Playlist: 29 Dec 2012

COPING WITH ADVERSITY...

ELLA FITZGERALD and PEGGY LEE

Intro: If You Could Read My Mind - Todd Gordon & Jacqui Dankworth: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

1. Don't Be That Way - Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Jones Trio, Duke Ellington Orchestra: The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World

2. You've Changed - Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Jones Trio, Duke Ellington Orchestra: The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World

3. Let's Do It - Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Jones Trio, Duke Ellington Orchestra: The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World

4. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Jones Trio, Duke Ellington Orchestra: The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World

5. It's Only a Paper Moon - Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Jones Trio: The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World

6. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) - Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Jones Trio: The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World

7. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Jones Trio: The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World

8. Cotton Tail - Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World

9. Day In - Day Out - Peggy Lee: Peggy at Basin Street East

10. Call Me Darling - Peggy Lee: Peggy at Basin Street East

11. One Kiss/My Romance/The Most Beautiful Boy in the World - Peggy Lee: Peggy at Basin Street East

12. But Beautiful/The Second Time Around - Peggy Lee: Peggy at Basin Street East

13. Fever - Peggy Lee: Peggy at Basin Street East

14. I'm Gonna Go Fishin' - Peggy Lee: Peggy at Basin Street East

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Playlist: 22 Dec 2012

SONGS FOR THE HOLIDAYS: PART TWO

Intro: If You Could Read My Mind - Todd Gordon & Jacqui Dankworth: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

1. Jingle Bells - Johnny Mercer: single

2. This Time of Year - June Christy: This Time of Year

3. The Things We Did Last Summer - Ernestine Anderson & George Shearing: A Perfect Match

4. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Diana Krall: Christmas Songs

5. Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday - Mighty Blue Kings: The Christmas Album

6. The Difficult Season - John Sheridan's Dream Band & Rebecca Kilgore: Hooray for Christmas!

7. A Marshmallow World - Bing Crosby & Ella Fitzgerald: Swingin' with Bing

8. The Christmas Waltz (Awayteam Remix) - Nancy Wilson: Merry Mixmas

9. The Christmas Blues - Dean Martin: A Winter Romance

10. Whatever Happened to Christmas? - Frank Sinatra: The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas

11. Winter Weather - Jo Stafford: Happy Holiday

12. I'll Be Home for Christmas - Harry Connick Jr: Harry for the Holidays

13. White Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Wishes You A Swingin' Christmas

14. All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) - Nat King Cole: single

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Playlist: 15 Dec 2012

SONGS FOR THE HOLIDAYS: PART ONE

Intro: If You Could Read My Mind - Todd Gordon & Jacqui Dankworth: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

1. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams: The Andy Williams Christmas Album

2. Winter Wonderland - Lena Horne: Merry from Lena

3. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Todd Gordon: single

4. Christmas Is - Lou Rawls: Merry Christmas - Ho! Ho! Ho!

5. Please Come Home for Christmas - Aaron Neville: Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas

6. The Christmas Song - Carmen McRae: A Merry Jazzmas

7. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Wishes You a Swingin' Christmas

8. The Little Drummer Boy - Peggy Lee: Christmas Carousel

9. I'll Be Home for Christmas - Janet Seidel: Hooray for Christmas

10. Blue Christmas - Harry Connick Jr: Harry for the Holidays

11. White Christmas - Tony Bennett: Bennett/Berlin

12. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine: Sing the Best of Irving Berlin

13. All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey: single

14. That's What I Want for Christmas - Nancy Wilson: single

15. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Frank Sinatra: The Christmas Collection

16. 'Zat You, Santa Claus? - Louis Armstrong: Yule Be Miserable!

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Playlist: 8 Dec 2012

THREE GIRLS AND A BOY... DINAH WASHINGTON, JANET SEIDEL, DAKOTA STATON & DICK HAYMES

Intro: If You Could Read My Mind - Todd Gordon & Jacqui Dankworth: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

1. I've Got You Under My Skin - Dinah Washington: Dinah Jams

2. Mad About the Boy - Dinah Washington: Single

3. A Rockin' Good Way - Dinah Washington & Brook Benton: The Two of Us

4. All of Me - Dinah Washington: Queen of the Blues

5. Fools Rush In - Janet Seidel: The Art of Lounge (Vol 1)

6. Love for Sale - Janet Seidel: The Art of Lounge (Vol 1)

7. Sentimental Journey - The Art of Lounge (Vol 2)

8. Moonglow - The Art of Lounge (Vol 3)

9. Forties Medley - Dick Haymes: Dick Haymes Comes Home (Live at the Cocoanut Grove 1973)

10. Whistling Away in the Dark - Dick Haymes: Dick Haymes Comes Home (Live at the Cocoanut Grove 1973)

11. You Stepped Out of a Dream - Dick Haymes: Look at Me Now!

12. The More I See You - Dick Haymes: Rain or Shine

13. Anything Goes - Dakota Staton: Dynamic!

14. You Showed Me the Way - Dakota Staton: The Late, Late Show

15. Willow Weep for Me - Dakota Staton: Time to Swing

16. Indiana - Dakota Staton: 'Round Midnight

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Playlist: 1 Dec 2012 - The 100th Edition

THE 100th EDITION of THE SINGERS & THE SONGBOOK

Intro: If You Could Read My Mind - Todd Gordon & Jacqui Dankworth: Ballads from the Midnight Hotel

1. (Love Is) The Tender Trap - Frank Sinatra & Count Basie: Sinatra-Basie

2. In the Heat of the Night - Nancy Wilson: Welcome to My Love

3. The Folks Who Live On the Hill - Peggy Lee: The Man I Love

4. Route 66 - Perry Como: Como Swings

5. At Sundown - Janet Seidel: The Art of Lounge (Vol 1)

6. I'm Havin' a Good Time - Alberta Hunter: Amtrak Blues

7. Mack the Knife - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella & Duke at the Côte d'Azur

8. Dindi - Carmen McRae: Carmen McRae at The Great American Music Hall

9. Some of These Days - Jimmy Rushing: The Jazz Odyssey of James Rushing Esq

10. How Am I to Know? - Rosemary Clooney: Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle

11. Unforgettable - Aretha Franklin: Unforgettable (A Tribute to Dinah Washington)

12. Charade - Harry Connick Jr: Come By Me

13. Seems Like Old Times - Diane Keaton: Annie Hall (Soundtrack)

14. Manhattan - Royal Air Force Squadronaires & Todd Gordon with Jacqui Dankworth: Helping the Heroes 

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea