05/09/2010
Russell Davies celebrates the art, craft and inspiration of the popular song. Tonight's musical mix includes Duke Ellington, Andy Williams, Rita Reys and Walter Huston.
The arrival of September prompts a wish for an Indian Summer, courtesy of Singers Unlimited and Victor Herbert & Al Dubin's 1940 hit. Russell notes that also in 1940, on this day September 5th, Duke Ellington recorded Five O'Clock Whistle.
September is also the pseudonym of a songwriter who wrote Andy Williams' only hit single - Butterfly. Andy also recorded the much more complex Pretty Butterfly and Russell notes the long history of butterfly songs, often linked to Puccini's opera, and explains the origin of the 1916 evergreen Poor Butterfly. We hear Rita Reys' version.
After Michelle Pfeiffer's famous piano-top version of Makin' Whoopee, Russell introduces a sequence of tenuously-linked songs - It Might Be You, It Had To Be You, Ooh! Maybe It's you, It's You Or No-One, ending up with It's You. Finally, after a review of a new release of 大象传媒 recordings of Ella Fitzgerald, we conclude with the timeless version, by Walter Huston, of Kurt Weill's September Song.
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The Singers Unlimited
Indian Summer
鈥淭he Singers Unlimited: Magic Voices鈥� (7 CD Set)
- MPS.
- 539 133-2.
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Duke Ellington Orchestra: Ivie Anderson, Vocal
The Five-O-Clock Whistle
Duke Ellington: The Blanton-Webster Band
- Bluebird-RCA Victor-BMG.
- 82876 50857 2.
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Andy Williams
Butterfly
鈥淗its Of 鈥�57: All Shook Up鈥�
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Andy Williams - Pretty Butterfly
鈥淚n The Lounge With鈥ndy Williams鈥�
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Rita Reys
Poor Butterfly
鈥淛azz Pictures At An Exhibition: Rita Reys鈥�
- Philips.
- UCCU 5501.
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Michelle Pfeiffer
Makin' Whoopee
鈥淭he Fabulous Baker Boys鈥� Original S鈥檛rack:
- GRP.
- 2002-2.
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Alan Bergman
It Might Be You
鈥淎lan Bergman 鈥� Lyrically鈥�
- Verve.
- 000889002.
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Petula Clark
It Had To Be You
Petula Clark & Joe Henderson 鈥淧artners In Music鈥�
- Sepia.
- SEPIA 1088.
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Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
Ooh! Maybe It's You
Paul Whiteman 鈥� Original 1927 Recordings
- Nostalgia Arts.
- NOCD 3006.
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Bobby Darin
It's You Or No-One
Beyond The Sea: The Very Best Of Bobby Darin
- WEA.
- WSMCD 183.
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The Boswell Sisters
It's You
The Boswell Sisters Collection Vol 1: 1931-32
- Collector鈥檚 Classics.
- COCD-21.
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Ella Fitzgerald
Manhattan
鈥淓lla 鈥� Best Of The 大象传媒 Vaults
- 大象传媒 Voyage.
- None.
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Walter Huston
September Song
Kurt Weill: From Berlin To Broadway Vol 1
- Pearl.
- GEMM CDS 9189.
Broadcast
- Sun 5 Sep 2010 21:00大象传媒 Radio 2