Mika loves crooners, but we're not talking about any that she knows in this episode. Instead, we cover the origin story of crooners: where did they come from and how did they create the archetype for the American Pop star?
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Videos in This Episode:
"When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" by Gene Austin and Aileen Stanley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ-T8WtzvTc
"My Blue Heaven" by Gene Austin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2MUy2uOesw
"You Call it Madness, I Call it Love" by Russ Columbo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K-jfAOzFVk
Episode 21: The Carter Family
Episode 20: Folk Music
Episode 19: Rudy Vallee
BONUS: Al Jolson
Episode 17: Swing Kings
Episode 16: Swing
Episode 15: Ella Fitzgerald
Episode 14: Louis Armstrong
Episode 13: The Jazz Age
Episode 12: Early Jazz
Bonus Episode: John Philip Sousa
Episode 11: Robert Johnson
Episode 10: Blues
Episode 9: Ragtime's Big Three
Episode 8: Ragtime
Episode 7: End of the 1800s
Episode 6: Laura Keene
Episode 5: Broadway
Episode 4: The Orpheum Circuit
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