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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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The Dominoes | Ringing in a Brand New Year | 14 Original Greatest Hits | Deluxe Records | Happy New Year! | |||
Roy Milton Solid Serenaders | New Year's Resolution Blues | Blues, Blues Christmas Volume 3: 1927-1962 | Document | ||||
Nancy Wilson | What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? | Christmas Belles | Lifetime | ||||
June Christy | Sorry to See You Go | This Time of Year | Collector's Choice | ||||
Frank Sinatra | Let's Start the New Year Right | radio broadcast, date unknown | otr-cat.com | ||||
The McGuire Sisters | Happy New Year | Sincerely | Jasmine | ||||
George Formby | Letting the New Year In | The Ukulele Man | Prism | ||||
Earl Hines Orchestra | Ain't Misbehavin' | Earl Hines Sessions | Mosaic | inst. | |||
Earl Hines Orchestra | Rosetta | Masterpieces | Jazz Archives | Happy birthday Earl Hines! This was his signature song | |||
Fats Waller & His Rhythm | Lulu's Back in Town | The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 | JSP | Waller & Hines were possible the two most important stride pianists of their time | |||
Nat King Cole Trio | Jumpin' at Capitol | Complete Capitol Recordings | Mosaic | Cole was heavily influenced by Hines | |||
Billie Holiday o/ Teddy Wilson | April in My Heart | Lady Day | Sony | Wilson was also influenced by Hines | |||
Earl Hines & His Orchestra | Ridin' and Jivin' | Earl Hines Sessions | Mosaic | ||||
Earl Hines & His Orchestra | Ridin' a Riff | Earl Hines Sessions | Mosaic | inst. | |||
Benny Goodman Trio | Who? | Live at the Madhattan Room 20 Nov 1937 | otr-cat.com | radio broadcast | |||
Jimmie Lunceford | Blues in the Night Parts 1 & 2 | Jukebox Hits 1935-1947 | Acrobat | ||||
Count Basie Orchestra | Open the Door, Richard | Number 1 Hits of the 40's | song maybe best known by Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham, who was born right here in Durham! Markham Street is named after his family | ||||
Count Basie Orchestra v/ Jimmy Rushing | Mama Don't Want No Peas 'n Rice 'n Coconut Oil | The Complete Decca Recordings | RCA | this is the closest I can find to a song about black eyed peas | |||
Ernie Andrews | Pork Chops & Mustard Greens | Jumpin' Like Mad | not quite collard greens, but close | ||||
Earl Hines | Boogie Woogie on Saint Louis Blues | Masterpieces | Jazz Archives | inst. | |||
Jimmy Durante | Frosty the Snowman | Jimmy Durante's Way of Life | great request from last week, hope you're still listening! | ||||
Eartha Kitt | C'est Si Bon | Legendary | BMG | ||||
Dinah Washington | Blue Skies (Edited Version) | After Hours with Miss D | Emarcy | after hours recording session included Clark Terry, Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis, Jackie Davis & Ed Thigpen | |||
Mel Torme | It's De-Lovely | The Bethlehem Years | Bethlehem Archive | w/ Marty Paich orchestra | |||
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | Our Love is Here to Stay | Ella & Louis Again | Verve | ||||
Nat King Cole Trio | Body and Soul | Complete Capitol Recordings | Mosaic | inst. | |||
Louis Jordan | Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' | The Best of Louis Jordan | RCA | ||||
Frank Sinatra | Luck be a Lady | Rat Pack: From Vegas to St. Louis | Musicrama | *great* request! | |||
Sammy Davis Jr. o/ Sam Butera and the Witnesses | When the Feeling Hits You | When the Feeling Hits You! | Collector's Choice | ||||
Dean Martin | Ain't That a Kick in the Head? | Wild, Cool & Swinging: Ultra Lounge! | Capitol | another great one! | |||
Anita O'Day | Them There Eyes | Finest Hour | Polygram | ||||
Benny Goodman | Them There Eyes | Complete Small Group Recordings | Mosaic | inst. | |||
Fred Astaire | I Left My Hat in Haiti | Fred Astaire at MGM | from the movie Royal Wedding | ||||
Liberace | Aruba Liberace | Bachelor in Paradise: Cocktail Classics from MGM Films | Rhino | from the movie When Boy Meets Girl | |||
Louis Jordan | Beans and Cornbread | Let the Good Times Roll | Bear Family | we can pretend "beans" means black eyed peas | |||
Cab Calloway | Jive (Page One of the Hepster's Dictionary) | 1930-1939 | L'Art Vocal | ||||
Ella Fitzgerald | Cutie Pants | Ella at Juan-Les Pins | Verve | recorded live 29 July 1964 | |||
Lenny Dee | Auld Lang Syne | Happy Holi-Dee | |||||
The Polish American String Band | Happy New Year to You | Best of the Mummers | Sure | inst. | |||
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians | Auld Lang Syne | Big Band Christmas | see you in 2014! |