Mother's Day Open Mic
Contestants representing ten different nationalities compete in the Round the World Mother’s Day Open Mic Contest. The studio audience basks in Mother Songs in English, Ukrainian, Hawaiian, Yiddish, French-Canadian, Russian, Danish, Haitian Creole, Tunisian, and German. Who will walk away with the fabulous prizes? Our esteemed panel of venerated grandmothers makes the determination!
Hour One has 2 20-second pauses (with music) at 21:33 and 40:51 for local station ID:
Here is Hour One divided into 3 segments to facilitate local station ID:
1 - Mamma, I Wanna Make Rhythm - Cab Calloway and his Orchestra – 1937
2 - That Wonderful Mother of Mine - Henry Burr - 1919
3 - Mother Told Me (Ukrainian) - Izabella Yakolevna Kremer – 1928
4 - M-O-T-H-E-R - Jan Savitt and his Top Hatters - 1941
5 - Stick to Your Mother, Tom - Will Oakland – 1911
6 - Mama Goes Where Papa Goes (In Yiddish) - Sophie Tucker - 1924
7 - Rock Me Mama - Banjo Ikey Robinson and his Bull Fiddle Band
8 - Les Belle-Mères (The Mothers-in-Law) - Madame Bolduc – 1936
9 - Mele of My Tutu E (Grandma Goes to Town) - Naughty Abbie with John K. Almeida and his Hawaiians - Late 40's
10 - Haragli Guelbi: He Set My Heart on Fire, Mama! (Tunisia) - Dalila Rochdi - 1930s
11 - Go Home and Tell Your Mother - Don Voorhees Orchestra - 1930
12 - Ti Mama - Joseph Trouillot with Issa El Saieh and his Orchestra - 1947
13 - You’ve Got to See Your Mamma Every Night – Ladd’s Black Aces – 1923
14 - Serdtze Mamee: A Mother’s Heart - Peter Leschtchenko (King of the Russian Tango) - 1930s
15 - Gå Hjem Til Din Mor (Go Home to Your Mother) - Ludvig Brandstrup - 1942
16 - Mei' Muatterl War A Wienerin (My Mother was from Vienna) - Greta Keller and Orchestra - 1932
17 - Mother Earth - Memphis Slim and The House Rockers – 1950
18 – Jack Dresses as Charlie’s Aunt – The Jack Benny Show – 1948 (Radio Comedy)
19 – The Big Mother – Dragnet – 1950 (Radio Drama)
20 - M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me) - Henry Burr - 1915
21 - Just Break the News to Mother - Carson Robison Trio - 1930
22 - Scrub Me, Mama, With a Boogie Beat – Ray McKinley with Will Bradley and his Orchestra
