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1. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate Consider the Roaring 20s, with flappers and their fringe-covered dresses dancing the shimmy while goggle-eyed fellows stand by admiringly. This song would likely have been on the playlist of the band that was playing at that dance. Around 1915, Arma...
2. Scat Singing and Nonsense Songs: Playing with Words Folks have been doing the verbal two-step with scat singing for a hundred years. The creativity and virtuosity that scat allows a singer to display within the confines of any song make it a popular medium. And some of the most fun songs take scat to...
3. Toby and Character Jugs Love them or hate them, most people can identify a Toby jug. They depict a multitude of characters from historic times to the present day and come in a range of sizes. Popular for more than 200 years, in the 20th century they enjoyed renewed surge o...
4. Mack the Knife: A Swingin' Standard For a complete explanation of where Mack the Knife came from (and why you ought not be too taken with the scoundrel), check The Straight Dope. This lens picks up at the point where Louis Armstrong recorded the smash hit swing version of the song in 1...
5. Frankie and Johnny: A Murderous Folk Music Standard Frankie and Johnny has been covered and recorded for a hundred years. While the music for Frankie and Johnny was copyrighted to Hughie Cannon in 1904, there have been various claims regarding the authorship of the lyrics. Some claim that the song goe...
6. The International Borough of Queens NYC Queens New York is the largest of the five boroughs of New York City. It borders the borough of Brooklyn on the east and Nassau County, Long Island on the west. It along with Brooklyn are both a part of NYC and geographically a part of western Long I...
7. Rap Pack Vs. Rat Pack Virtual Dream Concert Who Was the Pregnant Lady At the Grammy's? I was nervous for rap artist M.I.A. scared she was going to have to count on Kanye West to act as midwife with Jay Z as the R.N (rap nurse) with plenty of baby bounce rapping alongside the rest of the Rap Pa...
8. Great Jazz Artists Past and Present Jazz is one of the many great influences of American music! Jazz is one of my favourite styles to listen to, to sing with and to relax to! So many great Jazz artists out there! I will share a little history on Jazz music, some great information a...
9. Red Hot Jazz JAZZ -noun 1. music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvis...
10. Ain't Misbehavin': A Swing Standard Fats Waller wrote Ain't Misbehavin' with Andy Retzlaff and Harry Brooks, if the stories are to be believed, in forty-five minutes as a last-minute addition for the opening of their show "Hot Chocolates" in 1929. Would that everyone could invent such...
11. Bing Crosby: True Love Artist: Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly Music by: Cole Porter Written for the Film: High Society (1956) True Love Suntanned, windblown Honeymooners at last alone Feeling far above par Oh, how lucky we are While I give to you and you give to me True love...
12. Louis Armstrong: What a Wonderful World Lyrics Song by: Bob Thiele and George David Weiss. Released: as a single in early fall 1967. Inducted: in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself, what a wonderful world I...
13. Beautiful Music music that can bring you to tears... if you are willing to listen... I will be adding more soon, so if you liked these be sure to fav this lens to get the squidcast when it is updated!
14. Louis Armstrong: We Have All The Time In The World Lyrics We have all, the time in the world Time enough for life To unfold All the prescious things Love has in store We have all the love in the world If that's all we have You will find We need nothing more Every step of the way Will find us With the care...
15. Good Morning, Vietnam Video Showcase "Good Morning, Vietnam" gave Robin Williams one of his most memorable, and moving movie roles ever.  As Airman Adrian Cronauer, he gives us a glimpse inside a corner of the Vietnam War, and shows us with humor and heart how the folks a...
16. My old science teacher and music Personally I'm going a long way back in time,to the time when I was a teenager and before I lost my hearing. Trying to change the subject about what our science teacher was prattling on about and which none of us were interested in. Someone said,"Sir...
17. The Happiest Man in the World - Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong, the idol of my life. He was the greatest, most talented, and happiest person ever.
18. Nat Gonella NAT GONELLA Born: March 7, 1908 in London, England Died: August 6, 1998 Genres: Hot Jazz, British Dance Band, Dixieland Instruments: Trumpeter, Bandleader, Singer, also played Mellophone Associated acts: Lew Stone, Roy Fox, Nat Gonella and His Georgi...
19. Find Inspirational Music Music seems to reach done to some primitive part of our being and beckon us to let it out to play. While some music makes us want to dance, sing, or "raise the roof", some does so much more - it makes us want to change the world. Inspirational music...