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Here's Bryan Wright, playing his "Classic Piano Rags and Ragtime Waltzes" at BostonPete.com. Classic ragtime is back in fresh new solo piano recordings by Bryan Wright. These studio recordings, made in April 2004, feature well-known rags b… more »

Here's rare a CD called the "Phonograph Entertains from 1903-1923." Just a few copies left at BostonPete.com. Before the advent of radio and television, the phonograph brought popular entertainment into the homes of families across the co… more »

This week, Bill Monroe plays a standard that pre-dates his birth! And Tom T. Hall remembers listening to him on the radio every morning. We’ll also be listening to the Briarhoppers, with a fiddle tune by “Fiddlin’ Hank” Warren and a gospel duet by Whitey… more »

This week’s show is one to remember. We say goodbye to another good friend who left us much too soon, and we return to the days of yesteryear with the Lone Ranger Theme and some vintage 1930s music that will surely bring back pleasant memories. We’ve got… more »

Here's rare CD called "Gene Autry's Cowboy Hymns and Songs of Inspiration." Just a few copies left at BostonPete.com. This moving collection is compiled from Gene Autry's CBS radio show Melody Ranch, his movies, his recordings and his television progra… more »

Here's 25 Organ Music Gems from the Golden Age of Cinema, Ballroom & Theatre Organs! Organ Music from the Golden Age, bygone day. In Britain, owing largely to the enormous popularity of the organ at the Tower Ball, Blackpool, Wurlitzer has be… more »

If your a Sherlock Holmes fan, then this definitive 4-DVD Collection is for you! Beautifully restored and presented In Enhanced Color... Also Includes the Original Black-and-White Version which has been restored and enhanced! This is the… more »

Ifyou enjoy the the relaxing sounds of Pianoand Strings, You'll love Joey Curtin's CD!Flowing PIANO with strings and "things"; the wonderful fusion of acoustic and electric worlds.She began her musical career in the San Francisco area. Her mu… more »

Ever send a postcard with the message “Wish You Were Here”?  Eddie Fisher had a million selling recording with that title, it’s from a 1952 Broadway show which didn’t do very well attracting an audience that year.  On today’s SONGBOOK AMERICA. Vic Damone… more »

Remember the Crooners like Frankie Lane, Guy Mitchell and Eddie Fisher?... Frankie Lane sang well-known theme songs for many movie Western soundtracks, including 3:10 To Yuma, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and Blazing Saddles, although he was not a c… more »

This week we’ll hear some of the music from Gene Autry’s movie Trail to San Antone, which featured the Cass County Boys in a better role than they had in most films, and we have a set on the Western wind as well. Gary LeMaster does a masterful (no pun in… more »

This week we catch up on some requests and we’ll have a good visit with Don Reno and his partners Red Smiley and Bill Harrell. We’ll also hear from Mac Wiseman, Chubby Wise, “Uncle” Josh Graves, Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Monroe, the Bluegrass Cardinals a… more »

Here's some Classic TV Comedy with both Color and the Original B&W 3 DVD Collection!  Beautifully restored and presented In Enhanced Color... Also Includes the Original Black-and-White Version which has been restored and enhanced! Jo… more »

Many of us are used to hearing the Sons of the Pioneers’ recording of “Blue Bonnet Girl” from 1936, but this week we’ll hear their 1941 recording of it. And the Sons are also featured on a set of beautiful recordings of songs performed in the Charles Sta… more »

This week’s show features Bill Monroe, Seldom Scene with a terrific version of a Bill Monroe song, songs by two great fiddlers (Kenny Baker & Tommy Jackson), Flat & Scruggs and one of my favorites, Tommy Faile. There’s more as well, with some gre… more »

American Movie Classics (AMC) presents Hollywood Tough Guys with 4 Movies on 2 DVDs!  Hollywood Tough Guys Swing Into Action! Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, George Raft and John Garfield Exciting escapades of Hollywood's infamous good gu… more »

Two desirable entertainers sing their songs - one is Frankie Laine and his signature tune that launched his recording career with the Mercury label, “That’s My Desire” and Peggy Lee’s “As You Desire Me” - both aren’t with us anymore, but you still reque… more »

Here's Hank Williams, an American Music Legend at BostonPete.com. Though he was dead before the age of 30, Hank Williams changed the face of country music forever. His music brought country into the modern era, but always maintained a high level of… more »

Hi Folk Connection Fans...If you watched the closing ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games you would have seen and heard Neil Young singing "Long may you run". Neil recorded that song a while back and I have added it to the Folk Connection playlist. Also… more »

Jimmy Wakely opens the show this week with a fine Western swing tune, and Tex Ritter, who was always fascinated with history, follows with a traditional cowboy song. There’s a set about old-timers, and a set of great recordings from 1937 plus a set from… more »

Lots of rare tracks are in store for you on the show this week, along with a couple of country artists playing Bill Monroe’s classic tunes that will probably knock your socks off. Seldom Scene, the Babcocks, Bill Harrell & the Virginians, Don Reno an… more »

Two by Cole Porter on today’s SONGBOOK AMERICA: Frank Sinatra with “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and Ella Fitzgerald does “In The Still Of The Night” from Cole’s musical film scores. The first in 1936 =Born To Dance= and the second from his second Holly… more »

Listento the Great Romantic Standards!...Time-Life unforgettable tracks! Time-Life Music presents America's Best Music collections, maintaining a standard of quality you can trust. Bringing you the original hits by the original artists, and… more »

This special edition of Your Hit Parade is now available at BostonPete.com for the first time. It is based on the million-selling Time-Life Music series Your Hit Parade. This "Greatest Hits" album offers you the very best music collection available at Bo… more »

Rosemary Clooney was a master of American popular song. She had perfect timing, a clear, rich voice and a sense of the importance of a lyric. Her recording career bore its first fruit with novelty songs - "come On-A My House" was co-written by novelist W… more »

Rudolph Friml composed the original operetta =Rose Marie= in 1924 and it became a legendary Broadway show. It was a movie musical in 1936 and again in 1954 with the collaboration duo of Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein, II. On today’s SONGBOOK AMERICA… more »

We just found the digitally remastered Gene Autry CD, released by Sony Music!  A Real Treasure! In 1946 Gene Autry re-recorded some of his hits from the 1930s because his fans wanted to hear them done with the "sound" they were fami… more »