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19/02/2012

This week the majority of the show is devoted to a celebration of the centenary of "one of the good guys of popular music" - Russell's description of Saul Chaplin.

This week the majority of the show is devoted to a celebration of the centenary of "one of the good guys of popular music" - Russell's description of Saul Chaplin.

We open with a modern version of his earliest published song, Rhythm Is Our Business, sung by John Pizzarelli. Artie Shaw's version of his Prosschai comes next, followed by Until The Real Thing Comes Along which Chaplin and Sammy Cahn adapted and turned into a standard.

Chaplin's life in Hollywood gives us songs from Cole Porter musicals (Bing with I Love You Samantha and Ann Miller with Why Can't You Behave from High Society and Kiss Me Kate respectively).

Next, a famous collaboration with Al Jolson - The Anniversary Song - is sung for us by Tom Jones, followed by Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane with Dedicated To You. For Mary Lou Williams, Cahn and Chaplin wrote The Lady Who Swings The Band, which we hear in the original.

Rosemary Squires gives us Please Be Kind and we hear recordings from 85 years ago (Jane Green's I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now) and 60 years ago (King Pleasure and Blossom Dearie's Moody's Mood For Love) before a final 30s Chaplin number from Jimmie Lunceford - Rhythm In My Nursery Rhymes.

57 minutes

Last on

Sun 19 Feb 2012 21:00

Music Played

  • John Pizzarelli

    Rhythm Is Our Business

    John Pizzarelli/Don Sebesky 鈥淥ur Love Is Here To Stay

    • RCA.
    • 67501.
  • Artie Shaw and His Orchestra

    Prosschai

    鈥淎rtie Shaw 鈥 Self Portrait鈥 5 Cd Box + Booklet

    • BMG/Bluebird.
    • No 09026-63808-2.
  • Ella Fitzgerald With Ellis Larkins (Piano)

    Until The Real Thing Comes Along

    鈥淓lla Fitzgerald: 75th Birthday Celebration [2 CDs]鈥

    • GRP/Decca Jazz.
    • GRD 鈥 2 - 619.
  • Bing Crosby (With Louis Armstrong, Trumpet)

    I Love You, Samantha

    Original Soundtrack Mgm Movie 鈥淗igh Society鈥

    • Capitol.
    • O777 7 93787 2 2.
  • Ann Miller

    Why Can't You Behave?

    鈥淥riginal Soundtrack: 鈥淜iss Me Kate鈥濃

    • Delta Leisure Group.
    • CD 6706.
  • Tom Jones

    The Anniversary Song

    鈥淭om Jones 鈥 鈥楽ay You鈥檒l Stay Until Tomorrow鈥 鈥

    • EMI.
    • EMC 3178 [LP].
  • Johnny Hartman & The John Coltrane Quartet

    Dedicated To You

    鈥淛ohn Coltrane & Johnny Hartman鈥

    • Impulse.
    • GRD 157.
  • Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy

    The Lady Who Swings The Band

    鈥淢ary Lou Williams 鈥 Key Moments鈥

    • Topaz.
    • TPZ 1016.
  • Rosemary Squires

    Please Be Kind

    鈥淓mi Presents The Magic Of Rosemary Squires鈥

    • MFP.
    • 7243 5 21986 2 7.
  • Jane Green

    I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now

    鈥淏ring On The Girls 1926 - 1934鈥

    • Retrieval.
    • RTR 79060.
  • King Pleasure With Blossom Dearie

    Moody's Mood For Love [I'm In The Mood For Love]

    鈥淜ing Pleasure Sings/Annie Ross Sings鈥

    • Original Jazz Classics.
    • OJC20 217-2.
  • Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra

    Rhythm In My Nursery Rhymes

    鈥淭he Complete Jimmie Lunceford Decca Sessions鈥

    • Mosaic.
    • MD7-250.

Broadcast

  • Sun 19 Feb 2012 21:00