Playlist: 1 Jun 2013

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

1. It was a Very Good Year - Keely Smith: Keely sings Sinatra

2. Maybe This Time - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra 80th Live in Concert

3. Just in Time - Chris Connor: Witchcraft

4. My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It - Jimmy Rushing: Five Feet of Soul

5. The Thrill Is Gone - Roberta Flack: Roberta

6. Over the Rainbow - Lorez Alexandria: Lorez Alexandria the Great

7. A Good and Simple Man - Ian Shaw: Lifejacket

8. Take Me Through/I Could Come to Love You - Liza Minnelli: Tropical Nights

9. Some Cats Know - Peggy Lee: Mirrors

10. Pass Me By - Peggy Lee: Pass Me By

11. Yesterday When I Was Young - Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo: Watch What Happens!

12. I Want to be Happy - June Christy: Fair and Warmer

13. Talk to Me, Baby - Mark Murphy: Who Can I Turn To?

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Playlist: 25 May 2013

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

1. It’s Easy to Remember - Perry Como: We Get Letters

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

3. Nobody in Mind - Big Joe Turner: Nobody in Mind

4. Memories of You - Ian Shaw: Somewhere Towards Love

5. I’ll Never Smile Again - Joe Williams: A Man Ain’t Supposed to Cry

6. Sweet Georgia Brown - Diane Schuur: In Tribute

7. It Had to be You - Diane Schuur & Ray Charles: Friends for Schuur

8. Trouble in Mind - Jimmy Rushing: Five Feet of Soul

9. I’ll Be Home - Barbra Streisand: Stoney End

10. One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota Sò) - The Hi-Lo's: The Hi-Lo's Happen to Bossa Nova

11. Always - Bill Charlap & Sandy Stewart: Love Is Here to Stay

12. Goodbye, Goodbye - Johnny Hartman: I Love Everybody

13. Anita’s Blues ’76 - Anita O’Day: Live at Mingo’s

14. I’ll See You in My Dreams - Jimmy Durante: Jimmy Durante’s Way of Life

15. The Lady’s In Love with You - Tony Bennett: Tony Makes It Happen

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Album Cover: Ballads & Getz/Gilberto

Not the most inspiring of covers, but the contents are first class...

And from another of the tracks in this week's show, this is one of the most tasteful album covers and pretty darn good tracks, too!!

Playlist: 18 May 2013

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

1. Charleston - Louis Prima: Louis Prima

2. Where or When/Easy to Love/Get Out of Town/They Can’t Take That Away from Me (medley) - Dinah Shore: Dinah, Yes Indeed!

3. (They Long to be) Close to You - Carmen McRae: Great American Songbook

4. Alone Together - Woody Herman: Songs for Hip Lovers!

5. Bo Mambo - Yma Sumac: Mambo!

6. Down in the Alley - Memphis Minnie: Hoodoo Lady (1933-37)

7. The Girl from Ipanema - Stan Getz, João Gilberto & Astrud Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto

8. Just Friends - Helen Merrill & Stan Getz: Just Friends

9. Lover - The Supremes: Supremes sing Rodgers & Hart

10. You Never Give Me Your Money - Sarah Vaughan: Songs of The Beatles

11. The Man with the Child in His Eyes - Kate Bush: The Kick Inside

12. Where or When - Dick Haymes: Come Rain or Come Shine

13. Only the Lonely - Liane Carroll: Ballads

14. Changing All Those Changes - Madeleine Peyroux: The Blue Room

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Album Cover: The Hi-Lo's Happen to Bossa Nova

The popular singing group joined the roster at Reprise Records and their album with this striking cover was released in 1963.

Playlist: 11 May 2013

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

1. It’s Easy to Remember - Perry Como: We Get Letters

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

3. Nobody in Mind - Big Joe Turner: Nobody in Mind

4. Memories of You - Ian Shaw: Somewhere Towards Love

5. I’ll Never Smile Again - Joe Williams: A Man Ain’t Supposed to Cry

6. Sweet Georgia Brown - Diane Schuur: In Tribute

7. It Had to be You - Diane Schuur & Ray Charles: Friends for Schuur

8. Trouble in Mind - Jimmy Rushing: Five Feet of Soul

9. I’ll Be Home - Barbra Streisand: Stoney End

10. One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota Sò) - The Hi-Lo's Happen to Bossa Nova

11. Always - Bill Charlap & Sandy Stewart: Love Is Here to Stay

12. Goodbye, Goodbye - Johnny Hartman: I Love Everybody

13. Anita’s Blues ’76 - Anita O’Day: Live at Mingo’s

14. I’ll See You in My Dreams - Jimmy Durante: Jimmy Durante’s Way of Life

15. The Lady’s In Love with You - Tony Bennett: Tony Makes It Happen

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea

Album Covers: Sinatra - The Sands, Las Vegas / Carmen McRae - Sugar Hill, San Francisco

As this week's programme featured songs from two great albums, here are the covers:

Playlist: 4 May 2013

FOCUS ON TWO GREAT CONCERTS

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

1. Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

2. Don't Worry 'Bout Me - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

3. I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

4. The Shadow of Your Smile - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

5. Get Me to the Church on Time - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

6. You Make Me Feel So Young - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

7. It was a Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

8. My Kind of Town - Frank Sinatra: Sinatra - Vegas (Disc 2)

9. Sunday - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco   

10. What Kind of Fool Am I? - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco

11. I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco

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

13. Thou Swell - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco

14. It Never Entered My Mind - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco

15. I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Carmen McRae: Live at Sugar Hill, San Francisco

Outro: Holding On - Todd Gordon: Made in Korea