"67 Melody Lane" by Ken Griffin album cover

March 25, 2023 Playlist

"67 Melody Lane" by Ken Griffin album cover

Featuring break music from
67 Melody Lane by Ken Griffin at the Wurlitzer Organ

The George Shearing Quintet with Dakota Staton “I Hear Music” from In the Night

Al Hirt & Ann-Margret “Mutual Admiration Society” from Beauty and the Beard

Jonah Jones “Mack the Knife” from Muted Jazz

Della Reese “You’re Driving Me Crazy” from Della

Rosemary Clooney “Mangos” from The Essential Rosemary Clooney [REQUEST]

Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald “Oops!” from The Platinum Collection

Johnny Marvin w/ Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra “Half A Moon (Is Better Than No Moon)” from 1926

Jimmie Davis “My Mary (From Paper Moon)” from Paper Moon

Eddie Cantor “Makin’ Whoopee” from Those Memory Years, Volume 2

Dick Powell “In My Little Red Book” from The Dick Powell Songbook

Anne Lenner w/ Carroll Gibbons & His Orchestra “There Isn’t Any Limit To My Love” from Top Hits of the 1930s

Clyde Roger w/ Freddy Martin & His Orchestra “Tonight We Love” from Remembering the ’40s (1941)

Kitty Kallen w/ Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra “They’re Either Too Young or Too Old” from The Best of Jimmy Dorsey

Tony Pastor w/ Artie Shaw & His Orchestra “Small Fry” from 22 Original Big Band Recordings: Artie Shaw

Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers w/ Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra “The One I Love (Belongs to Someone Else)” from A String Of Pearls: Great Stars of the ’40s [REQUEST]

Ray Foster w/ Joe Reisman and His Orchestra “A Lovely Way to Spend An Evening” from The Uncollected: Joe Reichman and His Orchestra (1944-1949)

BJ Thomas “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head” from Pop Memories Of the 60s

Burt Bacharach “The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle” from It’s Time for Carols and Kris Kringle

Simon & Garfunkel “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” from Pop Memories Of the ’60s

Dinah Shore “Dear Hearts and Gentle People” from Moments To Remember: The Golden Hits of the ’50s and ’60s

Mitch Miller “The River Kwai March” from Diamond Jubilee Showcase (Great Shows)

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra “Jolly Holiday” from Duke Ellington Plays with the Original Motion Picture Score of Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins

Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald “Summertime” from The Platinum Collection [REQUEST]

Sammy Davis, Jr. “Lush Life” from Uptown Lounge

June Christy “Softly As In a Morning Sunrise” from Something Cool

Nat King Cole “Walking My Baby Back Home” from The Greatest of Nat King Cole

Nancy Wilson “If Love Is Good To Me” from Gentle Is My Love

Woody Herman & His Orchestra “Caldonia” from The Beat of the Big Bands [LOCAL]

Keely Smith “There Will Never Be Another You” from Swingin’ Pretty

Erroll Garner “Robbins’ Nest” from Encores In Hi Fi

Dinah Washington “Without a Song” from September In the Rain

Johnny Hartman “The Very Thought of You” from The Johnny Hartman Collection 1947-1972

"Waltzes played by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians" box set cover

March 4, 2023 Playlist

"Waltzes played by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians" box set cover

Featuring break music from
Waltzes played by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians

An all-45 RPM show!

Lawrence Welk & His Champagne Music “Wiener Blut” from Viennese Waltzes for Dancing

The Hi-Lo’s “They Didn’t Believe Me”

Lee Wiley Sings and Lennie Tristano Plays “Sugar”

Roger Williams at the Piano with Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser “Autumn Leaves”

Nat King Cole “Mona Lisa”

Joan Weber w/ orchestra conducted by Jimmy Carroll “Let Me Go Lover”

Bing Crosby “Around the World”

Vaughn Monroe “The Night Is Young and You’re So Beautiful”

Perry Como with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra and Chorus “Wanted”

Bob Scobey and His Frisco Jazz Band “Too Much Mustard”

Irving Fazola and his Dixieland Band (The Original Dixieland Jazz Band) “Original Dixieland One Step”

Bob Crosby and His Orchestra “South Rampart Street Parade”

Sidney Bichet with Henry Levine and His Barefooted Dixieland Philharmonic “Muskrat Ramble”

Irving Fazola and his Dixieland Band “Fidgety Feet”

Red Nichols & His Five Pennies “Shake It and Break It” from Battle Hymn of the Republic

Jonathan Edwards “Nola”

Eddie Fischer “Wish You Were Here”

Bunny Berigan and His Men “Davenport Blues” from Bunny Plays Bix [LOCAL]

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra “Let’s Dance”

Frankie Ross with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra “Lemon Drop”

Ted Weems and His Orchestra “When My Baby Smiles At Me”

Ray Anthony “Skokiaan”

Ivey Anderson w/ Duke Ellington and His Orchestra “I’ve Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good” from Smoke Rings

Jack Jenney and His Orchestra “Stardust”

Jerry Gray and His Orchestra “Dancing In the Dark”

Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra “Thanks for the Memory”

Wayne King and His Orchestra “Wine, Woman and Song”

Henry Busse and His Orchestra “Hot Lips”

The Bill Tole Orchestra “Hullabaloo”

Wild Bill Davison and the Salt City Six “Fair Is Fair”

Snow Hill Sax Band “Port-Au-Prince Polka”

Don Cornell, Alan Dale, and Johnny Desmond “The Gang That Sang “Heart Of My Heart””

The Kaye Choir & The Kaydets w/ Sammy Kaye and His Swing ‘n’ Sway Orchestra “Hawaiian Sunset” from Sammy Kaye presents The Heart of the Islands in Song

"Cocktail Capers" album cover

February 25, 2023 Playlist

"Cocktail Capers" album coverFeaturing break music from
Cocktail Capers
by the Art Van Damme Quintette

New Orleans’ Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band “Clarinet Marmalade” from New Orleans’ Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Ramsey Lewis “Hey Mrs. Jones” from Goin’ Latin on GRP. Genre: Pop

Della Reese “I’m Beginning To See the Light” from Della

Bing Crosby with Bob Scobey’s Frisco Jazz Band “Mack the Knife” from Bing With A Beat

Chet Baker “There Will Never Be Another You” from Putumayo Presents: Jazz [REQUEST]

Dinah Shore “Mood Indigo” from NBC’s Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street

June Christy “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” from The Song Is June! on CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92).

Carmen MacRae “If Love Is Good To Me” from Book Of Ballads

Dean Martin “Return To Me” from That’s Amore: The Best of Dean Martin

Ambrose and His Orchestra “I’ve Got You On My Mind” from Just One Of Those Things: A Tribute To Cole Porter

Jimmie Lunceford “Baby, Are You Kiddin’?” from Jukebox Hits 1935-1947 on Acrobat Music

Lawrence Welk “Bubbles In the Wine” from Happy Days Are Here Again!

Artie Shaw and His Orchestra “Frenesi” from The Great Band Era (1940)

Anita O’Day with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra “Stop, The Red Light’s On” from Gene Krupa, His Orchestra and Anita O’Day featuring Roy Eldridge

Frank Sinatra “New York, New York” from Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years [REQUEST]

Woody Herman and His Orchestra “Your Father’s Mustache” from Bijou

Doris Day “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)” from Whatever Will Be, Will Be [REQUEST]

The Vince Guaraldi Trio “Cast Your Fate To the Wind” from Pop Memories Of the ’60s

Arthur Lyman Group “Caravan” from Ocean’s Eleven (Music from the Motion Picture) on Warner Records. Genre: Soundtrack [REQUEST]

Nat “King” Cole & George Shearing “Pick Yourself Up” from Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays on Capitol Records. Genre: Jazz

Music In the Russ Morgan Manner “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down” from Top Hits Of the 1930s

Evelyn Knight “Dance With A Dolly” from These Were Our Songs (These Were Our Girls)

Connie Francis “Melody Of Love” from Greatest American Waltzes

Judy Garland “Over the Rainbow” from The Very Best of Judy Garland [REQUEST]

Dick Powell “Fair and Warmer” from Lullaby of Broadway

Fred Astaire “Top Hat, White Tie and Tails” from The Early Years at RKO on Masterworks

Johnny Hartman “The Very Thought of You” from The Johnny Hartman Collection 1947-1972 [REQUEST]

Julie London “How About Me” from Around Midnight

Ella Fitzgerald “Let’s Fall In Love” from Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Harold Arlen Songbook (Expanded Edition)

Vic Damone “Out of Nowhere” from That Towering Feeling

Bob Hope and Shirley Ross “Two Sleepy People” from The Classic Hoagy Carmichael

"Black Satin" by The George Shearing Quintet album cover

February 11, 2023 Playlist

"Black Satin" album coverFeaturing break music from
Black Satin
by The George Shearing Quintet and Orchestra

Artie Shaw and His Orchestra “Lover, Come Back To Me” from Back Bay Shuffle

Kenny Sargent w/ Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra “Day In, Day Out” from The Uncollected: Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra (1939-1940)

Billie Holiday “Lover Man (Where Can You Be)” from Happy Days Are Here Again

Ella Fitzgerald “Stardust” from The Classic Hoagy Carmichael

Nancy Wilson “My One and Only Love” from Gentle Is My Love

The George Shearing Quintet And Orchestra “The Folks Who Live On the Hill” from Black Satin

Frank Sinatra “The Way You Look Tonight” from Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years

Rosemary Clooney “You Make Me Feel So Young” from The Essential Rosemary Clooney

Sarah Vaughan w/ George Treadwell & His All-Stars “Nice Work If You Can Get It” from Billie, Ella, Lena, Sarah [REQUEST]

Fred Astaire “Cheek To Cheek” from Steppin’Out: Astaire Sings

Maxine Sullivan “Molly Malone” from Loch Lomond: The Essential Max

The Three Kaydets w/ Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra “Lavender Blue” from Remembering The ’40s (1948)

Mildred Bailey “At Sundown” from Jazz Infusion: Mildred Bailey

Carmen Lombardo w/ Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians “A Sailboat In the Moonlight” from The Great Band Era (1937)

Buddy Holly “Raining In My Heart” from It Doesn’t Matter Anymore 7″

The Browns “The Old Lamplighter” from Nipper’s Greatest Hits 60’s, Vol. 2

Dinah Washington w/ Hal Mooney and His Orchestra “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” from Compact Jazz: Dinah Washington

Jimmy Durante “If I Had You” from As Time Goes By: The Best of Jimmy Durante

Nat King Cole “Let’s Fall In Love” from The Unforgettable Nat King Cole

June Christy “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” from The Jazz Sessions: The Best of June Christy

Jack Teagarden “Stars Fell On Alabama” from Father of Jazz Trombone

John Boles “It Happened In Monterey” from Top Hits Of the 1930s

Fats Waller “Sweet Thing” from One Never Knows, Do One?

Ruth Etting “What About Me?” from Ruth Etting (1926-1935), Vol. 2

Gene Kelly “Singin’ In the Rain” from Singin’ In the Rain [REQUEST]

Johnny Mathis “Hello, Young Lovers” from Moments to Remember: Johnny Mathis/Vocal Enchantment

Johnny Mathis “The Twelfth Of Never” from Moments to Remember: Johnny Mathis/Vocal Enchantment

Sam Cooke “Cupid” from Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964

Percy Faith and His Orchestra “A Summer Place” [REQUEST]

Patti Page “Fly Me To The Moon” from Moments To Remember: Patti Page/Soft, Sweet…Sincere

Bing Crosby “Where The Blue Of the Night Meets The Gold Of the Day” from King Of the Crooners

Teddy Wilson & Marian McPartland "Elegant Piano" album cover

February 4, 2023 Playlist

Teddy Wilson & Marian McPartland "Elegant Piano" album cover

Featuring break music from
Themes for Young Lovers
by Percy Faith and His Orchestra

Woody Herman & His Ochestra “Apple Honey” from The Beat of the Big Bands: Woody Herman and his Orchestra [LOCAL]

Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra “Dusk In Upper Sandusky” from The Best of Jimmy Dorsey

Joe Reichman and His Orchestra “Johnson Rag” from The Uncollected: Joe Reichman and His Orchestra

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra “The Spirit Is Willing” from The Unforgettable Glenn Miller

Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra “Sleepy Lagoon” from Remembering The ’40s (1941-1942)

Paul Weston “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” from The Magic of Stereo: Soft Lights and Sweet Music

Percy Faith “Stars Fell On Alabama” from Diamond Jubilee Showcase: Great Moods

Liberace “Fascination” from Those Membory Years (Volume 2) [LOCAL]

Erroll Garner “Humoresque” from Encores In Hi Fi

The George Shearing Quintet with Dakota Staton “Easy” from In the Night

Dinah Washington “This Heart of Mine” from September In the Rain

Carmen McRae and Dave Brubeck “In Your Own Sweet Way” from Take Five (Live At Basin Street East)

Nat King Cole “Somewhere Along the Way” from The Greatest of Nat King Cole

Nancy Wilson “There Will Never Be Another You” from Gentle Is My Love

Frank Sinatra & Nancy Sinatra “Something Stupid” from Nancy’s Greatest Hits

Pinky Tomlin w/ Jimmie Grier & His Orchestra “The Object Of My Affection” from Paper Moon soundtrack

Beatrice Lillie with Vincent Youmans (piano) “Like He Loves Me” from 1926

Hildegarde “Honey-Coloured Moon” from Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup [LOCAL]

Dick Powell “I’ll String Along With You” from Lullaby Of Broadway

Fred Astaire “Isn’t This a Lovely Day?” from The Early Years at RKO

Russ Columbo “You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)” from Russ Columbo: A Legendary Performer

Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio “I Was Doing Alright” from Stan Gets and the Oscar Peterson Trio

Dean Martin “Just In Time” from That’s Amore: The Best of Dean Martin

Pearl Bailey “Hug Me A Hug (Kiss Me A Kiss)” from Gems By Pearl Bailey

Ella Fitzgerald “Bidin’ My Time” from The George & Ira Gershwin Songbook

Johnny Hartman “The Very Thought of You” from The Johnny Hartman Collection 1947-1972

Artie Shaw & His Orchestra “Stardust” from The Artie Shaw Story (Frenesi)

Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra “Take the “A” Train” from The Only Big Band CD You’ll Ever Need

Benny Goodman & His Orchestra “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) [Pts. 1 & 2]” from The Only Big Band CD You’ll Ever Need [REQUEST]

Teddy Wilson & Marian McPartland “Four-In-Hand Blues” from Elegant Piano