Episode 183, “Nice & Bad 1940s Music,” contrasts mainstream pop music by performers like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Dinah Shore with startlingly different blues recordings by Scatman Crothers,  Wynonie Harris, John Taylor, and George Williams.




Show 183
Nice & Bad 40s Music




Playlist




1
I’ll Be Seeing You
Bing Crosby



2
Old Maid Boogie
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson & His Orchestra



3
Buttons and Bows
Dinah Shore



4
A Little Jive is Good For You
Martha Tilton



5
Green Eyes
Helen O’Connell



6
Stone Cold Dead in the Market
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan



7
Just One of Those Things
Lester Lanin



8
Keep That Coffee Hot
Scatman Crothers



9
I’m Wastin’ My Tears on You
Tex Ritter



10
Slow Boat to China
Rosemary Squires & the Richmond Strings



11
I Don’t Want to Walk Without You
Helen Forrest, Harry James



12
Waltz Across Texas
Ernest Tubb



13
Alberta
John Taylor and His Orchestra



14
I’ll Never Smile Again
Frank Sinatra



15
All She wants to do is Rock
Wynonie Harris



16
We Three
The Ink Spots



17
The Woody Woodpecker Song
The Andrews Sisters



18
Paper Doll
The Mills Brothers



19
A Woman Gets Tired of One Man All the Time
George Williams



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