Thursday, 3 July 2025

Series 30, Prog 16

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

Sone 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!


Image: Chris





Series 30, Prog 15

MEDLEY OF MEDLEYS

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


Blue Skies/On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)/A Foggy Day - Ella Fitzgerald: Live from The Cave Supper Club, Vancouver, Canada

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 & Friends

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

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

Beatles Medley: Golden Slumbers/Here, There And Everywhere - Roberta Gambarini: So in Love

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

One Kiss/My Romance/The Most Beautiful Man in the World - Peggy Lee: Peggy At Basin Street East (The Unreleased Show)

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


Image: Feyza Tuğba

 



Series 30, Prog 14

TURNING UP THE HEAT

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

In the Heat of the Night - Nancy Wilson: Welcome to My Love
Too Darn Hot - Mel Tormé: Swings Shubert Alley
My Old Flame - Margaret Whiting: Past Midnight !
Warm Kiss (and a Cold Heart) - Jeri Southern: Southern Breeze
Steam Heat - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Sings Broadway
Warm All Over - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Sings Broadway
It’s Too Hot for Words - Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra: The Real Billie Holiday
The Long, Hot Summer - Dick Haymes: Look at Me Now!
Le Jazz Hot - Julie Andrews: Victor, Victoria (Soundtrack)
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Dinah Washington: September in the Rain
Just One of Those Things - Rosemary Clooney: Sings the Music of Cole Porter
Heat Wave - Susannah McCorkle: Let’s Face the Music (The Songs of Irving Berlin)
Slow Hot Wind - Sarah Vaughan: Sings the Henry Mancini Songbook
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) - Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Jones Trio & Duke Ellington Orchestra featuring Ray Nance: Côte d'Azur Concerts (Disc 7)

Image: Tom Swinnen (shottrotter)