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Ron Evans 🇨🇦 🆚
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Emotional Support Canadian🇨🇦. My Radio Show 25 O’Clock airs Saturdays @ 11 pm EST & repeats Mondays also @ 11 pm on canoefm.com. Second show Zero To Fifty - a celebration of music from 1900-1950 - airs every 1st, 3rd & 5th Saturday of each month @ 7 am EST!
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Thelma Todd and Buster Keaton in Speak Easily (1932).
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge

Day 30

Jimmie Rodgers - Lullaby Yodel (10” 78 rpm, 1928). The Singing Brakeman strikes again!

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Lullaby Yodel by Jimmie Rodgers (1928)
YouTube video by Jimmie Rodgers
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November 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Random Early Jazz Records.

Going back a whopping 101 years, here’s the Seminole Syncopators - Sailing On Lake Pontchartrain (10” 78 rpm shellac, 1924).

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Seminole Syncopators : ''Sailing on Lake Pontchartrain'' – 1924.
YouTube video by carlo simonettic
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November 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Am I the only person on the planet that hasn’t tried this stuff? And for those of you who have, what does it taste like relative to other beverages?
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
(Nov. 29/25) Hiya! If yer digging some neat-o tunes tonight, my weekly radio programme 25 O’Clock clobbers The Internets in a bit at 11 p.m. EST! I’ll be spinning wax by Little Richard, The Swe-Danes, The Cramps an’ a bunch more fun musical acts! To have a listen, tune in to canoefm.com & enjoy!!
November 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Just a silly & super-fun video!

Madness - Shut Up (#7 UK, 7, 1981).

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Madness - Shut Up (Official Video)
YouTube video by Madness
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November 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
#B-SidesandBonusTracks
#MusicChallenge

Day 30

An instrumental track that started life as a humble 45 B-Side and became an anthem for The Mod Generation, here’s Booker T. & The M.G.’s - Green Onions.

Hip-shakin’ live ‘66 performance on US music TV show Shindig!: youtu.be/jrLpoUQZ-B4?...
Booker T & the MG's - Green Onions - Shindig 1966
YouTube video by mavrtje
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November 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Just a great performance!

With a riveting intro of Moon River, here’s R.E.M. live on the Old Grey Whistle Test - Pretty Persuasion. For all my huckleberry friends! 🥰

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R.E.M. The Old Grey Whistle Test - Moon River & Pretty Persuasion
YouTube video by rembuenosaires2001
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November 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Things you can futz aboot with when ye live rurally & have no neighbours within (accurate) shooting distance…😁
November 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Random Early Big Band Records.

It’s Fox Trot Time!

With smooth vocals by Skinnay Ennis, here’s Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Remember Me? (10” 78 rpm shellac, 1937).

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Victor 27283 B – Remember Me – Hal Kemp and his Orchestra
YouTube video by Rory Borealus
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November 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tonight’s movie pick!
November 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Random Early Movie Trailers.

Baby Face (1933) Dir. Alfred E. Green. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Theresa Harris, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Cook, John Wayne. Nominated for 11 Will H. Hays Burst Blood Vessel Awards. I wish modern-day trailers were made like this!

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Baby Face (1933) Trailer
YouTube video by Silver Screen Classics
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November 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
(Nov. 29/25) Hi! If you’re going to be up early this Saturday morning, my radio programme Zero To Fifty will be fiddling about with The Internets from 7-8 a.m. EST at canoefm.com! Zero To Fifty celebrates the music of the Golden Age of the 78, playing songs from 1900 to 1950. Tune in & enjoy!
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Random Early Big Band Records.

It’s Fox Trot Time!

Featuring the ever-wonderful Bea Wain on vocals, here’s Larry Clinton and His Orchestra with the original recording of the Hoagy Carmichael - Frank Loesser classic tune Heart And Soul (10” 78 rpm shellac, 1938).

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1938 HITS ARCHIVE: Heart And Soul - Larry Clinton (Bea Wain, vocal)
YouTube video by The78Prof
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November 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Random 45s In My Record Collection.

Cliff Richards and The Shadows - Summer Holiday (#1 Canada & UK, 7” 45 rpm, 1963).

In Russia, bus drives Cliff!😁

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Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Summer Holiday
YouTube video by Geert Mook
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November 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
#B-SidesandBonusTracks
#MusicChallenge

Day 29

The B-Side to their Canadian 1980 single That’s Entertainment, here’s The Jam with a killer live version of Down In The Tube Station At Midnight.

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The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (Live!)
YouTube video by Fran Corao Oficial
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November 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge

Day 29

A chipper little tune that’s bound to make yer toes high-five each other & featuring vocals by the ever-lovely Helen Ward, here’s Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Singing A Happy Song (10” 78 rpm shellac, 1935).

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Benny Goodman - Singing A Happy Song
YouTube video by A Trip Down Memory Lane
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November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Share a movie you're thankful for!
November 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Bill Haley and His Comets - Thirteen Women (7” 45 rpm, 1954). Fun Fact: The recording of Thirteen Women ate up so much of the day’s studio session, the band only had ten minutes & two takes to record the B-Side, which was a little nothing tune called Rock Around The Clock!

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Thirteen Women - Bill Haley and his Comets
YouTube video by Patricia13386
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November 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Just a nifty track!

With a Tommy James and The Shondells kinda feel, here’s Houston TX popsters The Clique - Little Miss Lucy (The Clique, 1969). A pretty decent album on the whole, released on the mighty White Whale Records label!

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Little Miss Lucy
YouTube video by The Clique - Topic
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November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Noontime Song.

With a honkin’ good tune, here’s the Lester Young Quartet - Afternoon Of A Basie-Ite (10” 78 rpm, 1944).

#BlueSkyJazz #blueskyjazz

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Lester Young - Afternoon On A Basie-Ite
YouTube video by Heinz Becker
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November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Morning Song.

Rising way back in 1946, here’s Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ (10” 78 rpm). 😢🌞

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November 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.

The Who
Squeeze
R.E.M.
The Everly Brothers
Hüsker Dü
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.

Paul McCartney
The Kinks
Elvis Costello
Violent Femmes
Paul Weller
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.

The Clash
David Bowie
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Patti Smith
The Ramones
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#B-SidesandBonusTracks
#MusicChallenge

Day 28

A truly under-appreciated non-album track that was the B-Side to the UK single version of Paint It Black, here’s The Rolling Stones - Long Long While (7” 45 rpm, 1966).

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The Rolling Stones - Long Long While
YouTube video by Marvin Albert
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November 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
#MusicInMusic
#MusicChallenge

Day 28

With a lovely little song, here’s Eddy Howard and His Orchestra - A Tune For Humming (10” 78 rpm, 1947).

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A Tune For Humming (1947) - Eddy Howard
YouTube video by Croonr1
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November 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Just a great track!

Candy Dulfer & Dave A. Stewart - Lily Was Here (#11 US, Saxuality, 1990).

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Candy Dulfer & David A. Stewart - Lily Was Here
YouTube video by 1957People
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November 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM