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24/07/2011

Russell opens the show by celebrating the centenary of Irving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band before playing a selection of music linked by the theme newspapers and newsmen.

Russell opens the show acknowledging the centenary of one of popular music's biggest milestones - that of Irving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band - we hear Ray Charles' interpretation.

More Berlin next, from Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine before we move to the major theme of the evening: newspapers and newsman, starting with a light satire from Pete Seeger, then a little '30s topicality I Wanna Be In Winchell's Column by Alice Faye (Russell describes Walter Winchell and his career) and next some Sinatra from 1950.

From the same period a less remembered singer, Champ Butler, follows, the connection being Percy Faith whose orchestra backs Butler and who wrote the Sinatra song. More newspaper associations from Louis Armstrong whose trombonist at the time is also featured on the following disc in some cross-talk with bandleader Cab Calloway.

A song recorded exactly 80 years ago, by The Revelers, is resurrected and discussed by Russell and a cunning chain of connections then brings Betty Hutton, which in turn leads to America from West Side Story. The show closes with a spirited offering by Marty Grosz and the appropriately-named Orphan Newsboys.

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Sun 24 Jul 2011 21:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Ray Charles

    Alexander's Ragtime Band

    鈥淭he Genius Of Ray Charles鈥�

    • Atlantic.
    • 7567813382.

  • Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine

    Now It Can Be Told

    鈥淏illy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan 鈥� Dedicated To You鈥�

    • REX.
    • REXX 342.

  • Pete Seeger - Newspaper Men [Meet Such Interesting People]

    鈥淩ound And Round Hitler鈥檚 Grave鈥�

  • Alice Faye & Skinnay Ennis

    I Wanna Be In Winchell's Column

    鈥淎lice Faye: In A Wonderland Vol 3鈥�

    • Future Noise.
    • 0884385609429.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Tennessee Newsboy

    鈥淔rank Sinatra The Columbia Years 1943-1952鈥�

    • Columbia Legacy.
    • CK 52877.

  • Champ Butler & Percy Faith Orchestra

    Take These Chains From My Heart

    鈥淒elicado 鈥� The Great Hit Sounds Of Percy Faith鈥�

    • Jasmine.
    • JASCD 677.

  • Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars

    I Guess I'll Get The Papers And Go Home

    鈥淟ouis Armstrong 鈥� What A Wonderful World鈥�

    • MCA.
    • DMCL 1876.

  • Cab Calloway Orchestra Feat. Tyree Glenn

    Hey, Doc!

    鈥淐lassic Chu Berry Columbia & Victor Sessions鈥�

    • Mosaic.
    • MD7-236.

  • Sarah Vaughan

    Fever

    Single B/W 鈥楾he Boy From Ipanema鈥�

    • Mercury.
    • MF 1107.

  • The Revelers

    When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On The Tuba

    鈥淏reezin鈥� Along With 鈥� The Revelers鈥�

    • Asv Living Era.
    • CD AJA 5278.

  • Betty Hutton - Banana Boat [Oomba Oomba Oomba]

    鈥淏etty Hutton At The Saints And Sinners鈥� Ball鈥�

  • Original Broadway Cast 鈥榃est Side Story鈥�

    America

    鈥淲est Side Story鈥� Orig. Broadway Cast Recording

    • Sony Classical/Columbia Legacy.
    • SMK 60724.

  • Marty Grosz & The Orphan Newsboys

    One In A Million

    鈥淓xtra! The Orphan Newsboys

    • Jazzology.
    • JCD 190.

Broadcast

  • Sun 24 Jul 2011 21:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2