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WXDU 88.7 FM
PO Box 90689
Duke Station
Durham, NC 27708
919-684-2957
wxdu@duke.edu
Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments | |||
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Mildred Bailey | My Melancholy Baby | Harlem Lullaby | ASV Living Era | ||||
Bud Freeman & His Windy City Five | What Is There to Say? | Bunny Berigan the Key Sessions | Proper UK | ||||
Tony Murena et son Ensemble Swing | Christopher Columbus | Squeeze Me - the Jazz and Swing Accordion Story | Proper UK | ||||
Net King Cole Trio | Sweet Lorraine | The Vocal Classics 1942-1946 | Capitol | ||||
Benny Goodman Quartet | Avalon | Let's Dance | inst. | ||||
Fats Waller | Your Feet's Too Big | Great Swingers | |||||
Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen and Eleanor Powell | Sing Before Breakfast | Sound of the Movies: Porter and Freed | from Broadway Melody of 1936 | ||||
Al Bowlly | All I Do is Dream of You | The Very Thought of You | Sanctuary | ||||
Ben Selvin and His Orchestra | Do the New York | The Young Benny Goodman 1928-1931 | Timeless Holland | ||||
Aba Daba Honeymoon | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | wax cylinder | Edison | rec. 1914 | |||
Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom Five | Beau Koo Jack | Hot Fives and Sevens | JSP | inst. | |||
King Oliver's Creol Jazz Band v/ Bessie Smith | St. Louis Blues | 78 | rec. 1925, this is one of the greatest recordings of the 1920s | ||||
Duke Ellington & the Washingtonians | Black and Tan Fantasy | The Duke: The Columbia Years | Columbia | ||||
Benny Moten's Kansas City Swing Orchestra v/ Jimmy Rushing | New Orleans | Hoagy Carmichael: First of the Singer-Songwriters | Proper UK | ||||
Billie Holiday | Did I Remember? | Billie Holiday 1933-37 | Sony | feat. Bunny Berigan t, Artie Shaw c, Joe Bushkin p, Dick McDonough g, Pete Peterson b, Cozy Cole d. | |||
Benny Goodman | Hunkadola | Birth of Swing | Bluebird | inst. | |||
Mario 'Harp' Lorenzi & His Rhythmics | Some of These Days | British Vintage Jazz | |||||
Machito & His Afro-Cubans v/ Graciela | Esto Es Felicidad | Carambola | Tumbao | ||||
Ella Fitzgerald o/ Chick Webb | Rhythm and Romance | Let's Get Together | Polygram | ||||
Jimmy Lunceford | Estrellita | 1944-Uncollected | inst. | ||||
Count Basie Orchestra | American Dances 6 July 1938 | American Dances | otr-cat.com | 1938 radio broadcast | |||
Duke Ellington Orchestra | Ko-Ko | The Blanton-Webster Band | RCA | inst. | |||
BIlly Eckstine | Everything I Have is Yours | Everything I Have is Yours: The Best of the MGM Years | Polygram | great request! | |||
Sarah Vaughan | Lullaby of Birdland | Sarah Vaughan + Clifford Brown | Polygram | Vaughan said this was her favorite album she ever made | |||
Anita O'Day | Sweet Georgia Brown | Pick Yourself Up | Polygram | for a mind-blowing live performance of this song, check out the movie Jazz on a Summer's Day, documentary about the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival | |||
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong | Can't We Be Friends? | Ella & Louis | Verve | ||||
John Kirby | Can't We Be Friends? | The Best of 1937-1945 | Master Classics Records | inst. | |||
Patti Page | Cross Over the Bridge | 16 Most Requested Songs | Columbia | ||||
Eartha Kitt | Mink, Shmink | Legendary | BMG | ||||
The Four Lads | Standing on the Corner | 16 Most Requested Songs | Columbia | ||||
Pearl Bailey | Takes Two to Tango | Takes Two to Tango | ASV Living Era | great request! | |||
Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christian | Solo Flight | The Original Guitar Hero | another great request! | ||||
Louis Jordan | Beans and Cornbread | The Best of Louis Jordan | RCA | ||||
Lucky Millinder | Little John Special | Apollo Jump | Proper UK | inst. | |||
Charlie Barnet | Skyliner | Hits of '44 | ASV Living Era | ||||
Doris Day o/ Les Brown | Keep Cool, Fool | Complete Recordings with Les Brown | The Jazz Factory | ||||
Nat King Cole | Daisy (On a Bicycle Built for Two) | Unforgettable Songs | Capitol | interesting request for songs about bicycles! | |||
Tessie O'Shea | The Day I Rode to Brighton on My Bike | I'm Ready I'm Willing | |||||
Kay Kyser | Playmate | The Ol' Professor of Swing Live 1937-1940 | rec. live 1940, I cannot believe this song is that old | ||||
Artie Shaw | Fee Fi Fo Fum | Begin the Beguine | Membran | inst. | |||
Les Paul and Mary Ford | The Les Paul Show 2 June 1950 | The Les Paul Show | otr-cat.com | radio broadcast from 1950 | |||
Les Paul | Lover | The Les Paul Show | otr-cat.com | ||||
Paul Whiteman v/ Delta Rhythm Boys feat. Bing Crosby | Muddy Water | Bing Crosby: 1926 - 1932 | Timeless Holland | rec. 1927 this was Bing's first hit, he was 23 years old! | |||
Gene Austin | My Blue Heaven | Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20s | Austin was one of the first crooners, even before Bing | ||||
Cliff Edwards | It's Only a Paper Moon | Singin' in the Rain | ASV Living Era | Edwards was a contemporary of Austin, later Edwards was a character actor & appeared in His Girl Friday | |||
Cab Calloway | Kickin' the Gong Around | 1930-1939 | Chronological Classics | ||||
Boots and His Buddies | Ain't Misbehavin' | 1937-1938 | Chronological Classics | ||||
Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutterse | Chasin' Chippies | Duke Ellington 100 Rare Sessions | inst. | ||||
Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jack the Bear | THe Blanton-Webster Band | RCA | great request! | |||
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra | No Name Jive Part 1 | Swing Tonic | Jasmine | another great request, thanks for calling! | |||
Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra | No Name Jive Part 2 | Swing Tonic | Jasmine | ||||
Benny Goodman Orchestra | Camel Caravan 13 September 1938 | Camel Caravan | otr-cat.com | recorded for radio | |||
Artie Shaw | Love Walked In | The Complete Spotlight Band 1945 Broadcasts | Hep | inst. | |||
Frank Sinatra o/ Tommy Dorsey | Oh, Look at Me Now! | The Song is You | RCA | ||||
Frankie Masters and His Orchestra | Scatterbrain | The Golden Age of American Sweet Bands | Jasmine | ||||
Ben Bernie and All the Lads | So This is Susie | The Golden Age of American Dance Bands | Jasmine | ||||
Jan Savitt | Jersey Bounce | Big Band Classics 1938-1942 | inst. | ||||
Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra | I'm Gonna Kiss Myself Goodbye | The Key Sessions | JSP |