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Frankie And Johnny

Love, Loss and Cold-blooded killers…It’s Murder Ballad week.

April 2, 2021
Sousa’s “El Capitan”

Everyone knows John Philip Sousa for his marches. And, okay, so….yes, this is a march too, but so much more.

April 1, 2021
Atomic Cocktail

Up and Atom! It’s the Music of the Atomic Age, and…

April 1, 2021
Who Wants S’more(s)?

The best thing to happen to campfires since split wood.

March 30, 2021
A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts

Merv Griffin with Freddy Martin and his Orchestra on a 1950 RCA Victor record

March 25, 2021
Happy Days Are Here Again

Perhaps the most popular song in American campaign history, and its very unlikely source.

March 23, 2021
Mambo Italiano

Wait…they banned what?

March 18, 2021
Rebecca

Victor Young and his Singing Strings

March 10, 2021
Black Bottom Blues

The Charleston wasn’t the only dance on the floor in the 1920’s.

February 19, 2021
If I Had A Hammer

The Hammer Song has been pounding out social change since 1949.

February 12, 2021