主持人：Colin Aitchison
Music aficionado and band leader Colin Aitchison presents the musicians who were the huge, million-selling recording stars of an often forgotten era.
Before Bruno Mars, there was Bing Crosby, before the likes of Adele, there was Billie Holiday ... and before Justin Bieber ... well, where to start!?!
There’s some terrific music and stories from the ‘20s, ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s, plus a few laughs!
Every Sunday, 8.30am-9am
This week, an artist who, back in the 50s decided to quit dancing and become a singer, Jo-Ann Campbell, is featured on a 45rpm release ‘Happy New Year Baby’, setting us up for a collection of new year themed tunes from the 1920s to the 1950s. Dick Robertson, Lonnie
Johnson, Vaughn Monro, and many others, as we warm up for 2026.
For the first show of the year, it's an all star line up, of course. Some big time orchestras featured, with Ambrose and his orchestra with Sam Browne, Abe Lyman and his California orchestra, The Duke... and more, as we swing into ‘26.
主持人：Colin Aitchison
Two very fine jazz musicians in the 50s were Homer & Jethro, but you might not pick up on it right away as you look through their records, because they produced many very funny comedy pieces in a full on country and western style, Colin chooses one of their finest and funniest this week, but you will surely hear their terrific musicianship. Another high point on this week’s show is American muso Jack Harris, who moved from the States to the UK in the 20s, and went on to influence the British dance scene in a big way, as you will hear in a swinging 1938 recording with steam coming off the phonograph needle.
