Album Cover: Morgana, Andy & Toni...

Examples of album artwork for the three featured singers in this week's show.

Playlist: 29 Sep 2012

FOCUS ON... MORGANA KING, ANDY WILLIAMS & TONI HARPER

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

1. I Found a New Baby - Morgana King: Let Me Love You

2. At Sundown - Morgana King: The Greatest Songs Ever Swung

3. More Than You Know - Morgana King: Morgana King Sings The Blues

4. The Shadow of Your Smile - Morgana King: Wild Is Love

5. The Look of Love - Morgana King: Gemini Changes

6. Solitaire - Andy Williams: Solitaire

7. Canadian Sunset - Andy Williams: Canadian Sunset

8. Can't Get Used to Losing You - Andy Williams: Can't Get Used to Losing You

9. Music to Watch Girls By - Andy Williams: Born Free

10. Last Tango in Paris - Andy Williams: Solitaire

11. Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Andy Williams: Love, Andy

12. Days of Wine and Roses - Andy Williams: Days of Wine and Roses

13. You and the Night and the Music - Toni Harper: Night Mood

14. Where Flamingos Fly - Toni Harper: Night Mood

15. The Other Woman - Toni Harper: Lady Lonely

16. In the Still of the Night - Toni Harper: Night Mood

17. He Was a Man - Toni Harper: Lady Lonely

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Playlist: 22 Sep 2012

BIG BAND VOCALS

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

1. Only You - Diane Schuur: Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra

2. Madrid - Nat King Cole: Big Band Cole

3. Cotton Tail - Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington: The Stockholm Concert (1966)

4. Nobody Like My Baby - Ann Richards with Stan Kenton Orchestra: Two Much!

5. Skyliner - June Christy: Big Band Specials

6. Manhattan - RAF Squadronaires, Jacqui Dankworth & Todd Gordon: from the forthcoming album, Helping the Heroes

7. Chicago - Sy Oliver: For You

8. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Keely Smith: Politely

9. I've Heard That Song Before - Harry James & Helen Forrest: Harry James in Hi-Fi

10. Come Sunday - Joe Williams: Joe Williams & That Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra

11. You're Getting to be a Habit with Me - Carmen McRae & The Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band: November Girl

12. I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All? - Cleo Laine: All About Me

13. Fortune In Dreams - Frank Sinatra Jr & Pat Longo Super Big Band: Billy May for President!

14. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Sarah Vaughan & Benny Carter: The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Album Cover: The Harold Arlen Songbook

This is the original Verve Records artwork for the two volumes of Ella Fitzgerald's Harold Arlen Songbook. Surprisingly, this has not reappeared in subsequent LP or CD releases.

Playlist: 15 Sep 2012

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

1. South of the Border - Frank Sinatra: Come Fly with Me (bonus track)

2. Deep Purple - Janet Seidel: Moon of Manakoola

3. These Foolish Things - Nat King Cole: Just One of Those Things

4. Gentleman Is a Dope - Terry Morel: Songs of a Woman in Love

5. On Broadway - Lou Rawls: Carryin' On

6. This Time the Dream's On Me - Ella Fitzgerald: The Harold Arlen Songbook

7. Sing My Heart - Ella Fitzgerald: The Harold Arlen Songbook

8. When the Sun Comes Out - Ella Fitzgerald: The Harold Arlen Songbook

9. One for My Baby - Ella Fitzgerald: The Harold Arlen Songbook

10. Over the Rainbow - Ella Fitzgerald: The Harold Arlen Songbook

11. Now You Has Jazz - Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong: High Society (Soundtrack)

12. Fly Too High - Janis Ian: Foxes (Soundtrack)

13. Let There Be Love - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco

14. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Harry Connick Jr & Carmen McRae: 20

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Harold Lane (Hal) David
25 May 1921 - 1 September 2012

Playlist: 8 Sep 2012

A TRIBUTE TO HAL DAVID

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

1. Walk On By - Aretha Franklin: Running Out of Fools

2. Magic Moments - Perry Como: Catch a Falling Star

3. American Beauty Rose - Frank Sinatra: Come Swing with Me!

4. I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Ella Fitzgerald: Ella

5. Broken Hearted Melody - Sarah Vaughan: The Magic of Sarah Vaughan

6. The Look of Love - Vic Damone: Live from Las Vegas

7. Alfie - Carol Kidd & Nigel Clark: Tell Me Once Again

8. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - Johnny Hartman: I've Been There

9. One Less Bell to Answer/A House Is Not a Home - Barbra Streisand: Barbra Joan Streisand

10. Do You Know the Way to San Jose? - Dionne Warwick: Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls

11. Message to Michael - Lena Horne: Watch What Happens

12. This Guy's In Love with You - Herb Alpert: The Beat of the Brass

13. (They Long to Be) Close to You - Carmen McRae: The Great American Songbook

14. Trains and Boats and Planes - Astrud Gilberto: The Very Best of Astrud Gilberto

15. What the World Needs Now - Sammy Davis Jr & Buddy Rich: The Sound of '66

16. We Have All the Time in the World - Louis Armstrong: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Soundtrack)

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Album Cover: I'm a Woman

The gifted songwriting partnership of Leiber and Stoller provided Peggy Lee with the title song of this album - which also contain's this week's opening number, The Alley Cat Song. The artwork features a photo of Miss Lee, complete with hallmark blonde hair, immaculate lipstick and beauty spot.

This was a vintage period for her voice, too. Impeccable diction and enunciation, complemented by her innate ability to swing effortlessly, whilst create an intimacy that is practically unrivalled to this day.

Playlist: 1 Sep 2012

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

1. The Alley Cat Song - Peggy Lee: I'm a Woman

2. Straight to Baby - Janet Seidel: Charade

3. Dance Ballerina Dance - Nat King Cole: Big Band Cole

4. Seems Like Old Times - The Four Freshmen: Freshmen Favorites

5. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home - Dinah Washington: Drinking Again

6. Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) - Helen O'Connell: Here's Helen

7. Bein' Green - Helen Merrill: Just Friends

8. Only You (and You Alone) - Ringo Starr: Goodnight Vienna

9. Passing By - Irene Kral: Better Than Anything

10. Star Eyes - Irene Kral: Second Chance

11. I Fall In Love Too Easily - Irene Kral: Just for Now

12. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart - Irene Kral: The Band and I

13. Only Why No More - Ian Shaw: A Ghost In Every Bar

14. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (with Ray Nance): Côte d'Azur Concerts (Disc 7)

15. Thou Swell - Carmen McRae: Live at Bubba's

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea