Welcome to Jazz appreciation month and what better way to celebrate than with the greatest jazz recordings of all time collection from the Franklin Mint. We will start the month with the versatile saxophone. And we will feature one of the true innovators on the...

It’s a 78 RPM Sunday. On this show, we’ve had music sung in the language of my birth, English, and the language of my heritage, Italian, and the rhythmic beat of the language of Latin America, Spanish. We turn now to another language I’m going to butcher, German. So...

For many decades, selling a million records meant you had recorded something special. While the songs you’ll hear on this episode were all million sellers, Andy was not the original singer when any of them hit a million in sales. So let’s get ready to hear me say a...

We now turn to music from the country where my mom’s parents and dad’s grandparents were born. Italia! And we hear it from one of the chart-topping female singers of the 1950s and 60s from around the world. So get ready for great music in TWO languages with Volume 63:...

Back to the big screen we go. But this time the tunes are provided by just a trio of musicians instead of the orchestra full you are used to. And every one is an Oscar winner. So time to go groovin' at the movies with extra butter for Volume 62: Popcorn and Soul. The...

It’s a 78 RPM Sunday. Since it’s still February, we might have a little leftover love on our mind. And since so many great tunes over the years have been titled with women’s names, this piano player made a list of his favorites….well back in 1944. So get ready for the...

How fitting that this episode is number 60. Because something very important happened 60 years ago on the day this episode drops. While I might have just been a tiny bump in my mom’s belly at the time, the world had its eyes on the US Space Race. So, get ready for...

(My girlfriend Karen joins me on this episode)When it comes to love songs, one of the voices I often think of first is Nat King Cole. His effortless style, smooth voice and crystal clear lyrics have set the background for many romantic encounters over the years. So...

The Boob Tube. The idiot Box. TV will only be a fad. No matter how badly that living room screen has been disparaged, there has been some great music from some great shows over the years. So get ready to run some memories through those old brain tubes of yours for...

Welcome to the first 78 RPM Sunday. My earliest memories of listening to and playing music in my parents’ house involved this collection. It was created to teach children the instruments in the orchestra, but definitely not be boring about it…well for 1949. So get...