Friday, 31 January 2025

Series 29, Prog 14

WAY DOWN SOUTH

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


Tuxedo Junction - Ella Fitzgerald: Things Ain’t What They Used to Be

Alabamy Bound - Bobby Darin: Oh! Look at Me Now

Carolina in the Morning - Dinah Shore: Dinah Down Home

Ode to Billie Jo - Nancy Wilson: Welcome to My Love

Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra: Ray Sings, Basie Swings

Mississippi - Kay Starr: The Fabulous Favorites

Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans: Rosemary Clooney: Dedicated to Nelson

Basin Street Blues - Peggy Lee & Quincy Jones Orchestra: Blues Cross Country

Louisiana - Fred Astaire: The Complete London Sessions

Louisiana 1927 - Randy Newman: Good Old Boys

Louisiana Sunday Afternoon - Dana Masters, Linley Hamilton, Cian Boyal & The Camden Orchestra 

Goin’ Back to New Orleans - Dr John: Goin’ Back to New Orleans

Hard Hearted Hannah - Shirley Horn: Light Out of Darkness

Memphis in June - Hoagy Carmichael: Hoagy Sings Carmichael

Stars Fell on Alabama - Billie Holiday: Songs for Distingue Lovers

Mississippi Mud - Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer: Two of a Kind





Series 29, Prog 13

IT'S A SIN TO TELL A LIE

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





Thursday, 16 January 2025

Series 29, Prog 12

TREES

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


Tenderly - Georgia Cécile - Live studio recording

Willow Tree - Mildred Bailey: The Blues Singer (1927-1937)

Gone with the Wind - Frank Sinatra: Sings for Only the Lonely

Poinciana (Song of the Tree) - Janet Seidel: The Art of Lounge (Vol 2)

I Talk to the Trees - Danny Williams: Moon River

The White Birch and the Sycamore - Peggy Lee: Seas Shells

The Best Is Yet to Come - Todd Gordon & RAF Squadronaires: Evergreen

Lullaby of the Leaves - Keely Smith: Politely

Peach Trees - Rufus Wainwright: Want Two

The Apple Tree - Matt Monro: Stranger in Paradise - The Lost New York Sessions

(Ah the Apple Trees) When the World was Young - Blossom Dearie: Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott’s

Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me) - Barry Manilow: Singin’ with the Big Bands

Willow Weep for Me - Lena Horne: Feelin’ Good

The Sweetheart Tree - Steve Lawrence: The Steve Lawrence Show

An Olive Tree - Basia: The Sweetest Illusion


Image: Felix Mittermeier



Friday, 10 January 2025

Series 29, Prog 11

A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME

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

Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home - Judy Garland: Judy
It’s So Nice to Have a Man Around the House - Peggy Lee: I Like Men!
A Cottage for Sale - Frank Sinatra: No One Cares
Come On Home - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: The Way-Out Voices of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
House of the Rising Sun - Nina Simone: At the Village Gate
A House is Not a Home - Ella Fitzgerald: Sunshine of Your Love
Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home - Jimmy Rushing: The Jazz Odyssey of James Rushing Esq
I’ll Be Home - Barbra Streisand: Barbra Joan Streisand
Feels Like Home - Roseanna Vitro: Songs by Randy Newman
Comin’ Home Baby - Mel Tormé: Comin’ Home Baby!
Somewhere Called Home - Norma Winstone: Somewhere Called Home
Bring It on Home to Me - Aretha Franklin: Soul ’69
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To - Anita O’Day: Anita Swings Cole Porter with Billy May
Come Home - Arthur Prysock with Count Basie & His Orchestra: Arthur Prysock-Count Basie
Take Me Home - Crystal Gayle: One from the Heart (Soundtrack)

Image: Kelly





Saturday, 4 January 2025

Series 29, Prog 10

GOLDEN MOMENTS

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


Take the Moment - Lena Horne: Feelin’ Good

A Moment with Me - Harry Connick Jr: Come By Me

Girl of the Moment - Jackie Paris: Jackie Paris Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin

The Moment of Truth - Morgana King: Wild Is Love

I’ve Had My Moments - Frank Sinatra: Close to You

Golden Moment - Frank Sinatra: My Kind of Broadway

Magic Moment - Nat King Cole: Thank You, Pretty Baby

Moment to Moment - Janet Seidel: Charade - The Henry Mancini Songbook

A Moment - Bitter:Sweet: Drama

Moment of Love - Bobby Darin: single (B-side)

Stolen Moments (You Belong to Her) - Carmen McRae & Betty Carter: Duets

This Magic Moment/Dance with Me - Rick James: Rock, Rhythm & Blues

Until (A Matter of Moments) - Barb Jungr & John McDaniel: Float Like a Butterfly - The Songs of Sting

For a Moment of Your Love - Nat King Cole: single

In a Matter of Moments - Ian Shaw: A Ghost in Every Bar (The Lyrics of Fran Landesman)

From This Moment On - Diana Krall: From This Moment On