Music
The Yiddish Radio Project
The Yiddish Radio Project brings listeners into the world of Yiddish-language radio, a vibrant part of Jewish life and culture. This recordi…
Treasury Song Parade
Treasury Song Parade is a wartime radio music program built around popular songs and performances. This recording is identified with singer …
Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters were a close-harmony vocal trio whose bright, tightly blended sound became a familiar part of American popular entertain…
Billy Jones & Ernie Hare
Billy Jones and Ernie Hare were a popular singing duo known as the Happiness Boys. Their radio performances brought the pair’s close harmoni…
Top Tunes of 48
“Top Tunes of 48” is presented here as part of a New Year’s shows collection. The title suggests a program centered on popular music, offeri…
Jubilee
Jubilee was a radio showcase for Black music and performers, bringing jazz, blues, gospel, and other popular styles to the air. Its performa…
The Judy Canova Show
Judy Canova brings her country-comedy persona to this radio variety program, mixing humor with music and lively performances. Her distinctiv…
The Bing Crosby-Rosemary Clooney Show
The Bing Crosby-Rosemary Clooney Show brings together two distinctive voices in a relaxed radio music program. Bing Crosby’s easygoing, conv…
The Rudy Vallée Show
The Rudy Vallée Show is a variety program built around singer and bandleader Rudy Vallée. Its radio entertainment blends popul…
Kraft Music Hall
Kraft Music Hall is a variety program built around music and comedy, with Al Jolson as its featured performer in this broadcast. The show br…
The Dinah Shore Show
Dinah Shore brings her warm, expressive singing to this radio program, with music at its center. The title identifies this recording with “B…
The Barry Wood Show
The Barry Wood Show is a radio variety program associated with singer and host Barry Wood. Its format centers on musical entertainment, with…
Alan Bennett Hymn
Hymn By Alan Bennett Alan Bennett talks of the early musical memories and influences of his Yorkshire childhood: the hymns he learned as a b…
The Pepsodent Show Starring Bob Hope
Bob Hope stars in The Pepsodent Show, a comedy-variety radio program built around his quick-witted comic persona. Hope’s familiar role as a …
Pat O'Daniel and the Hillbilly Boys
Pat O'Daniel and the Hillbilly Boys presents a radio performance by the band, with music at its center. This recording is identified with th…
Chase and Sanborn Hour
The Chase and Sanborn Hour was a popular American radio variety program built around comedy, music, and guest appearances. Its best-known er…
The All Time Jukebox
Enjoy a musical selection from The All Time Jukebox, identified here as “Chattanooga Choo Choo.” The title points to a program centered on p…
The Chesterfield Supper Club
The Chesterfield Supper Club is a musical variety program hosted by Perry Como. Its relaxed presentation centers on Como’s warm singing and …
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…