Episode 292, Christmas 2023, celebrates secular holiday music performed by 21 artists, including The Andrews Sisters, The Mills Brothers, Andy Williams, Ernest Tubb, Kate Smith, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Pearl Bailey, The Platters, and Connie Francis.

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Episode 291, Top Hits of 1960, features 17 best-selling songs from that year plus a few memories of pop culture in 1960. Performers include Elvis Presley, Connie Francis, Chubby Checker, Ray Charles, The Ventures, The Orchestra of Percy Faith, Brenda Lee, Larry Verne, and eight more.

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Episode 290, Strictly 1940s, features 18 recordings that would have been familiar to most adults in the 1940s. Performers include Dinah Shore, Buddy Clark, Lester Lanin, Guy Lombardo, Frank Sinatra, Cole Porter, Margaret Whiting, Mel Torme, Tex Ritter, and  nine more. Click for playlist

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Episode 289, Midnight, presents 15 recordings about what goes on “when the clock strikes 12.” Subject matter includes rainbows, hanky-panky, walking, and of course lots of love and the blues. Performers include The Andrews Sisters, The Mills Brothers, Little Richard, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, George Hamilton IV, Judy Garland, Neil Diamond and Nat King Cole.

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Episode 288, Sam Cooke, presents the life, the music, and the legacy of one of the most highly regarded singer-songwriters of the late 50s and early 60s. Recordings include Unchained Melody, Cupid, Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha, You Send Me, Chain Gang, Twistin’ the Night Away, and 11 more, including Cooke’s first recording ever, Lovable.

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Episode 287, Richard Rodgers, features music written by one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. Songs include Some Enchanted Evening, He Was Too Good to Me, It Might As Well Be Spring, Blue Moon, Love Look Away, I Have Dreamed, and eight more.

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Episode 286, “Halloween! II” reveals Sam Waldron’s version of “the real truth” about the origin of Halloween and presents 17 pieces of music about ghosts, boogiemen, murder and other frightening themes. Recording artists include The Kingston Trio, Bing Crosby, Boris Karloff, Rosemary Clooney, Ethel Waters and Little Richard.

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Episode 285, Rare 1940s Records, presents long-forgotten recordings by Bing Crosby, Yvonne King, Frank Sinatra, The Andrews Sisters, Eddy Arnold and many more. Songs include Bumble Boogie, Pig Foot Pete, Idaho, The House I Live In, Pennsylvania Polka, Sweet Georgia Brown, Cigareetes, Whusky and Wild Wild Women, plus 10 more.

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Episode 284, Buddy Holly, focuses on the brief and intense career of one of the architects of 1950s rock and roll. Songs include Oh Boy!, Looking for Someone to Love, Raining in My Heart, Rave On, Maybe Baby, Peggy Sue, It’s So Easy, That’ll Be the Day, and 12 more, including a rare cover of Carl Perkins’ and Elvis Presley’s Blue Suede Shoes.

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Episode 283, The Kitchen Sink, is an eclectic assortment of recordings that didn’t fit into specific themes but are worthy of remembering. Performers include Max Morath, Peter Howard, Jimmie Rodgers, Kermit the Frog, Dinah Washington, Carlos Gonzaga, George Morgan, Carmen McRae and Peter Nero.

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