Series 34, Prog 1

THE LEO ROBIN SONG BOOK

Leo Robin was an Academy Award-winning lyricist and a seminal contributor to the Great American Songbook. Known for his romantic, witty, and charming lyrical style, he penned over 500 songs for Broadway stage productions and Hollywood musical films from the mid-1920s through the early 1950s including the timeless hits Thanks for the Memory and Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.

Robin worked with an array of legendary composers such as Richard A Whiting, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, Vincent Youmans and, in particular, Ralph Rainger until his tragic death in a 1942 plane crash.

Over his prolific career, Leo Robin earned ten Oscar nominations and was inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 1972.

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

Prisoner of Love - Ed Townsend: New in Town

Have You Forgotten? - Ethil Ennis: Have You Forgotten?

Louise - Woody Herman: Songs for Hip Lovers

Hooray for Love - Mavis Rivers: Hooray for Love

Blue Hawaii - Frank Sinatra: Come Fly with Me (mono)

In Love In Vain - Lena Horne: Lena in Hollywood

Something in the Wind - The Four Freshmen: Four Freshmen and Five Trumpets

Bye Bye, Baby - Susannah McCorkle: Thanks for the Memory/Songs of Leo Robin

Thanks for the Memory - Anita O'Day & Caj Tjader: Time for 2

Love Is Just Around the Corner - Mel Tormé & George Shearing: An Evening at Charlie’s

Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend - Julie London: Whatever Julie Wants

You Say You Care - June Christy: Off Beat

Beyond the Blue Horizon - Connie Conway: 33 Minutes & 20 Seconds With Connie Conway

My Cutey's Due at Two-To-Two Today - Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer: Two of a Kind

I Can’t Escape from You - Carmen McRae: After Glow

A Gal in Calico - Steve Lawrence: Swinging West

It Was Written in the Stars - Claire Martin & Scott Dunn: I Watch You Sleep

My Ideal - Tony Bennett: Here’s to the Ladies

Miss Brown to You - Billie Holiday & Teddy Wilson’s Orchestra: Teddy Wilson/Billie Holiday

Leo Robin

(April 6, 1895 - December 29, 1984)

"Thanks for the Memory…" 

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