REMEMBERING ARRANGER AND CONDUCTOR, GORDON JENKINS
Todd's Turntable - Todd Gordon's weekly radio show devoted to great singers... and all that jazz!
This is the companion blog site to Todd Gordon's popular radio show. Entitled Todd's Turntable, it's a weekly, one-hour show that airs on various FM and Internet radio stations worldwide. If you’re involved in a radio station and interested in having Todd’s Turntable on your schedule, please get in touch. To listen to a few examples click on Soundcloud or Mixcloud in the links section.
Saturday, 8 November 2025
Series 31, Prog 14
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Series 31, Prog 13
THE ONLY WAY IS UP!
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Strike Up the Band - Ella Fitzgerald: Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Song Book (Vol 3)
Everything’s Coming Up Roses - Barbara Long & Herb Geller Quintet
Coming Up - John Pizzarelli & Michael McDonald: Midnight McCartney
Let Me Off Uptown - Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge with Gene Krupa Orchestra: Anita O’Day and the Three Sounds
Button Up Your Overcoat - Johnny Mercer & Paul Weston’s Orchestra: The Uncollected Johnny Mercer
Things Are Looking Up - Sarah Vaughan: Sings George Gershwin
It’s All Up to You - Frank Sinatra & Dinah Shore: 78rpm single
Sneakin’ Up on You - Peggy Lee: Pass Me By
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most - Mark Murphy: Rah
Look Out Up There - June Christy: This Is June Christy
Up, Up and Away - Sammy Davis Jr: Lonely Is the Name
Lost Up in Loving You - Carmen McRae: At Ratso’s (Vol 1)
Straighten Up and Fly Right - Nat King Cole: Super Best Nat King Cole (Vol 1)
Up from the Skies - Sinne Eeg: Remembering You
Live It Up! - Johnny Mathis with Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra: Live It Up!
Cuddle Up a Little Closer - Dean Martin: Sleep Warm
Pick Yourself Up - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
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Saturday, 25 October 2025
Series 31, Prog 12
IN GOOD HANDS
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Autumn Leaves - Frank Sinatra: Where Are You?
My Fate Is in Your Hands - Maxine Sullivan: A Tribute to Andy Razaf
Clap Yo’ Hands - Ella Fitzgerald: Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Song Book (Vol 3)
Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand - Ray Charles: single
Time On My Hands (You In My Arms) - Billie Holiday: 78rpm single
A Handful of Songs - Annie Ross: Sings a Handful of Songs
A Handful of Stars - Nat King Cole: Sings for Two in Love
A Handful of Soul - Carmen McRae & The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band: November Girl
Hands Across the Table - Lee Wiley: Manhattan Nights
Hands of Time (Brian’s Song) - Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand
I Want to Hold Your Hand - Keely Smith: Sings the John Lennon & Paul McCartney Songbook
I Took Your Hand (Fellini's Waltz) - Jacqui Dankworth: Live to Love
You Need Hands - Guy Pastor, Tony Pastor & Tony Pastor Jr Featuring Penie Pryor: Shakin’ Up Vegas!
It’s All in My Hands - Cleo Laine: Woman to Woman
Hands Up/Wang Dang Doodle - Pointer Sisters: Live at the Opera House
With These Hands - Danny Williams with Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra: Swinging for You
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands - Judy Garland & Liza Minnelli: Live at the London Palladium
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Saturday, 18 October 2025
Series 31, Prog 11
HERE’S TO THE LADIES
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Jazz Is His Old Lady (and My Old Man) - Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines & Marva Josie: Jazz Is His Old Lady
Don’t Weep for the Lady - Betty Carter: The Modern Sound of Betty Carter
The Lady Is a Tramp - Mel Tormé & The Marty Paich Dek-Tette: Lulu’s Back in Town
Lady Sings the Blues - Billie Holiday: Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Day - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra & Company
Sigh No More, Ladies, Sigh No More - Cleo Laine: Cleo Sings Elizabethan
The Lady’s in Love with You - Ian Shaw: The Abbey Road Sessions
Sea Lady - Norma Winstone: Somewhere Called Home
Lady Luck - Billy Eckstine: No Cover, No Minimum
Lady Lonely - Toni Harper & Marty Paich Orchestra: Lady Lonely
The Lady in Red - Mark Murphy: Let Yourself Go
Sophisticated Lady - Carol Sloane: Sophisticated Lady
Oh, Lady Be Good - Ella Fitzgerald: At The Opera House (2nd Concert)
You’re a Lady - Peter Skellern: You’re a Lady
Two Ladies in de Shade - Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson: Double Exposure
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Thursday, 9 October 2025
Series 31, Prog 10
HEY, BABY!
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Steppin’ Out with My Baby - Fred Astaire: The Astaire Story - Vol 2
Baby, Baby - Carmen McRae: Something Wonderful
Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You - Nancy Wilson: Tender Loving Care
I’m Nobody’s Baby - Vic Damone: My Baby Loves to Swing
My Baby Just Cares for Me - Nina Simone: Little Girl Blue
Get On the Right Track Baby - Ray Charles: Yes Indeed!
My Melancholy Baby - Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra: 78rpm single
Lean Baby - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra/The Great Years
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby - June Christy: Big Band Specials
I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store) - Nat King Cole: The Very Thought of You
Everybody Loves My Baby - Jimmy Rushing: Jimmy Rushing and the Smith Girls
Nobody Like My Baby - Ann Richards & Stan Kenton: Two Much!
Baby, Don’t You Quit Now - Tony Bennett: I’ve Gotta be Me
You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby - Peggy Lee: Somethin’ Groovy!
Talk to Me, Baby - Mark Murphy: Who Can I Turn To?
Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home - Sarah Vaughan: Sarah + 2
Juke Box Baby - Perry Como: single
Don’t Cry Baby - Aretha Franklin: The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) - Ella Fitzgerald: Sings The Harold Arlen Song Book (Vol 2)
Ooo-Wee Baby - Jimmy Witherspoon: Hey, Mrs Jones
Series 31, Prog 9
LIVE IN LONDON
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
A Foggy Day (in London Town) - Carmen McRae: Carmen McRae in London
They Can’t Take That Away from Me - Carmen McRae: Carmen McRae in London
Old Devil Moon - Tony Bennett & London Philharmonic Orchestra: Get Happy
When I Live My Dream - Georgia Mancio & Ian Shaw: Live at ReVoice!
Like Someone in Love - Sarah Vaughan: Ronnie Scott's Presents Sarah Vaughan Live
I Get Along Without You Very Well - Frank Sinatra: Lost London Concert
The Laziest Gal in Town - Marlene Dietrich: Dietrich in London
I’m Not in Love - Peggy Lee: Live in London
Just A-Sittin’ and A-Rockin’ - Cleo Laine & Tubby Hayes: Palladium Jazz Date
I’m Hip - Blossom Dearie: Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott’s
There Foolish Things - Frank Sinatra: London: Disc 3 (Live At The Royal Albert Hall)
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To - Anita O’Day: Live at Ronnie Scott’s
By Myself - Judy Garland: I Could Go On Singing (Soundtrack)
Take the “A” Train - Ernestine Anderson: From Concord To London (Live at Ronnie Scott’s)
A Song for You - Rosemary Clooney: Live at The London Palladium
A Foggy Day (in London Town) - Sarah Vaughan: Ronnie Scott's Presents Sarah Vaughan Live
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Friday, 26 September 2025
Series 31, Prog 8
SEEING THE LIGHT
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
I’m Beginning to See the Light - Ella Fitzgerald: The Duke Ellington Song Book
I Saw the Light - Barb Jungr: The Men I Love/The New American Songbook
Lights Out - Nat King Cole: Touch of Your Lips
Light of Love - Peggy Lee: single
Someone To Light Up My Life (Se Todos Fossem Iquais a Voce) - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra & Company
When Lights are Low - Dena DeRose: Introducing Dena DeRose
Winter Light - Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent - single
Long as I Can See the Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival: single
Light Out of Darkness - Shirley Horn: Quiet Now, Come a Little Closer
Then the Lights go Out - Jimmy Witherspoon: Singing’ the Blues
Speed of Light - Lorraine Feather: Café Society
You Light Up My Life - Aretha Franklin: Aretha
There's a Broken Heart for Every Light on Broadway - Mel Tormé: Sings Sunday In New York
City Lights - Polly Gibbons: Many Faces of Love
Let’s Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep - Lena Horne: Give the Lady What She Wants
After the Lights Go Down Low - Vic Damone: Linger Awhile with Vic Damone
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