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Clare has the best in big band swing and the vocalists. There's a chance for you to pick your favourite swing tunes and there's more from the great British dance bands.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sun 27 Nov 201619:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Mel Tormé

    It Don't Mean A Thing

    • Fascinating Rhythm.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home

    • Tiny Sparrow, The Bobby Scott Sessions.

  • Kay Starr

    The Best Things In Life Are Free

    • Kay Starr Swings The Standards.

  • Skelton Skinner All Stars

    Stardust

    • Cookin' With The Lid On.
    • Diving Duck Records.

  • Elmer "Sonny" Dunham

    Williams Special

    • Cooking With Gas.

  • Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band & Crew Chiefs

    Poinciana

  • Benny Goodman & Helen Forrest

    Perfidia

    • The Best Of The Big Bands.

  • Kansas Smitty's House Band

    Backyard BBQ Blues

    • Kansas Smitty's.
    • City Music Foundation.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Witchcraft

    • Ultimate Sinatra.

  • Claude Bolling Big Band

    Cornet Chop Suey

    • Rolling With Boiling.

  • Henry Hall & BBC Dance Orchestra

    Radio Times

    • Glenn Miller The OWI sessions.

  • Dizzy Gillespie

    Manteca

    • Night IN Tunisia: The Very Best Of Dizzie Gillespie.

  • Billy Eckstine

    She's Got The Blues For Sale

    • The Savoy Recordings.

  • Bert Kaempfert

    Afrikaan Beat

    • Classics.

  • Laurie Johnson’s London Big Band

    The Avengers

    • Laurie Johnson's London Big Band Vol 2.
    • Horatio Nelspn.

  • Shirley Horn

    Come Dance With Me

    • The Swinging Shirley Horn.

  • Lou Rawls & Onzy Matthews Big Band

    Old Man River

    • Tobacco Road.

  • Billy May

    Blues In The Night

    • Sorta May.

  • Billy May & Mel Blanc

    I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat

    • Single.

  • Bobby Darin, Johnny Mercer & Billy May

    Two Of A Kind

    • Four Classic Albums (Two Of A Kind).

  • Billy May

    Uptown Blues

    • Jimmie Lunceford in Hi Fi By Billy May and his Orchestra.

  • Accent

    Too Close For Comfort

    • Here We Are.
    • Accent.

  • Quincy Jones

    The Midnight Sun Will Never Set

    • I Dig Dancers.

  • Matthew Ford, Tippett Quartet & Matt Skelton Quintet

    Dindi

    • Private Tape.

  • Charlie Barnet

    Things Ain't What They Used To Be

    • The Classic Tracks.

  • Kurt Elling

    Star of Wonder

    • The Beautiful Day.
    • Sony.

  • Jack Parnell

    Trip To Mars

    • 2 Clasic Albums - Trip To Mars.

Broadcast

  • Sun 27 Nov 201619:00
    BBC Radio 2