Saturday, 19 April 2025

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




Saturday, 12 April 2025

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




Saturday, 5 April 2025

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




Saturday, 29 March 2025

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




Thursday, 27 March 2025

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




 

Thursday, 20 March 2025

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)