Episode 270, Back to Rock & Roll, plays 22 famous 1950s rock-and-roll recordings by Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, The Coasters, Brenda Lee, LaVerne Baker, Danny & The Juniors, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and more than…
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Episode 261, Technicolors
Episode 261, Technicolors, features 20 recordings with colors in the song titles. Performers include Wanda Jackson, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Fats Domino, Winifred Atwell, The Delicates and 14 more. 45 RPM, Music of the…
Episode 253, Rolling Stone (1)
Episode 253, Rolling Stone (1) presents 19 recordings ranked by Rolling Stone Magazine as among the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Performers include Elvis Presley, The Platters, LaVerne Baker, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Fats…
Episode 178, “Rain Wind Summer,”
Episode 178, “Rain Wind Summer,” features 18 weather-related songs from the 1950s. Performers include Jim Reeves, Jane Morgan, Pat Boone, The Kingston Trio, Perry Como, Patsy Cline, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, The Everly Brothers and…
Episode 126, “Black Entertainers,”
Episode 126, “Black Entertainers,” features 16 recordings by black artists including Louis Armstrong, Ray Brown, Sam Cooke, The Platters, Fats Domino, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Ruth Brown, Lena Horne, Muddy Waters and six more…
Show 85, “The Ink Spots,”
Show 85, “The Ink Spots,” traces the story and music of one of the most influential singing groups of the 1940s. Songs include “We Three,” “I’m Beginning to See the Light,” “The Gypsy,” “Java Jive,”…
Show 83, “Margie’s Mom,”
Show 83, “Margie’s Mom,” traces the wide-ranging musical tastes of a woman who grew up in Panama in the 1940s and 50s. Performers include Chubby Checker, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Georgia Gibbs, Elvis Presley, The…
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…
