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Desmond shares good tunes, some unexpected ones and a few you may never have heard before. This week he sorts through his personal record collection of some 250,000 titles for songs and music related to the theme "some anniversaries". It's a round-up of some of this year's significant dates.

1 hour

Last on

Fri 22 Jul 2011 19:00

Music Played

  • Billy Eckstine / Sarah Vaughan

    Alexander's Ragtime Band

    • Dedicated To You.
    • REX: REXX 342.
  • Goombay Dance Band

    Seven Tears

    • 25 Years Of Rock 'n' Roll.
    • CONNOISSEUR: YRNR CD 82.
  • Irene Dunne

    They Didn't Believe Me

    • Irene Dunne Sings Kern ....
    • SEPIA: SEPIA 1171.
  • Johnny Mathis

    Warm

    • Warm / Swing Softly.
    • COLUMBIA: 489 803.
  • West Side Story: Film Cast

    Gee Officer Krupe

    • West Side Story.
    • SONY: SMK 48211.
  • Massed Bands Of Hm Royal Marines And Us Marines

    Stars And Stripes Forever

    • Mountbatten Festival Of Music 1992.
    • BLUE BAND: RMB CD1.
  • Ginger Rogers

    Let Yourself Go

    • Age Of Style.
    • PAST PERFECT: PPCD 78134.
  • Nat King Cole

    Mona Lisa (feat. Les Baxter and His Orchestra)

    • Ultimate Collection.
    • EMI: 7243 4 99575.
  • Mastersingers

    My Heart Will Go On

    • Here To Stay.
    • ALAN SIMMONDS: ASMCD 130702.
  • Jussi BjΓ¶rling

    Nessun Dorma

    • Immortal Jussi Bjorling.
    • MEMOIR: CDMOIR 445.
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Molly On The Shore

    • Grainger Edition Vol 14.
    • CHANDOS: CHAN 9819.
  • Elton John

    Rocket Man

    • Superior Sound Of Elton John.
    • DJM: CD 4.
  • Ted Heath

    Bakerloo Non Stop

    • Play It Again Ted.
    • MEMOIR: CDMOIR 524.

Broadcast

  • Fri 22 Jul 2011 19:00