IHTSB April 27, 2025

Today we listen to some vintage jazz. We feature recordings from the 1920s and 1930s, including small jazz groups such as Sidney Bechet's Feetwarmers and the Charleston Chasers. We hear from singers like Ruth Etting and Al Bowlly, and from orchestras bringing us hits from Broadway shows, like George Olsen and Ben Bernie. Enjoy this music from over 90 year ago! 

IHTSB playlist April 27, 2025

Artist Year Song Time

1. Charleston Chasers 1929 Red Hair And Freckles 2:46

2. Abe Brigode 1925 Yes Sir, That's My Baby 3:09

3. George Olsen 1925 Who? 3:22

4. Ben Bernie 1927 I'm In Love Again 2:56

5. Sidney Bechet 1932 I've Found A New Baby 3:13

6. Ruth Etting 1929 You're The Cream In My Coffee 3:08

7. Jack Hylton 1930 Happy Feet 2:59

8. Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 1929 Mean To Me 3:21

1. 9. Al Bowlly 1931 Shout For Happiness 2:27

10. Bunny Berigan 1933 You've Got Everything 2:55

11. Bing Crosby 1934 Someday Sweetheart 3:13

12. Jimmy Dorsey 1930 Tiger Rag 2:45

13. Fats Waller 1935 Twelfth Street Rag 2:48

14. Henry Hall 1936 Got To Dance My Way To Heaven 2:40

IHTSB playlist April 20, 2025

Artist Year Song Time

1. Roy Eldridge 1953 When Your Lover Has Gone 3:09

2. Sarah Vaughan 1958 Please Be Kind 3:16

3. Dean Martin 1957 It's Easy To Remember 3:17

4. Duke Ellington & Al Hibbler 1947 Don't Get Around Much Anymore 3:05

5. Eddie Condon's Chicagoans 1939 Nobody's Sweetheart 3:28

6. Billie Holiday 1950 Lover Man 3:19

7. Eddie Fisher 1958 Close as Pages in a Book 2:32

8. Charlie Barnet 1940 You've Got Me Out On A Limb 3:07

9. Bobby Hackett 1959 Prelude To A Kiss 3:27

10. Vic Damone 1961 Close Your Eyes 2:10

11. Count Basie 1938 Blue And Sentimental 3:13

12. Mel Tormé 1950 I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling 2:51

13. Dinah Shore With Andre Previn 1959 It Had To Be You 3:25

14. Bobby Darin 1962 All By Myself 3:07

IHTSB Apr 13, 2025

On today's show we listen to a mixture of singers, big bands and small jazz groups in recordings taken from the 1930s to the 1950s. Among our ladies we hear delightful pieces from Doris Day and Dolores Gray, and our gentlemen include Sammy Davis Jr and Mel Tormé. We listen to the wonderful big bands led by Count Basie and Bob Crosby. Wild Bill Davison joins us with a fine line up in his group the Commodores, and from 1938 we hear a live recording by the Benny Goodman quartet from the legendary Carnegie Hall concert of that year. Enjoy these and other fantastic recordings from days gone by!

IHTSB playlist Apr 13, 2025

Artist Year Song Time

1. Bob Crosby orchestra 1935 And Then Some 3:01

2. Count Basie 1937 Roseland Shuffle 2:34

3. Wild Bill Davison 1945 A Monday Date 2:52

4. Margaret Whiting 1945 In Love In Vain 3:01

5. Doris Day 1954 With A Song In My Heart 3:09

6. Max Kaminsky& His Jazz Band 1944 Love Nest 3:01

7. Mel Tormé 1951 Heart And Soul 2:56

8. Dick Todd 1939 One Morning in May 2:58

9. Billie Holiday 1 936 Guess Who 3:11

10.Eddie Condon & His Band 1943 Mandy Make Up Your Mind 3:20

11. Benny Goodman Quartet 1938 Avalon 4:17

12. Dolores Gray 1957 Isn't It Romantic 2:36

13. Sammy Davis Jnr 1956 All Of You 2:45

14. Jimmy Dorsey 1950 That's a Plenty 2:52

IHTSB Apr 6, 2025

Today we’ll be listening to the work of two songwriters, composer Jimmy McHugh and lyricist Dorothy Fields. These two songwriters produced a lot of music between the 1920s and the 1950s, both together as a highly successful song writing team and also while working with other songwriters of the period. Much of what they wrote ended up on the stage or on the screen, in various revues and shows, and there are some very familiar songs in their repertoire. And we’ll hear them today along with some not quite so well known to us, performed by a host of singers and orchestras. These are very nice songs that have certainly stood the test of time. Enjoy some classic songs!!

IHTSB playlist

Artist Year Song Time

1. Nat King Cole Trio 1949 Exactly Like You 2:42

2. Billie Holiday 1944 On The Sunny Side Of The Street 3:02

3. Doris Day 1952 I’m in the Mood for Love 2:27

4. Buddy Clark 1935 I'm Livin' In A Great Big Way 2:36

5. Ray Bauduc 1945 When My Sugar Walks Down the Street 2:36

6. Alice Faye 1935 I've Got My Fingers Crossed 2:50

7. Peggy Lee 1948 I Got Lucky In The Rain 2:14

8. Glenn Miller 1940 I'd Know You Anywhere 2:33

9. Ella Fitzgerald 1963 You Couldn't Be Cuter 3:17

10. Artie Shaw, Helen Forrest 1939 This Is It 2:57

11. Bing Crosby 1945 Close As Pages In a Book 3:08

12. Benny Goodman 1935 Hooray For Love 2:38

13. Fred Astaire 1936 The Way You Look Tonight 3:08

14. Vic Damone 1951 Don't Blame Me 2:49

15. Duke Ellington 1932 I Can't Give You Anything But Love 3:05

Artist Year Song Time

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8. Ruby Braff Sextet 1955 Linger Awhile 5:02
9. Vic Dickenson Septet 1954 Nice Work If You Can Get It 4:42
10. Jimmy Rushing 1955 Take Me Back Baby 2:40
11. Teddy Wilson 1940 Embraceable You 3:16
12. Edmond Hall Sextet 1943 Coquette 3:00

Our show today celebrates some of the small group jazz recordings made in the 1930s to the 1950s. There are some very talented musicians in our line up along with some fabulous singers. As a special feature, we highlight three recordings made for the Vanguard label in the mid 50s, from groups led by Ruby Braff, Vic Dickenson and Jimmy Rushing. We listen too to recordings from Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and Fats Waller. Enjoy this fabulous jazz!

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1. Kansas City Seven 1944 After Theatre Jump 4:50
2. Louis Armstrong 1933 Mahogany Hall Stomp 3:24
3. Sandy Williams 1945 Sumpin' Jumpin' Round Here 3:00
4. Eddie Heywood 1944 I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me 3:09
5. Sidney Bechet 1953 Black And Blue 3:36
6. Roy Eldridge 1937 Wabash Stomp 3:10
7. Fats Waller 1937 Honeysuckle Rose 4:34

This morning on IHTSB we are going to pay tribute to one of the major figures in popular music and jazz, Ella Fitzgerald. Ella Fitzgerald had one of the loveliest voices in popular music and jazz. With the rich, warm rich quality of her voice, and her amazing diction and versatility, Ella was at home across a range of styles from ballads to jazz to swing. She had a long and extraordinary career, becoming regarded as the pre-eminent female jazz artist of her era. Today we’ll hear selections from her extensive collection of songbooks featuring the work of the great songwriters. Enjoy her gorgeous voice!!

IHTSB playlist Feb 9, 2025

Artist Year Song Time

1. Ella Fitzgerald 1959 Let's Call The Whole Thing Off 4:30
2. Ella Fitzgerald 1956 From This Moment On 3:19
3. Ella Fitzgerald 1957 I Didn't Know About You 4:13
4. Ella Fitzgerald 1958 How Deep Is The Ocean? 3:12
5. Ella Fitzgerald 1959 They All Laughed 3:06
6. Ella Fitzgerald 1963 The Way You Look Tonight 4:31
7. Ella Fitzgerald 1958 I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket 3:01
8. Ella Fitzgerald 1956 I Could Write A Book 3:38
9. Ella Fitzgerald 1956 Dancing On The Ceiling 4:10
10. Ella Fitzgerald 1959 But Not For Me 2:26
11. Ella Fitzgerald 1964 When A Woman Loves A Man 3:51
12. Ella Fitzgerald 1961 As Long As I Live 3:49

On today's show we listen to some of the fabulous bands that were around in the years from the 1920s to the 1940s. Our opening and closing numbers are brought to us by the wonderful band led by Count Basie. Joining us as well are jazz bands from almost ninety years ago, including Fletcher Henderson from 1931 and Jimmie Lunceford from 1934. We hear too from the orchestras led by the brilliant drummer Chick Webb, and by Don Redman, in an example of his major contribution to jazz as bandleader, arranger and composer. Erskine Hawkins and his band bring us his classic composition, "Tuxedo Junction" and we hear too from Teddy Wilson with his excellent orchestra from 1939. Enjoy our excellent bands!

IHTSB playlist Feb 2, 2025

Artist Year Song Time

1. Count Basie 1937 Pennies From Heaven 3:02
2. Teddy Wilson 1939 Jumpin for Joy 3:05
3. Jimmie Lunceford 1934 By The River Sainte Marie 3:19
4. Chick Webb 1937 Bei Mir Bist Du Schon 3:04
5. Erskine Hawkins 1939 Tuxedo Junction 3:16
6. Andy Kirk 1938 Dunkin' a Doughnut 2:52
7. Lucky Millinder 1942 Little John Special 3:10
8. Ken Johnson 1940 Please Be Kind 2:39
9. Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson 1944 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 2:56
10. Fletcher Henderson 1931 Sugarfoot Stomp 3:19
11. Benny Carter 1936 These Foolish Things 3:05
12. Don Redman 1938 'Deed I Do 2:50
13. Duke Ellington 1947 Don't Get Around Much Anymore 3:05
14. Cootie Williams 1945 Everything But You 2:47
15. Count Basie 1938 Jumpin’ At The Woodside 3:10

Today's show brings us recordings from the 1940s through to the early 1960s and features some of the most talented singers of the time. Among our gentlemen we hear from Vic Damone, Mel Tormé and Frank Sinatra. Our ladies include Ella Fitzgerald, Helen Forrest and Marion Morgan. Buddy Clark and Doris Day join us in a special set, including a duet and individual recordings. And we hear the amazing voice of Sammy Davis Jr in two recordings. Enjoy some lovely music!

IHTSB playlist Jan 26, 2025

Artist Year Song Time

1. Vic Damone 1958 We Kiss in a Shadow 3:58
2. Helen Forrest 1950 More Than I Should 3:08
3. Frank Sinatra 1947 The Night We Called It a Day 3:23
4. Buddy Clark & Doris Day 1948 Confess 2:58
5. Doris Day 1962 Fools Rush In 3:54
6. Buddy Clark 1947 Just One More Chance 3:09
7. Mel Tormé 1954 A Stranger In Town 3:27
8. Ella Fitzgerald 1959 How Long Has This Been Going On? 3:48
9. Harry James & Marion Morgan 1946 If I'm Lucky 3:15
10. Sammy Davis Jr. 1958 I Get Along Without You Very Well 3:31
11. Peggy Lee 1957 Please Be Kind 4:13
12. June Christy 1954 I Should Care 2:10
13. Sammy Davis Jnr 1955 In The Still Of The Night 3:29

IHTSB playlist

Artist Year Song Time

1. Benny Goodman 1938 I've Got A Date With A Dream 3:07
2. Gene Kelly 1954 All I Do Is Dream of You 3:10
3. Ella Fitzgerald 1962 Darn That Dream 2:34
4. Buddy Clark 1947 Girl of My Dreams 3:12
5. Helen Forrest 1938 Deep In A Dream 3:21
6. Glenn Miller 1941 I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem 3:39
7. Teddy Wilson 1938 I'll Dream Tonight 3:11
8. Harry James 1938 It's the Dreamer In Me 2:56
9. Bobby Hackett 1958 I'll See You In My Dreams 2:34
10. Frank Sinatra 1946 It's the Same Old Dream 3:11
11. Woody Herman 1946 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams 2:47
12. Charlie Kunz 1937 When My Dreamboat Comes Home 2:51
14. Johnny Hodges 1947 It Shouldn't Happen To A Dream 3:03
15. Rosemary Clooney 1956 Dream 2:53

IHTSB Jan 12, 2025

Today we’ll be listening to a selection of recordings made in the 1940s and 1950s for the Capitol Record label. This was a recording company set up in 1942 by singer-songwriter Johnny Mercer which went on to become one of the leading record labels in the music field. In the 40s and 50s it featured most of the big names in jazz and popular music. Johnny Mercer, who was an experienced songwriter, and a singer with a number of records to his name, was particularly qualified to run the company and invite leading artists to its recording studios. The first recording session took place in April 1942, and the label opened its first office in June of that year. On July 1, Capitol Records released its first nine records, and went on from there to become one of the leading record labels in the world. We listen today to recordings from artists like Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Margaret Whiting and some of the many jazz groups that passed through its studios in its first two decades.

Artist Year Song Time

1. Johnny Mercer 1950 Thirteenth Street Rag 2:52
2. Paul Whiteman 1942 (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo 3:12
3. Margaret Whiting 1942 My Ideal 2:51
4. Ray Bauduc and his Bobcats 1947 Down in Honky Tonk Town 3:03
5. Kay Starr 1947 Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong 2:55
6. Nappy Lamare & Eddie Miller 1945 At The Jazz Band Ball 2:47
7. Peggy Lee 1949 As Long As I'm Dreaming 2:10
8. Nat King Cole Trio 1956 What Is There To Say 3:36
9. Frank Sinatra 1955 It Never Entered My Mind 2:43
10. Bobby Hackett 1957 Wonderful One 3:01
11. Harry James 1955 It's Been a Long, Long Time 3:08
12. Woody Herman 1950 The Nearness Of You 3:04
13. Anita O'Day 1945 I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me 2:49
14. Capitol Jazzmen 1944 Clambake in B Flat 2:52

On today's how we start off the new year with a selection of sounds and styles from the 1930s through to the 1960s. We hear some fine trumpet work from Chet Baker, Billy Butterfield and Jonah Jones among others. Recordings from the 1930s include Henry Hall and the BBC Dance orchestra, as well as the legendary Count Basie orchestra. And we listen to some lovely singing from Chris Connor, Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington. Welcome to 2025 and more great music from days gone by!

1. The Rampart Street Paraders 1957 March of the Mustangs 3:37
2. BBC Dance Orchestra 1936 I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket 2:52
3. Bennie Krueger Orchestra 1932 Crazy People 2:56
4. Billie Holiday 1950 That Ole Devil Called Love 2:55
5. Billy Butterfield Orchestra 1947 That Old Feeling 2:59
6. Chet Baker 1953 Isn't It Romantic 3:29
7. Chris Connor 1960 Harlequin 2:48
8, Count Basie Orchestra 1938 Now Will You Be Good? 2:48
9. Adrian Rollini 1934 Sugar 2:54
10. Robert Farnon Orchestra 1956 Gateway to the West 2:46
11. Paul Whiteman Orchestra 1933 It's Only A Paper Moon 3:22
12. Dinah Shore & Tony Martin 1951 Manhattan 3:17
13. Dinah Washington 1962 I Wanna Be Loved 2:48
14. Rex Stewart's Big Eight 1945 Blue Jay 2:38
15. Jonah Jones 1957 On The Street Where You Live 2:43