Harlem

This week’s Harlem is beyond words. That’s because it features a solid hour of rhythm & blues instrumentals. You’ll hear the LA honkers Big Jay McNeely and Joe Houston, pianists Ray Charles and Fats Domino and guitarist T-Bone Walker, just to name a few. You’ll be speechless with 1950s instrumental R&B; on Harlem.

HARLEM airs on the 50s on 5:
Monday 1/7 @ 1pm EST
Tuesday 1/8 @ 9pm over LA – Midnight over NYC
Friday 1/11 @ 6pm EST
Sunday 1/13 @ 11am EST

Keep on prowlin’, Cats n’ Kittens!

Matt The Cat

Queen!
DINAH WASHINGTON

This week Harlem traces the career of one of the most distinctive voices in blues, jazz and R&B; Dinah Washington. They called her the “Queen of the Juke Boxes” because she sold so many records, first with Lionel Hampton’s Band and later as a solo artist. Her biographer, Nadine Cohodas joins Matt The Cat to reveal the story behind the story of this true music legend.

Harlem Airs on The 50s on 5:
Monday 12/31 @ 1pm over NYC
Tuesday 1/1 @ 9pm over LA & Midnight over NYC
Friday 1/4 @ 6pm over Baltimore
Sunday 1/6 @ 11am over Miami

Christmas
in
Harlem

Spike the egg nog, because even Santa gets the blues. This week’s HARLEM is a solid hour of nothing but soulful Christmas rhythm and blues classics from the 50s. Spread the love, the joy and pass the whiskey.

CHRISTMAS IN HARLEM AIRS:
Monday Afternoon 12/17 @ 1pm East
Tuesday Night 12/18 @ 9pm West & Midnight East
Friday 12/21 @ 6pm over NYC
Sunday Morning 12/23 @ 11am East
AND ON CHRISTMAS EVE (Monday) @ 1pm EST

Have yourself a merry little Christmas and always remember that nutmeg brings out the flavor of your egg nog….rum certainly doesn’t hurt either.

Have a cool yule and a groovy New Year.