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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.
Thursday 10 October 2024
Series 28, Prog 18
Thursday 3 October 2024
Series 28, Prog 17
ROYAL REFERENCES
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
The King - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: Sing Along with Basie
Street of Dreams - Lou Rawls: That’s Lou
The Lady Is a Tramp - Ella Fitzgerald: Sings The Rodgers & Hart Song Book
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me - Frank Sinatra: Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!
At Seventeen - Janis Ian: Between the Lines
If I Had You - Johnny Hartman: I Love Everybody
Marie - Judy Collins: Hard Times for Lovers
Star! - Frank Sinatra: Greatest Hits, Vol 2
The Moon Got in My Eyes - Mildred Bailey: Harlem Lullaby
Little Queen - Chuck Berry: single
You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You - Dinah Washington: Dinah ’62
Sun King - The Beatles: Abbey Road
The Other Woman - Nina Simone: Nina Simone at Town Hall
Mythical Kings And Iguanas - Dory Previn: Mythical Kings And Iguanas
The Man I Love - Carmen McRae: Can’t Hide Love
That’s Life (alternate orchestration) - Frank Sinatra: Ultimate Sinatra (The Centennial Collection)
Someday My Prince will Come - Alexis Cole: Someday My Prince will Come
Image: Roman Kaiuk
Tuesday 1 October 2024
Series 28, Prog 16
TIP YOUR HAT!
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
A Tip of the Hat - Dena DeRose: Ode to the Road
Putting’ on the Ritz - Fred Astaire: The Astaire Story (Vol 1)
A Straw Hat Full of Lilacs - Barbara Lea: Lea in Love (Bonus Track)
You Can Leave Your Hat On - Joe Cocker: The Best of Joe Cocker
Top Hat, White Tie and Tails - Ella Fitzgerald: Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book
Gonna Buy a Hat - Chris Rea: Dancing with Strangers
The Ladies Who Lunch - Eydie Gormé: single
They Can’t Take That Away from Me - Billie Holiday: Body and Soul
Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home) - Marvin Gaye: The Complete Mowtown Singles Vol 9 (1969)
Misty - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings The Tivoli
Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat - Bob Dylan: single
I Can’t Get Started - Hildegarde: 78rpm single
On the Sunny Side of the Street - Ella Fitzgerald: JATP in Tokyo (Live at The Nichigeki Theatre 1953)
High Hat - Fred Astaire: The Complete London Sessions
Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home - Cleo Laine: Born on a Friday
Photo: Bunyamin Cicek
Saturday 21 September 2024
Series 28, Prog 15
TAKING TO THE ROAD
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Eight Days on the Road - Aretha Franklin: Let Me in Your Life
Down the Road Apiece - Will Bradley Trio: The Many Faces of Boogie Woogie
Hit the Road to Dreamland - Pearl Bailey & Louie Bellson: Pearl Bailey & Louie Bellson in New York
The Lonesome Road - Madeleine Peyroux: Careless Love
King of the Road - Jack Jones: My Kind of Town
The Long and Winding Road - Peggy Lee: Make It with You
Another Road - Mary Hopkin: Another Road
On the Road to Mandalay - Frank Sinatra: Come Fly with Me
Waiting at the End of the Road - Susannah McCorkle: Let’s Face the Music/The Songs of Irving Berlin
Hit the Road, Jack - Ray Charles: single
Old Dirt Road - John Lennon & Harry Nilsson: Walls and Bridges
The Rules of the Road - Nat King Cole: Let’s Face the Music!
Two for the Road - George Shearing: Two for the Road (with Carmen McRae)
Knocked 'Em in the Old Kent Road - Georgia Brown with Ted Heath & His Orchestra: Georgia Brown
(We’re Off on) The Road to Morocco - Bing Crosby & Bob Hope: 78rpm single
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) - Billie Holiday: Songs for Distingue Lovers
The Road Less Travelled - Clare Teal & Jamie Cullum: The Road Less Travelled
Photo: Max Andrey
Thursday 12 September 2024
Series 28, Prog 14
SONGS ABOUT SONGS
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
A Song for You - Ray Charles: My World
I’ve Heard That Song Before - Helen Forrest & Harry James Orchestra: Harry James in Hi-Fi
Brazilian Love Song - Nat King Cole: single
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart - Mildred Bailey: Harlem Lullaby
The Hut Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade) - Mel Tormé: Musical Sounds are the Best Songs
Deep Song - Billie Holiday: Love Songs
The Coffee Song - Sam Cooke: Cooke’s Tour
Killing Me Softly with His Song - Lori Lieberman: Lori Lieberman
The Alley Cat Song - Peggy Lee: I’m a Woman
Moon Song - Frank Sinatra: Moonlight Sinatra
The Song Is You - Nancy Wilson: Yesterday’s Love Songs, Today’s Blues
Night Song - Sammy Davis Jr: If I Ruled the World
With a Song in My Heart - Sue Raney: A Tribute to Doris Day/Heart’s Desire
The Moonbeam Song - Harry Nilsson: Nilsson Schmilsson
I Feel a Song Coming On - Judy Garland: Judy
September Song - The Mills Brothers: The Mills Bros. Sing
Without a Song - Keely Smith: Keely Sings Sinatra
Summer Song - Dave Brubeck & Carmen McRae: The Real Ambassadors
The Song Is Ended - Nat King Cole: Just One of Those Things
Image: Pixabay
Friday 6 September 2024
Series 28, Prog 13
WALTER DONALDSON SONG BOOK
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
It’s Been So Long - Benny Goodman Orchestra featuring Helen Ward: 78rpm single
Did I Remember? - Nancy Wilson: Hollywood My Way
Sleepy Head - The Mills Brothers: Golden Greats
Mister Meadowlark - Bing Crosby & Johnny Mercer: Personality
Cuckoo in the Clock - Lena Horne: Lena Like Latin
At Sundown - Morgana King: The Greatest Songs Ever Swung
My Mammy - Liza Minnelli: Liza with a “Z”
'Tain't No Sin (To Dance Around In Your Bones) - Mark Murphy: Let Yourself Go
What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry - Keely Smith: Swingin’ Pretty
Little White Lies - Dick Haymes: Rain or Shine
My Buddy - Claire Martin: Secret Love
You’re Driving Me Crazy - Big Joe Turner: Boss of the Blues
Carolina in the Morning - Dinah Shore: Dinah Down Home
My Blue Heaven - Sy Oliver & His Orchestra & Chorus: Jimmie Lunceford in Hi-Fi
Makin’ Whoopee! - Dinah Washington: The Swingin’ Miss “D”
I’ve Had My Moments - Frank Sinatra: Close to You
Love Me or Leave Me - Peggy Lee: Black Coffee
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby - Frank Sinatra: Strangers in the Night
Walter Donaldson
February 15, 1893 – July 15, 1947
Thursday 29 August 2024
Series 28, Prog 12
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