Forum: Radio

Billy Strayhorn, aka "Sweetpea". He tops my list. Duke Ellington. Hoagy Carmichael.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax9brdksSPw&feature=related He has an album coming out as well..

The amazing Placido Domingo is singing at the Metropolitan Opera right now as I type this. He just turned 70 last month and it looks like he's got...

My grandmother, Patti Forbes, was one of the singers for the Oscar Rabin Band during the 1950s. The Oscar Rabin Band was one of the more popular...

Has anyone heard this? I heard this yesterday playing in the record store and had to buy the album! Love the lyrics - couldn't believe my ears -...

Mike Thomas' Dance Band Encyclopedia concentrates on the lesser-known orks of the '20s to '40s era, but also features big names like Ambrose, Jack...

Greetings, everyone! I have a question about an old song that my grandma used to sing to me during Halloween and I am hoping one of you kind folks...

For those of us who live in and/or near Los Angeles, there's a station on AM that plays one-hour of old radio programs each weekday night from...

I've noticed something about the characteristics of radio and films in the Golden Era and it has to do with the soft "r" sound that so many...

There is a place here in San Diego called Teo Leo's they play swing every Thursday night. Its a really nice resturant with a separate bar and dance...

http://oldfortyfives.com/decadeofthe1940s.html

One of the sub-genera’s of Latin music that I enjoy is that with a pseudo Asian feel/vibe. Enjoy! Tito Puente "Hong Kong Mambo" Tito Puente...

Just need some inspiration and input. Besides Harry Connick jr., Jamie Cullum and Michael Bubl?©, who are the crooners of 2007?

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/he-sang-em-his-way-but-the-songs-are-no-gateway-to-franks-wild-life/story-e6frg8n6-1225979379492

I was asked by request to show off my great grandmother's 1922 Brunswick panatrope.

Not mine, but when will you see one of these again? A complete radio set in NOS condition from B-17. ...

I'll start this with a wonderful (Tuscarora Indian) Rockabilly artist, Ben Hewitt. He wrote and recorded some really amazing songs on the Mercury...

Hi there I am new to the forums and whilst looking for fast swing jazz on youtube saw this forum in a comment. I recently discovered swing jazz...

Well, this is not strictly Golden Era, but Maxim Mironov might just well be the best tenor since the Golden Era, certainly up there with the greats...

I was very fortunate to be introduced to Gene Krupa in 1972, and through that introduction I was able to get up front seats for the last performance...

RUN, do not walk, to Amazon and buy everything you can by Halie Loren. She's a rising-star jazz singer and she will absolutely blow you away1 ...

Music fans felt quite passionate about this debate. High School kids even used to argue over who had the best rhythm section, the same way that...

Does anyone have some recommendations on where I could take (or send) an old record player to be fixed? I have a Trav-ler record player/radio of my...

"I'm Not mad at you I'm mad at the dirt'

Our local PBS station ran an excellent biography on Les Paul this past Wednesday night. Did anyone else happen to see it? I'm not sure if this is...