Author: Grandma Cyd
April 25, 2009 Playlist
Thanks to Maureen and Mara, who filled in for Dave and Kari, who were supposed to fill in for Grandma Cyd… [1] Our Love is Here To Stay by Dinah Washington [2] After You’ve Gone by Judy Garland [3] She’s Read More …
April 18, 2009 Playlist
[1] Whispers In the Dark by Bob Crosby from Best of the Big Bands [2] I’m Getting Sentimental Over You by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra from Great Band Era [3] Love Somebody by Doris Day & Buddy Clark from Read More …
April 4, 2009 Playlist
[1] The One In the World by Rudy Vallee from Heigh Ho Everybody, This Is Rudy Vallee [2] You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To by Dinah Shore from Cole Porter: The Ultimate Collection [3] Where (Live) by Vic Read More …
Where it all began: “Sleepless In Seattle” soundtrack
Just about every time a new acquaintance learns of my involvement in this thing we call The Heavy Petting Zoo, I get the same question: “How did you ever get into that kind of music?!” Many factors contribute to this Read More …
March 7, 2009 Playlist
1] Lover, Come Back To Me by Rudy Vallee from Heigh-Ho Everybody, This Is Rudy Vallee [2] Love, You’re Just A Laugh by Ella Fitzgerald from The Early Years [3] I’ll String Along With You by Jo Stafford & Gordon Read More …
February 28, 2009 Playlist
[1] I’m Beginning to See the Light by Bobby Darin from Hooray For Love: The Great Gentlemen [2] On An Evening In Roma by Dean Martin from Capitol Collectors Series [3] A Kiss To Build A Dream On by Louis Read More …
“Christmas With the Rat Pack”
I admit it: I’m a Rat Pack freak. After all, the Rat Pack is one of the reasons I got into this type of music in the first place, starting with Frank, then with Dean. It all unraveled from there. Read More …
“White Christmas/A Christmas Special” – Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney
Fact: Christmas is not Christmas without Bing Crosby. I got this hard-to-find LP from a friend and former WSUMer who discovered it at a resale shop either here in Madison or down in Chicago. Side A features Bing Crosby, and Read More …
“Christmas Classics” – Bing Crosby
This CD was released in 2004, though it sounds like the recordings come to us from the 1950s. Bing’s baritone voice fills the room with rich, warm fuzzies and knocks you in the gut like the sack of sweet valencia Read More …
“Elvis’ Christmas Album” – Elvis Presley
There seem to be two factions out there. One (represented by my aunt, Magical Margical) wants Elvis played all the time on The Heavy Petting Zoo. The other (represented by WSUM’s General Manager and occasional HPZ fill-in host, Dave Black) Read More …