The UK 1940s Radio Station

Sheffield

Score 20

Global Rank #6032

Country Rank #164

The UK 1940s Radio Station plays original music recorded and released during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, alongside historical news broadcasts from the UK and USA. Launched in 2010, it was the first UK-based internet radio station dedicated to this era. The station is run by volunteers and also operates The British Home Front Radio Service.

On the air

11:00

Make Believe Ballroom Show

Jeff Bressler
10:01

1940s Pop Countdown Show 030 April 1946 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s

Rickshaw
10:00

Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s

11.00 am
09:58

Special Delivery Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s

Artie Shaw
09:01

The Swing Era 2965 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s

Bud Pearson

Full Playlist

Top Songs

1

When I Met Connie In the Cornfield

The Arcadians Dance Orchestra
2

You'd Be so Nice to Come Home To

Dinah Shore
3

Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) [with The Dorsey Brothers]

Bing Crosby
4

Headin' for Home

Bert Ralton & His Havana Band
5

Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night In the Week)

Frank Sinatra
6

In the Mood

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
7

You've Got Me Crying Again

Ambrose and His Orchestra
8

When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World)

Vaughn Monroe
9

It's Only a Paper Moon

Ella Fitzgerald & The Delta Rhythm Boys
10

I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket

Fred Astaire
11

I Don't Want To Walk Without You

Dinah Shore
12

(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover

Kay Kyser and His Orchestra
13

When I Take My Sugar To Tea

The Boswell Sisters
14

(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo (From "Orchestra Wives")

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke & The Modernaires
15

You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)

Doris Day
16

Whiskey Do Your Stuff

Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
17

Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered

Ella Fitzgerald
18

A You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song) [Remastered]

Tony Pastor and His Orchestra
19

It's a Great Day For the Irish (Single Version)

Judy Garland
20

Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise (Artie Shaw Version)

Big Band Sounds
21

I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)

Dick Haymes & Harry James
22

The Spaniard That Blighted My Life (feat. Al Jolson) [1993 Box Set Version]

Bing Crosby & Morris Stoloff and His Orchestra
23

Over the Rainbow

Judy Garland
24

Let's Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep

Rudy Vallée
25

When Yuba Plays the Rhumba On the Tuba

Rudy Vallée
26

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
27

Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own (feat. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five)

Ella Fitzgerald
28

When the Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' (Recorded 1926)

Whispering Jack Smith
29

Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

Gene Austin
30

Happy Times

Bob Crosby
31

I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night

Frank Sinatra
32

Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina

Anita O'Day & Gene Krupa
33

The Touch of Your Lips

Ray Noble and His Orchestra
34

Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered

Ella Fitzgerald
35

I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) [Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1957]

Ella Fitzgerald
36

I Left My Heart At the Stage Door Canteen

Bob Crosby Orchestra With Vocalist Dave Street
37

The Waiter and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid (feat. Mary Martin)

Bing Crosby
38

There's Yes Yes in Your Eyes

Sylvester Ahola & Frank Edward & His Orchestra
39

Powder Your Face With Sunshine

Doris Day, Buddy Clark & George Siravo and His Orchestra
40

Medley - According To The Way I Love You - A Fountain In Havana

Ray Noble and His American Dance Orchestra

About

Genre: Blues, Swing, Jazz, Oldies
City: Sheffield
Language: English

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