"Depression!" October 3, 2008

(Week 141)

This RADIOLA! concedes that something is really up (or down) with the economy.

Tune in at 8 PM Eastern tonight to WHCL (with free streaming HERE). My Live365 station will host the program by this weekend.

Frank Crumit – The Tale of the Ticker (1929) – Bluebird 82876-50958-2
Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orch – Awful Sad (1928) – Decca GRD 3-640
Ipana Troubadors (W. Robison, v) – Wake Up! Chill’un, Wake Up! (1929) – Columbia 1779-D
Fred Elizalde and his Anglo-American Band – Dance, Little Lady (1928) – Retrieval RTR-79011
Ipana Troubadors (Bing Crosby, v) – I’ll Get By (1928) – Sony Music Special Products WK 75004
The Little Ramblers – Fallin’ Down (1925) – Timeless CBC 1-037
Charlie Palloy – Stormy Weather (1933) – The Old Masters mb118
Gertude Lawrence – Poor Little Rich Girl (1925) – Columbia CK57111
Bessie Smith – Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (1929) – Charly CDCD1030
The Orginal Jazz Hounds – All I Had is Gone (1927) – Classics 658
Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orch – Ready For The River (1928) – JSP 926A
Jesse Stone’s Blues Serenaders – Starvation Blues (1927) – Timeless CBC 1-036
Lionel Belasco and his Orch – Depression-pasillo (1932) – Rounder CD 1077
Lord Executor – I Don’t Know How The Young Men Living (1937) – Arhoolie Folklyric CD7004
Louis Armstrong and his Orch – Just a Gigolo (1931) – Columbia CK 48828
Al Gallodoro – Indian Summer (1969) – “A Moment In Time” Golden Rooster Records
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks – Raisin’ the Rent (2005) – “Cotton Club Revisited”
Fannie Brice – Second Hand Rose (1922) – Archeophone ARCH 9007
Annette Hanshaw – We Love It (1928) – Jasmine JASMCD 2542
Eddie Cantor – Cheer Up! Smile! Nertz! (1931) – JASS J-CD-639
Rudy Vallee and his CT Yankees – Brother, Can You Spare a Dime (1932) – Columbia CK 57712
Ethel Merman – Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor (1936) – Naxos 8.120533
Don Redman and his Orch – Got the Jitters (1934) – ASV Living Era CD AJA 5110
Casa Loma Orch – The Dance of the Lame Duck (1932) – Hep CD 1051
Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys – I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket (1936) – JAZ 1013
Original Dixieland Jazz Band – Oooh, Boom! (1938) – Hep CD 1084
Harold Arlen (w Arthur Schutt, piano) – Ill Wind (1934) – Living Era CD AJA 5603
Guy Lombardo and his RC’ns – A Cottage For Sale (1930) – Collectors’ Choice CCM-299-2
Arden-Ohman and their Orch – Who Cares? (1932) – RCA Victor 09026-63294-2
Jimmie Lunceford and his Orch – Rhythm is Our Business (1934) – Proper P1598
Chick Webb and his Orch – If Dreams Come True (1934) – Hep CD 1023
Teddy Wilson and his Orch – The Hour of Parting (1937) – Brunswick 7943