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14/02/2010

Russell Davies celebrates the art, craft and inspiration of the popular song, with a Valentine's Day special.

Russell Davies celebrates the art, craft and inspiration of the popular song and this week's show is a Valentine's Day special.

The programme is fragrant with love, except for two songs which buck the trend: Sam, The Old Accordion Man, a remarkable 1927 recording by Ruth Etting, played to mark composer Walter Donaldson's birth-date; and That's What I Hate About Love, a Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler rarity sung by Rebecca Kilgore.

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Sun 14 Feb 201021:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Dickie Valentine

    All The Time And Everywhere

    Hits Of 1953 (Double CD – 51 Tracks)

    • Memoir.
    • CDMOIR 585.

  • Doris Day & Buddy Clark

    I'm In Love

    Doris Day 1947-50 (First Of Brilliant Series)

    • Bear Family.
    • BCD 15 609.

  • Rosemary Clooney

    Imagination

    Rosemary Clooney – “Love” – With Nelson Riddle

    • Reprise Archives.
    • 2-46072.

  • The Mills Brothers

    Paper Valentine

    Ep: “Singin’ And Swingin’” (With Sy Olvier’s Orch)

    • Brunswick.
    • OE 9239.

  • The Mellomen

    Let Me Call You Sweetheart

    “Barbershop Melodies Volume 1”

    • Saxony.
    • CD 105.

  • Hermione Gingold

    Flowers

    “Live At The Café De Paris + Bonus Tracks”

    • Stage Door.
    • STAGE 9010.

  • Clarence “Frogman” Henry

    I Don't Know Why I Love You But I Do

    “The Best Of Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry”

    • MCA.
    • MCLD 19226.

  • Dean Martin

    I Don't Know Why, I Just Do

    Emi 2-On-1 “This Time I’m Swingin’”/”Pretty Baby”

    • Capitol.
    • 8 54546 2.

  • Jo Stafford

    You Belong To Me

    “Jo Stafford ‘Make Love To Me’ Her 54 Finest 1942-53”

    • Retrospective.
    • RTS 4112.

  • Spike Jones and His City Slickers

    Liebestraum No 3

    “Musical Depreciation” 25 Tracks Of Spike’s Mayhem

    • ASV Living Era.
    • CD AJA 5189.

  • Rebecca Kilgore

    That's What I Hate About Love

    “A Remembrance Of Maxine Sullivan” Fine Album!

    • Audiophile.
    • ACD 308.

  • Ruth Etting

    Sam, The Old Accordion Man

    “Ruth Etting: America’s Sweetheart Of Song”

    • Living Era.
    • CD AJS 2012.

  • Peter Skellern

    Love Is The Sweetest Thing

    “Peter Skellern – Sentimentally Yours”

    • Camden.
    • 139333.

Broadcast

  • Sun 14 Feb 201021:00
    BBC Radio 2