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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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Anita O'Day | Let's Begin | Pick Yourself Up | Polygram | Happy 10th Anniversary Divaville Lounge | |||
Laurie Johnson | Happy Go Lively | Music for TV Dinners | Scamp | ||||
Sammy Davis Jr. | Yes I Can! | I Gotta Be Me | Reprise | this set: songs I played in July / Aug 2007, still like a lot, but never seem to play anymore | |||
Dean Martin | Don't Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes | Classic Dean | Phantom Imports | ||||
Bing Crosby | You Belong To My Heart (Now and Forever) | Bing! His LEgendary Years | BMG | ||||
Dorothy Lamour | That Sentimental Sandwich | Lovelight in the Starlight | Jasmine | ||||
The Three Suns | Ballin' the Jack | 1949-56 | Circle | ||||
Johnny Mercer and Jack Teagarden | The Old Music Master | Too Marvelous for Words: Songs of Johnny Mercer | Capitol | my first ever theme show was a birthday tribute to Johnny Mercer in November 2007 | |||
Johnny Mercer | Blues in the Night | Too Marvelous for Words: Songs of Johnny Mercer | Capitol | ||||
Johnny Mercer | Summer Wind | My Huckleberry Friend | DRG | ||||
Glenn Miller Orchestra | A String of Pearls | The Popular Recordings 1938-1942 | RCA | ||||
Sarah Ovenall & Derick Ovenall | Interview with Derick Ovenall | s/t | |||||
Glenn Miller Orchestra v/ Tex Beneke | Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree | RCA Original Masters | RCA | in 2009 I interviewed my dad on air about his experiences in WWII and after | |||
Fats Waller | Ain't Misbehavin' | Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2 | JSP | ||||
Collins & Harlan | The Aba Daba Honeymoon | The Best of Arthur Collins | Mondo Tunes | for New Year's Eve 2010 I did the "Divaville Lounge Wayback Machine," a song a year from 1911 - 1965. This song is from 1914 | |||
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band v/ Bessie Smith | St. Louis Blues | Satchmo Ambassador of Jazz | Verve | rec. 1925 | |||
The Andrews Sisters | Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen | 50th Anniversary Collection | MCA | rec. 1937 | |||
Bing Crosby | Swinging on a Star | Cocktail Hour | Columbia River | rec. 1944 | |||
Julie London | Cry Me a River | The Very Best of Julie London | Capitol | rec. 1955 | |||
Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli | Nocturne | Nuages | |||||
Francesca Bucca, Giuseppe Bucca, Santa Salsera | Interview with Giuseppe Bucca | s/t | |||||
Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli | Chasing Shadows | The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order | JSP | ||||
Benny Goodman Orchestra v/ Martha Tilton | Once in a While | Live at the Madhattan Room 6 Nov 1937 | otr-cat.com | in 2011 I did a theme show all about the year 1937 which changed my life: the leader of the Mint Julep Jazz Band heard the show & asked me to DJ their band breaks, introducing me to the world of live swing DJing | |||
Benny Goodman Trio | More Than You Know | Live at the Madhattan Room 6 Nov 1937 | otr-cat.com | ||||
Billie Holiday | I'll Never Be the Same | Lady Day | Sony | this is one of Holiday's first recordings with Lester Young | |||
Duke Ellington Orchestra | Caravan | Fitch Is On the Air 18 March 1937 | otr-cat.com | ||||
Duke Ellington Orchestra v/ Ivie Anderson | One, Two, Button Your Shoe | Fitch Is On the Air 18 March 1937 | otr-cat.com | ||||
Bing Crosby | Sweet Leilani | Bing! His LEgendary Years | MCA | one of the top 5 songs of 1937, according to Billboard (?) not sure where this data comes from | |||
Art Tatum | The Sheik of Araby | Anthology of British Vintage Jazz Vol 3 | Ihor | ||||
Sarah Ovenall & Derick Ovenall | Interview with Derick Ovenall | s/t | |||||
Duke Ellington Orchestra | Rockin' in Rhythm | Black, Brown and Beige | Columbia | ||||
Essential Count Basie | The World is Mad | Columbia Masterworks | |||||
Fred Astaire | Night and Day | The Great Entertainers | Direct Source | in 2014 I did a show called "Two Takes on a Standard," comparing early & later recordings of evergreen songs | |||
Frank Sinatra | Night and Day | The Capitol Years | Capitol | ||||
Ben Bernie & His Orchestra | Sweet Georgia Brown | Sweet Georgia Brown and Other Hot Numbers | Retrieval Records | ||||
Anita O'Day | Sweet Georgia Brown | Pick Yourself Up | Polygram | ||||
Oscar Peterson | They Can't Take That Away from Me | Plays Pretty | Verve | ||||
Frank Sinatra o/ Count Basie | The Best is Yet to Come | It Might as Well Be Swing | Reprise | I hope the best is yet to come! Here's to 10 more years |