Saturday, 27 July 2019

Series 15, Prog 7

THE BIG BANDS WITH VOCAL REFRAIN BY…

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

A-Tisket, A-Tasket - Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb: Ella and Her Fellas
The Summer Knows - Rosemary Clooney & Woody Herman: My Buddy
Any Old Time - Artie Shaw & Billie Holiday: Any Old Time
I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) - Duke Ellington & Ivie Anderson: 78rpm single
Come Sunday - Joe Williams: Joe Williams & Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Don’t Be That Way - Ann Richards & Stan Kenton: Two Much!
Sentimental Journey - Les Brown & Doris Day - 78rpm single
Blue Skies - Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra: The Dorsey/Sinatra Sessions 1940-1942
It’s Been a Long, Long Time - Harry James & Helen Forrest: Harry James In Hi-Fi
Makin’ Whoopee! - Dinah Washington & Quincy Jones: The Swingin’ Miss “D”
Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) - Glenn Miller & Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton & The Modernaires: The Unforgettable Glenn Miller
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love - Sarah Vaughan: The Explosive Side Of Sarah Vaughan - Benny Carter Sessions
On the Sunny Side of the Street - Sy Oliver: For You
The Lonesome Road - Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson: Double Exposure
We’ll Meet Again - Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee: 78rpm single
He May Be Your Man (But He Comes To See Me Sometimes) - Helen Humes & Count Basie: La Grande Parade Du Jazz 1978

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com


Saturday, 20 July 2019

Series 15, Prog 6

THE BUDDY DeSYLVA SONGBOOK

Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com (Stem Label)

Somebody Loves Me - Dinah Washington: The Swingin’ Miss “D”
Alabama Bound - Bobby Darin: Spotlight On Bobby Darin
When Day Is Done - Keely Smith: I Wish You Love
I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise - Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin
Together - Frank Sinatra: All Alone
Varsity Drag - Anita O’Day: Anita O’Day at Mr Kelly’s
My Sin - Patti Page: In the Land of Hi-Fi
Lucky Day - Annie Ross & Zoot Sims: A Gasser!
The Birth of the Blues - Perry Como: Saturday Night with Mr C
The Best Things In Life Are Free - Jennifer Porter: Easy Living
Avalon - Sarah Vaughan: Viva! Vaughan
April Showers - Judy Garland: Judy
Do It Again - Vic Damone: Live In Las Vegas
Look for the Silver Lining - Aretha Franklin: The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin
I’m a Dreamer, Aren’t We All - Cleo Laine: All About Me
Button Up Your Overcoat - Johnny Mercer: Sweet Georgia Brown
You’re an Old Smoothie - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Swings Lightly
Wishing Will Make It So - Mark Murphy: Playing the Field
It All Depends On You - The Four Freshmen: Four Freshmen and Five Guitars

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com




























Buddy DeSylva (1895-1950)


Thursday, 11 July 2019

Series 15, Prog 5

ORNITHOLOGY

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

Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight) - Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer: Two of a Kind
Gaviota (Seagull) - Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band featuring Roberta Gambarini (Directed by Brent Fischer)
Blackbird - Sarah Vaughan: Songs of The Beatles
Bye Bye Blackbird - Mel Tormé: A New Album
When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along - Bing Crosby & Al Jolson: The Complete Radio Duets
Strange Meadowlark - Norma Winstone & John Taylor: Like Song, Like Weather
Flamingo - Vic Damone: Strange Enchantment
Sparrow - Mary Hopkin: Those Were the Days
His Eye Is on the Sparrow - Carmen McRae: Birds of a Feather
Ain't No Chicken Gonna Fool Me - Sy Oliver: The Chronological Classics 1949-1952
Skylark - Hoagy Carmichael: Hoagy Sings Carmichael
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Carol Kidd: Dreamsville
Wandering Swallow - Peggy Lee: The Singles Collection (1952-1958) [Disc 3]
Let There Be Love - Nat King Cole: Nat King Cole Sings - George Shearing Quintet Plays
The Eagle and Me - Shirley Horn: Where Are You Going

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com


Saturday, 6 July 2019

Series 15, Prog 4

I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT

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

I’m Beginning to See the Light - Ella Fitzgerald: Live from The Cave Supper Club, Vancouver
After the Lights Go Down - Vic Damone: Linger Awhile with Vic Damone
Lamplight - Della Reese: Della By Starlight
Light My Fire - Erma Franklyn: Soul Sister
Lights Out - Nat King Cole: The Touch of Your Lips
Soft Lights and Sweet Music - Lee Wiley: ’S Wonderful
Light Out of Darkness - Shirley Horn: Quiet Now - Come a Little Closer
Downtown - Frank Sinatra: Strangers In the Night
Someone To Light Up My Life (Se Todos Fossem Iquais a Voce) - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra & Company
When Lights Are Low - Dena DeRose: Introducing Dena DeRose
I'll Keep The Love Light Burning (In My Heart) - Louis Armstrong: Satchmo Serenades
Speed of Light - Lorraine Feather: Café Society
House of the Blue Lights - Ella Mae Morse & Freddie Slack: Single
You Light Up My Life - Perry Como: Where You’re Concerned
My Shining Hour - Denise Donatelli: What Lies Within
How About You - Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney: Fancy Meeting You Here
Let's Put Out The Lights And Go To Sleep - Lena Horne: Give the Lady What She Wants

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com


Sunday, 30 June 2019

Series 15, Prog 3

TAKE THAT
Intro: A Little White Ship - Todd Gordon: Love dot com (Stem Label)

That Ole Devil Called Love - Carol Sloane: Love You Madly
That’s A-Plenty - Bing Crosby & Ella Fitzgerald: Swingin' With Bing: Bing Crosby's Lost Radio Performances [Disc 2]
That's All There Is, There Isn't Any More - Della Reese: What Do You Know About Love
That Old Black Magic - Billy Eckstine: Once More with Feeling
That's All There Is To That - Dinah Washington: What A Diff'rence A Day Makes!
That Face - Frank Sinatra Jr: That Face
That Day (Cinema Paradiso) - Karrin Allyson: From Paris to Rio
That Certain Feeling - Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George & Ira Gershwin Song Book - Vol 2
That’s All I Ask - Nina Simone: Wild Is the Wind
That Old Feeling - Frank Sinatra: Nice ’n’ Easy
That’s It, I Quit! - Sarah McKenzie: We Could Be Lovers
That’s Your Red Wagon - Anita O’Day & Cal Trader: Time for 2
That’s What Makes a Girl - Mark Murphy: Who Can I Turn To?
That’s No Joke - Shirley Horn:  Loads of Love
That’s Life - Aretha Franklin: Aretha Arrives
That’s What I Like - Perry Como: We Get Letters
That’s All - Sarah Vaughan: Crazy and Mixed Up

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Sunday, 23 June 2019

Series 15, Prog 2

MARVELLOUS MEDLEYS

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

Gershwin Medley (But Not for Me, Love Is Here to Stay, Embraceable You, Someone to Watch Over Me) - Sarah Vaughan: Ronnie Scott's Presents Sarah Vaughan Live - Vol 2
West Side Story Medley (Jet Song, Something's Coming, Cool, Tonight, A-Me-Ri-Ca, Gee, Office Krupke, Maria) - Sammy Davis Jr: At The Cocoanut Grove
Ray Charles Tribute (Hallelujah! I Love Him So, I Got a Man, Just for a Thrill, Yes Indeed!) - Peggy Lee: Peggy at Basin Street East
Unthemed Medley (That Old Black Magic, Cheek to Cheek, Jersey Bounce, Sweet Georgia Brown, Lucky In Love, Hit The Road To Dreamland, For Me And My Gal) - Mark Murphy: This Could Be the Start of Something
Porgy & Bess Medley (Summertime/They Pass By Singin'/I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'/It Take A Long Pull To Get There/It Ain't Necessary So/Strawberry Women/Oh, Bess, Oh Bess, Where's My Bess/Bess, You Is My Woman) - Mel Tormé: Mel Tormé & Friends

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Saturday, 15 June 2019

Series 15, Prog 1

HOME

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

The Journey Home - Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent: Songbook
Comin’ Home Baby - Mel Tormé: Comin’ Home Baby!
Home (With You) - Dena DeRose: A Walk In the Park
Come In From the Rain - Todd Gordon: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel
Why Do the Wrong People Travel? - Elaine Stritch: At Liberty
It’s Nice to Go Trav’ling (But Oh So Nice to Come Home) - Frank Sinatra: Come Fly With Me
I’ll Be Home - Lee Wiley: Back Home Again
Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home - Shirley Horn: I Remember Miles
Home Again - Christine Tobin & Liam Noble: Tapestry Unravelled
Gotta Travel On - The Hi-Lo’s: The Hi-Lo’s Happen to Folk Songs
I’m Coming Home Again - Carmen McRae: I’m Coming Home Again
Sentimental Journey - Sue Raney: A Tribute to Doris Day/Heart’s Desire
Walkin’ My Baby Back Home - Nat King Cole
Bring It on Home to Me - Aretha Franklin: Soul ’69

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com