Music From 100 Years Ago

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

Pop Instrumentals 1950s 03/31/2025

Pop Instrumentals 1950s Songs include: The Third man Theme by Anton Karas, Ruby by Richard Hayman, The Syncopated Clock by Leroy Anderson, Swedish Rhaposdy by Percy Faith, Dragnet by Ray Anthony and Melancholy Serenade by Jackie Gleeson. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/35935760

Gone 03/25/2025

Gone Songs include: After You've Gone by Django Rheinhardt, When Your Lover Has Gone by Billie Holiday, He's a Real Gone Guy by Nellie Lutcher, Long Gone Lonesome Blues by Hank Williams and Gone With the Wind by Julie London. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/35854895

Kentucky and Tennessee 03/17/2025

Kentucky and Tennessee Songs include: Chatanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller, Beale Street Blues by Jelly Roll Morton, In the Pines by Leadbelly, Louisville Lady by Sophie Tucker and Tenessee Waltz by Patti Page. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/35722195

The 19th Anniversary Show 03/10/2025

The 19th Anniversary Show Celebrating 19 years of this podcast with some of the host's favorite records, along with some memories of the show's origin. Songs include: Right Or Wrong by Bob Wills, Cherokee by Sarah Vaughn, Devil Got My Woman by Skip James, In a Mist by Frankie Traumbaur, The Half Of It Dearie Blues by Fred Astaire and Once In a While by Louis Armstrong. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/35608520

Novelty Songs 1950s 03/03/2025

Novelty Songs 1950s Songs include: Be Kind To Your Web Footed Friends by Peter and Mary, Doggie In the Window by Patti Page, The Flying Saucer by Buchannan and Goodman, I Ain't Got Nobody by Louis Prima and Little Blue Riding Hood by Stan Freberg. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/35515860

Jazz 1947 02/24/2025

Jazz 1947 Music includes: Scrapple From the Apple by Charlie Parker, Lover by Stan Kenton, Easy Living by Billie Holiday, Shake That Thing by Turk Murphy, I Want To Be Loved by Benny Goodman and Boogie Woogie Stomp by Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/35408350

African American Band Singers 02/17/2025

African American Band Singers Songs include; It Don't Mean a Thing by Ivie Anderson, Do Nothing Till You Hear From me by Al Hibbler, Blue Skies by Jimmy Rushing, Blues In the Night by Cab Calloway, It Ain't Necessarily So by Maxine Sullivan and Night In Tunisia by Sarah Vaughn. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/35312990

Songs For Valentine's Day 02/10/2025

Songs For Valentine's Day Songs include: When I Fall In Love by Jeri Southern, My Foolish heart by Billy Ecksteine, Moon and Sand by Xavier Cugat, Some Enchanted Evening by Jo Stafford and Goodbye Sue by Perry Como. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/35219170

Know Part 2 02/03/2025

Know Part 2 Songs include: You Don't Know What Love Is by Dinah Washington, You Don't Have To Know the Language by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, It's Too Soon To Know by the Orioles, Ask Anyone Who Knows by the Ink Spots and I'll Know by Georgia Gibbs. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/35134245

Mozart's Birthday 2025 01/27/2025

Mozart's Birthday 2025 Celebrating Mozart's 269th birthday with historical recordings including: Rondo In D Major by Walter Gieseking, Sring Quartet 21 by the Budapest String Quartet, Der Schauspieldirektor Overture by Eric Leinsdorf and Piano Concerto 19 by Clara Haskil. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/35030580

Centennials 2025 Part 1 01/20/2025

Centennials 2025 Part 1 A salute to musicians born in 1925, including: Sammy Davis Jr, Art Pepper, Marty Robbins, Celia Cruz, Oscar Peterson, Johnny Horton, Bill Haley and Charlie Byrd. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/34927525

Know Part 1 01/14/2025

Know Part 1 Songs include: Don't You Know I Love you by The Clovers, You'll Never Know by Frank Sinatra, Now I Know by Dinah Shore, You Know I Love You by BB King, I Don't Know Enough by The Mills Brothers and I Really Don't Want To Know by Less Paul and Mary Ford. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/34851510

1925 01/06/2025

1925 Some of the most popular records of 1925, including: The Charleston by Paul Whiteman, St. Louis Blues by Bessie Smith, Gut Bucket Blues by Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives, Tea For Two by Marian Harris, Sweet Georgia Brown by Isham Jones and All Alone by Al Jolson. The host also describes some of the major events of 1925. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/34739965

Leftovers #35 12/23/2024

Leftovers #35 Records left off of earlier episodes and a tribute to musicians who passed away in 2024. Performers include: Kate Smith, the Andrews Sisters, Jo Stafford, Bert Convey, Ezio Pinza, the Eastman Wind Ensemble and Hazel Scott. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/34584400

Beethoven's Birthday 2025 12/15/2024

Beethoven's Birthday 2025 Celebrating Beethoven's 254th birthday with historic recordings of three, lesser-known works: Symphony #8, Piano Sonata #25 and The Creatures of Prometheus overture. Performers include Bruno Walter and Fredrich Gulda. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/34456340

Dream 12/10/2024

Dream Songs about dreams and dreaming by Frank Sinatra, Patti Page, Woody Herman, Glenn Miller, Perry Como and Harry James. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/34367585

Christmas 2024 12/02/2024

Christmas 2024 Songs include: Here Comes Santa Claus by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, Jingle Bells by Les Paul, Oh Come All Ye Faithful by Kate Smith, Boogie Woogie Santa Claus by Patti Smith, the Russian Dance from the Nutcracker by Herbert von Karajan and the 12 Days of Christmas by Fred Waring. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/34241475

More Windy Music 11/26/2024

More Windy Music Songs include: They Call The Wind Maria by Vaughn Monroe, Trade Winds by Bing Crosby, With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair by Bob Crosby, Whispering winds by Patti Page, Night Wind by Thomas "Fats" Waller and The Wind by June Christy. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/34164075

Sunrise To Sunset 11/18/2024

Sunrise To Sunset Songs include: Sunrise Serenade by Glenn Miller, Twilight Time by Less Brown, The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise by Les Paul and Mary Ford, Dusk by Duke Ellington and Morning Mood by the Bamberg Symphony. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/33975607

How Suite It Is 11/11/2024

How Suite It Is Music from suites, including Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, Vaughan Williams' English Folk Song Suite, Grieg's Peer Gynt, Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances and Prokofiev's Love For Three Oranges. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/33879942

Female Singers of 1940 10/29/2024

Female Singers of 1940 Songs include: Tuxedo Junction by the Andrews Sisters, Our Love Affair by Judy Garland, Looking At You by Lee Wiley, I'll Get By by the King Sisters, Starlit Hour by Ella Fitzgerald and Body and Soul by Billie Holiday. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/33668577

Worried 10/22/2024

Worried Songs include : Worried Man Blues by the Carter Family. Don't Worry Bout That Mule by Louis Jordan, Worried Blues by Gladys Bentley, Worried Over You by Red Norvo and Do I Worry by the Ink Spots. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/33566942

Halloween 2024 10/14/2024

Halloween 2024 Songs include: Dead by the Poets, The Little Man Who Wasn't There by Glenn Miller, The Monster Hop by Bert Convey, The Ghost Song by Salty Holmes and Yodeling Ghost by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/33458172

Moon 10/07/2024

Moon Songs include: By the Light of the Silvery Moon by Billy Murray, Blue Moon by Mel Torme, How High the Moon by Helen Forest, No Moon at All by the Ames Brothers and Moonlight Sonata by Solomon. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/33366462

Country Music 1945 10/01/2024

Country Music 1945 Songs include: Shame On You by Spade Cooley, At the Mail Call Today by Gene Autry, Stay a Little Longer by Bob Wills, It Don't Matter To Me Now by Ernest Tubb and Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain by Roy Acuff. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/33279502

Time of the Month 09/24/2024

Time of the Month Songs include: June In January by Bing Crosby, April In Paris by Charlie Parker, June Is Bustin Out All Over by Hildegarde, Sleigh Ride In July by Dinah Shore and Roses In December by Ozzie Nelson. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/33187302

Musicians With Something In Common part 2 09/16/2024

Musicians With Something In Common part 2 Musicians include: Perry Como, Lightnin Hopkins, Lydia Mendoza, Peggy Lee, Bo Diddley, Slim Whitman, Charley Parker, Dinah Washington and Horace Silver. Music includes: Mal Hombre, Solo Flight, Bandera Waltz, Hank's Tune, Bloomdido, Riders In the Sky and You don't Know What Love Is. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/33074972

National Piano Month 2024 09/09/2024

National Piano Month 2024 Music includes: Death Ray Boogie by Pete Johnson, When You're Smiling by Errol Garner, Drag Em by Mary Lou Williams, Taboo by Art Tatum, Bach's WTC Book I, No. 19 in A Major by Edwin Fischer and Almost Paradise by Roger Williams. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/32976042

Cigarettes and Smoke 09/02/2024

Cigarettes and Smoke Songs include: Smoke, Smoke, Smoke by Tex Williams, Smoke Dreams by Jo Stafford, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Artie Shaw and While a Cigarette Was Burning by Paul Whiteman. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/32866692

Island Songs 08/26/2024

Island Songs Songs include: South Sea Island Magic by Bing Crosby, Christmas Island by the Andrews Sisters, Island In the Sun by Harry Belafonte, Rock Island Line by the Weavers, Poor Little Rhode Island by Guy Lombardo and Isle of Capri by the Gaylords. /episode/index/show/bfuqua/id/32740522

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