Heroes

We broadcast today from the Hall of the Heroes. Our 78 RPM maestros are on hand to celebrate superhuman physical strength, people who have prevailed against insuperable odds, or those who went down fighting to the end. We gain insight into what heroism meant in the late 19th and early 20th century from our voluminous archive of stacks of shellac. Our white-gloved researchers have selected quite a number of champions, conquerors and lionhearts and placed the names in the special Round the World Top Hat of the Heroes, which we will select at random.

1 - Big Joe Louis - Jack Sneed and His Sneezers - 1938

Max Schmeling and Joe Louis

2 - King Joe (Joe Louis Blues) - Paul Robeson with Count Basie and his Orchestra - 1941

Joe and Max

3 - Ol' Jo Louis (He's Still the King of Them All) - Cab Calloway and his Cab Drivers – 1949

4 - King Kamehameha - Clara Inter with Al Kealoha Perry and his Singing Surfriders - 1940

5 - King Kamehameha - The South Sea Islanders – 1932

6 - Amelia Erhart's Last Flight - Red River Dave – 1941

7 - Lucky Lindy - Nat Shilkret - 1927

8 - Lindbergh (El Pájaro de Amistad - The Bird of Friendship) - Banda Municipal de Mexico

9 - Lucky Lindy - Jack Kaufman – 1927

10 - John Henry - J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers - 1946

11 - John Henry - Paul Robeson with Lawrence Brown on the piano

12 - Balladen om Davy Crockett - "Frederik" og hans Orkester

13 - Davy Crockett Mambo - Irving Fields Trio – 1954

14 - Abe Lincoln Had Just One Country - Tony Martin with Harry Sosnik and his Orchestra – 1941

15 - F.D.R. Jones - Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb and his Orchestra - 1938

16 - F.D.R. Jones - Ingelise Rune's Swingtrio of Denmark

17 - His Spirit Lives On - Big Joe Williams – 1945

18 – The Scarlet Pimpernel – Lux Radio Theater (Radio Drama)

19 - Lindbergh En Mexico (Un Vuelo Sin Escala - A Nonstop Flight) - Banda Municipal de Mexico