Series 12, Prog 2

GO WITH THE FLOW…

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

Drinking Water (Agua de Beber) - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra & Company

Moon River - Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan Sings The Mancini Songbook

River, Stay 'Way from My Door - Sammy Davis Jr: At The Cocoanut Grove

Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) - Bessie Smith: Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Bessie Smith

Come Rain or Come Rain - Judy Garland: Judy at Carnegie Hall

I Cover the Waterfront - Johnny Hartman: I Love Everybody

Aguas de Marco - Elis Regina & Antonio Carlos Jobim: Elis & Tom

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Peggy Lee: Bridge Over Troubled Water

I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water - Barbara Morrison: Live at The Dakota

Raining In My Heart - Liane Carroll: Ballads

Don't Rain On My Parade - Bobby Darin: In a Broadway Bag

Here's That Rainy Day - Irene Kral: Just for Now

You'll Never Miss the Water Till the Well Runs Dry - The Mills Brothers & Count Basie: Annual Report

The Water's Edge - k d lang: Sing It Loud

How Deep Is the Ocean? - Dena DeRose: A Walk In the Park 

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com 

LP Artwork: Lena Like Latin / Lena Horne

This week's opening track, By Myself, is taken from Lena Horne's 1963 album, Lena Like Latin (aka Lena Goes Latin). The pulsating arrangements were written by Shorty Rogers and Marty Paich with orchestra conducted by one of Horne's long-time collaborators, Lenny Hayton.

It was initially released on the little-known Charter label and on MGM Records in the UK.

Series 12, Prog 1

LATIN

Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com (Stem Label)

By Myself - Lena Horne: Lena Like Latin

Once I Loved - Salena Jones: Salena Sings Jobim with the Jobims

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - Doris Day: Latin for Lovers

What a Diff’rence a Day Makes - Dean Martin: Dino Latino

The Girl from Ipanema - Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz: This Is Astrud Gilberto

Till There Was You - Peggy Lee: Latin ala Lee

Mr Sandman - Anita O’Day & Cal Tjader: Time for 2

Bossa Nova Pot Pouri - Mel Tormé: In Concert Tokyo

Marching Through the Wilderness - David Byrne: Rei Momo

Stardust Bossa Nova - Ella Fitzgerald: single

Every Passing Minute - Barcelona Big Latin Band & London Community Gospel Choir: concert performance

Carnival - The Hi-Lo’s: The Hi-Lo’s Happen to Bossa Nova

O Grande Amor - Earl Okin: Bossa Britannica

Magic Is the Moonlight - Rosemary Clooney and Pérez Prado Orchestra: A Touch of Tobasco

Baia - Mel Tormé: Olé Tormé

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com (Stem Label)

Series 11, Prog 20

IN PERFECT HARMONY

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

A Rockin' Good Way - Dinah Washington & Brook Benton: The Two of Us

Blue and Sentimental - The Mills Brothers & Count Basie: Annual Report

I'm Confessin' - Tony Bennett & k d lang: A Wonderful World

Calcutta - Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney: Fancy Meeting You Here

Am I Blue? - Carmen McRae & Betty Carter: Duets

Turkey In the Straw - The Hi-Lo's: The Hi-Lo's Happen to Folk Songs

Silly Habits - Mel Tormé & Janis Ian: Mel Tormé & Friends

Who? - The Pied Pipers: The Song Is You (Capitol Sings Jerome Kern)

I Like Your Kind of Love - Andy Williams & Peggy Powers: Single

Don't Worry 'Bout Me - The Four Freshmen: Four Freshmen & Five Guitars

God Only Knows - The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds

Bei Mir Bist du Scon (Means That You're Grand) - The Andrews Sisters: In HiFi

Stompin' at the Savoy - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Ella & Louis Again

Somethin' Stupid - Frank & Nancy Sinatra: Nancy Sinatra/For My Dad

Cheek to Cheek - Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine: Sing the Best of Irving Berlin

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

LP Artwork: Thanks for Nothing / Rosemary Clooney

Rosemary Clooney was signed to Reprise Records in 1963 during the company's infancy. Later that year he would sell it to Warner Bros and Thanks for Nothing proved to be her only Reprise album project.

It's her version of the Irving Berlin song, All Alone, that opens this week's program. This standard has been recorded by luminaries ranging from Connee Boswell and Julie London to Frank Sinatra and (would you believe) Miss Piggy!

LP Artwork: It's a Blue World / Mel Tormé

The Bethlehem label had signed Tormé in 1955 and, probably to ride on the success of Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours release, asked him for a ballads album. The 15-piece orchestral accompaniment was assembled by pianist and clarinetist Al Pellegrini with subtle and suitably romantic arrangements by Pellegrini, André Previn, Sandy Courage, Marty Paiche and Russ Garcia.

When I purchased the Japanese pressing of the album, it had the lighter blue cover but I'm unsure whether the darker blue cover was the original.

Series 11, Prog 19

HAVING IT ALL!
Part 1

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

All Alone - Rosemary Clooney: Thanks for Nothing

All In Fun - Margaret Whiting: Margaret Whiting Sings The Jerome Kern Song Book - Vol 1

All I Need Is the Girl - Vic Damone: Live from Las Vegas

All My Love - Dena DeRose: A Walk In the Park

All or Nothing at All - Morgana King: Let Me Love You

All of Me - Frank Sinatra: Classic Sinatra II

All the Way - Keely Smith: Politely

All the World Is Green - Tom Waits: Blood Money

All Blues - Ernestine Anderson: Ow! The Concord All Stars

All This and Heaven Too - Mel Tormé: It’s a Blue World

All His Children - Bing Crosby & Count Basie: Bing ’n Basie

All Gone - Cleo Laine: The Servant (Soundtrack)

All I Could Do Is Cry - Etta James: At Last!

All These Things - Harry Connick Jr: Only You

All Is Quiet - Jacqui Dankworth: Live to Love

Outro: Come In from the Rain - Todd Gordon: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

Series 11, Prog 18

AT THE MOVIES

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

Hard-Hearted Hannah - Ella Fitzgerald: Pete Kelly's Blues (Soundtrack)

The Shadow of Your Smile - Peggy Lee: That Was Then, This Is Now

Just In Time - Dean Martin: This Time, I'm Swingin'

It Had Better Be Tonight - Janet Seidel: The Art of Lounge - Vol 2

Moon River - The Four Freshmen: In Person - Vol 2

Moonlight Serenade - Frank Sinatra: Moonlight Sinatra

Seems Like Old Times - Diane Keaton: Annie Hall (Soundtrack)

Cheek to Cheek - Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine: Sing the Best of Irving Berlin

I Won't Dance - Fred Astaire: The Astaire Story - Vol 1

Change Partners - Harry Connick Jr: Come By Me

That Old Black Magic - Carmen McRae: Live at Bubba's

The Rhythm of Life - Sammy Davis Jr: Sweet Charity (Soundtrack)

Maybe This Time - Liza Minnelli: At Carnegie Hall (Disc 2)

Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland: Judy at Carnegie Hall (Disc 2)

The Windmills of Your Mind - Mark Murphy: North Sea Jazz Sessions - Vol 5

Outro: Come In from the Rain - Todd Gordon: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel