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Last broadcast on Fri, 10 Feb 2012, 19:00 on BBC Radio 2.
Synopsis
Desmond shares good tunes, some unexpected ones and a few you may never have heard before.
This week he sorts through his personal record collection of some 250,000 titles for songs and music related to the theme "sweet 'n' low".
It's a nod to the London review of the 1940s starring Hermione Gingold; and Sir Joseph Barnby's 1983 song, rather than the artificial sweetener of the same name!
Music played
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James Taylor / Manhattan Transfer — Dream Lover
Tonin', ATLANTIC 7567 82661 -
Etta James
— Very Thought Of YouAt Last The Best Of Etta James, RCA VICTOR 88697 846612 -
Hal Kemp & Skinnay Ennis — Got A Date With An Angel
Got A Date With Angel, ASV LIVING ERA CD AJA 5399 -
Gene Kelly — Heather On The Hill
Brigadoon, TURNER 7243 8 52765 -
George Shearing / Barry Tuckwell — In The Still Of The Night
Play The Music Of Cole Porter, CONCORD CONCERTO CCD 42010 -
Peggy Lee
— Brown Bird SingingBlack Coffee / Sea Shells, MCA MCLD 19363 -
Richard Tauber — You Are My Heart's Delight
Vienna Nights, MEMOIR CDMOIR 419 -
Tommy Dorsey / Sentimentalists / Town Criers — Tonight We Love
They Also Sang With Tommy Dorsey, JAZZ BAND EBCD 2167 -
Billie Holiday
— TenderlyGhost Of Yesterday, BLUE ORCHID BLUE 101CD -
Dave King / Johnny Douglas Orch — Home
Memories Are Made Of This Decca Singles, VOCALION CDLK 4201 -
Bert Kaempfert — Bye Bye Blues
Silver Collection, POLYDOR 823 702 -
Marlene Dietrich — Falling In Love Again
Legends Of The 20 Th Century Vol 09, EMI 7243 5 21232 -
Nat King Cole
— When I Fall In Love1957 British Hit Parade Vol 6 Part 1, ACROBAT ACQCD 7024 -
Ella Fitzgerald
— Just One Of Those ThingsCole Porter Songbook Vol 1, VERVE 821 989 -
Andy Williams
— Red Roses For A Blue LadyLovely Way To Spend An Evening, READERS DIGEST RDCD 594
Broadcast
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Fri 10 Feb 201219:00
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