The Bad Piano Player

By John Wing Jr.Music History

The Bad Piano Player episodes

October 13 Songs of the Heart
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This Fortnight Tuesday, the Bad Piano player brings you an episode from the heart, getting to the heart of the songs, singing heartily. Every song a newly discovered classic song about the human heart. With some of our favorite composers, no less. Don't be heartless, tune in!
37 min
September 29 Marriage Songs
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This week, the bad piano player tackles one of the great topics: Marriage. Songs of love, songs of breakup, songs of contracts between two consenting adults. All done by the bad piano player and the singer of recent online distinction. Tune in for the nuptials, no Mendelssohn!
33 min
September 16 Songs of Addiction
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This week, for episode 195, the bad piano player has a group of songs that deal with addiction. We cover alcoholism, drug addiction, and other pernicious afflictions of the lifelong cravers. Tune in for tunes, chord progressions and sober reflections of a long day's journey.
37 min
September 01 Grant Clarke
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This week, the bad piano player presents a lyricist who died young, but not before producing some of the finest lyrics in the American songbook. Tune in to hear Grant Clarke's words, and some music, too, of course.

38 min
August 18 Jimmy McHugh
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This week, the bad piano player features famed tunesmith Jimmy McHugh! Composer of “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love “ which we did in our season one Dorothy Fields episode. A full slate of McHugh melodious on tap! Tune in and drink deep!
38 min
August 04 Victor Young
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This week, the bad piano player finally gets around to featuring the great Victor Young, song and score composer. Songs you know and songs you may not know. Tune in for both and be dazzled by Victor.
41 min
July 21 Mostly Forgotten 1940s Jazz Songs
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This Week, The Bad Piano Player does an episode of slightly obscure jazz songs of the 1940s. We call it, Mostly Forgotten Jazz Songs Of The 1940s. Songs, Stories, a little Duke Ellington, a little Sunny Skylar, and a whole lot of diminished chords. Tune in for the resolutions.

37 min
July 07 Billboard Bottoms of the 70s
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This week, the bad piano player goes back to the 1970s, and finds some classics hiding in the cellar of the Billboard top 100. Hope you can drop by for the memories. Tunes ahoy!

47 min
June 23 Baby Songs II
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This week, the bad piano player returns to a topic that got the most downloads last season. And I’m not just doing it to enhance my popularity in Taiwan. Please enjoy Baby Songs Two!

37 min
June 09 Harry Warren IIII
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The Bad Piano Player returns to a stalwart, a composer everybody knows and nobody knows with our fourth Harry Warren episode. Seven fabulous songs from the master of melody and progression, with Lyrics by Johnny Burke, Gus Kahn, Al Dubin, Ira Gershwin, Edgar Leslie, Mort Dixon and Joe Young. Only the best for my listeners. Tune in for tunefulness!
44 min