1936 and 1946 - prelude to

an hour of records from 1926

airing from 6 to 6:30

on Thursday 12/01/16

covering for Mike Perini

Tulip or Turnip

Duke Ellington & his Orchestra 1946

vocal by trumpeter Ray Nance

Jelly, Jelly

Earl Hines & his Orchestra 1940 (oops!)

vocal by Billy Eckstine

Red Pepper

Fats Navarro & Eddie Lockjaw Davis 1946

Seven Up

Fats Navarro & Sonny Stitt 1946

Spoken history of Seven Up:

7 Up was created by Charles Leiper Grigg, who earlier had formulated a carbonated orange-flavored drink  called "Whistle" while working for one Sylvester Jones and his St. Louis–based Vess beverage company. The slogan was "Thirsty? Just WHISTLE!" After breaking with Vess, Grigg launched his own Howdy Corporation [makers of Howdy Orange Drink] in 1920. Howdy was fairly successful as soft drinks go, but it was unable to seriously challenge Orange Crush, the leader in the field. Undeterred,Grigg switched flavors and mixed up his own original carbonated patent medicine. Until being reformulated twenty years later, it would contain lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug. The concoction, originally named "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda", was launched two weeks before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Its name was later shortened to "7 Up Lithiated Lemon Soda" before being abbreviated to "7 Up" in 1936.

Black Raspberry Jam

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

I Like Bananas

Because They Have No Bones

Willie Bryant & his Orchestra 1936

vocal by trumpeter Jack Butler

Paswonky

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

Old Joe's Hittin' the Jug

Stuff Smith & his Onyx Club Boys 1936

Moldy Fig Stomp
Chubby Jackson & his Jacksonville Seven 1946