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Show 104, “Songs with Stories,”


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Show 104, “Songs with Stories,” explores interesting stories behind 10 mid-century recordings. Included are THREE contenders for the first important rock-and-roll hit, the folk song that thrust The Kingston Trio into the national scene, an unexpected smash hit for George Gershwin, Gene Autry’s theme song, and the best-selling jazz single of the entire 20th century. 

Show 104
Songs with Stories
Playlist
1
Thirteen Women and Only One Man in Town
Bill Haley and His Comets
2
Rock Around the Clock
Bill Haley and His Comets
3
Take Five
Dave Brubeck Quartet
4
Give My Regards to Broadway
James Cagney and Chorus
5
Back in the Saddle
Gene Autry
6
Maybelline
Chuck Berry
7
Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin, Paul Whiteman
8
Rhapsody in Blue
Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops
9
Hound Dog
Big Mama Thornton
10
Hound Dog
Elvis Presley
11
Crazy
Patsy Cline
12
Tom Dooley
The Kingston Trio

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