Fascinatin' Rhythm with Michael Lasser

Program # 1715

Maceo Pinkard was the first African American composer to work with many white lyricists.

Program # 1714

When young women first moved to the big city, they changed the world by supporting themselves.

Program # 1713

Drawing some circles around one of the most important songs in the history of the movies.

Program # 1712

From Charles Harris’ After the Ball to recordings by Paul Whitman’s Orchestra, four landmarks in the history of American popular music.

Program # 1711

More than 100 songs commemorated Lindbergh’s flight in May 1927.

Program 1709

After they wrote rock and roll hits, they turned to a darker strain of cabaret songs—for adults by adults.

Program 1708

Ragtime songs had a habit of singing about themselves—in syncopation, naturally.

Program 1707

Chocolates (Hot and Dandy)

Two of the most exciting All-black revues of the 1920s, when African Americans returned to Broadway.

Fascinatin' Rhythm Program 1706

I Do the Best I Can with What I've Got

The night stretches out but the years whiz by, and life happens to happen—parceled out in a hundred popular songs.