Series 22, Prog 4

PRAYER FOR PEACE

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

Prayer for Peace - Jacqui Dankworth: Back to You

You’ve Got a Friend - Ella Fitzgerald: Jazz at the Santa Monica Civic ’72

What the World Needs Now - Lena Horne: Soul

Imagine - Dena DeRose: A Walk in the Park

Gonna Build a Mountain - Bing Crosby & Count Basie: Bing ’n Basie

Where Have All the Flowers Gone - Marlene Dietrich: Dietrich

As Time Goes By - Carmen McRae: Alone, Live at The Dug

Blowin’ in the Wind - Stevie Wonder: Greatest Hits

The Fields of St Etienne - Mary Hopkin: Those Were the Days

What a Wonderful World - Tony Bennett & k d lang: A Wonderful World

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Peggy Lee: Bridge Over Troubled Water

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) - Nina Simone: To Love Somebody

Over the Rainbow - Harry Nilsson: A Little Schmilsson in the Night

Give Peace a Chance (Edit) - John Lennon: Working Class Hero

Climbing Higher Mountains - Diane Schuur: Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra

Photo: Disha Sheta

Series 22, Prog 3

CAFÉ SOCIETY

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

Café Society - Lorraine Feather: Café Society

It’s Been So Long - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra featuring Helen Ward: 78rpm single

Pick Yourself Up - Nat King Cole & George Shearing: Nat King Cole Sings - George Shearing Quintet Plays

Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart - Pearl Bailey & Louie Bellson: Pearl Bailey & Louie Bellson in New York

I Didn’t Know What Time It Was - Carmen McRae: Dream of Life

Have You Met Miss Jones? - Joe Williams: Swingin’ Night at Birdland

Too Marvelous for Words - Billie Holiday: Lady Sings the Blues

My Melancholy Baby - Dinah Shore & André Previn: Dinah Sings, Previn Plays

I Only Have Eyes for You - Mark Muphy: Mark Murphy’s Hip Parade

Did I Remember? - Ernestine Anderson: Hot Cargo

My Romance - Sammy Davis Jr: The Wham of Sam

This Can’t Be Love - Ella Fitzgerald: Sings The Rodgers & Hart Song Book

June in January - Dean Martin: A Winter Romance

Jeepers Creepers - Cleo Laine: Cleo Laine Sings

Manhattan - Todd Gordon & RAF Squadronaires featuring Jacqui Dankworth: Evergreen

There’s a Small Hotel - Elaine Delmar: But Beautiful

Mountain Greenery - Patti Page: In the Land of Hi-Fi

You Turned the Tables on Me - Louis Armstrong: I’ve Got the World on a String

The Peanut Vendor - Anita O’Day: Sings the Winners

Photo: Pixabay

Series 22, Prog 2

LONG, LONG, LONG…

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

It’s Been So Long - Jo Stafford: single

Alone Too Long - Mark Murphy: Sings Mostly Dorothy Fields & Cy Coleman

It’s Been a Long, Long Time - Harry James & His Orchestra featuring Helen Forrest: Harry James in Hi-Fi

As Long As I’m Singing - Bobby Darin: Ultra-Lounge Artist Series

It Takes Too Long to Learn to Live Alone - Peggy Lee: Norman Dolores Egstrom from Jamestown North Dakota

You Came a Long Way from St Louis - Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney: Fancy Meeting You Here

All Night Long - Shirley Horn: You’re My Thrill

As Long as I Live - Ernestine Anderson: Never Make Your Move Too Soon

As Long as There’s Music - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra in Hollywood: 1940-1964

Don’t Wait Too Long - Blossom Dearie: May I Come In?

Long Ago and Far Away - Margaret Whiting: Sings The Jerome Kern Song Book (Vol 2)

I’ll Get By (As Long as I Have You) - Jackie Paris: The Jackie Paris Sound

At Long Last Love - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Loves Cole

How Long Has This Been Going On? - Elaine Delmar: But Beautiful

As Long as She Needs Me - Sammy Davis Jr: That’s All

How Long, How Long Blues - Big Joe Turner: Boss of the Blues

Photo: Oladimeji Ajegbile

Series 22, Prog 1

DRINKS & BEVERAGES

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

Cocktails for Two - Keely Smith: Politely

The Coffee Song - Frank Sinatra: Ring-a-Ding, Ding!

You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me - Anita O’Day: An Evening with Anita O’Day

It Never Entered My Mind - Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson: Double Exposure

I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water - Barbara Morrison: Live at The Dakota (Vol 2)

Corn Whiskey - Jimmy Witherspoon: single

Drinking Water (Agua de Beber) - Astrud Gilberto: The Astrud Gilberto Album

Tea for Two - Syvia Syms: Sylvia Syms Sings

Little Ol’ Wine Drinker, Me - Dean Martin: single

A Wet Night (and a Dry Martini) - Cynthia Crane & Mike Renzi: Smoky Bar Songs (For the No-Smoking Section)

Me and My Gin (aka Gin House Blues) - Nina Simone: Forbidden Fruit

Days of Wine and Roses - Peggy Lee: Mink Jazz

Pink Champagne - Jimmy Witherspoon: Hey, Mrs Jones

You Go to My Head - Billie Holiday: Billie Holiday Sings

Gimme That Wine - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: The Hottest New Group in Jazz

Hard Hearted Hannah - Ella Fitzgerald: Pete Kelly’s Blues (Soundtrack)

Rum and Coca-Cola - The Andrews Sisters: In Hi-Fi

Gimme a Pigfoot (and a Bottle of Beer) - La Vern Baker: Sings Bessie Smith

Photo: Burst

Series 21, Prog 20

HAVING FUN!

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

Funny (But I Still Love You) - Ray Charles: Hallelujah, I Love Her So!

Ain’t We Got Fun - Peggy Lee: Jump for Joy

Fun to Be Fooled - Jackie Paris: Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin

Funnier Than Funny - Nancy Wilson: Gentle Is My Love

Funny (Not Much) - Buddy Greco: Big Band and Ballads

Funny What Love Can Do - Bobby Darin: single

My Funny Valentine - Carmen McRae: After Glow

She’s Funny That Way - Frank Sinatra: Nice ’n’ Easy

Funny Face - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George & Ira Gershwin Song Book

This Funny World - Tony Bennett: The Complete Improv Recordings

All in Fun - Tony Bennett: The Art of Romance

Getting Some Fun Out of Life - Carol Sloane: Love You Madly

What a Funny Girl (You Used to Be) - Frank Sinatra: Watertown

Funny World - Johnny Hartman: The Voice That Is!

Are We Just Having Fun - Sarah Moule: Stormy Emotions

Just for the Fun of It - Nat King Cole: Just One of Those Things

I’ve Had My Fun - Ray Charles: single

Photo: Emma Bauso

Photo: Emma Ba

Series 21, Prog 19

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 Almeida 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 (aka Edward Chester Babcock)

(January 26, 1913 - February 6, 1990)

Series 21, Prog 18

SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG

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

Together (Wherever We Go) - Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé: We Got Us

Together - Frank Sinatra: All Alone

I Love You - Julie London: Julie is Her Name

I Love You - Billy Eckstine: Once More with Feeling

I Love You - Earl: single

Tonight - Michael Dees with Don Trenner & His Orchestra: Michael Dees Sings Steve Allen

Tonight - Nancy Wilson: Broadway My Way

To Know You Is to Love You - Thelma Houston & The Pressure Cooker: I’ve Got the Music in Me

To Know You (Is to Love You) - Perry Como: Como Swings

(They Long to Be) Close to You - Carmen McRae: The Great American Songbook

Close to You - Frank Sinatra: Close to You

Don’t Wait Too Long - Madeleine Peyroux: Careless Love

Don’t Wait Too Long - Blossom Dearie: May I Come In?

What a Wonderful World - Tony Bennett & k d lang: A Wonderful World

(What a) Wonderful World - Art Garfunkel (with Paul Simon & James Taylor): single

Louise Phelan - Why: Moments of Light

Clare Teal - Why: Hey Ho

Photo: Monstera