Fridays, February 3-17, 2012, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET
Hark back the 1950s and 1960s, when the Great American Songbook competed with new forms like rock ‘n’ roll and rhythm & blues.
Examine the emotional solace and patriotic inspiration provided by popular songs during World War II.
Explore the fast and furious 1920s and 1930s, when jazz was hot, credit was loose and illegal booze flowed freely in underground speakeasies.