IHTSB ARCHIVES

2025-01-IHTSB-January12

Jan 12, 2025 • 00:57:27

IHTSB Jan 12, 2025 Today we’ll be listening to a selection of recordings made in the 1940s and 1950s for the Capitol Record label. This was a recording company set up in 1942 by singer-songwriter Johnny Mercer which went on to become one of the leading record labels in the…

2024-IHTSB-September-29

Oct 15, 2024 • 00:56:07

IHTSB Sep 29, 2024 On today’s show we feature recordings from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. We listen to bands led by Bob Crosby, Ambrose and Woody Herman, among others. Our singers today include Alice Faye, Dean Martin and Billie Holiday, and we, as so often, hear from small groups,…

2024-IHTSB-September-22

Oct 15, 2024 • 00:57:32

IHTSB Sep 22, 2024 On this week’s show we celebrate the beginning of autumn, which will start on Sunday, September 22 this year. Our recordings include songs about the season, fall weather, the leaves and the month of September. Among other artists, we’ll listen to Sidney Bechet, with September Song…

2024-IHTSB-October-27

Oct 27, 2024 • 00:57:47

IHTSB Oct 27 2024 Anita O’Day starts off today’s show, one of several lovely singers in our line-up, which includes Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr, Lena Horne and Mel Tormé, among others. We also hear from some particularly fine musicians: Miles Davis in one of his earlier recordings, Woody Herman…

2024-11-IHTSB-November-03

Nov 3, 2024 • 00:56:56

IHTSB Nov 3, 2024 Today we listen to a selection of recordings from the 1930s to the 1950s. We feature musicians in small jazz groups, some big bands and accompanying singers of the time. Among those we hear from are two great drummers, Buddy Rich and Chick Webb, as well…

2024-10-IHTSB-October-20

Oct 18, 2024 • 00:56:06

2024-09-IHTSB-September-15

Sep 24, 2024 • 00:55:43

2024-09-IHTSB-September-08

Sep 24, 2024 • 00:57:19

2024-09-IHTSB-September-01

Sep 1, 2024 • 00:56:01