Scratchy Grooves
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Show No. 236: Aug. 11, 1991
"Back on the Air" is dad's return after several monthsafter he tried to quit, but finally gave in when people demanded more Scratchy Grooves. Songs include: Paul Small singing "Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feeling?", Ada Jones singing "Waiting at the Church" from a 1906 Edison cylinder, Nora Bayes singing "Has Anybody Seen Kelly?", Billy Murray's 1911 "If You Talk in Your Sleep, Don't Mention My Name," Enrico Caruso's "Over There," Johnny Marvin's 1927 "It's a Million to One You're In Love," and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 237: Aug. 25, 1991
"Beautiful Love Songs" includes Connee Boswell's 1933 "Stormy Weather," Fred Astaire's 1936 "The Way You Look Tonight," Al Bowlly's 1933 "You Have Taken My Heart," Helen Morgan's 1927 "Bill," Kenny Baker's 1938 "Love Walked In" and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 238: Sept. 1, 1991
"Street Songs" takes a walk through the long history of music that celebrates streets, including Russ Columbo singing "On the Street of Dreams," the Isham Jones Orchestra doing "A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet," Alberta Hunter's "Beale Street Blues," Bob Howard singing "Beale Street Mama," Max Morath playing "Broadway Rag," "Basin Street Blues" by Harry 'Hot Lips' Levine and His Barefoot Philharmonic, and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 239: Sept. 8, 1991
"New Old Songs" features some of the music dad collected during the six-month hiatus, including Mildred Bailey's "When You're a Long Long Way From Home," Helen Morgan's "More Than You Know," Irene Taylor's 1932 "WIllow Weep For Me," Bing Crosby's "I'm Through With Love," Billy Murray singing "Waltz Me Around Again Willie" from a 1906 Edison cylinder, and the oddlymisinformed 1940 "Rockabye My Baby, There Ain't Gonna Be No War." (61 min).
Show No. 240: Sept. 15, 1991
"Dating" covers the subject of love in bloom, including "I'm Going to Meet My Sweetie Now" by Jane Grant, "Lulu's Back in Town" by Dick Powell, "Take Your Girly to the Movies" by Billy Murray, "Meet Me By the Ice House Lizzie" by the Hoosier Hotshots, "When I Take My Sugar to Tea" by Harry Reser, Ted Weems doing "My Cutie's Due at 2:22" (1926) and "Washing Dishes With my Sweetie" (1930), and lots more romantic situations. (60 min.)
Show No. 241: Sept. 22, 1991
"Sweet Songs" is a cavity-causing hour of songs about sweeties, including "Sweet as a Song" by Al Bowlly, "Sweet Adeline" by the Mills Brothers, "Sweet is the Word for You" (1936) by Hal Kemp's Orchestra, "Sweet and Lovely" and "Sweet Someone" sung by Paul Small, Harry Reser's 1924 "Sweet Little You," Fred and Adele Astaire singing "Sweet Music" and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 242: Sept. 29, 1991
"Who's That Singing?" is another installment of a call-in quiz featuring singers you wouldn't expect, including Richard Chamberlain, Shelley Winters, John Garfield, Lucille Ball, Sid Caesar, Cole Porter, Anne Sheridan, Pola Negri, Merv Griffin and others. (The tape runs out about 30 seconds early at the end - The answer is Lee Marvin, if you're playing along). (60 min.)
Show No. 243: Oct. 5, 1991
"The Coconut Grove" traces the bands that played at the legendary nightspot, including Margaret Lawrence singing "What Did You Do With It?" from 1932, Art Hickman playing "Whispering" from 1921, Abe Lyman's 1924 "Sweet Little You" and "Mandalay," Gus Arnheim doing "If I Can't Have You" and "Glad Rag Doll" from 1928, and several live radio broadcasts from 1931 and 1932, when all the stars danced at the Grove. (60 min.)
Show No. 244: Oct. 13, 1991
"Stars" looks at some of the many songs on the topic, including "Singing a Song to the Stars" by Cliff Edwards, "Stars Fell in Alabama" (1934) by Guy Lombardo, Bing Crosby's 1932 "Starlight," Louis Armstrong's 1935 "You Are My Lucky Star," Fred Waring's 1919 "Stars In My Eyes," Julia Sanderson asking "Why Do Stars Come Out at Night?" and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 245: Nov. 3, 1991
"November" salutes dad's least favorite month. He attached songs to the topic, including "My Dream of the Big Parade" (1926), "Promise Me Everything Never Get Anything Blues" (1924) by Billy Murray and Aileen Stanley, "Taking a Chance" by Ethel Waters, "We're in the Money," "Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" and more. What do they have to do with November? You'll have to listen to find out. (60 min.)
Show No. 246: N
ov. 10, 1991
"British Dance Bands" features a cross-section of UK music, including the Bert Ambrose Orchestra doing "The Clouds Will Soon Roll By," Billy Cotton's Orchestra (at left) doing "Somebody Stole My Gal," Al Bowlly's 1928 "If I Had You," Roy Fox's Orchestra doing 1933's "Whispering," the Henry Hall Orchestra playing "Home" (1932), Pat O'Malley singing "How Do You Do Honolulu?" and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 247: Nov. 17, 1991
"At Random" shows what happens when dad took a stack of records and played them without a theme. You'll hear Johnny Puleo playing a harmonica version of "Yes, We Have No Bananas," a 1929 radio air check with Bob Nolan singing "Tell Me Who," Edith Caldwell doing "Me Without You," Hal Kemp playing "My Troubles Are Over" (1928), Ben Sullivan's Novelty Orchestra playing "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" (1919), Bing Crosby singing "I'm Through With Love" from a 1931 radio show, and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 248: Nov. 24, 1991
"Leftovers & Requests" does a little housekeeping, catching up on songs that got left off previous shows, and playing some requested, including Dick Powell's "I'll String Along With You," Al Bowlly's "Sweet and Lovely" and "Can't We Meet Again," The Anson Weeks Orchestra playing "Say It Isn't So," Will Holly's automotive lament "Get Out And Get Under," Paul Whiteman's Orchestra playing "Japanese Sandman" and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 249: Dec. 1, 1991
"December" is another of the almanac-style shows dad did on a theme -- this time all the trivia, important dates and not-so-important things that happened in December over the centuries, all accompanied with music selected with his dry wit. (60 min.)
Show No. 250: Dec. 8, 1991
"Giving" ushers in the spirit of December with "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" by Cliff Edwards, "All I Want is Just One Girl" by George Olsen's Orchestra with vocalist Fred MacMurray, "Take My Heart" (1936) by Buddy Clark, "Everything I Have Is Yours" by Gene Austin (1933), "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love" (1933) by Annette Hanshawand more. (60 min.)
Show No. 251: Dec. 15, 1991
"Ships" looks at boats big and small, including "When My Ship Comes In" by Eddie Cantor (1934), "Waitin' For the Robert E. Lee" by Collins and Harlan (1912), "Has Anybody Seen Our Ship?" by Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence (1936), "Paddlin' Madeline Home" by Cliff Edwards, Guy Lombardo's 1937 "Harbor Lights," Annette Hanshaw's 1933 "I Cover the Waterfront," a 1911 "The Oceana Roll" and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 252: Dec. 29, 1991
"1991" looks back at the year's events, with some carefully chosen music. We learn about the breakup of the USSR ("I Fall to Pieces"), the recession ("Keep Smiling at Trouble" by Al Jolson and "If I Ever Get a Job Again" by Dick Robertson), some scary new germs ("Some Little Bug Will Find You Someday" from 1915) and lots more. (60 min.)
Show No. 253: Jan. 12, 1992
"1920s Also-Rans" features songs that didn't stand the test of time but were tuneful nonetheless, including "That's My Happiness" by Billy Jones and Ernie Hare (1927), Fred Waring's 1927 "Hellow Swanee Hello," the Silver-Masked Tenor singing "I'm Lonely Without You," Rudy Vallee's 1929 "Where Are You Dream Girl?", Ted Weems doing "Anything Your Heart Desires" (1929) and more. 60 min.
Show No
. 254: Jan. 26, 1992
"Rarities" features some historic -- and sometimes silly -- audio, including "The Laughing Record" from 1922, a snippet of Sarah Bernardt acting in 1906, the first words ever recorded by Thomas Edison (at left) in 1877, a 1906 commercial for the Edison Talking Machine, a bit of a recording of an 1897 boxing match, Rudy Vallee's first recording, the 1926 "You'll Do It Someday," Woody Guthrie recalling an apocalyptic dust storm, and lots more. (60 min.)
Show No. 255: Feb. 9, 1992
"Three Little Words" gets kind of sappy for Valentine's Day, with an hour of love songs including Johnny Marvin's 1929 "Sweetheart of All My Dreams," "I'll Always Be in Love With You" by Vera Lynn, "How Deep is the Ocean" by Ethel Merman, "Remember" by Connie Boswell, "Make Believe" (1928) by Bing Crosby and the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 256: Feb. 16, 1992
"Black Artists" salutes some musical pioneers, including Scott Joplin playing an 1899 "Maple Leaf Rag," Alma Gluck singing James A. Bland's "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny," Bert Williams doing "Nobody," Eubie Blake playing "Bandana Days" and "I'm Just Wild About Harry" from 1921, Roland Hayes singing "As One People," Josephine Baker's "He's the Only Man in Paris" and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 257: Feb. 23, 1992
"1934" looks at some of the news and music of that year, including "All I Do is Dream of You," Louis Armstrong's "In My Solitude," Paul Whiteman's Orchestra playing "I Get a Kick Out of You," Pinky Tomlin's "The Object of My Affection," Snooky Lanson's "The Very Thought of You," Jane Froman's "Hands Across the Table," Al Jolson's "I Only Have Eyes For You" and more. (61 min.)
Show No. 258: March 8, 1992
"Spring Preview" lets dad step out of the spotlight for an hour while the sounds of spring -- notably a babbling brook -- create a warm setting for springtime songs by Al Jolson, Carson Robinson, Jo Stafford, The Ipana Troubadours, Scrappy Lambert and others. Guratanteed to make you feel springy! (61 min.)
Show No. 259: March 29, 1992
"Party Time" whoops it up with "Dancing at the Moving Pictures Ball" (1921), "The Darktown Strutter's Ball" (1929) by the Kuhn Sanders Orchestra, Harry Reser's 1927 "Waitin' on the Robert E. Lee," the 1928 "It's a Treat to Beat Your Feet on the Mississippi Mud," Billy Murray's 1937 "Mickey Mouse's Birthday," Ted Lewis doing "Alexander's Ragtime Band," the Rhythm Boys singing "That's Grandma" (1927) and more. (61 min.)
Show No. 260: April 12, 1992
"Exploring" features songs from dad's collection that he hadn't heard before. You'll discover "Anything You Say" by Cliff Edwards, "Blue Kentucky Moon" (1931) by the Gus Arnheim Orchestra, "The Camera Doesn't Lie" (1937) by Buddy Clark, "Do I Know What I'm Doing?" by The Mystery Girl, the Boswell Sisters singing "Gee I'd Like to Make You Happy" (1930), "Have a Heart" (1934) by Al Bowlly, "Just a Word of Sympathy" (1916) by Vernon Dalhart, and lots more. (61 min.)
Show No. 261: April 19, 1992
"Little Songs" has a little fun with "Little White Lies" by Fred Waring, "The Little Things You Used To Do" by Helen Morgan, "Little Pal" by John McCormack, "Little Orphan Annie" sung by Joe Sanders, "A Little Kiss Each Morning" by Rudy Vallee, "Little Curly Hair in a High Chair" by Eddie Cantor and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 262: April 26, 1992
"One-Sided Love Songs" looks at the frustrations of romance, including "The One I Love Can't Be Bothered With Me" by Johnny Marvin, "Love in Vain" by MIldred Bailey, "I Can't Get the One I Want" by Marion Harris, "I Can't Get Started" by Dick Todd, "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues" by Louis Armstrong and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 263: May 3, 1992
"Requited Love Songs" is a happer side of romance than the previous week, with Sam Brown's Orchestra doing "Yes Yes," Eddie Howard singing "I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me," Johnny Marvin's 1929 "I'm in Heaven," the Ted Weems Orchestra playing "My Baby Just Cares For Me," Harold 'Scrappy' Lambert singing "I'm More Than Satisfied" and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 264: May 10, 1992
"Mother Songs" packs a lot of sentiment into one radio show, with "Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again," "My Mother's Eyes" by George Jessel, Al Jolson's "Mammy," "Mother O' Mine" sung by Robert White, Will Rogers ruminating on mothers from a 1935 radio broadcast, and the truly awful "Baby Your Mother Like She Babied You." (58 mins.)
Show No. 265: May 17, 1992
"Leftovers" features songs that didn't fit into previous shows, plus a lot of requests. Songs include "That's Grandma" (1927) by the Rhythm Boys, a live broadcast of the Coon Sanders Orchestra doing "Some of These Days" (1926), Eddie Howard singing "Don't Worry Bout Me," Ella Fitzgerald's 1936 "Shine," Little Jack Little doing "With Every Breath That I Take" (1934) and more. (61 min.)
Show No. 266: May 24, 1992
"Favorites" features some standards and requests, including Ben Bernie's Orchestra playing "She's Funny That Way" (1928), Paul Whiteman's "Side By Side" (1927), Lewis James singing "All Alone" (1926); Frances Langford's "Once in a While" (1937), Eddie Peabody playing an electric banjo version of "I'll See You in My Dreams" (1924) and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 267: May 31, 1992
"Smiles" is guaranteed to cheer you up, with "They're Smiling All Over Me" (1928), Gus Arnheim and the Three Ambassadors doing "Every Time You Smile" (1929), Vic Burton's Orchestra doing "A Smile Will Go a Long Long Way" (1925), Jerome Kern and Stanley Holloway ambling through "Keep Smiling" (1934), the Colonial Club Orchestra playing "Smile Darn Ya Smile" and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 268: June 7, 1992
"Requests and Dedications" cleans up a lot of the to-do's on dad's list, with requested songs including Rob Kemp's Orchestra doing "I've Got a Date With an Angel," two songs by Al Bowlly, Johnny Marvin's 1931 "Yours and Mine," Lee Morse singing "Miss You" (1929), and such unlikely songs as "The Streak" and Eddie Arnold's "That's How Much I Love You." (runs a bit short at 53 min.)
Show No. 269: June 14, 1992
"You" is all about ... you guessed it ... you. Songs include "You" by Ruth Etting, "You Always Hurt the One You Love" by the Mills Brothers, "You and the Night and the Music" by Libby Holman, "You and Who Else" by Hal Kemp and Skinny Ennis, "You Are Too Beautiful" by Al Jolson, "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" by Dick Robertson and more. (61 min.)
Show No. 270: June 21, 1992
"New To Me" spotlights records that dad had gotten recently, including "I'm Through With Love" by Ella Fitzgerald, "Roll On Mississippi Roll On" by Noble Sissel (1931), "Never in a Million Years" by Mildred Bailey, "Runnin' Wild" by Red Nichols (1934), "Me and the Clock" (a 1929 Edison record), "I'm Still Caring" by the Harry Reser Orchestra, Vernon Dalhart's "Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now" and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 271: June 27, 1992
"Favorites" includes dad's best-loved songs, like "Painting the Clouds With Sunshine" by Jack Hilton's Orchestra, "Stormy Weather" by Connie Boswell, "Love Walked In" by Kenny Baker, "Whispering" by Paul Whiteman, "We May Never Pass This Way Again" by Kate Smith, and others. (60 min.)
Show No. 272: July 5, 1992
"At the Seashore" takes a trip to the beach with Jimmy Lunsford singing "The Beach at Bali Hai," Lee Morse doing "Love Letters in the Sand," "The Summer Wind" by Perry Como, Bing Crosby's "On the Crest of a Wave," Al Bowlly's "On the Isle of Capri," Willy Weston singing about rolling chairs in Atlantic City and more. (61 min.)
Show No. 273: July 12, 1992
"Questions" asks some big questions, like "Do You Ever Think of Me?" by Ruth Etting, "Where are You Dream Girl?" (1929) by Rudy Vallee, "Does the Spearmint Lose its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?" by the Happiness Boys, "How Long Has This Been Going On?" by Harry Hudson's Merry Men, "Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter?" by Cliff Edwards, and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 274: July 19, 1992
"1936" features the hits and the news of that year, including "Pennies from Heaven," "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" by Ruth Etting, "Shoeshine Boy" by Louis Armstrong, "When Did You Leave Heaven?" by Tony Martin, "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" by Lillian Roth, "There's a Small Hotel" by Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon, and more.(runs a little short at 52 mins)
Show No. 275: July 26, 1992
"Hello!" looks at this universal greeting in song, including "Hello Baby" by Ruth Etting (1926), "Hello Bluebird" by Blossom Sealey and Bennie Felds, "Hello Frisco" by Elita Morris and Sam Ash (1915), "Hello Sunshine Hello" by Eddie Cantor, the minstrel number "Hello Summer" by Collins and Harlan (1916), the prohibition song "Hello Canada" by Arthur Fields and more (60 min.)
Show No. 276: Aug. 2, 1992
"1911" features songs and news from that year, including "Dardanella" by Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra and "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" by Ben Sullivan's Orchestra, plus the debut of a segment where listeners get their favorite songs played in the studio. Tonight, it's Vic Savage, whose tastes run to 1940s classics like "String of Pearls" by Glenn Mller and "Song of India" by Tommy Dorsey. (60 min.)
Show No. 277: Aug. 9, 1992
"Cities" takes a trip to some well-known places and some lesser-known songs about them, including "My New York" by Dave Kaplan and his Happiness Orchestra (1928), "MIami" by Al Jolson (1925), "Dallas Blues" by Louis Armstrong, "Mobile" by the Confederates, "Meet in Me in Old Philly, Billy," "Back in Hackensack" and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 278: Aug. 16, 1992
"Listener Favorites: John Burns" features a listener who sent in his list of songs and got to come into the studio for a show. Songs include Ted Weems doing "You're the Cream in my Coffee" (1929), George Olsen's "Hello, Aloha, How Are You?", Ben Pollock's "Futuristic Rhythm," Irving Kauffman's "Is it a Sin?", Lloyd Keating's "Through," "The Song I Love" credited by Frank Mater, but actually Rudy Vallee, and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 279: Aug. 23, 1992
"The Other Side of Love" includes "What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasin' You?" by the Mound City Blues Blowers, "We Can't Get Along" by Ginger Rogers, "You're Breaking My Heart" by Buddy Clark, "You Let Me Down" by Jimmy Dorsey, "You're Laughing at Me" by Fats Waller, "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye" by Annette Hanshaw and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 280: Aug. 30, 1992
"Listener Favorites: Lew English" features dad's good friend Lew, a born storyteller, who has a funny tale to tell about every song on his list: "Harbor Lights" by Sammy Kaye, "Carolina Moon" by Gene Austin, "Red Hot Mama" by the Brach Sisters, "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More" by Wendell Hall, "Honey" by Rudy Vallee, "Piccolo Pete" by Ted Weems and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 281: Sept. 13, 1992
"Crying" uses up a whole box of tissues with tunes like "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" by Ruth Etting, "Boo Hoo" by the Guy Lombardo Orchestra, "You've Got Me Crying Again" by Isham Jones (1933), "Every Night I Cry Myself to Sleep Over You" by Arthur Fields, "Crying to the Moon" by Annette Hanshaw, "I'm Gonna Cry" by the Boswell Sisters (1925) and plenty of other tear-stained songs. (60 min.)
Show No. 282: Sept. 20, 1992
"Something Completely Different" features songs making their Scratchy Grooves debut, including Annette Hanshaw's 1928 "For Old Time's Sake," Gene Austin's "If I Could Be With You," Frank Luther's 1929 "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All?" Isham Jones doing "Wabash Blues," Al Bowlly's 1935 "Where Am I" and others. (60 min.)
Show No. 283: Sept. 27, 1992
"Bugs" looks at the little pests through music, including "A Little Bug Is Going to Find You Someday" by Billy Murray (1915), Charlie Chaplin singing about running a flea circus, Hel Kemp's Orchestra doing "The Love Bug" (1936), Bessie Smith singing "Mean Old Bed Bug Blues," Flanders and Swann's "A Spider in the Bath," Vernon Dalhart's "The Boll Weevil Blues" (1924) and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 284: Oct. 4, 1992
"1937" looks at the music and events of the year, including Dick Powell's "Rosalie," Bob Hope's "Thanks For the Memories," Hal Kemp's Orchestra doing "Where or When," Al Bowlly singing "You're a Sweetheart," Guy Lombardo's "September in the Rain," Mildred Bailey's "Never in a Million Years" and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 285: Oct. 11, 1992
"Kind and Gentle" aired on the night of a presidential debate, so to counterract the rancor, here's the Mills Brothers doing "If I Had My Way," Al Bowlly's "My Song Goes Round the World," Martha Tilton's "I Fall in Love With You Every Day," Paul Small singing "I Apologize," Mildred Bailey's "Always and Always," The Four Renegades harmonizing on "When I Leave the World Behind" and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 286: Oct. 25, 1992
"Music From Friends" includes songs sent to dad by listeners and tape-trading buddies, including Billy Murray and Eileen Stanley's 1924 "Your Mama's Going to Slow You Down," the National Music Lovers Orchestra doing "When It's Nighttime in Italy, It's Wednesday Over Here," Arthur Fields and the Rialto Dance Orchestra doing "I Miss My Swiss" (1925), Rudy Vallee's strange "The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away," Annette Hanshaw's 1930 "I Love a Ukelele" and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 287: Nov. 1, 1992
"Elections" takes a look at the eternal subject of politics, including "Someone Tell Me How to Vote" by Carson Robinson, the Happiness Boys debating the merits of Hoover and Smith, campaign songs for Franklin Roosevelt, a 1903 Cal Stewart comedy routine, a 1915 comedy bit by actor Raymond Hitchcock, Little Jack Little singing "I Don't Want to be President," Eddie Cantor and the Mad Russian from a 1944 radio comedy, and more (60 min.)
Show No. 288: Nov. 8, 1992
"Sorry About That" features weepy, apologetic songs as well as you're-going-to-be-sorry songs, including Gene Austin's "Forgive Me" and "When Your Lover Has Gone," Scrappy Lambert singing "Just One More Chance," Paul Small's "I Apologize," Al Bowlly doing "Carelessly," Sophie Tucker's 1911 "Some of These Days," as well as sorry songs by Mildred Bailey, Marion Harris, The Ink Spots and more. (60 min.)
Show No. 289: Nov. 15, 1992
"Sunny Music" is an upbeat hour, including a 1925 "Sweet Georgia Brown," Edwin McKinley's Orchestra doing "Spanish Shawl," Ted Payne's Orchestra doing "Blondie," "My Baby Just Cares For Me" and "Hot Coffee," Belle Baker singing "Laughing at Life," Joe Shaw and his High Steppers doing "Crazy People" and more. (61 min.)