Where an aspiring music history nerd attempts to teach the basics to someone who knows nothing about it.
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Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Welcome to the first Sound of History of episode! This is a music history podcast where Nick, an amateur music history nerd, attempts to teach music history to his wife Mika, who doesn't know or care all that much about music history.
In this episode, we don't actually talk about music history, but we run through how the show will work, our origin story, and then play a fun game.
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Music Used:
"Midnight Train to Georgia" written by Jim Weatherly and performed by Gladys Knight and the Pips for Buddah Records. Universal - Polygram International Inc. Publishing
"Great Balls of Fire" written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer. Performed by Jerry Lee Lewis for Sun Records in 1957. Published by Sony/ATV and Chappel and Co.
"Gimme Shelter" written and by Kieth Richards and Mick Jagger. Performed by The Rolling Stones for Decca and ABCKO. Published by ABCKO music.
"Crocodile Rock" written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Performed by Elton John for MCA (U.S.) and DJM (UK). Published by Universal - Songs of Polygram Music Inc.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" written by Freddie Mercury and performed by Queen for Elektra (U.S.) and EMI (U.K.). Published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
"All Along the Watchtower" written by Bob Dylan and performed by Jimi Hendrix for Olympic Records. Published by Bob Dylan Music OBO Dwarf Music
"Walk Like a Man" written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. Performed by The Four Seasons for Vee-Jay. Published by Kobalt Music
"Is This Love?" written by Bob Marley and performed by Bob Marley and the Wailers for Tuff Gong/Island Records. Published by Kobalt Music
"I Got You Babe" written by Sonny Bono. Performed by Sonny and Cher for ATCO Records. Published by Cotillion Music.
"Son of a Preacher Man" written by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins. Performed by Aretha Franklin for Atlantic Records. Published by Sony/ATV Tree Publishing.
All songs used under Fair Use as defined by section 107 of the Copyright Act. All copyrighted material used for nonprofit/educational purposes.
Friday Jan 17, 2020
Friday Jan 17, 2020
In the first episode of The Sound of History podcast, we talk about everyone's favorite topic: minstrelsy. Mika learns just how terrible the first truly American form of music was, how it started and how it ended.
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YouTube Videos in This Episode:
Jump Jim Crow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG2zd6NCzJ8
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Mika and Nick take a deeper look at two of the most influential acts in minstrelsy: Stephen Foster, known as the Father of American Music, and the Christy Minstrels, the group he wrote for.
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Videos in This Episode:
Open Thy Lattice Love - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3PrFFT0K9s&t=4s
Oh, Susana! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYiXyZwgPB8
Camptown Races - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXE_PfcXtYE&t=19s
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Nick and Mika finally move away from minstrelsy and tackle the world of Vaudeville. What is blue material? Why should you #FollowtheHam? Can we bring back "Hully Gee"? Will it play in Peoria? Learn all of that and more in this episode.
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Videos in This Episode:
"Nobody" by Bert Williams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RtRuoaIbg4
A later Vaudeville performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsVQ9e8nWx0&t=84
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Martin Beck built the Orpheum Circuit into a vaudeville empire in the West. Through their love/hate relationship with the Kieth/Abee Circuit in the East, vaudeville took the nation by storm. This week, Mika and Nick look a the history of the Orpheum Circuit and how Martin Beck may have saved Harry Houdini's career.
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Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
This week, Mika and Nick examine a topic close to Mika's heart: Broadway and musical theater. A horrendously complex topic, they do their best to tell it's history in 30 minutes. Mika really wants this topic to be it's own season and she urges you to ask for it.
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Videos in This Episode:
You Naughty, Naughty Men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu1Y-M0c8hY
The Major General's Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXf0o2d-W5w&t=165s
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Mika and Nick take a look at the life of Laura Keene, a pretty awesome, powerful woman who became one of the first and best female theater managers in Broadway history. All of her accomplishments are typically overshadowed by one pretty momentous night, but she did a lot and deserves to be talked about.
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Thursday Feb 27, 2020
Thursday Feb 27, 2020
We're FINALLY rounding out the 1800's by talking about a few things that aren't music genres, but still need to be talked about. Mika learns all about Tin Pan Alley and the birth of music recording.
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We sincerely apologize for the audio issues in this episode. We have no idea why Nick's microphone decided to sound so bad and our cat had a lot of stuff to add, apparently. Still, it's a good episode and you'll be a stronger person for batteling through it.
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Videos in This Episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3qPT30LejM
Very good article from the Smithsonian about the phonograph's impact on culture: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/phonograph-changed-music-forever-180957677/
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Mika and Nick take a look at a fun musical genre called Ragtime. Mika wants you to know that she was right and that Ragtime is, in fact, the music from Western silent movies.
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Videos in This Episode:
"You've Been a Good Ole Wagon But You Done Broke Down" by Ben Harney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtde0dOTCB0
Ben Harney singing The Wagon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harney
"Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMAtL7n_-rc
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Ragtime swept the nation, but three musicians stood above the rest. Here is the story of Ragtime's Big Three: Joseph Lamb, the Little Professor, and, of course, King Scott Joplin.
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Videos in This Episode:
"Contentment Rag" by Joseph Lamb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9B1UKtCb1k
"Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBInnwV21DM
"Magnetic Rag" by Scott Joplin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BweSQtoc8D0
The ending number of Treemonisha by Scott Joplin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cy7k1c6fa8
BONUS: "Frog Legs Rag" by James Scott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEeIX8lxxGM