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

The Russell Davies Archive Series 2
Episode 2 of 6

From The Mills Brothers to Petula Clark and Donald Peers and from Count Basie to Earl Hines, the archive opens up for some classic recordings.

In The Archive tonight we find 3 dolls possibly in a shady nook listening out for the 5 O'clock Whistle keeping out of the way of Roll 'em Pete. 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 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 until now.

57 minutes

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Mon 8 Jan 2018 23:00
成人快手 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Count Basie And Jimmy Rushing

    Sent For You Yesterday

    • Cocktails.
    • 7.

  • Petula Clark

    Put Your Shoes on Lucy

    • In The Land Of Beginning Again.
    • 2.

  • Russ Columbo

    Prisoner Of Love

    • The Best Of The Fabulous '30s.
    • 7.

  • Earl Hines

    Glad Rag Doll

  • Jack Hylton & His Orchestra

    The Wedding Of The Painted Doll

  • The Mills Brothers

    Paper Doll

    • Hits Of The 30's And 40's Volume Two.
    • 13.

  • Donald Peers

    In A Shady Nook (By A Babbling Brook)

    • The Golden Age Of Radio.
    • 8.

  • Duke Ellington

    Five O'Clock Whistle

    • The Blanton-Webster Band CD2.
    • 1.

  • Dick Haymes

    You Make Me Feel So Young

    • The Dick Haymes Hits Collection 1941-56, Vol. 1.
    • 1.

  • Lonnie Johnson And Blind Willie Dunn

    Two Tone Stomp

    • Eddie Lang And Joe Venuti: 1928-1929.
    • 3.

  • The Boswell Sisters

    Rock And Roll

    • L'Art Vocal Volume 13: La Selection 1930-1936.
    • 17.

  • John Sextet Kirby

    Bounce Of The Sugar Plum Fairy

    • Complete Columbia and RCA Victor Recordings.
    • 11.

  • Fats Waller

    By The Light Of The Silvery Moon

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Jan 2018 23:00
    成人快手 Radio 2