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100 songs from 100 years in 100 days.

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1951

You just know I had to put Louis in here somewhere. It just wouldn't be the 20th century without him. Quick headphone warning though, it's a tad loud in the middle.   A Kiss to Build a Dream On, Louis Armstrong.
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1950

Thus we begin my all-time favorite decade. For the next 13 years, it's gonna be harder than hell to pick just one song out of all the greats that came out in the Fifties and early Sixties. But I shall find a way.   Let's start it off by running into the decade face-first. It's a silly song, but catchier than the world's luckiest fisherman. It's Rag Mop... or... "Ragg Mopp," by the Ames Brothers.
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1949

I don't typically finish what I start. It's a curse. I have loads of unfinished projects just laying around that will probably never see completion. When I started this project, I thought I wouldn't even reach World War I.   1949 is the halfway point. Between 1900 and 1999, this is post #50, and hell's bells, I'm still going strong. Maybe it has something to do with this post being written a full month and a half before the day it comes out, but I don't care. Something about A Century of Song
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1948

31 years ago, we overlooked the communists in Russia as a fad. Something that would never take hold. Now it looks like China will become the next nation to fall. The government has been handling the revolution horribly, I can only hope I am proven wrong.   Art Mooney, I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover.
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1947

There's so much conflicting information going around these days. Are smokes good for you? Are they bad? Hell, I don't give a damn. All I know is the last time we tried banning something because it harmed your health, the mafia was more than happy to take the market.   America, let's learn our lesson the first time an idea blows up in our faces.   Anyway, this is Tex Williams. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke that Cigarette!
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1946

The Soviets were our allies just last year. Amazing how long these friendships seem to last in the world stage.   Nat King Cole, For Sentimental Reasons.
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1945

There are going to be people who won't believe what the Allies found in Poland. Sometimes the truth can be far more horrifying than what the human mind is capable of writing in fiction. I wonder, had the war never started, had we never fought Germany, how many more would have died? How much longer would Hitler's genocide have gone on?   But as I speak, millions of war widows and orphans around the world would gladly give away the future of Europe just to bring back the ones they lost. Are they
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1944

(I'm slightly cheating again. As before, this song was most likely recorded in 1943, but it topped the charts in 1944. It counts.)   The Allies have officially stormed into France. Victory is within arm's reach. No pessimism now, we WILL take Berlin. It's not an "if," it's a "when." And what happens when we take Berlin? I'll let Crosby and the Andrews Sisters explain that part.   There'll be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin. Let's finish this.
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1943

As our boys make significant gains in the Pacific, I hear tell that we might be invading France. Hitler started this damn war, let's end it together.   Praise the Lord, and Pass the Ammunition. This is Kay Kyser.
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1942

Some optimism from Vera Lynn, The White Cliffs of Dover. Twenty-five years ago, we had a vision of a war to end all wars. We thought the Kaiser would be the world's last supervillain. Now, the Fuhrer has taken that distinction.   We may see peace on Monday, but by Tuesday there will always be a new Lex Luthor threatening the world.
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1941

Do I have an opinion on us joining the war in Europe? Yes.   Does it matter right now? No. The Axis powers called for war, and war is what they'll get.   Use your third term wisely, Roosevelt. You may be the only president to have one.   God Bless the Child. And regardless of your politics, God bless the children we're sending to war. This is Billie Holiday.
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1940

As Hitler bombs London, we here in the states can only sit here and watch. The Nazis are nothing like the Germans we fought last time. Thirty years ago, they fought as countrymen in arms, in a war that nobody truly understood. A war without reason.   But now, it's as though Germany is united only in hatred. Of what, one can only guess.   Here's the Ink Spots, with We Three.
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1939

If Sing Sing Sing was part one of why I love music so much, Moonlight Serenade is part two. This song, in fact, makes an even stronger case. There's a good reason why I chose to feature this rather than In the Mood, and it's not just that everyone has probably heard the latter. This is my favorite Glenn Miller recording, as well as one of my all time favorite songs to date.   This is the year Hitler rolls into Poland, beginning the second world war despite the British government's constant use
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1938

As the Big Band era swings in full force, I would like to welcome Artie Shaw as this year's featured artist.   I got a little emotional last time. Don't worry, there's no speech planned for this year, or in the near future, just some more great music by the legends of the century.   Begin the Beguine.
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1937

And at last, we get to the reason why I chose to do this blog in the first place. Not to awkwardly fade in and out of character like I was written by Seth Macfarlene, not to write entries weeks or months in advance (this one was written February 15th, to give you an idea), and not even to pretentiously harken back to the awful audio quality of 1903.   I started this blog because this is the kind of music that I love. The kind of music that I listen to in my spare time, when I don't have to wor
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1936

The "one per artist" rule has forced me to pass up on Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Benny Goodman, and Fred Astaire for this year. I have such great plans...   In the meantime, here's Fats Waller, with a song that most of you probably think is an Ink Spots song. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie.
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1935

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were quite the duo back in the day. And most consider the beginnings of that partnership to this song, which Astaire sang to Rogers in the 1935 film Top Hat.   Come catch what all the hubbub is about. This is Cheek to Cheek.
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1934

Today, I have little to say. 1934 was a rather significant year in American culture, but not for music.   Listen to Anything Goes by Cole Porter, and discuss significant happenings in the comments below.      
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1933

With Prohibition finally lifted, join me in stretching out our Lazy Bones for a well-deserved drink.   Ladies and gentlemen, Ted Lewis.
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1932

I like this song. Alot. In fact, I like it so much that I think I'm going to revisit it later. How much later? You'll see.   Duke Ellington, It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing).
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1931

For the first time in this series, I am posting a recording that is not new to me. That I had heard prior to starting ACoS. And as we get into the era of big bands and jazz, I get the feeling that there will be alot more familiar faces around here.   The man, the legend, the incoherent babbling... this is Minnie the Moocher, by the great Cab Calloway.
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1930

I had harsh words to say about Al Capone last year. Words that I stand by. But with the news of his capture, I have to wonder. The glass of wine I just finished, there's a chance it might be the last bottle ever sold in this country.   If only the booze barons weren't murderers... They'd be so much easier to support.   Goofus, by Wayne King & His Orchestra.
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1929

With the stock market the way it is, I believe we're all a bit blue right now. At the very least, we're better off than those boys in Chicago. Hope someone catches that rat bastard, Capone.   Libby Holman, Am I Blue?
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1928

With a voice like this, one can see how Ms. Kane was the inspiration for Betty Boop.   Sultry and smooth, here's Don't Be Like That by Helen Kane.
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1927

Most know the music of the 1920s for the works of female singers with exceptionally high voices. Up until now, I have neglected to include these fantastic songs.   Better late than never. Here's Ruth Etting with Varsity Drag.
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