Saturday, 13 December 2025

Series 31, Prog 19

THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

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

The Bad and the Beautiful - June Christy: Off Beat
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World - Vic Damone: The Lively Ones
A Bad Case of the Blues - Dinah Washington: Unforgettable
But Beautiful - Nat King Cole: The Very Thought of You
Got the Blues So Bad - Victoria Spivey: Songs We Taught Your Mother
It’s a Beautiful Evening - Buddy Greco: Big Band and Ballads
It’s Bad for Me - Benny Goodman Sextet & Rosemary Clooney: Date with a King
Bad News - Rosemary Clooney: Red Garters
My One Bad Habit - Dave Brubeck Quartet & Carmen McRae: The Real Ambassadors
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) - Nina Simone: Nina Simone Sings Duke Ellington
Beautiful Love - Anita O’Day: Anita
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
It Was So Beautiful (and You Were Mine) - Ethel Ennis: Have You Forgotten?
Big Band Bill (Is Sweet William Now) - Peggy Lee: Sugar & Spice
You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby - Lee Wiley: West of the Moon
Beautiful Child - Rufus Wainwright: Want One
(The End of) A Beautiful Friendship - Clairdee: Destination Moon
Let’s Make the Most of a Beautiful Thing - Nancy Wilson: Welcome to My Love

June Christy's 1960 album release, Off Beat, which featured the song, The Bad
and the Beautiful - written by David Raksin and Dory Langdon (aka Dory Previn)





Thursday, 4 December 2025

Series 31, Prog 18

VOCAL GROUPS

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


I’ve Got a New Love Affair - The Skip Jacks: Sweet, Hot and Blue

You Do Something to Me - The Andrews Sisters: Fresh and Fancy Free

I get Along Without You Very Well - The Four Freshmen: Four Freshmen and Five Saxes

Two for the Blues - Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: Sing a Song of Basie

There’s a Small Hotel - Claude Thornhill Orchestra & The Snowflakes

To Know You (Is to Love You) - Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters: Dreamer’s Holiday

A Cute Piece of Property - The Encores with Billy May & His Orchestra: single

It Hurts Me More Than It Hurts You - The Mills Brothers: Gems by The Mills Brothers

The Way You Look Tonight - The Dinning Sisters & Jack Fascinato & His Orchestra: Songs by The Dinning Sisters

A Bushel and a Peck - The McGuire Sisters: Guys and Dolls (Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre)

Blueberry Hill - Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra & Chorus: Satchmo in Style

Don’cha Go ‘Way Mad - Harry James & His Orchestra with The Skylarks: 78rpm single

Take the “A” Train - The Kings Sisters: Imagination

Desafinado - The Hi-Lo’s: The Hi-Lo’s Happen to Bossa Nova

Who (Stole My Heart Away) - The Pied Pipers: Jerome Kern’s Music

Who (Stole My Heart Away) - Pearl Bailey & The Charioteers: 78rpm single

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots: 78rpm single

I Surrender, Dear - Count Basie & His Orchestra with the Alan Copeland Singers: Basie Swingin' - Voices Singin’

In the Mood - The Modernaires: The Modernaires Sing The Great Glenn Miller Instrumentals


Image: Caio





Thursday, 27 November 2025

Series 31, Prog 17

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


Image: Tima Miroshnichenko




Saturday, 22 November 2025

Series 31, Prog 16

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 


Image: Bharath Kumar Venkatesh




Saturday, 15 November 2025

Series 31, Prog 15

LET’S GO!

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!


Image: sevenstormphotography





Saturday, 8 November 2025

Series 31, Prog 14

REMEMBERING ARRANGER AND CONDUCTOR, 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)



Thursday, 30 October 2025

Series 31, Prog 13

THE ONLY WAY IS 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


Image: maitreding