Thursday 22 August 2019

Series 15, Prog 11

NEVER SAY NEVER?

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

I Never Knew - Peggy Lee: Pete Kelly’s Blues (Soundtrack)
I Never Knew (I Could Love Anyone Like I'm Loving You) - Keely Smith: Politely
The Girls I Never Kissed - Frank Sinatra: Reprise Studio Recordings (Disc 20)
I Never Had a Chance - Anita O’Day: Pick Yourself Up
I Hope I Never Leave This Place - Lorraine Feather: Attachments
I’ll Never Be the Same - Sarah Vaughan: The Lonely Hours
I’ll Never Smile Again - The Four Freshmen: Love Lost
I Never Felt This Way Before - Carmen McRae: Live at Umbria Jazz
I’ll Never Say Never Again - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra featuring Helen Ward - 78rpm single
I Never Told You - Dena DeRose: Travelin' Light - Live in Antwerp, Belgium
I’ve Never Been In Love Before - Todd Gordon & Sunny Kim: Unreleased Track
I Never Went Away - Carol Sloane: I Never Went Away
Never Let Me Go - Nancy Wilson: Yesterday's Love Songs, Today's Blues
It Never Entered My Mind - Johnny Hartman: The Voice That Is!
If You Never Come To Me (InĂștil Paisagem) - Chris McNulty: Whispers the Heart
I’ll Never Be Free - Chris Connor: Witchcraft

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com























The show's opening track, I Never Knew, comes from this
great album, circa 1955.


Saturday 17 August 2019

Series 15, Prog 10

NIGHTS AND DAYS

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

Night and Day - Anita O’Day: Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May
Another Day - Denise Donatelli: Soul Shadows
The Night We Called It a Day - Chet Baker: Embraceable You
Our Day Will Come - Martha Reeves: Martha Reeves (Bonus Track)
Night Wind - Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo: Watch What Happens!
You and the Night and the Music - Frank Sinatra: Ring-a-Ding, Ding!
Day By Day - Ernestine Anderson: A Song for You
What a Diff’rence a Day Makes - Ernestine Anderson: Never Make Your Move Too Soon
The Day the World Stopped Turning - Johnny Hartman: The Voice That Is!
When Day is Done - Keely Smith: I Wish You Love
Some Fine Day - Marlene VerPlanck: One Dream at a Time
Have a Nice Day - Bing Crosby & Count Basie: Bing ’n Basie
One Day I’ll Fly Away - Randy Crawford: Now May We Begin
Day In - Day Out - Mel Tormé: Night at The Concord Pavilion
Oh, What a Night for Love - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Swings Lightly

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com


Saturday 10 August 2019

Series 15, Prog 9

THE NEWER AMERICAN SONGBOOK: RANDY NEWMAN

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

Guilty - Madeleine Peyroux: The Blue Room
Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear - Randy Newman: Sail Away
Have You Seen My Baby - Fats Domino: Sweet Patootie/Complete Reprise Recordings
Baltimore - Nina Simone: Baltimore
Love Story - Peggy Lee: Is That All There Is?
Is That All There Is? - Peggy Lee: Is That All There Is?
Dayton, Ohio 1903 - Harry Nilsson: Nilsson Sings Newman
You Can Leave Your Hat On - Joe Cocker: Cocker
Every Time It Rains - Jacqui Dankworth: Back to You
Let’s Burn Down the Cornfield - Lou Rawls: You’ve Made Me So Very Happy
I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore - Lorez Alexandria: In a Different Bag
I Wonder Why - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella
I Think It’s Going to Rain Today - Curtis Stigers: I Think It’s Going to Rain Today
Only a Girl - Randy Newman: Harps and Angels
Let Me Go - Barbra Streisand: Barbra Joan Streisand
Look at Me - Bobby Darin: Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie
Better Off Dead - Carol Grimes: Mother
Marie - Randy Newman: Good Old Boys

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com





















Backstage with the great Randy Newman - a genius!

Saturday 3 August 2019

Series 15, Prog 8

THE BEATLES - THEY'VE GOT 'EM COVERED!

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

Eleanor Rigby - Mark Murphy: Satisfaction Guaranteed
Rocky Raccoon - Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo: Watch What Happens!
Can’t Buy Me Love - Hanna Vasanth (aka H Dawg): Demo
Come Together - Michael Ruff Band: Michael Ruff Band
The Long and Winding Road - Peggy Lee: Make It With You
Yesterday - Erroll Garner: Feeling Is Believing
And I Love Him - Lisa Lauren: Lisa Lauren Loves The Beatles
I Should Have Known Better - Muriel Zoe: Neon Blue
Here, There and Everywhere - Perry Como: Just Out of Reach
You Never Give Me Your Money - Sarah Vaughan: Songs of The Beatles
Norwegian Wood - Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66: Ye-Me-Le
For No One - Liza Minnelli: Liza Minnelli
In My Life - Todd Gordon: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel
Because - Venessa Mae/Sir George Martin: In My Life
Across the Universe - Fiona Apple: Pleasantville (Soundtrack)

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com