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Desmond Carrington rummages through his collection of 250,000 titles to share some good tunes, some unexpected ones and a few you may never have heard before. This week, he remembers the American composer Harold Arlen, who wrote over 400 songs including Somewhere Over The Rainbow and Stormy Weather.

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Tue 9 Feb 2010 19:00
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Music Played

  • John Dankworth - Lover Man

  • Louis Armstrong

    I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

    • I'Ve Got The World On A String.
    • VERVE.
    • 559 831.

  • Helen Shapiro

    It's Only A Paper Moon

    • Best Of The Eighties.
    • KATALYST.
    • 0001 A/B.

  • Chet Baker

    Come Rain Or Come Shine

    • Embraceable You.
    • PACIFIC JAZZ.
    • CDP 7 2438 31676.

  • Susannah McCorkle

    If I Only Had A Heart

    • Most Requested Songs.
    • CONCORDE.
    • CCD 4976.

  • Ken Mackintosh / Peter Knight Singers

    Blues In The Night

    • Tribute.
    • SANCTUARY.
    • CD AJA 5640.

  • Rosemary Clooney

    Man That Got Away

    • Songbook Collection.
    • CONCORDE JAZZ.
    • CCD 6 4933.

  • Benny Goodman

    Get Happy

    • Benny Goodman The Collection.
    • EMI GOLD.
    • 7243 8 74470.

  • Fred Astaire

    One For My Baby

    • Harold Arlen (Over The Rainbow).
    • FLAPPER.
    • PASTCD 7095.

  • Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters - Acc Cent Tchu Ate The Positive

  • Peggy Lee

    Stormy Weather

    • Rendezvous With Peggy Lee.
    • VOCALION.
    • CDUS 3008.

  • Harold Arlen

    Hit The Road To Dreamland

    • Music Of Harold Arlen.
    • HARBINGER.
    • HCD 1505.

  • Claire Martin / Richard Rodney Bennett

    Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

    • When Lights Are Low.
    • LINN.
    • AKD 260.

  • Billy Daniels

    That Old Black Magic

    • Around Midnight.
    • SEPIA.
    • SEPIA 1017.

  • Judy Garland

    Over The Rainbow

    • Wizard Of Oz (Soundtrack).
    • TURNER.
    • 837 151.

  • Judy Garland

    Over The Rainbow (Reprise)

    • Best Of The Capitol Years.
    • CAPITOL.
    • CDP 7 93438.

Broadcast

  • Tue 9 Feb 2010 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2