| Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
| Nino Rota |
Cadillac / Arrivederci Roma |
La Dolce Vita OST |
Le Chant du Monde |
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| Percy Faith Orchestra |
Delicado |
16 Most Requested Songs |
Sony Legacy |
great request to kick off the show! |
| Joe Loco |
Moderna Muchacha |
Ultra-Lounge: Bongo Land |
Capitol |
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| Frank Sinatra o/ Nelson Riddle |
Nice 'n' Easy |
Nice 'n' Easy |
Capitol |
great request! Love both Sinatra & Riddle |
| June Christy |
Give Me the Simple Life |
Spotlight on June Christy |
Capitol |
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| Johnny Mercer |
It's Ain't Necessarily So |
Mosaic Select: Johnny Mercer |
Mosaic |
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| Judy Garland |
Love |
Poor Little Rich Girl |
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| Ella FItzgerald |
Someone Like You |
The Complete Decca Singles Vol. 3 1942-1949 |
Verve |
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| Doris Day & Buddy Clark |
Love Somebody |
Golden Girl |
Columbia |
great request! Always happy to play Doris Day |
| Perry Como o/ Ted Weems |
It All Comes Back to Me Now |
Class Will Tell |
Jasmine |
thanks for requesting Perry Como! |
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| Cats & the Fiddle |
Public Jitterbug No 1 |
We Cats Will Swing For You |
Fabulous |
GREAT request! |
| Nat King Cole Trio |
It's Only a Paper Moon |
Complete Capitol Recordings of the King Cole Trio |
Mosaic |
rec 1944 |
| Harry "The Hipster" Gibson |
You Can Say That Again |
The Entertains of WWII |
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V-disc |
| Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five |
Scuttlebutt |
The Complete Spotlight Band 1945 Recordings |
Hep |
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| Joe Marsala |
The Sheik of Araby |
The Savory Collection |
Mosaic |
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| John Kirby |
Undecided |
The Best of 1937-1945 |
Master Classics |
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| Rudy Vallee |
When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba |
Heigh-Ho Everybody! |
Pearl |
great request! |
| Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians |
I Love to Bumpity Bump (On a Bumpy Road With You) |
Songs the Bonzo Dog Band Taught Us |
|
great request! |
| Helen Kane o/ Leonard Joy Orchestra |
I Wanna Be Loved By You |
Charleston Era: The Definitive Album |
ASV Living Era |
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| Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra |
Muggles |
Satchmo: Ambassador of Jazz |
Verve |
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| Fats Waller & His Rhythm |
Then I'll Be Tired of You |
Complete Recorded Works Vol 2 |
JSP |
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| Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra |
Judy |
Hoagy Carmichael: First of the Singer-Songwriters |
Proper UK |
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| Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra |
Organ Grinder's Swing |
Rhythm Is Our Business |
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| Mezz Mezzrow and His Swing Band v/ Rosetta Crawford |
Double Crossin' Papa |
Masters of Jazz 33 Best of Mezz Mezzrow & Cozy Cole |
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| Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends |
Lotus Blossom |
1927-1946 |
Chronological Classics |
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| Duke Ellington Orchestra |
Chelsea Bridge |
The Blanton-Webster Band |
RCA |
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| Kay Starr |
Stars Fell on Alabama |
Original Studio Radio Transcriptions |
Swing Factory |
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| Nat King Cole and the Keynoters |
My Old Flame |
Riffin': The Decca, JATP, Keynote and Mercury Recordings |
Verve |
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| Mel Torme |
It's Delovely |
The Bethlehem Years |
Bethlehem Archive |
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| Bessie Smith w/ Clarence Williams |
Down Hearted Blues |
Down Hearted Blues |
|
happy birthday Bessie Smith! Born today 1894 rec 1923, this was Smith's first hit recording |
| Bessie Smith w/ Clarence Williams |
'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do |
The Essential Bessie Smith |
|
rec 1923 |
| King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band w/ Bessie Smith |
St. Louis Blues |
Satchmo: Ambassador of Jazz |
Verve |
rec 1925 feat Louis Armstrong on cornet |
| Bessie Smith w/ James P. Johnson |
Back Water Blues |
Classic James P. Johnson Sessions (1921-1943) |
Mosaic |
rec 1927 |
| Bessie Smith w/ instrumental quintet |
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out |
The Essential Bessie Smith |
Sony Legacy |
rec 1929 |
| Bessie Smith with Buck and His Band |
Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer |
The Essential Bessie Smith |
Sony Legacy |
rec 1933 this was Smith's final recording session. The band included Frank Newton trumpet, Jack Teagarden trombone, Chu Berry tenor sax, Buck Washington piano, Bobby Johnson guitar, Billy Taylor on string bass, Benny Goodman clarinet |
| Bessie Smith w/ instrumental quintet |
After You've Gone |
The Essential Bessie Smith |
Sony Legacy |
rec 1927 |
