Thursday, 25 June 2026

Series 33, Prog 7

THE JIMMY McHUGH SONG BOOK

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


I’d Know You Anywhere - Irene Kral & Herb Pomeroy: The Band and I

On the Sunny Side of the Street - The Modernaires: We Remember Tommy Dorsey Too!

Reach for Tomorrow - Ella Fitzgerald: Let No Man Write My Epitaph

I Feel a Song Comin’ On - Claire Martin featuring Joe Locke: I Feel a Song Coming On

Where Are You? - Frank Sinatra: Where Are You?

 I’m Shooting High - Ann Richards: I’m Shooting High

I Just Found Out About Love - Diane Schuur: Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra

Lost in a Fog - Tommy Leonetti With Marion Evans & His Orchestra: Dream Street

The Music Stopped - Keely Smith: Keely Sings Sinatra

A Most Unusual Day - June Christy with Stan Kenton: Road Show (Recorded in Concert at Purdue University)

Don’t Blame Me - The Mills Brothers: Gems by the Mills Brothers

Spreadin’ Rhythm Around - Billie Holiday & Teddy Wilson: The Real Billie Holiday

I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me - Dean Martin: This Time I’m Swingin’

I’m in the Mood for Love - Mae West: The Fabulous Mae West

Can’t Get Out of This Mood - Samara Joy: Linger Awhile

When My Sugar Walks Down the Street - Nat King Cole: Let’s Face the Music

Exactly Like You - Carmen McRae: After Glow

Let’s Get Lost - Chet Baker: Chet Baker Sings and Plays

A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening - Ann Burton & Louis van Dyke Trio: Ballads & Burton

I Can’t Give You Anything but Love - Sarah Vaughan & Benny Carter: The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan


Jimmy McHugh

(July 10, 1894 - May 23, 1969)































Friday, 19 June 2026

Series 33, Prog 6

THE 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


Edward Heyman

(March 14, 1907 - October 16, 1981)







Friday, 12 June 2026

Series 33, Prog 5

THE YIP HARBURG SONG BOOK

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

I Like the Likes of You - Dick Haymes: Moondreams
April in Paris - Rosemary Clooney & Nelson Riddle: Rosie Solves the Swingin’ Riddle!
What Is There to Say - Sylvia Syms - Sylvia Syms Sings
The Great Come-and-Get-It Day - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra in Hollywood
Then I’ll Be Tired of You - Ella Fitzgerald: Like Someone In Love
Down with Love - Bobby Darin: This Is Darin
Here’s to You Illusions in Times Like These - Susannah McCorkle: Over the Rainbow (The Songs of E Y ‘Yip’ Harburg)
If This Isn’t Love - Sarah Vaughan: At Mister Kellys
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime - Bing Crosby: American Songs During the Great Depression
Buds Won’t Bud - Peggy Lee: Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs by Harold Arlen
Old Devil Moon - Mel Tormé: Swings Shubert Alley
Poor You - Maxine Sullivan: The Lady’s In Love with You (Maxine Sullivan Sings the Music of Burton Lane)
Lydia the Tattooed Lady - Groucho Marx: At the Circus (Soundtrack)
Moanin’ in the Mornin’ - Dinah Shore: Holding Hands at Midnight
Last Night When We Were Young - Carmen McRae: Torchy
It’s Only a Paper Moon - Nat King Cole: After Midnight
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe - Carol Kidd: Dreamsville
Over the Rainbow - Harry Nilsson: A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night
Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead - Sammy Davis Jr & Buddy Rich: The Sounds of ’66

Edgar Yipsel (Yip) Harburg 
(April 8, 1896 - March 5, 1981)





Saturday, 6 June 2026

Series 33, Prog 4

THE BETTY COMDEN-ADOLPH GREEN SONG BOOK

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


Just in Time - Mel Tormé: Swings Shubert Alley

I Like Myself - Blossom Dearie: Sings Comden & Green

Hold Me, Hold Me, Hold Me - Blossom Dearie: Sings Comden & Green

How Will He Know - Blossom Dearie: Sings Comden & Green

Lonely Town - Frank Sinatra: Where Are You?

The Right Girl for Me - Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years (1942- 1952) Vol 9

Never Never Land - Carol Sloane: Live at 30th Street

So Far, So Good - Peggy Lee: The Lost ‘40s and ’50s Capitol Masters

Dance Only with Me - Peggy Lee: Latin ala Lee

Lucky to Be Me - Georgia Cécile & Fraser Urquhart: Sure of You

Do It Yourself - The Skip-Jacks: Sweet, Hot and Blue

I Know About Love - June Christy: Do Re Mi

Now - Lena Horne: Here’s Lena Now!

Some Other Time - Ernestine Anderson & George Shearing: A Perfect Match

It’s Love - Carmen McRae: Something to Swing About

Make Someone Happy - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill: San Francisco

Lone Before I Knew You - Carmen McRae: Something Wonderful

The Party’s Over - Nat King Cole: Just One of Those Things


Betty Comden

(May 3, 1917 - November 23, 2006)


Adolph Green

(December 2, 1914 - October 23, 2002)