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30/05/2010

Russell Davies celebrates the art, craft and inspiration of the popular song. This week's show explores laziness as a song topic and pays tribute to the late Lena Horne.

A cautious welcome, by Russell, to summer via a famous Nat King Cole song prompts an exploration of laziness as a song-topic: We hear a rare Joe Venuti piece, more familiar ones by Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael and Irving Berlin. Plus, Russell discovers a curiosity: that Will Hudson's Moonglow was based on Duke Ellington's Lazy Rhapsody.

There are further diversions: a new release by Joyce Breach and a memory of pianist Dave McKenna with Marty Elkins, before Russell pays a fuller tribute than was previously possible to the late Lena Horne.

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Sun 30 May 201021:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Nat King Cole

    Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer

    • Nat King Cole – Collectors Series.
    • Capitol.
    • CDP 7 93590 2.

  • Hetty Kate & Sam Lemann

    Ain't Doin' Bad Doin' Nothin'

    • A Late Brunch On Irwell Street.
    • Sam & Hetty.
    • No Number!.

  • Marty Elkins & Dave Mckenna

    I Wished On The Moon

    • In Another Life – Marty Elkins.
    • Nagel Heyer.
    • NAGEL HEYER CD 114.

  • Joyce Breach

    There's A Rising Moon For Every Falling Star

    • Joyce Breach – Odds & Ends.
    • Audiophile.
    • ACD 328.

  • Johnny Mercer

    Love's Got Me In A Lazy Mood

    • “Mosaic Select Johnny Mercer” Capitols.
    • Mosaic Select.
    • MS 028.

  • Doris Day

    Moonglow

    • Que Sera – Doris Day 1956-59 (3rd Huge Box Set).
    • Bear Family.
    • BCD 15797 EK.

  • The Duke Ellington Orchestra

    Lazy Rhapsody

    • Duke Ellington In The 30’s: Creole Rhapsody.
    • Living Era.
    • CD AJS 2015.

  • Hoagy Carmichael

    Lazy River

    • Hoagy Carmichael – The Old Music Master.
    • Memoir.
    • CDMOIR 527.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Lazy

    • Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook.
    • Verve.
    • 314 519 840-2.

  • Lennie Niehaus

    Can't We Be Friends

    • The Chronological Bing Crosby Volume 7 1929-30.
    • Jonzo.
    • JZCD - 7.

  • Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson & Lena Horne

    Life's Full O' Consequence

    • Original Motion Picture S’track “Cabin In The Sky”.
    • Turner Classic Movies.
    • 8 21562 2.

  • Lena Horne

    The Lady Is A Tramp

    • Musical Wonderland.
    • Rhino/Turner Classic Movies.
    • 0927 41215-5.

  • Lena Horne

    Maybe

    • The Best Of Lena Horne’s Ua & Blue Note Records.
    • EMI Gold.
    • 0946 3 97388 2 3.

  • Joyce Breach

    Odds & Ends

    • Joyce Breach – Odds & Ends.
    • Audiophile.
    • ACD 328.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 May 201021:00
    BBC Radio 2