David Bradley, Douglass Southall Freeman, and Sigmund Spaeth

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

Van Doren introduces Spaeth, who talks about his "History of Popular Music in America." Plays the piano: "We Never Speak As We Pass By," "Oh, Fred Tell Them to Stop," "My Mother Was a Lady," "A Poor Young Girl from the Country."


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 71407

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