 15 | The Lady is a Tramp | Frank Sinatra & Ella Fitzgerald |
| 16 | The Night Before Christmas Song | Rosemary Clooney & Gene Autry |
| 17 | The Ballad of Mack the Knife | Dinah Shore & Pearl Bailey |
| 18 | Dearie | Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 206 | Forgotten 50s Females | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | You Don’t Know Girls | Kathy Linden |
| 2 | Georgie | Kathy Linden |
| 3 | You Can’t Get to Heaven | Betty Johnson |
| 4 | I Dreamed | Betty Johnson |
| 5 | Candy and Cake | Mindy Carson |
| 6 | My Foolish Heart | Mindy Carson |
| 7 | Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean | Ruth Brown |
| 8 | Make Like a Bunny Honey | Jill Corey |
| 9 | Stick em Up, Stuck Up | Jill Corey |
| 10 | Sweet Old Fashioned Girl | Teresa Brewer |
| 11 | Yes I’m Lonesome Tonight | Dodie Stevens |
| 12 | Miss Lonely Hearts | Dodie Stevens |
| 13 | Don’t Bet Money Honey | Linda Scott |
| 14 | On the Sunny Side of the Street | The Sunnysiders |
| 15 | I’m Available | Margie Rayburn |
| 16 | I Can Dream Can’t I | Toni Arden |
| 17 | I’m Yours | Toni Arden with Percy Faith |
| 18 | Hey Mr. Music Man | Bonnie Guitar |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 205 | Music for Lovers | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Week in New England | Vic Damone |
| 2 | Darn it Baby That’s Love | Jo Stafford & Dick Haymes |
| 3 | Tonight | Eddie Fisher |
| 4 | The Night We Called It a Day | Doris Day |
| 5 | Why Try to Change Me Now | George Wein |
| 6 | Where Are You | Brenda Lee |
| 7 | I Could Have Told You | Dinah Washington |
| 8 | Who Baby | Tommy Sands |
| 9 | Nevertheless I’m in Love With You | Betty White |
| 10 | Slow Boat to China | Kay Kyser & Harry Babbit |
| 11 | I Wish I Didn’t Love You So | Betty Hutton |
| 12 | Maybe You’ll Be There | Sarah Vaughan |
| 13 | You’re An Old Smoothie | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 14 | I’m a Fool to Want You | Frank Sinatra |
| 15 | These Foolish Things | Billie Holiday |
| 16 | PS I Love You | Mel Torme |
| 17 | I’m in the Mood For Love | Rosemary Clooney |
| 18 | I’m in the Mood for Love | The Romantic Strings Orchestra |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 204 | Pearl Bailey | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | St Louis Blues | Pearl Bailey |
| 2 | You Can Be Replaced | Pearl Bailey |
| 3 | Won’t You Come Home Bill Bailey | Pearl Bailey |
| 4 | Poor Butterfly | Pearl Bailey |
| 5 | Fifteen Years and I’m Still Serving Time | Pearl Bailey |
| 6 | You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You | Pearl Bailey & Ed Sullivan |
| 7 | Takes Two to Tango | Pearl Bailey |
| 8 | Get It Off Your Mind | Pearl Bailey |
| 9 | Everybody Loves My Baby | Pearl Bailey |
| 10 | If They Could See Me Now | Pearl Bailey & Ed Sullivan |
| 11 | I Can’t Rock and Roll to Save My Soul | Pearl Bailey |
| 12 | Take Back Your Mink | Pearl Bailey |
| 13 | That’s Good Enough for Me | Pearl Bailey |
| 14 | Five Pound Box of Money | Pearl Bailey |
| 15 | A House is Not a Home | Pearl Bailey |
| 16 | That’s Life | Pearl Bailey |
| 17 | Hello Dolly | Pearl Bailey |
| 18 | A House is Not a Home | Sonny Rollins |
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| Episode 203 | New Life 1950s Music | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Mack the Knife | Bobby Darin |
| 2 | Mack the Knife | Liberace |
| 3 | My Prayer | The Platters |
| 4 | My Prayer | Roy Orbison |
| 5 | Memories Are Made of This | Dean Martin |
| 6 | Memories Are Made of This | Cliff Richard and The Shadows |
| 7 | Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley |
| 8 | Heartbreak Hotel | Paul McCartney |
| 9 | Heartbreak Hotel | Scooter Lee |
| 10 | Love Letters in the Sand | Pat Boone |
| 11 | Love Letters in the Sand | Bobby Bare |
| 12 | Secret Love | Doris Day |
| 13 | Secret Love | Billy Stewart |
| 14 | All I Have to do is Dream | The Everly Brothers |
| 15 | All I Have to do is Dream | Barry Manilow |
| 16 | Sh-Boom | The Crew Cuts |
| 17 | Sh-Boom | The Trevor Horn Orchestra |
| 18 | Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley and His Comets |
| 19 | Rock Around the Clock | Ohio State University Marching Band |
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| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 202 | Mid-century jazz | |
| 1 | In the Mood | The Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| 2 | KoKo | Charlie Parker |
| 3 | Caldonia | Louis Jordan |
| 4 | Black Coffee | Peggy Lee |
| 5 | Don’t Blame Me | Thelonius Monk |
| 6 | You Stepped Out of a Dream | Nat King Cole |
| 7 | Body and Soul | Coleman Hawkins |
| 8 | Body and Soul | Frank Sinatra |
| 9 | Moon Dreams | Miles Davis |
| 10 | All the Things You Are | Billy Butterfield & Ray Conniff |
| 11 | All the Things You Are | Sarah Vaughan |
| 12 | Peace Piece | Bill Evans |
| 13 | It Don’t Mean a Thing | Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong |
| 14 | It Don’t Mean a Thing | Edmonds Woodway High School Band |
| 15 | It Don’t Mean a Thing | Chet Atkins |
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| Episode 201 | Love @ 1st Listen | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Begin The Beguine | Pat Boone |
| 2 | I Have Dreamed | Matt Monro |
| 3 | I’m a Fool to Care | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 4 | Moonlight Serenade | Frank Sinatra |
| 5 | Stardust | Nat King Cole |
| 6 | 500 Miles | Peter Paul & Mary |
| 7 | I’ve Never Been in Love Before | Brian Sutherland & Diane Sutherland |
| 8 | I Remember it Well | Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme |
| 9 | Are You Lonesome Tonight? | Elvis Presley |
| 10 | Only You | The Platters |
| 11 | I Love You Because | Jim Reeves |
| 12 | Every Day’s a Holiday | Mel Torme |
| 13 | It’s Impossible | Perry Como |
| 14 | Real Live Girl | Matt Monro |
| 15 | That Face | Joe Williams |
| 16 | The Best of Everything | Johnny Mathis |
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]]>| Episode 200 | Rosemary Clooney | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Come on a My House | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 2 | Half as Much | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 3 | Botch-A-Me | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 4 | Blues in the Night | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 5 | The Continental | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 6 | Dennis the Menace | Rosemary Clooney & Jimmy Boyd | |
| 7 | Hey There | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 8 | This Old House | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 9 | Buffalo Gals | Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney | |
| 10 | Mambo Italiano | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 11 | Give Me the Simple Life | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 12 | My Blue Heaven | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 13 | Ford Jingle #2 | Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney | |
| 14 | Isle of Capri | Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney | |
| 15 | Some of These Days | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 16 | Just One of Those Things | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 17 | For You | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 18 | Beautiful Brown Eyes | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 19 | Green Eyes | Barry Manilow & The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra & Rosemary Clooney | |
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]]>| Episode 199 | Songs About Letters | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Take a Letter Miss Smith | Tony Martin & Fran Warren |
| 2 | You’re Gonna Get My Letter in the Morning | Mary Osborn & Bob Merrill |
| 3 | No Letter Today | Dick Robertson |
| 4 | I’m Gonna Paper All My Walls with Your Love Letters | Dean Martin |
| 5 | A Dear John Letter | Ferlin Husky & Jeanne Shepard |
| 6 | I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter | Frank Sinatra |
| 7 | I’m Gonna Write Myself a Letter | Jimmie Davis |
| 8 | A Red Kiss on a Blue Letter | Les Brown & Doris Day |
| 9 | Love Letters in the Sand | Pat Boone |
| 10 | I Got a Letter from my Ma in Oklahoma | Romo Vincent |
| 11 | I’m Writing a Letter to the Lord | Eddy Arnold |
| 12 | Gonna Type a Letter | Billy Fury |
| 13 | Soldier’s Last Letter | The Louvin Brothers |
| 14 | I Wish I Could Hide Inside This Letter | Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra |
| 15 | I’ve Got a Letter | June Christy |
| 16 | The Letter Edged in Black | Dusty and the Drifters |
| 17 | Love Letters | Nat King Cole |
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]]>| Episode 198 | Sayonara (1 of 2) | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Lawdy Miss Clawdy | Lloyd Price |
| 2 | Tutti Fruiti | Little Richard |
| 3 | The Fool | Sanford Clark |
| 4 | Big Daddy | Jill Corey |
| 5 | Norman | Sue Thompson |
| 6 | Mama Mama Look What Your Little Boy’s Done | Warren Storm |
| 7 | I’m a Fool to Care | Warren Storm |
| 8 | My Memories of You | The Harptones |
| 9 | Wake Up Little Susie | Don Everly |
| 10 | Shake Rattle & Roll | Bill Haley & His Comets |
| 11 | The Death of Rock and Roll | Don Maddox |
| 12 | Petite Fluer | Chris Barber |
| 13 | I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a letter | George Wein |
| 14 | The Mole in a Hole | The Southlanders |
| 15 | Henhouse Serenade | Rose Lee Maphis |
| 16 | Bye Bye Love | Don Everly |
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]]>| Episode 197 | All I Want for Christmas is Jazz | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow | Dean Martin | |
| 2 | Cool Yule | Kurt Elling | |
| 3 | We Three Kings of Orient Are | Stan Kenton | |
| 4 | Frosty the Snowman | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 5 | Winter Wonderland | Bing Crosby | |
| 6 | It’s the Holiday Season | Count Basie & Johnny Mathis | |
| 7 | Christmas in New Orleans | Louis Armstrong | |
| 8 | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Frank Sinatra | |
| 9 | My Favorite Things | Tony Bennett | |
| 10 | Sugar Rum Cherry | Duke Ellington | |
| 11 | Warm December | Julie London | |
| 12 | Shake Hands with Santa Claus | Louis Prima | |
| 13 | Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer | Lena Horne | |
| 14 | The Christmas Song | Mel Torme | |
| 15 | Christmas Eve | Billy Eckstein | |
| 16 | Santa Claus is Coming to Town | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 17 | O Holy Night | Etta James | |
| 18 | Christmas Carousel | Peggy Lee | |
| 19 | My Favorite Things | John Coltrane |
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]]>| Episode 196 | The Hits of Hank Williams | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Move It On Over | Hank Williams |
| 2 | Honky Tonkin | Hank Williams |
| 3 | Mansion on the Hill | Hank Williams |
| 4 | Lost Highway | Hank Williams |
| 5 | Mind Your Own Business | Hank Williams |
| 6 | You’re Gonna Change or I’m Gonna Leave | Hank Williams |
| 7 | Why Don’t You Love Me | Hank Williams |
| 8 | Cold Cold Heart | Hank Williams |
| 9 | Cold Cold Heart | Tony Bennett |
| 10 | Hey Good Lookin’ | Hank Williams |
| 11 | I Can’t Help It | Hank Williams & Anita Carter |
| 12 | You Win Again | Hank Williams |
| 13 | You Win Again | Hank Williams |
| 14 | Honky Tonk Blues | Hank Williams |
| 15 | I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry | Hank Williams |
| 16 | I’m Sorry For You My Friend | Hank Williams |
| 17 | I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive | Hank Williams |
| 18 | I Saw the Light | Hank Williams |
| 19 | I’ll See You in My Dreams | Chet Atkins & Mark Knoffler |
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]]>| Episode 195 | New Life for 1940s Music | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | I’ve Got a Crush on You | Helen Ward & Joe Sullivan and his Café Society Orchestra |
| 2 | I’ve Got a Crush on You | Jennifer Laura Thompson |
| 3 | I’ve Got a Crush on You | Kristin Chenoweth |
| 4 | Someone to Watch Over Me | Frank Sinatra |
| 5 | Someone to Watch Over Me | Jean Louisa Kelly |
| 6 | Someone to Watch Over Me | Sting |
| 7 | Am I Blue? | Ethel Waters |
| 8 | Am I Blue? | Eddie Cochran |
| 9 | Crazy He Calls Me | Billie Holiday |
| 10 | Crazy He Calls Me | Aretha Franklin |
| 11 | Crazy She Calls Me | Sam Cooke |
| 12 | Route 66 | Nat King Cole |
| 13 | Route 66 | Buckwheat Zydeco |
| 14 | All or Nothing at All | Frank Sinatra |
| 15 | All or Nothing at All | Barry Manilow |
| 16 | All or Nothing at All | Bob Dylan |
| 17 | All or Nothing at All | Gordon Langford |
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| Episode 194 | 1940s #1 Hits Ala Carte |
| Playlist | |
| Where Was I? | Charlie Barnett & Mary Ann McCall |
| We Three | The Ink Spots |
| I Hear a Rhapsody | Dinah Shore |
| Chattanooga Choo Choo | The Andrews Sisters |
| Blues in the Night | Cab Calloway & the Palmer Brothers |
| That Old Black Magic | Margaret Whiting |
| I’ve Heard That Song Before | Harry James and his Orchestra & Helen Forrest |
| I’ll Be Seeing You | Bing Crosby with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra |
| Heartaches | Ted Weems and his Orchestra |
| Lover Man Where Can You Be | Billie Holliday |
| On the Acheson Topeka and the Santa Fe | Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers |
| To Each His Own | Eddie Howard and his Orchestra |
| Almost Like Being in Love | Jo Stafford |
| Green Eyes | Jimmy Dorsey and orchestra with Bob Eberle and Helen O’Connell. |
| Teresa | Dick Haymes & The Andrews Sisters |
| Nature Boy | Nat King Cole |
| Careless Hands | Mel Torme |
| Green Eyes | Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra |
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| Episode 193 | Chaos in 1957 | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Don’t Forbid Me | Pat Boone |
| 2 | Too Much | Elvis Presley |
| 3 | Young Love | Tab Hunter |
| 4 | Party Doll | Buddy Knox |
| 5 | Round and Round | Perry Como |
| 6 | All Shook Up | Elvis Presley |
| 7 | Love Letters in the Sand | Pat Boone |
| 8 | Wake Up Little Susie | The Everly Brothers |
| 9 | Chances Are | Johnny Mathis |
| 10 | Twilight Time | The Platters |
| 11 | O Boy | Buddy Holly and the Crickets |
| 12 | Around the World | Bing Crosby |
| 14 | Butterfly | Andy Williams |
| 13 | Keep A Knockin’ | Little Richard |
| 15 | Tammy | Debbie Reynolds |
| 16 | Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 17 | Poor Little Fool | Ricky Nelson |
| 18 | To Know Him is to Love Him | The Teddy Bears |
| 19 | Hard Headed Woman | Elvis Presley |
| 20 | Raunchy | Bill Justis |
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]]>| Episode 192 | Dean Martin | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Return to Me | Dean Martin |
| 2 | That’s Amore | Dean Martin |
| 3 | Good Mornin’ Life | Dean Martin |
| 4 | Carolina in the Morning | Dean Martin |
| 5 | On the Street Where You Live | Dean Martin |
| 6 | My One and Only Love | Dean Martin |
| 7 | Somewhere Along the Way | Dean Martin |
| 8 | I Wish You Love | Dean Martin |
| 9 | Memories Are Made of This | Dean Martin |
| 10 | Sway | Dean Martin |
| 11 | Cha Cha Cha D’ Amore | Dean Martin |
| 13 | Blue Blue Day | Dean Martin |
| 14 | Volare | Dean Martin |
| 15 | Just in Time | Dean Martin |
| 16 | If I Could Sing Like Bing | Dean Martin |
| 17 | Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket | Dean Martin |
| 18 | Everybody Loves Somebody | Dean Martin |
| 19 | You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You | Dean Martin |
| 20 | You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You | Pete Fountain |
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]]>| Episode 191 | Favorite 40s Music | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Oh Johnny Oh | Lawrence Welk | |
| 2 | Boo Hoo | Guy Lombardo | |
| 3 | This Train | Sister Rosetta Tharp | |
| 4 | Peg O My Heart | Buddy Clark | |
| 5 | Daddy | Sammy Kaye and Kaydets | |
| 6 | Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye | Rosemary Squires and Richmond Strings | |
| 7 | Skyliner | Lester Lanin | |
| 8 | I’m Making Believe | The Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 9 | Heartaches | Ted Weems | |
| 10 | Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning | The Four Sargeants | |
| 11 | Green Eyes | Jimmy Dorsey | |
| 12 | Moonlight Cocktail | Glenn Miller Orchestra | |
| 13 | They Say | Helen Forrest and Artie Shaw | |
| 14 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Alice Faye | |
| 15 | Jingle Jangle Jingle | Louis Nunley | |
| 16 | Somebody Else is Taking My Place medly | Kate Smith | |
| 17 | A Smile Will Go a Long Long Way | The Andrews Sisters | |
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]]>| Episode 190 | 1950s Girl Groups | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | I Love How You Love Me | The Paris Sisters |
| 2 | I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know | The Davis Sisters |
| 3 | Alone | The Shepherd Sisters |
| 4 | Mr. Lee | The Bobettes |
| 5 | I Shot Mr. Lee | The Bobettes |
| 6 | I Met Him on a Sunday | The Shirelles |
| 7 | I Wanna Be Loved | The Andrew Sisters |
| 8 | I Can Dream Can’t I | The Andrews Sisters |
| 9 | Bermuda | The Bell Sisters |
| 10 | Hotta Choclotta | The DeJohn Sisters |
| 11 | Maybe | The Chantels |
| 12 | Sincerely | The MaGuire Sisters |
| 13 | Teach Me Tonight | The MaGuire Sisters |
| 14 | Tonight You Belong To Me | The Lennon Sisters |
| 15 | Gonna Get Along Without You Now | Patience and Prudencde |
| 16 | Eddie My Love | The Teen Queens |
| 17 | Mister Sandman | The Chordettes |
| 18 | Born Too Late | The Poni Tails |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 189 | Halloween! | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Ghost in the Graveyard | The Prairie Ramblers |
| 2 | The Halloween Song | Bing Crosby & Boris Karlof |
| 3 | My Man’s an Undertaker | Catherine Russell |
| 4 | Skeleton in the Closet | Louis Armstrong |
| 5 | Nightmare | Artie Shaw |
| 6 | Punky Pumpkin | Rosemary Clooney |
| 7 | Ding Dong the Wicked Witch is Dead | Barbra Streisand |
| 8 | Ghost Town | Don Cherry |
| 9 | Rockin’ Ghost | Steve Allen & Ira Lee & Archie Bleyer Orchestra |
| 10 | Miss Otis Regrets | Rosemary Clooney |
| 11 | With Her Head Tucked Under Her Arm | The Kingston Trio |
| 12 | The Boogie Man | Todd Rollins & his Orchestra with Chick Bullock |
| 13 | Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo | Ethel Waters |
| 14 | Here Comes the Boogey Man | Henry Hall & the BBC Dance Band |
| 15 | Heebie Jeebies | Little Richard |
| 16 | Minnie the Moocher at the Morgue | Smiley Burnette |
| 17 | The Headless Horseman | Kay Starr |
| 18 | Mr. Ghost Goes to Town | The Moon Rays |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Episode 188 | Peggy Lee | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Elmer’s Tune | Peggy Lee | |
| 2 | Blues in the Night | Peggy Lee | |
| 3 | Somebody Else is Taking My Place | Peggy Lee | |
| 4 | Why Don’t You Do Right | Peggy Lee | |
| 5 | Baby Don’t Be Mad at Me | Peggy Lee | |
| 6 | Somebody Loves Me | Peggy Lee | |
| 7 | It’s a Good Day | Peggy Lee | |
| 8 | Manana | Peggy Lee | |
| 9 | Sugar | Peggy Lee | |
| 10 | Oh You Crazy Moon | Peggy Lee | |
| 11 | The Folks Who Live on the Hill | Peggy Lee | |
| 12 | Black Coffee | Peggy Lee | |
| 13 | Riders in the Sky | Peggy Lee | |
| 14 | Fever | Peggy Lee | |
| 15 | Is That All There Is? | Peggy Lee | |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 187 | Rock & Roll Ala Carte | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | That’ll Be the Day | Buddy Holly and The Crickets |
| 2 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers |
| 3 | La Bamba | Richie Valens |
| 4 | Ring a My Phone | Brenda Lee |
| 5 | Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins |
| 6 | At My Front Door | The El Dorados |
| 7 | At My Front Door | Pat Boone |
| 7 | Ain’t That a Shame | Fats Domino |
| 8 | Be Bop A Lula | Gene Vincent |
| 9 | Rock & Roll Music | Chuck Berry |
| 10 | Dance With Me Henry | Georgia Gibbs |
| 11 | You’re a Heart Breaker | Elvis Presley |
| 12 | Itchy Twitchy Feeling | Bobby Hendrix |
| 13 | Sneaking Sally Through the Alley | Robert Parker |
| 14 | Poison Ivy | The Coasters |
| 15 | Sing Boy Sing | Tommy Sands |
| 16 | Tequilla | The Champs |
| 17 | Poor Little Fool | Ricky Nelson |
| 18 | Teenager in Love | Dion and the Belmonts |
| 19 | It’s Only Make Believe | Conway Twitty |
| 20 | I Can’t Rock and Roll to Save My Soul | Pearl Baily |
| 21 | Who Put the Bomp | Barry Mann |
| 22 | Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 186 | Take Me to 1947 | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now | Perry Como |
| 2 | I Want to Be Loved | Savannah Churchill |
| 3 | Feudin’ and Fightin’ | Dorothy Shay |
| 4 | Sugar Moon | Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys |
| 5 | Mamselle | Frank Sinatra |
| 6 | The Old Lamp Lighter | Sammy Kaye |
| 7 | Serenade of the Bells | Jo Stafford |
| 8 | Texas & Pacific | Louis Jordan |
| 9 | I Wish I Didn’t Love You So | Margaret Whiting |
| 10 | Open the Door Richard | Count Basie |
| 11 | For Me and My Gal | Al Jolson |
| 12 | How Soon Will I Be Seeing You | Vaughn Monroe |
| 13 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Bill Monroe |
| 14 | Too Marvelous for Words | The King Cole Trio |
| 15 | Near You | The Andrews Sisters |
| 16 | Linda | Buddy Clark |
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| Episode 185 | New Life for Early 1950s Music | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Mona Lisa | Nat King Cole |
| 2 | Mona Lisa | George Benson |
| 3 | Bewitched | Gordon Jenkins |
| 4 | Bewitched | Ronnie Milsap |
| 5 | The World is Waiting for the Sunrise | Les Paul and Mary Ford |
| 6 | The World is Waiting for the Sunrise | Joe Brown |
| 7 | Cold Cold Heart | Tony Bennett |
| 8 | Cold Cold Heart | John Prine & Miranda Lambert |
| 9 | Cold Cold Heart | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 10 | Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy | Red Foley |
| 11 | Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy | Sandy Lusco |
| 12 | Here in My Heart | Al Martino |
| 13 | Here in My Heart | The Timetones |
| 14 | The Tennessee Waltz | Patti Page |
| 15 | The Tennessee Waltz | Bobby Sykes |
| 16 | You’re Just in Love | Perry Como & The Fontaine Sisters |
| 17 | You’re Just in Love | The Carpenters |
The post Episode 185, “New Life for Early 50s Music,” appeared first on Sam Waldron.
]]>| A String of Pearls | The Glenn Miller Orchestra | Glenn Miller Orchestra – The Big Band Era: 18 Greatest Hits |
| Time After Time | Rod Stewart | As Time Goes By – The Great American Songbook, Vol. II |
| My Heart Stood Still | Rod Stewart | As Time Goes By – The Great American Songbook, Vol. II |
| Where or When | Rod Stewart | As Time Goes By – The Great American Songbook, Vol. II |
| You’ll Never Know | Rod Stewart | The Best of the Great American Songbook |
| Moon River | Rod Stewart | Fly Me to the Moon Great American Songbook Vol. 5 |
| Someone to Watch Over Me | Rod Stewart | As Time Goes By – The Great American Songbook, Vol. II |
| I’m in the Mood For Love | Rod Stewart | As Time Goes By – The Great American Songbook, Vol. II |
| My Funny Valentine | Rod Stewart | Thanks for the Memory… The Great American Songbook, Vol. IV |
| Stardust | Rod Stewart | Stardust… The Great American Songbook, Vol. III |
| The Way You Look Tonight | Rod Stewart | It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook |
| The Nearness of You | Rod Stewart | It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook |
| For Sentimental Reasons | Rod Stewart | Stardust… The Great American Songbook, Vol. III |
| Manhattan | Rod Stewart & Bette Midler | Stardust… The Great American Songbook, Vol. III |
| Baby It’s Cold Outside | Rod Stewartg & Dolly Parton | Stardust… The Great American Songbook, Vol. III |
| Long Ago and Far Away | Rod Stewart | Thanks for the Memory… The Great American Songbook, Vol. IV |
| A String of Pearls | The Glenn Miller Orchestra | Glenn Miller Orchestra – The Big Band Era: 18 Greatest Hits |
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]]>| Show 183 | Nice & Bad 40s Music | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | I’ll Be Seeing You | Bing Crosby | |
| 2 | Old Maid Boogie | Eddie Cleanhead Vinson & His Orchestra | |
| 3 | Buttons and Bows | Dinah Shore | |
| 4 | A Little Jive is Good For You | Martha Tilton | |
| 5 | Green Eyes | Helen O’Connell | |
| 6 | Stone Cold Dead in the Market | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan | |
| 7 | Just One of Those Things | Lester Lanin | |
| 8 | Keep That Coffee Hot | Scatman Crothers | |
| 9 | I’m Wastin’ My Tears on You | Tex Ritter | |
| 10 | Slow Boat to China | Rosemary Squires & the Richmond Strings | |
| 11 | I Don’t Want to Walk Without You | Helen Forrest, Harry James | |
| 12 | Waltz Across Texas | Ernest Tubb | |
| 13 | Alberta | John Taylor and His Orchestra | |
| 14 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Frank Sinatra | |
| 15 | All She wants to do is Rock | Wynonie Harris | |
| 16 | We Three | The Ink Spots | |
| 17 | The Woody Woodpecker Song | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 18 | Paper Doll | The Mills Brothers | |
| 19 | A Woman Gets Tired of One Man All the Time | George Williams | |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Episode 182 | Weird and Wonderful | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Yakity Yak | The Coasters | |
| 2 | The Ho Ho Song | Red Buttons | |
| 3 | Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight | Lonnie Donegan | |
| 4 | Beep Beep | The Playmates | |
| 5 | Hot Rod Lincoln | Charlie Ryan | |
| 6 | Transfusion | Nervous Norvus | |
| 7 | Witch Doctor | David Seville | |
| 8 | Alley Oop | Hollywood Argyles | |
| 9 | Purple People Eater | Sheb Wooley | |
| 10 | Little Blue Man | Betty Johnson | |
| 11 | 1492 | Betty Johnson | |
| 12 | Stranded in the Jungle | The Cadets | |
| 13 | Eloise | Kay Thompson | |
| 14 | Little Bo Peep has lost her Jeep | Spike Jones | |
| 15 | The Flying Saucer Pt 1 | Dickie Goodman | |
| 16 | The Flying Saucer Pt 2 | Dickie Goodman | |
| 17 | Yogi | The Ivy Three | |
| 18 | Mama Will Bark | Frank Sinatra | |
| 19 | Mr. Custer | Larry Verne | |
| 20 | Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini | Brian Hyland | |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 181 | Easy Listening Ala Carte | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | I Remember it Well | Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme |
| 2 | When I Fall in Love | The Lettermen |
| 3 | It Was a Very Good Year | Frank Sinatra |
| 4 | The Magic Touch | The Platters |
| 5 | I’m a Fool to Care | Les Paul and Mary Ford |
| 6 | Moon River | Andy Williams |
| 7 | Loving You | Elvis Presley |
| 8 | Three Coins in the Fountain | The Four Aces |
| 9 | Seems Like Old Times | Vaughn Monroe |
| 10 | I Don’t Care Who Knows It | Tommy Sands |
| 11 | Dream Along with Me | Perry Como |
| 12 | With a Song in My Heart | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 13 | I Won’t Mention it Again | Ray Price |
| 14 | Allegheny Moon | Patti Page |
| 15 | It’s Not For Me to Say | Johnny Mathis |
| 16 | All I Have to Do Is Dream | The Everly Brothers |
| 17 | Where or When | Dion and the Belmonts |
| 18 | It’s De Lovely | Dinah Shore |
| 19 | Make Someone Happy | Jimmy Durante |
| 20 | Theme From A Summer Place | Percy Faith |
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| Episode 180 | Ricky Nelson | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Don’t Leave Me This Way | Ricky Nelson | |
| 2 | I’ll Walk Alone | Ricky Nelson | |
| 3 | Believe What You Say | Ricky Nelson | |
| 4 | Be Bop Baby | Ricky Nelson | |
| 5 | It’s All in the Game | Ricky Nelson | |
| 6 | Since I Don’t Have You | Ricky Nelson | |
| 7 | Teenage Idol | Ricky Nelson | |
| 8 | I’m Walkin’ | Ricky Nelson | |
| 9 | Lonesome Town | Ricky Nelson | |
| 10 | Have I Told You Lately | Ricky Nelson | |
| 11 | It’s Late | Ricky Nelson | |
| 12 | Poor Little Fool | Ricky Nelson | |
| 13 | If You Believe It | Ricky Nelson | |
| 14 | Night Train to Memphis | Ricky Nelson | |
| 15 | Hello Mary Lou | Ricky Nelson | |
| 16 | Never Be Anyone Else | Ricky Nelson | |
| 17 | That’s All | Ricky Nelson | |
| 18 | Dream Lover | Ricky Nelson | |
| 19 | Garden Party | Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band | |
| 20 | Travelin’ Man | Ricky Nelson | |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 179 | 1940s Songs About Animals | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Old Shep | Red Foley |
| 2 | Peter Cottontail | Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and The Sandpipers |
| 3 | Cow Cow Boogie | Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots |
| 4 | The Pussy Cat Song | Patty Andrews & Bob Crosby |
| 5 | Skylark | Billy Eckstein |
| 6 | A Nightinale Sang in Berkley Square | Anne Shelton |
| 7 | Froggie Went a Courtin’ | Tex Ritter |
| 8 | Alexander the Swoose | Doris Day & Les Brown |
| 9 | A Little Bird Told Me | Evelyn Knight |
| 10 | The Wise Old Owl | Kay Thompson |
| 11 | The Woody Woodpecker Song | The Andrews Sisters |
| 12 | Rudoph the Red Nose Reindeer | Gene Autry |
| 13 | The Dicky-Bird Song | Freddy Martin |
| 14 | The Cry of the Wild Goose | Frankie Laine |
| 15 | When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano | The Ink Spots |
| 16 | Mule Train | Boxcar Willie |
| 17 | Mule Skinner Blues | Bill Monroe |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 178 | Rain Wind Summer | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Rain Rain Rain | Frankie Laine and The Four Lads |
| 2 | Crying in the Rain | The Everly Brothrs |
| 3 | Just Walkin’ in the Rain | Johnny Ray |
| 4 | Raining in My Heart | Buddy Holly |
| 5 | The Day the Rains Came Down | Jane Morgan |
| 6 | Spring Rain | Pat Boone |
| 7 | Come Rain or Come Shine | Ray Charles |
| 8 | September in the Rain | Dinah Washington |
| 9 | It Keeps Rainin’ | Fats Domino |
| 10 | Let the Four Winds Blow | Roy Brown |
| 11 | Wild is the Wind | Johnny Mathis |
| 12 | The Wayward Wind | Patsy Cline |
| 13 | Blowing in the Wind | The Kingston Trio |
| 14 | Soft Summer Breeze | The Diamonds |
| 15 | Here Comes Summer | Jerry Keller |
| 16 | Watermelon Weather | Perry Como |
| 17 | The Long Hot Summer | Jimmie Rogers |
| 18 | The Blizzard | Jim Reeves |
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| Episode 177 | My Favorite 50s Music Part 1 | ||||
| Playlist | |||||
| 2:08 | 1 | Seven Lonely Days | Georgia Gibbs | Single | Bacci Bros |
| 2:16 | 2 | The Green Door | Jim Lowe | The Green Door | Bacci Bros |
| 2:20 | 3 | 26 Miles | The Four Preps | 20th Century Rocks: 50’s Rock ‘n Roll – Whole Lot of Shakin’ (Rerecorded Version) | K-tel |
| 2:40 | 4 | I’m Sorry | Brenda Lee | ||
| 2:31 | 5 | Dream Lover | Bobby Darin | Bobby Darin | |
| 2:04 | 6 | Oh You Beautiful Doll | Billy Vaughn | Greatest String Masters 1959-1962 | |
| 2:03 | 7 | Maybe Baby | The Crickets | Greatest Hits (Remastered) | UMG |
| 1:58 | 8 | Why Baby Why | Pat Boone | Pat Boone’s Greatest Hits | DOT |
| 2:28 | 9 | Jersey Boy | Betty Ann Blake | Oldies Mega Hits of the Jazz Era | |
| 2:05 | 10 | Knee Deep in the Blues | Guy Mitchell | Guy Mitchell | Suite 102 |
| 1:59 | 11 | It’s Late | Ricky Nelson | Greatest Hits | Capitol Records |
| 2:52 | 12 | Greenback Dollar | Kingston Trio | The Capitol Collector’s Series: The Kingston Trio | Capitol Records |
| 2:09 | 13 | The Long Black Veil | Lefty Frizzell | 16 Biggest Hits | Geffen |
| 2:38 | 14 | End of the World | Skeeter Davis | ||
| 2:25 | 15 | It Isn’t Right | The Platters | Single | Mercury |
| 3:03 | 16 | You Belong to Me | Patsy Cline | The Patsy Cline Story | DECCA |
| 2:39 | 17 | Come Go With Me | The Del Vikings | 20th Century Masters – The Millenium Collection: The Best of The Del Vikings | UMG |
| 2:52 | 18 | Devil Woman | Marty Robins | Marty Robbins’ All-Time Greatest Hits | BMG |
| 2:56 | 19 | You’re Just in Love | Perry Como | Greatest Hits | BMG |
| 1:38 | 20 | Your Daddy Wants to Do Right | Tommy Sands | Sing Boy Sing | Columbia |
| 21 | Oh | Pee Wee Hunt | The Very Best Of Pee Wee Hunt | Xelon | |
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| Episode 176 | Margaret Whiting | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | That Old Black Magic | Margaret Whiting |
| 2 | Moonlight in Vermont | Margaret Whiting |
| 3 | You’re an Old Smoothie | Margaret Whiting |
| 4 | Pretending | Margaret Whiting |
| 5 | Long Ago and Far Away | Margaret Whiting |
| 6 | It Might as Well be Spring | Margaret Whiting |
| 7 | It’s the Talk of the Town | Margaret Whiting |
| 8 | Old Devil Moon | Margaret Whiting |
| 9 | Slippin’ Around | Margaret Whiting, Jimmy Wakely |
| 10 | Let’s Go to Church Next Sunday Morning | Margaret Whiting, Jimmy Wakely |
| 11 | A Bushel and a Peck | Margaret Whiting, Jimmy Wakely |
| 12 | I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry | Margaret Whiting |
| 13 | The Wheel of Hurt | Margaret Whiting |
| 14 | Hidden Bonus Track | Margaret Whiting |
| 15 | Mansion on the Hill | Margaret Whiting |
| 16 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Margaret Whiting |
| 17 | I Can’t Help It | Margaret Whiting |
| 18 | There’s a Kind of Hush | Margaret Whiting |
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]]>| Episode 175 | Great Gentlemen of Jazz | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | This Could Be the Start of Something | Mark Murphy |
| 2 | Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me | Al Hibbler |
| 3 | Every Day I Have the Blues | Joe Williams |
| 4 | You’re Driving Me Crazy | Billy Eckstein |
| 5 | You’re Driving Me Crazy | Frank Sinatra |
| 6 | Time After Time | Jimmy Scott |
| 7 | Parchman Farm | Mose Allison |
| 8 | Blues in the Night | Cab Calloway |
| 9 | Round Midnight | Jackie Paris |
| 10 | Dat Dere | Oscar Brown |
| 11 | There Will Never Be Another You | Chet Baker |
| 12 | I Left My Baby | Jimmy Rushing & Count Basie Orchestra |
| 13 | Blue Turning Grey Over You | Louis Armstrong |
| 14 | Georgia on My Mind | Ray Charles |
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| Episode 174 | My favorite country music | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | I’ve Been Everywhere | Hank Snow | |
| 2 | Mexican Joe | Jim Reeves | |
| 3 | A Dear John Letter | Ferlin Husky | |
| 4 | When You Leave Don’t Slam the Door | Tex Ritter | |
| 5 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Slim Whitman | |
| 6 | Sioux City Sioux | Gene Autry | |
| 7 | Smoke Smoke Smoke that Cigarette | Tex Williams | |
| 8 | Miller’s Cave | Hank Snow | |
| 9 | Your Cheatin Heart | Patsy Cline | |
| 10 | Oh Lonesome Me | Don Gibson | |
| 11 | Devil Woman | Marty Robbins | |
| 12 | Have I Told You Lately That I Love You | Lulu Belle and Scotty | |
| 13 | In the Jailhouse Now | Buck Owens | |
| 14 | Singing the Blues | Guy Mitchell | |
| 15 | Big Iron | Marty Robbins | |
| 16 | The Long Black Veil | Lefty Frizell | |
| 17 | Waltz Across Texas | Ernest Tubb | |
| 18 | The Next Time I’m in Town | Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler | |
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]]>| Episode 168 | Perry Como | |||
| Playlist | ||||
| 1 | You Can’t Pull the Wool Over My Eyes | Ted Weems | Single | DECCA |
| 2 | Good-bye Sue | Perry Como | Single | RCA Victor |
| 3 | Till the End of Time | Perry Como | Yesterday & Today ~ A Celebration In Song | BMG |
| 4 | Prisoner of Love | Perry Como | The Very Best of Perry Como | BMG |
| 5 | Surrender | Perry Como | Greatest Hits | BMG |
| 6 | Chi Baba Chi Baba | Perry Como | Single | RCA Victor |
| 7 | Some Enhanted Evening | Perry Como | Single | RCA Victor |
| 8 | If | Perry Como | Single | RCA Victor |
| 9 | You’re Just in Love | Perry Como & The Fontaine Sisters | Greatest Hits | BMG |
| 10 | Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes | Perry Como | Greatest Hits | BMG |
| 11 | Maybe | Perry Como & Eddie Fisher | Single | RCA Victor |
| 12 | Wanted | Perry Como | The Very Best of Perry Como | BMG |
| 13 | Dream Along With Me | Perry Como | Single | RCA Victor |
| 14 | Hot Diggity Dog Ziggity Boom | Perry Como | Greatest Hits | BMG |
| 15 | Round and Round | Perry Como | Greatest Hits | BMG |
| 16 | It’s Impossible | Perry Como | Greatest Hits | BMG |
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]]>| Episode 172 | Perry Como | |||
| Playlist | ||||
| 1 | You Can’t Pull the Wool Over My Eyes | Ted Weems | Single | DECCA |
| 2 | Good-bye Sue | Perry Como | Single | RCA Victor |
| 3 | Till the End of Time | Perry Como | Yesterday & Today ~ A Celebration In Song | BMG |
| 4 | Prisoner of Love | Perry Como | The Very Best of Perry Como | BMG |
| 5 | Surrender | Perry Como | Greatest Hits | BMG |
| 6 | Chi Baba Chi Baba | Perry Como | Single | RCA Victor |
| 7 | Some Enhanted Evening | Perry Como | Single | RCA Victor |
| 8 | If | Perry Como | Single | RCA Victor |
| 9 | You’re Just in Love | Perry Como & The Fontaine Sisters | Greatest Hits | BMG |
| 10 | Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes | Perry Como | Greatest Hits | BMG |
| 11 | Maybe | Perry Como & Eddie Fisher | Single | RCA Victor |
| 12 | Wanted | Perry Como | The Very Best of Perry Como | BMG |
| 13 | Dream Along With Me | Perry Como | Single | RCA Victor |
| 14 | Hot Diggity Dog Ziggity Boom | Perry Como | Greatest Hits | BMG |
| 15 | Round and Round | Perry Como | Greatest Hits | BMG |
| 16 | It’s Impossible | Perry Como | Greatest Hits | BMG |
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]]>| Episode 171 | Easy listening 1957-59 | |
| 1 | Young Love | Tab Hunter |
| 2 | When I Fall in Love | Nat King Cole |
| 3 | Don’t You Know | Della Reese |
| 4 | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | The Platters |
| 5 | Tammy | Debbie Reynolds |
| 6 | Put Your Head on my Shoulder | Paul Anka |
| 7 | It’s Just a Matter of Time | Brook Benton |
| 8 | Fever | Peggy Lee |
| 9 | Since I Don’t Have You | The Skyliners |
| 10 | All the Way | Frank Sinatra |
| 11 | My Happiness | Connie Francis |
| 12 | You Send Me | Sam Cooke |
| 13 | Return to Me | Dean Martin |
| 14 | The Day the Rains Came | Jane Morgan |
| 15 | Marianne | Terry Gilkyson and the Easy Riders |
| 16 | I’ll Remember Tonight | Pat Boone |
| 17 | Magic Moments | Perry Como |
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]]>| Episode 170 | Duets | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | True Love | Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly |
| 2 | You’re Just in Love | Ethel Merman & Dick Haymes |
| 3 | I Remember it Well | Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme |
| 4 | Let the Good Times Roll | Shirley and Lee |
| 5 | Whispering | Nino Tempo and April Stevens |
| 6 | When Love Goes Wrong | Mrgaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely |
| 7 | Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 8 | All I Have to Do is Dream | The Everly Brothers |
| 9 | Goodnight Irene | Ernest Tubb & Red Foley |
| 10 | Hey Paula | Paul and Paula |
| 11 | Cheek to Cheek | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong |
| 12 | Love is Strange | Mickey & Sylvia |
| 13 | Baby You’ve Got What it Takes | Brook Benton & Dinah Washington |
| 14 | That Old Black Magic | Louis Prima & Keeley Smith |
| 15 | New York New York | Frank Sinatra & Tony Bennett |
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| Episode 169 | 50s Females | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Pink Shoe Laces | Dodie Stevens | |
| 2 | I’ve Told Every Little Star | Linda Scott | |
| 3 | Jim Dandy | Laverne Baker | |
| 4 | Jim Dandy Got Married | Laverne Baker | |
| 5 | Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye | Kathy Linden | |
| 6 | Billy | Kathy Linden | |
| 7 | The Wayward Wind | Gogi Grant | |
| 8 | Poor Old Heartsick Me | Margie Bowes | |
| 9 | Hard to Get | Giselle McKenzie | |
| 10 | Seven Lonely Days | Giselle McKenzie | |
| 11 | Norman | Sue Thompson | |
| 12 | Sad Movies Make Me Cry | Sue Thompson | |
| 13 | Ivory Tower | Cathy Carr | |
| 14 | Tall Paul | Annette | |
| 15 | The Big Hurt | Miss Toni Fisher | |
| 16 | Dark Moon | Bonnie Guitar | |
| 17 | Jersey Boy | Betty Ann Blake | |
| 18 | Fascination | Jane Morgan | |
| 19 | A Girl Named Johnny Cash | Jane Morgan | |
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| Episode 167 | Eight stories | |
| 1 | The Man That Got Away | Judy Garland |
| 2 | Chicago | Judy Garland |
| 3 | I’m Mister Blue | The Fleetwoods |
| 4 | Tragedy | The Fleetwoods |
| 5 | Boo Hoo | Guy Lombardo |
| 6 | Red Roses for a Blue Lady | Guy Lombardo |
| 7 | Move It | Cliff Richard |
| 8 | Evergreen Tree | Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 9 | I Found a Million Dollar Baby | Bing Crosby |
| 10 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Bing Crosby & Al Jolson |
| 11 | Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo | Louis Armstrong |
| 12 | What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong |
| 13 | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Helen Forrest |
| 14 | Speak Low | Helen Forrest |
| 15 | Tom Dooley | The Kingston Trio |
| 16 | Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | The Kingston Trio |
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| Episode 164 | Les Paul Mary Ford | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Dialog/In the Mood | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 2 | I’m a Fool to Care | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 3 | Mocking Bird Hill | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 4 | Lady of Spain | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 5 | Vaya Con Dios | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 6 | The World is Waiting for the Sunrise | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 7 | Tennessee Waltz | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 8 | How High the Moon | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 9 | I’m Sitting on Top of the World | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 10 | The Les Paul Show | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 11 | Whispiring | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 12 | Call on Me | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 13 | I Really Don’t Want to Know | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| 14 | Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
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| Episode 166 | 1950s History | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer | Gene Autry |
| 2 | Mona Lisa | Nat King Cole |
| 3 | Let Me Go Lover | Joan Weber |
| 4 | Cry | Frankie Laine & the Four Lads |
| 5 | I Went to Your Wedding | Patti Page |
| 6 | Wake Up Little Susie | The Everly Brothers |
| 7 | Auf Weidersehn | Veera Lynn |
| 8 | Yakity-Yak | The Coasters |
| 9 | Cold Cold Heart | Tony Bennett |
| 10 | Goodnight Irene | Gordon Jenkins & the Weavers |
| 11 | Sincerely | The McGuire Sisters |
| 12 | Why Don’t You Believe Me | Joni James |
| 13 | Mister Sandman | The Chordettes |
| 14 | That’ll Be the Day | The Crickets |
| 15 | Don’t | Elvis Presley |
| 16 | Smoke Gets in your Eyes | The Platters |
| 17 | Red River Rock | Johnny & the Hurricanes |
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| Episode 165 | 1940s Senior Prom | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | If You Knew Susie | Lester Lanin |
| 2 | It’s Only a Paper Moon | Sammy Kaye, Billy Williams |
| 3 | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy | The Andrews Sisters |
| 4 | All or Nothing at All | Frank Sinatra, Harry James |
| 5 | Chatanooga Choo-Choo | Glen Miller Orchestra |
| 6 | Sweet Georgia Brown | Johnny Mercer |
| 7 | Swinging on a Star | Bing Crosby |
| 8 | Missouri Waltz | Fontaine Sisters |
| 9 | You Won’t Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart | Les Brown, Doris Day |
| 10 | Remember Pearl Harbor | The Four Sergeants |
| 11 | Why Don’t You Do Right | Peggy Lee, Benny Goodman |
| 12 | I’m Getting Sentimental Over You | The Ink Spots |
| 13 | Green Eyes | Tommy Dorsey |
| 14 | Little Brown Jug | Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra |
| 15 | Elmer’s Tune | Tex Beneke, the Modernaires |
| 16 | Till the End of Time | Perry Como |
| 17 | Beale Street Blues | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians |
| 18 | Special Delivery Stomp | Artie Shaw and his Orchestra |
The post Episode 165, “1940s Senior Prom,” appeared first on Sam Waldron.
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| Episode 164 | Pat Boone | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Begin the Beguine | Pat Boone |
| 2 | Would You Like to Take a Walk | Pat Boone |
| 3 | Heartaches | Pat Boone |
| 4 | Just a Closer Walk With Thee | Pat Boone |
| 5 | Beg Your Pardon | Pat Boone |
| 6 | Bernardine | Pat Boone |
| 7 | Why Baby Why | Pat Boone |
| 8 | All By Myself | Pat Boone |
| 9 | I Almost Lost My Mind | Pat Boone |
| 10 | Chattanooga Shoeshine boy | Pat Boone |
| 11 | All Shook Up | Pat Boone |
| 12 | Stardust | Pat Boone |
| 13 | Deep Purple | Pat Boone |
| 14 | A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody | Pat Boone |
| 15 | Say It With Music | Pat Boone |
| 16 | Walking the Floor Over You | Pat Boone |
| 17 | My Baby Just Cares for Me | Pat Boone |
| 18 | St. Louis Blues | Pat Boone |
| 19 | Little White Lies | Pat Boone |
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| Episode 163 | 78RPM Archives | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Good Morning Judge | Phil Gordon and Page Cavanaugh Trio |
| 2 | Baby Don’t Be Mad at Me | Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour and his Orch. |
| 3 | Everybody Loves My Baby | Fats Waller & His Rhythm |
| 4 | Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me | Sarah Vaughan, Teddy Wilson Quartet |
| 5 | I’m Dyin’ a Sinner’s Death | Pappy Gube Beaver |
| 6 | Across the Alley From the Alamo | The Three Suns, Joe Greene |
| 7 | Ask Anyone Who Knows | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye & Don Cornell |
| 8 | Broken Hearted Gypsy | Johnny Horton |
| 9 | The Cuckoo Bird in the Pickle Tree | Al Alberts and the Four Aces |
| 10 | Melodie D’Amour | The Ames Brothers |
| 11 | Melody of Love | The Ink Spots |
| 12 | A Dear John Letter | Honey Williams, Charlie Aldrich |
| 13 | Who Who Who Put the Devil in Evelyn’s Eyes | The Mills Brothers |
| 14 | After You’ve Gone | Freddy Martin Orchestra |
| 15 | The Gang That Sang Heart of My Heart | Johnny Desmond, Don Cornell, Alan Dale |
| 16 | Santa Baby | Eartha Kitt |
| 17 | Young at Heart | Frank Sinatra, Nelson Riddle |
| September in the Rain | Los Angeles City College Orchestra | |
The post Episode 163, “78RPM Archive,” appeared first on Sam Waldron.
]]>| Episode 162 | My Favorite 40s Music Part 1 | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | In the Mood | BBC Big Band Orchestra |
| 2 | You’ll Never Know/No Love | Alice Faye |
| 3 | Ma He’s Making Eyes at Me | Kay Kyser |
| 4 | At Long Last Love | Bea Wain |
| 5 | Careless Hands | Sammy Kaye |
| 6 | My Baby Just Cares for Me | Bing Crosby |
| 7 | When You Were Sweet 16 | Al Jolson |
| 8 | Slow Boat to China | Rosemary Squires and Richmond Strings |
| 9 | A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening | The Polka Dots |
| 10 | Embraceable You | Guy Lombardo |
| 11 | Just One of Those Things | Lester Lanin |
| 12 | Where Was I? | Mary Ann McCall |
| 13 | Christmas Island | The Andrews Sisters |
| 14 | In Love in Vain | Mel Torme |
| 15 | Oh You Crazy Moon | Peggy Lee |
| 16 | Speak Low | Helen Forrest |
| 17 | Java Jive | The Ink Spots |
| 18 | Marie | Tommy Dorsey w/ Jack Leonard |
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]]>| Episode 161 | Country Music 1959-1960 | |
| Playlist | ||
| He’ll Have to Go | Jim Reeves | |
| He’ll Have to Stay | Jeanne Black | |
| White Lightning | George Jones | |
| I’m a Honky Tonk Girl | Loretta Lynn | |
| The Three Bells | The Browns | |
| Homebreaker | Skeeter Davis | |
| The Battle of New Orleans | Johnny Horton | |
| The Eyes of Love | Margie & Shelby Singleton | |
| Yankee Go Home | Goldie Hill & Red Sovine | |
| Wings of a Dove | Ferlin Husky | |
| Please Help Me I’m Falling | Hank Locklin | |
| I Can’t Help You I’m Falling Too | Skeeter Davis | |
| Don’t Take Your Guns to Town | Johnny Cash | |
| Big Iron | Marty Robbins | |
| Heartaches by the Number | Ray Price | |
| Before This Day Ends | George Hamilton IV | |
| Mommy for a Day | Kitty Wells | |
| Miller’s Cave | Hank Snow |
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]]>| Episode 160 | The Mills Brothers | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Is It True What They Say About Dixie | The Mills Brothers & Al Jolson |
| 2 | Till Then | The Mills Brothers |
| 3 | Dinah | Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers |
| 4 | Twice as Much | The Mills Brothers |
| 5 | Paper Doll | The Mills Brothers |
| 6 | I Don’t Know Enough About You | The Mills Brothers |
| 7 | Yellow Bird | The Mills Brothers |
| 8 | I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | The Mills Brothers |
| 9 | The Glow Worm | The Mills Brothers |
| 10 | Get a Job | The Mills Brothers |
| 11 | Someday You’ll Want Me to Want You | The Mills Brothers |
| 12 | Tiger Rag | The Mills Brothers |
| 13 | Nevertheless | The Mills Brothers |
| 14 | Across the Alley From the Alamo | The Mills Brothers |
| 15 | Up a Lazy River | The Mills Brothers |
| 16 | Be My Life’s Companion | The Mills Brothers |
| 17 | Standing on the Corner | The Mills Brothers |
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]]>| Episode 159 | Songs About Animals | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | (How Much is That) Doggie in the Window | Patti Page |
| 2 | Hound Dog in the Window | Homer and Jethro |
| 3 | Sparrow in the Treetop | Guy Mitchell |
| 4 | Bird Dog | The Everly Brothers |
| 5 | Muskrat Ramble | The McGuire Sisters |
| 6 | Gonna Find Me a Bluebird | Marvin Rainwater |
| 7 | Rockin’ Robin | Bobby Day |
| 8 | Mockin’ Bird Hill | Les Paul and Mary Ford |
| 9 | Teddy Bear | Elvis Presley |
| 10 | Three Little Pigs | Lloyd Price |
| 11 | The Cat Came Back | Sonny James |
| 12 | Wild Horses | Perry Como |
| 13 | See You Later Alligator | Bill Haley and the Comets |
| 14 | The Cattle Call | Eddy Arnold |
| 15 | Mule Skinner Blues | The Fendermen |
| 16 | Lonely Little Robin | Rex Allen |
| 17 | Too Much Monkey Business | Chuck Berry |
| 18 | The Bluebird, The Buzzard and the Oriole | Bobby Day |
| 19 | Is a Blue Bird Blue | Conway Twitty |
| 20 | Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures |
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| Episode 158 | Number-name groups | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | The Gang that Sang Heart of My Heart | The Four Aces |
| 2 | I Want to Be Loved | The Four Tunes |
| 3 | Marie | The Four Tunes |
| 4 | You’re the Apple of My Eye | The Four Lovers |
| 5 | I Get So Lonely | The Four Knights |
| 6 | Baby Don’t Do It | The Five Royales |
| 7 | Our Father | The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi |
| 8 | Boogie Woogie Ball | The Five Red Caps |
| 9 | Everglades | The Kingston Trio |
| 10 | Standing on the Corner | The Four Lads |
| 11 | The Blob | The Five Blobs |
| 12 | She Gave Me Love | The Four Aims |
| 13 | Could it Be You? | The Four Tops |
| 14 | Down by the Station | The Four Preps |
| 15 | You’re My Inspiration | The Five Crowns |
| 16 | The Glory of Love | The Five Keys |
| 17 | In the Still of the Night | The Five Satins |
| 18 | Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures |
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| Episode 157 | Three in One | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Tonight | Marni Nixon & Jimmy Bryant |
| 3 | Wouldn’t It Be Loverly | Audrey Hepburn |
| 4 | Wouldn’t It Be Loverly | Marni Nixon |
| 5 | On the Street Where You Live | Bill Shirley |
| 6 | Younger Than Springtime | Bill Lee |
| 7 | With a Song in My Heart | Jane Froman |
| 8 | Crazy Bone Rag | Sue Keller |
| 9 | I Hear You Knocking | Gale Storm |
| 10 | Ain’t That A Shame | Pat Boone |
| 11 | Melody of Love | Billy Vaughn |
| 12 | Transfusion | Nervous Norvus |
| 13 | That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine | Gene Autry |
| 14 | Have I Told You Lately That I Love You | Lulu Belle and Scotty |
| 15 | I Want to be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart | Patsy Montana |
| 16 | Peace in the Valley | Red Foley |
| 17 | Why Don’t You Haul Off and Love Me | Bob Atcher |
| 18 | Oh | Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra |
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| Episode 156 | The Real Patsy Cline | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Sweet Dreams | Patsy Cline |
| 2 | Honky Tonk Merry Go Round | Patsy Cline |
| 3 | You Belong to Me | Patsy Cline |
| 5 | When I Get Through With You | Patsy Cline |
| 4 | When I Get Through With You | Patsy Cline |
| 6 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Patsy Cline |
| 7 | Walkin’ After Midnight | Patsy Cline |
| 8 | I Fall to Pieces | Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline |
| 9 | In Care of the Blues | Patsy Cline |
| 10 | I Cried All The Way to the Altar | Patsy Cline |
| 11 | Half as Much | Patsy Cline |
| 12 | Patsy Talks About her Car Accident | Patsy Cline |
| 13 | Shake Rattle and Roll | Patsy Cline |
| 14 | She’s Got You | Patsy Cline |
| 15 | Just A Closer Walk with Thee | Willie Nelson & Patsy Cline |
| 16 | Lovin’ in Vain | Patsy Cline |
| 17 | How Can I Face Tomorrow | Patsy Cline |
| 18 | Heartaches | Patsy Cline |
| 19 | I Love You Honey | Patsy Cline |
| 20 | Crazy | Patsy Cline |
| 21 | Caravan | Chet Atkins & Les Paul |
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]]>| Episode 155 | New Life for 1940s Music | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Chattanooga Choo Choo | The Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| 2 | Chattanooga Choo Choo | Hank Snow |
| 3 | Tangerine | Jimmy Dorsey |
| 4 | Tangerine | Frank Sinatra |
| 5 | I’ll Walk Alone | Dinah Shore |
| 6 | I’ll Walk Alone | Ricky Nelson |
| 7 | It’s Been a Long Long Time | Bing Crosby |
| 8 | It’s Been a Long Long Time | Terri Stevens |
| 9 | To Each His Own | The Ink Spots |
| 10 | To Each His Own | Merle Haggard |
| 11 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra |
| 12 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Joe Williams |
| 13 | That Old Black Magic | Margaret Whiting |
| 14 | That Old Black Magic | Rod Stewart |
| 15 | That Lucky Old Sun | Frankie Laine |
| 16 | That Lucky Old Sun | Solomon Burke |
| 17 | I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover | Art Mooney & His Orchestra |
| 18 | I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover | Coleman Hawkins |
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]]>| 1 | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | The Platters |
| 2 | Old Man River | Frank Sinatra and the Ken Lane Singers |
| 3 | I’ll Be Hard to Handle | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 4 | The Song is You | Doris Day |
| 5 | The Song is You | The Andrews Sisters |
| 6 | My Husband’s First Wife | Rebecca Luker |
| 7 | The Way You Look Tonight | The Jaguars |
| 8 | All the Things You Are | Sarah Vaughn & Count Basie |
| 9 | I Won’t Dance | Fred Astaire |
| 10 | I Won’t Dance | Stacey Kent |
| 11 | Long Ago and Far Away | Rod Stewart |
| 12 | In Love in Vain | Mel Torme |
| 13 | The Last Time I Saw Paris | Dean Martin |
| 14 | Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man | Lena Horne |
| 15 | A Fine Romance | Johnny Mercer and Martha Tilton |
| 16 | Who | The Pied Pipers |
| 17 | The Way You Look Tonight | Jerome Kern Piano Rolls |
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| Episode 153 | Easy Listening | ||
| 1 | Only the Lonely | Roy Orbison | |
| 2 | Moody River | Pat Boone | |
| 3 | Can’t Help Falling in Love | Elvis Presley | |
| 4 | All Alone am I | Brenda Lee | |
| 5 | Last Date | Floyd Cramer | |
| 6 | Ebony Eyes | The Everly Brothers | |
| 7 | Harbor Lights | The Platters | |
| 8 | Paper Roses | Anita Bryant | |
| 9 | Wonderful World | Sam Cooke | |
| 10 | Crazy | Patsy Cline | |
| 11 | Stranger on the Shore | Aker Bilk | |
| 12 | Ramblin’ Rose | Nat King Cole | |
| 13 | I Left My Heart in SFO | Tony Bennett | |
| 14 | Michael Row the Boat Ashore | The Highwaymen | |
| 15 | My Heart Has a Mind of its Own | Connie Francis | |
| 16 | Green Fields | The Brothers Four | |
| 17 | Take Five | Dave Brubeck Quartet | |
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| Episode 152 | Lawrence Welk | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Oh Johhny Oh | Lawrence Welk |
| 2 | The Moon is a Silver Dollar | Lawrence Welk |
| 3 | Give Me That Old Time Religion | Lawrence Welk |
| 4 | I Wanna Say Hello | Lawrence Welk |
| 5 | Shame on You | Lawrence Welk |
| 6 | Moonlight Bay | Lawrence Welk |
| 7 | Shenandoah Waltz | Lawrence Welk |
| 8 | Yellow Bird | Lawrence Welk |
| 9 | Oh Happy Day | Lawrence Welk |
| 10 | Wun’erful, Wun’erful! | Stan Freberg |
| 11 | Grandfather’s Clock | Lawrence Welk |
| 12 | Annabelle | Lawrence Welk |
| 13 | Linger Awhile | Lawrence Welk |
| 14 | Sweethart Tree | Lawrence Welk |
| 15 | Small Talk | Lawrence Welk |
| 16 | May You Always | Lawrence Welk |
| 17 | Blue Velvet | Lawrence Welk |
| 18 | The Wah Watusi | Lawrence Welk |
| 19 | Beer Barrel Polka | Lawrence Welk |
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| Episode 151 | Great Ladies of Jazz | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Anything Goes | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 2 | Brown-Eyed Handsome Man | Nina Simone |
| 3 | God Bless the Child | Billie Holliday |
| 4 | Teach Me Tonight | Blossom Dearie |
| 5 | Helen’s Advice | Helen Humes |
| 6 | Speak Low | Carmen McRae |
| 7 | What a Difference a Day Makes | Dinah Washington |
| 8 | The Late Late Show | Dakota Staton |
| 9 | The Lady is a Tramp | Anita O’Day |
| 10 | Cry Me a River | Julie London |
| 11 | Lullaby of Birdland | Chris Connor |
| 12 | I’d Rather Go Blind | Etta James |
| 13 | Shine on Harvest Moon | Betty Carter |
| 14 | Heat Wave | Ernestine Anderson |
| 15 | Black Coffee | Peggy Lee |
| 16 | People Will Say We’re In Love | Helen Merrill |
| 17 | I Fall in Love Too Easily | June Christy |
| 18 | Broken Hearted Melody | Sarah Vaughan |
The post Episode 151, “Great Ladies of Jazz,” appeared first on Sam Waldron.
]]>| Episode 148 | Tony Bennett | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Because of You | Tony Bennett |
| 2 | Cold Cold Heart | Tony Bennett |
| 3 | Here in My Heart | Tony Bennett |
| 4 | Rags to Riches | Tony Bennett |
| 5 | Stranger in Paradise | Tony Bennett |
| 6 | From the Candy Store on the Corner to the Chapel on the Hill | Tony Bennett |
| 7 | Just in Time | Tony Bennett |
| 8 | In the Middle of an Island | Tony Bennett |
| 9 | One for My Baby and One More for the Road | Tony Bennett |
| 10 | Love Letters | Tony Bennett |
| 11 | Let’s Face the Music and Dance | Tony Bennett |
| 12 | The Lullaby of Broadway | Tony Bennett |
| 13 | Blue Moon | Tony Bennett |
| 14 | Evrery time We Say Goodbye | Tony Bennett |
| 15 | Watch What Happens | Tony Bennett |
| 16 | Firefly | Tony Bennett & Count Basie Orchestra |
| 17 | Ol’ Man River | Howard Keel |
| 18 | Ol’ Man River | Tony Bennett & Count Basie Orchestra |
| 19 | I Left My Heart in San Francisco | Tony Bennett |
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| Episode 149 | Total Christmas | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Baby It’s Cold Outside | Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer |
| 2 | Russian Dance | London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 3 | The 12 Days OF Chrisrtmas | Mitch Miller and the Gang |
| 4 | Twelve Days After Christmas | U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers Chorus |
| 5 | It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year | Andy Williams |
| 6 | Blue Christmas | Elvis Presley |
| 7 | Blue Christmas | Ernest Tubb |
| 8 | Blue Christmas | Blake Shelton |
| 9 | I’d Like You for Christmas | Julie London |
| 10 | Jingle Bells | Guy Lombardo |
| 11 | 17 Versions of Jingle Bells | Tony DeSare |
| 12 | I’ll Be Home for Christmas | Doris Day |
| 13 | Santa Claus is Back in Town | Elvis Presley |
| 14 | Silent Night | Eddie Arnold |
| 15 | Do You Hear What I Hear? | Johnny Mathis |
| 16 | Christmas in New Orleans | Louis Armstrong |
| 17 | Fantasia on Greensleeves | St. Louis Symphony |
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| Episode 150 | High School Prom | ||
| 1 | Rockin’ Robin | Bobby Day | |
| 2 | Hushabye | The Mystics | |
| 3 | Sea Cruise | Frankie Ford | |
| 4 | The Little Shoemaker | Petula Clark | |
| 5 | Plaything | Ted Newman | |
| 6 | Tryin’ to get to You | Elvis Presley | |
| 7 | Come On a My House | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 8 | The Way You Look Tonight | The Jaguars | |
| 9 | Speedy Gonzales | Pat Boone | |
| 10 | She is My Dream | The Tads | |
| 11 | Boo! | Bob Kelly and The Pikes | |
| 12 | I Like it Like That Parts 1 and 2 | Chis Kenner | |
| 13 | 16 Candles | The Crests | |
| 14 | Little Star | The Elegants | |
| 15 | Soda Pop Pop | Tommy Sands | |
| 16 | I Ask of Heaven | George Peck | |
| 17 | Who Wrote the Book of Love | The Monotones | |
| 18 | Silhouettes | The Rays | |
| 19 | A Million to One | Jimmy Charles | |
| 20 | Good Golly Miss Molly | Little Richard | |
| 21 | Ranuchy | Bill Justis | |
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]]>| Episode 147 | 1940 Music & History | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Whispering Grass | The Ink Spots |
| 2 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra |
| 3 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Benny Goodman, Louise Tobin |
| 4 | Chattanooga Choo Choo | Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| 5 | Blues in the Night | Woody Herman and his Orchestra |
| 6 | White Christmas | Bing Crosby |
| 7 | Paper Doll | The Mills Brothers |
| 8 | The Trolley Song | Judy Garland |
| 9 | Rum and Coca Cola | The Andrews Sisters |
| 10 | Sentimental Journey | Les Brown and Doris Day |
| 11 | On the Achiston, Topeka and the Santa Fe | Johnny Mercer |
| 12 | Till the End of Time | Perry Como |
| 13 | Peg O My Heart | The Harmonicats |
| 14 | Buttons and Bows | Dinah Shore |
| 15 | A Little Bird Told Me | Evelyn Knight |
| 16 | Cruising Down the River | Blue Barron |
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]]>| Episode 139 | Late 1950s Country | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | A White Sport Coat | Marty Robbins |
| 2 | Gonna Find Me a Bluebird | Eddy Arnold |
| 3 | Gone | Ferlin Husky |
| 4 | Why Why | Carl Smith |
| 5 | Walkin After Midnight | Patsy Cline |
| 6 | Mister Fire Eyes | Bonnie Guitar |
| 7 | Four Walls | Jim Reeves |
| 8 | Talking to the Blues | Jim Lowe |
| 9 | The Auctioneer | LeRoy van Dyke |
| 10 | Oh Lonesome Me | Don Gibson |
| 11 | Send Me the Pillow You Dream On | Hank Locklin |
| 12 | Pick Me Up on Your Way Down | Charlie Walker |
| 13 | Blue Boy | Jim Reeves |
| 14 | Just Married | Marty Robbins |
| 15 | Jealousy | Kitty Wells |
| 16 | Gotta Travel On | Billy Grammer |
| 17 | Invitation to the Blues | Ray Price |
| 18 | Ballad of a Teenage Queen | Johnny Cash |
| 19 | The Long Black Veil | Lefty Frizell |
| 20 | Indiana | Chet Atkins |
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| Episode 145 | Seven stories | |
| 1 | I’ve Heard that Song Before | Helen Forrest |
| 2 | Speak Low | Helen Forrest |
| 3 | Splish Splash | Bobby Darin |
| 4 | Dream Lover | Bobby Darin |
| 5 | Yellow Bird | The Mills Brothers |
| 6 | You Always Hurt the One You Love | The Mills Brothers |
| 7 | Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes | Gisselle MacKenzie |
| 8 | A Cock-Eyed Optiomist | Gisselle MacKenzie |
| 9 | Que Sera Sera | Doris Day |
| 10 | Secret Love | Doris Day |
| 11 | Walk Away | Matt Monro |
| 12 | Born Free | Matt Monro |
| 13 | Kiss of Fire | Georgia Gibbs |
| 14 | Seven Lonely Days | Georgia Gibbs |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Episode 144 | Hank Williams Lost recordings | ||
| 1 | Mind Your Own Business | Hank Williams | |
| 2 | Low and Lonely | Hank Williams | |
| 3 | Hey Good Lookin’ | Hank Williams | |
| 4 | I’ll Have a New Life | Hank Williams | |
| 5 | Pictures From Life’s Other Side | Hank Williams | |
| 6 | I Can’t Help It | Hank Williams | |
| 7 | On the Banks of the Pontchartrain | Hank Williams | |
| 8 | Dear John | Hank Williams | |
| 9 | I’m Gonna Sing | Hank Williams | |
| 10 | The Old Country Church | Hank Williams | |
| 11 | Just When I Needed You | Hank Williams | |
| 12 | Cold Cold Heart | Hank Williams | |
| 13 | Why Should We Try Any More | Hank Williams | |
| 14 | There’s Nothing as Sweet as My Baby | Hank Williams | |
| 15 | If I Didn’t Love You | Hank Williams | |
| 16 | California Zephyr | Hank Williams | |
| 17 | Caravan | Chet Atkins, Les Paul | |
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]]>| Episode 143 | Songs About Houses | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Baby Let’s Play House | Elvis Presley |
| 2 | Baby Won’t You Please Come Home | Carol Channing |
| 3 | I’ll Be Home | Pat Boone |
| 4 | Everybody Eats When They Come to My House | Cab Calloway |
| 5 | There’s Always Room at our House | Guy Mitchell |
| 6 | The Middle of the House | Rusty Draper |
| 7 | Cabin in the Sky | Ethel Waters |
| 8 | In the Jailhouse Now | Buck Owens |
| 9 | This Ol’ House | Rosemary Clooney |
| 10 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme | Kids Superstars |
| 11 | Little Cabin on the Hill | Elvis Presley |
| 12 | I’ll Be Home for Christmas | Doris Day |
| 13 | Sorry, I Ran All the Way Home | The Impalas |
| 14 | House of Blue Lights | Freddie Slack and Ella Mae Morse |
| 15 | Look Homeward Angel | Jerry Vale |
| 16 | You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To | Anne Shelton |
| 17 | I Want to Walk You Home | Fats Domino |
| 18 | Daddy Won’t You Please Come Home | Annette Hanshaw |
| 19 | Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ With Lovin’ On Your Mind | Loretta Lynn |
| 20 | Home On The Range | Montovani |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 142 | Weather Songs from the 40s | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Stormy Weather | Lena Horne |
| 2 | Just One of Those Things | Kevin Spacey |
| 3 | Stormy Monday | Bobby Blue Bland |
| 4 | You Are My Sunshine | Blue Baron and the Three Blue Notes |
| 5 | Powder Your Face with Sunshine | Evelyn Knight |
| 6 | I’ve Got Sun in the Morning | Betty Hutton |
| 7 | I’m Always Chasing Rainbows | Perry Como |
| 8 | Blue Rain | Glenn Miller |
| 9 | A Garden in the Rain | Four Aces with Al Alberts |
| 10 | Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow | Vaughn Monroe |
| 11 | White Christmas | Sister Rosetta Tharp |
| 12 | High on a Windy Hill | Dakota Staton |
| 13 | The Breeze and I | Jimmy Dorsey |
| 14 | When There’s a Breeze on Lake Louise | Freddy Martin Orchestra, Clyde Rogers |
| 15 | Four Winds and the Seven Seas | Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye |
| 16 | Four Strong Winds | Johnny Cash |
| 17 | Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall | Ella Fitzgerald and The Ink Spots |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 141 | 1950s Superstars | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Splish Splash | Bobby Darin |
| 2 | This is the Life | Matt Monro |
| 3 | That’s Amore | Dean Martin |
| 4 | Dance With Me Henry | Georgia Gibbs |
| 5 | Mystery Train | Elvis Presley |
| 6 | How Deep is the Ocean | Pat Boone |
| 7 | Teenage Idol | Rick Nelson |
| 8 | Half as Much | Patti Page |
| 9 | Come Softly to Me | The Fleetwoods |
| 10 | Heaven on Earth | The Platters |
| 11 | I Love You Because | Jim Reeves |
| 12 | When I Get Through with You | Patsy Cline |
| 13 | The Twelfth of Never | Johnny Mathis |
| 14 | Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful? | Mel Torme |
| 15 | Be Careful It’s My Heart | Eydie Gorme |
| 16 | Ring My Phone | Tommy Sands |
| 17 | Ring A My Phone | Brenda Lee |
| 18 | My Buick My Love and I | Giselle MacKenzie |
| 19 | Oh What a Nite for Love | Dorothy Collins |
| 20 | Everglades | The Kingston Trio |
| 21 | Honky Tonk Pts. 1 & 2 | Bill Doggett |
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]]>| Episode 140 | Classic Frank Sinatra | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | You Go to My Head | Frank Sinatra |
| 2 | That Old Black Magic | Frank Sinatra |
| 3 | One for My Baby and One More for the Road | Frank Sinatra |
| 4 | None but the Lonely Heart | Frank Sinatra |
| 5 | It’s Only a Paper Moon | Frank Sinatra |
| 6 | My Funny Valentine | Frank Sinatra |
| 7 | I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter | Frank Sinatra |
| 8 | Deep in a Dream | Frank Sinatra |
| 9 | You Make Me Feel So Young | Frank Sinatra |
| 10 | It Could Happen to You | Frank Sinatra |
| 11 | I Got Plentry of Nuttin’ | Frank Sinatra |
| 12 | Autumn Leaves | Frank Sinatra |
| 13 | South of the Border | Frank Sinatra |
| 14 | Ebb Tide | Frank Sinatra |
| 15 | Come Dance With Me | Frank Sinatra |
| 16 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Frank Sinatra |
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]]>| Episode 139 | Paul’s Playlist | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | String of Pearls | Glenn Miller |
| 2 | Swinging on a Star | Bing Crosby |
| 3 | The Lady is a Tramp | Mel Torme |
| 4 | That’s All | Nat King Cole |
| 5 | My Funny Valentine | Frank Sinatra |
| 6 | Swinging Shepard Blues | Moe Koffman |
| 7 | Cheek to Cheek | Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong |
| 8 | Put Your Head on My Shoulder | Paul Anka |
| 9 | You Are My Sunshine | Boxcar Willie |
| 10 | I’ll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time | The Mike Sammes Singers |
| 11 | Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley and the Comets |
| 12 | Bill B | Cal Tjader Quartet |
| 13 | The Seventh Son | Mose Allison |
| 14 | Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins |
| 15 | Love Me Tender | Elvis Presley |
| 17 | Sleep Walk | Santo & Johnnie |
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]]>| Episode 138 | 1950s Bs | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | I Was the One | Elvis Presley |
| 2 | You Don’t Have to be a Baby to Cry | Tennesee Ernie Ford |
| 3 | You Win Again | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 4 | The Little Man in Chinatown | Jim Lowe |
| 5 | Maybe Tomorrow | The Everly Brothers |
| 6 | Long Long Ago | Patti Page |
| 7 | Was There a Call for Me | Bobby Darin |
| 8 | I’m Broke | Frankie Avalon |
| 9 | I Care So Much | The Fleetwoods |
| 10 | I’m in Love With You | Pat Boone |
| 11 | Out of my Mind | The Platters |
| 12 | I Spoke Too Soon | The Crew Cuts |
| 13 | If I Had Three Wishes | Frank Sinatra |
| 14 | Don’t Leave Me This Way | Rick Nelson |
| 15 | Crazy With Love | Guy Mitchell |
| 16 | Sometime (When I’m All Alone) | Danny and the Juniors |
| 17 | I am Lonely | The Silhouettes |
| 18 | I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine | Elvis Presley |
| 19 | Lonesome for a Letter | Sanford Clark |
| 20 | Blue Rain | The Army Air Force Band |
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]]>| Episode 137 | The Jive | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Atomic Baby | Linda Hayes |
| 2 | Everybody Eats When They Come to My House | Cab Calloway and his Orchestra |
| 3 | Java Jive | The Ink Spots |
| 4 | Keep That Coffee Hot | Scatman Crothers |
| 5 | Tiger Rag | The Mills Brothers |
| 6 | A Little Jive is Good For You | Martha Tilton |
| 7 | One Last Kiss | The Marcels |
| 8 | Glory of Love | The Roommates |
| 9 | Sh-Boom | Kenny Vance and the Planotones |
| 10 | A Lover’s Question | Clyde McPhatter |
| 11 | Gypsie Boogie | The Teen Tones |
| 12 | Jump Jive and Wail | Louis Prima |
| 13 | Snap Crackle and Pop | The Nite Caps |
| 14 | Stardust | The Jive Bombers |
| 15 | Oh Baby | The Jive Five featuring Eugene Pitt |
| 16 | I Got a Rock and Roll Gal | Billy Lamont |
| 17 | Reelin’ and Rockin’ | Chuck Berry |
| 18 | House of Blue Lights | Chuck Miller |
| 19 | Jive Talkin’ | Bee Gees |
| 20 | The Fox | Daddy’s Rebels |
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]]>| Episode 136 | Liberace | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Tiger Rag | Liberace |
| 2 | There’ll Be Some Changes Made | Liberace |
| 3 | Liberace Boogie Live | Liberace |
| 4 | Flight of the Bumblebee/Bumble Boogie | Liberace |
| 5 | All of a Sudden My Heart Sings | Liberace |
| 6 | My Old Kentucky Home | Liberace |
| 7 | Brazil | Liberace |
| 8 | Liebestraum–Love’s Dream | Liberace |
| 9 | Cement Mixer | Liberace |
| 10 | You’re Just in Love | Liberace |
| 11 | Alley Cat | Liberace |
| 12 | Love Letters in the Sand | Liberace |
| 13 | The Old Piano Roll Blues | Liberace |
| 14 | Begin the Beguine | Liberace |
| 15 | Claire de Lune | Liberace |
| 16 | Americana Medley | Liberace |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 135 | Grammys | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Great Speckled Bird | Roy Acuff |
| 2 | The Sound of Music | Doris Day |
| 3 | Tennessee Waltz | Patti Page |
| 4 | Ain’t Misbehavin | Fats Waller |
| 5 | Crazy Arms | Ray Price |
| 6 | Fever | Peggy Lee |
| 7 | It’s Not for me to Say | Johnny Mathis |
| 8 | Strangers in the Night | Frank Sinatra |
| 9 | Hey Good Lookin’ | Hank Williams |
| 10 | Catch a Falling Star | Perry Como |
| 11 | Mack the Knife | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 12 | Everybody Loves Somebody | Dean Martin |
| 13 | The Glow Worm | The Mills Brothers |
| 14 | Pennies from Heaven | Bing Crosby |
| 15 | Cry Me a River | Julie London |
| 16 | Peggy Sue | Buddy Holly |
| 17 | I Fall to Pieces | Patsy Cline |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 134 | 1940s Superstars | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Elmer’s Tune | The Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| 3 | No Love, No Nothin’ | Alice Faye |
| 4 | Whistle While You Work | Louis Armstrong |
| 5 | My Baby Just Cares for Me | Bing Crosby |
| 6 | The Gypsy | The Ink Spots |
| 7 | A Smile Will Go a Long Long Way | The Andrews Sisters |
| 8 | Teacher’s Pet | Doris Day |
| 9 | Mack the Knife | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 10 | Daddy | Sammy Kaye and his Orchestra |
| 11 | Sioux City Sioux | Gene Autry |
| 12 | It Was Just One of Those Things | Anita O’Day |
| 13 | Yellow Bird | The Mills Brothers |
| 14 | You’re Just in Love | Perry Como |
| 15 | Route 66 | Nat King Cole |
| 16 | I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter | Frank Sinatra |
| 17 | I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance | Helen Forrest |
| 18 | What’ll I Do | Judy Garland |
| 19 | Guy Lombardo Wishes You a Happy New Year | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians |
| 20 | Green Eyes | Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Episode 132 | Elvis Gospel | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs | Elvis Presley | |
| 2 | Known Only to Him | Elvis Presley | |
| 3 | Just a Little Talk with Jesus | Elvis Presley | |
| 4 | How Great Thou Art | Elvis Presley | |
| 5 | There is No God but God | Elvis Presley | |
| 6 | He Touched Me | Elvis Presley | |
| 7 | I, John | Elvis Presley | |
| 8 | I Believe | Elvis Presley | |
| 9 | If We Never Meet Again | Elvis Presley | |
| 10 | If the Lord Wasn’t Walking by my Side | Elvis Presley | |
| 11 | Crying in the Chapel | Elvis Presley | |
| 12 | Mansion Over the Hilltop | Elvis Presley | |
| 13 | Amazing Grace | Elvis Presley | |
| 14 | Take My Hand Precious Lord | Elvis Presley | |
| 15 | Swing Down Sweet Chariot | Elvis Presley | |
| 16 | You’ll Never Walk Alone | Elvis Presley | |
| 17 | Peace in the Valley | Elvis Presley | |
| 18 | It is No Secret | Elvis Presley |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Episode 133 | Songs With Stories | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Don’t Be Cruel | Elvis Presley |
| 2 | Take the “A” Train | Duke Ellington |
| 3 | I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry | Hank Williams |
| 4 | I’ll Never Get Out of this World Alive | Hank Williams |
| 5 | Sing Sing Sing | Benny Goodman |
| 6 | The Great Pretender | The Platters |
| 7 | 4:33 | John Cage |
| 8 | The Rain in Spain | Julie Andrews |
| 9 | I Could Have Danced All Night | Julie Andrews |
| 10 | Stardust | Rod Stewart |
| 11 | The Green Door | Jim Lowe |
| 12 | What’d I Say? | Ray Charles |
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]]>| Episode 131 | Perfect Pairs | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Mr. Sandman | The Chordettes |
| 2 | Mr. Santa | Dorothy Collins |
| 3 | Slipping Around | Jimmy Wakely and Margaret Whiting |
| 4 | I’ll Never Slip Around Again | Jimmy Wakely and Margaret Whiting |
| 5 | Peg of My Heart | Pat Boone |
| 6 | Peg of My Heart | Buddy Clark |
| 7 | Blue Moon | Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers |
| 8 | Blue Moon | Dean Martin |
| 9 | Blue Moon | The Marcels |
| 10 | Teach Me Tonight | The McGuire Sisters |
| 11 | Teacher’s Pet | Doris Day |
| 12 | Do You Want to Dance | Bobby Freeman |
| 13 | I Won’t Dance | Frank Sinatra |
| 14 | The Blizzard | Jim Reeves |
| 15 | Old Shep | Elvis |
| 16 | Cold Cold Heart | Tony Bennett |
| 17 | Too Darn Hot | Ann Miller |
| 18 | Love Letters | Nat King Cole |
| 19 | Dear John | Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky |
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]]>| Show 141 | Music for a 1940s Wedding | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | To Each His Own | Eddy Howard and His Orchestra | |
| 2 | Be Careful It’s My Heart | Bing Crosby | |
| 3 | Some Enchanted Evening | Jo Stafford | |
| 4 | A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody | Ed Ames | |
| 5 | I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire | The Ink Spots | |
| 6 | Till the End of Time | Perry Como | |
| 7 | Green Eyes | Frank Chacksfield and His Orchestra | |
| 8 | It Had to be You | Dick Haymes, Helen Forrest | |
| 9 | The Nearness of You | Mel Torme | |
| 10 | Juke Box Saturday Night | The Glenn Miller Orchestra | |
| 11 | Slow Boat to China | Rosemary Squires and The Richmond Strings | |
| 12 | You’d Be So Nice to Come Home to | The Ray Conniff Singers | |
| 13 | You Do Something to Me | The Andrews sisters | |
| 14 | You Belong to My Heart | Jerry Vale | |
| 15 | Oh! You Beautiful Doll | Billy Vaughn | |
| 16 | Have I Told You Lately That I Love You | Hank Thompson | |
| 17 | So In Love | k d lang | |
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]]>| Show 129 | Just Good Music | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Down by the Station | The Four Preps | |
| 2 | Beg Your Pardon | Pat Boone | |
| 3 | I’m Sorry | The Platters | |
| 4 | Chances Are/It’s Not for Me to Say | Ray Conniff Singers | |
| 5 | Poor Little Fool | Ricky Nelson | |
| 6 | Maybe Baby | Buddy Holly and The Crickets | |
| 7 | I’ve Never Been in Love Before | Frank Sinatra | |
| 8 | I Can Dream Can’ I and Every Time We Say goodbye sounds like a medley | Rosemary Squires, The Richmond Strings | |
| 9 | Speak Low | Helen Forrest | |
| 10 | In Love in Vain | Mel Torme | |
| 11 | Jersey Boy | Betty Ann Blake | |
| 12 | Toot Toot Tootsie | Lester Lanin | |
| 13 | Mambo Italiano | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 14 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Slim Whitman | |
| 15 | I Love You Honey | Patsy Cline | |
| 16 | I Remember You | Tony Bennett | |
| 17 | How Little We Know | Matt Monro | |
| 18 | Song of India | Glen Gray and his Orchestra | |
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]]>| Episode 128 | Judy Garland | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Zing Went the Strings of My Heart | Judy Garland |
| 2 | You Made Me Love You | Judy Garland |
| 3 | The Man That Got Away | Judy Garland |
| 4 | Easter Parade | Judy Garland, Fred Astaire |
| 5 | I’m Nobody’s Baby | Judy Garland |
| 6 | Over the Rainbow | Judy Garland |
| 7 | If Love Were All | Judy Garland |
| 8 | When You’re Smiling | Judy Garland |
| 9 | If I Only Had a Brain | Ray Bolger, Judy Garland |
| 10 | The Trolley Song | Judy Garland |
| 11 | On the Atcheson Topeka and the Santa Fe | Judy Garland and the Merry Macs |
| 12 | Embracable You | Judy Garland |
| 13 | The Jitterbug | Judy Garland |
| 14 | I Left My Heart in San Francisco | Judy Garland and Tony Bennett |
| 15 | For Me and My Gal | Judy Garland and Gene Kelley |
| 16 | Chicago | Judy Garland |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Show 127 | Classic Country Early 50s | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Hey Joe | Carl Smith | |
| 2 | Hey Joe | Kitty Wells | |
| 3 | Now and Then There’s a Fool Such As I | Hank Snow | |
| 4 | I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know | The Davis Sisters | |
| 5 | There Stands The Glass | Webb Pierce | |
| 6 | Slowly | Webb Pierce | |
| 7 | Rose-Marie | Slim Whitman | |
| 8 | Indian Love Call | Slim Whitman | |
| 9 | Free Home Demonstration | Eddie Arnold | |
| 10 | Satisfaction Guaranteed | Carl Smith | |
| 11 | Satisfied Mind | Faron Young | |
| 12 | Honky Tonk Blues | Hank Williams | |
| 13 | I Don’t Hurt Any More | Hank Snow | |
| 14 | I Really Don’t Want to Know | Eddie Arnold | |
| 15 | You and Me | Red Foley and Kitty Wells | |
| 16 | I’m Paying for that Back Street Affair | Kitty Wells | |
| 17 | I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes | Goldie Hill | |
| 18 | Most of All | Hank Thompson | |
| 19 | The Gal Who Invented Kissing | Hank Snow | |
| 20 | Concerto in C Minor | Chet Atkins | |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Show 126 | Black entertainers | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | A Blossom Fell | Nat King Cole |
| 2 | Every Time We Say Goodbye | Natalie Cole |
| 3 | Am I Blue? | Ethel Waters |
| 4 | Rip it Up | Little Richard |
| 5 | If I Didn’t Care | The Ink Spots |
| 6 | I Thought About You | Dinah Washington |
| 7 | Broken Hearted Melody | Sarah Vaughan |
| 8 | Good Rockin’ Tonight | Roy Brown |
| 9 | Blue Monday | Fats Domino |
| 10 | Heaven on Earth | The Platters |
| 11 | Star Dust | Louis Armstrong |
| 12 | 5-10-15 Hours | Ruth Brown |
| 13 | You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had | Muddy Waters |
| 14 | That Old Feeling | Lena Horne |
| 15 | Georgia on My Mind | Ray Charles |
| 16 | Cupid | Sam Cooke |
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]]>| Johnny Burke | ||
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Swinging on a Star | Bing Crosby |
| 2 | Suddenly It’s Spring | June Christy |
| 3 | You’re Not the Only Oyster in the Stew | Fats Waller |
| 4 | What’s New | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 5 | Annie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore | Guy Lombardo |
| 6 | Misty | Julie London |
| 7 | It Could Happen to You | Frank Sinatra |
| 8 | (We’re Off on the) Road to Morocco | Bing Crosby and Bob Hope |
| 9 | I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams | Helen O’Connell |
| 10 | If Love Ain’t There | Nat King Cole |
| 11 | Oh, You Crazy Moon | Peggy Lee |
| 12 | It’s Always You | Frank Sinatra |
| 13 | It’s Always You | She and Him |
| 14 | Like Someone in Love | Margaret Whiting |
| 15 | Pennies From Heaven | Louis Prima |
| 16 | Moonlight Beomes You | Johnny Mathis |
| 17 | Sunday Monday or Always | Al Saxon Big Band |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Show 124 | Johnny Mathis | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Wonderful Wonderful | Johnny Mathis |
| 2 | It’s Not for Me to Say | Johnny Mathis |
| 3 | Chances Are | Johnny Mathis |
| 4 | The Twelfth of Never | Johnny Mathis |
| 5 | Isn’t it Romantic | Johnny Mathis |
| 6 | In the Still of the Night | Johnny Mathis |
| 7 | Southern Nights | Johnny Mathis |
| 8 | What Will My Mary Say | Johnny Mathis |
| 9 | Maria | Johnny Mathis |
| 10 | A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening | Johnny Mathis |
| 11 | Small World | Johnny Mathis |
| 12 | Home for the Holiays | Johnny Mathis and The Jordanaires |
| 13 | I Had the Craziest Dream | Johnny Mathis |
| 14 | I Look at You | Johnny Mathis |
| 15 | Misty | Johnny Mathis |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | ||
| Show 123 | Hidden performers | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Sneaking Sally Through the Alley | Robert Parker |
| 2 | Shout | Johnny O’Keefe |
| 3 | Fly Me to the Moon | Felicia Sanders |
| 4 | A Pub with No Beer | Slim Dusty |
| 5 | Noche de Luna | Chamin Correa |
| 6 | LaBarca | Chamin Correa |
| 7 | Barefootin’ | Robert Parker |
| 8 | All Nite Long | Robert Parker |
| 9 | G’day G’day | Slim Dusty |
| 10 | Waltzing Matilda | Slim Dusty |
| 11 | I Thank You | Johnny O’Keefe |
| 12 | Sing | Johnny O’Keefe |
| 13 | Let’s Have Another Party | Winifred Atwell |
| 14 | Make Someone Happy | Jimmy Heath |
| 15 | Jaidyn | Wray Downes |
| 16 | RB’s Line | Wray Downes |
| 17 | Si Tu Partis (Before You Go) | Wray Downes |
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]]>| Show 122 | 1940s Concert | |||
| 1 | Lullabye of Broadway | Joan Baxter and Richmond Strings | ||
| 2 | I Cried For You | Joan Baxter and Richmond Strings | ||
| 3 | Baby Face | Mike Sammes Singers and Richmond Strings | ||
| 4 | Lazy River | Mike Sammes Singers | ||
| 5 | When You Were Sweet Sixteen | Denis Lotis and Richmond Strings | ||
| 6 | That’s My Desire | Denis Lotis | ||
| 7 | You’ll Never Know | Denis Lotis and Richmond Strings | ||
| 8 | I’ll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time | Mike Sammes Singers | ||
| 9 | Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree | Mike Sammes Singers | ||
| 10 | April Showers | Mike Sammes Singers and Richmond Strings | ||
| 11 | I’m Always Chasing Rainbows | Denis Lotis and Richmond Strings | ||
| 12 | Blue Moon | Denis Lotis | ||
| 13 | I’d Like to Get You on a Slow Boat to China | Rosemary Squires and Richmond Strings | ||
| 14 | Say Something Sweet to your Sweetheart | Rosemary Squires | ||
| 15 | September in the Rain | The Polka Dots | ||
| 16 | A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening | The Polka Dots | ||
| 17 | On the Sunny Side of the Street | The Polka Dots | ||
| 18 | Paper Doll | Mike Sammes Singers | ||
| 19 | Toot Toot Tootsie | Mike Sammes Singers and Richmond Strings | ||
| 20 | With My Eyes Wide Open I’m Dreaming | Joan Baxter and the Mike Sammes Singers | ||
| 21 | I Can Dream, Can’t I | Rosemary Squires and Richmond Strings | ||
| 22 | Every Time We Say Goodbye | Rosemary Squires and Richmond Strings | ||
| 23 | I’ll String Along with You | Denis Lotis and Richmond Strings | ||
| 24 | I Had the Craziest Dream | Denis Lotis and Richmond Strings | ||
| 25 | I’ve Heard That Song Before | Denis Lotis | ||
| 26 | Dream | The Polka Dots | ||
| 27 | Don’t Get Around Much Anymore | The Polka Dots | ||
| 28 | I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | The Polka Dots | ||
| 29 | You Made Me Love You | The Al Saxon Big Band | ||
| 30 | Little White Lies | Rosemary Squires | ||
| 31 | Sentimental Journey | Rosemary Squires | ||
| 32 | Baby It’s Cold Outside | Rosemary Squires and Denis Lotis | ||
| 33 | 12th Street Rag | The Al Saxon Big Band | ||
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]]>| Show 121 | Songs of Strength | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford | |
| 2 | Oh, Look at Me Now | Bobby Darin | |
| 3 | It’s Just a Matter of Time | Brook Benton | |
| 4 | If I Ruled the World | Tony Bennett | |
| 5 | I’ve Got the World on a String | Frank Sinatra | |
| 6 | What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong | |
| 7 | I’m Sitting on Top of the World | Al Jolson | |
| 8 | Rose and a Baby Ruth | George Hamilton IV | |
| 9 | Waking the Floor Over You | Georgia Gibbs | |
| 10 | I Don’t Care Who Knows It | Tommy Sands | |
| 11 | This Train | Sister Rosetta Tharp | |
| 12 | I Believe | Frankie Laine | |
| 13 | Sixty Minute Man | Billy Ward and the Dominoes | |
| 14 | The Man From Laramie | Jimmy Young | |
| 15 | Big Bad John | Jimmy Dean | |
| 16 | Mule Train | Boxcar Willie | |
| 17 | Back in the Saddle | Gene Autry | |
| 18 | Walk Like a Man | Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons | |
| 19 | Don’t Fence Me In | Barbara Lamb | |
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]]>| Show 120 | Matt Monro | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Portrait of My Love | Matt Monro |
| 2 | Real Live Girl | Matt Monro |
| 3 | Love is a Many Splendored Thing | Matt Monro |
| 4 | More | Matt Monro |
| 5 | Walk Away | Matt Monro |
| 6 | How Little We Know | Matt Monro |
| 7 | I’ll never fall in love again | Matt Monro |
| 8 | When I Fall in Love | Matt Monro |
| 9 | Born Free | Matt Monro |
| 10 | I Get Along Without You Very Well | Matt Monro |
| 11 | Laura | Matt Monro |
| 12 | Jeannie | Matt Monro |
| 13 | I Have Dreamed | Matt Monro |
| 14 | My Best Girl | Matt Monro |
| 15 | Softly as I Leave You | Matt Monro |
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]]>| Show 119 | July Babies | |||
| 1 | Walking Through New Orleans | Pete Fountain | ||
| 2 | The Paper Boy on Main Street USA | Bill Haley | ||
| 3 | Don’t You Know | Della Reese | ||
| 4 | When Francis Dances With Me | The Andrews Sisters | ||
| 5 | What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong | ||
| 6 | I’m Sitting on Top of the World | Mary Ford | ||
| 7 | With a Song in My Heart | Jerry Vale | ||
| 8 | What’s the Use of Getting Sober | Louis Jordan | ||
| 9 | Go Away Little Girl | Steve Lawrence | ||
| 10 | Let’s Get Away From It All | Ed Ames | ||
| 11 | In the Still of the Night | Billy Eckstein | ||
| 12 | Young Love | Tab Hunter | ||
| 13 | I’ll Get Buy | Buddy Clark | ||
| 14 | Car Song | Woody Guthrie | ||
| 15 | Somebody Nobody Wants | Dion DiMucci | ||
| 16 | Farmer’s Daughter | Cindy Walker | ||
| 17 | Mary Lou | Buddy Knox | ||
| 18 | Blueberry Hill | Bob Eberle | ||
| 19 | You Couldn’t Be Cuter | Margaret Whiting | ||
| 20 | Bandstand Boogie | Les Elgart | ||
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]]>| 1 | Dear Hearts and Gentle People | Bing Crosby |
| 2 | When I Fall in Love | Doris Day |
| 3 | Music Music Music | Teresa Brewer |
| 4 | Enjoy Yourself, It’s Later Than You Think | Guy Lombardo |
| 5 | Problems | The Everly Brothers |
| 6 | Heartaches by the Number | Ray Price |
| 7 | Side by Side | Kay Starr |
| 8 | You’re Just in Love | Perry Como and the Fontaine Sisters |
| 9 | Peace in the Valley | Red Foley and the Sunshine Boys |
| 10 | Here Comes Summer | Jerry Keller |
| 11 | Pretend | Nat King Cole |
| 12 | Standing on the Corner | The Four Lads |
| 13 | Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley and the Comets |
| 14 | I Need Your Love Tonight | Elvis Presley |
| 15 | They Can’t Take That Away From Me | Frank Sinatra |
| 16 | Stanger in Paradise | Tony Bennett |
| 17 | Theme from Moulon Rouge | Percy Faith |
| 18 | Stranger on the Shore | Acker Bilk |
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]]>| Show 117 | Comfort Music for Troubling Times | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | When the Lights Go On Again | Vaughn Monroe | |
| 2 | Far Away Places | Bing Crosby | |
| 3 | Daddy | Sammy Kay and the Kaydettes | |
| 4 | Elmer’s Tune | The Modernaires | |
| 5 | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Gene Autry | |
| 6 | Do Nothing Until You Hear From Me | Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong | |
| 7 | Blue Skies | Frank Sinatra | |
| 8 | Accentuate the Positive | Johnny Mercer | |
| 9 | Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree | Mike Sammes Singers | |
| 10 | I’ll Be Home for Christmas | Doris Day | |
| 11 | Christmas Island | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 12 | I’ll Walk Alone | Dinah Shore | |
| 13 | I’ll Be Seeing You | Ann Shelton | |
| 14 | We’ll Meet Again | Vera Lynn | |
| 15 | I’m Beginning to see the Light | The Ink Spots, Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 16 | It’s a Good Day | Peggy Lee | |
| 17 | Count Your Blessings | Rosemary Clooney | |
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]]>| Show 116 | Thanks for the Music | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | The Best of Everything | Johnny Mathis | |
| 2 | Jingle Jangle Jingle | Louis Nunley | |
| 3 | In Love in Vain | Mel Torme | |
| 4 | You’ll Never Know/ No Love, No Nothing | Alice Faye | |
| 5 | Oh You Beautiful Doll | Billy Vaughn | |
| 6 | An Old Christmas Card | Jim Reeves | |
| 7 | Mexican Joe | Jim Reeves | |
| 8 | I Love You Honey | Patsy Cline | |
| 9 | Is It Me? | The Rover Boys | |
| 10 | Shine on Harvest Moon | Johnny Desmond and Norman Brooks | |
| 11 | Anything Goes | Cole Porter | |
| 12 | This is the Army Mr. Jones | Irving Berlin | |
| 13 | Soldier’s Last Letter | George Hamilton IV | |
| 14 | Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning | The Four Sergeants | |
| 15 | Four Strong Winds | The Kingston Trio | |
| 16 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Slim Whitman | |
| 17 | Dear John Letter | Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky | |
| 18 | The Great Imposter | The Fleetwoods | |
| 19 | A Smile Will Go a Long Long Way | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 20 | La Mer | James Turner | |
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]]>| Show 115 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Down by the Riverside | Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Sammy Price Trio | |
| 2 | Precious Lord | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 3 | Rock Me | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 4 | Lonesone Road | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 5 | That’s All | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 6 | Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 7 | Have a Little Talk with Jesus | Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Red Foley | |
| 8 | Just a Little Talk with Jesus | Brenda Lee | |
| 9 | This Train | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 10 | God Don’t Like It | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 11 | Precious Memories | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 12 | Strange Things Happening Every Day | Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Sammy Price Trio | |
| 13 | Didn’t it Rain | Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight | |
| 14 | Shout Sister Shout | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 15 | White Christmas | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
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]]>| Show 114 | Boogie Woogie Music | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Rocket Boogie | Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson |
| 2 | Boogie Woogie | Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra |
| 3 | Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie | Clarence Pinetop Smith |
| 4 | Special Delivery Stomp | Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five |
| 5 | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy | The Andrews Sisters |
| 6 | Albert’s Special Boogie Woogie | Albert Ammonds |
| 7 | Boo Woo | Harry James and the Boogie Woogie Trio |
| 8 | Gospel Boogie | Leroy Abernathy Homeland Harmony Quartet |
| 9 | Wonderful Time Up There | Pat Boone |
| 10 | Down the Road a Piece | Will Bradley |
| 11 | Walk Across Texas | Mitch Woods |
| 12 | Boogie Woogie Santa Claus | Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra |
| 13 | Boogie Woogie Etude | Nadia Weintraub |
| 14 | Chopin Polonaise B-W | Frankie Carle |
| 15 | Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar | Ray McKinley, Will Bradley and His Orchestra |
| 16 | Woo Woo | Harry James |
| 17 | Boogie Woogie Stomp | Rob Rio |
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]]>| Show 113 | Songs Named for Ladies | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Susie Darlin’ | Robin Luke |
| 2 | Goodnight Irene | Ernest Tub and Red Foley |
| 3 | Diana | Paul Anka |
| 4 | Peg O My Heart | Pat Boone |
| 5 | Short Fat Fannie | Larry Williams |
| 6 | Oh Donna | Richie Valens |
| 7 | Donna the Prima Donna | Dion |
| 8 | Oh Julie | The Crescendos |
| 9 | Good Golly Miss Molly | Little Richard |
| 10 | Tangerine | Tommy Dorsey, Bob Eberle, Helen O’Connell |
| 11 | Peggy Sue | Buddy Holly |
| 12 | What Will My Mary Say | Johnny Mathis |
| 13 | Devil Woman | Marty Robbins |
| 14 | Tina Marie | Perry Como |
| 15 | Lawdy Miss Clawdy | Lloyd Price |
| 16 | Ruby | Alan Davies Singers |
| 17 | Jezebel | Frankie Laine |
| 18 | Cathy’s Clown | The Everly Brothers |
| 19 | Venus | Frankie Avalon |
| 20 | Patricia | Perez Prado |
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]]>| Show 112 | 1940s Ladies | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | You’ve Got to See Mama Every Night | Kay Starr |
| 2 | You Belong to Me | Jo Stafford |
| 3 | It Had to Be You | Betty Hutton |
| 4 | Five O’Clock Whistle | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 5 | Dream | June Hutton, The Pied Pipers |
| 6 | No Love, No Nothin’ | Ella Mae Morse |
| 7 | Cocktails for Two | Jonathan and Darlene Edwards |
| 8 | Long John Blues | Dinah Washington |
| 9 | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | The King Sisters |
| 10 | I Can’t Give You Anything but Love | Judy Garland |
| 11 | Green Eyes | Helen O’Connell |
| 12 | Them There Eyes | Anita O’Day |
| 13 | Well All Right | The Andrews Sisters |
| 14 | You Do | Margaret Whiting |
| 15 | At Long Last Love | Bea Wain |
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]]>| Show 111 | Rare 1950s Records | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Here Comes Summer | Jerry Keller |
| 2 | Take Me in your Arms | Helen Grayco |
| 3 | Why | The Cues |
| 4 | Lazy River | Jimmie Komack |
| 5 | I | Lillian Briggs |
| 6 | When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano | Pat Boone |
| 7 | Lovely One | The Four Voices |
| 8 | Look Homeward Angel | The Four Esquires |
| 9 | Risque | Fafa Lemos and his Orchestra |
| 10 | If I Had Me a Woman | Mac Curtis |
| 11 | I Wonder I Wonder | Arthur Lee Simpkins |
| 12 | Blame it on My Youth | Connie Stevens |
| 13 | Have You Met Miss Jones | Jack Haskell |
| 14 | I’m Just Wild About Harry | Mary Lou Brewer |
| 15 | Over the Mountain, Across the Sea | Johnnie and Joe |
| 16 | Happy Happy Birthday Baby | The Tune Weavers |
| 17 | No Use Knocking | Bobby Charles |
| 18 | I Ride an old Paint | The Gateway Singers |
| 19 | I Can’t Rock and Roll to Save My Soul | Pearl Bailey |
| 20 | Old Time Movies | Larry Fotine |
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]]>| Show 110 | Guy Lombardo | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Cheek to Cheek | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 2 | Beale Street Blues | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 3 | Boo Hoo | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 4 | Speak Low | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 5 | Ida Red Square Dance | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 6 | The Unbirthday Song | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 7 | Humoresque | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 8 | Stardust | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 9 | What’s the Reason I’m Not Pleasing You? | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 10 | St. Louis Blues | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 11 | Christmas Island | The Andrews Sisters with Guy Lombardo |
| 12 | Moonlight Saving Time | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 13 | The Chicken Song | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 14 | The Trolley Song | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 15 | Music, Music, Music | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 16 | Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 17 | Red Roses for a Blue Lady | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
| 18 | Auld Lang Syn | Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians |
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]]>| Show 109 | Rare 1940s Blues | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Bonus Blues | Bob Carter Trio |
| 2 | Lonesome Baby Blues | Mike McKendrick’s Three Cheers |
| 3 | Young Women’s Advice | Sister Rockaway |
| 4 | Gal You Need a Whippin’ | Herbert Beard |
| 5 | He’s My Daddy | Wini Brown |
| 6 | Tell me Why Why Why | Bobby Prince with Al Smith’s Orchestra |
| 7 | Lovin’ Man Blues | Lillie Mae and the House Rockers |
| 8 | I’ve Got What it Takes | Margaret Webster |
| 9 | 606 Blues | Slim Tinsley and His Band |
| 10 | Finance Man | George Green |
| 11 | 50 DynaFlow | Jack Cooley |
| 12 | Ain’t Got the Money to Pay for This Drink | George Zimmerman |
| 13 | Big Bug Boogie | Gene Phillips |
| 14 | A Woman Gets Tired of One Man All the Time | George Williams |
| 15 | Wild Side of Life | Hank Thompson |
| 16 | It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels | Kitty Wells |
| 17 | You Ain’t Nothin’ Daddy | Horse Collar Williams and His Orchestra |
| 18 | After Hours Bounce | Morris Lane and His Band |
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]]>| Show 59 | New Life for Old Music | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | You Were Only Fooling While I Was Falling in Love | The Ink Spots | |
| 2 | You Were Only Fooling While I Was Falling in Love | Patsy Cline | |
| 3 | The Nearness of You | GlennMiller Orchestra with Ray Eberle | |
| 4 | The Nearness of You | The Rolling Stones | |
| 5 | Two Sleepy People | Hoagy Carmichael, Ella Logan | |
| 6 | Two Sleepy People | Klea Blackhurst, Billy Stritch | |
| 7 | Sentimental Journey | Doris Day | |
| 8 | Sentimental Journey | Cliff Richard | |
| 9 | Summertime | Loulie Jean Norman | |
| 10 | Summertime | Willie Nelson | |
| 11 | Let’s Face the Music and Dance | Fred Astair | |
| 12 | Let’s Face the Music and Dance | Diana Krall | |
| 13 | This is a Lovely Way to Spend an Evening | The Ink Spots | |
| 14 | This is a Lovely Way to Spend an Evening | Ernestine Anderson | |
| 15 | I’ll See You in my Dreams | Al Jolson | |
| 16 | I’ll See You in my Dreams | Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler | |
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]]>| Show 107 | Johnny Mercer | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Laura | Matt Monro |
| 2 | Jeepers Creepers | Louis Armstrong |
| 3 | Tangerine | Johnny Mercer |
| 4 | Blues in the Night | Rosemary Clooney |
| 5 | In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening | Frank Sinatra |
| 6 | And the Angels Sing | Martha Tilton and Benny Goodman |
| 7 | On the Atcheson, Topeka and the Santa Fe | Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers |
| 9 | Skylark | Linda Ronstadt |
| 10 | Autumn Leaves | Al Martino |
| 11 | Goody Goody | Julie London |
| 12 | Moon River | Andy Williams |
| 13 | Bernadine | Pat Boone |
| 14 | P.S. I Love You | Mel Torme |
| 15 | Friendship | Judy Garland and Johnny Mercer |
| 16 | I Remember You | Tony Bennett |
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]]>| Show 106 | Secrets of 78s | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | The Jitterbug | Judy Garland |
| 2 | Your’e Easy to Dance With | Fred Astaire with the Bob Crosby Orchestra |
| 3 | I Found a Million Dollar Baby | Bing Crosby |
| 4 | In The Mood | Glenn Miller and his Orchestra |
| 5 | Echos of Hawaii | Frances Langford with the Harry Sosnik Orchestra |
| 6 | Down on the Old Plantation | Carson Robinson Trio |
| 7 | Who Wouldn’t Love You | Trudy Erwin, Harry Babbit, Kay Kyser Orchestra |
| 8 | The Three Caballeros | Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Vic Schoen Orchestra |
| 9 | Your Feet’s Too Big | Fats Waller |
| 10 | Go See Seattle | Ted Weems and his Orchestra |
| 11 | Coax Me a Little Bit | Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen Orchestra |
| 12 | Singin’ in the Rain | Dave Brubeck Trio |
| 13 | That’s Amore | Dean Martin |
| 14 | My Old Flame | Spike Jones |
| 15 | Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today. | The Benny Goodman Orchestra with Johnny Mercer |
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]]>| Show 105 | Cliff Richard | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Schoolboy Crush | Cliff Richard and The Drifters |
| 2 | Move It | Cliff Richard and The Drifters |
| 3 | Do You Want to Dance? | Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 4 | A Girl Like You | Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 5 | Gee Whiz It’s You | Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 6 | Please Don’t Tease | Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 7 | When the Girl in Your Arms is the Girl in Your Heart | Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 8 | Mean Streak | Cliff Richard and The Drifters |
| 9 | Theme for a Dream | Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 10 | A Voice in the Wilderness | Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 11 | I Got a Feeling | Cliff Richard and The Drifters |
| 12 | Got a Funny Feeling | Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 13 | Steady With You | Cliff Richard and The Drifters |
| 14 | High Class Baby | Cliff Richard and The Drifters |
| 15 | The Young Ones | Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 16 | I’m Looking Out the Window | Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 17 | Travelling Light | Cliff Richard |
| 18 | Evergreen Tree | Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 19 | It’ll Be Me | Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 20 | A Little in Love | Cliff Richard |
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]]>| Show 104 | Songs with Stories | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Thirteen Women and Only One Man in Town | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 2 | Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 3 | Take Five | Dave Brubeck Quartet | |
| 4 | Give My Regards to Broadway | James Cagney and Chorus | |
| 5 | Back in the Saddle | Gene Autry | |
| 6 | Maybelline | Chuck Berry | |
| 7 | Rhapsody in Blue | George Gershwin, Paul Whiteman | |
| 8 | Rhapsody in Blue | Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops | |
| 9 | Hound Dog | Big Mama Thornton | |
| 10 | Hound Dog | Elvis Presley | |
| 11 | Crazy | Patsy Cline | |
| 12 | Tom Dooley | The Kingston Trio | |
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]]>| Show 103 | “B” Side Singles | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Earth Angel | The Penguins | |
| 2 | We Three | The Ink Spots | |
| 3 | Paper Doll | The Mills Brothers | |
| 4 | Sunrise Serenade | The Glenn Miller Orchestra | |
| 5 | When You Were Sweet 16 | Perry Como | |
| 6 | Who’s Sorry Now | Bing Crosby | |
| 7 | Bernadine | Pat Boone | |
| 8 | Winner Take All | The Platters | |
| 9 | I’m Sorry | Brenda Lee | |
| 10 | Honey Don’t | Carl Perkins | |
| 11 | Don’t Be Cruel | Elvis Presley | |
| 12 | Everyday | Buddy Holly | |
| 13 | My Blue Heaven | Fats Domino | |
| 14 | La Bamba | Richie Valens | |
| 15 | A Church, A Courtroom, Then Goodbye | Patsy Cline | |
| 16 | Save the Last Dance for Me | The Drifters | |
| 17 | Don’t Dilly Dally Sally | Brian Hyland | |
| 18 | Be Bop a Lula | Gene Vincent | |
| 19 | Tequila | The Champs | |
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]]>| Show 102 | 1940s Doo Wop | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Whispering Bells | The Del Vikings | |
| 2 | Golden Teardrops | The Flamingos | |
| 3 | Maybe | The Chantels | |
| 4 | A Teenager in Love | Dion and the Belmonts | |
| 5 | Poison Ivy | The Coasters | |
| 6 | I Only Have Eyes for You | The Flamingos | |
| 7 | Blue Moon | The Marcels | |
| 8 | The Way You Look Tonight | The Jaguars | |
| 9 | When You Dance | The Turbans | |
| 10 | Sixteen Candles | The Crests | |
| 11 | I Promise to Remember | Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers | |
| 12 | Walking Along | The Solitaires | |
| 13 | One Summer Night | The Dan Leers | |
| 14 | Sorry, I Ran All the Way Home | The Impalas | |
| 15 | You Cheated | The Shields | |
| 16 | Foolish Me | The Harptones | |
| 17 | Love Potion # 9 | The Clovers | |
| 18 | Come Go With Me | The Del Vikings | |
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]]>| Show 101 | Chrisrtmas in the 50s | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Santa Claus is coming to town | Patti Page | |
| 2 | Mr. Santa | Dorothy Collins | |
| 3 | My Favorite Things | Tony Bennett | |
| 4 | O Holy Night | Jerry Vale | |
| 5 | Jingle Bell Rock | Bobby Helms | |
| 6 | Blue Christmas | Elvis Presley | |
| 7 | Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree | Brenda Lee | |
| 8 | Ain’t That a Rockin’ | Odetta | |
| 9 | A pocket full of mistletoe | Sonny James | |
| 10 | Misteltoe and Holly | Frank Sinatra | |
| 11 | The Christmas Tree | The Episodes | |
| 12 | Santa Claus You Ought to go on a Diet | Pat Boone | |
| 13 | Jingle Bells | The Singing Dogs | |
| 14 | Sleigh Ride | Mitch Miller | |
| 15 | Have a Holly Jolly Christmas | Johnny Mathis | |
| 16 | An Old Christmas Card | Jim Reeves | |
| 17 | I Want Eddie Fisher for Christmas | Betty Johnson | |
| 18 | You’re All I Want for Christmas | Eddie Fisher | |
| 19 | I’m Your Private Santa Claus | Eddie Arnold | |
| 20 | Rootin’ Tootin’ Santa Claus | Tennessee Ernie Ford | |
| 21 | Christmas Bride | Ray Conniff | |
| 22 | White Christmas | Mantovani | |
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]]>| Show 100 | Helen Forrest | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | I Concentrate on You | Helen Forrest |
| 2 | Comes Love | Helen Forrest |
| 3 | Deep Purple | Helen Forrest |
| 4 | Deep in a Dream | Artie Shaw & His Orchestra with Helen Forrest |
| 5 | All the Things You Are | Artie Shaw & His Orchestra with Helen Forrest |
| 6 | The Man I Love | Helen Forrest & Benny Goodman & His Orchestra |
| 7 | Taking a Chance on Love | Helen Forrest |
| 8 | I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You | Helen Forrest, Lionel Hampton |
| 9 | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Helen Forrest |
| 10 | Speak Low | Helen Forrest |
| 11 | I’ve Heard that Song Before | Harry James & His Orchestra & Helen Forrest |
| 12 | It Had to Be You | Dick Haymes, Helen Forrest |
| 13 | People Will Say We’re in Love | Dick Haymes, Helen Forrest |
| 14 | I Don’t Want to Walk Without You | Harry James & His Orchestra & Helen Forrest |
| 15 | They Say | Helen Forrest & Artie Shaw & His Orchestra |
| 16 | I Had the Craziest Dream | Helen Forrest & The Harry James Orchestra |
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]]>| Show 99 | Big Bands | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Tea for Two | The Columbia Ballroom Orchestra |
| 2 | In the Mood | BBC Big Band |
| 3 | You Do Something to Me/Night and Day | Lester Lanin and his Orchestra |
| 4 | Pennsylvania 6-5000 | Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| 5 | The Easter Parade | Tony Evans and his Orchestra |
| 6 | Tuxedo Junction | BBC Big Band |
| 7 | Poor Butterfly | Benny Goodman Orchestra |
| 8 | Old Devil Moon | Lester Lanin and his Orchestra |
| 9 | The Continental | Lester Lanin and his Orchestra |
| 10 | Elmer’s Tune | Al Hirt |
| 11 | Deep Purple | Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| 12 | Little Brown Jug | Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra |
| 13 | Oh | Billy Vaughn |
| 14 | Song of India | Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra |
| 15 | Sweet Georgia Brown | BBC Big Band |
| 16 | Dance of the Lame Duck | Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra |
| 17 | That Old Black Magic | Lawrence Welk |
| 18 | Green Eyes | Les and Larry Elgart |
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]]>| Show 98 | 1950s Wedding | ||
| 1 | When I Fall in Love | Matt Monro | |
| 2 | Wake the Town and Tell the People | Les Baxter | |
| 3 | Loving You | Elvis Presley | |
| 4 | The Girl That I Marry | Pat Boone | |
| 5 | Every Day’s a Holiday | Mel Torme | |
| 6 | Moon River | Audrey Hepburn | |
| 7 | Weddng Song (There is Love) | Peter Paul and Mary | |
| 8 | The Way You Look Tonight | The Lettermen | |
| 9 | Love is a Many Spendored Thing | The Four Aces | |
| 10 | Dream Along With Me | Perry Como | |
| 11 | You Belong to My Heart | Julie London | |
| 12 | Stranger in Paradise | Johnny Mathis | |
| 13 | Love Me Forever | Eydie Gorme | |
| 14 | Make Love to Me | Jo Stafford | |
| 15 | Only You | The Platters | |
| 16 | Come Softly to Me | The Fleetwoods | |
| 17 | A Rose and a Baby Ruth | George Hamilton IV | |
| 18 | Always | Patsy Cline | |
| 19 | Moon River | Henry Mancini | |
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]]>| Show 97 | Lost Memories | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Blue Monday | Fats Domino |
| 2 | Sunday | Pat Boone |
| 3 | Let the Good Times Roll | Shirley and Lee |
| 4 | Danny Boy | Conway Twitty |
| 5 | In the Cool Cool of the Evening | Jo Stafford and Frankie Laine |
| 6 | Mister and Mississippi | Patti Page |
| 7 | The Happy Wanderer | Frank Weir and his Orchestra |
| 8 | Running Bear | Johnny Preston |
| 9 | Blue Tango | LeRoy Anderson |
| 11 | I Got a Woman | Ray Charles |
| 12 | Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye | Kathy Linden |
| 13 | Shifting Whispering Sands | Rusty Draper |
| 14 | Rip it Up | Little Richard |
| 15 | When | The Kalin Twins |
| 16 | I Tot I Saw a Puddy Tat | Mel Blanc |
| 17 | Problems | The Everly Brothers |
| 18 | Marianne | Terry Gilkyson and the Easy Riders |
| 19 | Quiet Village | Martin Denny |
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]]>| Show 91 | The Moon | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Moonlight Cocktail | Thurston Harris | |
| 2 | The Moon was Yellow | Frank Sinatra | |
| 3 | How High the Moon | Les Paul & Mary Ford | |
| 4 | Moonlight Sonata | Steve Anderson | |
| 5 | Moon Maiden | Duke Ellington | |
| 6 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Elvis Presley | |
| 7 | Blue Moon | The Marcels | |
| 8 | Fly Me to the Moon | Tony Bennett | |
| 9 | Moon River | Louis Armstrong | |
| 10 | Only a Paper Moon | Sammy Kaye | |
| 11 | Go Chase a Moonbeam | Jerry Vale | |
| 12 | Clair de Lune | Leopold Stowkowski | |
| 13 | Full Moon and Empty Arms | Lawrence Welk | |
| 14 | Sugar Moon | Pat Boone | |
| 15 | Shine on Harvest Moon | Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby | |
| 16 | Moonlight Bay | The Drifters | |
| 18 | Moonlight Serenade | The Glenn Miller Orchestra | |
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]]>| Show 95 | The Kingston Trio | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | A Worried Man | The Kingston Trio |
| 2 | Tijuana Jail | The Kingston Trio |
| 3 | Sloop John B | The Kingston Trio |
| 4 | Tom Dooley | The Kingston Trio |
| 5 | Evereglades | The Kingston Trio |
| 6 | Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | The Kingston Trio |
| 7 | Four Strong Winds | The Kingston Trio |
| 8 | Reverend Mister Black | The Kingston Trio |
| 9 | 500 Miles | The Kingston Trio |
| 10 | Bad Man’s Blunder | The Kingston Trio |
| 11 | Merry Little Minuet | The Kingston Trio |
| 12 | Try to Remember | The Kingston Trio |
| 13 | Scotch and Soda | The Kingston Trio |
| 14 | Bonnie Heilan Laddie | The Kingston Trio |
| 15 | M.T.A. | The Kingston Trio |
| 16 | One More Town | The Kingston Trio |
| 17 | Greenback Dollar | The Kingston Trio |
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]]>| Show 94 | Latin music | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | South of the Border | Patsy Cline | |
| 2 | Girl from Ipanema | Joao and Astrud Gilberto | |
| 3 | Guantanamera | Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger | |
| 4 | Perfidia | Glenn Miller | |
| 5 | Adalita | Trini Lopez | |
| 6 | Besame Mucho | The Flamingos | |
| 7 | Jamaica Farewell | Harry Belofante | |
| 8 | Jamaica Farewell | The Ray Conniff Singers | |
| 9 | Manana is Soon Enough For Me | Peggy Lee | |
| 10 | La Bamba | Richie Valens | |
| 11 | Spoken Intro | Stan Getz | |
| 12 | Corcovado | Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto | |
| 13 | Para Machuchar Meu Coracao | Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto | |
| 14 | Rum and Coca Cola | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 15 | Bossa Nova U.S.A. | Dave Brubeck | |
| 16 | Hisgoria de un Amor | Eydie Gorme | |
| 17 | Frenesi | Julie London | |
| 18 | Sensuality | Bossa Nova |
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]]>| Show 93 | It’s Jane! | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ | Gordon MacRae |
| 2 | April Love | Pat Boone |
| 3 | Easter Parade | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians |
| 4 | Hound Dog | Elvis Presley |
| 5 | American Patrol | BBC Big Band |
| 6 | Pomp and Circumstance | Holiday Music Crew |
| 7 | As Long as I Have You | Elvis Presley |
| 8 | Teenage Idol | Rick Nelson |
| 9 | Earth Angel | The Penguins |
| 10 | Do You Want to Dance | Bobby Freeman |
| 11 | Home on the Range | Gene Autry |
| 12 | Norman | Sue Thompson |
| 13 | I Look at You | Johnny Mathis |
| 14 | I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent | Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers |
| 15 | Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini | Brian Hyland |
| 16 | Oh! You Beautiful Doll | Billy Vaughn |
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]]>| Show 92 | Oddball 1940s | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Where Was I? | Charlie Barnett, Mary Ann McCall | |
| 2 | Green Eyes | Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Eberle, Helen O’Connell | |
| 3 | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Horace Heidt | |
| 4 | Moonlight Cocktail | Glenn Miller and his Orchestra | |
| 5 | I’ve Heard That Song Before | Harry James, Helen Forrest | |
| 6 | The Trolly Song | Judy Garland | |
| 7 | Sentimental Journey | Les Brown, Doris Day | |
| 8 | Personality | Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers | |
| 9 | Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette | Tex Williams | |
| 10 | It’s a Good Day | Peggy Lee | |
| 11 | When You Were Sweet Sixteen | Al Jolson | |
| 12 | Slippin’ Around | Jimmy Wakely | |
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]]>| Show 91 | The Moon | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Moonlight Cocktail | Thurston Harris | |
| 2 | The Moon was Yellow | Frank Sinatra | |
| 3 | How High the Moon | Les Paul & Mary Ford | |
| 4 | Moonlight Sonata | Steve Anderson | |
| 5 | Moon Maiden | Duke Ellington | |
| 6 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Elvis Presley | |
| 7 | Blue Moon | The Marcels | |
| 8 | Fly Me to the Moon | Tony Bennett | |
| 9 | Moon River | Louis Armstrong | |
| 10 | Only a Paper Moon | Sammy Kaye | |
| 11 | Go Chase a Moonbeam | Jerry Vale | |
| 12 | Clair de Lune | Leopold Stowkowski | |
| 13 | Full Moon and Empty Arms | Lawrence Welk | |
| 14 | Sugar Moon | Pat Boone | |
| 15 | Shine on Harvest Moon | Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby | |
| 16 | Moonlight Bay | The Drifters | |
| 18 | Moonlight Serenade | The Glenn Miller Orchestra | |
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]]>| Show 90 | Nat King Cole | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Too Young | Nat King Cole |
| 2 | Sweet Lorraine | Nat King Cole |
| 3 | (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 | Nat King Cole |
| 4 | Nature Boy | Nat King Cole |
| 5 | Don’t Blame Me | Nat King Cole |
| 6 | Orange Colored Sky | Nat King Cole |
| 7 | Somewhere Along the Way | Nat King Cole |
| 8 | Sam’s Song with Bing Crosby | Bing Crosby with Nat King Cole |
| 9 | Mona Lisa | Nat King Cole |
| 10 | Stardust | Nat King Cole |
| 11 | Unforgettable with Natalie Cole | Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole |
| 12 | When I Fall in Love | Nat King Cole |
| 13 | Ramblin Rose | Nat King Cole |
| 14 | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole |
| 15 | Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer | Nat King Cole |
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]]>| Show 89 | The Clarinet | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Introduction | David Bowie, Eugene Ormandy |
| 2 | La Mer (beyond the sea) | James Turner |
| 3 | The Shiek of Araby | Kenny Davern, Bob Wilber |
| 4 | Stranger on the Shore | Aker Bilk |
| 5 | Moonglow | Benny Goodman |
| 6 | Mozart Serenade for Three Clarinets | Sabine Meyer |
| 7 | Clarinade | Benny Goodman |
| 8 | Mozart Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra | Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields |
| 9 | Clarinet Concerto Boogie Woogie Tempo | Artie Shaw |
| 10 | Ballade Irlandaise | James Turner |
| 11 | Pizziczato Polka | Budapest Clarinet Quintet |
| 12 | Flight of the Bumblebee | Budapest Clarinet Quintet |
| 13 | You’re Nobody till Somebody Loves You | Pete Fountain |
| 14 | Moon River/Amazing Grace/Greensleeves | Henry Arland |
| 15 | Besame Mucho | Artie Shaw |
| 16 | Girl from Ipanema | Bossa Nova |
| 17 | Girl from Ipanema | Joao Gilberto, Stan Getz |
| 18 | Girl from Ipanema | Budapest Clarinet Quintet |
| 19 | Over the Rainbow | Aker Bilk |
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]]>| Show 88 | Runaway 1950s Jukebox | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | You’re 16, You’re Beautiful and You’re Mine | Johnny Burnette | |
| 2 | Short Fat Fannie | Larry Williams | |
| 3 | It’s Just a Matter of Time | Brooke Benton | |
| 4 | Pink Shoe Laces | Dodie Stevens | |
| 5 | The Writing on the Wall | Adam Wade | |
| 6 | Oh, Donna | Ritchie Valens | |
| 7 | Till Then | The Classics | |
| 8 | His Latest Flame | Elvis Presley | |
| 9 | Real Wild Child | Ivan | |
| 10 | I’ve Told Every Little Star | Linda Scott | |
| 11 | Baby Talk | Jan & Dean | |
| 12 | For Your Love | Ed Townsend | |
| 13 | Primrose Lane | Jerry Wallace | |
| 14 | Cupid | Sam Cooke | |
| 15 | And That Reminds me of You | Della Reese | |
| 16 | Alley Oop | The Hollywood Argyles | |
| 17 | The Auctioneer | LeRoy van Dyke | |
| 18 | Papa Loves Mambo | Perry Como | |
| 19 | Big Man | The Four Preps | |
| 20 | Break it to me Gently | Brenda Lee | |
| 21 | Raunchy | Bill Justice | |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Show 87 | Top Hits of 1948 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Ballerina | Vaughn Monroe | |
| 2 | I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover | Art Mooney and his Orchestra | |
| 3 | Manana is Soon Enough for Me | Peggy Lee | |
| 4 | Nature Boy | Nat King Cole | |
| 5 | Nature Boy | Frank Sinatra | |
| 6 | Woody Woodpecker | Kay Kyser and his Orchestra | |
| 7 | You Call Everybody Darlin’ | Al Trace and his Orchestra | |
| 8 | Twelfth Street Rag | Pee Wee Hunt and his Orchestra | |
| 9 | A Tree in the Meadow | Margaret Whiting | |
| 10 | Buttons and Bows | Dinah Shore | |
| 11 | The William Tell Overature | Bobby Morganstein | |
| 12 | You Were Only Fooling While I was Falling in Love | The Ink Spots | |
| 13 | Teresa | Dick Haymes and The Andrews Sisters | |
| 14 | It’s Too Soon to Know | The Orioles | |
| 15 | I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | Les Brown | |
| 16 | When You Were Sweet 16 | Al Jolson | |
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]]>| Show 85 | The Age of Jazz | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Taint What You Do | Trummy Young |
| 2 | Yes Indeed | Tommy Dorsey, Jo Stafford, Sy Oliver |
| 3 | Body and Soul | Ginnie Powell |
| 4 | I’m Glad There is You | Bob Eberly, Jimmy Dorsey |
| 5 | Girl From Ipanema | Eddie Sicari |
| 6 | At Long Last Love | Bea Wain, Larry Clinton |
| 7 | Fly Me to the Moon | Enoch Light |
| 8 | Cry Me a River | Annie Ross |
| 9 | A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid | Mildred Bailey |
| 10 | The Man I Love | Helen Forrest, Benny Goodman |
| 11 | In a Sentimental Mood | Billy Eckstein |
| 12 | Darn That Dream | Mildred Bailey, Benny Goodman |
| 13 | Manhattan Serenade | Jo Stafford |
| 14 | Every Day | Joe Williams |
| 15 | Stay With Me | The Tango Mafia |
| 16 | Take Five | Dave Brubeck |
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]]>| Show 85 | The Ink Spots | ||
| 1 | If I Didn’t Care | The Ink Spots | |
| 2 | We Three | The Ink Spots | |
| 3 | I’ll Get By | The Ink Spots | |
| 4 | I’m Making Believe | The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 5 | I’m Making Believe | Bing Crosby | |
| 6 | I’m Beginning to See the Light | The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 7 | You Were Only Fooling While I was Falling in Love | The Ink Spots | |
| 8 | You Were Only Fooling While I was Falling in Love | Vic Damone | |
| 9 | Your Feet’s Too Big | The Ink Spots | |
| 10 | Maybe | The Ink Spots | |
| 11 | Changing Partners | The Ink Spots | |
| 12 | The Gypsy | The Ink Spots | |
| 13 | Whispering Grass Don’t Tell the Trees | The Ink Spots | |
| 14 | My Prayer | The Ink Spots | |
| 15 | Every Night About this Time | The Ink Spots | |
| 16 | Java Jive | The Ink Spots | |
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]]>| Show 84 | Train songs | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | The Rock Island Line | Johnny Cash |
| 2 | Chattanooga Choo Choo | The Andrews Sisters |
| 3 | Mama from the Train a Kiss a Kiss | Patti Page |
| 4 | This Train | Peter Paul and Mary |
| 5 | No One Takes the Train Any More | Bonnie Guitar |
| 6 | 900 miles | Bing Crosby |
| 7 | Mystery Train | Elvis Presley |
| 8 | On the Evening Train | Johnny Cash |
| 9 | Waitin’ for a Train | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 10 | Night Train to Memphis | Ricky Nelson |
| 11 | Wabash Cannonball | Roy Acuff |
| 12 | Blues in the Night | Peggy Lee |
| 13 | 500 Miles | Jo Anne Kurman |
| 14 | M.T.A. | Kingston Trio |
| 15 | Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye | Eddy Howard |
| 16 | Down by the Station | The Four Preps |
| 17 | The City of New Orleans | Judy Collins |
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]]>| Show 83 | Margie’s Mom | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | The Twist | Chubby Checker | |
| 2 | Music, Music, Music | Teresa Brewer | |
| 3 | Crying in the Chapel | Elvis Presley | |
| 4 | All Shook Up | Elvis Presley | |
| 5 | Lipstick on Your Collar | Connie Francis | |
| 6 | Love Letters in the Sand | Pat Boone | |
| 7 | Little White Lies | Pat Boone | |
| 8 | The Best of Everything | Johnny Mathis | |
| 9 | Rock and Roll Music | Chuck Berry | |
| 10 | Be Bop Baby | Ricky Nelson | |
| 11 | Splish Splash | Bobby Darin | |
| 12 | I’m Going to Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter | Frank Sinatra | |
| 13 | Allegheny Moon | Patti Page | |
| 14 | Blueberry Hill | Fats Domino | |
| 15 | Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley and the Comets | |
| 16 | I’m Walking the Floor Over You | Georgia Gibbs | |
| 17 | Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 18 | It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie | Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads | |
| 19 | Walk Don’t Run | The Ventures | |
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]]>| Show 82 | Behind the Microphone | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | An Opening Song | Gisele MacKenzie | |
| 2 | Elmer’s Tune | The Modernaires and Tex Beneke | |
| 3 | Old Shep | Elvis Presley | |
| 4 | My Baby Just Cares for Me | Bing Crosby | |
| 5 | I’m Wasting My Tears on You | Tex Ritter | |
| 6 | Skyliner | Les and Larry Elgart | |
| 7 | Rock and Roll Music | Chuck Berry | |
| 8 | Introduction by Frank Sinatra and Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Frank Sinatra and Irving Berlin | |
| 9 | Manhattan | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 11 | Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp | Barry Mann | |
| 12 | The Murder | Movie soundtrack from “Psycho” | |
| 13 | I Fall to Pieces | Patsy Cline | |
| 14 | A Smile will go a long long way | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 15 | My Buick My Love and I | Gisele MacKenzie and Gordon McRae | |
| 16 | Turn Your Radio On | Skeeter Davis | |
| 17 | Sukiyaki | Kyu Sakamoto | |
| 18 | Beep Beep | The Playmates | |
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]]>| Show 81 | Canadian Sweethearts | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Oh What a Night for Love | Dorothy Collins | |
| 2 | Talk Intro | Mario Lanza | |
| 3 | Hello Young Lovers | Gisele MacKenzie | |
| 4 | Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes | Gisele MacKenzie | |
| 5 | What’ll I Do | Gisele MacKenzie | |
| 6 | My Buick My Love and I | Gisele MacKenzie and Gordon MacCrae | |
| 7 | Hard to Get | Gisele MacKenzie | |
| 8 | You’re My Everything | Gisele MacKenzi and Neil Hefti | |
| 9 | Seven Lonely Days | Gisele MacKenzie | |
| 10 | Never Go ‘Way | Gisele MacKenzie | |
| 11 | Cool it Baby | Dorothy Collins | |
| 12 | Swinging on a Star | Dorothy Collins | |
| 13 | It’s a Magnet | Dorothy Collins | |
| 14 | Mr. Santa | Dorothy Collins | |
| 15 | Rocks and Gems and Minerals | Dorothy Collins | |
| 16 | The Earth Goes Around tne Sun | Dorothy Collins | |
| 17 | The Italian Theme | Dorothy Collins | |
| 18 | Treasure of Love | Dorothy Collins | |
| 19 | Who’s Afraid of Thunder | Dorothy Collins | |
| 20 | Where Does the Sun Go at Night | Dorothy Collins | |
| 21 | A Cock Eyed Optimist | Gisele MacKenzie | |
| 22 | Merci Beaucoup | Gisele MacKenzie | |
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]]>| Show 80 | Music of 1956 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Green Door | Jim Lowe | |
| 2 | Memories Are Made of This | Dean Martin | |
| 3 | Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford | |
| 4 | My Prayer | The Platters | |
| 5 | The Wayward Wind | Gogi Grant | |
| 6 | The Poor People of Paris | Les Baxter | |
| 7 | Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins | |
| 8 | Que Sera Sera | Doris Day | |
| 9 | Night Lights | Nat King Cole | |
| 10 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers | |
| 11 | Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley | |
| 12 | Love Me Tender | Elvis Presley | |
| 13 | Rock and Roll Waltz | Kay Starr | |
| 14 | I Almost Lost My Mind | Pat Boone | |
| 15 | Ivory Tower | Cathy Carr | |
| 16 | It Only Hurts for a Little While | The Ames Brothers | |
| 17 | The Flying Saucer | Buchanan and Goodman | |
| 18 | The Fool | Sanford Clark | |
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]]>| Show 79 | Romance! | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | My Romance | Mel Torme | |
| 2 | The Nearness of You | Mel Torme | |
| 3 | The Second Time Around | Mel Torme | |
| 4 | The Folks Who Live on the Hill | Mel Torme | |
| 5 | PS: I Love You | Mel Torme | |
| 6 | Isn’t it a Pity | Mel Torme | |
| 7 | Haven’t we Met | Mel Torme | |
| 8 | I’ve Got You Under My Skin | Mel Torme | |
| 9 | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Mel Torme | |
| 10 | In Love in Vain | Mel Torme | |
| 11 | That’s All | Mel Torme | |
| 12 | What is There to Say | Mel Torme | |
| 13 | The Moon Was Yellow | Mel Torme | |
| 14 | Hang on to Me | Mel Torme | |
| 15 | Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful | Mel Torme | |
| 16 | Every Day’s a Holiday | Mel Torme | |
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]]>| Show 86 | Sounds of the 1940s | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Jingle, Jangle, Jingle | Louis Nunley and The Dreamers | |
| 2 | Cheek to Cheek | Guy Lombardo | |
| 3 | Them There Eyes | Les Brown with Lucy Ann Polk | |
| 4 | Begin the Beguine | Liberace | |
| 5 | Nice Work if You Can Get It | Maxine Sullivan | |
| 6 | Goody Goody | Benny Goodman with Helen Forrest | |
| 7 | What is this Thing Called Love? | Melissa Jones | |
| 8 | Summer Souveniers | Larry Clinton with Bea Wain | |
| 9 | Somebody Else is Taking My Place | Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra | |
| 10 | All of Me | Martha Tilton | |
| 11 | Peg O’ My Heart | Buddy Clark | |
| 12 | I’m in the Mood for Love | Judy Garland | |
| 13 | Sioux City Sue | Gene Autry | |
| 14 | I’ll Walk Alone | Dinah Shore | |
| 15 | Let’s Get Away From it All | Ed Ames | |
| 16 | Green Eyes | Les and Larry Elgart | |
| 17 | You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby | Bing Crosby | |
| 18 | Elmer’s Tune | The Andrews Sisters | |
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]]>| Show 77 | April Babies | ||
| 1 | Debbie Reynolds | Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah | |
| 2 | Eddy Duchin | It’s De-Lovely | |
| 3 | Doris Day | I’ve Never Been in Love Before | |
| 4 | Tony Williams | Only You | |
| 5 | Billie Holliday | Night and Day | |
| 6 | Percy Faith and his Orchestra | The Theme from Moulin Rouge | |
| 7 | Carl Perkins | Matchbox | |
| 8 | Betty Ann Blake | Jersey Boy | |
| 9 | Ann Miller | Too Darn Hot | |
| 10 | Billy Vaughn | Oh! You Beautiful Doll | |
| 11 | Helen Forrest | I’ve Got a Crush on You | |
| 12 | Bobby Vinton | Blue Velvet | |
| 13 | Ella Fitzgerald | It’s Too Soon to Know | |
| 14 | Bea Wain | Our Love is Here to Stay | |
| 15 | Bobby Rydell | The Cha-Cha-Cha | |
| 16 | Bobby Vee | Take Good Care of My Baby | |
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]]>| Show 76 | Top Hits of 1954 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Rags to Riches | Tony Bennett | |
| 2 | O My Papa | Eddie Fisher | |
| 3 | Secret Love | Doris Day | |
| 4 | Make Love to Me | Jo Stafford | |
| 5 | Little Things Mean a Lot | Kitty Kallen | |
| 6 | Wanted | Perry Como | |
| 7 | I Need You Now | Eddie Fisher | |
| 8 | Three Coins in the Fountain | The Four Aces | |
| 9 | Cross Over the Bridge | Patti Page | |
| 10 | Mambo Italiano | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 11 | Sh-Boom | The Crew Cuts | |
| 12 | Mr. Sandman | The Chordettes | |
| 13 | Skokiaan | The Four Lads | |
| 14 | I Get So Lonely | The Four Knights | |
| 15 | Good Rockin’ Tonight | Elvis Presley | |
| 16 | Cindy Oh Cindy | Vince Martin | |
| 17 | Sway | Dean Martin | |
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]]>| Show 75 | Songs about Cars | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | My Buick My Love and I | Giselle MacKenzie and Gordon MacRae | |
| 2 | I Love You Honey | Patsy Cline | |
| 3 | Parking Worries | Ted West | |
| 4 | Six Jerks in a Jeep | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 5 | The Stanley Steamer | Jo Stafford | |
| 6 | No Wheels | The Chordettes | |
| 7 | I Gotta New Car | Big Boy Groves | |
| 8 | No Money Down | Chuck Berry | |
| 9 | Car Trouble (on a lonely road) | The Eligibles | |
| 10 | Detour | Patti Page | |
| 11 | Lost Highway | Hank Williams | |
| 12 | Transfusion | Nervous Norvus | |
| 13 | Wreck on the Highway | George Jones | |
| 14 | Won’t You Ride in My Little Red Wagon | Hank Penny | |
| 15 | Somethin’ Else | Eddie Cochran | |
| 16 | Oh Oh Get Out of the Car | Richard Berry | |
| 17 | Seven Little Girls in the Back Seat | Paul Evans | |
| 18 | There’s no Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car | Elvis Presley | |
| 19 | Forty Miles of Bad Road | Duane Eddy | |
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]]>| Show 74 | Bonnie Guitar Carol Channing | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Mister Fire Eyes | Bonnie Guitar | |
| 2 | Still the Same | Bonnie Guitar | |
| 3 | The Show Must Go On | Carol Channing | |
| 4 | Doin’ the Old Yahoo Step | Carol Channing | |
| 5 | Dark Moon | Bonnie Guitar | |
| 6 | Don’t be Cruel | Bonnie Guitar | |
| 7 | Baby Won’t You Please Come Home | Carol Channing | |
| 8 | Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend | Carol Channing | |
| 10 | Shine on Harvest Moon | Bonnie Guitar | |
| 11 | It’s Only a Paper Moon | Bonnie Guitar | |
| 12 | Old Time Religion | Carol Channing | |
| 13 | Ma He’s Making Eyes at Me | Carol Channing | |
| 14 | Wine From My Table | Bonnie Guitar | |
| 15 | A Woman in Love | Bonnie Guitar | |
| 16 | Hello Dolly | Carol Channing | |
| 17 | If You’ll Be the Teacher | Bonnie Guitar | |
| 18 | I Get So Lonely | Bonnie Guitar | |
| 19 | Modesto You’re My Home Town | Carol Channing | |
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]]>| Show 73 | Saddest songs | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | I Fall to Pieces | Patsy Cline | |
| 2 | Soldier’s Last Letter | George Hamilton IV | |
| 3 | Blue Side of Lonesome | Jim Reeves | |
| 4 | Seven Lonely Days | Giselle McKenzie | |
| 5 | Since I Don’t Have You | The Skyliners | |
| 6 | Old Shep | Elvis | |
| 7 | The Blizzard | Jim Reeves | |
| 8 | Begin the Beguine | Pat Boone | |
| 9 | Learning the Blues | Frank Sinatra | |
| 10 | All By Myself | Nancy Sinatra | |
| 11 | Somewhere Along the Way | Tommy Sands | |
| 12 | Åre You Lonesome Tonight | Al Jolson | |
| 13 | All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee | |
| 14 | End of the World | Skeeter Davis | |
| 15 | Unbreak My Heart | Toni Braxton | |
| 16 | Thank God and Greyhound | Roy Clark | |
| 17 | I’m Always Chasing Rainbows | Liberace | |
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]]>| Show 68 | Top Hits of 1958 | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Turn Your Radio On | Skeeter Davis |
| 2 | Peace in the Valley | Anne Murray |
| 3 | This Train | Sister Rosetta Tharp |
| 4 | I Know the Lord | The Davis Sisters |
| 5 | Precious Lord Take My Hand | Oslo Gospel Choir |
| 6 | Oh Happy Day | Etta James |
| 7 | I Saw the Light | Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash |
| 8 | Just a Closer Walk with Thee | The Pilgrim Travelers |
| 9 | His Eye is on the Sparrow | Mahalia Jackson |
| 10 | Move On Up a Little Higher | Mahalia Jackson |
| 11 | How I Got Over | The Clara Ward Singers |
| 12 | Crying in the Chapel | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 13 | What a Friend We Have in Jesus | Roberta Martin |
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]]>| Show 70 | Sam Waldron Rock and Roll | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | We Three | The Ink Spots | |
| 2 | Lady of Spain | Eddie Fisher | |
| 3 | Heart of My Heart | The Four Aces | |
| 4 | Doggie in the Window | Patti Page | |
| 5 | Istanbul | The Four Lads | |
| 6 | Sh-Boom | The Crew Cuts | |
| 7 | Mr. Sandman | The Chordettes | |
| 8 | Earth Angel | The Penguins | |
| 9 | Shake Rattle and Roll | Bill Haley and his Comets | |
| 10 | Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley and his Comets | |
| 11 | Tutti Fruiti | Little Richard | |
| 12 | Tutti Fruiti | Pat Boone | |
| 13 | Ain’t That a Shame | Fats Domino | |
| 14 | Don’t Be Cruel | Elvis Presley | |
| 15 | Be Bop a Lula | Gene Vincent | |
| 16 | Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins | |
| 17 | Maybe Baby | Buddy Holly | |
| 18 | Little Darlin’ | The Diamonds | |
| 19 | Jingle Bell Rock | Bobby Helms | |
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]]>| Show 69 | Connie Francis Bobby Darin | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Stupid Cupid | Connie Francis | |
| 2 | My Happiness | Connie Francis | |
| 3 | Rock Island Line | Bobby Darin | |
| 4 | Judy, Don’t Be Moody | Bobby Darin | |
| 5 | Lipstick on your Collar | Connie Francis | |
| 6 | Freddy | Connie Francis | |
| 7 | Who’s Sorry Now | Connie Francis | |
| 8 | Queen of the Hop | Bobby Darin | |
| 9 | Splish Splash | Bobby Darin | |
| 10 | My Heart Has a Mind of its Own | Connie Francis | |
| 11 | Dream Lover | Bobby Darin | |
| 12 | Dream Lover | Kevin Spacey | |
| 13 | Oh Look at Me Now | Bobby Darin | |
| 14 | Where the Boys Are | Connie Francis | |
| 15 | Beyond the Sea | Bobby Darin | |
| 16 | Lazy River | Bobby Darin | |
| 17 | Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool | Connie Francis | |
| 18 | Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel | Connie Francis | |
| 19 | Mack the Knife | Bobby Darin | |
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]]>| Show 68 | Top Hits of 1958 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | At the Hop | Danny and the Juniors | |
| 2 | Sugartime | TheMcGuire Sisters | |
| 3 | Get a Job | The Silhouettes | |
| 4 | Tequilla | The Champs | |
| 5 | Don’t | Elvis Presley | |
| 6 | Hard Headed Woman | Elvis Presley | |
| 7 | Twilight Time | The Platters | |
| 8 | To Know Him is to Love Him | The Teddy Bears | |
| 9 | Little Star | The Elegants | |
| 10 | “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)” | Domenico Modugno | |
| 11 | All I Have to Do is Dream | The Everly Brothers | |
| 12 | Bird Dog | The Everly Brothers | |
| 13 | The Purple People Eater | Sheb Wooley | |
| 14 | Tom Dooley | The Kingston Trio | |
| 15 | Poor Little Fool | Ricky Nelson | |
| 16 | It’s All in the Game | Tommy Edwards | |
| 17 | It’s Only Make Believe | Conway Twitty | |
| 18 | Witchcraft | Frank Sinatra | |
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]]>| Show 67 | Songs about Food | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Sukiyaki | Kyu Sakamoto | |
| 2 | Shrimp Boats | Jo Stafford | |
| 3 | Jambalaya (On the Bayou) | Hank Williams | |
| 4 | Tangerine | Dean Martin | |
| 5 | The Watermelon Song | Tennessee Ernie Ford | |
| 6 | Blueberry Hill | Elvis Presley | |
| 7 | Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries | The Platters | |
| 8 | The Coffee Song | Frank Sinatra | |
| 9 | A Cup of Coffee a Sandwich and You | The Buffalo Bills | |
| 10 | Forty Cups of Coffee | Ella Mae Morse | |
| 11 | Please Leave My Butter Alone | Elsie Carlisle | |
| 12 | Boiled Beef and Carrots | Harry Champion | |
| 13 | Kidney Stew Blues | Eddie Cleanhead Vinson | |
| 14 | Gingerbread | Frankie Avalon | |
| 15 | I’d Have Baked a Cake | Eve Young | |
| 16 | Ma I Miss Your Apple Pie | The Jesters | |
| 17 | The Popcorn Song | The Fontane Sisters and Howdy Doody | |
| 18 | A Marshmallow World | Brenda Lee | |
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]]>| Show 66 | 1940s blues music | ||
| 1 | Mister Five by Five | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 2 | That Ain’t Right | King Cole Trio | |
| 3 | I Can’t Stand Losing You | The Ink Spots | |
| 4 | The Honeydripper | Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers | |
| 5 | Stone Cold Dead in the Market | Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan | |
| 6 | Bewildered | Red Miller Trio | |
| 7 | Old Maid Boogie | Eddie Cleanhead Vinson and his orchestra | |
| 8 | Trouble Blues | Charles Brown | |
| 9 | King Size Papa | Julia Lee and her Boy Friends | |
| 10 | Stormy Monday Blues | Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine | |
| 11 | Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me | Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong | |
| 12 | See See Rider by Wee Bea Booze | Wee Bea Booze | |
| 13 | Blue and Disgusted | Memphis Slim | |
| 14 | All She wants to do is Rock | Wynonie Harris | |
| 15 | Am I Asking Too Much | Dinah Washington | |
| 16 | Chicken Shack Boogie | Amos Milburn | |
| 17 | Okie Dokie Stomp | Clarence Gatemouth Brown | |
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]]>| Show 65 | 1950s Heart Throbs Part 1 | ||
| 1 | I’m Going to Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter | Frank Sinatra | |
| 2 | Learnin’ the Blues | Frank Sinatra | |
| 3 | Turn Me Loose | Fabian Forte | |
| 4 | Tiger | Fabian Forte | |
| 5 | Four Walls | Jim Reeves | |
| 6 | I Love You Because | Jim Reeves | |
| 7 | Teenager in Love | Dion and the Belmonts | |
| 8 | Where or When | Dion and the Belmonts | |
| 9 | Pretend | Nat King Cole | |
| 10 | When I Fall in Love | Nat King Cole | |
| 11 | Dede Dinah | Frankie Avalon | |
| 12 | Bobby Sox to Stockings | Frankie Avalon | |
| 13 | A Rose and a Baby Ruth | George Hamilton IV | |
| 14 | Before this Day Ends | George Hamilton IV | |
| 15 | Why Baby Why | Pat Boone | |
| 16 | I Almost Lost My Mind | Pat Boone | |
| 17 | Diana | Paul Anka | |
| 18 | You Are My Destiny | Paul Anka | |
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]]>| Show 64 | Top Hits of 1942 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Chattanooga Choo Choo | Glenn Miller and his Orchestra | |
| 2 | A String of Pearls | Glenn Miller and his Orchestra | |
| 3 | Blues in the Night | Woody Herman and his Orchestra | |
| 4 | Moonlight Cocktail | Glenn Miller and his Orchestra | |
| 5 | Tangerine | Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Eberle, Helen O’Connell | |
| 6 | Jingle Jangle Jingle | Kay Kyser, Harry Babbit, Julie Conway | |
| 7 | Sleepy Lagoon | Harry James and his Orchestra | |
| 8 | I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo | The Glenn Miller Orchestra with Tex Beneke | |
| 9 | White Christmas | Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers, John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra | |
| 10 | One Dozen Roses | Dinah Shore | |
| 11 | She Gave Her Heart to a Soldier Boy | Roy Rogers | |
| 12 | Strip Polka | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 13 | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Gene Autry | |
| 14 | Every Night About This Time | The Ink Spots | |
| 15 | Lover Man Oh Where Can You Be | Billie Holliday | |
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]]>| Show 63 | On the road with Sam | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | A Smile Will Go a Long Long Way | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 2 | Keep Your Skirts Down Mary Ann | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 3 | Mexican Joe | Jim Reeves | |
| 4 | Teenage Crush | Tommy Sands | |
| 5 | Seven Lonely Days | Georga Gibbs | |
| 6 | Where Have All the Flowers Gone | The Kingston Trio | |
| 7 | There’s a Tear in my Beer | Hank Williams Jr. and Hank Williams | |
| 8 | They All Laughed | Tony Bennett | |
| 9 | Manhattan | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 10 | I Want the Waiter with the Water | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 11 | All I Have to Do is Dream | The Everly Brothers | |
| 12 | The Twelfth of Never | Johnny Mathis | |
| 13 | Short Mort | Carole King | |
| 14 | Old Cape Cod | Patti Page | |
| 15 | Swanee | Al Jolson | |
| 16 | Dem Dry Bones | The Delta Rhythm Boys | |
| 17 | You Belong to My Heart | Julie London | |
| 18 | Mandy | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 19 | Please Leave My Butter Alone | Elsie Carlisle | |
| 20 | Bobby Sox to Stockings | ||
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]]>| Show 62 | Bing Crosby | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | My Baby Just Cares for Me | Bing Crosby | |
| 2 | Old Man River | Bing Crosby | |
| 3 | Stardust | Bing Crosby | |
| 4 | The Moon was Yellow | Bing Crosby | |
| 5 | The Moon was Yellow | Frank Sinatra | |
| 6 | Buffalo Gals | Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney | |
| 7 | Blue Hawaii | Bing Crosby | |
| 8 | Blue Hawaii | Elvis Presley | |
| 9 | Sam’s Song | Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole | |
| 10 | It’s Been a Long, Long Time | Bing Crosby | |
| 11 | Play a Simple Melody | Bing Crosby, Gary Crosby | |
| 12 | Lady of Spain | Bing Crosby | |
| 13 | Lazy River | Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong | |
| 14 | Don’t Fence Me In | Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters | |
| 15 | Get Your Kicks on Route 66 | Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters | |
| 16 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Bing Crosby, Al Jolson | |
| 17 | Swinging on a Star | Bing Crosby | |
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]]>| Show 61 | Songs with Stories | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | The Murder | Thriller Movies | |
| 2 | Peggy Sue | Buddy Holly | |
| 3 | Blue Moon of Kentucky | Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys | |
| 4 | Blowin’ in the Wind | Peter, Paul and Mary | |
| 5 | St. Louis Blues | Pearl Bailey | |
| 6 | (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 | Nat King Cole | |
| 7 | I Walk the Line | Johnny Cash | |
| 8 | All or Nothing at All | Frank Sinatra | |
| 9 | Over the Rainbow | Judy Garland | |
| 10 | My Funny Valentine | Rod Stewart | |
| 11 | Take My Hand, Precious Lord | Elvis Presley | |
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]]>| Top Hits 1952 | ||
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Cry | Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads |
| 2 | Wheel of Fortune | Kay Starr |
| 3 | Blue Tango | Leroy Anderson |
| 4 | Here in My Heart | Al Martino |
| 5 | It’s In the Book Parts 1 and 2 | Johnny Standley |
| 6 | Delicado | Percy Faith and his Orchestra |
| 7 | Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart | Vera Lynn |
| 8 | You Belong to Me | Jo Stafford |
| 9 | I Went to Your Wedding | Patti Page |
| 10 | Why Don’t You Believe Me | Joni James |
| 12 | A Guy is a Guy | Doris Day |
| 14 | Half as Much | Rosemary Clooney |
| 15 | Blues in the Night | Rosemary Clooney |
| 16 | Lady of Spain | Eddie Fisher |
| 17 | Lawdy Miss Clawdy | Lloyd Price |
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| Show 59 | Songs about body parts | ||
| 1 | Footsteps | Steve Lawrence | |
| 2 | Knee Deep in the Blues | Guy Mitchell | |
| 3 | You Belong to My Heart | Julie London | |
| 4 | Hard Headed Woman | Elvis Presley | |
| 5 | You Nearly Lose Your Mind | George Hamilton IV | |
| 6 | Powder Your Face With Sunshine | Evelyn Knight | |
| 7 | Put Your Head on my Shoulder | Paul Anka | |
| 8 | Finger of Suspicion | Bonnie Lou | |
| 9 | I’m Bitin’ My Fingernails and Thinking of You | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 10 | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | The Platters | |
| 11 | Tennessee Wig Walk | Russ Morgan and His Orchestra | |
| 12 | Wear My Ring Around Your Neck | Elvis Presley | |
| 13 | My Lips Are Sealed | Jim Reeves | |
| 14 | Lipstick on Your Collar | Connie Francis | |
| 15 | With These Hands | Matt Monro | |
| 16 | Take Me in your Arms and Hold Me | Eddy Arnold | |
| 17 | I’ve Got You Under My Skin | Stan Freburg | |
| 18 | Dem Dry Bones | The Delta Rhythm Boys | |
| 19 | I Feel Better All Over | Ferlin Husky | |
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]]>| Show 58 | Irving Berlin at the Movies | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Mandy | Eddie Cantor | |
| 2 | Shaking the Blues Away | Ann Miller | |
| 3 | I Love a Piano Medley | Judy Garland and Fred Astaire | |
| 4 | You’re Just in Love | Donald O’Conner and Ethel Merman | |
| 5 | Count Your Blessings Bing Crosby | Bing Crosby | |
| 6 | You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun | Betty Hutton | |
| 7 | I’ve Got the Sun in the morning | Betty Hutton | |
| 8 | They Say It’s Wonderful | Betty Hutton and Howard Keel | |
| 9 | This is the Army Mr. Jones | Irving Berlin | |
| 10 | What Can You Do with a General | Bing Crosby | |
| 11 | Gee I Wish I Was Back in the Army | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 12 | Happy Holidays | Bing Crosby | |
| 13 | Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better | Betty Hutton and Howard Keel | |
| 14 | There’s No Business Like Show Business | Ethel Merman | |
| 15 | Easter Parade | Judy Garland and Fred Astaire | |
| 16 | Mandy | Rosemary Clooney | |
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]]>| Show 57 | Georgia Gibbs Tommy Sands | |
| Playlist | ||
| 1 | Red Hot Mama | |
| 2 | Ring My Phone | |
| 3 | Teenage Crush | |
| 4 | I Don’t Know Why | |
| 5 | Sing Boy Sing | |
| 6 | I’m Gonna Walk and Talk with my Lord | |
| 7 | Going Steady | |
| 8 | Blue Ribbon Baby | |
| 9 | I’ll Be Seeing You | |
| 10 | I’ll Be Seeing You | |
| 11 | Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet | |
| 12 | Autumn Leaves | |
| 13 | Kiss of Fire | |
| 14 | Tweedle Dee | |
| 15 | Dance With Me Henry | |
| 16 | Silent Lips | |
| 17 | Seven Lonely Days | |
| 18 | Soda Pop Pop | |
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]]>| Show 56 | Top Hits 1946 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | I Can’t Begin to Tell You | Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro | |
| 2 | Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow | Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra | |
| 3 | Oh! What it Seemed to Be | Frankie Carle and his Orchestra | |
| 4 | I’m a Big Girl Now | Sammy Kaye and his Orchestra | |
| 5 | Five Minutes More | Frank Sinatra | |
| 6 | To Each His Own | Eddie Howard and his Orchestra | |
| 7 | The Gypsy | The Ink Spots | |
| 8 | Rumors are Flying | Frankie Carle and his Orchestra | |
| 9 | Personality | Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers | |
| 10 | Prisoner of Love | Perry Como | |
| 11 | Doctor Lawyer Indian Chief | Betty Hutton | |
| 12 | Symphony | Freddy Martin and his Orchestra | |
| 13 | Surrender | Perry Como | |
| 14 | Ole Buttermilk Sky | Kay Kyser and his Orchestra | |
| 15 | The Old Lamp Lighter | Kay Kyser and his Orchestra | |
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]]>| Show 55 | Songs About Beer | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Beer Barrel Polka | Bobby Vinton | |
| 2 | There’s a Tear in my Beer | Hank Williams Jr. and Hank Williams | |
| 3 | I Like Beer | Tom T. Hall | |
| 4 | Lily the Pink | The Irish Rovers | |
| 5 | Der Schonste Platz Ist Immer an Der Theke | Munich Beerfest Band | |
| 6 | Schnapps, das war Sein Letztes Wort | Munich Beerfest Band | |
| 7 | Beer Bottle Boogie | Marilyn Scott | |
| 8 | A Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer | Hank Thompson | |
| 9 | La Bamba | Richie Valens | |
| 10 | A Six Pack to Go | Hank Thompson | |
| 11 | De Hande zum Himmel | Kolibris | |
| 12 | Sierre Madre | Zillertaller Schurzenjager | |
| 13 | Bubbles in My Beer | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | |
| 14 | Seven Drunken Nights | The Dubliners | |
| 15 | What’s Made Milwaukee Famous Has Made a Loser out of Me | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 16 | Beer Barrel Polka | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | |
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]]>| Show 54 | George and Ira Gershwin | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Swannee | Al Jolson | |
| 2 | Shall We Dance | Fred Astaire | |
| 3 | But Not for Me | Doris Day | |
| 4 | I Got Plenty of Nuttin’ | Frank Sinatra | |
| 5 | Somene to Watch Over Me | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 6 | Strike Up the Band | Walt Disney World Band | |
| 7 | Summertime | Loulie Jean Norman | |
| 8 | Isn’t it a Pity | Mel Torme | |
| 9 | It Ain’t Necessarily So | Lena Horne | |
| 10 | I Got Rhythm | Gene Kelly and the MGM Children’s Chorus | |
| 11 | I’ve Got A Crush on You | Helen Forrest | |
| 12 | Nice Work if You Can Get It | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 13 | S Wonderful | Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark | |
| 14 | Rhapsody in Blue | Ray Conniff Orchestra and Chorus | |
| 15 | The Man That Got Away | Judy Garland | |
| 16 | I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover | Art Mooney | |
| 17 | They All Laughed | Tony Bennett | |
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]]>| Show 53 | The Jazz Age | |||
| Playlist | ||||
| 1 | I’ve Got the World on a String | Louis Armstrong | ||
| 2 | You’re My Thrill | Lena Horne and Charlie Barnet | ||
| 3 | In the Mood | The BBC Big Band Orchestra | ||
| 4 | Smoke Dreams | Mildred Bailey and Red Norvo and his Orchestra | ||
| 5 | Serenade in Blue | Ray Eberle | ||
| 6 | Jersey Boy | Betty Ann Blake | ||
| 7 | Roller Coaster Blues | Diana Dors | ||
| 8 | Shortnin’ Bread | The Andrews Sisters | ||
| 9 | Everywhere | Woody Herman | ||
| 10 | Struttin With Some BBQ | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | ||
| 11 | Kitty on Toast | Ray Nance and Horace Henderson | ||
| 12 | That’s What You Think | Anita O’Day with Gene Krupa | ||
| 13 | I’ll Get By | Dick Haymes and Harry James | ||
| 14 | Chattanooga Choo-Choo | Tex Beneke | ||
| 15 | Clarinade | Benny Goodman | ||
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]]>| Show 52 | 1950s Easy Listening | ||
| 1 | True Love | Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly | |
| 2 | Just Walking in the Rain | Johnnie Ray | |
| 3 | It Only Hurts for a Little While | The Ames Brothers | |
| 4 | Hard to Get | Gisele MacKenzie | |
| 5 | Band of Gold | Don Cherry | |
| 6 | Loving You | Elvis | |
| 7 | All I Have to Do is Dream | The Everly Brothers | |
| 8 | Standing on the Corner | The Four Lads | |
| 9 | Heaven on Earth | The Platters | |
| 10 | Allegheny Moon | Patti Page | |
| 11 | So Rare | Jimmy Dorsey | |
| 12 | Round and Round | Perry Como | |
| 13 | When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano | Pat Boone | |
| 14 | Send for Me | Nat King Cole | |
| 15 | Fascination | Jane Morgan | |
| 16 | Volare | Al Martino | |
| 17 | The Twelfth of Never | Johnny Mathis | |
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]]>| Show 51 | Ella Fitzgerald | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Manhattan | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 2 | You Do Something to Me | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 3 | A Tisket a Tasket | Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb | |
| 4 | I Want the Waiter with the Water | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 5 | Lullabye of Birdland | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 6 | Hernando’s Hideaway | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 7 | Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall | Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots | |
| 8 | Cow Cow Boogie | Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots | |
| 9 | Baby It’s Cold Outside | Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan | |
| 10 | With a Song in my Heart | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 12 | Flying Home | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 11 | You Won’t Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart | Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong | |
| 13 | I Wish I Were in Love Again | Ella Fitzgerald and Pat Boone | |
| 14 | Just One of Those Things | Ella Fitzgerald and Buddy Bregman and his Orchestra | |
| 15 | Fly Me to the Moon | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 16 | Mack the Knife | Ella Fitzgerald | |
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| Show 49 | 1940s Christmas | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | He’ll Be Coming Down The Chimney | Guy Lombardo and His Roal Canadians | |
| 2 | Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer | Gene Autry | |
| 3 | Do You Hear What I Hear | Perry Como | |
| 4 | Don’t Wait till the Night Before Christmas | Sammy Kaye | |
| 5 | White Christmas | Bing Crosby | |
| 6 | I’ll Be Home for Christmas | Doris Day | |
| 7 | Ave Maria | Jo Stafford | |
| 8 | You Don’t Have to be a Santa Claus | The Mills Brothers | |
| 9 | O Holy Night | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 10 | Silent Night | The Ames Brothers | |
| 11 | Let it Snow | Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra | |
| 12 | There’s Frost on the Moon | Artie Shaw and his orchestra and Peg LaCentra | |
| 13 | Christmas Island | The Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | |
| 14 | Christmas in Killarney | Bing Crosby | |
| 15 | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Judy Garland | |
| 16 | Nat’s Christmas Wishes | Nat King Cole | |
| 17 | The Christmas Song | Nat King Cole | |
| 18 | Sleigh Ride | Arthur Fieldler and The Boston Pops Orchestra | |
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| Show 48 | Epilogue to the 1950s | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | The Big Hurt | Toni Fisher | |
| 2 | Where the Boys Are | Connie Francis | |
| 3 | Handyman | Jimmy Jones | |
| 4 | Only the Lonely | Roy Orbison | |
| 5 | I’m Sorry | Brenda Lee | |
| 6 | Ramblin Rose | Nat King Cole | |
| 7 | Footsteps | Steve Lawrence | |
| 8 | Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow | The Shirelles | |
| 9 | Shop Around | The Miracles | |
| 10 | Take Five | Dave Brubeck | |
| 11 | Norman | Sue Thompson | |
| 12 | I Fall to Pieces | Patsy Cline | |
| 13 | Runaway | Del Shannon | |
| 14 | Dream Baby | Roy Orbison | |
| 15 | Sherry | The Four Seasons and Franki Valli | |
| 16 | Venus in Blue Jeans | Jimmy Clanton | |
| 17 | Where Have All the Flowers Gone | The Kingston Trio | |
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]]>| Show 47 | Top Hits of 1940 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | I’ll Never Smile Again | Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey | |
| 2 | Only Forever | Bing Crosby | |
| 3 | We Three | The Ink Spots | |
| 4 | Five O’Clock Whistle | Mavis Rivers | |
| 5 | Frenesi | Artie Shaw | |
| 6 | The Breeze and I | Jimmy Dorsey | |
| 7 | When You Wish Upon a Star | Glenn Miller | |
| 8 | I’m Nobody’s Baby | Judy Garland | |
| 9 | Where Was I? | Charlie Barnett and Mary Ann McCall | |
| 10 | Nutcracker Suite | The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra | |
| 11 | Make Believe Island | Mitchell Ayres and his Fashions in Music | |
| 12 | Dream Valley | Sammy Kaye | |
| 13 | Playmates | Kay Kyser | |
| 14 | Down Argentina Way | Dinah Shore | |
| 15 | Maybe | The Ink Spots | |
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| Show 46 | 1950s Slow Dancing | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Put Your Head on My Shoulder | Paul Anka | |
| 2 | Twilight Time | The Platters | |
| 3 | Old Cape Cod | Patti Page | |
| 4 | It’s Just a Matter of Time | Brook Benton | |
| 5 | Stranger in Paradise | Tony Bennett | |
| 6 | The Three Bells | The Browns | |
| 7 | Sincerely | The McGuire Sisters | |
| 8 | Too Young | Nat King Cole | |
| 9 | Don’t You Know | Della Reese | |
| 10 | Love Me Tender | Elvis Presley | |
| 11 | 16 Candles | The Crests | |
| 12 | Lonesome Town | Ricky Nelson | |
| 13 | My Special Angel | Bobby Helms | |
| 14 | To Know Him is to Love Him | The Teddy Bears | |
| 15 | Teenage Crush | Tommy Sands | |
| 16 | It’s Not For Me to Say | Johnny Mathis | |
| 17 | Half as Much | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 18 | Always | Pat Boone | |
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| Show 45 | Answer songs | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Tall Paul | Annette Funicello | |
| 2 | Short Mort | Carole King | |
| 3 | O Carole | Neil Sedaka | |
| 4 | Oh Neil | Carole King | |
| 5 | Chantilly Lace | The Big Bopper | |
| 6 | That Makes It | Jayne Mansfield | |
| 7 | Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes | Perry Como | |
| 8 | I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes | Goldie Hill | |
| 9 | God Bless America | Kate Smith | |
| 10 | This Land is Your Land | Woody Guthrie | |
| 11 | Mr. Lee | The Bobbettes | |
| 12 | I Shot Mr. Lee | The Bobbettes | |
| 13 | Get a Job | The Silhouettes | |
| 14 | I Got Fired | The Mistakes | |
| 15 | Shop Around | The Miracles | |
| 16 | Don’t Let Him Shop Around | Debbie Dean | |
| 17 | The Wild Side of Life | Hank Thompson | |
| 18 | It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels | Kitty Wells | |
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]]>Show 44, “Top Hits of 1959,” tracks the most popular recordings of the final year of the 1950s, presenting 17 songs in a variety of styles. Performers include Guy Mitchell, Frankie Avalon, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, The Platters, Johnny Horton, and Paul Anka.
| Show 44 | Top Hits of 1959 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | The Chipmunk Song | David Seville | |
| 2 | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | The Platters | |
| 3 | Stagger Lee | Lloyd Price | |
| 4 | Venus | Frankie Avalon | |
| 5 | Come Softly to Me | The Fleetwoods | |
| 6 | The Happy Organ | Dave Baby Cortez | |
| 7 | Kansas City | Wilbert Harrison | |
| 8 | The Battle of New Orleans | Johnny Horton | |
| 9 | Lonely Boy | Paul Anka | |
| 10 | A Big Hunk ‘o Love | Elvis Presley | |
| 11 | The Three Bells | The Browns | |
| 12 | Sleep Walk | Santo and Johnny | |
| 13 | Mack the Knife | Bobby Darin | |
| 14 | Mr. Blue | The Fleetwoods | |
| 15 | Heartaches by the Number | Guy Mitchell | |
| 16 | Why | Frankie Avalon | |
| 17 | Tears on My Pillow | Little Anthony and the Imperials | |
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]]>Show 42, “The Best of 45RPM” presents 16 of Sam Waldron’s personal favorite recordings from Episodes 21 through 40, plus two recordings from upcoming shows in the works. Performers include Julie Andrews, Ricky Nelson, The Fleetwoods, The Andrews Sisters, Hank Snow, Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians, Georgia Gibbs – and more!
| Show 42 | The Best of 45 RPM | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Ma He’s Making Eyes at Me | Kay Kyser | |
| 2 | Skyliner | Les and Larry Elgart | |
| 3 | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Alice Faye | |
| 4 | How Deep is the Ocean | Julie Andrews | |
| 5 | When You Leave Don’t Slam the Door | Tex Ritter | |
| 6 | Jingle Jangle Jingle | Louis Nunley and The Dreamers | |
| 7 | Beale Street Blues | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | |
| 8 | It’s Late | Ricky Nelson | |
| 9 | In the Still of the Night | The Five Satins | |
| 10 | Somebody Loves Me | Ruthie Henshall | |
| 11 | The Great Imposter | The Fleetwoods | |
| 12 | Theme from Swan Lake | Ray Conniff and his Orchestra | |
| 13 | Donna the Prima Donna | Dion | |
| 14 | I’m Walking the Floor Over You | Georgia Gibbs | |
| 15 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Slim Whitman | |
| 16 | Jamaica Farewell | Hank Snow | |
| 17 | The Big Hurt | Toni Fisher | |
| 18 | Christmas Island | The Andrews Sisters | |
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]]>Show 43, “Country Music circa 1950,” presents 17 popular country-western recordings from 1948 through 1953. Host Sam Waldron includes some thoughts on how regional hillbilly music evolved into a huge commercial enterprise by the 1960s. Performers include Peggy Lee, Eddie Arnold, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jim Reeves, Red Foley, The Davis Sisters, and Hank Snow.
| Show 43 | Country music circa 1950 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Anytime | Eddie Arnold | |
| 2 | Just a Little Lovin’ Will Go A Long, Long Way | Eddie Arnold | |
| 3 | Buttons and Bows | Gene Autry | |
| 4 | One Has My Name the Other Has My Heart | Jimmy Wakely | |
| 5 | Slipping Around | Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely | |
| 6 | Lovesick Blues | Hank Williams | |
| 7 | Riders in the Sky | Peggy Lee | |
| 8 | Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy | Red Foley | |
| 9 | Goodnight Irene | Red Foley and Ernest Tubb | |
| 10 | I’m Movin On | Hank Snow | |
| 11 | Bouquet of Roses | Eddie Arnold | |
| 12 | Ain’t Nobody’s Business But My Own | Kay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford | |
| 13 | I Want to Play House With You | Eddie Arnold | |
| 14 | Mockin’ Bird Hill | Les Paul and Mary Ford | |
| 15 | I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know | The Davis Sisters | |
| 16 | Mexican Joe | Jim Reeves | |
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]]>Show 41, “The Andrews Sisters,” presents 16 recordings by the most popular female singing group of the mid-20th century. Included are “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “I’ll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time,” “Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann,” and “Tuxedo Junction.” The show includes recordings of The Andrews Sisters performing with Danny Kaye, The McGuire Sisters, and Bing Crosby.
| Show 41 | The Andrews Sisters | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Bei Mir Bist du Schon | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 2 | The Woody Woodpecker Song | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 3 | Well All Right | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 4 | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 5 | Three Little Sisters | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 6 | The Shrine of St. Cecilia | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 7 | Hot Time in the Town of Berlin | The Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby | |
| 8 | Along the Navaho Trail | The Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby | |
| 9 | Money is the Root of All Evil | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 10 | Near You | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 11 | Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 12 | A Smile Will Go a Long Long Way | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 13 | Toolie Oolie Doolie | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 14 | I’ll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time | The Andrews Sisters and the McGuire Sisters | |
| 15 | The Ferryboat Serenade | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 16 | Tuxedo Junction | The Andrews Sisters | |
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]]>Show 40, “Top Hits of 1955,” tracks all the No. 1 Billboard hits plus a few other interesting songs from this year when rock-and-roll was just peeking over the horizon. Performers include Pat Boone, The Chordettes, Nat King Cole, Bill Haley and His Comets, Frank Sinatra, The Fontaine Sisters, and a German musician who called himself “Crazy Otto.”
| Show 40 | Top Hits of 1955 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Mr. Sandman | The Chordettes | |
| 2 | Let Me Go Lover | Joan Weber | |
| 3 | Heart of Stone | The Fontane Sisters | |
| 4 | Sincerely | The McGuire Sisters | |
| 5 | Ballad of Davy Crocket | Fess Parker | |
| 6 | Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White | Perez Prado and his Orchestra | |
| 7 | Rock Around The Clock | Bill Haley and His Comets | |
| 8 | The Yellow Rose of Texas | Mitch Miller | |
| 9 | Love is a Many Splendored Thing | The Four Aces | |
| 10 | Autumn Leaves | Roger Williams | |
| 11 | Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford | |
| 12 | Ain’t That a Shame | Pat Boone | |
| 13 | A Blossom Fell | Nat King Cole | |
| 14 | Unchained Melody | Al Hibbler | |
| 15 | Crazy Otto Medley | Crazy Otto | |
| 16 | Learning the Blues | Frank Sinatra | |
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]]>Show 39, “Prologue to the 1940s,” presents 16 popular songs from 1937, 1938, and 1939 that reveal musical threads and performers that paved the way for the 1940s. Performers include Frank Sinatra, Guy Lombardo, Judy Garland, The Ink Spots, Gene Autry, Ella Fitzgerald, and Bing Crosby.
| Show 39 | Prologue to the 1940s | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Sweet Leilani | Bing Crosby | |
| 2 | It’s DeLovely | Eddy Duchin | |
| 3 | Indian Love Call | Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy | |
| 4 | Boo Hoo | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians | |
| 5 | Wabash Cannonball | Roy Acuff | |
| 6 | A Tisket A Tasket | Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 7 | Change Partners | Fred Astaire | |
| 8 | The Umbrella Man | Kay Kyser | |
| 9 | If I Didn’t Care | The Ink Spots | |
| 10 | Heaven Can Wait | Glen Gray | |
| 11 | Cherokee | BBC Big Band Orchestra | |
| 12 | South of the Border | Gene Autry | |
| 13 | Deep Purple | Larry Clinton and Bea Wain | |
| 14 | Little Brown Jug | Genn Miller and his Orchestra | |
| 15 | It’s Funny to Everyone But Me | Harry James and Frank Sinatra | |
| 16 | Over the Rainbow | Judy Garland | |
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]]>Show 38, “Top Hits of 1944,” tracks every #1 Billboard Magazine best-selling popular record of 1944 – plus four big hits from that year. Performers include Bing Crosby, Helen Forrest, The Andrews Sisters, Judy Garland, Guy Lombardo, The Mills Brothers, and the Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald.
| Show 38 | Top Hits of 1944 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Paper Doll | The Mills Brothers | |
| 2 | My Heart Tells Me | Glen Gray, The Casa Loma Orchestra, Eugenie Baird | |
| 3 | Besame Mucho | Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra,Bob Eberle, Kitty Kallen | |
| 4 | It’s Love-Love-Love | Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians, Skip Nelson | |
| 5 | I Love You | Bing Crosby with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra | |
| 6 | I’ll Get By | Harry James and his Orchestra, Dick Haymes | |
| 7 | I’ll Be Seeing You | Bing Crosby with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra | |
| 8 | Swinging on a Star | Bing Crosby with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet | |
| 9 | You Always Hurt the One You Love | The Mills Brothers | |
| 10 | I’ll Walk Alone | Dinah Shore | |
| 11 | I’m Making Believe | The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 12 | Don’t Fence Me In | Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters, and Vic Schoen and his Orchestra | |
| 13 | Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night of the Week | Frank Sinatra | |
| 14 | Shoo-Shoo Baby | The Andrews Sisters | |
| 15 | Speak Low | Guy Lombardo, Billy Leach | |
| 16 | The Trolly Song | Judy Garland | |
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]]>Show 37, “Platters Fleetwoods,” focuses on recordings by The Platters and The Fleetwoods, two influential vocal groups in the 1950s. Songs by The Fleetwoods include “I’m Mr. Blue,” “Come Softly to Me,” “The Great Imposter,” and “Tragedy.” Songs by The Platters include “Only You,” “My Prayer,” “You’ll Never Know,” and “The Magic Touch.”
| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Show 37 | The Platters and The Fleetwoods | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Only You | The Platters | |
| 2 | The Great Pretender | The Platters | |
| 3 | Come Softly to Me | The Fleetwoods | |
| 4 | I’m Mr. Blue | The Fleetwoods | |
| 5 | The Magic Touch | The Platters | |
| 6 | My Prayer | The Platters | |
| 7 | Skylark | The Fleetwoods | |
| 8 | Twilight Time | The Platters | |
| 9 | Tragedy | The Fleetwoods | |
| 10 | Little Miss Sad One | The Fleetwoods | |
| 11 | You’ll Never Know | The Platters | |
| 12 | Lovers by Night Strangers by Day | The Fleetwoods | |
| 13 | One Little Star | The Fleetwoods | |
| 14 | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | The Platters | |
| 15 | Remember When | The Platters | |
| 16 | The Great Imposter | The Fleetwoods | |
| 17 | It Isn’t Right | The Platters | |
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]]>| 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s | |||
| Show 36 | Top Hits of 1951 | ||
| Playlist | |||
| 1 | Tennessee Waltz | Patti Page | |
| 2 | Be My Love | Mario Lanza | |
| 3 | If | Perry Como | |
| 4 | How High the Moon | Les Paul and Mary Ford | |
| 5 | Too Young | Nat King Cole | |
| 6 | Come on-a My House | Rosemary Clooney | |
| 7 | Because of You | Tonny Bennett | |
| 8 | Cold Cold Heart | Tonny Bennett | |
| 9 | It’s No Sin | Eddy Howard and his Orchestra | |
| 10 | Cry | Johnny Ray and the Four Lads | |
| 11 | Tell Me Why | The Four Aces | |
| 112 | It’s All in the Game | Tommy Edwards | |
| 13 | The Glory of Love | The Five Keys | |
| 14 | Moonlight Bay | Bing and Gary Crosby | |
| 15 | Undecided | The Ames Brothers and Les Brown | |
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