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Songs co-written by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers

David features mid-20th Century songs co-written by the lyricist Lorenz Hart in collaboration with composer Richard Rodgers.

"Blue Moon", "My Funny Valentine", "Where or When", "The Lady is a Tramp" and "With a Song in My Heart" - just a few of the dozens of memorable mid-20th Century songs co-written by the lyricist Lorenz Hart in collaboration with composer Richard Rodgers. Lorenz Hart was born in New York 119 years ago this week and as a birthday anniversary tribute to him, David Lowe will be featuring all five, plus fifteen other great Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers numbers, performed by the likes of Vic Damone, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Perry Como and Kay Starr, plus many more.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 4 May 201422:00
BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Wiltshire & BBC Radio Somerset

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Music Played

  • Magnificent Obsession

  • Rose Marie

  • I'm in Favour Of Friendship

  • Far Away Places

  • A Weaver Of Dreams

  • The Anniversary Song

  • To Love Again Main Theme

  • Mountain Greenery

  • My Funny Valentine

  • My Romance

  • It Never Entered My Mind

  • Manhattan

  • I Wish I Were In Love Again

  • It's Got To be Love

  • Have You Met Miss Jones?

Broadcasts

  • Sun 4 May 201420:00
    BBC Radio Jersey, BBC Radio Guernsey, BBC Radio Devon & BBC Radio Cornwall
  • Sun 4 May 201422:00
    BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Wiltshire & BBC Radio Somerset