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January 25, 2025 Playlist

"Your Musical Holiday In Canada" album cover

Featuring break music from
Holiday In Canada
by Lou Snider, His Piano and Orchestra

Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra “Because Of You” from La Vie En Rose

Keely Smith “I Wish You Love” from The Hits of Louis and Keely

Nat King Cole “More” from L-O-V-E

Lena Horne “Pleasures and Palaces” from Feelin’ Good / Lena In Hollywood [REQUEST]

Tony Bennett “Rags to Riches” from Tony’s Greatest Hits

Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra “The Blue Room” from The Best of Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

Helen Ward w/ Benny Goodman & His Orchestra “You Turned The Tables On Me” from This Is Benny Goodman

Ray Eberle w/ Glenn Miller & His Orchestra “Blue Orchids” from The Classic Hoagy Carmichael

Artie Shaw & His Orchestra “Sweet Lorraine” from The Artie Shaw Story: Free Wheelin’

Duke Ellington “I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby (feat. Una Mae Carlisle)” from The Early Duke Ellington

Fats Waller “Sposin'” from One Never Knows, Do One?

Frank Sinatra “Fly Me To the Moon” from It Might As Well Be Swing

Sammy Davis, Jr. “Too Close for Comfort” from The Great Sammy Davis, Jr.

Les Paul & Mary Ford “Tico Tico” from Les & Mary

Dinah Shore “Medley: Where Or When / Easy To Love / Get Out of Town / They Can’t Take That Away From Me” from Dinah, Yes Indeed!

Nancy Wilson “Time After Time” from Gentle Is My Love

Dick Powell “Cause My Baby Says It’s So” from Lullaby of Broadway

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

Hildegarde “I Believe In Miracles” from Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup

Annette Hanshaw “Fit As a Fiddle” from Am I Blue

Al Bowlly “You Couldn’t Be Cuter” from Top Hits Of the 1930s

New Orleans Rhythm Kings “No Lovers Allowed (Remastered)” from Essential Recordings (Remastered)

Sam Cooke “I Love You (For Sentimental Reasons)” from 30 Greatest Hits: Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964

Dinah Washington “Cry Me a River” from What a Diff’rence a Day Makes! (Expanded Edition)

Johnny Hartman “Tenderly” from All of Me

Sarah Vaughan “I’m Afraid The Masquerade Is Over” from Sassy

Ella Fitzgerald “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You” from Let No Man Write My Epitaph

Andy Williams “Softly, As I Leave You (with Claudine Williams)” from The Wonderful World of Andy Williams

Harry James and His Orchestra “Sleepy Lagoon” from Best of the Big Bands

Harry Babbitt w/ Kay Kyser and His Orchestra “There’ll Be Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover” from Best of the Big Bands

Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra “Sweet and Lovely” from Best of Big Bands: Sammy Kaye

Jack Teagarden “Stars Fell On Alabama” from The Legendary Male Vocalists Of Jazz (1925-1940)

Vera Lynn “I’ll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time” from Sincerely Yours

Count Basie and His Orchestra “Good Morning Blues (Real Tuesday Weld Clerkenwell Remix)” from Everybody’s Waitin’ For the Man With the Bag [REQUEST]

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January 18, 2024 Playlist

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"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

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January 11, 2024 Playlist

Featuring break music from
“Come Dance With Me”
by Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra

"Come Dance With Me" by Sammy Kaye

Song Artist RELEASE
They Can’t Take That Away From Me Fred Astaire Steppin’ Out: Astaire Sings
That’s All Nat King Cole Hooray For Love: The Great Gentlemen of Song, Vol. 1
Moonlight Cocktail Merv Griffin A Tinkling Piano In The Next Apartment
Where Are You Going To Be When the Moon Shines Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae Alone & Together
When You Wore A Tulip Judy Garland & Gene Kelly The Very Best of Judy Garland
WSUM Merch Jack Claiborne
I’m Beginning to See the Light Della Reese Della (Remastered)
‘Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-Ness If I Do Lou Rawls & Les McCann Ltd. Stormy Monday
Cast Your Fate To The Wind Ramsey Lewis Goin’ Latin
Cupid Sam Cooke Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
There’s A Man In My Life Pearl Bailey The One And Only Pearl Bailey Sings
Food Safety Education 2 Ad Council
Time Alone Will Tell Jimmy Featherstone w/ Art Kassel and His “Kassels-In-the-Air” Orchestra The Uncollected: Art Kassel and His “Kassels In the Air” Orchestra (1944)
Make Believe Ballroom Barnet Modernaires w/ Charlie Barnet and His Glen Island Casino Orchestra The Great Band Era (12 Great Band Theme Songs)
Joe Jumps With Joy Joe Reichman And His Orchestra The Uncollected Joe Reichman And His Orchestra 1944-1949
Puttin’ On the Ritz Jan Garber & Jan Garber & His Greater Columbia Recording Orchestra Irving Berlin: A Hundred Years
Hard To Get Helen Forrest w/ Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Benny and Helen: The Original Recordings Of the 1940s
Trumpet Blues & Cantabile Harry James and His Orchestra Best of the Big Bands
When Love Comes Your Way Cole Porter Cole Porter: A Centennial Celebration
You Are Too Beautiful John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
Willow Weep For Me Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely
One For My Baby Ella Fitzgerald The Intimate Ella
Moonglow Doris Day Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
The Touch Of Your Lips Al Bowlly w/ Ray Noble & His American Orchestra Top Hits Of the 1930s
Your Guess Is As Good As Mine Jack Teagarden Father of Jazz Trombone
I’m Going To Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter Fats Waller One Never Knows, Do One?
A Ghost Of A Chance Mildred Bailey Jazz Infusion – Mildred Bailey
For Sentimental Reasons Hildegarde Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
But I Do, You Know I Do Ruth Etting Ruth Etting (1926-1935), Vol. 2 [Remastered]
Love Letters Sammy Davis Jr. Sammy Awards
Till Then The Mills Brothers Songs That Got Us Through WWII
Caldonia Woody Herman and His Orchestra The Beat Of the Big Bands: Woody Herman and His Orchestra
When the Blue Of the Night Meets The Gold Of the Day Bing Crosby The Best of Bing
"Come Dance With Me" by Sammy Kaye

January 4, 2024 Playlist

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Come Dance With Me album coverFeaturing break music from
Come Dance With Me
by Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra

Bing Crosby “I’ve Got The Sun In the Morning” from Everything I Have Is Yours

Ella Fitzgerald “McPherson Is Rehearsin’ To Swing” from The Early Years

The Andrews Sisters w/ Vic Schoen & His Orchestra “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” from Songs That Got Us Through WWII

Artie Shaw “April In Paris” from Back Bay Shuffle

Bob Hope and Shirley Ross “Thanks For the Memory” from Those Wonderful Thirties: The Stars of Hollywood’s Golden Era

Dean Martin “June In January” from A Winter Romance

Lena Horne “Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home” from Stormy Weather – EP

Ray Charles “Come Rain Or Come Shine” from The Very Thought Of You: A Romantic Crooners Collection

Perry Como “Birth Of the Blues” from Saturday Night With Mr. C

Benny Goodman & His Orchestra “Sing Sing Sing” from The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert [REQUEST]

Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees “If I Had a Girl Like You” from Heigh-Ho Everybody, This is Rudy Vallee

Harry James & His Orchestra “Sleepy Lagoon” from Best of Big Bands: Harry James

June Robbins and Johnny Drake w/ Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra “Our Love Affair” from Best of Big Bands: Eddy Duchin

Johnny Hartman “Lush Life” from The Johnny Hartman

June Christy “Willow Weep For Me” from The Best of June Christy: The Jazz Sessions

Julie London “Blue Moon” from Heavy Petting Mix

Johnny Mathis “When Sunny Gets Blue” from A Personal Collection

Acker Bilk “Stranger On the Shore” from Stronger On the Shore

Debbie Reynolds “Tammy” from Tammy

Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians “We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye” from Top Hits of the 1930s

Nat King Cole “It Only Happened Once” from It’S Almost Like Being In Love

Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae “Beyond The Sunset” from Memory Songs

Frank Sinatra “Dream If You’re Feeling Blue” from The Magic Of Old Blue Eyes

Judy Garland “I Got Rhythm” from The Very Best of Judy Garland

Mildred Bailey “When Days Is Done” from Jazz Infusion – Mildred Bailey

Hildegarde “The Glory of Love” from Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup

Fats Wallers “Honeysuckle Rose ” from A Handful Of Keys

Sammy Davis, Jr. & Carmen MacRae “Two Sleepy People” from Boy Meets Girl

Lee Wiley “Let’s Fly Away” from Lee Wiley Sings the Songs of George & Ira Gershwin & Cole Porter

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20th Annual HPZ Holiday Sing-Along Spectacular Playlist

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"A Music Box Christmas" album coverFeaturing break music from
A Music Box Christmas

Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme “That Holiday Feeling” from A Treasury Of Christmas

Lola Dee with Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra “Dig That Crazy Santa Claus” from Yule B’Swingin’

Billy May & His Orchestra “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” from Have Yourself A Swingin’ Christmas

Louis Armstrong “‘Zat You, Santa Cause?” from Louis Wishes You A Cool Yule

Lou Rawls “Good Time Christmas” from Merry Christmas Ho! Ho! Ho!

Louis Prima “What Will Santa Claus Say When He Finds Everybody Swinging?” from Yule B’ Swinging

Harry Reser and His Orchestra “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” from The Stash Christmas Album

Eartha Kitt “I’m Getting Nothin’ For Christmas”

Parker Gibbs with Ted Weems and His Orchestra “Winter Wonderland” from The Stash Christmas Album

Jimmy Boyd “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra with the Rhythmakers “Jingle Bells” from The Stash Christmas Album

Frank Sinatra “The Christmas Waltz” from A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra (50th Anniversary Edition)

Nat “King” Cole “Caroling, Caroling” from Christmas with Nat King Cole (1999 Remasters)

Perry Como “Christmas Eve” from The Many Moods of Christmas with Perry Como

Jerry Vale “Oh Holy Night” from Merry Christmas

Patti Page “The Christmas Song” from Christmas With Patti Page

George Shearing Quintet “Ding Dong! Merrily On High” from Christmas With The George Shearing Quintet

Ed Ames “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” from Christmas In California

Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee & Danny Kaye “Snow (feat. Trudy Stevens)” from Selections from Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”

Vic Damone “It’s A Marshmallow World” from Have Yourself Another Swingin’ Christmas

Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra “Snowfall” from Christmas With the Big Bands

Gene Autry “If It Doesn’t Snow On Christmas Day (with The Pinafores)” from Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer And Other Christmas Classics

Sonny James “Christmas In My Hometown”

Glen Campbell “It Must Be Getting Close to Christmas” from That Christmas Feeling

Jim Reeves “An Old Christmas Card” from Twelve Songs of Christmas

Brenda Lee “The Angel and the Little Blue Bell” from Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee

Elvis Presley “If Every Day Was Like Christmas” from Elvis’ Christmas Album

Ella Fitzgerald “The First Noel” from Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas (Deluxe Edition)

Johnny Mathis “What Child Is This?” from Merry Christmas from Johnny Mathis

Rosemary Clooney “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear” from White Christmas

Burl Ives “Silver and Gold (Soundtrack Version)” from The Very Best of Burl Ives Christmas

Dennis Day “May Santa Fill Our Hearts” from Christmas Is For Family

Tony Bennett “Medley: I Love The Winter Weather / I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm” from Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album