03/01/2010
Russell Davies celebrates the art, craft and inspiration of the popular song.
Every Sunday Russell Davies presents the history of popular song, spotlighting its greatest exponents.
He focuses on top songwriters and composers like the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer, as well as some lesser-known names such as Roy Turk and Fred Ahlert; Ted Koehler, Walter Donaldson, Jack Lawrence and Peter Tinturin.
Russell features the artists who gave their songs wings: Fred Astaire, Ella, Bing, Peggy Lee, Sinatra, Julie London, The Mills Brothers, Boswell Sisters and many more. He pays birthday and centennial tributes, marks important deaths, and finds topical items that illuminate the subject in a variety of entertaining ways, with the occasional star interview.
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The Nat King Cole Trio
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
- Nat King Cole 鈥� Collectors Series (1990).
- Capitol.
- CDP 793590 2.
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Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
For Sentimental Reasons
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra 1936.
- Classics.
- CLASSICS 878.
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Ella Fitzgerald
Hard-Hearted Hannah
- Ella Fitzgerald 75th Birthday Celebration (2 CD).
- GRP.
- GRD-2-619.
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Michael Feinstein
You're In Savannah
- Unpublished New Johnny Mercer Song.
- None 鈥� Private Recording.
- None.
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Johnny Mercer & Bobby Darin
Who Takes Care Of The Caretaker's Daughter
- 鈥淭wo Of A Kind鈥� Famous 1960 Album.
- ATCO.
- 7 90484-2.
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The Mellomen With Thurl Ravenscroft
Down By The Old Mill Stream
- Vol 1 Of 3 鈥淏arbershop Melodies鈥� Albums.
- Saxony.
- 806697010526.
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Ruby Murray
Nora Malone
- Ruby Murray Anthology 鈥� 4 CD Set.
- EMI.
- 7243 860956 2 6.
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Moya Brennan
Come Josephine In My Flying Machine
- Complete Music From Soundtrack Of 鈥楾itanic鈥�.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music Soundtrax.
- S2K 60797.
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Harry Champion
I'm Henery The Eighth
- The Golden Years Of Music Hall.
- Saydisc.
- CD SDL 380.
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Les Paul & Mary Ford
Some Of These Days
- Les Paul 鈥� The Legend & The Legacy (4 Cd Box).
- Capitol.
- CDP 7 97657 2 (97654).
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The Mills Brothers
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- 2 CD Set 鈥淭he Mills Brothers 鈥� Paper Doll鈥�.
- Pulse.
- PDSCD 627.
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Doris Day
Every Little Movement
- 鈥淒oris Day 鈥� A Day To Remember鈥� 2 CD Set.
- Jasmine.
- JASCD 473.
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Tennessee Ernie Ford
Feed 'Em In The Morning Blues
- 鈥淭ennessee Ernie 鈥� Hey Good Lookin鈥欌��.
- Memoir.
- CDMOIR 564.
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Gordon Jenkins Orchestra W. Charles Lavere
Maybe You'll Be There
- The Gordon Jenkins Collection.
- Razor & Tie/Collectors Choice Music.
- RE 2143-2.
Broadcast
- Sun 3 Jan 2010 21:00大象传媒 Radio 2