| Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
| Sammy Davis Jr. o/ Sam Butera and the Witnesses |
When The Feeling Hits You |
When The Feeling Hits You! |
Collector's Choice |
great request to start off the show! |
| Frank Sinatra |
You Make Me Feel So Young |
Songs for Swingin' Lovers |
Capitol |
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| Dinah Washington o/ Quincy Jones |
Somebody Loves Me |
The Swingin' Miss 'D' |
Emarcy |
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| Harry Belafonte |
Midnight Special |
The Essential Harry Belafonte |
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| Mel Torme |
No Moon at All |
Swingin' On The Moon |
Verve |
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| Dick Powell |
I'm Like a Fish Out of Water |
The Singing Troubador |
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| Kay Kyser & His Orchestra v/ Sully Mason |
Tennessee Fish Fry |
The Kay Kyser Hits Collection |
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great request! |
| Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five |
Saturday Night Fish Fry |
The Best of Louis Jordan |
RCA |
|
| unknown |
Gefilte Fish commercial |
Music From the Yiddish Radio Project |
Shanachie |
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| Peggy Lee |
I'm Gonna Go Fishing |
The Singles Collection |
Capitol |
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| Benny Goodman Orchestra |
I'm Living in a Great Big Way |
The Birth of Swing |
Bluebird |
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| Bob Crosby |
Please Be Kind |
At the Jazz Band Ball |
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great request, love Bob Crosby! |
| The Merry Macs |
Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes |
The Harmonious Hits of the Merry Macs |
|
thanks for requesting the Merry Macs! |
| Quartetta Cetra |
Un Bacio A Mezzanotte |
I Successi Del Quartetto Cetra |
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| Jewel Cowboys |
My Untrue Cowgirl |
Doughboys, Playboys & Cowboys |
Proper UK |
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| Nat King Cole Trio |
Straighten Up and Fly Right |
Hittin' The Ramp: The Early Years 1936-1943 |
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rec 1943 AFRS private album |
| Jimmy Durante |
Inka Dinka Doo |
Flashbacks 2: Novelty Songs |
Trikont |
great request! |
| Bing Crosby w/ Les Paul Trio |
It's Been a Long, Long Time |
The Trio's Complete Decca Recordings |
Decca/MCA |
thanks for requesting Bing! |
| Sarah Vaughan |
Prelude to a Kiss |
Swingin' Easy |
Mercury |
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| Ella Fitzgerald w/ Paul Smith |
One For My Baby (And One More for the Road) |
Let No Man Write My Epitaph |
Verve |
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| Fats Waller & His Rhythm |
Darktown Strutter's Ball |
Complete Recorded Works Vol 5 |
JSP |
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| Frankie Newton & His Orchestra |
Rosetta |
Classic James P. Johnson Sessions (1921-1943) |
Mosaic |
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| Django Reinhardt & the Quintette du Hot Club de France |
Swing '39 |
Jazz in Paris II: Montmartre |
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| Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five |
You Ain't Nowhere |
Let the Good Times Roll |
Bear Family |
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| The Mills Brothers |
Jeepers Creepers |
Too Marvelous for Words: The Songs of Johnny Mercer |
Capitol |
great request! |
|
| Joe Venuti's Blue Four |
Cheese and Crackers |
Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The new York Sessions 1926-1935 |
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| Ruth Etting |
Hello, Baby! |
Ten Cents a Dance |
ASV Living Era |
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| Ted Weems Orchestra v/ Parker Gibbs |
Oh! If I Only Had You |
The Essential Ted Weems 1923-1930 |
Challenge |
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| Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers |
Melancholy |
Definitive Dodds 1926-1927 |
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| Bessie Smith w/ James P. Johnson |
Lock and Key |
Classic James P. Johnson Sessions (1921-1943) |
Mosaic |
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| Gene Austin |
My Blue Heaven |
Billboard Pop Memories: 1920's |
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| Chick Webb Orchestra |
Blue Lou |
Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions |
Mosaic |
Deep dive into the song "Blue Lou"! rec. 1934 this was the 2nd recording of the song (the first was by Benny Carter in 1933). Songwriter Edgar Sampson had just been hired by Webb as staff composer/arranger |
| Ella Fitzgerald o/ Sy Oliver |
Blue Lou |
The Complete Decca Singles Vol. 4 |
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rec 1950 this is the only recording of :Blue Lou" I know of with vocals. Typically this song is a showpiece for the wind instruments |
| Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli |
Blue Lou |
Rome 1949 |
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rec 1949 lovely performance by Reinhardt & Grappelli |
| Art Tatum |
Blue Lou |
Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces |
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rec 1953 Tatum's masterful piano style gives an elegance to the song |
| Art Van Damme |
Blue Lou |
Squeeze Me |
Proper UK |
rec 1953 swing accordion! |
| Benny Carter |
Blue Lou |
Jazz Giant |
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rec 1957 Carter revisits the song nearly 25 years after he made its first ever recording |
| Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis w/ Shirley Scott & Jerome Richardson |
Blue Lou |
Smokin' |
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rec 1958 this is the best later recording of the song in my opinion. Shirley Scott on organ is fantastic, she matches the energy of Webb from 1934 |
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| Bob Hope & Shirley Ross |
Thanks for the Memory |
Make Mine a Double |
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one last request to round out the show! |
