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Tex Beneke and Jack Parnell.

American saxophonist, singer and bandleader Tex Beneke remembers his days with Glenn Miller, and drummer Jack Parnell remembers the early days of the Ted Heath band.

More swinging performances featuring the finest crooners, songbirds, vocal groups and instrumentalists. Also, American saxophonist, singer and bandleader Tex Beneke remembers his days with Glenn Miller… and drummer Jack Parnell remembers the early days of the Ted Heath band; And graham’s musical theme this week continues with…”numbers!”

2 hours

Last on

Sun 28 Feb 2016 22:00

Music Played

  • Part 1

    • Artie Shaw

      Let’s Walk

    • Nat King Cole

      Just One Of Those Things

    • Nancy Wilson

      You Leave Me Breathless

    • Matt Monro

      Laura

    • Dinah Shore

      It’s Alright With Me

    • João Gilberto

      I’m Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover

    • Glenn Miller

      Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider

    • Sarah Vaughan

      That Old Black Magic

    • Tony Bennett

      Love Scene

    • Jimmy Giuffre

      Four Mothers

    • Harry Connick Jnr

      It Had To Be You

    • Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

      Four

    • Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie

      On The Sunny Side Of The Street

    • Bing Crosby & Count Basie

      Hangin’ Loose

    • Betty Hutton

      Orange Coloured Sky

    • Peggy Lee

      I Hear Music

    • George Shearing

      Baubles, Bangles And Beads

  • PART 2

    • Sammy Davis Jr.

      I Concentrate On You

    • Stan Kenton & June Christy

      Four Months, Three Weeks, Two days, One Hour Blues

    • André Previn

      I Could Have Danced All Night

    • Jimmy Dorsey

      Tangerine

    • Sergio Mendes

      Cancao Do Nosso Amor

    • Ted Heath

      Bakerloo Non Stop

    • Dinah Washington

      It Shouldn’t Happen To A Dream

    • Queen’s Hall Light Orchestra

      Coronation Scot

    • Cleo Laine

      I Want To Be happy

    • Woody Herman

      Four Or Five Times

    • Eydie Gormé

      Let’s Do It

    • Will Bradley & Ray McKinley

      Bounce Me Brother With A Solid Four

    • Frank Sinatra & Count Basie

      I Won’t Dance

    • John Dankworth

      Four Of A Kind

Broadcasts

  • Sun 28 Feb 2016 15:00
  • Sun 28 Feb 2016 20:00
  • Sun 28 Feb 2016 22:00