Public Domain Radio - 420
A Royalty Free Radio broadcast. Its primarily intended for Part 15 AM operations as a means to avoid responsibility of paying music royalty fees, so it's all public domain and free to broadcast content. A wide variety spanning most all genres, mostly recreations (utilizing AI) of vintage songs in the Public Domain. Most instantly recognizable though entirely different arrangements, but due to original lyrics being used they are familiar.
The playlist is regularly being expanded, as of March 5, 2026 that list consist of: (82 songs)
Re-Creations Of:
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Master List — Songs Published 1930 and Earlier (≤1930):
Aba Daba Honeymoon — 1914 — Lyrics: Arthur Fields & Walter Donovan
After You Get What You Want You Don’t Want It — 1910 — Lyrics: Irving Berlin
Ain’t Misbehavin’ — 1929 — Lyrics: Andy Razaf
Alexander’s Ragtime Band — 1911 — Lyrics: Irving Berlin
All Alone — 1924 — Lyrics: Irving Berlin
Amazing Grace — 1779 — Lyrics: John Newton
Are You Half the Man Your Mother Thought You Were — c.1913 — Lyrics: William Jerome
Are You Sleeping (Frère Jacques) — traditional (18th century)
Beautiful Dreamer — 1864 — Lyrics: Stephen Foster
Beale Street — 1916 — Lyrics: W.C. Handy
Body and Soul — 1930 — Lyrics: Edward Heyman
Boléro — 1928 — Lyrics: Maurice Ravel
By the Light of the Silvery Moon — 1909 — Lyrics: Edward Madden
California, Here I Come — 1921 — Lyrics: Buddy DeSylva
Camptown Races — 1850 — Lyrics: Stephen Foster
Crazy Blues — 1920 — Lyrics: Perry Bradford
Daisy Bell — 1892 — Lyrics: Harry Dacre
Darktown Strutters' Ball — 1910 — Lyrics: Shelton Brooks
Doodle Doo Doo — 1923 — Lyrics: Kassel & Stitzel
Doo Wack-a Doo — 1924 — Lyrics: Clarence Gaskill, Walter Donaldson, George Horther
Down Hearted Blues — 1922 — Lyrics: Alberta Hunter & Lovie Austin
Everybody Loves My Baby — 1924 — Lyrics: Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams
Frankie and Johnny — c.1904 — Lyrics: traditional
Get Happy — 1930 — Lyrics: Ted Koehler
Georgia on My Mind — 1930 — Lyrics: Stuart Gorrell
Home on the Range — 1870s — Lyrics: Brewster Higley
House of the Rising Sun — traditional (18th–19th century)
I Don’t Care — 1920s — Lyrics: Jean Lenox
I Got Rhythm — 1930 — Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
In the Good Old Summertime — 1902 — Lyrics: Ren Shields
It Had to Be You — 1924 — Lyrics: Isham Jones & Gus Kahn
Krooked Blues — 1924 — Lyrics: Walter Melrose
La Bamba — traditional (19th century)
La Paloma (The Dove) — 1860s — Lyrics: Sebastián Iradier
Lazy — 1924 — Lyrics: Irving Berlin
Let the Midnight Special Shine Your Light on Me — traditional (early 20th century)
Little Brown Jug — 1869 — Lyrics: Joseph Winner
Mashup: It Had to Be You / Ain’t Misbehavin’ — modern medley (no original year)
Oh! Susanna — 1848 — Lyrics: Stephen Foster
On the Sunny Side of the Street — 1930 — Lyrics: Dorothy Fields
Pop! Goes the Weasel — traditional (1850s)
Puttin’ on the Ritz — 1929 — Lyrics: Irving Berlin
Red River Valley — 1879 — Lyrics: traditional
Shine On Harvest Moon — 1908 — Lyrics: Jack Norworth & Nora Bayes
Silent Night — 1818 — Lyrics: Joseph Mohr
Singin’ in the Rain — 1929 — Lyrics: Arthur Freed
The Star-Spangled Banner — 1814 — Lyrics: Francis Scott Key
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot — c.1860s — Lyrics: traditional
Take Me Out to the Ball Game — 1908 — Lyrics: Jack Norworth
The Charleston — 1923 — Lyrics: Cecil Mack & James P. Johnson
The Itsy Bitsy Spider — traditional (early 20th century)
The Midnight Special — traditional (early 20th century)
There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight — 1896 — Lyrics: Theodore Metz & Joe Hayden
Tiptoe Through the Tulips With Me — 1929 — Lyrics: Al Dubin
Toyland — 1903 — Lyrics: Glen MacDonough
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star — 1806 — Lyrics: Jane Taylor
Yankee Doodle Dandy — 1904 — Lyrics: George M. Cohan
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Post-1930 (Songs After 1930)
Little Bitty Pretty One — 1957-PD — Lyrics: Bobby Day (PD due to copyright renewal failure; recordings may still be protected)
Poisoning Pigeons in the Park — 1959-PD — Lyrics: Tom Lehrer (Lehrer relinquished rights, PD)
Rockin’ Robin — 1958 — Lyrics: Leon René — PD (composition only; original recordings still copyrighted)
The Masochism Tango — 1960-PD — Lyrics: Tom Lehrer (Lehrer relinquished rights, PD)
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And more to come
Also incorporated in are fabricated jingles, DJ interactions, history info on the songs, sound and FX clips, misc, etc . -.All tied together in a randomized playlist (Zeno's Auto DJ) as an attempt to provide a enjoyable musical ride experience worth exploring..
Optionally, a toke/two provides an enhanced listening experience and is permitted the participating audience.
I work in progress..
Enjoy
Feel free to contact me at end80hwy@gmail.com
