i am 92 years and when I listen this music , I dance. And sometimes with another senior.. i feel great symphony for the youngsters who do not experience the passion of close bodies and love for all. The loss pf music and feeling for another close body is heart breaking. Dance and feel.

I'm a combat aviation veteran who has retired after over 30 years. My grandfather was a huge influence on me listening to music like this. I couldn't enjoy this more. My grandfather was a WWII veteran... this is real music! Jeff here in January 2023. May God bless you all!

I am 82 years old and I love the olden music even the 1912 to the 1920

Greetings everyone! My Dad recorded 100s of cassettes worth of these songs from various radio stations from 1980 - 2010. He played them each and every day for years and years, until his death in 2019 at the age of 100. These songs are more than special to me. Thanks so much for giving all of us out here in KZfaq-land something that connects us all. I'm sure that my Dad would agree and he would say Thank You too!!!! Cheers from Baltimore!!!

Nostalgie... I am 36 Years old, but somehow i feel Nostalgie....

Oh to be able to turn back time to a time of modesty, morals, and manners. When the simple sight of a young ladies ankles would cause a young mans heart to flutter. When men had great self esteem and self worth and dignity. Even in old photos of the breadlines of the 20s, men still wore a suit, tie, derby, and overcoat. When was last time someone under the age of 30 passing you on the street simply said hello. Don Rickles said it best in the 80s when referring to Don Johnson and the show Miami Vice. "Today people think that wearing a suite jacket with a tee shirt is fashionable, when i was growing up we had another word for it...A BUM! 🙂 Totally enjoyed every selection

I’ll be 87 on July 4 and thank the good Lord I don’t dribble my pablum yet and I relive the songs you play each day as I walk to the beach. Thanks for keeping this music alive for all of us to enjoy!

Although I'm a Japanese man,ｌlove this kind of sound and songs so much. Sometimes I think my previous life would be an American in this age at Newyork or somewhere and there maybe I'd be a taxi driver or else loves dancing with big band. From TOKYO🍣, Thank you 🌈

17 years old teen listening to this old wonderful stuff

Wowwwww I'm retired 61 y.o.these are the music of my grandmother grandfather..heard these music playing on a Grama phone

I'm only in my 40s but I love 30s and 40s music. After work I come home, turn it on and sit in my recliner with my book and my Rum and Coke and listen, I wish there were someone my age to listen with who loathes TV like me. When I do watch its usually dvds of Mash or older TV shows. I feel that I was born in the wrong era.

I asked my late brother that lived with our mum nearly all her life, "Can you remember a time when our mum was not old, fat and grey?" "No" he replied, but dad said that when he first met mum, he could span her waist line with his hands, and her hair was black. I play this as a tribute to all ladies, now passed, that brought up brat kids like me, worked more than 1 job at a time and remained married to one man for life, Sit back mum, relax and enjoy a trip down memory lane Given with love and thanks from dad three sons and one daughter❤️❤️

I'm 26 y/o and I like this music just because I do, no other reason 😊

As a post war baby boomer rock and roll was here to stay and this was the music my parents listened to. But now times have changed. Purely American music and proud of it. Greatness!

Mkes me nostalgic for an era I wasn't born in ^_^

I LOVE THE BIG BANDS AND THE BIG BAND SOUND!!.........THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF ROMANCE AND ROMANTIC SONGS!!

I just turned 60. I grew up listening to Metallica, AC/DC and etc but around age 30 I started liking this music. Now it's the only thing I listen to. Amazing music.

I am 62 years old......but I must admit this the MOST beautiful music ever heard. .my Father served in wwii

Thank God we can still hear & enjoy this period of music

I'm only 63 and this music really sends me! I love it!

Music of my Grandparents ❤ I can listen to it all day and night. Like many say, it's the closest thing we have to time travel. My Grandma will be 103 this year ❤

the magazine covers too are so precious. wonderful wonderful music

I'm only 66 years. I barely remember this music when it was already old. Still, what a breath of fresh air when compared to the ---- on the radio today.

i´m 32 years old and i actually collect this kind of music on 78 rpm discs and play them on my acoustic gramophone. need to order another 100 pack of needles!

I'm 72 years old. This music is a bit older then what I grew up with but I love it!

Thank you! I'm a youngster of 52...LOL! This music reminds me of the music that my parents and grandparents used to listen to. I always loved it as well. Nice for escaping to a simpler place and time mentally and emotionally. Deeply appreciated.

26 year old from Taiwan here. I grew up listening to the likes of Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, and Fats Waller thanks to my father, who is a jazz pianist. The Roaring 20s and 30s have always fascinated me, and I can't help but think that it's a pity that most of the young folks will never appreciate songs like these. Thanks for the playlist!

I love benny goodman and his band it takes me back to the 1930's and 1940's. it's music you can dance to

I’m 57 and love this music

Unconsciously the MOOD of the talented musician and artist is more tuned in to the MOOD OF THE TIMES than to his own personal mood

KPAX41 Music Of The 1930's & 1940's Thank you I am 75 years old and I love this music Very Much. THANK YOU!

I'm a pro metal drummer when I'm not on stage I listen to this type of music it's good for the soul and very relaxing

I’m 65 this year and I love this music and time in history. I listen to KGY am station in Olympia, Washington because they play the music from this era.

I'm a grand and want this music shared to the WORLD in 2023 Can't let it die

May all of us who love beauty, sincere love and good music live for many more years! Cheers!!!

Wonderful sounds from the era when America had determination, courage and joy. I've grown up in the television and internet age, having been born in 1952, and our society is much poorer for those inventions. I remember as a young child watching my aunt and her boyfriend leave for an evening of dancing to the big bands in the Detroit area - they would come home after midnight, exhausted and glowing from the pure pleasure of it. How I wish I'd been born 20 years earlier.

Thank you for posting this little played but fabulous music

I grew up n the 1950's listening to my mom's records. I love the music of this time and before, as well as the Beatles. I guess that I'm eclectic, being able to enjoy many styles of music, even classical.

im 15, and I love hearing this and it's not just music.. it's art what a nostalgia

That was the time of real music, tears in my eyes, This is a golden channel, thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

old time for bring back beautiful memories , thank you

I'm 62 but I use to enjoy this music at a friend's house with all his family when I was 20, we used to dance this in the summertime. Now I live in Italy in a little village and there's nothing better than having this music at home while Im doing a good pasta for lunchtime! buon appetito a tutti.

Sublime...so sweet and a 'cure' to modern day 'blues', thank you

I play this music for my elderly people and they love it.

My brother and I grew up listening to all this wonderful 30-40's music on the 5 tube AM radio whilst going off to sleep in 1957. We both ended up being jazz musicians.. the MELODY in these pieces is the magic. You can usually hear them one or two times and whistle the melody. The three parts of music are Rhythm, Harmony and Melody and Melody is King. (Quincy Jones) Always loved to see Kay Kaiser and his "College of Musical Knowledge" in the movies.

Thank you for the music. And without publicity !!

A treat for the ears and food for the soul 😁

50 years ago, when I was a teenager and listening to 1960s rock, I thought this music was hopelessly "square". Fast forward 50 years, and a little maturity -- this stuff is *really delightful*! Thank you for posting it!

I miss mom and dad my angels however I am sure they loved this music found a lot of their treasures

God bless you Bob! I’m 76 my parents were germans and I was born and live in Brazil and I don’t know why I feel so attracted for this Big Band music from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s! For over 30 years I own a beautiful 1951 Chevrolet Styleline De Luxe in which I allways play this music. May the good God give you many more years to enjoy life. You are an example for all of us.

im 24 this is beautiful af ive always loved getting stoned to 1920s-50s music its so beautiful

Atwater Kent radios! I'm aware of them and nice to see their advertisement on your cavalcade of magazine covers, of which I can name about half of the stars. I'm 70 but was a disc jockey at a big band radio station in Pittsburgh PA in the early 70's and had knowledge of this music since childhood. Dad sang scat! I love this music going back to the 19 teens. Thanks for posting.

The music is delightful. Makes me wish our society could revert to such innocent times. Thank you.

love this music it heals my heart!

My Grandfather used to listen to music like this , brings back Great memories 👍🤠😸

Makes me think of my grandparents. They grew up during the 30s. Nostalgia for a time I never knew!

"Last of the Summer Wind" are a ten piece dance band average age 80. We meet once a week to play for our own pleasure with a music library of several hundred dance tunes like this from "back in the day" and love to keep this live music alive.

Lovely music! When this country was on top of the world.

Thank you for this fabulous music! I am a very nostalgic person, it helps to keep me sane in our world gone mad! xxxx

0:00:12 [01] Sterling Young - *Sweet Heartache* - Billy Mozet (voc) . _Sam H. Stept (m) & Ned Washington (w)_ 0:02:46 [02] Ted Fio Rito - *Lovely Debutante* - Del Casino (voc) . _Neil Moret (m) & Harry Tobias (w)_ 0:06:01 [03] Ted Fio Rito - *Roll Along, Prairie Moon* - Muzzy Marcellino (voc) . _Clive Brown (m & w)_ 0:08:47 [04] Ted Weems - *Lonely Park* - Andrea Marsh (voc) . _Harry Stride (m) & Mack David (w)_ 0:11:44 [05] Teddy Joyce - *Call Me Sweetheart* . _Horatio Nicholls, Harry Leon & Leo Towers (m & w)_ 0:14:47 [06] Teddy Joyce - *Laughing Irish Eyes* . _Sam H. Stept (m) & Sidney Mitchell (w)_ 0:17:27 [07] The Castilian Troubadours - *Dust on the Moon* . _Ernesto Lecuona (m) & Stanley Adams (w)_ 0:20:15 [08] Todd Rollins - *Kissing Games* - Chick Bullock (voc) . _Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman (m) & Maurice Sigler (w)_ 0:23:19 [09] Tom Berwick - *Tea for Two* . _Vincent Youmans (m) & Irving Caesar (w)_ 0:26:01 [10] Abe Lyman - *You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer* . _Dave Franklin (m) & Cliff Friend (w)_ - Rose Blane (voc) 0:29:20 [11] Barry Wood Orchestra - *Cherokee* . _Ray Noble (m & w)_ 0:32:01 [12] Bea Wain w. Walter Gross Orch. - *I'm Nobody's Baby* . _Milton Ager, Lester Santly (m) & Benny Davis (w)_ 0:35:19 [13] Bert Block - *I'd Like to Play a Love Scene Opposite You* . _Sam Coslow (m & w)_ 0:37:49 [14] Billy Regis - *Zigeuner* . _Noël Coward (m & w)_ 0:40:02 [15] Bram Martin - *It's Got to Be Love* . _Richard Rodgers (m) & Lorenz Hart (w)_ 0:42:42 [16] Buddy Rogers - *You Can't Be Mine* - Elizabeth Tilton (voc) . _J.C. Johnson (m & w) & Chick Webb (w)_ Martha's sister 0:44:48 [17] Carroll Gibbons - *There's a Ring Around the Moon* . _Al Goodhart, Ed G. Nelson (m) & Sam M. Lewis (w)_ 0:47:29 [18] Dick McDonough - *Dear Old Southland* - Buddy Clark (voc) . _Turner Layton (m) & Henry Creamer (w)_ Dick McDonough and His Orchestra: Bunny Berigan - tp; Artie Shaw - cl; Toots Mondello - cl, as; Larry Binyon - cl, ts; Adrian Rollini - bsx; Claude Thornhill - p; Dick McDonough - g; Artie Bernstein - b; Cozy Cole - dr; Buddy Clark - voc. 0:50:10 [19] Dick Messner - *Now You've Got Me Doing It* - Irene Collins (voc) . _Harold Spina (m) & Johnny Burke (w)_ 0:53:06 [20] Dolly Dawn and Her Dawn Patrol - *I'll Stand By* - DD (voc) . _J. Fred Coots (m) & Benny Davis (w)_ 0:56:07 [21] Isham Jones - *Blue Lament* (Cry for Me) . _Joe Bishop (m) & Dave Franklin (w)_ 0:59:33 [22] Isham Jones - *There's No Harm in Wishin'* - Eddie Stone (voc) . _Dave Franklin (m & w)_ Isham Jones and His Orchestra: Johnny Carlson, Clarence Willard, Chelsea Quealey - tp; Mark Bennett, Russ Jenner - tb; Woody Herman - cl, as, bs; Milt Yaner, Victor Hauprich - cl, as; Saxie Mansfield - ts; Eddie Stone - vn; James Noble - p; Jack Blanchette - g; Richard Kissinger - tuba; Walter Yoder - b; Walter Lageson - dr; Gordon Jenkins - arr. 1:01:25 [23] Jimmy Dorsey - *Killy-Ka-Lee* - Ray McKinley (voc) . _Jesse Greer (m) & Mort Dixon (w)_ Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra: Ralph Muzillo, Shorty Sherock - tp; Don Mattison, Bobby Byrne, Sonny Lee - tb; Jimmy Dorsey - cl, as; Milt Yaner, Sam Rubinowich - as; Charles Frazier, Herbie Haymer - ts; Freddie Slack - p; Roc Hillman - g; Jack Ryan - b; Ray McKinley - dr, voc. 1:05:40 [24] Joe Loss - *Ev'rything You Do* . _Abe Olman (m) & Walter Hirsch (w)_ 1:08:43 [25] Jimmy Dorsey - *Why Shouldn't I* - Kay Weber (voc) . _Cole Porter (m & w)_ Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra: George Thow - cn; Toots Camarata - tp, arr; Bobby Byrne, Don Mattison, Joe Yukl - tb; Jimmy Dorsey - cl, as, ld; Jack Stacey - ts; Fud Livingston - as, ts; Skeets Herfurt - ts; Bobby van Eps - p; Roc Hillman - g; Slim Taft - b; Ray McKinley - dr; Kay Weber - voc 1:11:58 [26] Joe Haymes - *Rolling in Love* - Cliff Weston (voc) . _Harry Revel (m) & Mack Gordon (w)_ Joe Haymes and His Orchestra: Pee Wee Irwin, Roy Wager - tp; Cliff Weston - tp, voc; Ward Silloway, Joe Yukl - tb; Dan d'Andrea, Toots Mondello - cl, as; Paul Ricci, Bud Freeman - cl, ts; Paul Mitchell - p; Mac Cheikes - g; Gene Traxler - b; Charlie Bush - dr; Joe Haymes - ld, arr. 1:14:53 [27] Joe Loss - *What Will I Tell My Heart* . _Peter Tinturin (m) & Jack Lawrence (w)_ 1:17:54 [28] Joe Sanders - *You're Slightly Terrific* - Jack Swift (voc) . _Lew Pollack (m) & Sidney D. Mitchell (w)_ 1:20:16 [29] Paul Whiteman - *A Zoot Suit* - Dolly Mitchell & Wingy Manone (voc) . _Ray Gilbert & Bobby O'Brien (m & w)_ 1:23:14 [30] Johnnie Davis - *Take a Number from One to Ten* - JD (voc) . _Harry Revel (m) & Mack Gordon (w)_ Johnnie Davis and His Orchestra: Johnnie Davis - tp, voc; Bunny Berigan - tp; Floyd O'Brien - tb; Benny Goodman - cl, as, ts; Bob Henderson - p; Lennie Johnson - g; ? - b; Stan King - dr. 1:26:21 [31] Lennie Hayton - *The Morning After* - Paul Barry (voc) . _Tommy Dorsey, Moe Jaffe & Clay Boland (m & w)_ 1:29:21 [32] Leo Reisman - *Simpatica* - Anita Boyer (voc) . _Richard Rodgers (m) & Lorenz Hart (w)_ 1:32:42 [33] Mal Hallett - *Moonlight on the Highway* - Jerry Perkins (voc) . _Al Sherman (m) & Edgar Leslie, Joe Burke (w)_ 1:35:48 [34] Leo Reisman - *Would You Be So Kindly* - Anita Boyer (voc) . _Burton Lane (m) & Yip Harburg (w)_ 1:38:30 [35] Mal Hallett - *Turn on That Red Hot Heat* - Teddy Grace (voc) . _Louis Alter (m) & Paul Francis Webster (w)_ 1:41:28 [36] Ray Beagle and His Hounds of Music - *Peckin'* - Henry Nemo (voc) . _Ben Pollack & Harry James (m & w)_ . _based on the intro of "Rockin' in Rhythm" by Duke Ellington & Harry Carney_ 1:44:32 [37] Reggie Childs - *Did You Mean It* - Stephanie Dale (voc) . _Jesse Greer (m) & Mort Dixon (w)_ 1:47:00 [38] Ruby Newman - *Rainbow in the Night* - Ray Heatherton (voc) . _Payson Re (m) & Buddy Green (w)_ 1:50:11 [39] Stan Meyers - *What a Fool I've Been* - Leon Lafell (voc) . 1:52:49 [40] Sterling Young - *No More Tears* - Donna Lee (voc) .

Two of my uncles were band leaders in those days. My mother's oldest brother Emanuel Starkey conducted the orchestra of the Marble Arch Regal cinema and also conducted the first performance in England of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. My mother's sister was married to David Java (and his gipsy violins) who had a regular radio programme on the BBC in the afternoons.

Many thanks for this and all good wishes to our common listeners: be well!

Just wonderful~ Great romance Great lyrics and music Great nostalgia

The Big Band era was the BEST !!!! I had one in Canada. Then I went to vacation in Florida. Conducted and developed a big band in the closest city to Barefoot Bay, which I recommend to this day, called MELBOURNE, in Fla. (not Aussie). Had a lot of fun, Trump was at one of our concerts, we were paid in T-shirts: "JAZZ" in gold and black. John M. Hill, author.

This is my Moms era of music. She has passed so THANK YOU for bringing back the memories!

OMG! I can actually understand what they are singing about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL, easy listening. Thank you for posting. Housework goes faster when listening. BTW, tried the kissing game with wife. Fun ensued. Thx KPAX41!

Love me some good ol classic *TOM & JERRY*

Да, ребята,- это настоящая музыка! Красивая, жизнерадостная...👏👍

Thank you for making this great music available.

I just love your music channel, my friend. It helps me get through the day.

It’s nice that there are still people alive who got to listen to this stuff live on the radio when it originally debuted. Maybe one day I’ll be 92 and get to talk about music from the 1990’s. Thank you to all those people old enough to share their experiences with us.

Love this! This is the music my parents and grandparents listened to but that I have never heard. They are gone and I am now older. A real blessing to hear. Thank you!

What soothing music!

I had this in the background for 35 minutes without realising.

Love these songs 🎵 💕

You are a gift to KZfaq

This era of music ALWAYS makes me think of Laurel and Hardy because it was the first time i ever heard this style of music.

Thank you for the wonderful Big Bands. Such a pleasure to listen to. 😊😊

I normally music ended around 1950. I loved the Disco, New Wave and Punk movements because it was dance music for me, but this is the music I love. .

As a child watching black and white movies on the television, I would hear some of these songs. My parents grew up with these songs, and I, as a child, just glossed over them, more interested in the characters. Now as an old man, I can appreciate what they must have felt.

mis abuelitos gateaban cuando se escuchaba esta musica

Quality music. I just wish I could dance. Thank you. V. enjoyable.

I was born in 1971,but sometimes listened to this kind of music, tried to play in piano at school, read about how it was founded, so I feel like i live now in America of 40,50s

I love the music of this period‼️👍🏼‼️ It reflects the optimism that everyone really needed after the Great Depression at the end of the 1920’s‼️🙏🏼👍🏼💖👍🏼🙏🏼‼️ It has the ability to lift one’s spirits and reminds us that love, romance, and the successful search for companionship and real relationships‼️🙏🏼👍🏼🥲💖🤣👍🏼🙏🏼‼️ As a history educator I try to use the optimism and hope to inspire my students after the last four years of uninspired political leadership where the civilian job opportunities were almost at depression levels‼️🙏🏼🙄😱😵‍💫🥴😖🙏🏼‼️ Some students were looking at the military, as the only full employment opportunity⁉️🙏🏼🥲🙄😲🥴😖🙏🏼⁉️ With new inspiration, a greater sense of hope that positive music brings, an improved attitude very much like the 1930’s had, pumps a new level of sparkle in their eyes that is truly noticeable‼️🙏🏼👍🏼💖😃😊🤗🤣💖👍🏼🙏🏼‼️ One comment that I’ve heard is, “You can even understand the words they’re singing‼️” I that you for producing such powerful and inspiring collections of real music that still has everything that it did several generations ago‼️🙏🏼👍🏼💖👍🏼🙏🏼‼️

I am 54 this is the stuff i heard as a little boy at grandparents house and before school . around WWII VETS !! smoke everywhere and i loved it !! and booze ;)

🎂🥳 happy birthday to your Dear Grandma on 103 ❤

Great Music! Thank you for providing the this ongoing website and music as it touches my heart. There is no other music which will ever surpass thie Big Band error in music. I wish we could have it back!

Thank you very much for sharing this wonderful and unforgettable music !

I have been a researcher and musicologist for many years. I truly enjoy this era and it's wonderful that even I can find new treats and songs within.

All these playlists are great! I can put it on and do chores and bake and let the nastiness of the world slip away for a while. Thanks!

I myself am 50 years old and grew up in the 80's and at that time I only heard music like this when I would watch movies with my grandparents in which was too far and few memories of visiting once a year and now I have such a great appreciation of this music remembering the movies of such simpler times and of love, actual true love portrayed in those movies. Great thanks and love to my grandparents to whom made these memories and love of this music possible.

You can't exist without pleasure, even for a second, and it's hard to have sorrow for a long time. Such is existence 💃

Great to settle down with this music wafting through the kitchen as I get ready for the holidays. My dad would have loved this experience in his late years. It might have helped him survive a bit longer.

I was born in 51, so this all came before me, but I tuned into this to understand the era. It's all relative you know, primarily sold to younguns with their hopeless romantic ideals, and fixations, with an occasional great mind who enters into it's vacuous void, but that too is to be expected, when you realize that nature abhors a vacuum. Benny Goodman appears something of a phenom when you see what he did with a clarinet, at least it showed up in the movie I saw of him in where he played his instrument on top of a building deep in a summer night. Tonight I'm just a kid living in the 30s, and 40s, and man, I'm digging the wild sounds here. 23 skidoo!

Music for the soul… Very smooth…

Thanks for this. I "discovered" big band when I returned home in the'70s and started listening to some of my Father's old 78 rpm records of Miller, Goodman and more and realized this music had something very special--that rock didn't.

Great era in music!

So far the best playlist of these years found on KZfaq 👌🏻🌟❤🌟

When music was classy, sentimental, and full of radiance. I was definitely born in the wrong era... Thank you for keeping this as alive as it was almost 90 years ago.

I like these music is because they are so light and calm to hear