2024-02-IHTSB-February-25 Week four of Black History Month featuring the great Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong, pianist Fats Waller, as well as vocalist Helen Humes among others.

IHTSB Feb 25, 2024

Some great singers are featured in recordings from the 1930s to the 1960s on today’s show, and we’ll start out with the legendary tones of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Nat King Cole and his trio join us as well, and among our other voices we’ll hear Dinah Washington, and lovely ballads from Lena Horne and Sammy Davis Jr. We’ll hear two recordings by Billie Holiday and a delightful recording from Sarah Vaughan.

IHTSB PLAYLIST Feb 25, 2024

Artist Year Song Time

  1. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 1957 A Fine Romance 3:54
  2. Nat King Cole Trio 1947 Blue And Sentimental 2:36
  3. Lena Horne 1941 Prisoner Of Love 3:23
  4. Sammy Davis Jr. 1956 You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To 3:08
  5. Fats Waller 1936 Sweet Sue, Just You 2:56
  6. Billie Holiday 1947 Deep Song 3:13
  7. Billie Holiday 1936 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love 3:27
  8. Adelaide Hall 1931 I Got Rhythm 2:08
  9. Sarah Vaughan 1958 I’m Lost 3:40
  10. Helen Humes 1960 Imagination 3:07
  11. Maxine Sullivan 1938 It Ain’t Necessarily So 3:34
  12. Johnny Hartman 1966 The Very Thought of You 2:48
  13. Dinah Washington 1945 Blow Top Blues 3:21
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