Show 122, “1940s Concert,” features diverse performers from Great Britain re-creating 33 million-selling songs from the 1940s. Performances include “Toot Toot Tootsie,” “Paper Doll,” “I Can Dream, Can’t I,” “I Had the Craziest Dream,” “Baby…
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Show 121, “Songs of Strength,”
Show 121, “Songs of Strength,” presents 19 songs with lyrics that describe strength, whether it’s muscle power, character, or unshakable belief. Performers include Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Gene Autry, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Georgia…
Show 120, “The Singer’s Singer,”
Show 120, “The Singer’s Singer,” features the life and music of Great Britain’s Matt Monro. Performances include “Walk Away,” “Real Live Girl,” “How Little We Know,” “I Have Dreamed,” “Born Free,” “Laura,” “Jeannie,” and “Softly…
Show 119, “July Babies,”
Show 119, “July Babies,” features 19 diverse performers who were born in July. These include Jerry Vale, Cindy Walker, Dion DiMucci, Louis Armstrong, Tab Hunter, Louis Jordan, Margaret Whiting, Buddy Knox, Pete Fountain, The Andrews…
Show 118, “1950s Comfort Music,”
Show 118, “1950s Comfort Music,” presents 19 recordings to show how people escaped the worries of that decade through love songs, escape songs, rock-and-roll, hopeful songs, and more. Performers include Kay Starr, Elvis Presley, Perry…
Show 117, “Comfort Music for Troubling Times,”
Show 117, “Comfort Music for Troubling Times,” revisits music that helped people get through the dark days of World War Two. Performers include Rosemary Clooney, Vaughn Monroe, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Anne Shelton, Johnny Mercer,…
Show 116, “Thanks for the Music,”
Show 116, “Thanks for the Music,” presents 20 recordings that host Sam Waldron had never heard before starting 45RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s. Performers include The Andrews Sisters, Slim Whitman, Cole Porter, Jim…
Show 115, “Sister Rosetta Tharpe,”
Show 115, “Sister Rosetta Tharpe,” explores the flamboyant life and the influential music of the first national gospel music star in the United States. Recordings include “This Train,” “White Christmas,” “Have a Little Talk with…
Show 114, “Boogie-Woogie,”
Show 114, “Boogie-Woogie,” follows the “invasion” of this musical genre into Carnegie Hall, gospel music, popular music, Christmas music, and even classical music. Performers include Frankie Carle, Nadia Weintraub, Will Bradley, Pat Boone, Lionel Hampton,…
Show 113, “Songs Named For Ladies,”
Show 113, “Songs Named For Ladies,” presents 20 recordings with women’s names in their titles. Included are two songs featuring the most popular girl’s name of the 20th century plus performances by Pat Boone, Dion,…
