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Don celebrates Elaine Stritch, Billie Holiday and Barbra Streisand

Multi award-winning lyricist Don Black celebrates iconic songwriters and singers. Tonight he pays tribute to Elaine Stritch, Billie Holiday and Barbra Streisand

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

Tonight he pays tribute to Elaine Stritch, Billie Holiday and Barbra Streisand

Don features his popular β€˜Who’s This….’ Challenge

This week's 'And They Also Wrote.....' is Harold Arlen

Plus there's 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 23 Aug 2020 23:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Peggy Lee

    The Folks Who Live On The Hill

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

  • Doris Day

    The Party's Over

  • Billy Eckstine

    My Foolish Heart

    • New York Collection: 1950.
    • 5.

  • Elaine Stritch

    Broadway Baby

  • Perry Como

    The Father Of Girls

    • The Essential '60s Singles Collection.
    • 16.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Last Night When We Were Young

    • September Of My Years.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 6.

  • Judy Garland

    The Man That Got Away

    • 1955 British Hit Parade - Britain's Greatest Hits Volume 4 - Part 1 - January -.
    • Acrobat Music.
    • 3.

  • Billie Holiday

    Come Rain Or Come Shine

    • Lady In Autumn CD2.
    • The Orchard Enterprises.
    • 2.

  • Dean Martin

    Just Say I Love Her (Dicitencello Vuie)

    • Cha Cha De Amor.
    • 13.

  • Julie London

    It Never Entered My Mind

    • Julie Is Her Name / Julie Is Her Name - Volume 9.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 8.

  • Johnny Mercer

    I'm Old Fashioned

  • Matt Monro

    Laura

    • Matt At The Movies CD2.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 19.

  • Tony Bennett

    I Thought About You

    • Perfectly Frank.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 5.

  • Louis Armstrong

    That Old Feeling

    • Louis Armstrong: At His Very Best CD1.
    • 9.

  • Jeri Southern

    He Was Too Good To Me

  • Barbra Streisand

    Not While I'm Around

    • The Essential Barbra Streisand CD1.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Aug 2020 23:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2