Radio helped to give birth to the Great American Songbook by offering singers the unique opportunity to present their songs to a national audience. Radio historian Steve Darnall examines how radio and music were quickly intertwined, with audio clips from some of the greatest songwriters of the twentieth century, some of your favorites heard on radio including Johnny Mercer, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and a rare 1934 performance from George Gershwin.
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