Friday, 9 May 2025

Series 30, Prog 8

FREE

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


The Best Things in Life Are Free - Lena Horne: Here’s Lena, Now!

Free and Easy - Bobby Troup: Bobby Troup & His Stars of Jazz

Born Free - Frank Sinatra: The World We Knew

Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home - Judy Garland: Judy

Don’t Set Me Free - Ray Charles: single

Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton: single

Simple Song of Freedom - Bobby Darin: Live! at The Desert Inn

Someday We’ll All Be Free - Jacqui Dankworth: Live to Love

The Good Life - Steve Lawrence: Portrait of Steve

La Nouvelle Liberté (New Freedom) - Susanna Bartilla & Ted Bjurwill: single

Free Spirits - Peggy Lee: That Was Then, This Is Now

Somewhere in My Heart - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Free - Tommy Leonetti: single

Free Fall - Clare Fischer: Free Fall

I Feel Free - Cream: single

I Wish You Love - Esther Phillips: And I Love Him/Esther Phillips Sings Great Love Songs


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Thursday, 1 May 2025

Series 30, Prog 7

ROMANCE

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


A Fine Romance - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book

First Romance - Tony Perkins: First Romance (EP)

I’ll Take Romance - Ernestine Anderson & George Shearing: A Perfect Match

The Moon Was Yellow - Frank Sinatra: Moonlight Sinatra

My Romance - Carmen McRae: Book of Ballads

Come Dance with Me - Diana Krall: From This Moment On

Now It Can Be Told - Tony Bennett: Bennett/Berlin

My Reverie - Betty Carter: The Modern Sound of Betty Carter

By Myself - Judy Garland: I Could Go On Singing

The Lady’s In Love with You - Ian Shaw: The Abbey Road Sessions

I’ll Never Smile Again - Jo Stafford: Getting Sentimental Over Tommy Dorsey

Nice ’n’ Easy - Alan Bergman: Lyrically, Alan Bergman

How’s Your Romance - Lena Horne: An Evening with Lena Horne Live at The Supper Club

They Say It’s Wonderful - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman: John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman

That Old Feeling - Helen Humes: Helen Comes Back

(Romance) In the Dark - Jimmy Witherspoon: Hey, Mrs Jones


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Series 30, Prog 6

EDWARD HEYMAN SONG BOOK

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


When I Fall in Love - Nat King Cole: Love Is the Thing

Love Letters - Patti Austin: The Real Me

I Cover the Waterfront - Sammy Davis Jr: It’s All Over but the Swingin’

You’re Mine , You - June Christy & Stan Kenton: Duet

Out of Nowhere - Paul Marinaro: studio recording

What’s Wrong with Me - Morgana King: Gemini Changes

My Love for You - Harry James: The Complete Harry James & His Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra

Through the Years - Ready Willing and Mabel: A Cocktail for the Ears

For Sentimental Reasons - Amanda Randolph: The ‘30s Girls (1932-1940)

Boo Hoo - Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie & His Orchestra: Blues I Love to Sing

My Silent Love - Carol Sloane: Out of the Blue

I Wanna be Loved - Lena Horne: Lena on the Blue Side

Blame It on My Youth - Kurt Elling: Flirting with Twilight

Easy Come, Easy Go - Anita O’Day: Sings Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements

(I Offer You the Moon) Señorita - Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years (1943-1952)

If I Steal a Kiss - Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years (1943-1952)

Body and Soul - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle: Ella Swings Gently with Nelson


Edward Heyman

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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

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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