Series 23, Prog 20

THE UNFORGETTABLE NAT KING COLE

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

Unforgettable - Nat King Cole: The Nat King Cole Story

Sweet Lorraine - Nat King Cole: 78rpm single

Ballerina - Nat King Cole: single

You’re My Everything - Nat King Cole: I Don’t Want to be Hurt Anymore

Send for Me - Nat King Cole: Billy May Sessions

Nature Boy - Nat King Cole: Nat King Cole Sings the Blues

When My Sugar Walks Down the Street - Nat King Cole: Billy May Sessions

When I Fall in Love - Nat King Cole: Love Is the Thing

Once in a While - Nat King Cole: Just One of Those Things

The Rules of the Road - Nat King Cole: Let’s Face the Music!

Paradise - Nat King Cole: The Very Thought of You

Let There be Love - Nat King Cole: Nat King Cole Sings - George Shearing Quintet Plays

I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face - Nat King Cole: Sings My Fair Lady

There’s Love - Nat King Cole: L-O-V-E

This is Always - Nat King Cole: Tell Me All About Yourself

Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer - Nat King Cole: Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer

Tenderly - Nat King Cole: Sings for Two in Love

Joe Turner’s Blues - Nat King Cole: At The Sands

Nat King Cole 

(March 17, 1919 - February 15, 1965)

Series 23, Prog 19

LIVE AT GREAT AMERICAN VENUES

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

I Wish I Were in Love Again - Mel Tormé: Live at The Crescendo

Secret Love - Carmen McRae: Live at Bubba’s!

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

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

I’m Way Ahead of the Game - Tony Bennett: Live at The Sahara

I’m Having a Good Time - Alberta Hunter: Downhearted Blues (Live at The Cookery)

What a Little Moonlight Can Do - Dee Dee Bridgewater: Live at Yoshi’s

How Blue Can You Get? - BB King: Live at The Regal

God Bless the Child - Esther Phillips: CTI Summer Jazz at The Hollywood Bowl

I’ve Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra: The Main Event (Madison Square Garden)

Call Me Darling - Peggy Lee: Peggy at Basin Street East (The Unreleased Show)

Spirit in the Dark - Aretha Franklin: Live at The Fillmore West

The Surrey with the Fringe on Top - Nat King Cole: Nat King Cole at the Sands

When You’re Smiling - Judy Garland: Judy at Carnegie Hall

Photo: Brandin T

Series 23, Prog 18

READY FOR TAKE-OFF

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

Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra: Come Fly with Me

Flying - Carmen McRae: For Once in My Life

Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary: Album 1700

Flying Home - Ella Fitzgerald: 78rpm single

One Day I’ll Fly Away - Randy Crawford: Now We May Begin

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

Where Flamingos Fly - Toni Harper & Marty Paich Orchestra: Night Mood

Flip, Flop & Fly - Big Joe Turner with Count Basie & His Orchestra: Flip, Flop & Fly

Fly Me to the Moon - Peggy Lee: Pretty Eyes

Flying Down to Rio - Fred Astaire: The Complete London Sessions

Song of the Jet (Samba Do Avião) - Salena Jones: Salena Sings with the Jobims

I’d Fly - Diane Schuur & Richard Cocciante: Friends for Schuur

Let’s Fly Away - Lee Wiley: ’S Wonderful

Fly Too High - Janis Ian featuring Steve Madaio: Night Rains

Jet Propelled Papa - Helen Humes: Today I Sing the Blues

Hi-Fly - Mel Tormé: Comin' Home Baby!

Photo: Tove Liu

Series 23, Prog 17

MEDLEYS

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

1. Blue Skies/On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)/A Foggy Day - Ella Fitzgerald: Live from The Cave Supper Club, Vancouver, Canada

2. 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

3. Easy Living/Days ff Wine and Roses/It's Impossible - Carmen McRae: The Great American Songbook

Say It Isn't So/Blue Skies/Here's That Rainy Day - Perry Como: Sing to Me, Mr C

4. Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody in Blue/Swanee/The Man I Love/Oh, Lady Be Good/Somebody Loves Me/I Got Rhythm/It Ain't Necessarily So/Summertime/Strike Up the Band! - Bing Crosby & Al Jolson: Bing Crosby Meets Al Jolson: The Complete Radio Duets

5. Beatles Medley: Golden Slumbers/Here, There And Everywhere - Roberta Gambarini: So in Love

6. Fabulous Forties Medley: Little White Lies/Tangerine/Love Walked In/Mam'selle/Cherokee/On the Sunny Side of the Street - Dick Haymes: Dick Haymes Comes Home! Live At The Cocoanut Grove 1973

7. One Kiss/My Romance/The Most Beautiful Man in the World - Peggy Lee: Peggy At Basin Street East (The Unreleased Show)

8. West Side Story Medley: Jet Song/Something's Coming/Cool/Tonight/A-Me-Ri-Ca/Gee, Officer Krupke/Maria - Sammy Davis Jr & Johnny Mendoza: At the Cocoanut Grove

Photo: Tara Winstead

Series 23, Prog 16

FEEL THE HEAT

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

In the Heat of the Night - Nancy Wilson: Welcome to My Love

Too Dar Hot - Mel Tormé: Swings Shubert Alley

My Old Flame - Margaret Whiting: Past Midnight !

Warm Kiss (and a Cold Heart) - Jeri Southern: Southern Breeze

Steam Heat - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Sings Broadway

Warm All Over - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Sings Broadway

It’s Too Hot for Words - Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra: The Real Billie Holiday

The Long, Hot Summer - Dick Haymes: Look at Me Now!

Le Jazz Hot - Julie Andrews: Victor, Victoria (Soundtrack)

I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Dinah Washington: September in the Rain

Just One of Those Things - Rosemary Clooney: Sings the Music of Cole Porter

Heat Wave - Susannah McCorkle: Let’s Face the Music (The Songs of Irving Berlin)

Slow Hot Wind - Sarah Vaughan: Sings the Henry Mancini Songbook

It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) - Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Jones Trio, Duke Ellington Orchestra featuring Ray Nance: Côte d'Azur Concerts (Disc 7)

Photo: Jeremy Bishop

Series 23, Prog 15

THAT’S PRETTY DEEP!

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

Deep in the Night - Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Dick Haymes: Moondreams

How Deep is the Ocean - Dena DeRose: A Walk in the Park

(Close Your Eyes) Take a Deep Breath - Eydie Gorné & Steve Lawrence: Eydie Gormé’s Delight

River Deep, Mountain High - Annie Lennox: Coldest (EP)

Deep in a Dream - Ed Townsend with Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra: Glad to be Here

A Thousand Kisses Deep - Barb Jungr: Hard Rain - The Songs of Bob Dylan & Leonard Cohen

A Deeper Blue - Full Swing (Featuring Lorraine Feather, Angel Rogers & Tom Stone): The End of the Sky

Dig a Little Deeper - Mahalia Jackson: 78rpm single

Deep Down Love - Jackie Wilson: Somethin’ Else

Deep Song - Billie Holiday: Love Songs

Deep Night - Frank Sinatra & Harry James: Love is a Kick

How Deep is Your Love - Jacqui Naylor: You Don’t Know Jacq

Deep in the Heart of Texas - Ray Charles: The Genius Hits the Road

Deep Purple - Carol Sloane: I Never Went Away

Photo: 7inchs

Series 23, Prog 14

SUNSHINE

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

Hello Sunshine - Aretha Franklin: Aretha Now

Sunshine Cake - Frank Sinatra & Paula Kelly: 78rpm single

Sunshine of Your Love - Ella Fitzgerald: Sunshine of Your Love

Brighter than Sunshine - Aqualung: Strange and Beautiful

You Brought Me More Sunshine Than I Can Use - Pearl Bailey: For Adults Only

Sunshine Superman - Donovan: Sunshine Superman

Sunny - Ernestine Anderson: Sunshine

You are My Sunshine - Count Basie & The Alan Copeland Singers: Basie Swingin’ - Voices Singin’

Hello Sunshine - Bobby Darin: Inside Out (bonus track)

Sunshine After the Rain - Elkie Brooks: single

Walking in the Sunshine - Frank Sinatra & Harry James: 78rpm single

You are the Sunshine of My Life - Ella Fitzgerald: Montreux ’77

Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles: Revolver

Bring Me Sunshine - The Mills Brothers: My Shy Violet

We’ll Sing in the Sunshine - Jane Morgan: In My Style

Sunshine - Nancy Wilson: Life, Love and Harmony

Ain’t No Sunshine - Nancy Wilson: Kaleidoscope

The Best is Yet to Come - Todd Gordon & RAF Squadronaires: Evergreen

Photo: Hassan Ouajbir