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, 8 February 2025
Series 29, Prog 15
Friday, 31 January 2025
Series 29, Prog 14
WAY DOWN SOUTH
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Tuxedo Junction - Ella Fitzgerald: Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
Alabamy Bound - Bobby Darin: Oh! Look at Me Now
Carolina in the Morning - Dinah Shore: Dinah Down Home
Ode to Billie Jo - Nancy Wilson: Welcome to My Love
Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra: Ray Sings, Basie Swings
Mississippi - Kay Starr: The Fabulous Favorites
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans: Rosemary Clooney: Dedicated to Nelson
Basin Street Blues - Peggy Lee & Quincy Jones Orchestra: Blues Cross Country
Louisiana - Fred Astaire: The Complete London Sessions
Louisiana 1927 - Randy Newman: Good Old Boys
Louisiana Sunday Afternoon - Dana Masters, Linley Hamilton, Cian Boyal & The Camden Orchestra
Goin’ Back to New Orleans - Dr John: Goin’ Back to New Orleans
Hard Hearted Hannah - Shirley Horn: Light Out of Darkness
Memphis in June - Hoagy Carmichael: Hoagy Sings Carmichael
Stars Fell on Alabama - Billie Holiday: Songs for Distingue Lovers
Mississippi Mud - Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer: Two of a Kind
Series 29, Prog 13
IT'S A SIN TO TELL A LIE
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie - Tony Bennett: When Lights Are Low
I Never Lied to You - Carmen McRae: I Am Music
I’m Gonna Go Fishin’ - Mel Tormé: I Dig the Duke/I Dig the Count
The Lies of Handsome Men - Cleo Laine: Blue and Sentimental
Talk to Me, Baby - Mark Murphy: Who Can I Turn To?
Little White Lies - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Swings Lightly
They Didn’t Believe Me - Dinah Washington: The Swingin’ Miss “D”
What Will I Tell My Heart - Joe Williams: A Man Ain’t Supposed to Cry
How Deep Is the Ocean - Dena DeRose: A Walk in the Park
Sweet Georgia Brown - Diane Schuur: In Tribute
Goodbye (She Quietly Says) - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Blizzard of Lies - Shaynee Rainbolt: At Home
Got to Get You into My Life - Thelma Houston & The Pressure Cooker: I’ve Got the Music in Me
The Rules of the Road - Nat King Cole: Let’s Face the Music!
Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) - Aretha Franklin: Live at The Fillmore West
Don’t Like Goodbyes - Callum Au & Claire Martin: Songs and Stories
Thursday, 16 January 2025
Series 29, Prog 12
TREES
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Tenderly - Georgia Cécile - Live studio recording
Willow Tree - Mildred Bailey: The Blues Singer (1927-1937)
Gone with the Wind - Frank Sinatra: Sings for Only the Lonely
Poinciana (Song of the Tree) - Janet Seidel: The Art of Lounge (Vol 2)
I Talk to the Trees - Danny Williams: Moon River
The White Birch and the Sycamore - Peggy Lee: Seas Shells
The Best Is Yet to Come - Todd Gordon & RAF Squadronaires: Evergreen
Lullaby of the Leaves - Keely Smith: Politely
Peach Trees - Rufus Wainwright: Want Two
The Apple Tree - Matt Monro: Stranger in Paradise - The Lost New York Sessions
(Ah the Apple Trees) When the World was Young - Blossom Dearie: Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott’s
Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me) - Barry Manilow: Singin’ with the Big Bands
Willow Weep for Me - Lena Horne: Feelin’ Good
The Sweetheart Tree - Steve Lawrence: The Steve Lawrence Show
An Olive Tree - Basia: The Sweetest Illusion
Image: Felix Mittermeier
Friday, 10 January 2025
Series 29, Prog 11
A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
Saturday, 4 January 2025
Series 29, Prog 10
GOLDEN MOMENTS
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Take the Moment - Lena Horne: Feelin’ Good
A Moment with Me - Harry Connick Jr: Come By Me
Girl of the Moment - Jackie Paris: Jackie Paris Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin
The Moment of Truth - Morgana King: Wild Is Love
I’ve Had My Moments - Frank Sinatra: Close to You
Golden Moment - Frank Sinatra: My Kind of Broadway
Magic Moment - Nat King Cole: Thank You, Pretty Baby
Moment to Moment - Janet Seidel: Charade - The Henry Mancini Songbook
A Moment - Bitter:Sweet: Drama
Moment of Love - Bobby Darin: single (B-side)
Stolen Moments (You Belong to Her) - Carmen McRae & Betty Carter: Duets
This Magic Moment/Dance with Me - Rick James: Rock, Rhythm & Blues
Until (A Matter of Moments) - Barb Jungr & John McDaniel: Float Like a Butterfly - The Songs of Sting
For a Moment of Your Love - Nat King Cole: single
In a Matter of Moments - Ian Shaw: A Ghost in Every Bar (The Lyrics of Fran Landesman)
From This Moment On - Diana Krall: From This Moment On
Thursday, 26 December 2024
Series 29, Prog 9
SWEET!
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Ain’t She Sweet - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra and Swingin' Brass
Sweet Alibis - Carmen McRae: I’m Coming Home Again
My Sweet Thing - Nancy Wilson: single
Sweet Georgia Brown - Diane Schuur: In Tribute
Stay as Sweet as You Are - Mel Tormé: It’s a Blue World
Sweet Affection - Sarah Vaughan: The Magic of Sarah Vaughan
I Wanna Be Around - Mark Murphy: Who Can I Turn To?
Sweet and Lovely - Keely Smith: Politely
Sweet Lorraine - Gregory Porter: Nat King Cole and Me
Sweet and Low-Down - Lee Wiley: Eight Show Tunes from Scores by George Gershwin
My Sweet Lord - Peggy Lee: Where Did They Go?
How Sweet It Is (to be Loved by You) - Joe Williams: Presenting Joe Williams & Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Some Sweet Day - Alberta Hunter: Remember My Name
Sweet and Slow - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle: Ella Swings Gently with Nelson
Sweet Sue, Just You - Fats Waller: Fun with Fats
Sweet Thing - Lena Horne: Stormy Weather
Embraceable You - Claire Martin: Too Much in Love to Care
Sweet Talkin’ Hannah - Matt Monro: Here’s to My Lady
Image: Nati