THE UNFORGETTABLE NAT KING COLE
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, 25 November 2022
Series 23, Prog 20
Saturday, 19 November 2022
Series 23, Prog 19
LIVE AT GREAT AMERICAN VENUES
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
I Wish I Were in Love Again - Mel Tormé: Live at The Crescendo
Secret Love - Carmen McRae: Live at Bubba’s!
Have You Met Miss Jones? - Joe Williams: Swingin’ Night at Birdland
You’ve Got a Friend - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie Orchestra: Jazz at the Santa Monica Civic ’72
I’m Way Ahead of the Game - Tony Bennett: Live at The Sahara
I’m Having a Good Time - Alberta Hunter: Downhearted Blues (Live at The Cookery)
What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Dee Dee Bridgewater: Live at Yoshi’s
How Blue Can You Get? - BB King: Live at The Regal
God Bless the Child - Esther Phillips: CTI Summer Jazz at The Hollywood Bowl
I’ve Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra: The Main Event (Madison Square Garden)
Call Me Darling - Peggy Lee: Peggy at Basin Street East (The Unreleased Show)
Spirit in the Dark - Aretha Franklin: Live at The Fillmore West
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top - Nat King Cole: Nat King Cole at the Sands
When You’re Smiling - Judy Garland: Judy at Carnegie Hall
Photo: Brandin T
Thursday, 10 November 2022
Series 23, Prog 18
READY FOR TAKE-OFF
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra: Come Fly with Me
Flying - Carmen McRae: For Once in My Life
Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary: Album 1700
Flying Home - Ella Fitzgerald: 78rpm single
One Day I’ll Fly Away - Randy Crawford: Now We May Begin
Straighten Up and Fly Right - Nat King Cole: Super Best Nat King Cole (Vol 1)
Where Flamingos Fly - Toni Harper & Marty Paich Orchestra: Night Mood
Flip, Flop & Fly - Big Joe Turner with Count Basie & His Orchestra: Flip, Flop & Fly
Fly Me to the Moon - Peggy Lee: Pretty Eyes
Flying Down to Rio - Fred Astaire: The Complete London Sessions
Song of the Jet (Samba Do Avião) - Salena Jones: Salena Sings with the Jobims
I’d Fly - Diane Schuur & Richard Cocciante: Friends for Schuur
Let’s Fly Away - Lee Wiley: ’S Wonderful
Fly Too High - Janis Ian featuring Steve Madaio: Night Rains
Jet Propelled Papa - Helen Humes: Today I Sing the Blues
Hi-Fly - Mel Tormé: Comin' Home Baby!
Photo: Tove Liu
Thursday, 3 November 2022
Series 23, Prog 17
MEDLEYS
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
1. Blue Skies/On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)/A Foggy Day - Ella Fitzgerald: Live from The Cave Supper Club, Vancouver, Canada
2. Porgy & Bess Medley: Summertime/They Pass By Singin'/I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'/It Take a Long Pull to Get There/It Ain't Necessary So/Strawberry Women/Oh, Bess, Oh Bess, Where's My Bess/Bess, You Is My Woman - Mel Tormé: Mel Tormé & Friends
3. Easy Living/Days ff Wine and Roses/It's Impossible - Carmen McRae: The Great American Songbook
Say It Isn't So/Blue Skies/Here's That Rainy Day - Perry Como: Sing to Me, Mr C
4. Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody in Blue/Swanee/The Man I Love/Oh, Lady Be Good/Somebody Loves Me/I Got Rhythm/It Ain't Necessarily So/Summertime/Strike Up the Band! - Bing Crosby & Al Jolson: Bing Crosby Meets Al Jolson: The Complete Radio Duets
5. Beatles Medley: Golden Slumbers/Here, There And Everywhere - Roberta Gambarini: So in Love
6. Fabulous Forties Medley: Little White Lies/Tangerine/Love Walked In/Mam'selle/Cherokee/On the Sunny Side of the Street - Dick Haymes: Dick Haymes Comes Home! Live At The Cocoanut Grove 1973
7. One Kiss/My Romance/The Most Beautiful Man in the World - Peggy Lee: Peggy At Basin Street East (The Unreleased Show)
8. West Side Story Medley: Jet Song/Something's Coming/Cool/Tonight/A-Me-Ri-Ca/Gee, Officer Krupke/Maria - Sammy Davis Jr & Johnny Mendoza: At the Cocoanut Grove
Photo: Tara Winstead