Author: Grandma Cyd
June 6, 2015 Playlist
Blossom Dearie “They Say It’s Spring” from Putumayo Jazz [REQUEST] Dinah Washington “Call Me Irresponsible” from Call Me Irresponsible [REQUEST] Ella Fitzgerald “Oh, Lady Be Good” from The George & Ira Gershwin Songbook Johnny Hartman “I Thought About You” from Read More …
May 30, 2015 Playlist
Benny Goodman’s Birthday Ella Fitzgerald w/ Benny Goodman & His Orchestra “Did You Mean It?” from The Birth of Swing (1935-1936) Glenn Miller & His Orchestra “I’ve got a gal in Kalamazoo” from The Only Big Band CD You’ll Ever Read More …
May 9, 2015 Playlist
Jimmy Durante “Make Someone Happy” from Sleepless In Seattle (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Johnny Mercer “Hooray For Love” from Hooray For Love: The Great Gentlemen Of Song Betty Clooney, Rosemary Clooney & Paul Weston and His Orchestra “sisters” from Come Read More …
May 2, 2015 Playlist
Harry Belafonte “Will His Love Be Like His Rum?” from Calypso In Hi-Fi Nat King Cole “Ballerina” from The Greatest of Nat King Cole Jonah Jones “On The Street Where You Live” from Muted Jazz Al Martino “When You’re Mine” Read More …
April 25, 2015 Playlist
Dean Martin “Watching the World Go By” from Capitol Collectors Series Rosemary Clooney “In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening” from The Essential Rosemary Clooney Ella Fitzgerald “Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead” from Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Read More …
April 18, 2015 Playlist
Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney “Fancy Meeting You Here” from Fancy Meeting You Here Woody Herman & His Orchestra “Caledonia” from Best of the Big Bands, Vol. 5: Woody Herman & His Orchestra (Local) Jerry Vale “Volare” from Great Hits Read More …
April 11, 2015 Playlist
…featuring Billie Holiday Billie Holiday “What A Little Moonlight Can Do” Lionel Hampton “Jivin’ the Vibes” Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb “I’m Just A Jitterbug” Mildred Bailey “A Cigarette and a Silhouette” Jack Teagarden/Charleston Chasers “Basin Street Blues” Artie Shaw Read More …
Billie Holiday
4.7.15 The legendary vocalist Billie Holiday was born 100 years ago today. Though a household name nowadays, she struggled to achieve the same notoriety as singers like Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Strongly influenced by Armstrong and Bessie Smith, her Read More …
March 21, 2015 Playlist
Bing Crosby “Puttin’ On the Ritz” from Bing Crosby Treasury: The Songs I Love Lawrence Welk “Bubbles in the Wine” from Happy Days Are Here Again! Michael (Mike) Douglas w/ Kay Kyser & His Orchestra “Ole Buttermilk Sky” from The Read More …
March 11, 2006 Playlist & #TBT Archive Special
The Throwback Thursday special has ended! Follow The Zoo on Facebook and Twitter for links to the next #TBT show archive. “Throwback Thursday” Special! Click here to download Hour 1 1. My Cousin In Milwaukee by Dick Robertson w/ Eddy Read More …