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03/01/2010

Russell Davies celebrates the art, craft and inspiration of the popular song.

Every Sunday Russell Davies presents the history of popular song, spotlighting its greatest exponents.

He focuses on top songwriters and composers like the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer, as well as some lesser-known names such as Roy Turk and Fred Ahlert; Ted Koehler, Walter Donaldson, Jack Lawrence and Peter Tinturin.

Russell features the artists who gave their songs wings: Fred Astaire, Ella, Bing, Peggy Lee, Sinatra, Julie London, The Mills Brothers, Boswell Sisters and many more. He pays birthday and centennial tributes, marks important deaths, and finds topical items that illuminate the subject in a variety of entertaining ways, with the occasional star interview.

1 hour

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Sun 3 Jan 2010 21:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Nat King Cole Trio

    (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons

    • Nat King Cole – Collectors Series (1990).
    • Capitol.
    • CDP 793590 2.

  • Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

    For Sentimental Reasons

    • Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra 1936.
    • Classics.
    • CLASSICS 878.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Hard-Hearted Hannah

    • Ella Fitzgerald 75th Birthday Celebration (2 CD).
    • GRP.
    • GRD-2-619.

  • Michael Feinstein

    You're In Savannah

    • Unpublished New Johnny Mercer Song.
    • None – Private Recording.
    • None.

  • Johnny Mercer & Bobby Darin

    Who Takes Care Of The Caretaker's Daughter

    • β€œTwo Of A Kind” Famous 1960 Album.
    • ATCO.
    • 7 90484-2.

  • The Mellomen With Thurl Ravenscroft

    Down By The Old Mill Stream

    • Vol 1 Of 3 β€œBarbershop Melodies” Albums.
    • Saxony.
    • 806697010526.

  • Ruby Murray

    Nora Malone

    • Ruby Murray Anthology – 4 CD Set.
    • EMI.
    • 7243 860956 2 6.

  • Moya Brennan

    Come Josephine In My Flying Machine

    • Complete Music From Soundtrack Of β€˜Titanic’.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music Soundtrax.
    • S2K 60797.

  • Harry Champion

    I'm Henery The Eighth

    • The Golden Years Of Music Hall.
    • Saydisc.
    • CD SDL 380.

  • Les Paul & Mary Ford

    Some Of These Days

    • Les Paul – The Legend & The Legacy (4 Cd Box).
    • Capitol.
    • CDP 7 97657 2 (97654).

  • The Mills Brothers

    Let Me Call You Sweetheart

    • 2 CD Set β€œThe Mills Brothers – Paper Doll”.
    • Pulse.
    • PDSCD 627.

  • Doris Day

    Every Little Movement

    • β€œDoris Day – A Day To Remember” 2 CD Set.
    • Jasmine.
    • JASCD 473.

  • Tennessee Ernie Ford

    Feed 'Em In The Morning Blues

    • β€œTennessee Ernie – Hey Good Lookin’”.
    • Memoir.
    • CDMOIR 564.

  • Gordon Jenkins Orchestra W. Charles Lavere

    Maybe You'll Be There

    • The Gordon Jenkins Collection.
    • Razor & Tie/Collectors Choice Music.
    • RE 2143-2.

Broadcast

  • Sun 3 Jan 2010 21:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2