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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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Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli | Tea for Two | The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order | JSP | happy birthday Stephane Grappelli! | |||
Al Bowlly | Close Your Eyes | The Very Thought Of You | Sanctuary | ||||
Fats Waller | Louisiana Fairytale | The Complete Recorded Works Vol 3 | JSP | ||||
Ella Fitzgerald | The Starlit Hour | Live at the Roseland Ballroom, March 6 1940 | otr-cat.com | radio broadcast | |||
Larry Clinton Orch v/ Bea Wain | You Go to My Head | Larry Clinton and His Orchestra | |||||
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Song of India | Big Band Legends | inst. | ||||
Artie Shaw | Oh! Lady, Be Good | Begin the Beguine | Membran | ||||
Gene Krupa Orchestra v/ Anita O'Day | Thanks for the Boogie Ride | Uptown | Sony | feat. Roy Eldridge | |||
Louis Jordan | Caldonia | Let the Good Times Roll | Bear Family | what makes your big head so hard? | |||
Count Basie v/ Jimmy Rushing | Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today | Complete Decca Recordings | RCA | ||||
Dinah Washington | A Slick Chick | The Queen Sings | Proper UK | ||||
Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli | The Sheik of Araby | Quintet of the Hot Club du France | inst. | ||||
Helen Kane o/ The Victor Orchestra | I Wanna Be Loved By You | The Charleston Era | ASV | happy birthday songwriter Harry Ruby! | |||
Sammy Kaye | Baby Face | Swing and Sway with Samym Kaye | |||||
Groucho Marx | Everyone Says I Love You | Horsefeathers OST | Soundtrack Factory | Tin Pan Alley songwriting duo Kalmar and Ruby worked with the Marx Brothers and Eddie Cantor | |||
The Mills Brothers | Nevertheless | Anthology 1931-1968 | |||||
Mel Torme | Three Little Words | Jazz and Velvet | Proper UK | this song is the title of, & heavily featured in the Kalmar and Ruby biopic | |||
Louis Armstrong o/ Sy Oliver | A Kiss to Build a Dream On | Satchmo Ambassador of Jazz | Verve | I did not know Harry Ruby wrote this song! | |||
Sarah Vaughan | Thinking of You | The Divine Sarah Vaughan: The Columbia Years | this song is featured in a beautiful dance between Vera Ellen and Fred Astaire | ||||
Charlie Byrd | A Kiss to Build a Dream On | For Louis | inst. | ||||
Blossom Dearie | Down with Love | Verve Jazz Masters | Verve | great request! Sorry it took me a bit to work around to it | |||
Ella Fitzgerald | Slumming on Park Avenue | Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook | Verve | another great request! | |||
George Shearing | Lullaby of Birdland | 45" | MGM | Shearing is the song's composer, thanks for requesting this! | |||
Ella Fitzgerald | Manhattan | Sings the Rodgers and Hart | Verve | did not have this song sung by Mel Torme, sorry! | |||
Mel Torme | It's All Right With Me | The Bethlehem Years | Bethlehem Archive | ||||
Nelson Riddle | Theme from 'Route 66' | Music for a Bachelor's Den in Hi-Fi | DRG | inst. | |||
Ibrahim Ferrer con Chepin & His Oriental Orchestra | Ay, Azabache! | Mi Oriente | Tumbao | ||||
Artie Shaw Orchestra | The Carioca | Strike It, Rich! | Proper UK | feat. Buddy Rich | |||
Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band | St. Louis Blues | The Jazz Collector Edition | great request! | ||||
Kay Kyser | Strip Polka | A Strict Education in Music | Jasmine | ||||
Eddie Cantor | If You Knew Susie | Charming Gents of Stage and Screen | ASV Living Era | one more song by Kalmar and Ruby | |||
Carmen Miranda | Chica Chica Boom CHic | Anthology | |||||
Xavier Cugat | Auto-Conga | Selection of Xavier Cugat | |||||
Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Astrud Gilberto | The Girl from Ipanema | Getz-Gilberto | Verve | happy birthday Antonio Carlos Jobim! | |||
Frank Sinatra & Tom Jobim | Dindi | Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim | Reprise | ||||
Sarah Vaughan | Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) | The Essential Sarah Vaughan | |||||
Henri Salvador | Dans mon ile | Best of Henri Salvador | Jobim said that this song was part of his inspiration for creating the bossa nova sound | ||||
Mildred Bailey o/ Benny Goodman | Emaline | Coleman Hawkins The Essential Sides Remastered | JSP | ||||
Duke Ellington Orchestra | Prelude to a Kiss | The Duke | Columbia | inst. | |||
Vaughn Monroe | So Goodnight | Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra | Circle | goodnight! stay tuned for Demon Eye, performing live at 4 pm! |