This week we will celebrate Canada Day and this morning, to mark this special day, we’ll hear from some wonderful Canadian artists and songwriters. We’ll be celebrating the music and art of one of the most admired Canadians in the world of music, Robert Farnon. He is particularly well known to us as a highly respected composer of orchestral and film music as well as a musician, conductor and arranger in the popular music field. We will also hear from celebrated pianist Oscar Peterson in several recordings from the 1950s, sharing with us his unique style, both solo and with other artists and singers. And we’ll also make a visit to Montreal in the late 1950s and early 1960s to listen to some fine singers and jazz musicians who were broadcasting for the CBC back then. Happy Canada Day!
Artist Year Song Time
- Georgie Auld 1946 Come To Baby, Do 2:41
- Anita O’Day 1957 Old Devil Moon 2:54
- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 1957 A Fine Romance 3:54
- Oscar Peterson 1951 Pennies from Heaven 2:33
5 Frank Sinatra 1956 How About You? 2:46 - Capt. Bob Farnon & His Canadian Band Of The AEF 1945 Candy 2:50
- Doris Day 1953 Ain’t We Got Fun 2:37
- Yolanda Lisi 1960 Quand Je Monte Chez Toi 3:08
- Dino Vale 1958 Polka Dots and Moonbeams 2:58
- Sheila Graham 1959 Don’t Take Your Love From Me 2:46
- Robert Farnon And His Orchestra 1956 Sunny Side Up 2:02
- Percy Faith 1953 The Song From Moulin Rouge 3:19
- Dick Todd 1939 Manhattan 3:20
- Robert Farnon 1947 Ottawa Heights 3:10