Jack Norton's Old-Time Radio Show: 1920s and 1930s 78 RPM Records
Jul 14, 2026 · 58 min · 12 segments
Travel back to the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s as vaudeville blues and ragtime hokum musician Jack Norton spins his favorite 78 rpm records from his collection. From early hot jazz to jug band blues…
If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air, quaint little villages here and there.
If you like the taste of a lobster stew, served by a window with an ocean view.
Winding roads that seem to beckon you.
Miles of green beneath the skies of blue.
Church bells chimin' on a Sunday morn.
Remind you of the town where you were born.
If you spend an evening, you'll want to stay.
Oh, if you spend an evening, you'll want to stay.
You're sure to fall in love.
[instrumental music] Of all the girls I've known, and I've known some, until I first met you, I was lonesome.
And when you came in sight, dear, my heart grew light, and this old world seemed new to me.
You're really swell, I have to admit, you deserve expressions that really fit you.
And so I've racked my brain, hoping to explain all the things that you do to me.
If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air, quaint little villages here and there.
If you like the taste of a lobster stew, served by a window with an ocean view.
Winding roads that seem to beckon you.
Miles of green beneath the skies of blue.
Church bells chimin' on a Sunday morn.
Remind you of the town where you were born.
If you spend an evening, you'll want to stay.
Oh, if you spend an evening, you'll want to stay.
You're sure to fall in love.
[instrumental music] Of all the girls I've known, and I've known some, until I first met you, I was lonesome.
And when you came in sight, dear, my heart grew light, and this old world seemed new to me.
You're really swell, I have to admit, you deserve expressions that really fit you.
And so I've racked my brain, hoping to explain all the things that you do to me.
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