Series 25, Prog 11

TENDERNESS

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

Try a Little Tenderness - Peggy Lee: Ultimate Peggy Lee (previously unreleased)

Tenderly - Johnny Hartman: All of Me/The Debonaire Mr Hartman

Tender as a Rose - Carol Stevens with Phil Moore’s Music: That Satin Doll

Begin the Beguine - Perry Como: Como Swings

Love Me Tender - Carmen McRae: Any Old Time

Moonlight Serenade - Tommy Leonetti: single

Tender Loving Care - Nancy Wilson: Tender Loving Care

(Love Is) The Tender Trap - Frank Sinatra & Count Basie: Sinatra-Basie

The Tender Touch - Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra Featuring Sande Ellis: The Tender Touch

There’s Love - Nat King Cole: L-O-V-E

I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You - Mavis Rivers: We Remember Mildred Bailey

Tender Is the Night - Billy Eckstine: Now Singing in 12 Great Movies

I Concentrate on You - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Loves Cole

Yellow Days - Tony Bennett: Tony Bennett’s “Something”

Be Easy, Be Tender - Ann Richards: The Many Moods of Ann Richards

Try a Little Tenderness - The Commitments featuring Andrew Strong: The Commitments (Soundtrack)

Photo: Cottonbro Studio

Series 25, Prog 10

THE SAMMY FAIN SONG BOOK

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

I’m Late - Ann Richards: The Many Moods of Ann Richards

I Can Dream, Can’t I - Cleo Laine: All About Me!

Tender Is the Night - Steve Lawrence: Sings Of Love And Sad Young Men

Something I Dreamed Last Night - Carmen McRae: Book of Ballads

Love Is a Many Splendored Thing - Mark Murphy: Playing the Field

Here's To Your Illusions In Times Like These - Susannah McCorkle: Over the Rainbow/The Songs of E Y ‘Yip’ Harburg

A Very Precious Love - Dick Haymes: Look at Me Now! 

You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me - Trudy Richards: Crazy in Love!

Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella - Bing Crosby & Bob Scobey’s Frisco Jazz Band: Bing with a Beat

He’s Only Wonderful - Peggy Lee: The Singles Collection

It Looks Like Love - Dean Martin: Hollywood or Bust

Was That the Human Thing to Do - Nat King Cole: I Don’t Want to Be Hurt Anymore

I’ll Be Seeing You - Dinah Shore & André Previn: Dinah Sings, Previn Plays

The World Is Your Balloon - Pinky Winters & Zoot Sims: Pinky

Secret Love - Frankie Avalon: Swingin’ on a Rainbow

The Wildest Gal in Town - Anita O’Day: Anita O’Day at Mister Kelly’s

When I Take My Sugar to Tea - Frank Sinatra: Ring-a-Ding Ding!

That Old Feeling - Ernestine Anderson: Hot Cargo

Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Perry Como: Perry Como Swings

I Hear the Music Now - Chris Connor: Witchcraft

Sammy Fain 

(June 17, 1902 - December 6, 1989)

Series 25, Prog 9

THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

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

The Bad and the Beautiful - June Christy: Off Beat

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World - Vic Damone: The Lively Ones

A Bad Case of the Blues - Dinah Washington: Unforgettable

But Beautiful - Nat King Cole: The Very Thought of You

Got the Blues So Bad - Victoria Spivey: Songs We Taught Your Mother

It’s a Beautiful Evening - Buddy Greco: Big Band and Ballads

It’s Bad for Me - Benny Goodman Sextet & Rosemary Clooney: Date with a King

Bad News - Rosemary Clooney: Red Garters

My One Bad Habit - Dave Brubeck Quartet & Carmen McRae: The Real Ambassadors

I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) - Nina Simone: Nina Simone Sings Duke Ellington

Beautiful Love - Anita O’Day: Anita

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Frank Sinatra: The Main Event

It Was So Beautiful (and You Were Mine) - Ethel Ennis: Have You Forgotten?

Big Band Bill (Is Sweet William Now) - Peggy Lee: Sugar & Spice

You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby - Lee Wiley: West of the Moon

Beautiful Child - Rufus Wainwright: Want One

(The End of) A Beautiful Friendship - Clairdee: Destination Moon

Let’s Make the Most of a Beautiful Thing - Nancy Wilson: Welcome to My Love

Series 25, Prog 8

IN PERFECT HARMONY: THE VOCAL GROUPS

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

I’ve Got a New Love Affair - The Skip-Jacks: Sweet, Hot and Blue

You Do Something to Me - The Andrews Sisters: Fresh and Fancy Free

I Get Along Without You Very Well - The Four Freshmen: Four Freshmen and Five Saxes

Two for the Blues - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: Sing a Song of Basie

There’s a Small Hotel - Claude Thornhill Orchestra & The Snowflakes

To Know You (Is to Love You) - Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters: Dreamer’s Holiday

A Cute Piece of Property - The Encores with Billy May & His Orchestra: single

It Hurts Me More Than It Hurts You - The Mills Brothers: Gems by The Mills Brothers

The Way You Look Tonight - The Dinning Sisters & Jack Fascinato & His Orchestra: Songs by The Dinning Sisters

A Bushel and a Peck - The McGuire Sisters: Guys and Dolls (Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre)

Blueberry Hill - Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra & Chorus: Satchmo in Style

Don’cha Go ‘Way Mad - Harry James & His Orchestra with The Skylarks: 78rpm single

Take the “A” Train - The Kings Sisters: Imagination

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

Who (Stole My Heart Away) - The Pied Pipers: Jerome Kern’s Music

Who (Stole My Heart Away) - Pearl Bailey & The Charioteers: 78rpm single

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots: 78rpm single

I Surrender, Dear - Count Basie & His Orchestra with the Alan Copeland Singers: Basie Swingin' - Voices Singin’

In the Mood - The Modernaires: Sing the Great Glenn Miller Instrumentals

Series 25, Prog 7

THE VERNON DUKE SONG BOOK

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

Cabin in the Sky - Rosemary Clooney & Nelson Riddle: Rose Solves the Swingin’ Riddle

April in Paris - Kurt Elling: The Messenger

Honey in the Honeycomb - Barbara Lea: Barbara Lea with the Johnny Windhurst Quintets

Round About - Claire Martin, Scott Dunn & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: I Watch You Sleep

The Love I Long For - Vaughn Monroe: 78rpm single

I Am Only Human After All - Victor Arden-Phil Ohman & Their Orchestra Featruing Frank Luther: 78rpm single

What Is There to Say - Nat King Cole: After Midnight (The Complete Session)

Taking a Chance on Love - Anita O’Day: Anita Sings the Most

That Moment of Moments - Jackie Paris: Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin

I Can’t Get Started with You - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle: Ella Swings Gently with Nelson

Love Me Tomorrow - Ronny Whyte: Shades of Whyte

I’m Gonna Ring That Bell Tonight - Doris Day: April in Paris (Soundtrack)

Autumn in New York - Todd Gordon & Carol Kidd with the RAF Squadronaires: Evergreen

I Like the Likes of You - Jeri Southern: Southern Breeze

Ages Ago - Tony Travis (with Pete Relugo & Vernon Duke): Time Remembered

Not a Care in the World - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra featuring Peggy Lee: Peggy Lee Sings with Benny Goodman

Vernon Duke

(October 10, 1903 - January 16, 1969)