On April 6 1923 King Oliver and his young protege Louis Armstrong entered the Gennett studio in Richmond Indiana and cut their very first recordings - The "Creole Jazz Band" was where Louis began his recording career This edition of AGRH plays some of those ground breaking recordings AND offers a tribute to Billie Holiday in commemoration of her 110th Birthday! ( April 7, 1915)

From November 1923 to early 1933 Columbia Records marketed a specific series of recordings to African American record buyers - Classic Blues, Country Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Vaudeville, Sermons and more recorded along te way- Bessie Smith, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Willie Johnson, Fletcher Henderson, and many more were immortalized!

From November 1923 to early 1933 Columbia Records marketed a specific series of recordings to African American record buyers - Classic Blues, Country Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Vaudeville, Sermons and more recorded along te way- Bessie Smith, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Willie Johnson, Fletcher Henderson, and many more were immortalized!

Joe's assortment of pre-war gems all selected from his extensive collection of 20,000 pre-1938 78 rpm recordings - included is Jack Crawley's Texas String Band, James "Rabbit" Brown, Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces, Jimmie Noones' Apex Band and more!

A sleeper side by an amazing and unknown slack key guitarist from 1926 , Sag Harbor's own Moylan Sisters , Baby Rosemary - and the prophetic SOME LITTLE BUG by Bradley Kincaid!

From the first recorded disc of a black vocal group ( Dinwiddie Qrt) to the ground-breaking R&B/Doo-Wop of the INK SPOTS and MILLS BROTHERS this episode does a deep dive into all that came in-between - Birmingham Qrt, Middle Georgia Singing Convention, Dunham Jubilee Qrt, Taskiana Four, Sunset Qrt, Norfork Qrt and more.

some unusual versions of the 1928 Harry Barris penned FROM MONDAY ON plus some rare Hillbilly by Ridgel's Fountain Titans ( who had one session for Vocalion records in Knoxville Tennessee in 1929 ) and a few cool versions of the classic FRANKIE & JOHNNY ! where else but on the American Grooves Radio hour

An eclectic assortment of pre-war goodies including a rare 1931 LEE MORSE radio broadcast, great depression optimism with Ted Lewis' A NEW DAY COMING a few of the 1st generation Folk Revivalists" who influenced young Bob Dylan ( Woody, Leadbelly & Josh White) and much more ( also Hoagy Carmichael, village Barn Orchestra's "Play Me Frigid Air" and Alfred G. Karnes lovely WHEN THEY RING THE GOLDEN BELS) ..

Master banjoist-band leader Harry Reser and his Eskimos kick off this episode with appearances by Rodney Rogers Red Peppers, Jelly Roll Morton with New Orleans Rhythm Kings, the Cajun WALKER BROTHERS, Da Costa Woltz Southern Broadcasters and much more!

Joe explores some f the recordings and careers of his favorite late 1920s-early 30s gal vocalists - MISS LEE MORSE and ANNETTE HANSHAW - a fun variety of recordings by these versatile gals will be played!