Archeophone provided a number of transfers and audio restorations for HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. Though some of our contributions have not yet been reissued, many of the songs broadcast are available on our releases. Here’s the list of featured songs, grouped by episode, as well as the Archeophone release they’re available on.
Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4
episode 1: Boardwalk Empire
| Some of these Days (1911) by Sophie Tucker Available on Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922 and Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot |
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| Good Morning Judge (1911) by Sophie Tucker Available on Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922 |
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| Sunset Medley (1916) by W. G. Haenschen and T. T. Schiffer Available on Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot |
episode 2: The Ivory Tower
| By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1910) by Billy Murray and the Haydn Quartet Available on Anthology: The Denver Nightingale |
episode 3: Broadway Limited
| The Japanese Sandman (1920) by Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra Available on 1920: “Even Water’s Getting Weaker” |
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| When My Baby Smiles at Me (1920) by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band Available on 1920: “Even Water’s Getting Weaker” |
episode 4: Anastasia
| I’ll See You in C-u-b-a (1919) by Billy Murray Available on 1920: “Even Water’s Getting Weaker” |
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| K-K-K-Katy (1918) by Billy Murray Available on Anthology: The Denver Nightingale |
episode 5: Nights in Ballygran
| I’ll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time (1920) by Charles Harrison Available on 1920: “Even Water’s Getting Weaker” |
episode 6: Family Limitation
| Barcarolle (1919) by R. Nathaniel Dett Available on Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891-1922 |
episode 7: Home
| They Didn’t Believe Me (1915) by Alice Green & Harry McDonough Available on 1915: “They’d Sooner Sleep on Thistles” |
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| Don’t Leave Me, Daddy (1916) by Marion Harris Available on The Complete Victor Releases |
episode 8: Hold Me in Paradise
| Look for the Silver Lining (1920) by Marion Harris Available on 1921: “Make Believe and Smile” |
episode 10: The Emerald City
| Crazy Blues (1920) by Mamie Smith Available on Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot and 1921: “Make Believe and Smile” |
episode 11: Paris Green
| Back to the Carolina You Love (1914) by Al Jolson Available on 1915: “They’d Sooner Sleep on Thistles” |
episode 12: A Return to Normalcy
| Along the Way to Damascus (1919) by Art Hickman’s Orchestra Available on The San Francisco Sound, Volume 1 |
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| They Didn’t Believe Me (1915) by Alice Green & Harry McDonough Available on 1915: “They’d Sooner Sleep on Thistles” |
episode 13: 21
| Is There Still Room for Me Neath the Old Apple Tree (1915) by Al Campbell and Henry Burr Available on 1916: “The Country Found Them Ready” |
episode 15: A Dangerous Maid
| All She’d Say Was “Umh Hum” (1920) by Van and Schenck Available on 1921: “Make Believe and Smile” |
episode 16: What Does the Bee Do?
| Everything Reminds Me of that Old Sweetheart of Mine (1914) by Al Campbell, Henry Burr and Will Oakland Available on Anthology: The Original King of Pop |
episode 18: The Age of Reason
| Turn Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday (1916) by Harry Macdonough and Orpheus Quartet Available on 1916: “The Country Found Them Ready” |
episode 19: Peg of Old
| Crooning (1921) by the Benson Orchestra of Chicago Available on The Benson Orchestra of Chicago, 1920-1921 |
episode 20: Two Boats and a Lifeguard
| Oh, Those Days (1915) by Guido Deiro Available on Complete Recorded Works, Volume 2 |
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Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (1914) by Alma Gluck Available on 1915: “They’d Sooner Sleep on Thistles” |
episode 22: Georgia Peaches
| Crooning (1921) by the Benson Orchestra of Chicago Available on The Benson Orchestra of Chicago, 1920-1921 |
episode 23: Under God’s Power She Flourishes
| Some Sweet Day (1917) by Marion Harris Available on The Complete Victor Releases |
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| Feather Your Nest (1920) by Albert Campbell and Henry Burr Available on 1921: “Make Believe and Smile” |
episode 24: To the Lost
| Over There (1917) by the Peerless Quartet Available on 1917: “Yankees to the Ranks” |
Episode 26: Spaghetti & Coffee
| The Falcon March (1910) by Arthur Pryor’s Band Available on Echoes from Asbury Park |
episode 28: Blue Bell Boy
| Three O’Clock in the Morning (1922) by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra Available on 1922: “An Angel’s Voice I Hear” |
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| My Buddy (1922) by Henry Burr Available on Anthology: The Original King of Pop and 1922: “An Angel’s Voice I Hear” |
episode 31: Sunday Best
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Song of Naples (ca. 1913) by Guido Deiro Available on Complete Recorded Works, Volume 2 |
episode 33: The Milkmaid’s Lot
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Bimini Bay (1921) by the Benson Orchestra of Chicago Available on The Benson Orchestra of Chicago, 1920-1921 |
episode 35: Two Imposters
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Is There Still Room for Me Neath the Old Apple Tree (1915) by Al Campbell and Henry Burr Available on 1916: “The Country Found Them Ready” |
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That Old Gang of Mine (1923) by Billy Murray and Ed Smalle Available on Anthology: The Denver Nightingale |
episode 36: Margate Sands
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Palesteena (1920) by Original Dixieland Jazz Band Available on 1921: “Make Believe and Smile” |
episode 37: New York Sour
| Roll on Silvery Moon (1917) by Matt Keefe Available on Monarchs of Minstrelsy: Historic Recordings by the Stars of the Minstrel Stage |
episode 40: All In
| Riverside Blues (1923) by King Oliver’s Jazz Band Available on King Oliver, Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings |
episode 42: The North Star
| La Paloma (1914) by Six Brown Brothers Available on Broadway’s Favorite Clowns |
episode 46: White Horse Pike
| Egyptland (1919) by Six Brown Brothers Available on Those Moaning Saxophones |
episode 47: Havre de Grace
| In that Great Gettin’ Up Mawnin’ (1916) by the Fisk University Jubilee Quartet Available on There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916 |