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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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Kay Kyser | Horses Don't Bet on People | A Strict Education in Music | Jasmine | the big game is tonight! This is the closest I have to a song about "broncos" | |||
George Olsen | Varsity Drag | College Rhythm | Memphis Archives | 20s song about college football | |||
Al Bowlly | Colorado Sunset | The Very Thought of You | Sanctuary | the only song I have about Colorado | |||
Coon-Sanders' Original Nighthawk Orchestra | Keepin' Out of Mischief Now | The Golden Age of American Dance Bands | Jasmine | I do not have a single song about hawks or sea birds; this song by the Nighthawks will have to do | |||
Perry Como | Seattle | Seattle | RCA/Victor | "the bluest skies you've ever seen"? Oo-kay Perry, whatever you say | |||
Gene Kardos & His Orchestra | A Hot Dog, a Blanket & You | College Rhythm | Memphis Archives | 20s song about college football | |||
Erskine Hawkins | Tuxedo Junction | The Original Tuxedo Junction | Proper UK | ||||
Benny Goodman | Lullaby in Rhythm | The Centennial Collection | a lullaby for sick baby | ||||
Perry Como | Chi-Baba Chi-Baba | Cocktail Hour | Columbia River | great request! you're right, I don't play enough Perry Como | |||
Dinah Shore | Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo | Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah | Legacy | ||||
Cliff Edwards | When You Wish Upon a Star | Singin' in the Rain | ASV Living Era | ||||
Nat King Cole Trio | (Go to Sleep) My Sleephead | Complete Capitol Recordings | Mosaic | ||||
The Mills Brothers | Don't Be a Baby, Baby | Anthology 1931-1968 | MCA | always happy to play the Mills Brothers | |||
Harry James | A Sleepy Lagoon | Strictly Instrumental | Memoir | inst. | |||
Bob Hope & Shirley Ross | Thanks for the Memory | Make Mine a Double | Allegro | by request in honor of Jay Leno's retirement | |||
Dinah Shore | All That Glitters Is Not Gold | 16 Most Requested Songs: Encore! | Columbia | Shore was a popular talk show host for many years | |||
Merv Griffin o/ Freddy Martin | Manhattan | Radio & Recording Rarities, Volume 19 | Merv Griffin also decades-long talk show host who began as a singer | ||||
Nat King Cole | The Late, Late Show | The King Swings | Capitol | great request! | |||
Milt Buckner | The Late, Late Show | Organs in Orbit | Capitol | inst. | |||
John Coltrane Quartet | It's Easy to Remember | Ballads | RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman, this song appeared in the movie Capote | ||||
Billie Holiday o/ Teddy Wilson | Sugar | Lady Day | Sony | also appeared in the movie Capote | |||
Erskine Hawkins | Cherry | The Original Tuxedo Junction | Proper UK | also appeared in Capote | |||
Duke Ellington Orchestra | Chelsea Bridge | The Blanton-Webster Band | RCA | ||||
Coleman Hawkins | Body and Soul | Round Midnight | inst. | ||||
Frank Sinatra | I've Got a Crush on You | The Capitol Years | Capitol | ||||
Dean Martin | Ain't That a Kick in the Head? | Wild, Cool & Swingin' | Capitol | great request, sorry it took me so long to work around to it! | |||
Vaughn Monroe | Riders In the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) | Billboard Pop Memories 1945-1949 | another great one! | ||||
Frank Sinatra | Long Ago and Far Away | The V-Discs | Columbia | ||||
Ella Fitzgerald | I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) | The Duke Ellington Songbook | Verve | ||||
Johnny Hodges Orchestra | A Blues Serenade | Duke Ellington 100 Rare Sessions | inst. | ||||
Stan Getz with Joao Gilberto & Astrud Gilberto | It Might as Well Be Spring | Getz au Go Go | Verve | happy birthday Stan Getz! | |||
June Christy | Love Turns Winter to Spring | This Time of Year | Collector's Choice | ||||
Blossom Dearie | Just in Time | Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green | UMVD | ||||
Sarah Vaughan | Pennies from Heaven | Swingin' Easy | Mercury | ||||
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | They Can't Take That Away From Me | Ella & Louis | Verve | ||||
Mel Torme | How Long Has This Been Going On? | The Essentials | Warner Brothers | ||||
DUke Ellington Orchestra | Lotus Blossom | The Duke | Columbia | inst. | |||
Chet Baker | Every Time We Say Goodbye | Let's Get Lost | Novus |