# Sophie Tucker
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sophie tucker (born Sofia Kalish; January 13, 1886 – February 9, 1966) was a Ukrainian-born American singer, comedian, actress, and radio personality. Known for her powerful delivery of comical and risqué songs, she was one of the most popular entertainers in America during the first half of the 20th century. She was widely known by the superlative nickname "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas".
196. Louis and Edwina Mountbatten | Let the Affairs Begin!
It didn't take long for Edwina, young, rich, and alone while her husband Louis was away with the Navy, to begin flirtations and then affairs with various suitors. There were the young men of her social strata, to be sure, but there was also a scandalous rumored fling with the notably female America…
When The Client’s Daughter Hijacks The Decks
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A packed dance floor can disappear in one song, and sometimes the person asking for that song is the one signing the check. We open with a wild high end wedding story where the playlist is a tightrope: a huge do not play list, a “keep it upbeat” mandate, and a room full of guests …
BEND DOWN SISTER!
More gems form Joe's 78 archive - Visiting us this week will be PACKIE DOLAN & HIS BOYS, THE EMERALD TRIO, DAVEY MILLER, SISTER ROSETTA THARPE, SOPHIE TUCKER, BEN SELVIN's BAND and a little fun set of tunes about weight loss from the 1920s-early 30s!
The Mother of Invention
1 – Complainin’ – Sophie Tucker – 1922
2 – If It Don’t Fit – Barrel House Annie – 1937
3 – Nocturne (Complaint) – Josef Hoffman – 1923
4 – Heart Don’t Complain – Calvin Tubb – 1950
5 - Ich grolle Nicht (I Ne'er Complain) (Schumann) - Jeanne Gérville-Reache with the Victor Orchestra – 1911
6 – Out o…
Episode 267 - September 17, 1907
Today's episode date is a unique one, and purely for fun. On September 17, 1907, an iconic company was officially incorporated. It's a company that's still going strong today. It was...Harley-Davidson. Yes, I'm doing an episode about the motorcycles. And, as always, I've got three additional histor…
"Darktown Strutters' Ball"
The story goes that a century or so ago there was a strange annual ball in Chicago. A model of irony, it was a fancy affair in the city’s sordid South Side, financed by wealthy society folk but reserved for the community’s prostitutes and their sugar daddies.
Some believe that songwriter Shelton Br…
Diamond Teeth Mary '26, Here We Come!
Here’s a tune that will be on the set list tomorrow night when The Flood opens the festivities at this year’s Diamond Teeth Mary blues festival in downtown Huntington.
It’s a 1913 composition by the great Shelton Brooks. And if that name sounds familiar, you might be remembering last week’s podcast…
"I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone"
Here’s a tune that will be on the set list tomorrow night when The Flood opens the festivities at this year’s Diamond Teeth Mary blues festival in downtown Huntington. It’s a 1913 composition by the great Shelton Brooks. And if that name sounds familiar, you might be remembering last week’s podcas…
Mary & Ethel and Mikey Who? Audiobook by Stephen Cole
Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: Mary & Ethel and Mikey Who?Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Time TravelAuthor: Stephen ColeNarrator: Anita GillettePublisher: Stephen ColeRelease date: 01-16-2024Language: EnglishSummary:Author and musical theatre librettist…
What You Don't Know About "After You've Gone"
This week on Century Songs, we explore the 1918 standard "After You've Gone" — written by the pioneering Black songwriting duo Turner Layton and Henry Creamer, and immortalized by Vaudeville superstar Sophie Tucker. We sit down with educator and musician Oliver Nelson Jr. to discuss his father's re…
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