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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 'weather report'. A perennial topic.

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Fri 18 Mar 201119:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Company Crazy For You

    Real American Folksong

    • Crazy For You.
    • FIRST NIGHT.
    • CAST CD 37.

  • Perry Como

    Kewpie Doll

    • Crooners Rock.
    • ACROBAT.
    • ADDCD 3068.

  • Anne Shelton

    Seven Days

    • Crooners Rock.
    • ACROBAT.
    • ADDCD 3068.

  • Les Brown

    Stormy Weather

    • All Weather Music.
    • JASMINE.
    • JASM 1019.

  • Straight No Chaser

    You're My Best Friend

    • Straight No Chaser With A Twist.
    • ATCO ATLANTIC.
    • 756 78827.

  • Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli - In A Sentimental Mood

  • The New Vaudeville Band

    Finchley Central

    • Winchester Cathedral.
    • C5 RECORDS.
    • C5CD 558.

  • Wynne Evans

    Loveliest Night Of The Year

    • Song In My Heart.
    • RHINO.
    • 52498 44652.

  • Ernestine Anderson

    Heat Wave

    • Cheek To Cheek.
    • VERVE.
    • 533 829.

  • B.J. Thomas

    Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

    • Music From Butch Cassidy....
    • A&M.
    • 393 159.

  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics Vol 2.
    • HYPERION.
    • CDA 66968.

  • Brian Perkins

    Shipping Forecast

    • Guide Cats For The Blind.
    • OSMOSYS.
    • OSMOCD 020/21.

  • Jack Hylton

    Sunshine

    • Fascinating Rhythm.
    • PAST PERFECT.
    • PPCD 78120.

  • Fred Astaire

    Foggy Day In London Town

    • Complete London Sessions.
    • EMI.
    • 7243 5 20045.

  • Deanna Durbin

    It's Raining Sunbeams

    • Great Songs From The Hollywood Musicals.
    • PAST PERFECT.
    • PPCD 78113.

  • Camarata

    Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year

    • Soft And Sentimental.
    • AVID.
    • AMSC 731.

  • Neil Diamond

    I Think It's Gonna Rain Today

    • Stones.
    • MCA / UNI / DECCA.
    • UNLS 121.

Broadcast

  • Fri 18 Mar 201119:00
    BBC Radio 2