Music From 100 Years Ago

Music from the early days of the 20th Century with comments.

Songs of Mexico 11/17/2025

Songs of Mexico Songs include: Marimba by Lydia Mendoza, Granada by Frankie Laine, Arentia De Oro by Cuarto Coculense, Mexican Joe by Jim Reeves, Perfidia by Lupita Palomera and Tampica by Stan Kenton. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/39061835

Bells 11/10/2025

Bells Songs include: Wedding Bells by the Four Aces, The Bells of Saint Mary by Bing Crosby, The Blue Bells of Scotland by Ella Logan, Serenade of the Bells by Jo Stafford and The Liberty Bell by The Band of the Grenadier Gaurds. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/38984310

Rivers 11/03/2025

Rivers Songs include: Lazy River by Hoagy Carmichael, River Stay Away From My Door by kate Smith, Ol Man River by The Ravens, Cry Me a River by Julie London, Down By the Riverside by Louis Armstrong and Walkin By the River by Una Mae Carlise. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/38899305

The Fours 10/27/2025

The Fours Songs include: It's a Blue World by The Four Freshmen, Three Coins In the Fountain by The Four Aces, It's Love, Love, Love by The Four King Sisters, I Get So Lonely by The Four Knights and Soldier Boy by The Four Fellows. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/38793995

Halloween 2025 10/21/2025

Halloween 2025 Songs include: Dinner With Drac by John Zacherly, Ding Dong the witch Is Dead by Glenn Miller, Undertaker Blues by Buddy Moss, Danse Macrabe by the Royal Philharmonic and and Halloween poem by Louise Gluck. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/38728035

1940s Jazz Saxophonists 10/13/2025

1940s Jazz Saxophonists Music includes: Now's The Time by Charlie Parker, Body and Soul by Coleman Hawkins, East of the Sun by Lester Young, My Old Flame by Stan Getz, Cotton Tail by Ben Webster and Warm Valley by Johnny Hodges. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/38569425

Mountains and Hills 10/06/2025

Mountains and Hills Songs include: Faith Can Move Mountains by Nat King Cole, When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain by Kate Smith, Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Flatt and Scruggs, Blueberry Hill by Louis Armstrong, I'd Climb the Highest Mountain by the Ink Spots and The Old Man of the Mountain by Cab Calloway. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/38483550

Jerome Kern Part One 09/29/2025

Jerome Kern Part One Songs include: All the Things You Are by Artie Shaw, The Last Time I Saw Paris by Kate Smith, Pick Yourself Up by Fred Astaire, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Jo Staffored and Look For the Silver Lining by Chet Baker. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/38396725

National Piano Month 2025 09/16/2025

National Piano Month 2025 Music includes: Let Em Jump by Pete Johnson, I'll See You In My Dreams by Teddy Wilson, Hungarian Rhapsody #10 by Arthur Rubinstein, Caravan by Ferante & Teicher and Night Wind by Roger Williams. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/38242965

Charlie Byrd and B B King 09/16/2025

Charlie Byrd and B B King A special, short podcast honoring guitarists, Charlie Byrd and B B King on the 100th anniversary of their births. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/38237980

Symphonic Marches 09/08/2025

Symphonic Marches Music includes: Pomp and Circumstance March #4 by Edward Elgar, Ruins of Athens march by Beethoven, March from the English Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughn Williams, the Nutcracker March by Tchaikovsky and the Guadalcanal March by Richard Rodgers and Richard Russel Bennett. Conducors include: Arturo Toscanini, Arthur Fiedler, Thomas Beecham and Henry Wood. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/38134425

Lone Star Musicians Part Two 09/01/2025

Lone Star Musicians Part Two Musicians include: Ester Phillips, Hank Thompson, Jack Teagarden. Arizonia Dranes, Lefty Frizzel, Consuelo Silva and Henry Thomas. Songs include: I Love You a Thousand Ways, He Is My Story, Whoa Sailor, Cuando Tu Te Alejes and Double Crossing Blues. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/38050635

Lone Star Musicians Part One 08/25/2025

Lone Star Musicians Part One Musicians include: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mary Martin, Lydia Mendoza, Bob Wills Ernest Tubb, Teddy Wilson, Charlie Christian and Hoyle Nix. Songs include: Easy Rider Blues, Spanish Two Step, My Heart Belongs to Daddy, Let Your Light Shine On me and Lamento Borincano. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/37952070

Pop Goes the Organ 08/18/2025

Pop Goes the Organ Songs include: Tico Tico by Ethel Smith, Jitterbug Waltz by Fats Waller, St Louis Blues by Bessie Smith, Twilight Time by The Three Suns, TV Is the Thing by Dinah Washington and Fuzzy Wuzzy by the Milt Hearth Trio. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/37862350

Born In New Orleans 08/11/2025

Born In New Orleans Musicians include: Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Mahalia Jackson, Lonnie Johnson, Louis Prima, Sidney Bechet and Blanche Thomas. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/37763445

Sky Songs 08/04/2025

Sky Songs Songs include: Ole Buttermilk Sky by Kay kyser, Cabin In the Sky by Ella Fitzgerald, Blue Skies by Count Basie, Riders In the Sky by Bing Crosby and Orange Colored Sky by Nat King Cole. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/37668745

Comedy Records 1940s 07/28/2025

Comedy Records 1940s Records include: Who's On First by Abbott & Costello, The Man On The Flying Trapeze by Spike Jones, Guarding the Gasworks by Stanley Holloway, Casey At The Bat by Jerry Colona and Bugs Bunny Meets Elmer Fudd by Mel Blanc. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/37577445

Summer Love Songs 2025 07/21/2025

Summer Love Songs 2025 Songs include: So In Love by Patti Page, Taking a Chance On Love by Benny Goodman, Dream by the Pied Pipers, For Sentimental Reasons by Nat King Cole and I Wish That I Were Twins by Fats Waller. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/37480530

Think 07/15/2025

Think Songs include: That's What You Think by Pinky Tomlin, Thinking of You by Eddie Fischer, I Think I'll Wed In the Summer by Harry Lauder, What Do You Think by Nancy Walker and The Very Thought of you by Art Tatum. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/37414485

The Hits of 1941 07/07/2025

The Hits of 1941 Songs include: Songs include: Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by the Andrews Sisters, God Bless The Child by Billie Holiday, Take the A Train by Duke Ellington and Stardust by Artie Shaw. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/37305310

Independence Day 2025 07/01/2025

Independence Day 2025 Songs include: Stars and Stripes Forever by John Phillip Sousa, Tail End Charlie by Glenn Miller, Take Me Out To the Ball Game by Frankie Masters, America by the Boston Pops Orchestra, Bugler's Holiday by Leroy Anderson and Mr. Touchdown USA by Hugo Winterhalter. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/37239830

Fruit and Veggies Month 06/23/2025

Fruit and Veggies Month Songs include: Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree by Glenn Miller, Chiquita Banana by Xavier Cugat, Blueberry Hill by Louis Armstrong, Beans and Cornbread by Louis Jordan and Huckleberry Duck by Raymond Scott. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/37114595

Leftovers #36 06/16/2025

Leftovers #36 Records include: Riverboat Shuffle by Isham Jones, A Trumpeter's Lullaby by Leroy Anderson, 3 O' Clock Blues by B.B. King, Tennessee Waltz by Jo Stafford, Mozart's Piano Sonata #12 by Aldo Ciccolini and Our Delight by Tadd Dameron. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/37024110

June Wedding 06/09/2025

June Wedding Songs include: Wedding Bells by the Four Aces, I Went to Your Wedding by Patti Page, An Apple Blossom Wedding by Sammy kaye and The Wedding of Mr. Mickey Mouse by Jack Jackson. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/36922975

Number One Songs of 1939 05/26/2025

Number One Songs of 1939 Songs include: Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller, My Heart Belongs to Daddy by Mary Martin, Body and Soul by Coleman Hawkins, Deep Purple by Larry Clinton and God Bless America by Kate Smith. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/36720640

Classical Dances 05/19/2025

Classical Dances Historic recordings of classical music dances. Music by Johannes Brahams, William Gluck, Manuel De Fall, George Bizet, Frederic Chopin and Pytor Tchaikovsky. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/36623015

National Recording Registry 2025 05/12/2025

National Recording Registry 2025 Records selected for the National Recording Registry in 2024 and 25. Including: Aloha Oe by the Hawaiian Quintette, Clarinet Marmelade by Jim Europe, Rose Room By the Benny Goodman Sextette, Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer by Gene Autry and Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/36537980

Hands and Feet 05/05/2025

Hands and Feet Songs include: Second Hand Rose by Fannie Brice, Your Feets Too Big by Thomas "Fats" Waller, The Hand of Fate by Eddie Fischer, Sugar Foot Stomp by Benny Goodman, Careless Hands by Mel Torme and Pig Foot Pete by Dolly Dawn. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/36438460

National Guitar Month 2025 04/29/2025

National Guitar Month 2025 Songs include: I'll See You In My Dreams by Django Rheinhardt, Farruca by Ramon Montoya, Strollin With Bone by T-Bone Walker, Step it Up And Go by Blind Boy Fuller and You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To by Billy Baur. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/36358830

Boy and Girl 04/21/2025

Boy and Girl Songs include: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by the Andrews Sisters, The Girl I left Behind Me by Fats Waller, Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend by Jo Stafford, Nature Boy by Nat King Cole and Beautiful Girl by Bing Crosby. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/36252615

Music From 100 Years Ago

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