AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO

NO OTHER PERFORMER EVER HAS BEEN THE NUMBER 1 BOX OFFICE ATTRACTION, NUMBER 1 RECORD SELLER AND NUMBER ONE RADIO STAR ALL AT THE SAME TIME!  HERE ARE SOME OF BING CROSBY'S EARLIEST RECORDINGS WHEN HE WAS STILL MAKING HIS WAY TO THE TOP! YOU WILL HEAR HIM WITH THE RHYTHM BOYS, PAUL WHITEMAN ORCHESTRA, GUS ARNHEIM ORCHESTRA AND HIS EARLIEST SOLO DISCS FOR BRUNSWICK RECORDS

From THE CASTLE WALK in 1914 to "TRUCKIN" in the mid-1930's various dance crases, with varing degrees of popularity were the subject of Jazz and Blues recordings - Hear the original GEORGIA GRIND, BLACK BOTTOM and more - Joe presents Jazz Scholar and fellow collector RUSS SHOR to join in on the program

Rare recordings and information on some of the earliest and most influential country artists to record - from Jimmie Rodgers to The Carter Family and many more

The voices of the African American actors, actresses and performers who where seen in early Hollywood films. Did you know that Academy Award winner Hattie McDaniel ( GONE WITH THE WIND) was a Blues Singer ala Bessie Smith before making films? ..and that films were made specifically for Americans' black audiences featuring  some of the top African-American Vaudeville and Jazz performers of the day. Tune in and hear some of the best

An hour of tunes we love from the 1910s-1930s with focus on some totally cool  songs of spring!

My birthday was April 7th..in thinking about what that Sunday's show could be  I explored the zillions of songs about a man named JOE! - zillions of them- thus this episode!

From Rosetta Crawfords' STOP IT JOE, Louis Armstrong  LITTLE JOE, Butterbeans & Susie's UNCLE JOE and Stuff Smith's OLD JOE's HITTING THE JUG the songs of Joe abound!

The music of American immigrants who arrived on our shores in the 1880s-1920s - Original recordings of Chinese, Cajun, Yiddish, Italian, Irish newly American Immigrants..and also some Creole musicians recorded in Paris in the 1920s - the true ROOTS OF THE ROOTS! all  transferred specifically for this episode and from original 78s in Joe's collection 

They came to America and  brought their MUSIC ..the roots of the roots!.... this episode, the first of several,  explores music made in the New Land by Irish, Jewish, Italian, Mexican and , Caribbean immigrants in the 1920s-30s. Spirited,  pure, inspired and heart warming ancient sounds you have never heard!

BIX BEIDERBECKE ( 1903-31) WAS BORN 119 YEARS AGO THIS MARCH 10 AND AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR CELEBRATES HIS LEGACY OF 1920S RECORDINGS..AND THOSE OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND INFLUENCES!

FROM THE DOUBLE ENTENDRE TO THE DOWNRIGHT FILTHY THIS EPISODE PRESENTS SOME THE "SEXIEST" BLUES RECORDINGS OF THE 1920S-30S. YOU WILL HEAR  THE JAUNTY "GET OFF WITH ME" BY BLACK VAUDEVILLE STARS GRANT & WILSON, BESSIE SMITH'S "I NEED A LITTLE SUGAR IN MY BOWL" AND  THE SOPHISTICATED CAFE SOCIETY STAR FRANCIS MADDUX'S "SYN-TAX" AMONG OTHERS.