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Classic tracks and forgotten gems from the 1920s, 30s and 40s

The Russell Davies Archive Series 1

A celebration of classic numbers and forgotten gems from the 1920s, 30s and 40s.

The Archive is a celebration of masterpieces and forgotten gems from the 1920s, 30s and 40s. Recordings which saw the great stars of popular music and instrumentalists of the day stepping up to the microphone and perform exactly what we hear today with no way of correcting errors or eccentricities. We don't or can't look back further than the artifical barriers we've set ourselves -- the beginnings of rock'n'roll perhaps, the Beatles era, flower-power or Punk. The place we don't go back beyond. But tonight we enjoy tracks by Judy Garland, Laurel and Hardy, Rudy Valee, Stan Getz and Hutch from this archive as Russell Davies opens up that glorious hinterland of older music, incidentally playable now in far better sound quality than was available at the time.

57 minutes

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Mon 17 Jul 2017 23:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Judy Garland

    The Trolley Song

    • Over The Rainbow - The Young Judy Garland Original Recordings 1936-1949.
    • 1.

  • Rudy VallΓ©e

    You Oughta Be In Pictures

    • The Golden Age Of American Bands - Happy Days Are Here Again.
    • 8.

  • Fred Astaire

    Dream Dancing

    • Dancing Cheek To Cheek With Fred Astaire.
    • 16.

  • Laurel & Hardy & The Avalon Boys

    The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine

    • The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine - Memories Of The Silver Screen.
    • 3.

  • Richard Tauber

    O Maedchen Mein Maedchen

    • You Are My Heart's Delight.
    • 5.

  • Stan Getz

    Indian Summer

    • Yesterday's - Stan Getz Plays Standards.
    • 1.

  • Dinah Shore

    By The Sleepy Lagoon

    • Blues in the Night.
    • 26.

  • Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra

    Clarinet Marmalade

    • Fletcher Henderson 1924-1938.
    • 7.

  • Don Redman and His Orchestra

    I Heard

    • Doin' The New Low Down.
    • 2.

  • Hutch

    These Foolish Things

    • Begin The Beguine.
    • 19.

  • Bing Crosby

    The Spaniard That Blighted My Life (feat. Al Jolson)

    • The Chronological Bing Crosby.
    • 25.

  • Comedian Harmonists

    Tea For Two

    • Comedian Harmonists.
    • 14.

  • Mildred Bailey

    I Go For That

    • I Hear Music.
    • 6.

  • Annette Hanshaw

    we just couldn't say goodbe

  • Jo Stafford

    The Last Mile Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

    • Just Reminiscing.
    • 16.

Broadcast

  • Mon 17 Jul 2017 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2