Sound Beat

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Sound Beat is a daily, 90 second show highlighting the holdings of the Belfer Audio Archive. The Belfer is part of the Syracuse University Library, and with over half a million recordings, is one of the largest sound archives in the United States. Each SB episode focuses on one particular recording from the Archive, and provides a back story detailing its place in recording history.

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Arthur Murray…Taught Me Dancing…

Cold, Cold Heart

Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown

Everything Melba

Dame Nellie Melba’s Farewell speech, recorded at Covent Garden in 1926. Plus...dessert!

Honey in the Rock

Mar 05 2024 1 mins

The Carter Family’s rendition of "Honey in the Rock", a Coral Record from 1949.

In the Still of the Night

Nighttime is often the right time for thoughtful reflection..especially when one is on guard duty in the Army.

Whoopin’ the Blues

Feb 23 2024 1 mins

One of the most distinctive signature sounds in all of recorded music.

Put It There Pal!

A buddy song from two of the best buds in the biz.

Ambassador of Love

You're listening to Pearl Bailey from 1946 and you're on the Sound Beat. Pearl made her Broadway debut that year, performing "It's a Woman's Prerogative" in St. Louis Woman. Though audiences weren't enamored of the play, her performance marked the beginning of a decades-long love affair between Bailey and the American public. That "special time together" included a Tony award for

Big Stuff

Jan 31 2024 1 mins

Billie Holiday was known to record with ease, often needing only one take for her best studio recordings. This tune, however, was a whole different story.