Les Brown and Ricky Riccardi
Graham talks to bandleader Les Brown, who was born on March 14th 1912 and Louis Armstrong’s archivist Ricky Riccardi. Graham’s musical theme this week is a celebration of the great female songwriters of the American Popular Songbook.
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Music Played
Hour 1
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Vic Damone
cheek To Cheek
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Sarah Vaughan
Falling In Love With Love
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Matt Monro
In The Arms Of Love
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Nina Simone
Willow Weep For Me
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Elaine Elias
Baubles, Bangles and Beads
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Les Brown
A Wonderful Guy
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Doris Day & Andre Previn
Close Your Eyes
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Ted Heath
Headin' North
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Keely Smith
When Day Is Done
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Jack Jones
The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful
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Anthony Newley
Speak Low
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Jamie Cullum
Can't We Be Friends
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Paul Weston
Floatin' Like A Feather
Hour 2
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Diana Krall
From This Moment On
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Nat King Cole
Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
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Michael Buble
The Way You Look Tonight
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Quincy Jones
The Birth Of A Band
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Louis Armstrong
When You're Smiling
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Tony Bennett
I Wanna Be Around
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Leroy Anderson
The Penny Whistle Song
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Buddy Greco
At Long Last Love
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Alma Cogan
The Moon Is Blue
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Frank Sinatra
Put Your Dreams Away
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The Hi-Lo's
They Didn't Believe Me
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Peggy Lee
What More Can A Woman Do
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Mel Torme
Perfidia
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Julie London
The Party's Over
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Johnny Mercer
Glow Worm
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Barbra Streisand
The Summer Knows
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Tommy Dorsey
Well Git It!
Broadcasts
- Sun 8 Mar 201515:00BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Wiltshire, BBC Radio Gloucestershire & BBC Radio Somerset
Sun 8 Mar 201520:00BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Cornwall, BBC Radio Guernsey & BBC Radio Jersey- Sun 8 Mar 201522:00BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Wiltshire, BBC Radio Gloucestershire & BBC Radio Somerset
