| Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
| 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 |
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