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On This Day In Jazz Age Music!
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ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC!
A daily blog on SubStack devoted to the Music of THE JAZZ AGE!
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NOVEMBER 23RD
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUTH ETTING!
(November 23, 1896 – September 24, 1978)

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#November23 #November23rd #RuthEtting #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #78rpm #OldMusic #TinPanAlley #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #MUSIC #PopularSong
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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THE BIG BROADCAST with RICH CONATY!

Hosted by Rich Conaty (1954-2016) for over four decades, The Big Broadcast enjoyed a near-cult following among fans of 1920s and 1930s pop and jazz…

www.library.fordham.edu/bigbroadcast/
#MUSIC #JazzAge #MusicSky #78rpm #HotJazz #ClassicJazz
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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NOVEMBER 21ST
HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLEMAN HAWKINS!
(November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969)
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#November21 #November21st #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #Blues #Ragtime #78rpm #jugBand #TinPanAlley #JAZZ #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #ColemanHawkins #Music
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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NOVEMBER 14TH
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DICK POWELL!
(November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963)

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#November14 #November14TH #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #78rpm #OldMusic #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #OnThisDayInJazzAgeMusic
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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NOVEMBER 11TH...
Happy Birthday Ivy Benson!
(11 November 1913 – 6 May 1993)
Happy Birthday Lorayne Brox!
(November 11, 1901 - June 14, 1993
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November 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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I LOVE his POPEYE-ESQUE Voice!! So sad that he died in a fire while attempting to save his drum kit!!!!!!
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC!
NOVEMBER 8TH...

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#November8 #November8TH #FannyBrice #Ziegfeld #FannyBrice #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues#78rpm #OldMusic #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #ClassicJazz #Music #OnThisDayInJazzAgeMusic
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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NOVEMBER 7TH...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHIL SPITALNY!
~Rest In Peace Adelaide Hall~
(October 20, 1901 – November 7, 1993)
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#November7 #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #78rpm #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #Music #OnThisDayInJazzAgeMusic #JAZZ
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Happy November Stritch!
Thanks 😊 for reading my posts!!
A
November 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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OCTOBER 31ST
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ETHEL WATERS!
Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977)
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#Ocotober31 #October31st #EthelWaters #EvaTaylor #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #Blues #78rpm #TinPanAlley #Jazz #Music #OnThisDayInJazzAgeMusic
October 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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I am running behind schedule on my daily posts. October 25th was an especially fascinating day with many singular musicians deserving of posts just for them.

Hope you will read and find something new to read or listen to!

~a
PS. Any suggestions or corrections are most welcome!
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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OCTOBER 21ST...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAIRE WALDOFF!!
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Claire Waldoff (October 21, 1884 - January 22, 1957) was a famous German cabaret singer and entertainer in Berlin during the 1910s and 1920s.

#OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzSky #MusicSky #MusicianSky #October21st #Music
October 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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October 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC!
OCTOBER 17TH...
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#OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #OnThisDayInJazzAgeMusic #RESIST #NoKings #WeThePeople
October 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Radio Pioneers: The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
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October 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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OCTOBER 15TH
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE SANDERS!

Joseph L. Sanders was a jazz pianist, singer, and band leader associated with Kansas City jazz for most of his career.

He was best known for co-leading the Coon-Sanders' Nighthawks along with Carleton Coon (1894–1932).

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October 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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THAT IS AWESOME!!!!
Sorry to shout - but that just made so happy Stritch!!

Thank you for your support in the little things I post.

I SEE YOU.

a
October 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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ON THIS DAY IN JAZZ AGE MUSIC!

OCTOBER 2ND…

Happy Birthday Kiki of Montparnasse!

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#OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #Music #Surrealism #Dada #Duchamp #KikiOfMontparnasse #Jazz
October 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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September 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Remembering Bessie Smith
(April 15, 1892 – September 26, 1937)

Bessie Smith, known as the “Empress of the Blues,” died at age 43 on September 26, 1937, in Clarksdale, Mississippi, from injuries sustained in a car accident on U.S. Highway 61.
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#Jazz #Blues #Music
September 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Happy Birthday
Jay Mayo "Ink" Williams (September 25, 1894 – January 2, 1980) was a pioneering African-American producer of recorded blues music. He was the most successful "race records" producer of his time, breaking all previous records for sales in this genre.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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SEPTEMBER 25TH
Happy Birthday Maria Tănase!
(September 25, 1913 – June 22, 1963)

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#OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music #Jazz #Blues #MusicSky
September 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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SEPTEMBER 24TH
Happy Birthday F. Scott Fitzgerald!
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#September24 #Jazz #JazzAge #RoaringTwenties #MusicSky #JazzSky #BluesSky #MusicianSky #OTD #BOTD #OnThisDay #EarlyBlues #78rpm #OldMusic #jugBand #TinPanAlley #EarlyRecordings #HotJazz #ClassicJazz #Music
September 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Happy Birthday Hans Albers!

PHOTO: Berlin, März 1927, Revue Zwei Krawatten. Marlene Dietrich mit Hans Albers.

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#OTD #BOTD #HasAlbers #MarleneDietrich #September22
#September22ND #OnThisDay #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #EarlyBlues #OTR #Ragtime #78rpm #OldMusic
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM