Episode Archive

Eddie Durham with Moten Swing.

You might know Elvis’ version better, but Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller wrote the song for Big Mama Thornton.

This song’s origins are debatable, much like the validity of…1920’s art critics? Ok, let’s see where this one’s going.

A voice from two centuries away….

Up and Atom! It’s the music of the Atomic Age.

One man’s trash is another man’s…million-selling record.

What’s in a name? Well, quite a lot… if yours is Chester Babcock.

Hank Williams was well-known for his “heartbreak” songs, but this one’s just a bit different.

Jack Hylton would become one of Britain’s foremost bandleaders, but got his start in barrooms…at the age of 8.

Of the hundreds of thousands of Civil War deaths, perhaps none were more tragic than young Charlie King’s.