This week, KALW fm in San Francisco turned 70 years old. The first station west of the Mississippi to broadcast National Public Radio and the BBC has much to be proud of. Today, we listen to music from the early 1940s and late 1930s, as well as some great tunes from other eras.
- Take The A Train / Duke Ellington / Take The A Train / Prime Cuts
- You Made Me Love You / Harry James / Hits of Harry James / Jasmine Music
- Stardust / Artie Shaw / Artie Shaw – Greatest Hits / RCA
- There’ll Be Some Changes Made / Benny Goodman / Jumpin’ at the Woodside / Columbia
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy / The Andrews Sisters / 50th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1 / MCA
- We Three / The Ink Spots / Their Greatest Hits / Memoir Records
- 42nd Street / The Boswell Sisters / That’s How Rhythm Was Born / Columbia-Legacy
- Puttin On the Ritz / Fred Astair / The Essential Fred Astaire / Columbia-Legacy
- Istanbul Not Constantinople / The Four Lads / Sixteen Most Requested Songs / Legacy-Columbia
- You Don’t Know What Love Is / Tony Marcus and Patrice Haan / Live in KALW studio
- Teach Me Tonight / Tony Marcus and Patrice Haan / Live in KALW studio
- Nightengale Sang in Barkeley Square / Tony Marcus and Patrice Haan / Live in KALW studio
- Just In Time / Tony Marcus and Patrice Haan / Live in KALW studio
- Swingin Out West / Tony Marcus / Vanishing Point
- Feel That Rhythm / Cats and Jammers / Feel That Rhythm / Tuxedo Records
- Patrice Haan / Live in KALW studio
- Lone Star / Tony Marcus / Western Swing / Sonoton
- Penelope / Patrice Haan / Bluest Blue (June 2011 release)
- And back to recorded music:
- Fan It and Cool It / Milton Brown / Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies / Texas Rose/OLJ
- Hula Lou / Milton Brown / Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies / Texas Rose/OLJ
- There’ll Be Some Changes Made / Milton Brown / Derwood Brown & His Musical Brownies / Texas Rose/OLJ (Milton’s brother)
- Andrews Sisters / Rum & Coca Cola / Andrews Sisters 50th Anniversary Collection, Vol. 1 / MCA
- Mildred Bailey / Weekend of a Private Secretary / M.B. 1931-1939 / L’Art Vocal
- Dorothy Donnegan / St. Louis Blues / Women in Jazz / Rosetta Records
- Billie Holiday / Your Mother’s Son in Law / The Quintesential Billie Holiday, Vol. 1 1933-1935 / Columbia
- Carolina Chocolate Drops / Your Baby Ain’t Sweet Like Mine / Genuine Negro Jig / Nonesuch
- Creole Belles / Zydeco Tous Pas Tous / Creole Belles / Arhoolie
