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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was included on Harris’ Blue Kentucky Girl, a Warner Brothers LP.

March 19, 2021
Mambo Italiano

Wait…they banned what?

March 18, 2021
Rebecca

Victor Young and his Singing Strings

March 10, 2021
Mean Ol’ Twister

Today we’re talking tornadoes and…You’re on the Sound Beat.

March 2, 2021
Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off

Tomato, to-mah-to, potato-po-tah-to…no matter how you say it, you’re on the Sound Beat. Most married couples admit to occasional, let’s say…differences of opinion. Seldom are those…again, just differences of opinion,  as productive as Ira and Lenore Gershwin’s. Their opposing pronunciations of words like “tomato” and “potato” led to the hit song “Let’s Call the Whole Thing ...

February 25, 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
Coast Guard Forever!

You’re listening to Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians with Coast Guard Forever.

February 11, 2021
Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb

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

February 9, 2021
Dark Was the Night…

Blues fans and extra-terrestrials alike may recognize this one.

February 5, 2021