Music

Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street

Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street presents jazz and popular music in the guise of a mock-serious classical concert. The program’s …

Light Crust Doughboys

The Light Crust Doughboys were a Western swing band whose radio performances brought lively country music to listeners. Their sound blends f…

Beat the Band

Beat the Band is a musical quiz show built around popular songs and lively competition. Contestants try to identify tunes from musical clues…

The Story Behind the Song

The Story Behind the Song explores the stories and background associated with familiar songs. This recording is identified with “Annie Lauri…

Your Hit Parade

Your Hit Parade brings the popular songs of the day to radio, presenting a weekly selection of the nation’s best-known tunes. The program is…

One Night Stand

One Night Stand presents a remote broadcast featuring Gene Krupa and His Orchestra. The program offers a chance to hear the band in a live r…

The Lucky Strike Hour

The Lucky Strike Hour is a radio variety program built around music and comic entertainment. Its title evokes the lively, polished style of …

Kraft Music Hall

Kraft Music Hall is a variety program built around music and comedy, with each broadcast offering a mix of performances and entertainment. T…

Woody Herman Show

Hear Woody Herman and his orchestra in a live radio performance from the Famous Door, the New York nightclub associated with the swing era. …

Great Moments in Music

Great Moments in Music presents selections from the world of classical music in a radio program built around listening to notable works and …

The Danny Kaye Show

The Danny Kaye Show brings Danny Kaye’s comic performance to radio, drawing on the quick wit, character voices, and musical versatility that…

The Standard Hour

The Standard Hour was a classical music radio program sponsored by Standard Oil of California. Its broadcasts featured performances by the S…

The Enchantment of Music

The Enchantment of Music presents a program centered on music, with this installment featuring an overture to Jacques Offenbach’s operetta L…

Plantation Echoes

Plantation Echoes is a radio program centered on African American spirituals and songs associated with plantation life. The title “I Couldn'…

Camel Caravan

Camel Caravan was a radio variety program built around music and comedy. Its broadcasts offered listeners a mix of popular songs and light e…

Rudy Vallee

Rudy Vallee’s radio program centers on singer and bandleader Rudy Vallée, whose smooth vocal style and relaxed delivery helped make h…

The Frank Sinatra Program

The Frank Sinatra Program features Frank Sinatra in a radio variety setting built around his singing. The music is the central attraction, w…

Your Hit Parade

Your Hit Parade brings the popular songs of the day to radio, presenting the week’s leading tunes through performances by singers and the pr…

Rudy Vallee

Rudy Vallée’s radio program centers on the singer and bandleader, whose relaxed vocal style and genial presence made him a familiar v…

Duke Ellington

This recording features Duke Ellington in a performance from the New Zanzibar in New York City. Ellington’s music brings together the distin…