10/10/2010
Russell Davies marks the 75th anniversary of the first night of Porgy and Bess, begins a search for the best recorded duet, and pays tribute to Eddie Fisher and Don Partridge.
The 75th anniversary of the first night of Gershwin's Porgy & Bess is celebrated on the song show via a spirited duet version I Got Plenty Of Nuttin' by Ray Charles & Cleo Laine and the original Bess - Anne Brown - singing Summertime. Russell announces the programme's search for our audience's favourite recorded duet performance and to illustrate this we hear Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine's famous Passing Strangers, Bing Crosby & Al Jolson's Spaniard That Blighted My Life and a piano duo rarity by Clarence Williams & James P Johnson.
Tributes to Don "Rosie" Partridge and Eddie Fisher follow. Russell plays a Fisher hit from 1953 and follows it with songs by three of his wives - Debbie Reynolds (Aba Daba Honeymoon) Elizabeth Taylor (Send In The Clowns) and Connie Stevens (Blame It On My Youth) and the Rosie theme is extended with Alex Welsh's bands version of My Blushing Rosie and, finally, a Rosemary Clooney track with the Hi-Los from 1957.
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Ray Charles & Cleo Laine
I Got Plenty Of Nuttin'
鈥淕ershwin鈥檚 Porgy & Bess: Ray Charles, Cleo Laine鈥�
- London (LP).
- 31 D 1.
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Anne Brown
Summertime
鈥淧orgy & Bess: Original Broadway Cast鈥�
- MCA.
- MCAD 10520.
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The Manhattan Transfer
Java Jive
The Best Of The Manhattan Transfer
- Atlantic.
- 7567-81582-2.
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Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan - Passing Strangers
鈥淭ruly Unforgettable鈥� 2 CD 鈥楨asy鈥� Compilation
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Bing Crosby & Al Jolson - The Spaniard That Blighted My Life
鈥淭he Classic Duets Box鈥� 3 CD Set
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Jimmy Johnson & Clarence Williams - I Found A New Baby
James P Johnson 1928 - 1938
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Eddie Fisher
I'm Walking Behind You
鈥淗its Of 1953鈥� 2 CD Compilation
- Memoir.
- CDMOIR 585.
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Debbie Reynolds & Cast 鈥淭wo Weeks With Love鈥�
Aba Daba Honeymoon
鈥淭hat鈥檚 Entertainment鈥� 2 CD Movie Compilation
- WMTV/Turner Classics.
- WMTV038.
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Elisabeth Taylor
Send In The Clowns
鈥淎 Little Night Music鈥� Original Soundtrack
- Columbia (LP).
- Js 35333.
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Connie Stevens
Blame It On My Youth
1958 Warner Bros Album 鈥淐onchetta鈥�
- Collectors Choice.
- 156.
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Don Partridge
Rosie
鈥淭he Spirit Of The 60鈥檚 1968 鈥� The Beat Goes On鈥�
- Time Life.
- TL 531/10.
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Alex Walsh & His Band
My Blushing Rosie
鈥淎lex Welsh & His Band 鈥� Strike One鈥�
- Lake.
- LACD 107.
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Rosemary Clooney
What Is There To Say?
鈥淏allads, Blue Songs, Hits & Jazz鈥� 4 CD Box Of Rosie
- JSP.
- JSP961B.
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Broadcast
- Sun 10 Oct 2010 21:00大象传媒 Radio 2