31/01/2010
Russell Davies celebrates the art, craft and inspiration of the popular song.
Every Sunday Russell Davies presents the history of popular song, spotlighting its greatest exponents.
He focuses on top songwriters and composers like the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer, as well as some lesser-known names such as Roy Turk and Fred Ahlert; Ted Koehler, Walter Donaldson, Jack Lawrence and Peter Tinturin.
Russell features the artists who gave their songs wings: Fred Astaire, Ella, Bing, Peggy Lee, Sinatra, Julie London, The Mills Brothers, Boswell Sisters and many more. He pays birthday and centennial tributes, marks important deaths, and finds topical items that illuminate the subject in a variety of entertaining ways, with the occasional star interview.
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Fred Astaire
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
- Fred Astaire 鈥� Jazz Time.
- Proper.
- PVCD 124.
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Fred Astaire
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
- Fred Astaire 鈥� Jazz Time.
- Proper.
- PVCD 124.
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Nat King Cole
An Affair To Remember
- 鈥楬ooray For Hollywood鈥� Dynamic Themes 鈥�.
- Jasmine.
- JASBOX 23-4.
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Nat King Cole
An Affair To Remember
- 鈥楬ooray For Hollywood鈥� Dynamic Themes 鈥�.
- Jasmine.
- JASBOX 23-4.
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Doris Day
Hooray For Hollywood
- 鈥楬ooray For Hollywood鈥� Dynamic Themes 鈥�.
- Jasmine.
- JASBOX 23-4.
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Doris Day
Hooray For Hollywood
- 鈥楬ooray For Hollywood鈥� Dynamic Themes 鈥�.
- Jasmine.
- JASBOX 23-4.
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Edythe Wright W. Tommy Dorsey Clambake 7
He's A Gypsy From Poughkeepsie
- Tommy Dorsey Clambake Seven 1935 - 1950.
- Living Era.
- CD AJA 5497.
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Edythe Wright W. Tommy Dorsey Clambake 7
He's A Gypsy From Poughkeepsie
- Tommy Dorsey Clambake Seven 1935 - 1950.
- Living Era.
- CD AJA 5497.
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Lorraine Feather
Scrabble
- 鈥淎ges 鈥� Lorraine Feather鈥� Brand New!.
- Jazzed Media.
- JM 1047.
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Lorraine Feather
Scrabble
- 鈥淎ges 鈥� Lorraine Feather鈥� Brand New!.
- Jazzed Media.
- JM 1047.
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Lorraine Feather
I Forgot To Have Children
- 鈥淎ges 鈥� Lorraine Feather鈥� Brand New!.
- Jazzed Media.
- JM 1047.
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Lorraine Feather
I Forgot To Have Children
- 鈥淎ges 鈥� Lorraine Feather鈥� Brand New!.
- Jazzed Media.
- JM 1047.
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Susannah McCorkle
I Take To You
- Susannah Mccorkle: The Music Of Harry Warren.
- World Records.
- WRS 1001.
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Susannah McCorkle
I Take To You
- Susannah Mccorkle: The Music Of Harry Warren.
- World Records.
- WRS 1001.
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Noble Sissle Orchestra- Lena Horne, Vocal
I Take To You
- The Fabulous Lena Horne: 22 Hits 1936-1946.
- ASV Living Era.
- CD AJA 5238.
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Noble Sissle Orchestra- Lena Horne, Vocal
I Take To You
- The Fabulous Lena Horne: 22 Hits 1936-1946.
- ASV Living Era.
- CD AJA 5238.
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Rebecca Kilgore & Dave Frishberg
I Go For That
- Rebecca Kilgore, Dave Frishberg: Starlit Hour.
- Arbors Records.
- ARCD 19255.
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Rebecca Kilgore & Dave Frishberg
I Go For That
- Rebecca Kilgore, Dave Frishberg: Starlit Hour.
- Arbors Records.
- ARCD 19255.
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Tony Martin
A Gal In Calico
- 鈥楬ooray For Hollywood鈥� Dynamic Themes 鈥�.
- Jasmine.
- JASBOX 23-4.
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Tony Martin
A Gal In Calico
- 鈥楬ooray For Hollywood鈥� Dynamic Themes 鈥�.
- Jasmine.
- JASBOX 23-4.
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Mel Torm茅
Anywhere I Wander
- 鈥楬ooray For Hollywood鈥� Dynamic Themes 鈥�.
- Jasmine.
- JASBOX 23-4.
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Mel Torm茅
Anywhere I Wander
- 鈥楬ooray For Hollywood鈥� Dynamic Themes 鈥�.
- Jasmine.
- JASBOX 23-4.
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Ethel Waters
Three Little Words
- 鈥楨thel Waters 1929-31鈥� (Chronological Series).
- Classics.
- CLASSICS 721.
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Ethel Waters
Three Little Words
- 鈥楨thel Waters 1929-31鈥� (Chronological Series).
- Classics.
- CLASSICS 721.
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Margaret Whiting
True Love
- 鈥楬ooray For Hollywood鈥� Dynamic Themes 鈥�.
- Jasmine.
- JASBOX 23-4.
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Margaret Whiting
True Love
- 鈥楬ooray For Hollywood鈥� Dynamic Themes 鈥�.
- Jasmine.
- JASBOX 23-4.
Broadcast
- Sun 31 Jan 2010 21:00麻豆社 Radio 2