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WXDU 88.7 FM
PO Box 90689
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Durham, NC 27708
919-684-2957
wxdu@duke.edu
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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Artie Shaw & his Orchestra | Star Dust | Very Best of Artie Shaw | Sony Legacy | today's theme: dance orchestras from the 1940s and 1950s! This was rec. 1940 | |||
Sammy Kaye | Taking a Chance on Love | Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye | great request, perfect for today's theme! rec 1940 | ||||
Count Basie | 9:20 Special | Essential Count Basie | Columbia | rec 1940 | |||
Glenn Miller Orchestra | Anvil Chorus (parts 1 and 2) | RCA Original Masters | RCA | rec 1940 | |||
Gene Krupa & his Orchestra w/ Roy Eldridge | Ball of Fire | Little Jazz Trumpet Giant | Proper UK | rec 1941 | |||
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra | Tangerine | Too Marvelous for Words: The Songs of Johnny Mercer | Capitol | rec 1941, v/ Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell | |||
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra | Apollo Jump | Apollo Jump | Proper | rec 1941 | |||
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra v/ Frank Sinatra | Oh! Look at Me | the Song is You, vol. 2 | BMG | rec 1941 | |||
Harry James & his Orchestra | Carnival of Venice | Strictly Instrumental: His Greatest Hits | Memoir | rec 1941; great request | |||
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra | Mission to Moscow | Classic Columbia & Okeh Orchestra Sessions (1939-58) | Mosaic | rec 1942 | |||
Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra | Flying Home | Big Band Jazz Vol. IV | rec 1942 | ||||
Kay Kyser & His Orchestra v/ Sully Mason | A Zoot Suit (for my Sunday Gal) | The Kay Kyser Hits Collection 1935-48 | Acrobat | by request; rec 1942, w/ Trudy, Dorothy, Jack & Max | |||
Spike Jones & his City Slickers | Hotcha Cornia (Black Eyes) | Spiked: the Music of Spike Jones | BMG | rec 1942 | |||
Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra | Skyliner | Hits of '44 | ASV Living Era | rec 1944 | |||
Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra | Blues in the Night | 1944 - Uncollected | Hindsight | rec 1944 | |||
Frank Sinatra o/ Axel Stordahl | Saturday Night (is the Loneliest Night of the Week) | the Best of the Columbia Years, 1943- 1952 | Legacy Records | rec 1944 Sinatra worked primarily with Stordahl during his years at Columbia; this was their biggest hit together | |||
Les Brown & his Orchestra | Flip Lid | Les Brown & his Orchestra, 1944-46 | Hindsight | by request; rec 1945 | |||
Stan Kenton Orchestra | Artistry Jumps | Capitol Records From the Vaults Vol. 3 | Capitol | rec 1945 | |||
Billy Eckstine Orchestra | Opus X | the Swinging Mr. B | Passport | rec 1945 | |||
Desi Arnaz | el Cumbanchero | the Best of Desi Arnaz: the Mambo King | BMG | rec 1946 | |||
Paul Weston & His Orchestra, v/ Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers | My Sugar is So Refined | Capitol Records From the Vaults Vol. 3 | Capitol | rec 1946 | |||
Dizzy Gillespie | Manteca | Complete RCA Victor Recordings | Bluebird | rec 1947 | |||
Woody Herman Orchestra | Early Autumn | Complete Capitol Recordings of Woody Herman | Mosaic | rec 1948 | |||
Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra | Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) | Billboard Pop Memories: 1945-1949 | Rhino | rec 1949 | |||
Louis Armstrong o/ Sy Oliver | C'est Si Bon (It's So Good) | Satchmo: Ambassador Of Jazz | Verve | rec 1950 | |||
Billy May and His Orchestra | Lean, Baby | Capitol Records From the Vaults Vol. 3 | Capitol | rec 1951 | |||
Doris Day o/ Paul Weston | Ain't We Got Fun? | Golden Girl | Columbia | rec 1953 | |||
Duke Ellington Orchestra | Satin Doll | Complete Capitol Recordings of the Duke Ellington Orchestra | Mosaic | rec 1953 | |||
Frank Sinatra o/ Nelson Riddle | I've Got the World On a String | Complete Capitol Singles Collection | Capitol | rec 1953 this was Sinatra and RIddle's first song together | |||
Percy Faith Orchestra | Rain in Spain | 16 Most Requested Songs | Columbia | rec 1956 great request! | |||
Beny More | Que Bueno Baila Usted | The Most from Beny More | Sony | rec 1957 | |||
Count Basie Orchestra | The Late Late Show (instrumental) | The Atomic Mr. Basie | Columbia | rec 1957 | |||
Mel Torme and the Marty Paich Dek-tette | Fascinating Rhythm | Lulu's Back in Town | Bethlehem Archive | rec 1958 | |||
Perez Prado | Cose Cose Cose | Mondo Mambo! | Rhino | rec 1958 | |||
Quincy Jones Orchestra | Moanin | The Birth of a Band! | Mercury | rec 1959 | |||
Nelson Riddle Orchestra | My Baby Just Cares for Me | Sing a Song With Riddle / Hey Diddle Riddle | DRG | rec 1959 great request! | |||
Henry Mancini Orchestra | Everybody Blow! | Martinis with Mancini | BMG/RCA | rec 1960 one last request to round out the show! |