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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.
Thursday, 27 January 2022
Series 21, Prog 17
Friday, 21 January 2022
Series 21, Prog 16
UNCONVENTIONAL VOICES
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
I’m Walkin’ Through Heaven with You - Jimmy Rushing: Five Feet of Soul
This One’s from the Heart - Tom Waits & Crystal Gale: One from The Heart (Soundtrack)
I Still Suits Me - Bobby Troup: The Distinctive Style of Bobby Troup
I Wanna Be Loved by You - Marilyn Monroe: Some Like It Hot! (Soundtrack)
That’s Life - Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today
I’ll See You in My Dreams - Jimmy Durante: Jimmy Durante’s Way of Life
Everyone’s in Love with You - David Byrne: Look into the Eyeball
I’m in the Mood for Love - Mae West: The Fabulous Mae West
Lullaby in Ragtime - Harry Nilsson: A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night
So, Relax - Leon Redbone: Sugar
Bo Mambo - Yma Sumac: Mambo!
C’est Si Bon - Louis Armstrong: Satchmo Serenades
Roll ‘Em Pete - Big Joe Turner: Boss of the Blues
You’ll Be Sorry - Big Maybelle: The Okeh Sessions
Good Night, Irene - Dr John: Goin’ Back to New Orleans
Honeysuckle Rose - Marlene Dietrich: Dietrich In London
The Time of Your Life - Randy Newman: A Bug’s Life (Soundtrack)
Photo: SHVETS Production
Saturday, 15 January 2022
Series 21, Prog 15
LIES, LIES, LIES
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie - Tony Bennett: When Lights Are Low
I Never Lied to You - Carmen McRae: I Am Music
I’m Gonna Go Fishin’ - Mel Tormé: I Dig the Duke/I Dig the Count
The Lies of Handsome Men - Cleo Laine: Blue and Sentimental
Talk to Me, Baby - Mark Murphy: Who Can I Turn To?
Little White Lies - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Swings Lightly
They Didn’t Believe Me - Dinah Washington: The Swingin’ Miss “D”
What Will I Tell My Heart - Joe Williams: A Man Ain’t Supposed to Cry
How Deep Is the Ocean - Dena DeRose: A Walk in the Park
Sweet Georgia Brown - Diane Schuur: In Tribute
Goodbye (She Quietly Says) - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Blizzard of Lies - Shaynee Rainbolt: At Home
Got to Get You into My Life - Thelma Houston & The Pressure Cooker: I’ve Got the Music in Me
The Rules of the Road - Nat King Cole: Let’s Face the Music!
Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) - Aretha Franklin: Live at The Fillmore West
Don’t Like Goodbyes - Callum Au & Claire Martin: Songs and Stories
Photo: lilartsy
Friday, 7 January 2022
Series 21, Prog 14
CELEBRATING SONDHEIM
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
All I Need Is the Girl - Frank Sinatra with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Francis A & Edward K
Small World - Barbara Long with Herb Geller & His All-Stars: Selections from Gypsy
Together (Wherever We Go) - Peggy Lee: Olé ala Lee
Not While I’m Around - Kurt Elling: Flirting with Twilight
Old Friend - Lena Horne: An Evening with Lena Horne (Live at The Supper Club)
Broadway Baby - Elaine Stritch: Follies in Concert
West Side Story Medley - Sammy Davis Jr & Johnny Mendoza: At The Cocoanut Grove
The Ladies Who Lunch - Eydie Gormé: single
Send In the Clowns - Carmen McRae: Live at Bubba’s!
Everything’s Coming Up Roses - Johnny Mathis: The Rhythms of Broadway
One Hand, One Heart - Kiri Te Kanawa & José Carreras: West Side Story
Somewhere - Aretha Franklin: Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
Good Thing Going - Frank Sinatra: She Shot Me Down
President Obama honours Stephen Sondheim at The White House (Photo: Evan Vucci)