While the clouds of war and fascism were spreading in earnest across Europe, here at home the movies Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, and Gone With The Wind premiered and Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath was first published. Lou Gehrig bid farewell, A pound of hamburger cost 14 cents and the average price of a new car was $700. And the music was both dance crazy and uplifting, with the music of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and film dominating. This week’s show will feature the music of 1939 with performances from Crosby, Garland, The Ink Spots, Cab Calloway and Billie Holiday. We’ll also be featuring the jazz and big band sounds of Jimmie Lunceford, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, and a handful of others. Deeper Roots sounds from over eight decades past on community radio for Sonoma County coming to you each Friday morning and evening.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Louis Armstrong | Jeepers Creepers | Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976) |  |
| 3 | Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra | Tain't What You Do | Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. | |
| 4 | Fats Waller | Your Feet's Too Big | The Joint Is Jumpin' | |
| 5 | Count Basie's Kansas City 7 | Lester Leaps In | Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. | |
| 6 | Woody Herman | Woodchopper's Ball | Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands | |
| 7 | Billie Holiday | Strange Fruit | The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1] | |
| 8 | Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra | I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues | Harold Arlen Writes the Songs | |
| 9 | Billie Holiday | Them There Eyes | Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 06] | |
| 10 | Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory & His Orchestra | Old Man Harlem | Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody | |
| 11 | Marlene Dietrich | Falling In Love Again | The Blue Angel | |
| 12 | Bob Hope & Shirley Ross | Thanks for the Memory | Hits of 30's & 40's 1 & 2 | |
| 13 | Judy Garland | Over The Rainbow | That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals | |
| 14 | Bing Crosby | You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby | The Harry Warren Songbook | |
| 15 | Xavier Cugat | Perfidia | Say "Si Si" | |
| 16 | Vaughn Monroe | In The Still Of The Night | First Crooners : Vol. 3-1935-40 | |
| 17 | Frankie Masters and His Orchestra | Scatter-Brain (Theme Song) | 50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s | |
| 18 | Cab Calloway | The Jumpin' Jive | Best Of The Big Bands | |
| 19 | Kay Kyser | Three Little Fishes | Sentimental Favorites | |
| 20 | Coleman Hawkins | Body And Soul | Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] | |
| 21 | The Ink Spots | Address Unknown | Greatest Hits | |
| 22 | The Ink Spots | If I Didn't Care | Greatest Hits | |
| 23 | Glenn Miller Orchestra | In The Mood | Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] | |
| 24 | Slim Gaillard And His Flat Foot Floogie Boys | Matzah Balls | Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan | |
| 25 | Charlie Barnet | Cherokee | Swing Time For Dancing Vol. 3 | |
| 26 | Artie Shaw & His Orchestra | Diga, Diga Doo | Wicked Swing | |
| 27 | Benny Goodman & His Orchestra W. Martha Tilton | And the Angels Sing | Too Marvelous For Words | |
| 28 | Guy Lombardo | Penny Serenade | Enjoy Yourself: The Hits Of Guy Lombardo | |
| 29 | Bea Wain With Larry Clinton And His Orchestra | Deep Purple | White Cliffs Of Dover [Disc 1] | |
| 30 | Lionel Hampton | I've Found a New Baby | Wicked Swing | |
| 31 | Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson | Roll 'Em Pete | Blues From The Vocalion Vaults | |
| 32 | Chick Webb and his Orchestra v/Ella Fitzgerald | Undecided | from CD; orig. Decca 2323 | |