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22/11/2009

Russell Davies celebrates popular song and its greatest exponents. Featuring Sammy Lewis, Hoagy Carmichael and Bing Crosby.

Russell Davies looks at the career of Sammy Lewis on the 50th anniversary of his death and we hear his work with a variety of collaborators.

Another anniversary - the 110th of composer Hoagy Carmichael's birth - allows Russell to tell how furious Carmichael was at Sinatra's recording of just the verse of Stardust (we hear it).

We also hear the song once claimed as having the longest title in Tin Pan Alley - a claim disproved by Russell through evidence of the original sheet music. The latest in the long-running chronological Bing Crosby recordings series concludes the show.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 22 Nov 2009 21:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Bobby Darin

    Just Friends

    • Bobby Darin 鈥� Love Swings.
    • Collectors鈥� Choice Music.
    • CCM 399-2.

  • Lee Wiley

    Street Of Dreams

    • Follow Your Heart.
    • Jasmine.
    • JASCD 411.

  • Fats Waller and His Rhythm

    I Believe In Miracles

    • Complete Fats Series Vol 3.
    • JSP.
    • JSP 946.

  • Les Paul & Mary Ford

    I'm Sitting On Top Of The World

    • Essential Collection: Les Paul & Vocalists).
    • Avid.
    • AVC 924.

  • The Revellers

    Dinah

    • Breezing Along With The Revelers.
    • ASV Living Era.
    • CD AJA 5278.

  • Jo Stafford & The Pied Pipers

    In A Little Spanish Town

    • Dream 鈥� The Pied Pipers 1939-1949.
    • Living Era.
    • CD AJA 5587.

  • Chet Baker

    For All We Know

    • Chet Baker 鈥� Cool Cat.
    • Timeless.
    • CDSJP-262.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Stardust (Verse Only)

    • Sinatra & Strings.
    • Reprise.
    • 9 27020-2.

  • Leon Redbone

    Lazy River

    • Leon Redbone 鈥� Up A Lazy River.
    • Private Music.
    • 262 666.

  • Hoagy Carmichael

    I'm A Cranky Old Yank (In A Clanky Old Tank)

    • Hoagy Carmchael In Person.
    • Avid.
    • AMSC 848.

  • Dorothy Carless & Billy Mayerl

    Heart And Soul

    • The Age Of Style.
    • Past Perfect.
    • PPCD 78134.

  • Dorothy Carless

    When The Wind Was Green

    • Dorothy Carless: Here Lies Love.
    • Flare.
    • R0YCD 287.

  • Bing Crosby & Ben Lessy

    On The 10:10 From Ten-Ten-Tennessee

    • Bing Crosby Through The Years Vol 4 1952-3.
    • Sepia.
    • SEPIA 1139.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Nov 2009 21:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2