Series 20, Prog 15

THE BEAT OF THE HEART

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

Heart - Peggy Lee: Latin Ala Lee

This One's from the Heart - Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle: One from the Heart

How Many Hearts Have You Broken? - Frank Rosolino: Turn Me Loose!

What Will I Tell My Heart? - Dinah Washington: In the Land of Hi-Fi

Take These Chains from My Heart - Madeleine Peyroux: The Blue Room

Cold, Cold Heart - Nat King Cole: The Billy May Sessions

Keep Your Hand On Your Heart - Joe Williams: Joe Williams & That Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra

I’ll Follow My Secret Heart - Lee Wiley: Manhattan Nights

With a Song In My Heart - Sammy Davis Jr: That's All

I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart - Irene Kral: The Band and I

(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings - Nellie Lutcher: Our New Nellie

I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett: The Singles Collection

Raining In My Heart - Liane Carroll: Ballads

My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Loves Cole

My Heart Belongs to Only You - June Christy: This Is June Christy

Dear Heart - Janet Seidel: Hooray for Christmas

Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Perry Como: Como Swings

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Photo: Luan Rezende

Series 20, Prog 14

FOR EVER

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

Did You Ever - Jimmy Rushing: Five Feet of Soul

Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You - Dinah Washington: In the Land of Hi-Fi

Don’t Ever Go Away - Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim: Sinatra & Company

Evergreen - Todd Gordon & Royal Air Force Squadronaires: Helping the Heroes

Did I Ever Really Love - Carmen McRae: Live at Century Plaza

I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles - Charlie Ventura and His Band with Jackie Cain & Roy Kral: Jackie and Roy

If Ever I Would Leave You - Nancy Wilson: Gentle Is My Love

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Dick Haymes: Dick Haymes Comes Home! Live At The Cocoanut Grove 1973

No One Ever Tells You - Cynthia Crane & Mike Renzi: Smokey Bar Songs

Have You Ever Seen the Rain - The Spin Doctors: Philadelphia (Soundtrack)

For You, For Me, For Evermore - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George & Ira Gershwin Song Book - Vol 3

On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) - Frank Sinatra: Strangers In the Night

Don’t Ever Leave Me - Margaret Whiting: Margaret Whiting Sings The Jerome Kern Song Book - Vol 1

Only Forever - Dean Martin: Pretty Baby

If You Ever Should Leave - Mildred Bailey: The Blues Singer 1937-1939

Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles: Love

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com 

Photo: Molly Champion

Series 20, Prog 13

THEY’VE GOT RHYTHM

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

Rockin’ In Rhythm - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book

The Rhythm of Life - Sammy Davis Jr: Sweet Charity (Soundtrack)

I’m an Errand Girl for Rhythm - Carmen McRae: You’re Looking at Me

That Rhythm Man - Louis Armstrong: Satch Plays Fats

I Got Rhythm - Ann Richards & Stan Kenton: Two Much!

Rhythm Saved the World - The Mills Brothers: Golden Greats

London Rhythm - The Mills Brothers: Golden Greats

Slave to the Rhythm - Richard Niles: tbc

Jungle Rhythm - Lorraine Feather: Café Society

Fascinating Rhythm - Cleo Laine: Spotlight On Cleo Laine

Spreadin’ Rhythm Around - Billie Holiday: The Real Billie Holiday

It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Sarah Vaughan: Duke Ellington Song Book - Vol 2

All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm - Mel Tormé: An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé

Lullaby In Rhythm - Peggy Lee: Things Are Swingin’

Crazy Rhythm - Johnny Mercer: Sweet Georgia Brown

We’re Rockin’ In Rhythm - Lorraine Feather: Café Society

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Series 20, Prog 12

FAVOURITES

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

A Beautiful Friendship - Nat King Cole: Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays

Heartache - Jimmy Rushing: Five Feet of Soul

Starting Over - Kat Edmonson: Take to the Sky

Moments Like This - Tony Bennett: The Art of Excellence 

What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday: The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve [Disc 3]

Teach Me Tonight - Sarah Vaughan: How Long Has This Been Going On

That's Life - Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today

Pennies from Heaven - Helen Humes: Swingin' with Humes 

These Foolish Things - Frank Sinatra: Point of No Return

Fortune in Dreams - Pete Longo's Superband with Frank Sinatra Jr: Billy May for President

I Ain't Here - Carmen McRae: I Am Music

Nancy (with the Laughing Face) - The Four Freshmen: Four Freshmen & Five Guitars

When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along - Eydie Gormé: Vamps the Roaring ‘20s

Desafinado - Ella Fitzgerald: Jukebox Ella

Swan Lake - Barbara Long: Soul

Route 66 - Perry Como: Como Swings

Sunday in New York - Shirley Horn: Trav’lin' Light

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Series 20, Prog 11

HARD TIMES

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

So Hard to Laugh, So Easy to Cry - Lou Rawls: Soulin’

Dedicated to the One I Love - The Mamas and The Papas: Deliver

Heard Hearted Hannah - Shirley Horn: The Swingin’ Shirley Horn

So Very Hard to Go - Tower of Power: Tower of Power

Hard Rain - Barb Jungr: Hard Rain/The Songs of Bob Dylan & Leonard Cohen

Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) - Ray Charles: The Genius Sings the Blues

Hard Times for Lovers - Judy Collins: Hard Times for Lovers

It’s Hard - Clifton Chenier: Louisiana Blues and Zydeco

I’ll Be Hard to Handle - Ella Fitzgerald: The Jerome Kern Song Book

Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word - Elton John: Rocket Man/The Definitive Hits

It’s Hard to Laugh or Smile - Jimmy Rushing: Listen to the Blues

Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Carol Kidd & Hilary Brooks: advance copy

It’s So Hard - John Lennon: Imagine

A Hard Day’s Night - Ramsey Lewis: Hang On Ramsey!

A Good Man Is Hard to Find - Alberta Hunter: Amtrak Blues

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Photo: Jaksbro

Series 20, Prog 10

HAVING IT ALL!

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

All Alone - Rosemary Clooney: Thanks for Nothing

All In Fun - Margaret Whiting: Margaret Whiting Sings The Jerome Kern Song Book - Vol 1

All I Need Is the Girl - Vic Damone: Live from Las Vegas

All My Love - Dena DeRose: A Walk In the Park

All or Nothing at All - Morgana King: Let Me Love You

All of Me - Frank Sinatra: Classic Sinatra II

All the Way - Keely Smith: Politely

All the World Is Green - Tom Waits: Blood Money

All Blues - Ernestine Anderson: Ow! The Concord All Stars

All This and Heaven Too - Mel Tormé: It’s a Blue World

All His Children - Bing Crosby & Count Basie: Bing ’n Basie

All Gone - Cleo Laine: The Servant (Soundtrack)

All I Could Do Is Cry - Etta James: At Last!

All These Things - Harry Connick Jr: Only You

All Is Quiet - Jacqui Dankworth: Live to Love

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com

Series 20, Prog 9

SALUTE TO DUKE ELLINGTON

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

Things Ain't What They Used to Be - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: Sing Ellington

Love You Madly - Cleo Laine and Mel Tormé: Nothing Without You

I'm Checking Out... Goodbye - Rosemary Clooney & Duke Ellington: Blue Rose

I'm Just a Lucky So and So - Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington: The Great Summit

Come Sunday - Carmen McRae: Bittersweet

I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart - Lena Horne: Lovely and Alive

I Didn't Know About You - Patti Page: In the Land of Hi-Fi

Don't Get Around Much Any More - Barry Manilow: Singin' with the Big Bands

I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Julie London: For the Night People

Satin Doll - Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington Orchestra: Côte d'Azur Concerts (Disc 5)

All I Need Is the Girl - Frank Sinatra & Duke Ellington: Francis A & Edward K

Blue Piano - Freda Payne: After the Lights Go Down Low

Just Squeeze Me - Sarah Vaughan: Sarah + 2

Caravan - Tony Bennett: Bennett Sings Ellington/Hot and Cool

I'm Beginning to See the Light - Nancy Wilson: The Nancy Wilson Show!

Jump for Joy - Mark Murphy: Midnight Mood

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Love dot com