The UK 1940s Radio Station Playlist

  • 12:28
    My Darling, My Darling Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    My Darling, My Darling Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Doris Day and Buddy Clark
  • 12:25
    Rose O’Day (The Filla
    Rose O’Day (The Filla Kate Smith
  • 12:19
    45
    45 The Home Front Archive Broadcast Recordings 1939
  • 12:16
    Sleepy Head 1934 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Sleepy Head 1934 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Mills Brothers
  • 12:13
    pennies from heaven Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    pennies from heaven Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Billie Holiday
  • 12:10
    How Soon Will I Be Seeing You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    How Soon Will I Be Seeing You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Bing Crosby
  • 12:07
    The little things that mean so much Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    The little things that mean so much Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Jack Payne and His Orchestra Vocalist Jane Lee
  • 12:04
    Tuxedo Junction 1940 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Tuxedo Junction 1940 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Glenn Miller
  • 12:01
    Streamline Strut Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Streamline Strut Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Ambrose and His Orchestra
  • 11:58
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    a #1 record) Ted Weems (RCA version from 1933
  • 11:00
    Make Believe Ballroom Show
    Make Believe Ballroom Show Jeff Bressler
  • 10:01
    1940s Pop Countdown Show 030 April 1946 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    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
    Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s 11.00 am
  • 09:58
    Special Delivery Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Special Delivery Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Artie Shaw
  • 09:01
    The Swing Era 2965 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    The Swing Era 2965 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Bud Pearson
  • 09:00
    Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s 10.00 am
  • 08:57
    Goodnight My Lucky Day Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Goodnight My Lucky Day Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Carrol Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans (feat. Anne Lenner)
  • 08:54
    I Have But One Heart Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    I Have But One Heart Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Frank Sinatra
  • 08:53
    Women At Work On The Land And In Factorys Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Women At Work On The Land And In Factorys Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s 1940s Britain
  • 08:50
    Dell
    Dell Just A Little Dance Mam'selle
  • 08:47
    Auf Wiederseh
    Auf Wiederseh Billy Cotton and his Band
  • 08:42
    Fuzzy Wuzzy Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Fuzzy Wuzzy Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Milt Herth Trio & The Jesters
  • 08:41
    Annderson Shelter Desposal Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Annderson Shelter Desposal Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s 1940s Britain
  • 08:38
    Lights, )
    Lights, ) Horace Heidt (Larry Cotton & Heidt
  • 08:35
    Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Louis Jordan
  • 08:32
    Trumpet Blues and Cantabile Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Trumpet Blues and Cantabile Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Harry James
  • 08:29
    (Did You Ever Get) That Feeling in the Moon Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    (Did You Ever Get) That Feeling in the Moon Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Rita Williams with Lou Preager and His Orchestra
  • 08:25
    A Foggy Day Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    A Foggy Day Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Fred Astaire
  • 08:24
    Employment Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Employment Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Hospitals
  • 08:21
    Dave Frost And His Orchestra Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Dave Frost And His Orchestra Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Loving You
  • 08:18
    Mad About The Boy Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Mad About The Boy Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Beryl Davis
  • 08:15
    Laura Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Laura Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Woody Herman
  • 08:12
    Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Earl Hines
  • 08:09
    Nosmo King
    Nosmo King Savings Bonds
  • 08:07
    Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be
    Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be Ella Logan
  • 08:04
    Woody Woodpecker Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Woody Woodpecker Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Kay Kyser
  • 08:01
    How Am I to Know
    How Am I to Know Benny Goodman
  • 07:59
    Take The “A” Train Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Take The “A” Train Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Duke Ellington (instrumental)
  • 07:55
    Celery Stalks At Midnight Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Celery Stalks At Midnight Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Will Bradley and His Orchestra
  • 07:53
    The Yeomen of England Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    The Yeomen of England Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Peter Dawson
  • 07:46
    Cotton Tail Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Cotton Tail Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Duke Ellington (instrumental)
  • 07:43
    Tenderly Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Tenderly Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Randy Brooks (instrumental)
  • 07:28
    1945 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    1945 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s AFRS GI Jive Show 0848
  • 07:00
    Bob Hope's First National Radio Appearance 'The Intimate Revue'The 1940s Uk Radio Station Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Bob Hope's First National Radio Appearance 'The Intimate Revue'The 1940s Uk Radio Station Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s AirChecks
  • 06:00
    BHFR 1940s UK Radio 27
    BHFR 1940s UK Radio 27 Shaun Moncaster
  • 05:54
    Al Starita's Kit
    Al Starita's Kit The Girl Friend Selection
  • 05:51
    Makin' Wicki Wacki Down In Waikiki Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Makin' Wicki Wacki Down In Waikiki Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Al Bowlly
  • 05:48
    Gone With The Wind Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Gone With The Wind Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians Vocal By Carmen Lombardo Recorded May 28 1937
  • 05:45
    I'm Gonna Love That Gal (Like She's Never Been Loved Before) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    I'm Gonna Love That Gal (Like She's Never Been Loved Before) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Perry Como
  • 05:41
    You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) 1931 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) 1931 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Russ Columbo
  • 05:38
    What a Little Moonlight Can Do Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    What a Little Moonlight Can Do Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Billie Holliday
  • 05:33
    One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
  • 05:30
    What More Can I Ask Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    What More Can I Ask Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Carrol Gibbons and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans
  • 05:27
    I Hear A Rhapsody Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    I Hear A Rhapsody Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Dinah Shore
  • 05:26
    British WW2 Public Information Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    British WW2 Public Information Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Join the RAF
  • 05:23
    Dave Frost And His Café De Paris Band Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Dave Frost And His Café De Paris Band Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s I'm All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart
  • 05:21
    Okay Toots Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Okay Toots Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Harry Roy and His Band
  • 05:18
    Dancing In The Moonlight Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Dancing In The Moonlight Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
  • 05:15
    I’ll Be Around Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    I’ll Be Around Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Mills Brothers (their original version)
  • 05:12
    Now That You’re Gone 1931 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Now That You’re Gone 1931 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Guy Lombardo (Carmen Lombardo, vocal)
  • 05:09
    It'S A Pity To Say Goodnight Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    It'S A Pity To Say Goodnight Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Ella Fitzgerald
  • 05:07
    Brahms' Lullaby (Cradle Song) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Brahms' Lullaby (Cradle Song) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Bing Crosby
  • 05:04
    Coming Home Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Coming Home Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Vera Lynn
  • 05:00
    People Like You And Me 1942 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    People Like You And Me 1942 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Glenn Miller
  • 04:59
    Intermezzo (aka “Souvenir de Vienne”) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Intermezzo (aka “Souvenir de Vienne”) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Wayne King (instrumental)
  • 04:55
    On The Sunny Side Of The Street Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    On The Sunny Side Of The Street Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Tommy Dorsey
  • 04:00
    Guy's 40s Jumping Boogie 489 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Guy's 40s Jumping Boogie 489 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Guy Roles
  • 03:58
    Grieg Piano Concerto Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Grieg Piano Concerto Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Freddy Martin (Jack Fina, piano) (instrumental)
  • 03:55
    By The Old Corral Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    By The Old Corral Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Dick Haymes
  • 03:52
    All In Favour Say 'Aye' Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    All In Favour Say 'Aye' Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Geraldo and His Orchestra
  • 03:50
    On The Sunny Side Of The Street Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    On The Sunny Side Of The Street Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Judy Garland
  • 03:00
    1940s A Decade In films 1942 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    1940s A Decade In films 1942 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Lynda Moncaster
  • 02:57
    When I Fall In Love Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    When I Fall In Love Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Doris Day
  • 02:54
    The Heart Of Loch Lomond Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    The Heart Of Loch Lomond Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Billy Thorburn
  • 02:51
    You Go To My Head Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    You Go To My Head Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Billie Holiday
  • 02:48
    45
    45 The Home Front Archive Broadcast Recordings 1939
  • 02:44
    I'll Buy That Dream Medley Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    I'll Buy That Dream Medley Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Charlie Kunz
  • 02:42
    For Me for You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    For Me for You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Carrol Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans
  • 02:39
    Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa 1941
  • 02:37
    The Flight Of The Bumble Bee Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    The Flight Of The Bumble Bee Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Harry James (Columbia label version)
  • 02:36
    British WW2 Public Information Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    British WW2 Public Information Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Green Vegtables
  • 02:33
    The You And Me That Used To Be Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    The You And Me That Used To Be Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Dolly Dawn
  • 02:30
    I've Got You Under My Skin Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    I've Got You Under My Skin Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Tony Pastor & His Orchestra
  • 02:24
    One Song Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    One Song Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Carrol Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans (feat. Anne Lenner)
  • 02:20
    Bei Mir Bist du Schön Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Bei Mir Bist du Schön Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Benny Goodman
  • 02:19
    German Surrender Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    German Surrender Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s 1940s Britain
  • 02:16
    Alfredo And His New Princes Orchestra Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Alfredo And His New Princes Orchestra Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s That Girl Over There
  • 02:13
    Rose O Day Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Rose O Day Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Flanagan and Allen
  • 02:10
    Sunflower Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Sunflower Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Frank Sinatra
  • 02:07
    Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well
    Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well Lucky Millinder (Wynonie Harris, vo)
  • 02:03
    RT. Hon. Ernest Bevin M.P
    RT. Hon. Ernest Bevin M.P Savings Bonds
  • 01:58
    I'm Coming Virginia Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    I'm Coming Virginia Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Benny Goodman
  • 01:55
    Exactly Like You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Exactly Like You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Ruth Etting 1930
  • 01:52
    Opus One Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Opus One Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Gene Krupa
  • 01:46
    As Long As I Live Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    As Long As I Live Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Lew Stone with Al Bowlly 1934
  • 01:44
    That Old Feeling Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    That Old Feeling Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Benny Goodman, V. Martha Tilto
  • 01:43
    The Blitz Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    The Blitz Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s 1940s Britain
  • 01:40
    When You Said Good Bye Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    When You Said Good Bye Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Harry Hudson's Melody Men
  • 01:37
    She's a Great Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    She's a Great Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Carrol Gibbons and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans
  • 01:34
    Speaking Of Heaven Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Speaking Of Heaven Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Glenn Miller
  • 01:31
    Five O’Clock Whistle Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Five O’Clock Whistle Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Ella Fitzgerald
  • 01:30
    British WW2 Public Information Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    British WW2 Public Information Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Join The WRENS
  • 01:27
    Mama Inez 1931 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Mama Inez 1931 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Maurice Chevalier
  • 01:24
    Cheek To Cheek Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Cheek To Cheek Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Fred Astaire
  • 01:21
    Imagination 1940 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Imagination 1940 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Glenn Miller (Ray Eberle, vocal)
  • 01:18
    Oh! What It Seemed to Be Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Oh! What It Seemed to Be Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Ambrose and His Orchestra
  • 01:15
    Walking The Floor Over You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Walking The Floor Over You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Bing Crosby
  • 01:00
    Ted Weems & His Orchestra Trianon Ballroom Chicato. C.1940 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Ted Weems & His Orchestra Trianon Ballroom Chicato. C.1940 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s AirChecks
  • 00:01
    1940s UK Radio Show 29
    1940s UK Radio Show 29 Shaun Moncaster
  • 00:00
    Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s 1.00 am