Show HN: 1000songs.co.uk – 100 years of music, 10 tracks a year
1000songs.co.uk is a personal project featuring 10 songs per year from 1930 to 2030, currently 927 tracks in. It includes a radio time machine with 30-second iTunes previews, games based on birth year and tune-guessing, and allows users to paste their own songs. The creator is seeking suggestions for 1930s and 1940s gritty jazz and blues.
Background
- 1000songs.co.uk is a personal, curated music site that picks 10 tracks for each year from 1930 to 2030, aiming for 1,000 songs total. The creator is about 927 songs in.
- The site features a "radio time machine" that pulls 30-second iTunes previews, designed to feel like tuning an old radio. It also has games (guess the year you were born, name that tune) and lets users paste their own song lists.
- The creator's taste leans British alternative; they are asking for recommendations for gritty 1930s-40s jazz and blues.
- This is a "Show HN" post — a category on Hacker News where makers share side projects for feedback. The audience is largely tech-savvy builders, so the post's framing (feature constraints, offline save, lookups) speaks to that crowd, not just music fans.