Thursday, 12 June 2025

Series 30, Prog 13

REALLY DEEP!

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

Deep in the Night - Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Dick Haymes: Moondreams
How Deep Is the Ocean - Dena DeRose: A Walk in the Park
(Close Your Eyes) Take a Deep Breath - Eydie Gorné & Steve Lawrence: Eydie Gormé’s Delight
River Deep, Mountain High - Annie Lennox: Coldest (EP)
Deep in a Dream - Ed Townsend with Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra: Glad to be Here
A Thousand Kisses Deep - Barb Jungr: Hard Rain - The Songs of Bob Dylan & Leonard Cohen
A Deeper Blue - Full Swing (Featuring Lorraine Feather, Angel Rogers & Tom Stone): The End of the Sky
Dig a Little Deeper - Mahalia Jackson: 78rpm single
Deep Down Love - Jackie Wilson: Somethin’ Else
Deep Song - Billie Holiday: Love Songs
Deep Night - Frank Sinatra & Harry James: Love Is a Kick
How Deep Is Your Love - Jacqui Naylor: You Don’t Know Jacq
Deep in the Heart of Texas - Ray Charles: The Genius Hits the Road
Deep Purple - Carol Sloane: I Never Went Away

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Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Series 30, Prog 12

SUNSHINE

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

Hello Sunshine - Aretha Franklin: Aretha Now
Sunshine Cake - Frank Sinatra & Paula Kelly: 78rpm single
Sunshine of Your Love - Ella Fitzgerald: Sunshine of Your Love
Brighter Than Sunshine - Aqualung: Strange and Beautiful
You Brought Me More Sunshine Than I Can Use - Pearl Bailey: For Adults Only
Sunshine Superman - Donovan: Sunshine Superman
Sunny - Ernestine Anderson: Sunshine
You Are My Sunshine - Count Basie & The Alan Copeland Singers: Basie Swingin’ - Voices Singin’
Hello Sunshine - Bobby Darin: Inside Out (bonus track)
Sunshine After the Rain - Elkie Brooks: single
Walking in the Sunshine - Frank Sinatra & Harry James: 78rpm single
You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Ella Fitzgerald: Montreux ’77
Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles: Revolver
Bring Me Sunshine - The Mills Brothers: My Shy Violet
We’ll Sing in the Sunshine - Jane Morgan: In My Style
Sunshine - Nancy Wilson: Life, Love and Harmony
Ain’t No Sunshine - Nancy Wilson: Kaleidoscope
The Best is Yet to Come - Todd Gordon & RAF Squadronaires: Evergreen

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Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Series 30, Prog 11

FEATURING THE GUITAR

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

My Guitar - Peggy Lee: Guitars a là Lee
Invitation - The Four Freshmen: Four Freshmen and Five Guitars
Blue Guitar - Helen Merrill: The Complete Helen Merrill on Mercury
Granada - Frank Sinatra: Swing Along with Me
It’s Sunday - Frank Sinatra & Al Viola: single
Johnny Guitar - Janet Seidel: Don’t Smoke in Bed
The Owl and the Pussycat - Dory Previn: We’re Children of Coincidence and Harpo Marx
Slow Eyes - Tony Romano: A Moonlight Affair
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album)
An Open Fire - Johnny Mathis: An Open Fire, Two Guitars
Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) - Jacqui Dankworth & Charlie Wood: Just You, Just Me
The Old Gibson - Ted Bjurwill: single
Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Nancy Sinatra: How Does That Grab You?
Superstar - Peggy Lee: Norma Delores Egstrom from Jamestown North Dakota
Nina - Noël Coward: The Noël Coward Album

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Friday, 23 May 2025

Series 30, Prog 10

THINGS

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

Things - Bobby Darin: single
All the Things You Are - Ella Fitzgerald: Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
The Good Things in Life - Tony Bennett: The Good Things in Life
The Best Things Happen When You’re Dancing - Rosemary Clooney: Songs from Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
Hearing Things - Lorraine Feather: Attachments
These Foolish Things - Nat King Cole: Just One of Those Things
Just One of Those Things - Elaine Delmar: Elaine Delmar Sings Porter
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? - Maxine Sullivan: The Lady's In Love With You: Maxine Sullivan Sings The Music of Burton Lane
All These Things - Harry Connick Jr: Only You
The Little Things that Mean So Much - Carmen McRae: After Glow
My Favorite Things - Todd Gordon & Royal Air Force Squadronaires featuring Erin Dickins
There Are Such Things - Jo Stafford: Getting Sentimental Over Tommy Dorsey
The Things We Did Last Summer - Ernestine Anderson & George Shearing: A Perfect Match
Strange Things - Randy Newman: Toy Story (Soundtrack)
Things Are Looking Up - Sarah Vaughan: Sings George Gershwin [Disc 2]
Things Are Swingin’ - Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin’

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Friday, 16 May 2025

Series 30, Prog 9

SAINTS & SINNERS

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


Sing, You Sinners - Tony Bennett: The Singles Collection

Sinner or Saint - Keely Smith: The Intimate Keely Smith

Litanie des Saints - Dr John: Goin’ Back to New Orleans

Release Me - Esther Phillips: Burnin’ (Live at Freddie Jett’s Pies Piper, Los Angeles)

It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie - Fats Waller: Fats Waller Plays and Sings

A Sinner Kissed an Angel - Dick Haymes: Look at Me Now!

Sinner Man - The Wailing Wailers: single

I’m Old Fashioned - Ella Fitzgerald: Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book

Sinner’s Prayer - Ray Charles: Dedicated to You

It’s a Sin - Paul Anka: Rock Swings

When Did You Leave Heaven? - Nancy Wilson: Hollywood My Way

Willow Weep for Me - Frank Sinatra: Sings for Only the Lonely

Pecado (Sin) - Mae West: The Fabulous Mae West

When the Saints Go Marching In - Helen Humes: ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-Ness If I Do

When the Saints Go Marching In/Brotherhood of Man - Judy Garland & Liza Minnelli: Live at The London Palladium


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Friday, 9 May 2025

Series 30, Prog 8

FREE

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


The Best Things in Life Are Free - Lena Horne: Here’s Lena, Now!

Free and Easy - Bobby Troup: Bobby Troup & His Stars of Jazz

Born Free - Frank Sinatra: The World We Knew

Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home - Judy Garland: Judy

Don’t Set Me Free - Ray Charles: single

Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton: single

Simple Song of Freedom - Bobby Darin: Live! at The Desert Inn

Someday We’ll All Be Free - Jacqui Dankworth: Live to Love

The Good Life - Steve Lawrence: Portrait of Steve

La Nouvelle Liberté (New Freedom) - Susanna Bartilla & Ted Bjurwill: single

Free Spirits - Peggy Lee: That Was Then, This Is Now

Somewhere in My Heart - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Free - Tommy Leonetti: single

Free Fall - Clare Fischer: Free Fall

I Feel Free - Cream: single

I Wish You Love - Esther Phillips: And I Love Him/Esther Phillips Sings Great Love Songs


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Thursday, 1 May 2025

Series 30, Prog 7

ROMANCE

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


A Fine Romance - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book

First Romance - Tony Perkins: First Romance (EP)

I’ll Take Romance - Ernestine Anderson & George Shearing: A Perfect Match

The Moon Was Yellow - Frank Sinatra: Moonlight Sinatra

My Romance - Carmen McRae: Book of Ballads

Come Dance with Me - Diana Krall: From This Moment On

Now It Can Be Told - Tony Bennett: Bennett/Berlin

My Reverie - Betty Carter: The Modern Sound of Betty Carter

By Myself - Judy Garland: I Could Go On Singing

The Lady’s In Love with You - Ian Shaw: The Abbey Road Sessions

I’ll Never Smile Again - Jo Stafford: Getting Sentimental Over Tommy Dorsey

Nice ’n’ Easy - Alan Bergman: Lyrically, Alan Bergman

How’s Your Romance - Lena Horne: An Evening with Lena Horne Live at The Supper Club

They Say It’s Wonderful - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman: John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman

That Old Feeling - Helen Humes: Helen Comes Back

(Romance) In the Dark - Jimmy Witherspoon: Hey, Mrs Jones


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Series 30, Prog 6

EDWARD HEYMAN SONG BOOK

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


When I Fall in Love - Nat King Cole: Love Is the Thing

Love Letters - Patti Austin: The Real Me

I Cover the Waterfront - Sammy Davis Jr: It’s All Over but the Swingin’

You’re Mine , You - June Christy & Stan Kenton: Duet

Out of Nowhere - Paul Marinaro: studio recording

What’s Wrong with Me - Morgana King: Gemini Changes

My Love for You - Harry James: The Complete Harry James & His Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra

Through the Years - Ready Willing and Mabel: A Cocktail for the Ears

For Sentimental Reasons - Amanda Randolph: The ‘30s Girls (1932-1940)

Boo Hoo - Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie & His Orchestra: Blues I Love to Sing

My Silent Love - Carol Sloane: Out of the Blue

I Wanna be Loved - Lena Horne: Lena on the Blue Side

Blame It on My Youth - Kurt Elling: Flirting with Twilight

Easy Come, Easy Go - Anita O’Day: Sings Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements

(I Offer You the Moon) Señorita - Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years (1943-1952)

If I Steal a Kiss - Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years (1943-1952)

Body and Soul - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle: Ella Swings Gently with Nelson


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Saturday, 19 April 2025

Series 30, Prog 5

WHY…

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

Why Don’t You Do Right - Ella Fitzgerald: JATP in Japan/The Ella Fitzgerald Set
I Know Why (and So Do You) - June Christy: Fair and Warmer
Why Try to Change Me Now - Frank Sinatra: No One Cares
Wonder Why - Claire Martin: Too Much in Love to Care
I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do) - Joe Williams & Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison: Together
Why Can’t I - Judy Garland: Classic Garland (The Capitol Years 1955-1965)
Why - Ernie Andrews: This Is Ernie Andrews
Why Shouldn’t I - Margaret Whiting: Margaret Whiting Sings for the Starry-Eyed
Why’d You Do Me The Way You Did - The Royal Bopsters: Party of Four
Why Was I Born - Cher: Bittersweet White Light
Why Keep On Breaking My Heart - Nina Simone: Wild Is the Wind
Why and How - Mark Murphy: Midnight Mood
Why Don’t We Try Staying Home - Susannah McCorkle: Easy to Love (The Songs of Cole Porter)
Why Not - Johnny Mathis: Live It Up!
Don’t Know Why - Norah Jones: Come Away with Me
Why Should I Cry Over You - Andy Williams: single
Why Can’t This Night Go On Forever - Frank D’Rone with Billy May & His Orchestra: After the Ball
I Wonder Why - Ella  Fitzgerald: Ella

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