Saturday 29 February 2020

Series 16, Prog 18

OUT WITH THE COUNT!

Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

After You’ve Gone - Teresa Brewer & Count Basie: The Songs of Bessie Smith
I Want a Little Girl - Billy Eckstine & Count Basie: Basie/Eckstine Incorporated
She’s a Woman Count Basie & Sammy Davis Jr: Our Shining Hour
Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe - Keely Smith: Keely Swings Basie-Style with Strings
Lazy River - The Mills Brothers & Count Basie: The Board of Directors
Smack Dab In the Middle - Count Basie & Joe Williams: Count Basie at Newport
The Long and Winding Road - Ray Charles & Count Basie Orchestra: Ray Sings, Basie Swings
Flip, Flop, Fly - Big Joe Turner & Count Basie: The Bosses
Lover Man - Sarah Vaughan & Count Basie: The Roulette Years
Everything Is Beautiful - Bing Crosby & Count Basie: Bing ‘n Basie
Until I Met You (aka Corner Pocket) - Diane Schuur: Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra 
Where Are You? - Arthur Prysock & Count Basie: Arthur Prysock/Count Basie
C-Jam Blues - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie with guest soloists: Jazz at the Santa Monica Civic

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com


Friday 21 February 2020

Series 16, Prog 17

TRAINS and BOATS and PLANES

Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Trains and Boats and Planes - Dionne Warwick: single
Let’s Get Away From It All - Jo Stafford: Getting Sentimental Over Tommy Dorsey
These Foolish Things - Nat King Cole: Just One of Those Things
Come Fly with Me - Shirley Horn: The Swingin’ Shirley Horn
Watertown - Franks Sinatra: Watertown
On a Slow Boat to China - Janet Seidel: The Art of Lounge (Vol 2)
Leaving On a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary: Album 1700
Take the “A” Train - Ella Fitzgerald: Twelve Nights In Hollywood
Why Do the Wrong People Travel? - Elaine Stritch: At Liberty
There’s a Boat That’s Leavin’ Soon for New York - Ernestine Anderson: The Toast of the Critics
Up, Up and Away - Sammy Davis Jr: Lonely Is the Name
I Thought About You - Marion Montgomery: For the Love of Mercer (Vol 1)
My Cutey’s Due at Two-to-Two Today - Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer: Two of a Kind
Red Sails In the Sunset - Big Joe Turner: Nobody In Mind
Waiting for the Robert E Lee - Bing Crosby & Al Jolson: The Complete Radio Duets

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com


Monday 17 February 2020

Series 16, Prog 16

MAD, BAD AND ANGRY...

Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Angry - Rosemary Clooney & Nelson Riddle: Rosie Solves the Swingin’ Riddle
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Lena Horne: Lena In Hollywood
Need Your Love So Bad - Eva Cassidy & Chuck Brown: Eva By Heart
I Ain’t Mad at You, Pretty Baby - Jimmy Witherspoon: Hey, Mrs Jones
Mad About Him, Sad About Him, How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues - Morgana King: Let Me Love You
Don’cha Go ‘Way Mad - Mel Tormé: Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass
Be Mad Little Girl - Bobby Darin: Bobby Darin Hits
Whose Little Angry Man Are You? - Sheila Jordan & Harvie Swartz: Old Time Feeling
Ticket to Ride - The Beatles: 1
Just When We’re Falling In Love - Ella Fitzgerald: Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (And You’d Better Believe It)
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Frank Sinatra: New York (Disc 3)
My One Bad Habit - Carmen McRae & Dave Brubeck: Tonight Only!
Being Bad - Bitter:Sweet: Duplicity (Soundtrack)
Bad for Each Other - Peggy Lee: Love Held Lightly/Rare Songs By Harold Arlen
Love You Madly - Mark Murphy: Memories of You/Remembering Joe Williams
I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) - Cher: Bittersweet White Light
Mad About the Boy - Liane Carroll: Ballads

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com


Saturday 8 February 2020

Series 16, Prog 15

HOME SWEET HOME

Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Comin’ Home Baby - James Tormé: Love for Sale
A House Is Not a Home - Mel Tormé: Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell And The Boss Brass
Somewhere Called Home - Norma Winstone: Somewhere Called Home
She’s Leaving Home - Claire Martin: Time and Place
New York’s My Home - Ray Charles: The Genius Hits the Road
Come On Home - Shirley Horn: Where Are You Going?
Paddlin’ Madelin’ Home/Row, Row, Row - Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer: Two of a Kind
Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home - Cleo Laine: Born On a Friday
Come Home Baby - Jacqui Dankworth: Detour Ahead
Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home - Frank Sinatra: Where Are You?
There’s No Place Like Home - Nancy Sinatra: California Girl
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To - Daryl Sherman: Mississippi Belle/Cole Porter In The Quarter
Why Do You Have to Go Home? - June Christy: This Is June Christy
Bring It On Home To Me - Lou Rawls: I Can't Make It Alone/The Axelrod Years
I’ll Be Home - Barbra Streisand: Stoney End
I’m Coming Home Again - Carmen McRae: I’m Coming Home Again

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com


Saturday 1 February 2020

Series 16, Prog 14

THE ART OF THE SONGWRITER: RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Oh, What a Beautiful Morning - Ray Charles & Count Basie Orchestra: Ray Sings, Basie Swings
Bali Ha'i - Rosemary Clooney & Pérez Prado Orchestra: A Touch of Tobasco
If I Loved You - Barbra Streisand: The Broadway Album
You'll Never Walk Alone - Frank Sinatra: The Concert Sinatra
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top - Nat King Cole: At The Sands
Something Wonderful - Carmen McRae: Something Wonderful
Getting to Know You - Nancy Wilson: Broadway My Way
We Kiss In a Shadow - June Christy & Stan Kenton: Duet
People Will Say We're In Love - Norma Winstone: Manhattan In the Rain
Some Enchanted Evening - Perry Como: Single
I Enjoy Being a Girl - Peggy Lee: Latin Ala Lee
My Favorite Things - Mark Murphy: Rah!
It Might As Well Be Spring - Mel Tormé & George Shearing: An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé 
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair - The Weather Girls: Success
I Have Dreamed - Bobby Darin: Darin At The Copa
No Other Love - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Sings Broadway
Happy Talk - The Four Freshmen: Voices In Fun

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com