November 11, 2017 Playlist

Russ Morgan album coverFeaturing break music from
A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening…
by Russ Morgan and His Orchestra

Vera Lynn “Bless ‘Em All / (We’re Gonna Hang out the Washing) on the Siegfried Line / Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major” from The Best of Dame Vera Lynn, Vol. 1

Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton and the Modernaires with Glenn Miller and His Orchestra “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” from The Unforgettable Glenn Miller

Vaughn Monroe “When the Lights Go On Again All Over the World” from These Were Our Songs (These Were Our Guys)

The Merry Macs “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition” from Golden Groups, Golden Memories

Wayne King and His Orchestra “’Til Reveille” from Remembering the ’40s (1941)

Hildegarde “Lili Marlene” from Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup [LOCAL]

Tony Martin “When Did You Leave Heaven?” from Those Wonderful Thirties: The Star of Hollywood’s Golden Era

Billie Holiday “Georgia On My Mind” from 25 Greatest Hits

Bill Lee with The Gaslight Singers, Heinie Beau and His Orchestra “’Round Her Neck She Wears A Yellow Ribbon” from Gaslight Varieties

Judy Garland “Meet me In St. Louis, Louis” from The Very Best of Judy Garland

Ruth Gaylor with Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra “I’m Making Believe” from The Great Band Era (1944)

Johnny Hartman “I Cover the Waterfront” from The Johnny Hartman Collection (1947-1972)

Rosemary Clooney and Marian McParland “Our Love Is Here To Stay” from Piano Jazz

Frank Sinatra w/ Count Basie and His Orchestra “I Wish You Love” from It Might As Well Be Swing

Mel Torme & The Marty Paich Dek-Tette “When the Sun Comes Out” from The 1956 Torme-Paich Legendary Sessions

Jimmy Durante “Young At Heart” from As Time Goes By: The Best of Jimmy Durante

Doris Day “Stars Fell On Alabama” from Day By Night

Vic Damone “Out Of Nowhere” from That Towering Feeling! [REQUEST]

Nat King Cole “Stardust” from Sleepless In Seattle soundtraack [REQUEST]

Ella Fitzgerald “Oh, Lady Be Good!” from Best of the Ballads

Ruth Etting “Hold Me” from Ruth Etting (1926-1935), Vol. 2 [Remastered]

Maxine Sullivan “Last Night the Nightingale Woke Me” from Loch Lomond – The Essential Maxine Sullivan

Mildred Bailey “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm” from Jazz Infusion – Mildred Bailey

The Ink Spots “When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano” from These Were Our Songs (1940)

Jack Teagarden “Davenport Blues” from Father of Jazz Trombone

Jonah Jones “Mack the Knife” from Muted Jazz

Bing Crosby “Say Si Si” from Bing Crosby Treasury: The Songs I Love

Sammy Davis, Jr. “I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’” from Porgy and Bess

Dean Martin “Canadian Sunset” from A Winter Romance

Vera Lynn “The White Cliffs Of Dover” from Sincerely Yours: 22 Great Songs

 

November 4, 2017 Playlist

Peter Nero "Xochilmilco" album coverFeaturing break music from
Xochimilco by Peter Nero

Lew Sherwood w/ Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra “Moonlight and Shadows” from The Great Band Era (1937)

Artie Shaw & His Orchestra “I’ve A Strange New Rhythm In My Heart” from The Artie Shaw Story: Free Wheelin’

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra “A String of Pearls” from The Notebook (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Artie Shaw & His Orchestra “Shine On, Harvest Moon” from Blueberry Hill: Big Band Favorites From the ’40s

Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters “Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive” from Great Songs of 1945

Rosemary Clooney “Mangos” from The Essential Rosemary Clooney

Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall” from Ella and Basie!

Harry Belafonte “Angelina” from Jump Up Calypso

Dean Martin “Sway” from Capitol Collectors Series: Dean Martin

Eydie Gorme “I Wanna Be Loved By You” from Eydie Gorme Vamps the Roarin’ 20s

Don Ho “Tiny Bubbles” from Tiny Bubbles [REQUEST]

Doris Day w/ Les Brown and His Band Of Reknown “Sentimental Journey” from Songs That Got Us Through WWII [REQUEST]

Maurice Chevalier “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home” from Top Hits of the 1930s

Hoagy Carmichael “Ol’ Buttermilk Sky” from Hoagy Carmichael In Person

Maxine Sullivan “Oh! No, John” from Loch Lomond – The Essential Maxine Sullivan

Fats Waller and His Rhythm “Handful Of Keys” from A Handful of Keys: 1922-1935

Sammy Davis, Jr. & Carmen McRae “There’s A Small Hotel” from Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmen McRae on Decca

Nat King Cole “The Girl From Ipanema” from L-O-V-E

Peggy Lee “Baby, Ain’t I Good To You” from Baby, Ain’t I Good To You

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman “Lush Life” from John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman

Frank Sinatra “Time After Time” from The Magic Of Old Blue Eyes [REQUEST]

The Mills Brothers “Solitude” from The Mellow Years

Connie Francis “Second Hand Love” from The Very Best of Connie Francis: Connie’s 15 Biggest Hits

Elvis Presley “If I Can Dream” from Artist Of the Century

George Shearing Quintet “Medley: As Long As I Live/let’s Live Again” from Music for a Bachelor’s Den

Louis Armstrong “A Kiss To Build A Dream On” from Uptown Lounge

June Christy and Stan Kenton “We Kiss In A Shadow” from Duet

Tony Bennett “Give Me the Simple Life” from Here’s Tony Bennett

Otis Redding “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” from Otis Blue: Otis Sings Soul [REQUEST]

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

Patti Page “Allegheny Moon” from Moments To Remember: Golden Hits Of the ’50s and ’60s

George Metaxa “Goodnight Sweetheart” from Top Hits Of the 1930s

October 28, 2017 Playlist

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heard Sundays at 12 p.m. on 91.7 FM-Madison.

Get Out Those Old Records; Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (The Very Best of Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians)

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Be My Guest; Fats Domino
Fine and Mellow; Billie Holiday
Embraceable You; Judy Garland & Victor Young and his Orchestra
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning; Frank Sinatra
I Only Have Eyes for You; Rosemary Clooney & Perez Prado and his Orchestra

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You Won’t Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart); Doris Day & Les Brown and his Orchestra
Personality; Dinah Shore
Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt; Marlene Dietrich
I Get Along Without You Very Well; Sam Browne
A Peach of a Pair; Gus Arnheim & His Orchestra

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I Don’t Know Enough About You; Peggy Lee & Sy Oliver and his Orchestra
Concentratin’ On You; The Boswell Sisters
Long About Midnight; Franke Trumbauer & His Orchestra and Jack Teagarden
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; Ruth Etting
At Last; Etta James

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Your Cheatin’ Heart; Hank Williams Sr
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry; Hank Williams Sr
Beneath Hawaiian Palms; Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Don’t Fence Me In; Gene Autry
Jingle Jangle Jingle; Kay Kyser & His Orchestra

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You’re Not the Only Oyster in the Stew; Fats Waller & His Rhythm
La Mer; Charles Trenet
My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time; Doris Day
Les amants de Paris; Edith Piaf
Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love); Eydie Gorme

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Mr. Sandman; The Four Aces
But Not For Me; Harriet Nelson
Moonglow; Artie Shaw
I Got A Feelin’ You’re Foolin; Eleanor Powell
Mind Readers Blues; Bertha Lee

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You Must Have Been  a Beautiful Baby; Bing Crosby

October 14, 2017 Playlist

Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians album coverFeaturing break music from
Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians In Hi-Fi

Louis Armstrong “La Vie En Rose” from All-Time Greatest Hits

Doris Day “Soft As the Starlight” from Day By Night

Vic Damone “Serenade In Blue” from Young and Lively

Bing Crosby “Say It Isn’t So” from Bing Crosby Treasury: The Songs I Love

Casper Reardon & His Orchestra “Easy To Love” from Cole Porter Centennial Collection

Dick Robertson w/ Hoagy Carmichael “Sing It Way Down Low” from Hoagy Carmichael Sings & Plays Hoagy Carmichael

The Three Blue Notes w/ Blue Barron & His Orchestra “Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider” from Blueberry Hill: Big Band Favorites From the ’40s Request

Jack Teagarden “Makin’ Friends” from Father of Jazz Trombone

Hildegarde “Isn’t This A Lovely Day” from Darling, Je Vous Aime Beacoup Local

Ella Fitzgerald “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered” from The Rodgers and Hart Songbook Request

The Mills Brothers “Autumn Leaves” from The Mellow Years

Frank Sinatra “I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You” from Autumnal, Vol. 5

Elvis Presley “Puppet On A String” from Elvis Sings for Children and Grown-Ups Too

Ray Eberle w/ Glenn Miller & His Orchestra “Blue Rain” from The Great Band Era (1944)

Clara Bow w/ Bob Crosby & His Orchestra “Whispers In the Dark” from The Best Loved Bands of All Time

Shep Fields and His Orchestra with Toni Arden “Baby Don’t Be Mad At Me” from 10″

Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae “Love’s Old Sweet Song” from Memory Songs

Duke Ellington “Diminuendo In Blue” from Three Of A Kind: Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, Bunny Berigan

Cab Calloway “Get With It” from Cab Calloway

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra “Sing, Sing, Sing” from The Only Big Band CD You’ll Ever Need

Nat King Cole “Unforgettable” from The Greatest Hits Request

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

June Christy and Stan Kenton “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye” from Duet

Dean Martin “Innamorata” from Capitol Collectors Series: Dean Martin

Bing Crosby “I Would If I Could But I Can’t” from Bing Crosby Collection, Volume III

Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra “Happy Feet” from Top Hits Of the 1930s

Mike Douglas and The Campus Kids w/ Kay Kyser & His Orchestra “Ole Buttermilk Sky” from Best of the Big Bands

Fred Astaire “I Can’t Be Bothered Now” from The Early Years at RKO

Johnny Hartman “Fly Me To the Moon” from The Johnny Hartman Collection (1947-1972) Request

October 7, 2017 Playlist

Lew Sherwood w/ Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra “Night and Day” from Eddy Duchin – Best of the Big Bands

Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell “Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street” from A String Of Pearls: Great Stars Of the 40s

Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh w/ Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra “I’m In the Mood For Love” from The Only Big Band CD You’ll Ever Need

Lena Horne with Phil Moore and His Orchestra “At Long Last Love” from Cole Porter: The Ultimate Collection

Doris Day “I May Be Wrong But I Think You’re Wonderful” from Satin Dolls: The Women of Jazz

Johnny Mathis “Maria” from Johnny Mathis All-Time Greatest Hits [REQUEST]

The Jay Gordon Concert Orchestra “Down By the River” from Penthouse Serenade

Lynn Hoy and Keith Braden w/ Teddy Phillips and His Orchestra “I Wish You All the Luck In the World” from A Night At the Aragon

Freddy Martin and His Orchestra “For Me and My Gal; Stars Fell On Alabama; Who’s Sorry Now?” from Freddy Martin In A Sentimental Mood

June Hutton and the Boys Next Door “You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me” from Afterglow

Woody Sorenson “Unfinished Schottische” from Concertina Holiday

Frank Sinatra “Summer Wind” from Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 [REQUEST]

Joe Cocker “Bye Bye Blackbird” from Sleepless In Seattle (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Jerry Vale “Pretend You Don’t See Her” from Pretend You Don’t See Her [REQUEST]

Bobby Darin “Beyond the Sea” from The Best of Bobby Darin [REQUEST]

Elvis Presley “Everything That’s A Part Of You” from Artist Of the Century

Julie Andrews & Sound Of Music Cast “The Lonely Goatherd” from Sound of Music Soundtrack

Sammy Davis, Jr. “I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’” from Porgy and Bess

June Christy “Get Happy” from The Best of June Christy: The Jazz Sessions

Ella Fitzgerald “Let’s Take A Walk Around the Block” from The Harold Arlen Songbook

Rosemary Clooney “By Myself” from The Classic Rosemary Clooney

Julie Andrews & My Fair Lady cast “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” from My Fair Lady [REQUEST]

Louis Armstrong “Lyin’ To Myself” from The Classic Hoagy Carmichael

Fats Waller “How Can You Face Me” from A Handful of Keys (1922-1935)

George Formby “When I’m Cleaning Windows” from Top Hits of the 1930s

Ginny Simms & Harry Babbitt w/ Kay Kyser & His Orchestra “Two Sleepy People” from Best of the Big Bands: Kay Kyser

Dean Martin “Canadian Sunset” from That’s Amore: The Best of Dean Martin

Vic Damone “The Very Thought of You” from Young and Lively

Johnny Mathis “Gina” from Johnny Mathis All-Time Greatest Hits

Etta James “At Last” from At Last [REQUEST]

Julie Andrews “Feed the Birds (Tuppence A Bag)” from Mary Poppins soundtrack