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PO Box 90689
Duke Station
Durham, NC 27708
919-684-2957
wxdu@duke.edu
Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments | |||
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Noel Coward | Why Must the Show Go On? | The Noel Coward Album | Sony | ||||
Sarah Vaughan | Thou Swell | Live at Mister Kelly's | Polygram | ||||
Ella Fitzgerald | To Keep My Love Alive | The Rodgers & Hart Songbook | Verve | ||||
Marlene Dietrich | Falling in Love Again | The Cosmopolitan Marlene Dietrich | Sony | ||||
Sammy Davis Jr. | Falling in Love Again | Live at the Cocoanut Grove | Reprise | ||||
Kurt Hohenberger und Sein Solisten Orchester | Warum, Weshalb und Weiso? | Swing Tanzen Verboten | Proper UK | Hohenberger was a German musician who pushed the boundaries of "acceptable" music during the Nazi regime | |||
Hans Rehmstedt | In Lambert's Nachtlokal | German Big Dance Bands | a rerecording of the popular British swing song "Lambert Walk" | ||||
James Kok | Und Die Ganze Welt Spricht Von Nanette | Jazznocracy | Kok had to flee Germany in 1935, he was a refugee in the UK during the war and moved to Switzerland after the war | ||||
Django Reinhardt w/ Fud Candrix et Son Orchestre | Belleville | Swing Tanzen Verboten | Proper UK | Reinhardt fled occupied Europe during the war | |||
Willi Stanke Und Sein Orchester | Der Schwarzen Panther | Swing Tanzen Verboten | Proper UK | this song was too much for the Nazi government, it put Stanke in danger. The gov't pulled this record from distribution and distroyed all copies they could find | |||
Django Reinhardt | Nuages | The Indispensible | written while Reinhardt was living in occupied France, this recording was made during the war when Reinhardt and Grappelli were separated | ||||
Glenn Miller Orchestra | St. Louis Blues | The Jazz Collector Edition | great request! fits in perfectly with the last set | ||||
Peggy Lee | Waiting for the Train to Come In | The Best of Miss Peggy Lee | Capitol | rec. 1942 | |||
The Ink Spots | The Gypsy | Billboard Pop Memories 1945-1946 | another great request! good to hear from you again! | ||||
The Andrews Sisters | Shoo-Shoo Baby | 50th Anniversary Collection Volume 1 | Capitol | ||||
Vaughn Monroe | Stop Watching the Clock | 1943 | Circle | fantastic request, I love this song! | |||
Mel Torme | Sunday in New York | Mel Torme at the Movies | |||||
Frank Sinatra | You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me | Songs for Swingin' Lovers | Capitol | ||||
Ella Fitzgerald | How Long Has This Been Going On? | Twelve Nights in Hollywood | Verve | ||||
Ella Fitzgerald | When Your Lover Has Gone | Twelve Nights in Hollywood | Verve | ||||
Dinah Washington | Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? | Swinging With Miss "D" | Emarcy | produced by Quincy Jones | |||
Perez Prado and His Orchestra | Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White | Mondo Mambo! | Rhino | ||||
Count Basie Orchestra | Open The Door, RIchard | Number 1 Hits of the 40's | great request! | ||||
Slim Gaillard Trio | Momma's In The Kitchen | Laughing in Rhythm | Proper UK | ||||
Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven | I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants) | Sounds of Harlem, Vol. 1 | Hep | ||||
The Mills Brothers | Caravan | L'Art Vocal, Volume 12 | L'Art Vocal | great request! | |||
Nat King Cole Trio | Whe I Take My Sugar to Tea | Complete Capitol Recordings | Mosaic | ||||
Fats Waller | Your Feets Too Big | Flaky Forties | Trikont | ||||
Louis Armstrong | Dear Old Southland | Hot Fives & Sevens | JSP | great request! Louis Armstrong trumpet, Buck Washington piano | |||
DUke Ellington and His Orchestra v/ Adelaide Hall | Creole Lova Call | Swinging Jazz Favorites | |||||
Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra | Judy | Hoagy Carmichael: First of the Singer-Songwriters | Proper UK | ||||
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Swing Orchestra | Toby | Big Ben | Proper UK | ||||
Sarah Vaughan | I Cried For You | Perdido! Live at Birdland 1953 | Verve | ||||
Sarah Vaughan | Birthday Announcement | Perdido! Live at Birdland 1953 | Verve | ||||
Sarah Vaughan | Body and Soul | Perdido! Live at Birdland 1953 | Verve |