Shellac Stack No. 104 recalls New Year’s Eves past with recordings made on either December 30 or December 31 between 1908 and 1947. We hear from Frank Crumit, Johnny Marvin, Gene Austin, Roy Fox, Meade “Lux” Lewis, Bob Wilber, and many more. From ragtime songs to salon orchestras to dance bands to hot trad jazz, it’s another musical variety hour on the Shellac Stack!
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Shellac Stack No. 103 wishes you a very happy holiday season. We visit with pianist Ed Clute and listen to a variety of Christmas 78s, pausing occasionally to share some holiday memories and listen to Ed’s own solo piano renditions of beloved Christmas songs. Pour yourself some eggnog, grab a handful of cookies, pull a chair up to the fireside, and join our little holiday party!
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Shellac Stack No. 102 compares and contrasts eight bandleaders “then and now.” Well, not exactly now now, but more now than then. Confused? Don’t worry, just tune in and enjoy records by Paul Whiteman, Ted Weems, Jan Garber, Johnny Johnson, Leo Reisman, Ted Lewis, and others.
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Shellac Stack No. 101 journeys from New York to Egypt to Hawaii to Ancient Greece, and even all the way to Himazas! We hear from the dance bands of Howard Lanin, Mike Riggi, Debroy Somers, and Percival Mackey, some hot steel guitar from Dave Burrows, the enchanting voice of Prof. Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, and even squeeze in some early ragtime composed by the likes of Charles Hunter. You’d be hard-pressed to find a greater variety of music packed into a single hour anywhere else!
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Shellac Stack No. 100 celebrates a numerical milestone by looking for “hundreds” hidden in plain sight. However much of a stretch this week’s theme might be, we still hear some terrific records by The Sportsmen, Kid Ory, Eddy Duchin, Ben Pollack, Vincent Lopez, Vernon Dalhart, Billy Mayerl, and more.
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Shellac Stack No. 99 hears double! We compare and contrast different versions of the same song — two at a time. On the bandstand, we have the orchestras of Julie Wintz, Sam Lanin, Adrian Schubert, Earl Fuller, and Jelly Roll Morton. We’ll also hear from pianist Pauline Alpert, accordionist Guido Deiro, Japanese crooner Dick Mine, trad jazzman Bob Wilber, and many more.
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Shellac Stack No. 98 is all about thanks and giving. We start with 1950s R&B legends The Orioles, and from there it’s a freewheeling gallimaufry, with performances by the BBC Dance Orchestra, Eddy Duchin, Mary Jane Walsh, Lu Watters, the Mound City Blue Blowers, Joseph Knecht, the Casa Loma Orchestra, and more.
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Shellac Stack No. 97 salutes one of the great tunesmiths of Tin Pan Alley: Walter Donaldson. In performances by Aileen Stanley, Van and Schenck, Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, Billy Jones, Jesse Crawford, Sam Lanin, and more, we listen to some of his most enduring songs alongside some that are not-so-well-known. What a Man!
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Shellac Stack No. 96 suggests that you “Don’t Let the Rhythm Go to Your Head (Let the Rhythm Go to Your Feet).” From Fletcher Henderson to Benny Goodman to Blue Steele to Jan Garber to the Ross De Luxe Syncopaters [sic], we’ve got plenty of records that’ll have you rollin’ up the carpets! We’ll also listen to singers Marion Harris, Johnny Marvin, and Scrappy Lambert, along with instrumental soloists Charles Leighton and Joseph Green.
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