| Show name | History of American Music |
| Show DJs | David Gowler,WMUA |
| Show info | History of American Music is an overview of, primarily, American Music starting just after 1900 and reaching the present day w/a core focus from 1919-1969. The show has a strong jazz and African-American music focus, touching on 'Field Recordings', Blues, Gospel, Religious and early R and B, but also surveying white popular and jazz and swing influenced music, primarily before 1950. Other ethnic and cultural recordings, esoteric recordings, instrumental recordings, vaudeville, dialect comedy and other recorded artifacts from the early years of recorded music also find their way into the show. The recordings themselves are primarily from original source material, primarily 78rpm discs, but also 33rpm discs and, also analog and digital transcriptions of original recordings. The show educates as it entertains and unfolds historic and social themes as related to the music. I try, each show, to, besides informing listeners of the specific dates of the recordings and the musical personnel featured, mention other related information of historical settings or background. However, the program is primarily music presented in a chronological format, which hopefully progresses in a way which leads the listener to their own conclusions. Though I put hours of thought and preparation into each show, with specific musical, and other intentions, it is mostly up to the listener to interpret what they hear. The show begins, proceeds and ends and hopefully, however much of the show a listener might hear on a given day, from part of one song to the whole show, they are enlightened in some way. Because of the historic and sometimes, rare nature of the recordings presented, it is most likely, that, despite the fact that these are older recordings, the listener will be hearing some, or perhaps, most of this music for the first time. Certainly, much of this music is very rarely heard on the airwaves, anywhere. |
| Show link | http://wmua.radioactivity.fm/show.html?showoid=6980 |
| Playlist RSS | http://wmua.radioactivity.fm/feeds/playlistrss.html?showoid=6980&date=05-19-2013 |
| Time | Title | Artist | Album | Label | Genre |
| 07:08 pm | The Smiler Rag Medley | Van Eps Trio | 17575 | Victor | |
| 07:08 pm | Banjo Blues | Moore and Freed | 14917 | Vocalion | |
| 07:09 pm | Insufficent Sweetie | Waring's Pennsylvanians | 19569 | Victor | |
| 07:17 pm | What Price Lyrics? | Whiteman's Rhythm Boys | 21302 | Victor | |
| 07:17 pm | From Monday On | Whiteman's Rhythm Boys | 21302 | Victor | |
| 07:21 pm | Did You Mean It? | Lee Morse | 1199-D | Columbia | |
| 07:23 pm | Fire House Blues | Mound City Blue Bloewrs | 1946-D | Columbia | |
| 07:28 pm | Tailspin Blues | Mound City Blue Blowers | B-10209 | Bluebird | |
| 07:29 pm | I'm In The Jailhouse Now | Boyd Senter and His Senterpedes | 22010 | Victor | |
| 07:30 pm | Rich Man, Poor Man, Begger Man, Thief | Boy Senter and His Senterpedes | 22010 | Victor | |
| 07:36 pm | Some Sweet Day | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | 21730 | Victor | |
| 07:47 pm | Friction | Fess Williams and His Royal Flush Orch. | B-6546 | Bluebird | |
| 07:48 pm | Fathers' Got His Glasses On | Cab Calloway Orch. | 24451 | Victor | |
| 07:49 pm | Lady With A Fan | Cab Calloway Orch. | 24451 | Victor | |
| 07:54 pm | Hotcha-Razz- Ma-Tazz | Cab Calloway Orch. | 24690 | Victor | |
| 08:07 pm | New Orleans Twist | Gene Gifford Orch. | 25041 | Victor | |
| 08:09 pm | Harlem Joys | Willie 'The Lion' Smith and His Cubs | 7074 | Decca | |
| 08:10 pm | Streamline Gal | Willie 'The Lion' Smith and His Cubs | 7074 | Decca | |
| 08:12 pm | Morning Air | Willie 'The Lion' Smith | Willie 'The Lion' Smith-The Original 14 Plus Two (1938-1939) | Commodore | |
| 08:13 pm | Rippling Waters | Willie 'The Lion' Smith | Willie 'The Lion' Smith-The Original 14 Plus Two (1938-1939) | Commodore | |
| 08:17 pm | Sneakaway | Willie 'The Lion' Smith | Willie 'The Lion' Smith-The Original 14 Plus Two (1938-1939) | Commodore | |
| 08:17 pm | Blue Room | Bud Freeman Trio | 513 | Commodore | |
| 08:18 pm | Exactly Like You | Bud Freeman Trio | 513 | Commodore | |
| 08:28 pm | Michigan Water Blues | Jelly Roll Morton | 588 | Commodore | |
| 08:31 pm | The Naked Dance | Jelly Roll Morton | 588 | Commodore | |
| 08:34 pm | Finesse (Night Wind) | Johnny Hodges Orch. | Test Pressing | Test Pressing | |
| 08:38 pm | Feedin' The Bean | Count Basie Orch. | 6180 | Okeh | |
| 08:47 pm | Perfume Suite | Duke Ellington Orch. | 516 | V Disc | |
| 08:54 pm | Seventh Avenue | Sgt. Sy Oliver and the V-Disc Volunteers | 557 | V Disc |
Playlist Artists:
Playlist Labels: