Thursday, 16 April 2026

Series 32, Prog 17

THE JIMMY VAN HEUSEN SONG BOOK

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


I Thought About You - Johnny Hartman: And I Thought About You

Darn That Dream - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle: Ella Swings Gently with Nelson

Heaven Can Wait - Dean Martin: This Time I’m Swingin’

(We’re Off on) The Road to Morocco - Bing Crosby & Bob Hope: 78rpm single

But Beautiful - Jacqui Dankworth: Detour Ahead

Swinging on a Star - Mark Murphy: Playing the Field

Moonlight Becomes You - Dick Haymes: Moonbeams

Here’s That Rainy Day - Sammy Davis Jr: Sammy Davis Jr Sings, Laurindo Mlmeida Plays

Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra: Come Fly with Me

All the Way - Clairdee: Music Moves

Love and Marriage - Peggy Lee: Olé ala Lee!

Call Me Irresponsible - The Four Freshmen: More 4 Freshmen with 5 Trombones

Come Dance with Me - Shirley Horn: Shirley Horn with Horns

Only the Lonely - Liane Carroll: Ballads

(Love Is) The Tender Trap - Mel Tormé: At The Crescendo

I’ll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her - Matt Monro: Stranger in Paradise (The Lost New York Sessions)

The Second Time Around - Ernestine Anderson & George Shearing: A Perfect Match

My Kind of Town - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra at The Sands


Jimmy Van Heusen 

(January 26, 1913 - February 7, 1990)





Thursday, 9 April 2026

Series 32, Prog 16

THE HAROLD ADAMSON SONG BOOK

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


Everything I Have Is Yours - Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday

Daybreak - Frank Sinatra: I Remember Tommy

Where Are You - Audrey Morris: Bistro Ballads

An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair) - Nat King Cole: Sings the Great Songs!

The Little Things That Mean So Much - Carmen McRae: After Glow

It’s a Most Unusual Day - June Christy: Gone for the Day

Moonlight Mood - Frank Sinatra: Moonlight Sinatra

Around the World - Steve Lawrence: Winners

You’re a Sweetheart - Dinah Washington: In Love

Time On My Hands (You in My Arms) - Mark Murphy: I’ll Close My Eyes

You - Teri Thornton: Sings the Open Highway

A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening - Ernestine Anderson: A Song for You

I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night - Frank Sinatra: Close to You

Winter Moon - Barbara Lea, Bob Dorough & Dick Sudhalter: Hoagy's Children: Songs of Hoagy Carmichael (Vol 2)

My Resistance Is Low - Hoagy Carmichael & Jane Russell: The Las Vegas Story (Soundtrack)

When Love Goes Wrong - Marilyn Monroe & Jane Russell: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Soundtrack)

Too Young to Go Steady - Kurt Elling: This Time It’s Love

It’s a Wonderful World - Peggy Lee: Big Spender


Harold Adamson 

(December 10, 1906 - August 17, 1980)




Saturday, 4 April 2026

Series 32, Prog 15

THE OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II SONG BOOK

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


Getting to Know You - Gloria Lynne: This Little Boy of Mine

Nobody Else But Me - Tony Bennett: When Lights Are Low

Who - Pearl Bailey & The Charioteers: 78rpm single

The Folks Who Live on the Hill - Peggy Lee: The Man I Love

Lover, Come Back to Me - Al Hibbler: Melodies by Al Hibbler

When I Grow Too Old to Dream - Dinah Shore: Somebody Loves Me

 Happy Talk - The Four Freshmen: Voices in Fun

Something Wonderful - Betty Carter: Out There with Betty Carter

The Sound of Music - Eydie Gormé: Sings the Great Songs from The Sound Of Music and Other Broadway Hits

Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise - Bobby Darin: That’s All

I’ve Told Every Little Star - Annie Ross: Annie by Candlelight

It Might as Well Be Spring - Dick Haymes: Rain or Shine

This Nearly Was Mine - Frank Sinatra: The Concert Sinatra

Bali Ha’i - The Hi-Lo’s: All Over the Place

We Kiss in a Shadow - June Christy & Stan Kenton: Duet

I Won’t Dance - Johnny Mathis: Live It Up!

The Gentleman Is a Dope - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle: Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson

Edelweiss - Harry Connick Jr: Songs I Heard


Oscar Hammerstein II

(July 12, 1895 - August 23, 1960)