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"Divaville Lounge" with Sarah O (archive)

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Sunday, April 28, 2013 | 14:00 to 16:00 | jazz/pop vocalists
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Artist Song Album Label Comments
Ethel Waters Shine On, Harvest Moon Cocktail Hour Columbia River
Billie Holiday Did I Remember? Lady Day Sony love this song, couldn't fit it in during Billie Holiday tribute show a couple of weeks ago. This was recorded during the same 1936 session as "Summertime" and "No Regrets" and had Artie Shaw and Bunny Berigan in the band
Artie Shaw w/ Gramercy Five The Grabtown Grapple Begin the Beguine Membran this song was written for Ava Gardner, Shaw's wife at the time. Grabtown was her hometown which was since been absorbed into Smithfield, NC
Buddy Rich, Nat King Cole and Lester Young I Want to Be Happy Strike it, Rich! Proper UK inst.
Ella Fitzgerald o/ Chick Webb Wacky Dust Stomping at the Savoy Proper UK
Bunny Berigan I Can't Get Started An Introduction to Bunny Berigan Best of Jazz
Benny Goodman Trio Who? Madhattan Room 20 Nov 1937 otr-cat.com live radio broadcast
The Mills Brothers Nevertheless Mills Brothers: Anthology 1931-1968 MCA cannot find "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" by these guys!! Sorry, it's a great request!
Ruth Etting Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Love Me or Leave Me ASV Living Era hope this version will do instead
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers I Won't Dance Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers at RKO Rhino "I Won't Dance" and "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" both premiered in the movie Roberta starring Fred and Ginger w/ Irene Dunne
Duke Ellington Ring Dem Bells The Duke Columbia inst.
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters Ol' Man River Duke Ellington 100 Rare Sessions feat. Duke Ellington on piano
Ella Fitzgerald Oh, Lady Be Good Essential Jazz seminal scat performance, Ella was performing with Dizzy Gillespie and imitating the instruments with her voice
Eartha Kitt Monotonous Legendary BMG
Henri Salvador Que Si Que Non Saint-Germain-Des-Pres
Frank Sinatra All Of Me Columbia Classics Columbia
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Ella and Louis Again Verve
Sarah Vaughan Whatever Lola Wants Golden Hits Mercury
Les Baxter Whatever Lola Wants Ultra-Lounge: Cha Cha De Amor Capitol inst.
Anita O'Day Tea For Two Anita O'Day's Finest Hour Polygram rec live at Newport Jazz Festival, this performance can be seen in the movie Jazz On a Summer's Day
Dinah Washington Relax Max The Swingin' Miss "D" Emarcy orchestra led by Quincy Jones
Bobby Darin Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey As Long As I'm Singing great request!
Sammy Davis Jr. o/ Sam Butera and the Witnesses When the Feeling Hits You When The Feeling Hits You? Collector's Choice
Sammy Davis Jr. I Married An Angel All-Star Spectacular Reprise Sammy's so nice, I had to play him twice
Roy Eldridge w/ Oscar Peterson Quartet Little Jazz Little Jazz Trumpet Giant Proper UK inst.
Frank Sinatra & Ella Fitzgerald Necessity Frank Sinatra in Hollywood
Blossom Dearie Just in Time Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green UMVD
Mel Torme Old Devil Moon Mel Torme in Hollywood Verve
Nat King Cole Route 66 The Complete After Midnight Sessions Essential Jazz Classics
Nelson Riddle Theme from 'Route 66' Music from a Bachelor's Den DCC ist.
Vaughan Monroe Kokomo, Indiana Racing With the Moon
Glenn Miller Orchestra v/ Marion Hutton Shh, It's a Military Secret Till Then History Channel
Kay Kyser Orch v/ Jack Martin Strip Polka A Strict Education in Music ASV Living Era
Groucho Marx Lydia the Tattooed Lady At the Circus Soundtrack Factory written by Harold Arlen & Yip Harberg!
Gus Arnheim & His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra v/ Bing Crosby Ho Hum! The Golden Age of American Sweet Bands Jasmine
Benny Goodman Orchestra v/ Helen Ward The Glory of Love The Birth of Swing Bluebird
Annette Hanshaw Lovable and Sweet Volume 6 1929 Sensational
Artie Shaw Orchestra No Regrets Begin the Beguine Membran inst.
Artie Shaw Orchestra All I Remember Is You Begin the Beguine Membran until next week!