Guy's History of Recorded Music is a compilation of records from the early days of the phonograph, 1920s and before mostly. Not records really, but CDs, retrieved from a web site called archive.org. Hundreds of thousands of 78s and cylinders are archived there, uploaded from private collections all over the world. Your host Guy Touquet selects mp3 files from the internet, puts them on CDs and plays them in the coveted 3 am to 6 am Thursday time slot on WWUH radio, 91.3 FM. Broadcasting from the campus of the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut, Guy plays what he likes, an eclectic mix of early jazz, band music, classical, traditional, and novelty items that defy classification. Guy's History of Recorded Music is not really history but entertainment. It's music your grandfather tapped his foot to, music maybe your Grandma hummed to you as you sat in her lap. Mine did.
I'm not really Guy Touquet. I made up that name to anchor myself in the last century. Y2K, that final year of the 20th century, a golden opportunity for redemption, turned out to be not a turning point but a point of precipitous decline. As bad as that century was, this one's worse, and the third millennium is shaping up to be the most violent and the least enlightened of them all. Superstition and ignorance thrive at rates that would astonish the most cynical 10th Century curate. Warfare has been adopted as a hobby, in tribute to the ancient Greeks and Spartans, and the soldiers use weapons that kill with an efficacy ancient warriors could only dream of. The music and art of the new millennium are an embarassment to all of us.
To counteract these forces ever so slightly, at 3 am every Thursday, Guy Touquet plays Fats Waller, John McCormack, Rudy Vallee, Helen Kane, George Gershwin, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, and hundreds of other artists from a groundbreaking period in music. In a time of grinding poverty for most and brutal repression for some, a creative force was unleashed that produced music both original and infectious.
Set your alarm. Or if you get up before six on Thursdays and happen to be in or near Hartford, tune your clock radio to 91.3, and wake up tapping your feet. You won't even need a cup of coffee.
Guy's email address: stepfour at stepfour dot com.
Selected programs archived
December 9, 2010 (part1)
December 9, 2010 (part2)
March 17, 2011 (part1)
March 17, 2011 (part2)
April 14, 2011 (part1)
February 17, 2011 (part1)
Guy's History of Recorded Music playlist for 12/7/11 3am - 6am, WWUH 91.3 fm, streaming at www.wwuh.org
| FATS WALLER | HANDFUL OF KEYS |
| ANNETTE HANSHAW | WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A WALK |
| ALICE GREEN RAYMOND DIXON | LISTEN TO THE MOCKINGBIRD 1918 |
| ETHEL WATERS | AM I BLUE 1929 |
| BILLY JONES ERNEST HARE | AINT WE GOT FUN 1921 |
| ADA JONES BILLY WATKINS | BY THE BEAUTIFUL SEA 1914 |
| AMELITA GALLI-CURCI | LOVES OLD SWEET SONG |
| GERTRUDE LAWRENCE | SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME 1927 |
| JESSE CRAWFORD | AMONG MY SOUVENIRS |
| W.C. HANDY | ST. LOUIS BLUES 1914 |
| ANNA CASE | DEAREST NAME 1914 |
| WURLITZER PLAYING PIANO | DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL 1917 |
| ELSIE BAKER | SILVER THREADS AMONG THE GOLD 1914 |
| FATS WALLER | HONEYSUCKLE ROSE |
| MARION HARRIS | LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING 1921 |
| MA RAINEY | SEE SEE RIDER BLUES 1923 |
| DON RICHARDSON | ARKANSAS TRAVELER 1916 |
| DYKES MAGIC CITY TRIO | SHORTENING BREAD 1927 |
| JAN GARBER | I WISH I COULD SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER KATE 1928 |
| EARL FULLERS RECTOR NOVELTY ORCH | 12TH ST RAG 1917 |
| VICTORORCHESTRA | THE GLOW-WORM 1908 |
| VAUGHN DELEATH | I WANNA BE LOVED BY YOU |
| BILLY MURRAY AMERICAN QUARTET | WHEN YOU WORE A TULIP AND I WORE A BIG RED ROSE 1914 |
| EDDY CANTOR | MANDY 1918 |
| RUTH ETTING | AINT MISBEHAVIN |
| GENE AUSTIN AILEEN STANLEY | WHEN MY SUGAR WALKS DOWN THE STREET 1925 |
| KANUI AND LULA | MYLITTLEGRASSSHACK1928 |
| FLORENCE OLDHAM | ONTHESUNNYSIDEOFTHESTREET1930 |
| IRA GERSHWIN | SWONDERFUL FUNNYFACE 1928 |
| JOHN MCCORMACK | KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING 1917 |
| RUDY WIEDOEFT | LA GOLONDRINA 1927 |
| FRITZ KREISLER | POOR BUTTERFLY 1917 |
| THE HARMONIANS | WHERED YOU GET THOSE EYES 1928 |
| HARRY LAUDER | LOCH LOMOND 1916 |
| KOSSOY SISTERS | ILL FLY AWAY |
| MARTHA COPELAND | I AINT GOT NOBODY 1928 |
| MIKE MARKELS ORCH | BABY FACE 1926 |
| BESSIE SMITH | A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND 1927 |
| MARY GARDEN | COMIN THRU THE RYE |
| PERRY BRADFORDS GEORGIA STRUTTERS | ORIGINAL BLACK BOTTOM DANCE 1926 |
| NAT SHILKRET THE VICTOR ORCHESTRA | I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW 1927 |
| REVELERS | NOLA 1927 |
| MARIONHARRIS | AFTER YOUVE GONE 1918 |
| PRINCES UARTETTE | EVERYBODYS DOIN IT 1911 |
| PREMIER QUARTET | MOONLIGHT BAY 1915 |
| REED MILLER AND FREDERICK WHEELER | KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING 1915 |
| BESSIE SMITH | CARELESS LOVE BLUES 1925 |
| CRESCENT TRIO | WHISPERING 1921 |
| DAVID HARRIS WITH STUDIO ORCH V IRVING KAUFMAN | SLEEPY TIME GAL 1925 |
| AILEEN STANLEY | ALL BY MYSELF |
| BURTON LENIHAN | MEMORIES 1916 |
| CLIFF EDWARDS | FIVE FOOT TWO EYES OF BLUE 1926 |
| VINCENT LOPEZ CASA LOPEZ ORCH | ALWAYS 1926 |
| VAUGHN DELEATH | IM JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY 1922 |
| ETHEL WATERS | SWEET GEORGIA BROWN |
| BROX SISTERS | FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN 1932 |
Guy's History of Recorded Music playlist for 11/17/11 3am - 6am, WWUH 91.3 fm, streaming at www.wwuh.org
| ART HICKMANS ORCH | THE LOVE NEST 1920 |
| ALBERT BRUNIES AND HIS HALFWAY HOUSE ORCH | LOVE DREAMS 1928 |
| BESSIE SMITH | CARELESS LOVE BLUES 1925 |
| BING CROSBY | IF I HAD YOU 1929 |
| CHOCOLATE DANDIES | I CANT GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE 1929 |
| CLARENCE WILLIAMS | SPANISH SHAWL 1926 |
| ETHEL WATERS | MY BABY SURE KNOWS HOW TO LOVE 1928 |
| ESTHER WALKER | YA GOTTA KNOW HOW TO LOVE |
| FAMOUS INDESTRUCTABLE RECORD BAND | THE DAWN OF LOVE 1911 |
| FANNY BRICE | COOKING BREAKFAST FOR THE ONE I LOVE |
| HERB WIEDOEFTS ORCH | NIGHTTIME LOVE AND YOU 1928 |
| HELEN KANE | I WANNA BE LOVED BY YOU |
| GOLD MEDAL FOUR | GYPSY LOVE SONG 1927 |
| GENE AUSTIN | LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND 1931 |
| FRANKLYN BAUR | BELOVED 1928 |
| FATS WALLER | AINT MISBEHAVIN |
| MIFF MOLE HIS LITTLE MOLERS | YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU 1929 |
| LOUIS ARMSTRONG | SQUEEZE ME 1928 |
| LEWIS JAMES | LOVE ME 1929 |
| OLGA ALBANI | ITS YOU I LOVE 1929 |
| OLYMPIC DANCE ORCH | I LOVE MY BABY |
| SHANNON QUARTET | LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART |
| ROBERT OLSEN | I LOVE YOU 1929 |
| CARUSO | UN BACIO ANCORA 1903 |
| JOHN STEEL | THE LOVE NEST 1920 |
| WINNIE LIGHTER | AND STILL THEY FALL IN LOVE 1929 |
| VAUGHN DELEATH | ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT 1926 |
| THE REGENT CLUB ORCHESTRA FRANK MUNN | WHEN LOVE COMES STEALING 1928 |
| SOPHIE TUCKER | THE MAN I LOVE 1928 |
| RUDY VALLEE HIS CONNECTICUT YANKEES | DEEP NIGHT 1929 |
| VINCENT LOPEZ AS BROADWAY DANCE ORCH | LONESOME LOVER |
| TETOS DEMETRIADES | AMAN ELENIO 1927 |
| TEDDY KLINE ORCH THE TWO JAZZERS | IM DOING FOR LOVE 1929 |
| CARLOSGARDEL | AMANTECORAZN-1933 |
| OLIVER HARDY | I LOVE YOU |
| MAURICE CHEVALIER | AH SI VOUS CONNAISSIEZ MA POULE 1928 |
| LUCILLE HEGAMIN HER BLUE FLAME SYNCOPATERS | AGGRAVATIN PAPA 1922 |
| LEO REISMAN ORCH | GAY LOVE 1929 |
| LEONARD JOY ORCH CHICK ENDOR | LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME 1928 |
| VAUGHN DELEATH | I WANNA BE LOVED BY YOU |
| SIDROYSLYRICALSVEDDIECOLLINS | ICANTGIVEYOUANYTHINGBUTLOVE1928 |
| JAMES P.JOHNSON | BLEEDING HEARTED BLUES 1923 |
| JACK MILLER THE NEW ENGLANDERS | IM JUST A VAGABOND LOVER 1929 |
| ANNETTE HANSHAW | LOVE ME TONIGHT1929 |
| JAMES MELTON | YOU ARE LOVE 1929 |
| JANE GREEN | MAMA LOVES PAPA PAPA LOVES MAMA |
| JEAN DE PAYE | A PRECIOUS LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE 1929 |
| JIMMY ROGERS | WHY DID YOU GIVE YOUR LOVE |
| IPANA TROUBADOURS | I USED TO LOVE HER IN THE MOONLIGHT 1929 |
| PETE WOOLERY | IF YOU DONT LOVE ME 1928 |
Guy's History of Recorded Music playlist for 09/15/11 3am - 6am, WWUH 91.3 fm, streaming at www.wwuh.org
| ETHEL WATERS | SWEET MAN 1925 |
| ETHEL WATERS | COME UP AND SEE ME SOMETIME |
| ETHEL WATERS | LONESOME SWALLOW 1928 |
| FRANK AUBURN ORCH | I FOUND A MILLION DOLLAR BABY 1931 |
| HAROLD LEONARD AND HIS WALDORF ASTORIA ORCH | DINAH 1926 |
| HERMAN KENIN ORCH | IF I HAD MY WAY 1929 |
| THE SAVOY ORPHEANS | JUST A MEMORY 1927 |
| WILBUR SWEATMAN THE DIXIE TRIO | CLARINET SOLOS 1926 |
| STAN GREENING ORCH | ILL KEEP YOU IN MY HEART ALWAYS ADIOS MUCHACHOS 1931 |
| BEN SELVIN ORCH | SUNNY SIDE UP 1929 |
| UNKNOWN | SMOKING REEFERS 1925 |
| GEOFFERY GOODHART ORCH | I WANT TO BE HAPPY 1925 |
| GERALD ADAMS AND THE VARIETY SINGERS | AFTER THE BALL IS OVER 1929 |
| VINCENT LOPEZ CASA LOPEZ ORCH | YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME 1928 |
| HARRY BIDGOOD ORCH | RAG DOLL 1928 |
| HOMEGUARDS BAND | GIRLS OF AMERICA 1910 |
| IRWIN ABRAMS ORCH AS THE GOTHAM TROUBADORS | MUDDY WATER 1927 |
| DYKES MAGIC CITY TRIO | FREE LITTLE BIRD |
| METROPOLITAN DANC EORCH | MAYBE WHO KNOWS 1929 |
| COLE MCELROYS SPANISH BALLROOM BAND | THE JAPANESE SANDMAN |
| MIKE MARKEL ORCH | TO KNOW YOU IS TO LOVE YOU 1928 |
| MIKE MARKEL ORCH | UNDER THE MOON |
| NEW ENGLANDERS ORCH V JACKMILLER | WHEN IM WALKING WITH MY SWEETNESS 1929 |
| NEW LEVIATHAN ORIENTAL FOX TROT ORCH | MEPHISTO RAG |
| SAM LANIN AS BAILEYS LUCKY SEVEN | TOOT TOOT TOOTSIE GOODBYE 1922 |
| SEGER ELLIS ORCH | SHIVERY STOMP 1930 |
| SEGER ELLIS ORCH | LOVER COME BACK TO ME |
| STOLL PICTURE THEATRE | DREAM KISSES 1928 |
| DIXIE DAISIES | CRAZY RHYTHM 1928 |
| NEW ORLEANS WANDERERS | GATEMOUTH 1926 |
| MIKE SPECIALE ORCH V BILLY CAROLA | MISS ANABELLE LEE 1925 |
| MILLS MUSIC MASTERS V CHICK BULLOCK | STARDUST 1931 |
| MIDNIGHT ROUNDERS V FRANKIE HALFPINT JAXON | SHAKE YOUR SHIMMY 1928 |
| HAROLD VAN EMBURGH ORCH | IN A SHANTY IN OLD SHANTY TOWN 1932 |
| YANKEE TEN ORCH/THE BUFFALODIANS/HAROLD ARLEN | BABY FACE 1926 |
| TED BLACKORCH | LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND 1931 |
| PERRY BRADFORDS GEORGIA STRUTTERS | ROCK JENNY ROCK 1926 |
| LESLIE JEFFRIES HIS RIALTO ORCH V JOHN THORNE | DOES THE SPEARMINT LOSE ITS FLAVOUR 1924 |
| EARL BURNETT | PUTTIN ON THE RITZ 1929 |
| JACK BERGERS HOTEL ASTOR ORCH V CHICK BULLOCK | WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A WALK 1931 |
| CHARLESTON SERENADERS | HTRE MAVAROM A NEMZETINEL |
| COLE MCELROYS SPANISH BALLROOM BAND | IDA SWEET AS APPLE CIDER |
| EMILY EARLE AND CHARLES HART | DEAR HEART 1923 |
| ETHEL WATERS | HEEBIE JEEBIES 1926 |
| FLORENCE OLDHAM | IF THEY EVER HAD AN INCOME TAX ON LOVE |
| SILVERTONE DANCE ORCH | CRAZY RHYTHM |
| SAVOY HAVANA BAND | WHEN YOU AND I WERE SEVENTEEN 1925 |
| VERNON DALHART | BALLAD OF JESSE JAMES 1925 |
| CLARANCE WILLIAMS AS BLUEGRASS FOOTWARMERS | HOW COULD I BE BLUE 1926 |
Guy's History of Recorded Music playlist for 08/19/11 1pm - 4pm, WWUH 91.3 fm, streaming at www.wwuh.org
| Jelly Roll Morton | My Gal Sal |
| RICHARD M. JONES BERTHA HILL LOUISARMSTRONG | TROUBLE IN MIND 1926 |
| JOE CANDULLO ORCHESTRA | DEEP HOLLOW- 1928 |
| JAMES P. JOHNSON | BLEEDING HEARTED BLUES 1923 |
| JUMBO MILITARY BAND | THE WHISTLER AND HIS DOG 1910 |
| JOHN MCCORMACK | THE WEARING OF THE GREEN |
| PAUL WHITEMAN/BING CROSBY/RHYTHMBOYS | LOUISE. 1928 |
| DAD PICKARD | SALLY GOODIN 1929 |
| FIDDLIN FRANK NELSON | BUCK CREEK GAL 1927 |
| LOUIS ARMSTRONG | HEEBIE JEEBIES 1926 |
| George Gershwin | Preludes for Piano |
| Mitja Nikisch Orch | Wedding of the Painted Doll 1929 |
| LOUIS ARMSTRONG | AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ 1929 |
| ZEZ CONFREY | STUMBLIN’ 1922 |
| FRANKIE TRUMBAUER ORCH V BING CROSBY | MISSISSIPPI MUD 1928 |
| PINETOP SMITH | PINETOP’S BOOGIE WOOGIE 1929 |
| Sophie Tucker | I Don't Want to Get Thin |
| JIMMY DURANTE | CAN BROADWAY DO WITHOUT ME? 1929 |
| Ezra Paulette his Beverly Hillbillies | The Prisoners' Song |
| Helen Kane | I Want to Be Loved By You |
| EVA TAYLOR CLARENCE WILLIAMS | I WISH I COULD SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER KATE 1921 |
| BERKES BELA | HEJ CIGANY HALLOD_ 1924 |
| Lanin's Roseland Orchestra | THE LOVE NEST 1920 |
| RUTH ETTING | BUTTON UP YOUR OVERCOAT 1928 |
| WHISPERING JACK SMITH | MY BLUE HEAVEN 1928 |
| Clarence Williams' Blue Five | Texas Moaner 1924 |
| Marion Harris | How Come You Do Me Like You Do Do Do 1924 |
| Bing Crosby | If I Had You 1929 |
| Bessie Smith | Careless Love Blues 1925 |
| Annette Hanshaw | Say It Isn't So 1932 |
| Hoagie Carmichael | WASHBOARD BLUES 1927 |
| KITTY BERGER | THE RING AND THE ROSE 1921 |
| JIMMIE NOONE | SWEET LORRAINE 1928 |
| DELUAU | MY LITTLE GRASS SHACK 1928 |
| Mississippi John Hurt | Louis Collins 1928 |
| Scott Joplin | Pineapple Rag 1908 |
| Nat Shilkret/Helen kane | That's My Weakness Now 1928 |
| Paul Specht | That's What I Call Sweet Music 1929 |
| JOHN MCCORMACK | MOTHER MACHREE 1911 |
| LEADBELLY | MIDNIGHTSPECIALBLUES 1934 |
| UNK | MEINSHTETELEBELZ 1928 |
| FATS WALLER | BLACK & BLUE |
| Oberammergauer Zither Trio 1910- | Josephine Polka 1910 |
| Ethel Waters | Am I Blue 1929 |
| Benny Goodman, V=Ruth Etting | Ten Cents a Dance 1930 |
| Comedian Harmonists | Wochenend und Sonnenschein 1928 |
| Louis Armstrong/Lil Hardin | Georgia Grind 1926 |
| IRVING AARONSON HIS COMMANDERS | CRAZYWORDSCRAZYTUNE |
| WHISPERING JACK SMITH | BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE 1927 |
| JESSE CRAWFORD | VALENCIA 1926 |
| CARUSO BOB VARNEY RESTOR | AMOR MIO 1914 |
| FIDDLIN_FRANK_NELSON | AND_THE_CAT_CAME_BACK- 1927 |
| JELLY ROLL MORTON | FINGERBUSTER |