Thursday 26 August 2021

Series 20, Prog 15

THE BEAT OF THE HEART

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

Heart - Peggy Lee: Latin Ala Lee
This One's from the Heart - Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle: One from the Heart
How Many Hearts Have You Broken? - Frank Rosolino: Turn Me Loose!
What Will I Tell My Heart? - Dinah Washington: In the Land of Hi-Fi
Take These Chains from My Heart - Madeleine Peyroux: The Blue Room
Cold, Cold Heart - Nat King Cole: The Billy May Sessions
Keep Your Hand On Your Heart - Joe Williams: Joe Williams & That Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
I’ll Follow My Secret Heart - Lee Wiley: Manhattan Nights
With a Song In My Heart - Sammy Davis Jr: That's All
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart - Irene Kral: The Band and I
(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings - Nellie Lutcher: Our New Nellie
I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett: The Singles Collection
Raining In My Heart - Liane Carroll: Ballads
My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Loves Cole
My Heart Belongs to Only You - June Christy: This Is June Christy
Dear Heart - Janet Seidel: Hooray for Christmas
Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Perry Como: Como Swings

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Photo: Luan Rezende




Thursday 19 August 2021

Series 20, Prog 14

FOR EVER

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


Did You Ever - Jimmy Rushing: Five Feet of Soul

Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You - Dinah Washington: In the Land of Hi-Fi

Don’t Ever Go Away - Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim: Sinatra & Company

Evergreen - Todd Gordon & Royal Air Force Squadronaires: Helping the Heroes

Did I Ever Really Love - Carmen McRae: Live at Century Plaza

I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles - Charlie Ventura and His Band with Jackie Cain & Roy Kral: Jackie and Roy

If Ever I Would Leave You - Nancy Wilson: Gentle Is My Love

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Dick Haymes: Dick Haymes Comes Home! Live At The Cocoanut Grove 1973

No One Ever Tells You - Cynthia Crane & Mike Renzi: Smokey Bar Songs

Have You Ever Seen the Rain - The Spin Doctors: Philadelphia (Soundtrack)

For You, For Me, For Evermore - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George & Ira Gershwin Song Book - Vol 3

On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) - Frank Sinatra: Strangers In the Night

Don’t Ever Leave Me - Margaret Whiting: Margaret Whiting Sings The Jerome Kern Song Book - Vol 1

Only Forever - Dean Martin: Pretty Baby

If You Ever Should Leave - Mildred Bailey: The Blues Singer 1937-1939

Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles: Love


Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com 


Photo: Molly Champion



Thursday 12 August 2021

Series 20, Prog 13

THEY’VE GOT RHYTHM

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

Rockin’ In Rhythm - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book
The Rhythm of Life - Sammy Davis Jr: Sweet Charity (Soundtrack)
I’m an Errand Girl for Rhythm - Carmen McRae: You’re Looking at Me
That Rhythm Man - Louis Armstrong: Satch Plays Fats
I Got Rhythm - Ann Richards & Stan Kenton: Two Much!
Rhythm Saved the World - The Mills Brothers: Golden Greats
London Rhythm - The Mills Brothers: Golden Greats
Slave to the Rhythm - Richard Niles: tbc
Jungle Rhythm - Lorraine Feather: Café Society
Fascinating Rhythm - Cleo Laine: Spotlight On Cleo Laine
Spreadin’ Rhythm Around - Billie Holiday: The Real Billie Holiday
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Sarah Vaughan: Duke Ellington Song Book - Vol 2
All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm - Mel Tormé: An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé
Lullaby In Rhythm - Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin’
Crazy Rhythm - Johnny Mercer: Sweet Georgia Brown
We’re Rockin’ In Rhythm - Lorraine Feather: Café Society

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com




Series 20, Prog 12

FAVOURITES

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

A Beautiful Friendship - Nat King Cole: Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays
Heartache - Jimmy Rushing: Five Feet of Soul
Starting Over - Kat Edmonson: Take to the Sky
Moments Like This - Tony Bennett: The Art of Excellence 
What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday: The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve [Disc 3]
Teach Me Tonight - Sarah Vaughan: How Long Has This Been Going On
That's Life - Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today
Pennies from Heaven - Helen Humes: Swingin' with Humes 
These Foolish Things - Frank Sinatra: Point of No Return
Fortune in Dreams - Pete Longo's Superband with Frank Sinatra Jr: Billy May for President
I Ain't Here - Carmen McRae: I Am Music
Nancy (with the Laughing Face) - The Four Freshmen: Four Freshmen & Five Guitars
When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along - Eydie Gormé: Vamps the Roaring ‘20s
Desafinado - Ella Fitzgerald: Jukebox Ella
Swan Lake - Barbara Long: Soul
Route 66 - Perry Como: Como Swings
Sunday in New York - Shirley Horn: Trav’lin' Light

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com