Today we celebrate music from the late 1930s through to the early 1960s. Ou earliest recordings are from 1936: the Benny Goodman orchestra with “Bugle Call Rag” and Billie Holiday with a jazz group led by pianist Teddy Wilson and the song “These Foolish Things. Our latest recordings is by Bobby Darin, from an album he made with arranger and conductor Billy May of the Oscar winning song, “Call Me Irresponsible”. In between we enjoy recordings from several singers, including Buddy Clark and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as from Tony Martin, who brings us Jerome Kern’s beautiful composition, “Make Believe”. And we round out the show with the irrepressible Fats Waller and friends who join us with Fats’ famous composition, “Honeysuckle Rose”.
Artist | Year | Song | Time
1. Bobby Hackett Quartet 1959 Embraceable You 3:22
2. Benny Goodman 1936 Bugle Call Rag 2:59
3. Buddy Clark 1947 You Are Never Away 2:47
4. Ethel Waters 1938 Baby What Else Can I Do 3:01
5. Bud Freeman’s All Stars 1945 Tea For Two 2:51
6. Tony Martin 1948 Make Believe 2:58
7. Doris Day 1951 You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me 2:56
8. Nat King Cole Trio 1945 Don’t Blame Me 3:27
9. Ella Fitzgerald 1959 Somebody From Somewhere 3:09
10. Johnny Desmond 1946 I’ll Close My Eyes 3:09
11. Robert Farnon Orchestra 1956 Sunny Side Up 2:02
12. Bobby Darin 1964 Call Me Irresponsible 2:05
13. Peggy Lee 1957 My Heart Stood Still 2:43
14. Billie Holiday 1936 These Foolish Things 3:18
15. Fats Waller 1937 Honeysuckle Rose 4:34