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Stream our favorite songs of the month in the first installment of a new series by NPR Music.

Novelist Tayari Jones explores a father's deception of his family, while historian David McCullough looks at 19th-century Americans in Paris, Roy Blount Jr. revels in verbal curiosities, writer Bill James reflects on true-crime stories, and journalist Diana Henriques probes the Ponzi scheme of Bernie Madoff.

This week on Swing with Bill Cartwright you'll hear Jimmie Lunceford's "Rhythm is Our Business," Ralph Flanagan's "Joshua" and Benny Goodman's "Somebody...

This week on Swing with Bill Cartwright you'll hear Will Bradley's "Celery Stalks at Midnight," Dee Dee Bridgewater's "A Tisket, A Tasket" and Frank...

This week on Swing with Bill Cartwright you'll hear James Darren's "It's Only a Paper Moon," Stacey Kent's "A Fine Romance" and Rosemary Clooney's "As...

This week on Swing with Bill Cartwright we ring in the new year with great tunes like Mills Brothers' "Paper Doll," Ralph Marterie's "Caravan" and...

This week on Swing with Bill Cartwright you'll hear Mel Torme's "Ac-Cent-Tchu-ate the Positive," Jimmy Dorsey's "Perfidia" and Rosemary Clooney's "What...

This week on Swing with Bill Cartwright you'll hear Pied Pipers' "Mairzy Doats," Frank Sinatra's "Witchcraft" and Les Brown's My Blue Heaven.

This week on Swing with Bill Cartwright you'll hear Billie Holiday's "Moonlight in Vermont," Pearl Bailey's "A Woman's Prerogative" and Maxine Sullivan...

To celebrate Leap Day on Swing with Bill Cartwright , you'll hear Michael Feinstein's "Luck Be a Lady," Lionel Hampton's "Midnight Sun" and Gene Krupa's...