| Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
| Johnny Mercer |
Ac-Cet-Tchu-Ate The Positive |
Mosaic Select: Johnny Mercer |
Mosaic |
thanks for requesting Johnny Mercer! Did not have the exact song requested, hope you enjoy this instead |
| Les Brown & His Orchestra |
Bizet Has His Day |
Best of theBig Bands |
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| Artie Shaw & His Orchestra |
Fee Fi Fo Fum |
Greatest Hits |
RCA |
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| Artie Shaw Orchestra |
The Carioca |
Strike It, Rich! |
Proper UK |
great request for Buddy Rich! Will be playing Rich as a bandleader later in the show |
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| Chick Webb and His Savoy Ballroom Orchestra |
Liza |
Chick Webb and His Savoy Ballroom Orchestra: The King of the Drums |
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great request for drummer/bandleaders!Chick Webb was the king |
| Benny Goodman Orchestra |
Honeysuckle Rose |
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert |
Columbia |
great request for Benny Goodman's Carnegie Hall concert! |
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| Gerry Mulligan Quartet |
My Funny Valentine |
Chet Baker: Career 1952-1988 |
Shout! Factory |
could not put my hands on "Stella By Starlight," hope you enjoy this from Baker & Mulligan instead! |
| Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane |
Dedicated to You |
John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman |
Impulse! |
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| Joe Williams o/ Count Basie |
The Comeback |
Joe Williams' Finest Hour |
Polygram |
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| Doris Day, John Rarig & The Mellomen |
It's a Great Feeling |
A Day At The Movies |
Columbia |
great request for Doris Day! |
| Doris Day o/ Les Brown |
Aren't You Glad You're You |
Complete Recordings with Les Brown |
Jazz Factory |
thanks for reminding me of Day's birthday April 3 |
| Doris Day |
I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful) |
16 Most Requested Songs - Encore! |
Columbia |
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| Doris Day w/ Andre Previn |
Remind Me |
The Great American Composers: Jerome Kern |
Columbia |
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| Tommy Dorsey Orchestra |
Opus One |
Big Band Jazz Vol. II |
DIrect Source |
great request for songs featuring Buddy Rich! |
| Glenn Miller Orchestra |
Sunrise Serenade |
The Popular Recordings 1938-1942 |
RCA |
great request! |
| Gene Krupa & His Orchestra |
Blue Lou |
Instrumental Mr. Krupa |
Jasmine |
Could not find Krupa doing "How High The Moon"! So sorry! |
| Gene Krupa & His Orchestra v/ Irene Daye |
Drum Boogie |
Ken Burns Jazz |
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Hope you enjoy this instead, one of my favorite Krupa recordings. Check out the movie BALL OF FIRE to see Krupa perform this song with Barbara Stanwyck (lyrics actally sung by Martha Tilton in the movie) |
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| Les Paul Trio |
How High The Moon |
Kraft Music Hall |
otr-cat.com |
radio program hosted by Bing Crosby |
| Artie Shaw & His Gramercy Five |
The Grabtown Grapple |
Six Star Treats |
Jasmine |
GREAT request I almost played this earlier in the show! |
| Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight |
Bei Mir Bist Du Shoen |
Complete Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions |
Mosaic |
this was a "band within the ban" in the Chick Webb Orchestra |
| The Gotham Stompers |
Alabamy Home |
Duke Ellington 100 Rare Sessions |
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featured members of the Ellington Orchestra plus Chick Webb on drums, this was one of the only recordings Webb ever made where he was not the bandleader |
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| Sammy Davis Jr. o/ Buddy Rich |
Come Back To Me |
Sounds of '66 |
Collector's Choice |
thanks for requesting Buddy Rich! Hope you enjoy this one |
| Cuarteto D'Aida |
Las mulatas del cha-cha-cha |
Cuarteto D'Aida |
RCA |
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| Mel Torme o/ Billy May |
Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga |
Ole Torme |
Verve |
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| Nat King Cole |
Perfidia |
Cole En Espanol |
Capitol |
great request for Nat King Cole! |
| Pearl Bailey |
Hit the Road To Dreamland |
Some of The Best |
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Pearl Bailey And Louis Bellson |
