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Durham, NC 27708
919-684-2957
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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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Frank Sinatra | She's Funny That Way | Nice 'N' Easy | Capitol | ||||
Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane | Lush Life | John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman | Impulse! | ||||
Sarah Vaughan | Body and Soul | Perdido! Live at Birdland, 1953 | Verve | ||||
Mel Torme | They Didn't Believe Me | Jazz and Velvet | Proper UK | radio transcription, 1946 | |||
Lena Horne o/ Charlie Barnet | You're My Thrill | Stormy Weather | RCA | ||||
Nat King Cole Trio | Easy Listening Blues | Complete Capitol Recordings | Mosaic | inst. | |||
Nat King Cole Trio | 'Deed I Do | Complete Capitol Recordings | Mosaic | ||||
Nellie Lutcher | Hurry On Down | The Best of Nellie Lutcher | Blue Note | ||||
The Cats and the Fiddle | Nuts to You | We Cats Will Swing For You | Fabulous | ||||
Joel Sanders and the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks | Everything is Hotsy Totsy Now | The Charleston Era | ASV Living Era | ||||
The Washingtonians (Duke Ellington) | East St. Louis Toodle-Oo | The Duke: The Columbia Years | Columbia | ||||
The DeZurik Sisters | The Arizona Yodeler | American Yodeling, 1911-1946 | Trikont | ||||
The Temperance Seven | The Mooche | Those BBC Years | Upbeat | inst. | |||
Desi Arnaz | El Cumbanchero | Desi Arnaz the Mambo King | RCA | terrific request as always! | |||
Ethel Smith, Van Johnson & Esther Williams | Boneca de Piche | Maracas, Marimbas & Mambos | Rhino | from the sublime to the ridiculous | |||
Larry Clinton v/ Bea Wain | I Double Dare You | The Very Best of Larry Clinton | Collector's Choice | ||||
Doris Day | Someone Like You | 16 Most Requested Songs - Encore! | Columbia | ||||
Ella Fitzgerald | Nice Work If You Can Get It | Legendary Decca Recordings | Polygram | great request! | |||
George Shearing | September in the Rain | Unforgettable Instrumental Hits | inst. | ||||
Vince Guaraldi Trio | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus | another great request, keep them coming! | ||||
Peggy Lee | Eight, Nine, and Ten | Rare Gems and Hidden Treasures | Capitol | ||||
Dinah Washington o/ Quincy Jones | Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? | The Swingin' Miss 'D' | Emarcy | ||||
Julie London | June in January | Calendar Girl | EMI Europe | ||||
Frank Sinatra | When I Take My Sugar to Tea | Ring-a-Ding Ding! | Reprise | ||||
Eartha Kitt | Monotonous | Legendary | BMG | this was Eartha's breakout hit, from "New Faces of 1953" | |||
Dave Brubeck Quartet | Strange Meadow Lark | Time Out | Columbia | beautiful song, thanks for the request! | |||
Chet Baker | Long Ago (and Far Away) | The Best of Chet Baker Sings | Blue Note | ||||
Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio | You Hit the Spot | Swingin' Easy! | Mercury | ||||
Ella Fitzgerald | Blue Moon | Twelve Nights in Hollywood | Verve | ||||
Thelonious Monk | Ruby, My Dear | Essential Jazz | inst. | ||||
Cliff Edwards | Singin' in the Rain | The Roaring Twenties | ASV Living Era | tune in next week for "Two Takes on a Standard", pairs of arrangements of standard songs | |||
Gene Kelly | Singin' in the Rain | Singin' in the Rain - An American in Paris | for the whole show next week we'll hear original recordings (or close to it) and the more modern takes that we see as definitive now | ||||
Nat King Cole Trio | Almost Like Being in Love | Songs from Stage and Screen | Capitol | great request! | |||
Annie Ross | Give Me the Simple Life | Annie Ross Sings a Song with Gerry Mulligan | EMI | ||||
Anita O'Day | Why Shouldn't I? | Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May | Verve | ||||
Nat King Cole | I Want to Be Happy | The Piano Style of Nat King Cole | Capitol | inst. | |||
Dinah Washington | Bye Bye Blues | After Hours with Miss D | Emarcy |