Series 30, Prog 5

WHY…

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

Why Don’t You Do Right - Ella Fitzgerald: JATP in Japan/The Ella Fitzgerald Set

I Know Why (and So Do You) - June Christy: Fair and Warmer

Why Try to Change Me Now - Frank Sinatra: No One Cares

Wonder Why - Claire Martin: Too Much in Love to Care

I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do) - Joe Williams & Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison: Together

Why Can’t I - Judy Garland: Classic Garland (The Capitol Years 1955-1965)

Why - Ernie Andrews: This Is Ernie Andrews

Why Shouldn’t I - Margaret Whiting: Margaret Whiting Sings for the Starry-Eyed

Why’d You Do Me The Way You Did - The Royal Bopsters: Party of Four

Why Was I Born - Cher: Bittersweet White Light

Why Keep On Breaking My Heart - Nina Simone: Wild Is the Wind

Why and How - Mark Murphy: Midnight Mood

Why Don’t We Try Staying Home - Susannah McCorkle: Easy to Love (The Songs of Cole Porter)

Why Not - Johnny Mathis: Live It Up!

Don’t Know Why - Norah Jones: Come Away with Me

Why Should I Cry Over You - Andy Williams: single

Why Can’t This Night Go On Forever - Frank D’Rone with Billy May & His Orchestra: After the Ball

I Wonder Why - Ella  Fitzgerald: Ella

Photo: Ann H

Series 30, Prog 4

PRAYER FOR PEACE

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

Prayer for Peace - Jacqui Dankworth: Back to You

You’ve Got a Friend - Ella Fitzgerald: Jazz at the Santa Monica Civic ’72

What the World Needs Now - Lena Horne: Soul

Imagine - Dena DeRose: A Walk in the Park

Gonna Build a Mountain - Bing Crosby & Count Basie: Bing ’n Basie

Where Have All the Flowers Gone - Marlene Dietrich: Dietrich

As Time Goes By - Carmen McRae: Alone, Live at The Dug

Blowin’ in the Wind - Stevie Wonder: Greatest Hits

The Fields of St Etienne - Mary Hopkin: single

What a Wonderful World - Tony Bennett & k d lang: A Wonderful World

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Peggy Lee: Bridge Over Troubled Water

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) - Nina Simone: To Love Somebody

Over the Rainbow - Harry Nilsson: A Little Schmilsson in the Night

Give Peace a Chance (Edit) - John Lennon: Working Class Hero

Climbing Higher Mountains - Diane Schuur: Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra

Image: Jonathan Meyer

Series 30, Prog 3

CAFÉ SOCIETY

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

Café Society - Lorraine Feather: Café Society

It’s Been So Long - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra featuring Helen Ward: 78rpm single

Pick Yourself Up - Nat King Cole & George Shearing: Nat King Cole Sings - George Shearing Quintet Plays

Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart - Pearl Bailey & Louie Bellson: Pearl Bailey & Louie Bellson in New York

I Didn’t Know What Time It Was - Carmen McRae: Dream of Life

Have You Met Miss Jones? - Joe Williams: Swingin’ Night at Birdland

Too Marvelous for Words - Billie Holiday: Lady Sings the Blues

My Melancholy Baby - Dinah Shore & André Previn: Dinah Sings, Previn Plays

I Only Have Eyes for You - Mark Muphy: Mark Murphy’s Hip Parade

Did I Remember? - Ernestine Anderson: Hot Cargo

My Romance - Sammy Davis Jr: The Wham of Sam

This Can’t Be Love - Ella Fitzgerald: Sings The Rodgers & Hart Song Book

June in January - Dean Martin: A Winter Romance

Jeepers Creepers - Cleo Laine: Cleo Laine Sings

Manhattan - Todd Gordon & RAF Squadronaires featuring Jacqui Dankworth: Evergreen

There’s a Small Hotel - Elaine Delmar: But Beautiful

The Peanut Vendor - Anita O’Day: Sings the Winners

Photo: Life of Pix

Series 30, Prog 2

HOW LONG, HOW LONG…

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

It’s Been So Long - Jo Stafford: single

Alone Too Long - Mark Murphy: Sings Mostly Dorothy Fields & Cy Coleman

It’s Been a Long, Long Time - Harry James & His Orchestra featuring Helen Forrest: Harry James in Hi-Fi

As Long As I’m Singing - Bobby Darin: Ultra-Lounge Artist Series

It Takes Too Long to Learn to Live Alone - Peggy Lee: Norman Dolores Egstrom from Jamestown North Dakota

You Came a Long Way from St Louis - Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney: Fancy Meeting You Here

All Night Long - Shirley Horn: You’re My Thrill

As Long as I Live - Ernestine Anderson: Never Make Your Move Too Soon

As Long as There’s Music - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra in Hollywood: 1940-1964

Don’t Wait Too Long - Blossom Dearie: May I Come In?

Long Ago and Far Away - Margaret Whiting: Sings The Jerome Kern Song Book (Vol 2)

I’ll Get By (As Long as I Have You) - Jackie Paris: The Jackie Paris Sound

At Long Last Love - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Loves Cole

How Long Has This Been Going On? - Elaine Delmar: But Beautiful

As Long as She Needs Me - Sammy Davis Jr: That’s All

How Long, How Long Blues - Big Joe Turner: Boss of the Blues

Photo: Thomas Brenac

Series 30, Prog 1

LIQUID REFRESHMENT

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

Cocktails for Two - Keely Smith: Politely

The Coffee Song - Frank Sinatra: Ring-a-Ding, Ding!

You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me - Anita O’Day: An Evening with Anita O’Day

It Never Entered My Mind - Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson: Double Exposure

I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water - Barbara Morrison: Live at The Dakota (Vol 2)

Corn Whiskey - Jimmy Witherspoon: single

Drinking Water (Agua de Beber) - Astrud Gilberto: The Astrud Gilberto Album

Tea for Two - Sylvia Syms: Sylvia Syms Sings

Little Ol’ Wine Drinker, Me - Dean Martin: single

A Wet Night (and a Dry Martini) - Cynthia Crane & Mike Renzi: Smoky Bar Songs (For the No-Smoking Section)

Me and My Gin (aka Gin House Blues) - Nina Simone: Forbidden Fruit

Days of Wine and Roses - Peggy Lee: Mink Jazz

Pink Champagne - Jimmy Witherspoon: Hey, Mrs Jones

You Go to My Head - Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday Sings

Gimme That Wine - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: The Hottest New Group in Jazz

Hard Hearted Hannah - Ella Fitzgerald: Pete Kelly’s Blues (Soundtrack)

Rum and Coca-Cola - The Andrews Sisters: In Hi-Fi

Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer) - La Vern Baker: Sings Bessie Smith

Image: Pixabay

 

Series 29, Prog 20

FUN! FUN! FUN!

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

Funny (But I Still Love You) - Ray Charles: Hallelujah, I Love Her So!

Ain’t We Got Fun - Peggy Lee: Jump for Joy

Fun to Be Fooled - Jackie Paris: Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin

Funnier Than Funny - Nancy Wilson: Gentle Is My Love

Funny (Not Much) - Buddy Greco: Big Band and Ballads

Funny What Love Can Do - Bobby Darin: single

My Funny Valentine - Carmen McRae: After Glow

She’s Funny That Way - Frank Sinatra: Nice ’n’ Easy

Funny Face - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George & Ira Gershwin Song Book

This Funny World - Tony Bennett: Sings... Life Is Beautiful (The Complete Improv Recordings)

All in Fun - Tony Bennett: The Art of Romance

Getting Some Fun Out of Life - Carol Sloane: Love You Madly

What a Funny Girl (You Used to Be) - Frank Sinatra: Watertown

Funny World - Johnny Hartman: The Voice That Is!

Are We Just Having Fun - Sarah Moule: Stormy Emotions

Just for the Fun of It - Nat King Cole: Just One of Those Things

I’ve Had My Fun - Ray Charles: The Greatest Collection Ever Made

Photo: Alex Dummer

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)