Episode 183, “Nice & Bad 1940s Music,”

Episode 183, “Nice & Bad 1940s Music,” contrasts mainstream pop music by performers like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Dinah Shore with startlingly different blues recordings by Scatman Crothers,  Wynonie Harris, John Taylor, and George Williams.

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