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American Archives Month: Records Revisited
May 29, 2026
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May 9, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/29/26 | ![]() American Archives Month: Records Revisited✨ | archivesmusic history+3 | Eli Savada | Syracuse UniversityDrum Boogie+1 | — | Morton SavadaEli Savada+5 | — | 1m 30s | |
| 5/23/26 | ![]() Oh, Shenandoah✨ | American folk songsea shanty+3 | — | ShenandoahOh, Shenandoah | Shenandoah River ValleyVirginia+1 | Shenandoahfolk song+5 | — | — | |
| 5/9/26 | ![]() STAR WARS Week: Lord Vader✨ | Star WarsDarth Vader+3 | — | Syracuse University LibrariesLondon Symphony Orchestra+3 | — | Darth VaderJames Earl Jones+3 | — | 1m 30s | |
| 5/8/26 | ![]() STAR WARS Week: Old Ben✨ | Star Warsfilm history+3 | — | R2 unitC3P0+2 | Tattoine | Star WarsObi Wan Kenobi+5 | — | — | |
| 5/5/26 | ![]() STAR WARS Week: Rescue✨ | Star Wars20th Century Fox+4 | — | Syracuse University LibrariesSTAR WARS | Alderaan | Star WarsAlderaan+8 | — | — | |
| 5/4/26 | ![]() The Force✨ | Star WarsThe Force+3 | — | 20th Century FoxStar Wars+1 | HawaiiChina+1 | Star WarsThe Force+5 | — | — | |
| 5/4/26 | ![]() The Story of STAR WARS✨ | Star Warsfilm history+3 | — | 20 th Century FoxSTAR WARS | Hoth | Star Wars1977+5 | — | 1m 30s | |
| 1/13/26 | ![]() Let Me Call You Sweetheart✨ | music historyjazz+3 | — | Georgie Stoll and His OrchestraDecca+2 | — | Let Me Call You SweetheartBing Crosby+3 | — | 1m 30s | |
| 1/7/26 | ![]() Casey Jones✨ | railroadshistory+3 | — | DeccaJesters | MemphisCanton, Mississippi+1 | Casey Jonesrailroad history+3 | — | — | |
| 1/3/26 | ![]() Tell Tchaikowsky to Move!✨ | music historyclassical music+3 | — | blue suede shoesEarly in the mornin'+3 | — | Chuck Berryclassical music+5 | — | — | |
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| 11/24/25 | ![]() There be Sirens!✨ | mythologySirens+4 | — | StarbucksMoby Dick | — | Sirensmythology+5 | — | 1m 30s | |
| 11/21/25 | ![]() Groovin’ High✨ | jazzmarijuana+3 | — | Federal Bureau of NarcoticsGroovin’ High | — | jazzHarry Anslinger+5 | — | — | |
| 10/8/25 | ![]() The Black Maria✨ | early film historykinetoscope+3 | — | AMC.comKinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze+1 | — | Black Mariakinetoscope+5 | — | — | |
| 10/1/25 | ![]() Atomic Cocktail✨ | cocktailsLas Vegas history+3 | — | vodkabrandy+7 | NevadaLas Vegas | Atomic CocktailLas Vegas+3 | — | 1m 30s | |
| 9/21/25 | ![]() Sousa’s “El Capitan”✨ | operettapolitical thriller+3 | — | Lambert CylinderLondon Concert Orchestra+2 | — | SousaEl Capitan+5 | — | — | |
| 9/13/25 | ![]() Happy Days Are Here Again✨ | music historypolitical campaigns+3 | — | Recording Industry Association of AmericaHappy Days Are Here Again+1 | — | Happy Days Are Here AgainJack Yellen+7 | — | — | |
| 9/6/25 | ![]() If I Had A Hammer✨ | union workersprogressive era+4 | Kelsey Francella | The WeaversHootenanny Records | — | If I Had A HammerPete Seeger+5 | — | — | |
| 2/5/25 | ![]() Laguardia’s Lament | You’re listening to “The Airplane” from an RCA Victor Youth Series 78 entitled “LET’S PLAY”. It was produced by Helen Myers in 1946. The year before that, New York mayor Fiorello Laguardia left office. One of his biggest achievements, the development of the airport that would bear his name, came about as the result of, well, a bit of a hissy fit. The mayor had been sold a ticket to “New York”, which was at the time serviced by Newark Airport. Indignant, he refused to step on to Jersey soil and demanded to be flown to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, and held an impromptu press conference proclaiming New York City’s need for an airport. In short, it worked, and construction began in 1939. Image: unknown author, courtesy of U.S. National Archives. Aerial view of the tip of Manhattan, New York, United States ca. 1931. Note that the Cities Service Building (now known as the American International Building), which would become lower Manhattan’s tallest building in 1932, is only partially completed. | — | ||||||
| 10/16/24 | ![]() Spellbound | On today’s episode we’re talking electronic music…and the importance of a thorough resume. You’re on the Sound Beat. Miklos Rosza had long considered using electronic music in a film. He got his chance when director Alfred Hitchcock and producer David O. Selznick approached him about scoring 1945’s Spellbound. Wanting to add an atmospheric, contemplative air to the piece, he settled on the theremin. Here’s a quote from Dr. Samuel Hoffmann. “I put down theremin on my card…without thinking much about it. When Miklos Rozsa thought of using a theremin in his score for Spellbound he called the union to see if any players were available. I was the only one listed at that time who could read music.” Before Rozsa’s call, Hoffmann was a practicing podiatrist in the Hollywood area. After the score won an Oscar, Hoffman and the theremin would feature in films like “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, “It Came from Outer Space” and more…see the whole list right now at soundbeat.org. Sound Beat is produced at the Belfer Audio Archive, Syracuse University Libraries. I’m Brett Barry. Link to Hoffman’s discography | — | ||||||
| 8/17/24 | ![]() Low Bridge! | Why did Governor Dewitt Clinton build a giant ditch across New York state? To get to the other side. From the time the first shovel went into the ground in 1817, critics blasted the Erie Canal project, dubbing it Clinton’s Ditch. But it would go down in history as an engineering marvel. When finished, it stretched three hundred and sixty three miles across New York, from : (lyrics “Albany to Buffalo”) This is Low Bridge! Everybody Down, sung by Edward Meeker in a wax cylinder recording from 1913. The Canal forever changed shipping in the Northeast, cutting transportation costs a whopping ninety percent. It also helped open a steady trade route with the Midwest, turning a seed of a downstate port town into the Big Apple. Mules like Old Sal were the early stars of the canal system, but steam powered barges rendered them obsolete by the end of the 19th century. | — | ||||||
| 8/8/24 | ![]() The Last Flight of the Lady Be Good | The American B-24 Bomber Lady Be Good departed a Libyan Air Base on a bombing raid in April 1943. She did so into a sandstorm, and disappeared for 15 years. World War II raged, and then ended. Still, the whereabouts of the Lady Be Good remained unknown. It was thought the men had crashed into the Mediterranean, but in 1958 the nearly-intact bomber was found over 400 miles inland. Remains of 8 of the 9 crew members were found, some over a hundred miles north of the crash site. And, because everyone seemed to back then, they kept journals of their trek. To read excerpts, click to visit http://ladybegood.net, an excellent, and exhaustive site. | — | ||||||
| 3/5/24 | ![]() Honey in the Rock | You’re listening to the Carter Family’s rendition of “Honey in the Rock”, a Coral Record from 1949, and you’re on the Sound Beat. Frederick A. Graves originally wrote the song in 1895, but his version was a bit, well, heavy…A.P. Carter then rewrote it in 1937 to better fit the Carter Family’s repertoire. In short, he focused more on the “honey and the salvation” than the” blood and the sins”. Probably a good move, sales-wise. The Carter Family recorded for over 30 years, helping to create and then redefine country music, and were inducted into its Hall of Fame in 1970. This episode was co-written by Syracuse University Honors student Jack McCormack, part of the Sound Beat Class Partnership. Learn how students are interacting with historic sound right now at Soundbeat.org | — | ||||||
| 2/23/24 | ![]() Whoopin’ the Blues | You’re listening to one of the most distinctive signature sounds in all of recorded music, and… You’re on the Sound Beat. That telltale whoop belongs to Sonny Terry, one of the most influential harmonica players of all time. Blind, but not from birth, Terry lost his sight one eye at a time, first in early childhood, and the second in his late teens. He recorded “Whoopin’ the Blues” with Brownie McGhee in 1947 for Capitol Records. The Terry/McGhee partnership was one of the most prolific and is one of the most revered in blues history. Want to see them in action? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34FWANCq6_0 Photo credit: Ian Chadwick | — | ||||||
| 1/31/24 | ![]() Big Stuff | Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan, and nicknamed Lady Day. This 1946 recording of “Big Stuff” represents something of an anomaly in her career. It emerged only multiple, vigorous recording sessions. Her difficulties in the studio seemed to mirror those in her personal life, as Holiday was struggling with drug and alcohol abuse. The song itself was composed by Leonard Bernstein for his 1944 ballet “Fancy Free”. Once Holliday’s version was released, it was featured in the opening scene, playing from a juxebox. This episode was written in part by Syracuse University student Sarah Detweiler, as part of the Sound Beat Class Partnership project. To learn more about the Partnership, click here! | — | ||||||
| 12/25/23 | ![]() The Awakening of Scrooge | For those who celebrate it, the big day is here. Many parents are bleary-eyed and sipping coffee while the kids riot in merry madness. But short as it was, your night was probably more restful than old Ebenezer Scrooge’s. Our gift to you: Scrooge’s Awakening, an Edison Blue Amberol cylinder released in 1914.   And for your stocking: listen to the whole thing right now, courtesy of the Belfer Cylinders Digital Connection. Jim Image: “Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits”, artist Fred Barnard, scanned by Philip V. Allingham” “Stave Four”   | — | ||||||
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