08/05/2011
Russell Davies celebrates the presumed centenary of Robert Johnson. Other featured artists include Doris Day, Elvis Presley and Fred Astaire.
Much of this week's show is driven by a deluge of new releases but we open with the answer to a regular enquiry by many listeners: what IS that signature tune? Russell reveals all before moving on to celebrate the presumed centenary of blues singer Robert Johnson, telling how he once met the subject of Johnson's song Love in Vain, which we hear.
This is followed by Doris Day's fine rendition of a similarly named song by Jerome Kern, In Love in Vain. The Kern theme is continued with two more of his songs included on recently received CDs and three Gershwin songs fall into this category as well, two of them rare: George Byron's seldom-heard By Strauss (the very first recording of the song?) and a previously unreleased full version of A Fine Romance by Fred Astaire. Further reviews of new albums follow, giving us Hutch, Elvis Presley, Ina Ray Hutton and Bing Crosby.
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Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Oh Baby
鈥淏enny Goodman: The Swingmaster鈥�
- Memoir.
- CDMOIR 570.
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Robert Johnson
Love In Vain
鈥淩obert Johnson 鈥� The Complete Recordings鈥�
- Columbia.
- 467246 2.
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Doris Day & Andre Previn - In Love In Vain
Doris Day 1960-1967 鈥� 鈥淢ove Over Darling鈥�
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Rebecca Kilgore
I've Told Ev'ry Little Star
鈥淪ure Thing鈥� The Music Of Jerome Kern
- Audiophile.
- ACD 324.
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Fred Astaire
A Fine Romance
鈥淭hree Evenings With Fred Astaire鈥�
- Sepia.
- Sepia 1168.
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George Byron
By Strauss
鈥溾�橲 Wonderful 鈥� The Songs Of George Gershwin鈥�
- Retrospective.
- RTS 4176.
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Connie Stevens
Looking For A Boy
鈥淐onchestta鈥� - Connie Stevens
- Collectors Choice Music.
- CCM 156-2.
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Lennie Niehaus
Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)
鈥淏ing Crosby Through The Years: 1954鈥�
- Sepia.
- Sepia 1167.
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Leslie 鈥淗utch鈥� Hutchinson
Ain't Misbehavin'
Hutch 1929 - 1947 鈥� 鈥淟et鈥檚 Do It鈥� His 50 Finest
- Retrospective.
- RTS 4166.
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Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never
鈥淗its Of 鈥�60 鈥� 鈥業t鈥檚 Now Or Never鈥� 鈥�
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Tony Martin
There's No Tomorrow
鈥淭onight With Tony Martin鈥�
- Vocalion.
- CDUS 3016.
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Ina Ray Hutton
Truckin'
Ina Ray Hutton 1934-1944: The Definitive Collecton
- Fantastic Voyage.
- FVTD 110.
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Lennie Niehaus
Learn To Croon
鈥淏ing Crosby Through The Years: 1954鈥�
- Sepia.
- Sepia 1167.
Broadcast
- Sun 8 May 2011 21:00麻豆约拍 Radio 2