THE BETTY COMDEN-ADOLPH GREEN SONG BOOK
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, 29 February 2024
Series 27, Prog 6
Thursday, 22 February 2024
Series 27, Prog 5
NOBODY
Thursday, 15 February 2024
Series 27, Prog 4
SERENADE
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Serenade - Barbara Long: Soul
A Blues Serenade - Jimmy Witherspoon: ‘Spoon
Charade - Kat Edmonson: Take to the Sky
The Lamplighter’s Serenade - The Four Freshmen: Stars In Our Eyes (Sing Tributes to Great Songs and to the Outstanding Vocal Groups that Originally Recorded Them)
Manhattan Serenade - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra featuring Jo Stafford: The Essence of Tommy Dorsey
Autumn Serenade - Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane: John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
Moonlight Serenade - Frank Sinatra: Moonlight Sinatra
Penthouse Serenade (When We’re Alone) - Dolores Grey: Warm Brandy
Donkey Serenade - Perry Como: Como Swings
Serenade in Blue - Ethel Ennis: Have You Forgotten?
Home in Hawaii (King’s Serenade) - Bing Crosby: Return to Paradise
Sunrise Serenade - The Modernaires: Sing the Great Glenn Miller Instrumentals
Serenade - Della Reese: Classic Della
Soul Serenade - Lou Rawls: I Can’t Make It Alone/The Axelrod Years
Ferry Boat Serenade - The Andrews Sisters: In Hi-Fi
Sleepy Serenade - The Andrews Sisters: 78rpm single
This Is My Song - Frank Sinatra: The World We Knew
The Hut Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade) - Mel Tormé: Musical Sounds are the Best Songs
Photo: Méline Waxx
Thursday, 8 February 2024
Series 27, Prog 3
IT’S IN THE GENES! - CELEBRATING GENE DE PAUL & GENE LEES
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com
Cow-Cow Boogie - Janet Seidel: The Art of Lounge 3
Afterthoughts - Nancy Wilson: single
Spring, Spring, Spring - Johnny Mercer: Sings Just for Fun
Cocoanuts - Mavis Rivers: Swing Along with Mavis Rivers
You Don’t Know What Love Is - Dick Haymes: Moondreams
I’ll Remember April - Cleo Laine: The April Age
Irresistible You - June Christy: Fair and Warmer
He’s My Guy - Nancy Wilson: Something Wonderful
Lonesome Polecat - Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer: Two of a Kind
Teach Me Tonight - Dinah Washington: Golden Hits (Vol2 )
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) - Stan Getz & João Gilberto & Astrid Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto
Song Of The Jet (Samba Do Avião) - Salena Jones: Salena Sings Jobim with the Jobims
Yesterday I Heard The Rain (Esta Tarde Vi Llover) - Tony Bennett: Yesterday I Heard The Rain
Desifinado - Gene Lees: Bridges/Gene Lees Sings The Gene Lees Song Book (bonus track)
Desifinado - Ella Fitzgerald: single
Bridges - Andy Bey: Tuesdays in Chinatown
Waltz for Debby - Johnny Hartman: The Voice That Is!
Someone To Light Up My Life (Se Todos Fossem Iquais a Voce) - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra & Company
Gene de Paul (June 17, 1919 - February 27, 1988)
Gene Lees (February 8, 1928 - April 22, 2010)