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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.
Friday, 10 January 2025
Series 29, Prog 11
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
Monday, 23 December 2024
Series 29, Prog 8
WINTER WEATHER
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Winter Weather - Joe Williams & Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison: Together
Blackberry Winter - Marlene VerPlanck: Marlene VerPlanck Sings Alec Wilder
Winter Night - Eydie Gormé: Love Is a Season
Summer Me, Winter Me - Frank Sinatra: She Shot Me Down
In the Winter - Janis Ian: Between the Lines
Love Turns Winter to Spring - The Four Freshmen: Freshmen Favorites
Winter in May - Carmen McRae: Second to None
Look Out the Window (The Winter Song) - Rosemary Clooney & Gene Autry: The Night Before Christmas (single)
Violets for My (Your) Furs - Billie Holiday: Lady in Satin
Winter Moon - Hoagy Carmichael: Hoagy Sings Carmichael
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind - Cleo Laine: Cleo Sings Elizabethan
The Winter of My Discontent - Ben Sidran & The Bob Rockell Quartet: Walk Pretty (The Songs of Alec Wilder)
A Winter Romance - Dean Martin: A Winter Romance
Snow - Patricia Barber: The Cole Porter Mix
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - John Altman Orchestra featuring Joan Viskant: Sure Thing
I Remember Sky - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
When Winter Comes - Joanie Sommers: Sommers’ Seasons
Image: Benjamin Lehman
Thursday, 19 December 2024
Series 29, Prog 7
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2024
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
It Looks a Lot Like Christmas - Bob Saker & Bill Conner: Swingin’ Christmas
The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole: The Christmas Song
Snowfall - Doris Day: The Doris Day Christmas Album
The Christmas Blues - Dean Martin: Holiday Cheer
Little Drummer Boy - Lou Rawls: Merry Christmas - Ho! Ho! Ho!
The Secret of Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald: single
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams: The Andy Williams Christmas Album
Cool Yule - John Sheridan’s Dream Band featuring Rebecca Kilgore
I’ll Be Home for Christmas - Frank Sinatra: A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra
Hooray for Christmas - Janet Seidel: Hooray for Christmas
White Christmas - Perry Como: Season’s Greetings from Perry Como
Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - The Mills Brothers: Merry Christmas
Christmas in San Francisco - Vic Damone: single
The Merriest - June Christy: This Time of Year
No Room at the Inn - Mahalia Jackson: Christmas with Mahalia
Let Me Be the First (to Wish You Merry Christmas) - Steve Lawrence: That Holiday Feeling!
Santa Claus Is Back in Town - Elvis Presley & Wynnona Judd: Christmas Duets
Winter Weather - Jo Stafford: Happy Holiday
Image: Brigitte Tohm
Friday, 6 December 2024
Series 29, Prog 6
ALONE AGAIN
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Trav’lin’ All Alone - Billy Eckstine & Count Basie: Basie/Eckstine Incorporated
Alone Together - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle: Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
Alone Too Long - Nat King Cole: Sings Ballads of the Day
Alone on My Own - Ernestine Anderson: When the Sun Goes Down
I Can’t Make It Alone - Lou Rawls: Your Good Thing
When Your Lover Has Gone - Keely Smith: I Wish You Love
Alone - Johnny Hartman: And I Though About You
I’ll Walk Alone - Nancy Wilson: But Beautiful
A Man Alone - Frank Sinatra: A Man Alone
Louisiana Sunday Afternoon - Linley Hamilton, Cian Boyal & The Camden Orchestra featuring Dana Masters
Alone in Paris - Michael Dees: The Michael Dees Affair
It Takes Too Long to Learn to Live Alone - Peggy Lee: Norma Delores Egstrom from Jamestown North Dakota
Bird Alone - Sheila Jordan: Little Jazz
Penthouse Serenade - Dolores Gray: Warm Brandy
Alone Again (Naturally) - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Image: Domen Mirtič Dolenec
Series 29, Prog 5
CHICAGO
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Goin’ to Chicago Blues - Peggy Lee & The Quincy Jones Orchestra: Blues Cross Country
When the Levee Breaks - Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie
Chicago Style - Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald & Bill Taylor: Swingin’ with Bing (Bing Crosby’s Lost Radio Performances)
On the South Side of Chicago - Vic Damone: On the South Side of Chicago
Chicago - Judy Garland: Judy at Carnegie Hall
Dead End Street - Lou Rawls: Too Much!
My Kind of Town - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra at the Sands
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce: Life and Times
Put the Blame on Mame - Anita Ellis: The World in My Arms
Just Blew In from the Windy City - Doris Day: Calamity Jane (Soundtrack)
Red Hot Chicago - The Hot Air Men: 78rpm single
Dancing in the Street - The Mamas and The Papas: single
She was in Chicago - John Lee Hooker: She was in Chicago
Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson: 78rpm single
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters: Andrews Sisters in Hi-Fi
In the Ghetto (aka The Vicious Circle) - Elvis Presley: single
Gone to Chicago - The Pied Pipers: single
Born in Chicago - The Butterfield Blues Band: single
Chi-Chi-Chi-Chicago - Nellie Lutcher: single
Image: Cam Casey