Sound Beat

Sound Beat

A trip through the history of recorded sound

Episodes

Allegheny Moon

July 21, 2025
You’re listening to the Lennon Sisters from 1956 and…
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Since I Met You Baby

June 4, 2025
Pianist/singer/ jack of many trades Ivory Joe Hunter with “Since I Met you Baby”.
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Dancing in the Dark

May 17, 2025
Artie Shaw sure knew how to surround himself with the right crowd.
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Mean Ol’ Twister

May 8, 2025
Today we’re talking tornadoes and…You’re on the Sound Beat.
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Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off

May 1, 2025
Tomato, to-mah-to, potato-po-tah-to...no matter how you say it, you’re on the Sound Beat. Most married couples admit to occasional, let’s say…differences of opinion. Seldom are those…again, just differences of opinion,  as productive as Ira and Lenore Gershwin’s. Their opposing pronunciations of words like “tomato” and “potato” led to the hit song “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,”. It’s a conversational tune written by Ira and his...
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Since Henry Ford Apologized to Me

April 10, 2025
This song, Since Henry Ford Apologized to Me, is a response to events surrounding Ford's newspaper, the Dearborn Independent. One of the largest publications in the US in the 20’s, it printed many anti-semitic articles, "The International Jew" among them. That particular gem proffered that “International financiers are behind all war. They are what is called the international Jew: German Jews, French Jews, English Jews, American Je...
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Dark Was the Night…

March 25, 2025
Blues fans and extra-terrestrials alike may recognize this one.
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Laguardia’s Lament

February 5, 2025 • 1 min
The squeaky landing gear gets the grease
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Hooray For Captain Spaulding!

February 1, 2025
From Coast Coast, from every state in the Union…it’s Groucho Marx and…
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The 1000 Islands Song

January 27, 2025
Arthur Godfrey was a 50’s tv and radio icon, an aviator, equestrian…but not such a great tour leader. You’re on the Sound Beat You’re listening to The 1000 Islands Song, a Columbia 78 recorded in 1947. The archipelago lies in the St. Lawrence River, on the US-Canadian border. There are actually about 1800 islands, each passing the stringent criteria of :A. being above water level year-round, B. Having an area greater than one squ...
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After Gettysburg

January 8, 2025
Half a century after the Battle of Gettysburg, veterans from both sides gathered at the battle site to pay tribute to the fallen.
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

January 2, 2025
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was included on Harris’ Blue Kentucky Girl, a Warner Brothers LP.
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The Okeh Laughing Record

December 13, 2024
This one’s good for a laugh.
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Snickelfritz!

December 13, 2024
Freddie Fisher and "America's most unsophisticated band".
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Elder Charlie Beck

December 13, 2024
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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You Can’t Go Back to Constantinople

November 30, 2024
Here’s a succinct history lesson. “Istanbul was Constantinople. Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople.”
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How Tom Whitewashed the Fence

November 6, 2024
This excerpt from Tom Sawyer, coming in the book’s second chapter shows Tom at his cunning, conniving best.
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Spellbound

October 16, 2024 • 1 min
On today’s episode we’re talking electronic music…and the importance of a thorough resume.
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Band of Gideon

October 4, 2024
The Fisk Jubilee Singers with Band of Gideon, a cylinder recording from 1927
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If I Only Had a Heart

September 28, 2024
It was L. Frank Baum’s mother-in-law who encouraged him to write down the fanciful stories he told his kids. Seems he put a bit of himself into the tales, too.
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