AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO

So, sorry to dispel and old wive's tale but Louis Armstrong did not invent skat singing! As great as his 1926 HEEBIE JEEBIES Hot Five recording is ( and ground breaking in so many ways) it wasn't the first skat singing on record..on this episode we trace the style to a 1911 recording and go from there - so de de dat tra lat and tune in!

Cab Calloway's immortal MINNIE THE MOOCHER was one of the first million selling black jazz records and spawned several sequels! Here we play homage to the tune and it's origins - from Cab to the Boswell Sisters, Roland Smith's Rascals and more!

With the end of Prohibition in 1933 jazz in New York headed from Harlem to mid-town Manhattan. 52nd Street was the new hot spot later being dubbed "SWING STREET"- A multitude of clubs like THE FAMOUS DOOR, LEON & EDDIES, the ONYX , CLUB CAROUSEL and many more offered everything in the way of musical hilarity! and many of the bands and singers recorded - join us for an hour of authentic 52nd Street circa 1930-39!

With the end of Prohibition in 1933 jazz in New York headed from Harlem to mid-town Manhattan. 52nd Street was the new hot spot later being dubbed "SWING STREET"- A multitude of clubs like THE FAMOUS DOOR, LEON & EDDIES, the ONYX , CLUB CAROUSEL and many more offered everything in the way of musical hilarity! and many of the bands and singers recorded - join us for an hour of authentic 52nd Street circa 1930-39!

Ok, so all my topics are not the most enlightened but there are a ton of fun pre-1935 tunes about SAMMY- From Lonnie Johnson to Sam Morgans' Jazz Band! - Which Sammy?..take your pick!

Weather AND music getting hot! - some remarkable recordings recently unearthed from the Louis Franklin collection. Franklin was a cornet player living , performing and collecting in the New York area from the 1930s-50s - his collection recently acquired by American Grooves!

First performed in Chicago nightclubs circa 1925 the tune was immortalized after Louis Armstrong's legendary 1926 version with his Hot Five - it is said he dropped the lyrics and went into an impromptu "scat" verse that se the ealry jazz hounds on fire~ here we talk about the tune and offer several versions of it through the pre-1940 years!

1930 at the guidance of his big sister Blanche Calloway, Cab Calloway began fronting the hot Harlem band THE MISSOURIANS, shortly thereafter he was recording from Brunswick records and beginning his long career as the King Of Hi-Di-Ho! Here are some recordings from his earliest years!

All selection of all kinds of great pre-1940 Jazz , Blues, Country and more from the original shellac records!

This episode includes a segment exploring the legend of "Frankie & Johnny" and several of its musical manifestations on Blues, Country and Jazz recordings from the 1920s-30s