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As Radio 2's Dance Season continues, Desmond's weekly theme is "dance time". He sorts through his record collection for songs and music celebrating a whole selection of dances.

Desmond shares good tunes, some unexpected ones and a few you may never have heard before. As Radio 2's Dance Season continues, Desmond's weekly theme is "dance time".

Quick-step? Waltz? He sorts through his personal record collection of some 250,000 titles for songs and music celebrating a whole selection of dances.

57 minutes

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Fri 9 Dec 201119:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Charleston Chasers

    Varsity Drag

    • THOSE CHARLESTON DAYS - SOVEREIGN SOV 024CD.

  • Joyce Grenfell

    Old Tyme Dancing (Stately As A Galleon)

    • BEST OF JOYCE GRENFELL - EMI 7243 8 28713.

  • Robert Stolz

    Salome - Romeo (Foxtrot)

    • TWO HEARTS IN WALTZ TIME - BELART 461 049.

  • Jimmy Dorsey & Helen O'Connell

    Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry

    • LEGENDARY BIG BAND SERIES - JIMMY DORSEY - PULSE PLSCD 411.

  • Mantovani

    Minuet (Divertimento No 17)

    • MOCK MOZART - ASV LIVING ERA CDAJA 5649.

  • The Vibrations

    Danza

    • MEDITERRANEAN MOODS - EAGLE EAGCD 005.

  • New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Bolero

    • GREAT CLASSICAL HIGHLIGHTS - AVID AVC 893.

  • Louis Prima

    Let's Twist Again

    • TWIST WITH KEELY SMITH - JASMINE JASCD 334.

  • Gloria Estefan

    Conga

    • VERY BEST OF GLORIA ESTEFAN - SONY 828 76890872.

  • Ted Heath

    Jitterbug Waltz

    • STRIKE UP THE BAND - VOCALION CDLK 4124.

  • Kate Smith

    Dancing With Tears In My Eyes

    • KATE SMITH VOICE OF AMERICA - FLYRIGHT VJB 1950.

  • Benny Hill

    Egg Marketing Board Tango

    • ON TOP WITH BENNY HILL - SPECTRUM 550 765.

  • Carlos Romanos

    La Cucharacha

    • COME DANCE WITH ME - HARLEQUIN HQCD 83.

  • Victor Silvester And His Rock N Roll Rhythm

    Rockin' Rhythm Roll

    • GREAT BRITISH ROCK 'N' ROLL INSTRUMENTALS - SMITH & CO SCCD 1188.

  • Gary Williams

    Gary Williams - Save The Last Dance For Me

  • Robert Stolz

    Don't Say Goodbye

    • TWO HEARTS IN WALTZTIME - BELART 461 049.

Broadcast

  • Fri 9 Dec 201119:00
    BBC Radio 2