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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.
Friday, 12 June 2026
Series 33, Prog 5
Saturday, 6 June 2026
Series 33, Prog 4
THE BETTY COMDEN-ADOLPH GREEN SONG BOOK
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Just in Time - Mel Tormé: Swings Shubert Alley
I Like Myself - Blossom Dearie: Sings Comden & Green
Hold Me, Hold Me, Hold Me - Blossom Dearie: Sings Comden & Green
How Will He Know - Blossom Dearie: Sings Comden & Green
Lonely Town - Frank Sinatra: Where Are You?
The Right Girl for Me - Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years (1942- 1952) Vol 9
Never Never Land - Carol Sloane: Live at 30th Street
So Far, So Good - Peggy Lee: The Lost ‘40s and ’50s Capitol Masters
Dance Only with Me - Peggy Lee: Latin ala Lee
Lucky to Be Me - Georgia Cécile & Fraser Urquhart: Sure of You
Do It Yourself - The Skip-Jacks: Sweet, Hot and Blue
I Know About Love - June Christy: Do Re Mi
Now - Lena Horne: Here’s Lena Now!
Some Other Time - Ernestine Anderson & George Shearing: A Perfect Match
It’s Love - Carmen McRae: Something to Swing About
Make Someone Happy - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill: San Francisco
Lone Before I Knew You - Carmen McRae: Something Wonderful
The Party’s Over - Nat King Cole: Just One of Those Things
Betty Comden
(May 3, 1917 – November 23, 2006)
Adolf Green
(December 2, 1914 – October 23, 2002)
Thursday, 28 May 2026
Series 33, Prog 3
THE GENE DE PAUL SONG BOOK & THE GENE LEES SONG BOOK
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Cow-Cow Boogie - Janet Seidel: The Art of Lounge 3
Afterthoughts - Nancy Wilson: single
Spring, Spring, Spring - Johnny Mercer: Sings Just for Fun
Cocoanuts - Mavis Rivers: Swing Along with Mavis Rivers
You Don’t Know What Love Is - Dick Haymes: Moondreams
I’ll Remember April - Cleo Laine: The April Age
Irresistible You - June Christy: Fair and Warmer
He’s My Guy - Nancy Wilson: Something Wonderful
Lonesome Polecat - Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer: Two of a Kind
Teach Me Tonight - Dinah Washington: Golden Hits (Vol2 )
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) - Stan Getz & João Gilberto & Astrid Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto
Song Of The Jet (Samba Do Avião) - Salena Jones: Salena Sings Jobim with the Jobims
Yesterday I Heard The Rain (Esta Tarde Vi Llover) - Tony Bennett: Yesterday I Heard The Rain
Desifinado - Gene Lees: Bridges/Gene Lees Sings The Gene Lees Song Book (bonus track)
Desifinado - Ella Fitzgerald: single
Bridges - Andy Bey: Tuesdays in Chinatown
Waltz for Debby - Johnny Hartman: The Voice That Is!
Someone To Light Up My Life (Se Todos Fossem Iquais a Voce) - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra and Company
Gene De Paul
(June 17, 1919 - February 27, 1988)
Gene Lees
(February 8, 1928 - April 22, 2010)
Saturday, 23 May 2026
Series 33, Prog 2
THE FISHER FAMILY SONG BOOK - FRED, DORIS, MARVIN & DAN
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Chicago - Frank Sinatra: The Movie Songs
There's A Broken Heart for Every Light on Broadway - Mel Tormé: Sings Sunday in New York
Happy Days and Lonely Nights - Kay Starr: Jazz Singer
When the Morning Glories Wake Up in the Morning (Then I'll Kiss Your Two Lips Good-Night) - Big Joe Turner: Boss of the Blues
There Ain't No Sweet Girl (That's Worth the Salt of My Tears) - Bobby Darin: I Wanna Be Around
Your Feet’s Too Big - Fats Waller: Your Feet’s Too Big (EP)
Why Can’t This Night Go On Forever - Frank D’Rone: After the Ball
I’d Rather Be Blue - Johnny Marvin & Nat Shilkret Orchestra: 78rpm single
Warm Kiss (and a Cold Heart) - Jeri Southern: Southern Breeze
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie: Ella and Basie!
That Ole Devil Called Love - Billie Holiday: 78rpm single
Whispering Grass - Lou Rawls: Nobody But Lou
Invitation to the Blues - Annie Ross & Zoot Sims: A Gasser!
When Sunny Gets Blue - Blossom Dearie: May I Come In?
May I Come In - Nancy Wilson: Welcome to My Love
Something Happens to Me - Jesse Belvin & Marty Paich Orchestra: Mr Easy
Cloudy Morning - Peggy Lee: Mink Jazz
Only the Young - Caecilie Norby: First Conversation
No Good Man - Billie Holiday: Lady Sings the Blues
Good Morning Heartache - Cassandra Wilson: Coming Forth by Day
Fred Fisher
(September 30, 1875 - January 14, 1942)
Doris Fisher
(May 2, 1915 - January 15, 2003)
Marvin Fisher
(September 26, 1916 - August 21, 1993)
Dan Fisher
(August 26, 1920 0 September 6, 2001)
Saturday, 16 May 2026
Series 33, Prog 1
THE JULE STYNE SONG BOOK
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Don’t Rain on My Parade - Bobby Darin: In a Broadway Bag
I Don’t Want to Walk Without You - Anne Phillips: Born to Be Blue
People - Earl Coleman & Billy Taylor: Love Songs
The Music That Makes Me Dance - Carmen McRae: Second to None
Sunday - Frank Sinatra: Swing Easy
Three Coins in the Fountain - Frank Sinatra: This Is Sinatra!
Time After Time - Claire Martin: Too Much in Love to Care
I Said No - Ella Fitzgerald: Whisper Not
I Fall in Love Too Easily - Anita O’Day: Anita
Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend - Julie London: The Best of Julie London
I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry - Mark Murphy: Meet Mark Murphy - The Singing “M"
It’s You or No One - Frank D’Rone & Billy May & His Orchestra: After the Ball
Small World Isn’t It - Nancy Wilson: Live from Las Vegas
Together (Wherever We Go) - Peggy Lee: Olé ala Lee!
All I Need Is the Girl - Mel Tormé: Swings Shubert Alley
It’s Magic - Keely Smith: Swingin’ Pretty
The Party’s Over - Al Hibbler: Sings the Blues/Monday and Every Day
I’ve Heard That Song Before - Harry James & His Orchestra Featuring Helen Forrest: 78rpm single
Jule Styne
(December 31, 1905 - September 20, 1994)
Thursday, 7 May 2026
Series 32, Prog 20
THE COLE PORTER SONG BOOK - RARITIES
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
I Loved Him (But He Didn't Love Me) - Pearl Bailey: Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
Looking at You - Mel Tormé: At the Crescendo
Goodbye Little Dream, Goodbye - Susannah McCorkle: Easy to Love/The Songs of Cole Porter
Mind If I Make Love to You - Frank Sinatra: Frank Sinatra in Hollywood (1955-1957)
The Laziest Gal in Town - Marlene Dietrich: Dietrich in London
So Near and Yet So Far - Fred Astaire: The Astaire Story (Vol 4)
The Physician - Blossom Dearie: Soubrette Sings Broadway Hit Songs
Where Have You Been - Barbara Lea: Barbara Lea with The Johnny Windhurst Quintets
Experiment - Tony Bennett: The Complete Improv Recordings
After You, Who - Ella Fitzgerald: Dream Dancing
Give Him the Ooh-La-La - Blossom Dearie: Give Him the Ooh-La-La
Why Can’t You Behave - Harry Connick Jr: A Celebration of Cole Porter
Ours - Lena Horne: Lena Like Latin
Down in the Depths (On the Ninetieth Floor) - Johnny Hartman: Songs from the Heart
Climb Up the Mountain - Peggy Lee: The Lost ‘40s & ‘50s Capitol Masters
Niña - Mel Tormé: Olé Tormé
You Irritate Me So - Audrey Morris: The Voice of Audrey Morris
Friendship - Ray Charles & Ricky Skaggs: Ray Charles and Friends/Super Hits
The Great Indoors - Pearl Bailey: More Songs for Adults Only
Cole Porter
(June 9, 1891 - October 15, 1964)
Sunday, 3 May 2026
Series 32, Prog 19
THE RICHARD WHITING SONG BOOK
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Hooray for Hollywood: Anita O’Day: Sings Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements
Too Marvelous for Words - Ella Fitzgerald: Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book
Sorry - Frank Sinatra: 78rpm single
Guilty - Billie Holiday: The Blues Are Brewing
The Pump Song - Louis Prima: The Call of the Wildest
My Future Just Passed - Shirley Horn: Loads of Love
Breezing’ Along with the Breeze - Kay Starr: Jazz Singer
Sentimental and Melancholy - Billie Holiday & Teddy Wilson Orchestra: The Real Billie Holiday
Believe It, Beloved - Al Hibbler & Johnny Hodges Orchestra: Favorites
Sleepy Time Gal - Dinah Shore & André Previn: Dinah Sings, Previn Plays
On the Good Ship Lollipop - Rosemary Clooney: Clooney Tunes
She’s Funny That Way - Nat King Cole: Welcome to the Club
Miss Brown to You - Carmen McRae: single
Till We Meet Again - Ethel Ennis: My Kind of Waltztime
My Ideal - Charlie Wood: Lush Life
Have You Got Any Castles, Baby - Bobby Darin: This Is Darin
When Did You Leave Heaven - Nancy Wilson: Hollywood My Way
Beyond the Blue Horizon - Connie Conway: 33 Minutes and 22 Seconds with Connie Conway
I Can’t Escape from You - Bing Crosby & Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra: 78rpm single
Ain’t We Got Fun - Bob Hope & Margaret Whiting: Ain’t We Got Fun (EP)
Richard A Whiting
(November 12, 1891 – February 19, 1938)