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Blues legend Sugar Pie DeSanto came to StoryCorps with Jim Moore, her manager of 50 years, to talk about her start on the stage and her legacy.
- Added: May 06, 2024
- Length: 02:53
On this episode of Audacious, meet people who've spent a year reading over 365 books, becoming fluent in English by watching television, and gotten...
Bought by WRKF
- Added: Dec 05, 2023
- Length: 50:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 06, 2023
- Length: 52:49
- Purchases: 5
Stories by Kim Weitkamp and Kevin Kling
Bought by KTXK, KECG, KKRN, Angelica Community Radio, KSJE and more
- Added: Sep 14, 2023
- Length: 52:50
- Purchases: 7
Last week, "Sounds Jewish" featured music by Jewish power trios. Tune in this week for Jewish music and comedy by duos.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Jul 14, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Bob Farrell sold more than ice cream to his customers. He sold them what they wanted. And if they wanted it, he would "Give 'em the Pickle." Her...
- Added: Aug 18, 2015
- Length: 08:31
- Added: Jul 30, 2014
- Length: 02:48
- Purchases: 1
A six square mile area of New York City became the hotspot for jazz in the late 1920s. Duke Ellington called it, “The world’s most glamorous atmos...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 02, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Ah, summer, the shortest season of the year. Or, at least it seems that way. This show is devoted to a few really hot bands and vocalists who guar...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 18, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Largely forgotten, bandleader Sam Lanin is possibly the most prolific recording artist of the 1920s. No one really knows just how many records he ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Thomas “Fats” Waller was known for his comedic style vocals, and his feverish motions of left hand creating a profound pattern of “Stride” piano, b...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 30, 2012
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Saxophonist Jack Pettis was a pioneer in the introduction of the C-Melody in the early 1920s. According to tenor Bud Freeman, he was the king, and ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 21, 2012
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
Reflections on 300 episodes of UCAP.
- Added: Oct 11, 2012
- Length: 07:14
The new single "Killing Me Slowly," lovingly dedicated to Paul Ryan.
- Added: Sep 03, 2012
- Length: 03:37
Adrian Rollini was a renaissance man of jazz. Besides being a multi-instrumentalist, he created new ways of performing on existing instruments, inv...
- Added: Mar 30, 2012
- Length: 59:00
Walter Donaldson should be one of the most recognizable composers of the 20th century with songs like "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby," and "Love Me, Or ...
- Added: Dec 27, 2011
- Length: 59:00
