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Desmond hunts through his personal record collection of more than 250,000 tracks for songs and music on the theme 'April Love' - music for the rising of the sap.

Desmond shares good tunes, some unexpected ones and a few you may never have heard before from the worlds of classical music, pop standards, jazz, shows and films. All served with a sprinkling of interpretations from modern artistes who dig into the music of yesterday to make the 'music go 'round' today. This week he sorts through his personal record collection for songs and music related to the theme of "April Love". Music for the rising of the sap.

57 minutes

Last on

Fri 4 Apr 2014 19:00

Music Played

  • Keely Smith

    APRIL IN PARIS

    • KEELY SWINGS BASIE STYLE.
    • CONCORD CCD 2138.
  • Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire

    SPRING SPRING SPRING

    • TOGETHER.
    • EMI 0946 3 56000.
  • Teddy Joyce & His Orchestra & ERIC WHITLEY

    MARCH WINDS AND APRIL SHOWERS

    • LIGHTS ARE LOW AND THE MUSIC IS SWEET.
    • VOCALION CDEA 6058.
  • Cleo Laine

    YOU MUST BELIEVE IN SPRING

    • VERY BEST OF CLEO LAINE.
    • RCA VICTOR 72431 43215.
  • Al Bowlly, Ken "Snakehips" Johnson & Henderson Twins

    IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS

    • LOVE IS THE SWEETEST THING.
    • PAST PERFECT PPCD 78137.
  • Margaret Whiting

    YOUNG MAN'S FANCY

    • MY IDEAL.
    • JASMINE JASBOX 17-4.
  • Bryn Terfel

    IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING

    • RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 449 163.
  • KELLY HARLAND

    APRIL COME SHE WILL

    • AMERICAN SONG.
    • KELLY HARLAND - -.
  • Edna Savage & Michael Holliday

    TIP-TOE THOUGHT THE TULIPS

    • EVERMORE.
    • VOCALION CDLK 4120.
  • BAMBI - SOUNDTRACK

    LITTLE APRIL SHOWER

    • DISNEY COLLECTION VOL 1.
    • WALT DISNEY 0946 3 51026.
  • ME AND MY GIRL - COMPANY

    SUN HAS GOT HIS HAT ON

    • ME AND MY GIRL - BROADWAY CAST.
    • TER RECORDS CDTER 1145.
  • Helen Shapiro

    SPRING CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST

    • SIMPLY SHAPIRO.
    • KATALYST KAT 0003.
  • Gordon MacRae

    YOUNGER THAN SPRINGTIME

    • BEST OF GORDON MACRAE.
    • EMI 7243 8 35432.
  • Laudibus

    ALL IN THE APRIL EVENING

    • ALL IN THE APRIL EVENING.
    • HELIOS CDH 55243.

Broadcast

  • Fri 4 Apr 2014 19:00