Series 25, Prog 7

THE VERNON DUKE SONG BOOK

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

Cabin in the Sky - Rosemary Clooney & Nelson Riddle: Rose Solves the Swingin’ Riddle

April in Paris - Kurt Elling: The Messenger

Honey in the Honeycomb - Barbara Lea: Barbara Lea with the Johnny Windhurst Quintets

Round About - Claire Martin, Scott Dunn & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: I Watch You Sleep

The Love I Long For - Vaughn Monroe: 78rpm single

I Am Only Human After All - Victor Arden-Phil Ohman & Their Orchestra Featruing Frank Luther: 78rpm single

What Is There to Say - Nat King Cole: After Midnight (The Complete Session)

Taking a Chance on Love - Anita O’Day: Anita Sings the Most

That Moment of Moments - Jackie Paris: Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin

I Can’t Get Started with You - Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle: Ella Swings Gently with Nelson

Love Me Tomorrow - Ronny Whyte: Shades of Whyte

I’m Gonna Ring That Bell Tonight - Doris Day: April in Paris (Soundtrack)

Autumn in New York - Todd Gordon & Carol Kidd with the RAF Squadronaires: Evergreen

I Like the Likes of You - Jeri Southern: Southern Breeze

Ages Ago - Tony Travis (with Pete Relugo & Vernon Duke): Time Remembered

Not a Care in the World - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra featuring Peggy Lee: Peggy Lee Sings with Benny Goodman

VERNON DUKE 

Oct 10, 1903 - Jan 16, 1969

Series 25, Prog 6

I’LL BE SEEING YOU

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

I’ll Be Seeing You - Sarah Vaughan: Sassy Swings the Tivoli

I Should Not Be Seeing You - Connie Conway: single

Can't You Just See Yourself In Love With Me - Sylvia Syms: Sylvia Syms Sings

If You Could See Me Now - Morgana King: For You, For Me, For Evermore

I Saw Stars - Teddi King: Storyville Presents Miss Teddi King

You’ll See - Nat King Cole: The Beautiful Ballads

I Can’t See for Looking - Carmen McRae: You’re Looking at Me

The More I See You - Ed Townsend with Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra: New in Town

I See a Million People - Carol Sloane: I Never Went Away

I’m Beginning to See the Light - Harry James & Helen Forrest: Harry James in Hi-Fi

I’ll See You Again - Frank Sinatra: Point of No Return

Seeing You Again - Susan Werner: I Can’t Be New

Wait Till You See Him - Ella Fitzgerald: Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book (Vol 2)

I See Your Face Before Me - Johnny Hartman: Songs from the Heart

So Nice to see You, Baby - Nellie Lutcher: Real Gone

Guess Who I Saw Today - Elaine Delmar: But Beautiful

If My Friends Could See Me Now - Sammy Davis Jr: I’ve Gotta Be Me

I’ll Be Seeing You - Peggy Lee: Norma Delores Egstrom From Jamestown North Dakota

Photo: Noelle Otto

Series 24, Prog 5

MOTHER

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

You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mamma At All) - Peggy Lee: The Singles Collection (1952-1958)

Blues, the Mother of Sin - Billy Eckstine & Count Basie: Basie/Eckstine Incorporated

This Mother’s Daughter - Nancy Wilson: This Mother’s Daughter

Mama Don't Want No Peas an' Rice an' Coconut Oil - Jimmy Rushing & Count Basie's Orchestra: Blues I Love to Sing

Mother Nature’s Son - The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album)

Blues for Mama - Nina Simone: Sings the Blues

Tell Mama - Etta James: Tell Mama

My Mother’s Eyes - Nellie Lutcher: Real Gone

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - Lou Rawls: The Soul Stirring Gospel Sound of the Pilgrim Travelers Featuring Lou Rawls

Your Mother’s Son-in-Law - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra featuring Billie Holiday: The Real Billie Holiday

Mother - Barbra Streisand: Barbra Joan Streisand

Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood, Mama) - The Andrews Sisters: Andrews Sisters in Hi-Fi

Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better - Fats Domino: Fats Is Back

Mama’s Gone, Goodbye - Peggy Lee: I’m a Woman

Don’t Be Afraid to Tell Your Mother - The Mills Brothers: 78rpm single

Night Time Was My Mother - June Christy: The Song Is June

Hey, Lawdy Mama - Dakota Staton: ‘Round Midnight

Little Mama - Billy Eckstine: No Cover, No Minimum 

Photo: Sippakorn Yamkasikorn

Series 25, Prog 4

LET’S…

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

Let’s Begin - Anita O’Day: Pick Yourself Up

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off - Billie Holiday: The Real Billie Holiday

Let’s Sing Like a Dixieland Band - Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong: Bing & Satchmo

Let’s Take an Old Fashioned Walk - Diane Marino: Soul Serenade/The Gloria Lynne Project

Let’s Get Away from It All - Jo Stafford: Getting Sentimental Over Tommy Dorsey

Let’s Have a Ball - Ray Charles: single

Let’s Fall in Love - Diana Krall: When I Look In Your Eyes

Let’s Misbehave - Johnny Mathis: The Rhythms of Broadway

Let’s Fall In Love All Over Again - Nancy Wilson: Now I’m a Woman

Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love) - Todd Gordon & Eddi Reader with the RAF Squadronaires Big Band: Evergreen

Let’s Move and Groove - Esther Phillips: Alone Again, Naturally

Let’s Take the Long Way Home - Pinky Winters & Richard Rodney Bennett: Rain Sometimes

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

Let’s Make Love - Marilyn Monroe & Frankie Vaughan: Let’s Make Love (Soundtrack)

Let’s Make Love (Reprise) - Yves Montand: Let’s Make Love (Soundtrack)

Let’s Stick Together - Bryan Ferry: Let’s Stick Together

Let’s Kiss and Make Up - Ella Fitzgerald: Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Song Book (Vol 5)

Let’s Face the Music and Dance - Frank Sinatra: Ring-a-Ding Ding!

Series 25, Prog 3

HATS OFF TO THE ARRANGER: GORDON JENKINS

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

Laura - Frank Sinatra: Where Are You?

How About Me - Judy Garland: Alone

New York’s My Home - Original Cast & Ralph Brewster Singers

Stardust - Nat King Cole: Love Is the Thing

Lover - Peggy Lee: Lover

Just Friends - Frank Sinatra: No One Cares

Together - Frank Sinatra: All Alone

It Was a Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra: September of My Years

Daylight Saving Blues - Beverly Jenkins: Gordon Jenkins Presents My Wife The Blues Singer

I’ll See You in My Dreams - Jimmy Durante: Jimmy Durante’s Way of Life

After Loving You (De T'avoir Aimée) - Charles Aznavour: His Kind of Love Songs

PS I Love You - Susannah McCorkle: No More Blues

I Wished On the Moon - Ella Fitzgerald: Miss Ella Fitzgerald And Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You To Listen And Relax

This Is All I Ask - Nat King Cole: The Very Thought of You

Goodbye - June Christy: Big Band Specials

Always - Harry Nilsson: A Little Touch of Schmillson in the Night

GORDON JENKINS

May 12, 1910 - May 1, 1984 

Series 25, Prog 2

17-UP!

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

Strike Up the Band - Ella Fitzgerald: Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Song Book (Vol 3)

Everything’s Coming Up Roses - Barbara Long & Herb Geller Quintet

Coming Up - John Pizzarelli & Michael McDonald: Midnight McCartney

Let Me Off Uptown - Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge with Gene Krupa Orchestra: Anita O’Day and the Three Sounds

Button Up Your Overcoat - Johnny Mercer & Paul Weston’s Orchestra: The Uncollected Johnny Mercer

Things Are Looking Up - Sarah Vaughan: Sings George Gershwin

It’s All Up to You - Frank Sinatra & Dinah Shore: 78rpm single

Sneakin’ Up on You - Peggy Lee: Pass Me By

Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most - Mark Murphy: Rah

Look Out Up There - June Christy: This Is June Christy

Up, Up and Away - Sammy Davis Jr: Lonely Is the Name

Lost Up in Loving You - Carmen McRae: At Ratso’s (Vol 1)

Straighten Up and Fly Right - Nat King Cole: Super Best Nat King Cole (Vol 1)

Up from the Skies - Sinne Eeg: Remembering You

Live It Up! - Johnny Mathis with Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra: Live It Up!

Cuddle Up a Little Closer - Dean Martin: Sleep Warm

Pick Yourself Up - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson

Photo: David Besh

Series 25, Prog 1

HANDS

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

Autumn Leaves - Frank Sinatra: Where Are You?

My Fate Is in Your Hands - Maxine Sullivan: A Tribute to Andy Razaf

Clap Yo’ Hands - Ella Fitzgerald: Sings the George &  Ira Gershwin Song Book (Vol 3)

Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand - Ray Charles: single

Time On My Hands (You In My Arms) - Billie Holiday: 78rpm single

A Handful of Songs - Annie Ross: Sings a Handful of Songs

A Handful of Stars - Nat King Cole: Sings for Two in Love

A Handful of Soul - Carmen McRae & The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band: November Girl

Hands Across the Table - Lee Wiley: Manhattan Nights

Hands of Time (Brian’s Song) - Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand

I Want to Hold Your Hand - Keely Smith: Sings the John Lennon & Paul McCartney Songbook

I Took Your Hand (Fellini's Waltz) - Jacqui Dankworth: Live to Love

It’s All in My Hands - Cleo Laine: Woman to Woman

Keep Your Hand on Your Heart - Joe Williams: Presenting Joe Williams & Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra

Healing Hands of Time - Diane Schuur: The Gathering

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands - Judy Garland & Liza Minnelli: Live at the London Palladium

Photo: Cottonbro Studio