1940s Radio

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The UK 1940s Radio Station plays original music recorded and released during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, focusing on big band swing, jazz and blues. The station features a lineup of volunteer presenters from the UK and USA and also operates the British Home Front Radio Service.

On the air

02:12

Hors D Oeuvres

Ambrose
02:06

Cotton Pickers Congregation

Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra
02:04

Coming In On A Wing & A Prayer

Ambrose & His Orchestra
02:00

Chickery Chick

Ambrose & His Band ft Alan Dean
01:01

The Blues Hour With Mike Hazell 018 Blind Blake Special

Mike Hazell

Full Playlist

Top Songs

1

How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
2

My Mammy

Al Jolson
3

Straighten Up and Fly Right

Nat "King" Cole
4

Sweet Georgia Brown

Alberta Hunter
5

Sympathique

Pink Martini
6

Unchained Melody

The Platters
7

Lullaby of Broadway

Doris Day
8

Exactly Like You

Count Basie and His Orchestra, Jack Washington, Jimmy Rushing, Buck Clayton, Lester Young & Bobby Moore
9

His Rocking Horse Ran Away

Betty Hutton
10

Come Sunday (From Black, Brown and Beige) [with Mahalia Jackson] [Accapella]

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
11

Dolores (feat. John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, The Charioteers & The Rhythmaires)

Bing Crosby
12

Hep Hop

The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra
13

Begin the Beguine

Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
14

Come Fly with Me

Frank Sinatra
15

Maria Elena

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
16

Cowboy Camp Meetin'

The Sons of the Pioneers
17

Out of Nowhere

Art Tatum
18

Georgia On My Mind

Anita O'Day
19

Oakie Boogie

Ella Mae Morse
20

Fascinating Rhythm

Jane Monheit, Mark O'Connor, Frank Vignola & Jon Burr
21

Nobody's Sweetheart

Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
22

Nature Boy

Nat "King" Cole
23

It's Always You

Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra
24

All or Nothing At All (with Harry James and His Orchestra)

Frank Sinatra
25

And the Angels Sing (feat. Martha Tilton)

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
26

Lili Marleen

Marlene Dietrich
27

Twelfth Street Rag

Pee Wee Hunt
28

(I Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle

Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
29

East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)

Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
30

The Breeze and I (feat. Bob Eberly)

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
31

Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep)

Perry Como
32

I Feel That Old Age Coming On

Wynonie Harris
33

Maria Elena (feat. Chick Henderson)

Joe Loss and His Orchestra
34

In the Mood

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
35

Long, Long Journey (Remastered)

Louis Armstrong
36

Coquette (feat. Trummy Young) [Live at Titania Palast, Berlin, Germany, 10/12/1952]

Louis Armstrong
37

I Can't Get Started (From "Ziegfeild Follies of 1936")

Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra
38

Love Me Right

LaVern Baker
39

My Babe

Little Walter
40

I'll Dance At Your Wedding (with Ray Noble and His Orchestra)

Buddy Clark