24/01/2010
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.
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B.E.D.
In A Little Gypsy Tea Room
- 鈥淲atch Out!鈥� Becky Kilgore, Eddie Erickson & Co..
- Blue Swing.
- BSR 005.
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麻豆约拍 Dance Orchestra/Henry Hall 鈥� Vocal: Les Allen
Play To Me, Gipsy
- 鈥淗enry Hall- The Music Goers Round & Around鈥�.
- Vocalion.
- CDEA 6008.
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No毛l Coward
Zigeuner
- 鈥淢ore Compact Coward鈥�.
- EMI.
- CDP 797 1572.
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Connie Evingson
Django's Premonition
- 鈥淕ypsy In My Soul鈥� 鈥� Connie Evingson.
- Minnehaha Music.
- MM 2006.
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Ella Fitzgerald
The Gypsy In My Soul
- 鈥淓lla Fitzgerald 鈥� Get Happy!鈥�.
- Verve.
- 858523.
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The Fontane Sisters
The Fortune Teller's Song
- Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters 鈥� One More Time.
- Jasmine.
- JASCD 445.
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The Highwaymen
The Gypsy Rover
- 鈥淭he Highwaymen 鈥� The Folk Hits Collection鈥�.
- Varese Sarabande.
- 066847.
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The Ink Spots
The Gypsy
- 鈥淲e Four 鈥� The Best Of The Ink Spots鈥�.
- Jasmine.
- JASMCD 2546.
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Jean Sablon W. Django Reinhardt & Garland Wilson
Un Baiser
- Jean Sablon Featuring Django Reinhardt.
- Conifer Happy Days.
- 75605 52267 2.
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Susannah McCorkle
Nuages
- 鈥淪usannah Mccorkle 鈥� Ballad Essentials鈥�.
- Concord.
- 2129.
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Les Paul & Mary Ford
Sing To Me, Gypsy
- Les Paul 鈥� The Legend & The Legacy (4 Cd Set + Book).
- Capitol.
- CDP 7 97658 2.
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Quintette Du Hot Club De France: Vcl Jerry Mengo
Sweet Sue, Just You
- Django Reinhardt Volume 1.
- JSP.
- JSP CD 341.
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Jean Sablon
Cette Chanson Est Pour Vous, Madame
- 鈥淟a Vie Parisienne 鈥� Great Stars Of The 30s & 40s鈥�.
- Past Perfect.
- PPCD 78149.
Broadcast
- Sun 24 Jan 2010 21:00麻豆约拍 Radio 2