Episode 245, Rock & Roll ALC Vol. 2, presents 22 1950s rock hits, including a huge international recording from Australia. Performers include Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bonnie Guitar, Bill Haley and His Comets, Elvis…
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Episode 242, Rare Mid-50s Records
Episode 242, Rare Mid-50s Records, presents 19 recordings that even Sam Waldron had never heard until recently. Performers include Nat King Cole, Marilyn Monroe, Alma Cogan, Al Martino, Bill Haley and His Comets, Les Paul…
Show 73, “Saddest Songs,”
Show 73, “Saddest Songs,” uses music to explore variations of grief, loss, heartbreak, and loneliness, and ends with a song suggesting that breaking up isn’t always what it seems. Performers include George Hamilton IV, Elvis…
Show 72, “Top Hits of 1950,”
Show 72, “Top Hits of 1950,” presents 10 Billboard best-selling songs and a half-dozen other notable recordings from 1950. Performers include Guy Lombardo, Nat King Cole, The Andrews Sisters, The Ames Brothers, Doris Day, Frank…
Show 71, “Gospel Music,”
Show 71, “Gospel Music,” explores mid-20th-century gospel music with 13 inspirational recordings by renowned performers including Mahalia Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Skeeter Davis, Johnny Cash, Roberta Martin, and The Clara Ward Singers. Show…
Show 70, “The birth of Rock and Roll,”
Show 70, “The birth of Rock and Roll,” takes listeners on a 15-year musical journey through the eyes (and ears) of a boy who became a teenager when rock and roll was new. Performers include…
