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Classic and neglected recordings from the 1920s, 30s and 40s

The Russell Davies Archive Series 2
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Bob Hope, Vera Lynn, Sydney Bechet's majestic version of Summertime and a reminder of a great talent rarely heard today, Lee Morse, all call out to us from a golden time.

In The Archive tonight we find Bob Hope thanking us for the memory, Vera Lynn heading up a wooden hill, one of the greatest jazz tracks of any era, Sydney Bechet's majestic version of Summertime and a reminder of a great talent rarely heard today Lee Morse. It's quite a noisy place this archive and full of recordings which saw the great stars of popular music and instrumentalists of the day stepping up to the microphone and performing 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 until now.

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New Year's Day 2018 23:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Bob Hope With Shirley Ross

    Thanks For The Memory - Shirley Ross

  • Sidney Bechet

    Summertime

    • Back To Black CD1: Blues, Jazz, Swing And The Big Bands 1900-1945.
    • 19.

  • Lee Morse

    Tain't No Sin

    • Musical Portrait.
    • 10.

  • Ruth Etting

    Ten Cents A Dance

    • Pure Nostalgia.
    • 7.

  • Al Bowlly With Ray Noble And His Orchestra

    All I Do Is Dream Of You

    • I Only Have Eyes For You.
    • 1.

  • Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

    Choo Choo Ch' Boogie

    • Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five: 1944-1946.
    • 15.

  • Walter Huston

    September Song

    • The Great Stage Musicals Volume 2.
    • 17.

  • Duke Ellington

    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart

    • The Essential Duke Ellington.
    • Columbia Legacy.
    • 1.

  • Thelma Carpenter

    Just A Sittin' And A-Rockin'

  • Jo Stafford

    Walkin' My Baby Back Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

    • Walkin' My Baby Back Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.
    • 5.

  • Nick Lucas

    Tiptoe Through The Tulips

    • Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips.
    • 1.

  • Louis Armstrong And Lynn Murray Choir

    Shadrack

    • Hallalujah! Gospel 1930-1941.
    • 1.

  • Artie Shaw and His Orchestra

    Stardust

    • Hits Of The 30's And 40's Volume Two CD2.
    • 1.

  • Vera Lynn

    Up the Wooden Hill to Bedfordshire

    • The Decca Years CD1.
    • 14.

Broadcast

  • New Year's Day 2018 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2