Let's Get Physical: Exercise Records

Soundcheck | Jan 5, 2012

Richard Simmons launched his "Sweatin’ to the Oldies" empire in 1988 – but exercise-oriented albums go back as far as the 1920s. We’re joined by historian and educator Jim Middleton to talk about the popular weight-loss phonograph records and songs of the jazz age. Then, Jeanine Detz, fitness director at Shape Magazine, tells us about some of the greatest hits of the aerobic era.

 

Click below to see a 1923 Victor Records instruction sheet.

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