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"A Night To Remember" Lux Radio Theatre - April 19, 1943

"The Swing Years and Beyond" April 18, 2015 

The Swing Years and Beyond was a radio program on KUOW, an NPR station from Seattle. It began in 1968 and was hosted by then-KUOW program Director Don Wirtz before he handed the reins to Bill Snoopy who became the first to hold the position long term. In 1979 Cynthia Doyon took over the hosting duties, and in 2003 Amanda Wilde hosted until the last show on February 25, 2017.

There is a generation of Seattle residents that spent at least some of their Saturday nights listening to a thoughtfully curated playlist of music from the 1920s to the 1950s. I was able to connect with Amanda Wilde and offered to make one of her shows available for fans to download. Then, my scouring of the internet turned up two other shows available and have added them here.

"A Portrait of Death" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 18, 1974

A man suddenly achieves the power to become a great painter. But all his subjects seem to meet their ends quite as suddenly. His step brother starts to worry as the man plans to paint his wife in his next session.

Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - Blues

00:00:00 Count Basie Good Morning Blues 1937

00:03:19 Billie Holiday Fine And Mellow 1939

00:06:41 Jelly Roll Morton's Red-Hot Peppers Original Jelly Roll Blues 1927

00:09:50 Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang Beale Street Blues 1936

00:13:11 Bessie Smith Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 1929

00:16:15 Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven Potato Head Blues 1927

00:19:20 Leadbelly Backwater Blues 1948

00:22:23 Kay Starr Stormy Weather 1946

00:25:31 Fats Waller Fats Waller's Original E-Flat Blues 1940

00:28:51 Jimmie Lunceford Blues In The Night 1942

00:34:15 Maxine Sullivan St. Louis Blues 1938

00:37:38 Benny Carter Swingin' The Blues 1936

00:40:44 Trixie Smith Freight Train Blues 1924

00:44:09 Louis Armstrong (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue 1937

00:47:22 Bessie Smith I'm Down In The Dumps 1934

00:50:39 Joe Venuti To To Blues 1932

00:53:59 Nat Gonella & His Georgians Hesitation Blues 1935

00:57:09 Johnny Dodds Red Onion Blues 1940

01:00:10 Louis Jordan Early In The Morning 1948

01:03:36 Billie Holiday I Love My Man 1944

01:06:49 Woody Herman Blues On Parade 1939

01:10:04 Sarah Vaughan Lover Man 1945

01:13:29 Count Basie Harvard Blues 1942

"The Horror Within" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 17, 1974

A young man turns religious after the death of his beloved and seeks the power to forestall pain and suffering in the future. As time heals his grief, his desire to wield his powers grow aided by a swaying faith.

"Men Without Mouths" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 16, 1974

A gangster adopts the daughter of a dead comrade and sees her off faithfully until her happy marriage. With approaching old age however, he is tormented with visions of men without mouths despite the sincere aid from his sworn daughter.

"Only the Dead Remember" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 15, 1974

Two decades is a small time for Korean war veterans as they come together to plot the murder of a fellow prisoner of war who foiled their escape attempt from a POW camp.

"Once Upon A Honeymoon" Lux Radio Theatre - April 12, 1943

"Strange Company" - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - April 11, 1974

A wealthy aged woman is terrorized by invisible visitors. Her hard-hearted nephew and his wife can't care less and slowly decide to take advantage of her apparent hallucinations to steal from her.

Jazz, Big Band, and Swing Sunday - 40s and 50s

00:00:00 Pha Terrell And Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy – Love Is The Thing

00:02:54 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra – Boog It

00:05:48 Jimmy Rushing And Count Basie Orchestra – I Want A Little Girl

00:08:27 Hot Lips Page – Just Another Woman

00:11:20 Fats Waller & His Rhythm – Twenty Four Robbers

00:14:01 Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five – Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?

00:16:44 Jack Teagarden's Chicagoana – Stars Fell On Alabama

00:19:42 Louis Prima And His Orchestra – The Very Thought Of You

00:22:14 Cecil Gant – I Wonder

00:25:00 Big Joe Turner – Rebecca

00:27:40 Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra – If That's The Way You Feel

00:30:20 James "Trummie" Young's All Stars – Ooh, Ooh, My, My, Ooh, Ooh

00:33:04 The Nat King Cole Trio– What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry

00:35:36 Herb Jeffries – I'm Just A Lucky So And So

00:38:33 Charles Brown And Johnny Moore's Three Blazers – Drifting Blues

00:41:46 Ernie Andrews – Green Gin

00:43:57 Bing Crosby And Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra – On The Sunny Side Of The Street

00:46:38 Buddy Rich And His Orchestra – It's About Time

00:49:14 Leo Watson – Tight And Gay

00:52:05 Eddie Vinson And His Orchestra – Old Maid Boogie

00:54:49 Billy Daniels And Mercer Ellington And His Orchestra – I Owe This Dream To You

00:57:45 Bab's Three Bips And A Bop – Oop-Pop-A-Da

01:00:35 Jesse Watson – Have I Got You

01:03.39 Frank Sinatra – One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

01:06:43 Mel Tormé – My Baby Just Cares For Me

01:09:22 Dan Grissom – Recess In Heaven

01:12:33 Sammy Davis Jr. – I Ain't Got Nobody

01:14:54 Sugar Chile Robinson – Numbers Boogie

01:17:21 Johnny Hartman & Erroll Garner – September In The Rain

01:20:31 Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra – Maybe It's Because

01:23:43 Buddy Greco And Benny Goodman And His Orchestra – Brother Bill

01:26:59 Sonny Parker And Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra – Sad Feelin'

01:29:44 Sid McKinney – Illinois Jaquet And His Orchestra

01:32:29 Ray Charles – Th'Ego Song

01:34:48 Roy Eldridge – Une Petite Laitue

01:37:42 Arthur Prysock And Buddy Johnson And His Orchestra – Ever Since The One I Love's Been Gone

01:40:58 Buddy Johnson And His Orchestra – Be Careful

01:44:06 Slim Gailard And His Internationally Famous Orchestra - Sabroso

01:46:36 Wynonie Harris With The Todd Rhodes Orchestra – Lovin' Machine

01:49:00 Al Hibbler – Summertime

01:52:13 Joe Carroll And Dizzy Gillespie – I'm In A Mess

01:54:24 Melvin Moore And Dizzy Gillespie – I Couldn't Beat The Rap

01:57:20 Freddie Jackson And Budd Johnson's All Stars – Sometimes I Feel Like Leaving Home

02:00:30 Lloyd Oldham And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra – Blues At Sundown

02:03:09 Jimmy Scott – Come What May

02:05:15 King Pleasure & Blossom Dearie – I'm In The Mood For Love

02:08:14 Eddie Jefferson – I Got The Blues

02:11:01 Jackie Paris & Tamara Hayes – I Miss You So

02:13:37 Dave Bartholomew – Who Drank My Beer While I Was In The Rear

02:16:26 Cliff Jetkins – Blues For You