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Merrily We Roll Along is a mish-mash of high energy lunacy, reverence, and irreverence for forgotten pop stars, love for Saturday morning cartoons, and exploration of the side of Bandcamp where I seem to be the only one purchasing. Bringing to you the odd and the upbeat from a growing collection of pre-rock novelties, classic and neo-Vaudeville, jug bands, polka, klezmer, and more at the convenient hour of 8-9 AM EST, Merrily We Roll Along starts the day off with a little light-hearted musical tomfoolery cut with an occasional comedy sketch. It's organic, free-range, cheese with the occasional onion thrown in.

Location:

Jersey City, NJ

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Merrily We Roll Along is a mish-mash of high energy lunacy, reverence, and irreverence for forgotten pop stars, love for Saturday morning cartoons, and exploration of the side of Bandcamp where I seem to be the only one purchasing. Bringing to you the odd and the upbeat from a growing collection of pre-rock novelties, classic and neo-Vaudeville, jug bands, polka, klezmer, and more at the convenient hour of 8-9 AM EST, Merrily We Roll Along starts the day off with a little light-hearted musical tomfoolery cut with an occasional comedy sketch. It's organic, free-range, cheese with the occasional onion thrown in.

Language:

English


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Merrily We Roll Along: Episode 179 - "Shout All Over God's Heaven" from Dec 12, 2025

12/12/2025
MHLee - "Merrily We Roll Along Theme" [0:00:00] Fisk University Jubilee Singers - "Shout All Over God's Heaven" [0:00:44] Musica Extrema - "My blue heaven" [Club Vaudeville takes you back to the musical melting pot of the burlesque night clubs of the 1920s and 30s. During the Post World War I era, it was in these night clubs of Paris, Berlin and New York that jazz, folk, and classical music blended together and mixed with eccentric entertainment theatre, known as variety theatre. This all comes together in Club Vaudeville, a place where night revelers and the extravagant meet. CluClub Vaudeville takes you back to the musical melting pot of the burlesque night clubs of the 1920s and 30s. During the Post World War I era, it was in these night clubs of Paris, Berlin and New York that jazz, folk, and classical music blended together and mixed with eccentric entertainment theatre, known as variety theatre. This all comes together in Club Vaudeville, a place where night revelers and the extravagant meet. Club Vaudeville is a collection of remarkable adaptions of famous French, German an American songs of the time.] [0:04:42] The Pasadena Roof Orchestra - "Pennies From Heaven" [0:06:49] Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees - "Goin' To Heaven on a Mule" [0:10:02] Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - "You'll Never Get To Heaven That Way" [0:13:27] Harry Roy And His Orchestra - "A Gift From Heaven" [1930s?] [0:16:39] Sam Ash - "I Wish There Was a Wireless to Heaven" [0:21:21] Peter Sellers - "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" [0:24:51] Johnny Pineapple and his Waikiki Wildcats!!! - "In A Little Hula Heaven" [0:27:19] Swamp Duck - "Heaven In A Handcart" [0:29:42] Tiny Tim - "Daddy, Daddy, What Is Heaven Like?" [0:33:12] Prof. James E. Hines and His Vocal Ensemble - "Look for Me in Heaven" [0:35:46] Townes Van Zandt - "Heavenly Houseboat Blues" [0:41:01] Peter Grudzien - "Heavenly Compass" [0:43:51] Eddie Dean with Cliffie Stone and His Western Stars - "1501 Miles of Heaven" [0:46:39] Cliff Johnson - "King of Honkey Tonk Heaven" [0:49:28] Jimmy Earle and the Jazz Kings - "Climbing Up Heaven Blues" [Aka Jumpin' Jimmy Brown, husband of Ruth Brown.] [0:51:56] The Angelic Gospel Singers - "There Must Be a Heaven Somewhere" [Some incranation of this group still preforms.] [0:55:04] TrioToons - "Merrily We Roll Along" [0:57:30] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/159108

Duration:01:06:53

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Merrily We Roll Along: Episode 178 - "Black Bottom" from Dec 5, 2025

12/5/2025
MHLee - "Merrily We Roll Along Theme" [0:00:00] Music behind DJ: Spike Jones & His City Slickers - "Black Bottom" [0:03:53] Blind Boy Chocolate & The Milk Shieks - "Black Bottom Strut" [0:06:17] Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five - "Irish Black Bottom" [0:08:57] Steve Weber & His Holy Modal Rounders - "Black Bottom Blues" [From the only album of the "Portland-based, Weber-led Holy Modal Rounders". - Discogs] [0:11:38] Bob Kerr and his Whoopee Band - "Crazy Words, Crazy Tune" [0:15:56] Music behind DJ: [0:18:20] Arthur Hall - "They're Doing the Black Bottom In Charleston Now" [0:21:12] Jack Hylton and His Orchestra - "Do The Black Bottom With Me" [0:24:01] Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang - "Black and Blue Bottom" [0:27:18] Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers - "Black Bottom Stomp" [0:29:57] Joe Candullo and his Everglades Orchestra - "Windy City Blues (Black Bottom Rhythm)" [0:32:59] Black Bottom McPhail and Scrapper Blackwell - "Down in Black Bottom" [0:43:01] Charlie Johnson’s Paradise Ten - "Birmingham Black Bottom" [0:43:16] Ma Rainey Acc. By Her Georgia Jazz Band - "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" [0:45:57] Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys - "Don't Take That Black Bottom Away" [0:49:08] Clarence William's Washboard Five - "Take Your Black Bottom Outside" [0:52:45] Evans and Rogers - "Sunny Side Up / Merrily We Roll Along" [0:55:49] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/158882

Duration:01:06:52

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Merrily We Roll Along: Episode 177 - "Music From Boardwalk Empire: Originals" from Nov 28, 2025

11/28/2025
Music behind DJ: MHLee - "Merrily We Roll Along Theme" [0:00:00] Eddie Cantor with George Olson & His Music - "The Dumber They Come The Better I Like 'Em" [0:02:16] Irving Mills & his Hotsy Totsy Gang - "Strut, Miss Lizzie" [0:04:01] Ray Miller's Orchestra - "The Shiek of Araby" [0:06:42] Marion Harris - "I Ain't Got Nobody" [Originally, I didn't recognize that the Boardwalk Empire one was more based off the 1920 one. 1920 one rather than 1916 is played today.] [0:09:59] Billy Murray and Aileen Stanley - "It Had To Be You" [0:13:11] Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers - "Lovesick Blues" [Later recorded by Hank, it would have been in Blackface as Emmet did it.] [0:15:55] Billy Murray - "Jimbo Jambo" [0:21:06] Marion Harris - "There Will Be Some Changes Made" [0:23:51] Sophie Tucker - "You've Got To See Your Mamma Ev'ry Night" [0:26:54] Edith Day - "Alice Blue Gown" [0:29:40] Fred Rich and his Hotel Astor Orchestra - "All Alone" [Irving Kaufman, vocals] [0:32:32] N. M. L. Dance Orchestra - "Who's Sorry Now?" [National Music Lovers] [0:35:23] The Mills Brothers - "The Tiger Rag" [0:39:52] Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro - "Son Que Quita Las Penas" [0:41:43] Don Azpiazu And His Havana Casino Orchestra - "The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero)" [Antonio Machin, vocals] [0:44:36] Bing Crosby - "Where The Blue of The Night (Meets The Gold of The Day)" [0:48:07] Vernon Dalhart - "The Prisoner's Song" [0:50:56] Lee Morse & Her Blue Grass Boys - "If You Want The Rainbow (You Must Have The Rain)" [0:54:16] Warner Bros. Orchestra - "Merrily We Roll Along" [0:57:29] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/158653

Duration:01:06:54

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Merrily We Roll Along: Episode 176 - "Music From Boardwalk Empire" from Nov 21, 2025

11/21/2025
MHLee - "Merrily We Roll Along Theme" [0:00:00] Stephen DeRosa with Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks - "The Dumber They Come The Better I Like 'Em" [0:03:16] David Johansen with Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks - "Strut Miss Lizzie" [0:04:47] Leon Redbone with Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks - "The Shiek of Araby" [0:07:03] Patti Smtih with Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks - "I Ain't Got Nobody" [0:10:58] Elvis Costello with Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks - "It Had To Be You" [0:14:30] Pokey LaFarge with Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks - "Lovesick Blues" [0:19:22] Rufus Wainright with Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks - "Jimbo Jambo" [0:22:16] Kathy Brier with Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks - "There'll Be Some Changes Made" [0:25:16] Liza Minnelli with Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks - "You've Got to See Mamma Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)" [0:27:48] Amber Edwards with Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks - "Alice Blue Gown" [0:30:33] Chaim Tannenbaum with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - "All Alone" [0:35:02] Karen Elson with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - "Who's Sorry Now" [0:37:00] Johnny Gale & Little Isidore & Buzz Garland - "Tiger Rag" [0:40:54] David Oquendo - "Son Que Quita Las Penas" Pedrito Martinez with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - "The Peanut Vendor" Loudon Wainwright III with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - "Where The Blue of The Night (Meets The Gold of The Day)" [0:48:51] Loudon Wainwright III with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks - "The Prisoner's Song" [0:53:40] Norah Jones, Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks - "If You Want The Rainbow (You Must Have The Rain)" [0:54:49] Warner Bros Orchestra - "Merrily We Roll Along" [0:54:50] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/158424

Duration:00:59:03