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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, 29 March 2025
Series 30, Prog 2
Thursday, 27 March 2025
Series 30, Prog 1
Thursday, 20 March 2025
Series 29, Prog 20
Series 29, Prog 19
JIMMY VAN HEUSEN SONG BOOK
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
I Thought About You - Johnny Hartman: And I Thought About You
Darn That Dream - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle: Ella Swings Gently with Nelson
Heaven Can Wait - Dean Martin: This Time I’m Swingin’
(We’re Off on) The Road to Morocco - Bing Crosby & Bob Hope: 78rpm single
But Beautiful - Jacqui Dankworth: Detour Ahead
Swinging on a Star - Mark Murphy: Playing the Field
Moonlight Becomes You - Dick Haymes: Moonbeams
Here’s That Rainy Day - Sammy Davis Jr: Sammy Davis Jr Sings, Laurindo Mlmeida Plays
Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra: Come Fly with Me
All the Way - Clairdee: Music Moves
Love and Marriage - Peggy Lee: Olé ala Lee!
Call Me Irresponsible - The Four Freshmen: More 4 Freshmen with 5 Trombones
Come Dance with Me - Shirley Horn: Shirley Horn with Horns
Only the Lonely - Liane Carroll: Ballads
(Love Is) The Tender Trap - Mel Tormé: At The Crescendo
I’ll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her - Matt Monro: Stranger in Paradise (The Lost New York Sessions)
The Second Time Around - Ernestine Anderson & George Shearing: A Perfect Match
My Kind of Town - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra at The Sands
Jimmy Van Heusen
(January 26, 1913 - February 6, 1990)
Thursday, 27 February 2025
Series 29, Prog 18
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Together (Wherever We Go) - Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé: We Got Us
Together - Frank Sinatra: All Alone
I Love You - Julie London: Julie is Her Name
I Love You - Billy Eckstine: Once More with Feeling
I Love You - Earl: single
Tonight - Michael Dees with Don Trenner & His Orchestra: Michael Dees Sings Steve Allen
Tonight - Nancy Wilson: Broadway My Way
To Know You Is to Love You - Thelma Houston & The Pressure Cooker: I’ve Got the Music in Me
To Know You (Is to Love You) - Perry Como: Como Swings
(They Long to Be) Close to You - Carmen McRae: The Great American Songbook
Close to You - Frank Sinatra: Close to You
Don’t Wait Too Long - Madeleine Peyroux: Careless Love
Don’t Wait Too Long - Blossom Dearie: May I Come In?
What a Wonderful World - Tony Bennett & k d lang: A Wonderful World
(What a) Wonderful World - Art Garfunkel:
Why - Louise Phelan: Moments of Light
Why - Clare Teal: Hey Ho
Photo: Tembela Bohle
Friday, 21 February 2025
Series 29, Prog 17
TENDER
Thursday, 13 February 2025
Series 29, Prog 16
UNCONVENTIONAL VOICES
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
I’m Walkin’ Through Heaven with You - Jimmy Rushing: Five Feet of Soul
This One’s from the Heart - Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle: One from The Heart (Soundtrack)
I Still Suits Me - Bobby Troup: The Distinctive Style of Bobby Troup
I Wanna Be Loved by You - Marilyn Monroe: Some Like It Hot! (Soundtrack)
That’s Life - Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today
I’ll See You in My Dreams - Jimmy Durante: Jimmy Durante’s Way of Life
Everyone’s in Love with You - David Byrne: Look into the Eyeball
I’m in the Mood for Love - Mae West: The Fabulous Mae West
Lullaby in Ragtime - Harry Nilsson: A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night
So, Relax - Leon Redbone: Sugar
Bo Mambo - Yma Sumac: Mambo!
C’est Si Bon - Louis Armstrong: Satchmo Serenades
Roll ‘Em Pete - Big Joe Turner: Boss of the Blues
You’ll Be Sorry - Big Maybelle: The Okeh Sessions
Good Night, Irene - Dr John: Goin’ Back to New Orleans
Honeysuckle Rose - Marlene Dietrich: Dietrich In London
The Time of Your Life - Randy Newman: A Bug’s Life (Soundtrack)
Photo: Jaasiel Mora