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Sam Waldron
by Sam Waldron
Each week, Sam Waldron hosts “45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s” a musical journey back to the days when he was young. Each one-hour show combines stories and recordings centered on a theme.
Episodes
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Episode 333, Did You Know
Episode 333, Did You Know, reveals little-known facts about prominent mid-20th century performers along with some of their best music. Songs include With My Eyes Wide Open I’m Dreaming, Money Honey, Change Partners, That’ll Be the Day, The Folks Who Live on the Hill, and six more. 45 RPM, Music…
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Episode 332, Songs About Boats
Episode 332, Songs About Boats, pays musical tribute to everything from rowboats to oceans to water skiers. Performers include Frank Sinatra, Charles Tenet, Joy Hodges, Bobby Darin, The Andrews Sisters, Neil Sedaka, Burl Ives, and 10 more. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s Episode 332 Songs About...
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Episode 331, Benny Goodman Tribute
Episode 331, Benny Goodman Tribute, focuses on the music and still-evolving legacy of a pioneer of the Swing Era who turned the clarinet into an instrument worthy of being the star in a concert. In addition to Goodman’s band, performers include Peggy Lee, The Andrews Sisters, Art Lund, Helen...
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Episode 330, 1956 My Way
Episode 330, 1956 My Way, is a unique musical guided tour back to one of the most diverse periods of mid-20th-century music, featuring up-and-coming artists as well as veterans. Performers include The Four Preps, Elvis Presley, Cathy Carr, Frank Sinatra, Carl Perkins, Louis Armstrong, Les Baxter,...
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Episode 329 1950s Gospel
Episode 329 1950s Gospel, features 14 prominent gospel acts from the 1950s, including the very first interracial commercial recording made in the United States. Performers include Mahalia Jackson, Sam Cooke, Sister Rosetta Tharp, The Dixie Hummingbirds, Elvis Presley, and The Statesmen Quartet…
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Episode 328, Now the Words
Episode 328, Now the Words, showcases nine iconic swing-era big band songs like In the Mood, Tuxedo Junction and Take the A Train … and pairs them with vocal recordings that include lyrics. Performers include Jerry Vale, Frank Sinatra, The Delta Rhythm Boys, The Andrews Sisters, and Mel Torme. 45...
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Episode 327, Obscure 1950s Females
Episode 327, Obscure 1950s Females, features 16 talented singers who never rose to superstar status but left great music. Performers include Hellen Merrill, Margie Bowes, Sue Raney, Lula Reed, Laura Allyn, Lurlean Hunter, Mavis Rivers, and nine more. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s Episode 327...
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Episode 326, 1940-1941 My Way
Episode 326, 1940-1941 My Way gives 21st century listeners Sam Waldron’s unique musical and sociological window into the early years of World War II and the late years of the Swing Era. Performers include Tommy Tucker, Dinah Shore, Glenn Miller, The Ink Spots, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, and...
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Episode 325, Six Years of Rock and Roll
Episode 325, Six Years of Rock and Roll, features 20 famous recordings from 1954 through 1959, with performances by The Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Ricky Nelson, Johnnie and the Hurricanes, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, Pat Boone … and more. Episode 325 Six Years of Rock and Roll...
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Episode 324, New Love
Episode 324, New Love, includes 17 recordings about the wonder of brand new love. Performers include Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Matt Monro, Betty Ann Blake, Russ Morgan, Johnny Mathis, Dorothy Collins, Eddie Fisher … and nine more. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s Episode 324 New Love Playlist…
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Episode 323, Jim Reeves
Episode 323, Jim Reeves, traces the career of a pioneer country performer whose career was cut short by a plane crash when he was just 40. Recordings include Four Walls, The Blue Side of Lonesome, Have You Ever Been Lonely, Mexican Joe, Stand at Your Window, and The Blizzard, plus duets with…
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Episode 322, Music for Breaking Up
Episode 322, Music for Breaking Up, includes 16 songs about what happens when love goes astray. Artists include Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Vic Damone, Kitty Wells, Rosemary Clooney, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and eight others. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s Episode 322 Music for Breaking Up...
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Episode 321, 1954 My Way
Episode 321, 1954 My Way, takes a unique look at a year of change in popular music, including the start of a major transition in country music. Performers include Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, The Five Satins, Chet Atkins, Hank Williams, Hank Snow, and eight more. 45 RPM, Music of...
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Episode 320, Signed Off 2024
Episode 320, Signed Off 2024, pays tribute to notable musicians who died in 2024, including some who are well known and others whose fascinating stories are not. Performers include The New Christy Minstrels, Quincy Jones, Jack Jones, Steve Lawrence, Lola Dee, Ricky Nelson, Ray St. Germain, Angela...
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Episode 319, More Signature Songs
Episode 319, More Signature Songs, presents the most-remembered recordings by iconic mid-century performers including Elvis Presley, The Ink Spots, Kitty Wells, Jerry Lee Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Fats Domino, Perry Como, Dean Martin, and more. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s Episode...
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Episode 318, Songs With Stories
Episode 318, Songs With Stories, presents the stories behind eight iconic 20th century songs: That’s All Right Mama, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, We Shall Overcome, La Bamba, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Ain’t That A Shame, In The Mood, and White Christmas. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s Episode 318...
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Episode 317, My Favorite Christmas Music
In Episode 317, My Favorite Christmas Music, Sam Waldron presents 17 recordings from six previous holiday episodes of 45RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s. Performers include Ernest Tubb, Dean Martin, Julie London, Nat King Cole, The Ray Conniff Singers, Jim Reeves, Dolly Partin and Peggy Lee. 45 RPM,...
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Episode 316, My Favorite Big Band Music
Episode 316, My Favorite Big Band Music, features 19 of Sam Waldron’s favorite recordings by bands and orchestras, presenting a variety of sounds, from a 1930s ballroom dance floor to a 1950s Saturday afternoon college football field. Performers include Lester Lanin, Louis Armstrong, Percy Faith,...
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Episode 315, Songs About Sunday and Monday
Episode 315, Songs About Sunday and Monday, uses these two days of the week to feature 17 recordings by performers including Merle Haggard, Billie Holliday, Frank Sinatra, The Chordettes, Bing Crosby, Hank Williams, Fats Domino, The Mamas & The Papas plus 10 more. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s...
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In Episode 314, 1951 My Way
In Episode 314, 1951 My Way, Sam Waldron presents a unique selection of music and stories, painting an interesting picture of life back then. Performers include Eddy Arnold, Nat King Cole, Rosemary Clooney, Merle Haggard and George Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, and seven more. Episode 314...
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Episode 313, Signature Songs
Episode 313, Signature Songs, presents the songs most associated with 17 performers including The Everly Brothers, Ricky Nelson, the bands of Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller, Connie Francis, Tony Bennett, Brenda Lee, Gene Autry, and nine more. Episode 313 Signature Songs Playlist 1 Crazy Patsy…
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Episode 312, Come Fly With Me 2
Episode 312, Come Fly With Me 2, continues the music that Sam Waldron’s phone picked out for him during a red-eye flight to Europe. Performers include Paul Anka, The Ink Spots, The Fifth Dimension, Pat Boone, Elvis Presley, Dinah Washington and 11 more. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s Episode…
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Episode 311, Come Fly With Me Part 1
Episode 311, Come Fly With Me Part 1, features 17 recordings picked at random from a playlist on Sam Waldron’s phone during a long red-eye flight. Performers include Matt Monro, Jimmy Durante, Barbara Cook, Robert Goulet, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Noel Paul Stokey, Pee Wee King, and Bobby…
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Episode 310, Music of Harold Arlen
Episode 310, Music of Harold Arlen, features songs from one of the 20th century’s lesser-known songwriters. Titles include Over the Rainbow, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Stormy Weather, Let’s Fall in Love, Blues in the Night, That Old Black Magic, and I’ve Got the World on a String.…
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Episode 309, My Favorite Albums
Episode 309, My Favorite Albums, samples a dozen LPs that were Sam Waldron’s favorites when he was young. Performers include Tommy Sands, Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, The Platters, Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, and The Beatles. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s Episode 309 My Favorite Albums…
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Episode 308, Bill Haley and His Comets
Episode 308, Bill Haley and His Comets, explores the music of the group most responsible for ushering in the era of 1950s rock and roll. Included are a few of Haley’s very early recordings from the 1940s. Songs include Rock Around the Clock, Forty Cups of Coffee, Skinny Minnie, Rip It Up, Shake...
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Episode 307, 1960 My Way
Episode 307, 1960 My Way, presents Sam Waldron’s unique perspective on music styles and trends in that year. The episode includes pop, rock-and-roll, country, doo-wop and adult-oriented jazz. Performers include Elvis Presley, Bobby Vee, Tony Bennett, Dion and the Belmonts, Jim Reeves, The...
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Episode 306, 1950s Dance Crazes
Episode 306, 1950s Dance Crazes, tracks popular music about the waltz, the mambo, the rhumba, rock and roll, the cha-cha-cha and five other popular dance styles. Performers include Elvis Presley, Patti Page, Bill Haley & His Comets, Sam Cooke, The Crickets, Tony and Joe, The Diamonds, plus 11…
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Episode 304, The Four Lads
Episode 304, The Four Lads, features hit records and album tracks by this popular singing group. Performances include Moments to Remember, No Not Much, Standin’ on the Corner, Moonlight Bay, I’ll Never Stop Loving You, Istanbul, The Bus Stop Song, and 12 more. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s 304...
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Episode 305, Ned Washington
Episode 305, Ned Washington, explores music written by a man who created 140 songs in motion pictures and won two Best Original Song Grammy Awards. Performers include Frankie Laine, Jack Jones, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Linda Ronstadt, Nat King Cole, and 11 more. 45 RPM, Music...
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Episode 303, The Great American Songbook
Episode 303, The Great American Songbook, features males performing 17 songs from Broadway and Hollywood productions, including Kismet, The King & I, South Pacific, Do Re Mi, and Pal Joey. Performers include Mel Torme, Frank Sinatra, Sam Cooke, Louis Armstrong, Matt Monro, The Platters, Jerry…
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Episode 302, The Roots of Rock & Roll
Episode302, The Roots of Rock & Roll, presents 18 recordings, from the 1920s to 1958, that were important in shaping this genre. Songs include Statesboro Blues, Keep on theSunny Side, TV is the Thing This Year, Be Bop a Lula, Down Hearted Blues,Rumble, I Know Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well…
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Episode 301, Favorite 1950s Love Songs
Episode 301, Favorite 1950s Love Songs, presents 18 love songs that are among Sam Waldron’s most treasured. Artists include Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Doris Day, Jerry Vale, The Platters, Betty Ann Blake, Pat Boone , Tony Bennett, and 10 more. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s Episode 301 Favorite...
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Episode 300, Percy Faith
Episode 300, Percy Faith, showcases the surprising range of music produced by one of the 20th century’s most important orchestra leaders. Recordings include Theme From A Summer Place, The Theme From Moulin Rouge, Do You Know the Way to San Jose, It’s Magic, Anchors Aweigh, and 13 more. 45 RPM,...
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Episode 299, Songs of Joy
Episode 299, Songs of Joy, presents 20 feel-good recordings likely to put smiles on the faces of even the grumpiest listeners. Performers include Rosemary Clooney, Jim Reeves, Jerry Keller, Jerry Vale, k d lang, Frank Sinatra, Pat Boone, Peggy Lee and The Ink Spots. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and…
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Episode 298, Four Songs
Episode 298, Four Songs, presents five recordings each of four old songs: For Me and My Gal, Back in Your Own Back Yard, Deep Purple, and Ragtime Cowboy Joe. Performers include Bing Crosby, The Biscuit Brothers, Eydie Gorme, Nino Tempo & April Stevens, Jean Louisa Kelly, actor Jimmy Stewart, The...
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Episode 297, My Favorite Doo-Wop Music
Episode 297, My Favorite Doo-Wop Music, presents 19 of Sam Waldron favorites, including sweet harmonies like The Fleetwoods’ The Great Imposter, raunchy street songs like Love Potion #9, and no-holds-barred recordings like Whispering Bells, She Say, Donna the Prima Donna, and Remember Then....
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Episode 296, Fats Domino
Episode 296, Fats Domino, features 17 recordings by a musician once described by Elvis Presley as “the real king of rock and roll.” Songs include Blue Monday, Whole Lotta Lovin’, Blueberry Hill, Walkin’ to New Orleans, Slow Boat to China, Ain’t That a Shame, My Blue Heaven, and 10 more. Click for...
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Episode 295, Hidden Gems
Episode 295, Hidden Gems, presents lesser-known items from The Great American Songbook, including You Were Meant For Me, Lydia the Tatooed Lady, Lulu’s Back in Town, A Ship Without a Sail, and more than a dozen others. Performers include Neil Sedaka, Eddy Arnold, Jack Jones, Bing Crosby, Mary...
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Episode 295, Hidden Gems
Episode 295, Hidden Gems, presents lesser-known items from The Great American Songbook, including You Were Meant For Me, Lydia the Tatooed Lady, Lulu’s Back in Town, A Ship Without a Sail, and more than a dozen others. Performers include Neil Sedaka, Eddy Arnold, Jack Jones, Bing Crosby, Mary...
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Episode 294, Cindy Walker
Episode 294, Cindy Walker, features 17 songs from the pen of one of the most prolific behind-the-scenes songwriters of the 20th century. Performers include Bing Crosby, Jerry Wallace, Kitty Wells, Willie Nelson, Ernest Tubb, Roy Orbison, Eddy Arnold, and Cindy Walker herself. 45 RPM, Music of the...
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Episode 293, Steve & Eydie
Episode 293, Steve & Eydie, presents the music of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme and their 55-year partnership. Songs include Go Away Little Girl, If He Walked Into My Life Today, Where or When, Party Doll, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, I Remember It Well, plus nine more. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s…
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Episode 292, Christmas 2023
Episode 292, Christmas 2023, celebrates secular holiday music performed by 21 artists, including The Andrews Sisters, The Mills Brothers, Andy Williams, Ernest Tubb, Kate Smith, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Pearl Bailey, The Platters, and Connie Francis. 45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s Episode…
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Episode 291, Top Hits of 1960
Episode 291, Top Hits of 1960, features 17 best-selling songs from that year plus a few memories of pop culture in 1960. Performers include Elvis Presley, Connie Francis, Chubby Checker, Ray Charles, The Ventures, The Orchestra of Percy Faith, Brenda Lee, Larry Verne, and eight more. 45 RPM…
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Episode 290, Strictly 1940s
Episode 290, Strictly 1940s, features 18 recordings that would have been familiar to most adults in the 1940s. Performers include Dinah Shore, Buddy Clark, Lester Lanin, Guy Lombardo, Frank Sinatra, Cole Porter, Margaret Whiting, Mel Torme, Tex Ritter, and nine more. Click for playlist 45 RPM,...
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Episode 289, Midnight
Episode 289, Midnight, presents 15 recordings about what goes on “when the clock strikes 12.” Subject matter includes rainbows, hanky-panky, walking, and of course lots of love and the blues. Performers include The Andrews Sisters, The Mills Brothers, Little Richard, Buddy Holly and the Crickets,...
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Episode 288, Sam Cooke
Episode 288, Sam Cooke, presents the life, the music, and the legacy of one of the most highly regarded singer-songwriters of the late 50s and early 60s. Recordings include Unchained Melody, Cupid, Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha, You Send Me, Chain Gang, Twistin’ the Night Away, and 11 more,...
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Episode 287, Richard Rodgers
Episode 287, Richard Rodgers, features music written by one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. Songs include Some Enchanted Evening, He Was Too Good to Me, It Might As Well Be Spring, Blue Moon, Love Look Away, I Have Dreamed, and eight more. Episode 287 Music of Richard…
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Episode 286, “Halloween! II”
Episode 286, “Halloween! II” reveals Sam Waldron’s version of “the real truth” about the origin of Halloween and presents 17 pieces of music about ghosts, boogiemen, murder and other frightening themes. Recording artists include The Kingston Trio, Bing Crosby, Boris Karloff, Rosemary Clooney…
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Episode 285, Rare 1940s Records
Episode 285, Rare 1940s Records, presents long-forgotten recordings by Bing Crosby, Yvonne King, Frank Sinatra, The Andrews Sisters, Eddy Arnold and many more. Songs include Bumble Boogie, Pig Foot Pete, Idaho, The House I Live In, Pennsylvania Polka, Sweet Georgia Brown, Cigareetes, Whusky and...
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Each week, Sam Waldron hosts “45 RPM, Music of the 40s and 50s” a musical journey back to the days when he was young. Each one-hour show combines stories and recordings centered on a theme.
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