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.

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    Baby Songs II

    Send us Fan Mail This week, the bad piano player returns to a topic that got the most downloads last season. And I’m not just doing it to enhance my popularity in Taiwan. Please enjoy Baby Songs Two!

    36 min

  2. 9 juni

    Harry Warren IIII

    Send us Fan Mail The Bad Piano Player returns to a stalwart, a composer everybody knows and nobody knows with our fourth Harry Warren episode. Seven fabulous songs from the master of melody and progression, with Lyrics by Johnny Burke, Gus Kahn, Al Dubin, Ira Gershwin, Edgar Leslie, Mort Dixon and Joe Young. Only the best for my listeners. Tune in for tunefulness!

    44 min

  3. 26 maj

    Lew Brown

    Send us Fan Mail This week the bad piano player features lyricist Lew Brown, born Louis Brownstein in Odessa , Russia in 1893. He estimated that he had collaborated on more than seven thousand songs in his career. We’re learning a small percentage of those for this episode. Tune in!

    33 min

  4. 12 maj

    Gus Kahn II

    Send us Fan Mail This week the bad piano player rights a great wrong and finally does a second Gus Kahn episode. The lyricist extraordinaire, who worked with literally every major popular song composer from 1915 to the early 1940s. First featured in season 1,  episode 11, he makes his encore appearance now in season 7, episode 186. Words for the tunes, my friends.

    38 min

  5. 28 apr.

    Clarence Williams -Blues 2

    Send us Fan Mail This week, the bad piano player does his second-ever Blues episode, featuring composer Clarence Williams, 1893-1965. Six of his best, five provided by our special friend Norman. Tune in for some blues history and some great blues played by a bad pianist!

    37 min

  6. 14 apr.

    Cy Coleman On Broadway

    Send us Fan Mail This Fortnight Tuesday, the bad piano player returns to Broadway to feature a great composer who was active on the Great White Way for more than forty years. Tune in for the Cy Coleman story and stay for the songs.

    38 min

  7. 31 mars

    Grab Bag IIII

    Send us Fan Mail This week, the bad piano player pulls together six songs from the (kind of) miscellaneous file and makes a wonderful episode out of them. We call it Grab Bag Four. Tune in and see if you can spot your favorite!

    34 min

  8. 17 mars

    George Meyer

    Send us Fan Mail This week, the bad piano player goes even further back into obscure composers of the American songbook, to find George Meyer 1884-1959, born in Boston and wrote a lot of music, including the classic For Me And My Gal, which, you guessed it, we won't be doing. Tune in for the tunes, stay for the lyrics!

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

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  • Skapad av
    John Wing Jr.
  • Aktiva år
    2020 - 2026
  • Avsnitt
    189
  • Åldersgräns
    Barnvänligt
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    © 2026 The Bad Piano Player
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    The Bad Piano Player

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