The Bad Piano Player

John Wing Jr.
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A weekly musical podcast diving into popular music of the 20s, 30s, and 40s.

  1. 2025-12-16

    Christmas

    Send us a text The Bad Piano Player presents a special Christmas episode just for you. And you, and you, and you, too. I checked the list twice and you all qualify! We feature Holiday songs you may not know, some you might, and old-friend composers and lyricists like Gus Kahn, Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke, Meredith Willson. Listen to this one in front of the fire with a full stocking and a hot toddy. Merry Christmas to one and all.

    33 min

  2. 2025-11-25

    Season Finale: Hoagy Carmichael

    Send us a text For our Season Six Finale, the bad piano player and the improving singer revisit the composer Hoagy Carmichael, learning six songs never before done on the podcast. Some you might know, I'm guessing most you won't. Thanks for a wonderful season six. Christmas episode coming December 16th and season seven starts January 20, 2026! See y'all there!

    43 min

  3. 2025-11-11

    Dana Suesse

    Send us a text This week, the Bad Piano Player features the Kansas City Mozart, the vaudeville teenage improviser, the composer with the mostest, sometimes referred to as the "Female Gershwin". Finally in her own episode, the great Dana Suesse. Tune in to hear me try to pronounce her name!

    40 min

  4. 2025-10-28

    Sammy Fain

    Send us a text After featuring him in a team episode (with Irving Kahal) and several times with single songs in other episodes, Sammy Fain finally gets his very own episode. Six of the best from this incredibly versatile, completely self-taught composer. Tune in for great tunes!

    37 min

  5. 2025-10-14

    Not Hits - Hits!

    Send us a text This fortnight Tuesday the Bad Piano Player does a special episode of songs that lay dormant for many years before bursting onto the charts. We call it Not Hits -- Hits! Tune in for the discoveries.

    43 min

  6. 2025-09-30

    Ted Fiorito

    Send us a text This week, the Bad Piano Player gives it his all with Bandleader, composer, arranger, and occasional movie actor Ted Fiorito. Never heard of him, you say? Well, then you're in for a gigantic treat, aren't you? Come for the tunes, stay for the tunes. Tune in!

    35 min

  7. 2025-09-16

    Harold Spina

    Send us a text This week, episode 171 of the Bad Piano player podcast, we feature the great composer Harold Spina with his own episode. We learn six of his songs. And I play them. Badly. (It's in the name, people). Maybe not too badly. I also sing them, not too badly, I hope. And Elroy has an announcement. Kidding! He'll be playing with his phone as usual. Tune in anyway.

    36 min

  8. 2025-09-02

    1960s Romance

    Send us a text The Bad Piano Player beats the post-Labor Day blues with a new episode we call 1960's Romance. Six songs from the nineteen-sixties, speaking of lost love, found love, misplaced love, "It was here yesterday..."A simple group of songs for a simpler time. Plus some harmonies from Mrs Pretty Damn Good Singer. But you must tune in to hear it!

    43 min
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A weekly musical podcast diving into popular music of the 20s, 30s, and 40s.

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  • Creator
    John Wing Jr.
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    177
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 The Bad Piano Player
  • Show Website
    The Bad Piano Player