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Featuring Barbara Windsor and Sparrows Can't Sing

Multi-award-winning lyricist Don Black is back to celebrate the iconic songwriters of the twentieth century, their songs and the artists who performed them.

Multi award-winning lyricist Don Black celebrates the iconic songwriters of the twentieth century, their songs and the artists who performed them. Each week Don showcases a selection of iconic tunes, popular and timeless standards.

This week's 'And They Also Wrote.....' is Jimmy Monaco.

Plus a weekly nod to the fabulous voice of Matt Monro.

The show is packed full of personal anecdotes and entertaining stories as Don recalls meeting and working with many of the greatest writers and entertainers in the business.

57 minutes

Last on

Sun 20 Aug 2017 23:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Billie Holiday

    Crazy He Calls Me

    • Billie Holiday: Greatest Hits.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 18.

  • Fred Astaire

    I'm Old Fashioned

    • Let's Face The Music And Dance.
    • PIAS Recordings (UK) Ltd.
    • 25.

  • Frank Sinatra

    I Can't Get Started

    • The Frank Sinatra Collection.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 8.

  • Billy Eckstine

    Everything I Have Is Yours

    • Billy Eckseine.
    • 11.

  • Doris Day

    You Made Me Love You

    • The Doris Day Collection.
    • 12.

  • Perry Como

    I Can't Begin To Tell You

    • By Request CD2.
    • Snapper Music.
    • 8.

  • Matt Monro

    Jean

    • Matt At The Movies CD1.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 22.

  • Maureen McGovern

    The Continental

    • 18 Original Smash Hits (Various Artis.
    • Pye.

  • Vic Damone

    Just Say I Love Her

    • Angela Mia/On The Swingin' Side.
    • 4.

  • Barbra Streisand

    You're Gonna Hear From Me (From Inside Daisy Clover)

    • The Love Album.
    • 12.

  • Mel TormΓ©

    Isn't It A Pity

  • Michael Feinstein

    I Won't Send Roses / Time Heals Everything

    • Isn't It Romantic.
    • Jeepster Recordings Limited.
    • 11.

  • Peggy Lee

    The Folks Who Live On The Hill

    • Great Ladies Of Song - Peggy Lee.
    • Capitol.

  • Jack Jones

    What's New?

    • Where Love Has Gone / My Kind Of Town.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 9.

  • Barbara Windsor

    Sparrows Can't Sing

    • Oh! What A Carry On! CD2.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 15.

Broadcast

  • Sun 20 Aug 2017 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2