Sound Beat

A trip through the history of recorded sound

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Sitting On Top Of The World

Tuesday, September 21st, 2021

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GRATEFUL ROOTS: Sittin’ On Top of the World

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If a Table at Rector’s Could Talk

Friday, September 10th, 2021

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There's "hungry" and then there's "Diamond Jim Brady hungry".

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Now and Forever

Thursday, September 2nd, 2021

You’re listening to Artie Wayne with Freddy Martin and His Orchestra and… You’re on the Sound Beat. While Howard Hughes’ aviation career is popularly associated with “The Spruce Goose”, the Hughes H-1 Racer set the landplane air-speed record in...

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The Banjo King

Wednesday, September 1st, 2021

You can’t help but admire the patriotism of a guy who lies about his age to get into the Navy. Especially if that age is 14!

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Mule Skinner Blues

Wednesday, September 1st, 2021

A muleskinner’s job was not quite as…grim as it sounds. Still...kinda grim though.

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Blue Moon

Tuesday, August 31st, 2021

There are a couple different definitions for a blue moon, both of them kind of rare, and neither of them have to do with color of any sort.

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The Man of 1,000 Voices

Thursday, August 26th, 2021

The Man of 1,000 Voices...

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The Edison Tone Tests

Wednesday, August 25th, 2021

Is it live, or is it…Edison?

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Kerouac’s Moon

Tuesday, August 24th, 2021

The moon has served as muse for countless numbers of poets, from the unnamed and unknown, to Shelley, Dickinson, and Kerouac. But only one of these had to worry about record label execs. You’re on the Sound Beat.

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Oscar’s Blues

Wednesday, August 18th, 2021

The National Film Board of Canada honored Oscar Peterson with a short film, "Begone Dull Care", in 1949. It was directed by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Using drawn-on-film animation, McLaren and Lambart paint and scratch directly onto film stoc...

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Hymn to Apollo

Monday, August 16th, 2021

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You’re listening to the Palestrina Choir on a Victor 78 from 1927 And, you’re on the Sound Beat! The choir is singing the Hymn to Apollo, one of the Homeric hymns: a collection of thirty-three anonymous ancient Greek hymns celebrating individual god...

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The Kid Auto Races in Venice

Friday, August 13th, 2021

Charlie Chaplin would become the world’s biggest star, but the first emergence of the Little Tramp played second fiddle to…go-karts.

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The Flying Saucer

Thursday, August 12th, 2021

War of the Worlds…dj style.

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Elder Charlie Beck

Wednesday, August 11th, 2021

Where did you go in the 1930s when you wanted some of ground-breaking music that would become rock and roll? Sometimes…you just went to church.

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Babes In The Wood

Tuesday, August 10th, 2021

Little Einsteins, Mozart for Mommies…we’ve come a long way, babies!

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“I Owe My Soul to….”

Friday, August 6th, 2021

Merle Travis recorded the original 16 tons in 1946...though he did have a little help with its legacy.

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Coolidge, Lindbergh and The Atlantic by Moonlight

Monday, August 2nd, 2021

Charles Lindbergh’s solo transatlantic flight made him a hero, garnered him presidential praise, and changed commercial flight forever.

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Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Wednesday, April 21st, 2021

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The song you hear ”Let Me Call You Sweetheart” by Bing Crosby with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra was recorded in 1934 on the Decca label. You’re on the Sound Beat. “Let Me Call You Sweetheart“ was originally written by Leo Freidman and Beth Sla...

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25 Minutes to Go

Friday, January 29th, 2021

Johnny Cash got a little help from a beloved children's book author on this one.

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Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown

Thursday, January 28th, 2021

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