The Galaxy Playlist

November 26, 2007

Something old, something..... well, at least they aged well

Composer's name is listed where notable (i.e. Classical Performance, Jazz Performance).

For more information on any of the rock, pop and Jazz music featured on this program, I frequently utilize AllMusic , an excellent free database holding a huge plethora of information about music and the artists that make it.

Composer Performer Title Genre Label Notes
Duke Ellington
I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues
Jazz, Big Band
RCA/Bluebird, 1946
All recorded sometime between 1944 and 1946 (no liner notes to provide detailed recording data)
Every Hour On The Hour (I Fall In Love With You)
Lover Man
Mood Indigo
Irving Berlin
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra -w- Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers
Be Careful, It's My Heart
Buddah, 1999
Recorded between 1940 and 1942
Glenn Miller
Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar
Bluebird, 1940
 
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
Bluebird, 1940
Song of the Volga Boatmen
Bluebird, 1941
Bob Dylan
Its Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Folk
Columbia, 2004
From the Concert at Philharmonic Hall release, recorded live in 1964
I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Met)
Mr. Tambourine Man
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
The Mamas and the Papas
California Dreamin'
Pop/Rock, '60s
MCA, 1966
 
Dedicated to the One I Love
MCA, 1967
I Saw Her Again
MCA, 1966
Monday Monday
MCA, 1966
Buddy Holly
Oh Boy!
Rock, '50s
 
True Love Ways
 
Peggy Sue
 
Jerry Lee Lewis
Great Balls of Fire
Sun, 1957
 
Bill Haley
Rock Around The Clock
Decca, 1954
 
Danny and the Juniors
At The Hop
Rhino, 1957
Original label unknown
The Chords
Life Could Be A Dream
1954
The original version of this song, more R&B style. A subsequent version by the Crew Cuts, with more of a big band sound, topped the charts shortly thereafter
The Everly Brothers
All I Have To Do Is Dream
Cadence, 1957
 
Richard Strauss
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, cond.
Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration)
Classical, late Romantic era, symphonic tone poem
CBS, 1957
Begun in 1888, completed in 1889, when Strauss was 25 years old. First performed 6/21/1890 at Eisenach, Germany, conducted by Strauss himself.

 

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