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WXDU 88.7 FM
PO Box 90689
Duke Station
Durham, NC 27708
919-684-2957
wxdu@duke.edu
Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments | |||
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Glenn Miller Orchestra v/ Tex Beneke | (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo | The Popular Recordings 1938-1942 | RCA | today = anniversary of Glenn Miller's death | |||
Glenn Miller Orchestra | Pennsylvania 6-5000 | The Popular Recordings 1938-1942 | RCA | Miller was Army captain during WWII and led the Army Air Force band; 15 Dec 1944 his plane was lost over the English Channel | |||
Glenn Miller Orchestra v/ Tex Beneke & Marion Hutton | Juke Box Saturday Night | The Marion Hutton Collection | Miller was officially "missing in action" as the plane was never found | ||||
Glenn Miller Orchestra | Sun Valley Jump | RCA Orginal Masters | RCA | ||||
Glenn Miller Orchestra v/ Andrews Sisters | Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! | The Chesterfield Broadcasts | |||||
Glenn Miller Orchestra | Little Brown Jug | Big Band Legends | inst. | ||||
Glenn Miller Orchestra v/ Tex Beneke, Ernie Caceres & the Modernaires | Jingle Bells | Big Band Christmas | from Christmas Eve radio broadcast | ||||
Lionel Hampton | Boogie Woogie Santa Claus | Swingin' Christmas | great request! | ||||
Les Brown Orchestra | Flip Lid | Les Brown & His Orchestra 1944-46 | |||||
Ray Anthony | Mr. Anthony's Boogie | The Young Man With the Horn | Capitol | another great request! | |||
Louis Jordan | Cole Slaw | Let the Good Times Roll | Bear Family | ||||
Glenn Miller & the Army Air Force Band | St. Louis Blues | The Entertainers of World War II | inst. | ||||
Ralph Flanagan | Dear Hearts and Gentle People | 78" | RCA Victor | rec. 1949, great request! | |||
Frankie Carle Orchestra v/ Marjorie Hughes | Oh, What It Seemed to Be | Big Band Generation | another post-Miller late 40s big band | ||||
Bunny Berigan Orchestra v/ Ruth Gaylor | The Pied Piper | The Pied Piper | |||||
Louis Armstrong | 'Zat You, Santa Claus? | Swingin' Christmas | great request as always! | ||||
Ella Fitzgerald | Sleigh Ride | Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas | Verve | ||||
Ray Anthony | Marshmallow World | Christmas Cocktails | Capitol | great request for "upbeat Ray Anthony" | |||
Ray Anthony | The Bunny Hop | Capitol Collector's Series | Capitol | not at all Christmasy, but definitely upbeat! | |||
Duke Ellington Orchestra | Sugar Rum Cherry | Three Suites | Ellington's take on the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies | ||||
Frank Sinatra | Fly Me to the Moon | The Reprise Collection | Reprise | ||||
June Christy | Make Someone Happy | The Best of June Christy: The Jazz Sessions | Blue Note | ||||
Stan Kenton | Opus in Pastels | Essential Jazz | inst. | ||||
The Boswell Sisters | Everybody Loves My Baby | Shout, Sister, Shout! | ASV | terrific request! | |||
Ben Selvin Orchestra | Do the New York | The Young Benny Goodman, 1928-1931 | Timeless Holland | Goodman hated playing this kind of music & left Selvin as quickly as possible to start his own band | |||
Al Bowlly | On a Steamer Coming Over | The Very Thought Of You | Sanctuary | ||||
Dick Robertson | Under the Mistletoe | Big Band Christmas | |||||
Freddy Martin | The Lady From 29 Palms | Big Band Memories | Direct Source | ||||
Glenn Miller Orchestra | Stardust | RCA Original Masters | RCA | inst. | |||
Benny Goodman Orchestra | Swingtime in the Rockies | Live at the Madhattan Room 20 Nov 1937 | otr-cat.com | radio broadcast | |||
Benny Goodman Orchestra | Loch Lomond | The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert | Columbia | ||||
The Cats and the Fiddle | We Cats Will Swing For You | We Cats Will Swing For You | |||||
Fats Waller | Swingin' Them Jingle Bells | Big Band Christmas | |||||
Nat King Cole | I'm an Errand Boy for Rhythm | Complete Capitol Recordings | Mosaic | ||||
Barney Bigard Orchestra | Barney Goin' Easy (I'm Checkin Out, Goom-Bye) | Duke Ellington 100 Rare Sessions | inst. | ||||
Duke Ellington Orchestra | Cotton Tail | The Blanton-Webster Band | RCA | ||||
Sidney Bechet | Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho | You Might As Well | Jazz 2 Jazz | ||||
Fletcher Henderson | Blue Lou | Roy Eldridge: Little Jazz Trumpet Giant | Proper UK | ||||
Glenn Miller | Adios | RCA Original Masters | RCA | ||||
Glenn Miller Orchestra v/ Andrews Sisters | Let's Have Another One (Before We Say Goodbye) | The Chesterfield Broadcasts | all Christmas show next week! |