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Van Alexander and pianist Bill Miller.

More swinging performances from across the years including arranger, composer and bandleader Van Alexander and in part two, pianist Bill Miller who accompanied Frank Sinatra for over 50 years.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 31 Jan 201622:00
BBC Radio Wiltshire, BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Bristol & BBC Radio Somerset

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Music Played

  • Part 1

    • Artie Shaw

      Let’s Walk

    • Perry Como

      It’s A Good day

    • Eydie Gormé

      Perfidia

    • Bobby Darin

      I Believe In You

    • Dinah Shore

      Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home

    • Stan Getz

      The Girl From Ipanema

    • Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb and His Orchestra

      A-Tisket, A-Tasket

    • Judy Garland

      Old Devil Moon

    • Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey

      Skirts And Sweaters

    • Dinah Washington

      Somebody Loves Me

    • Nat King Cole

      Mona Lisa (feat. Les Baxter and His Orchestra)

    • Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

      Little Pony

    • Gordon MacRae

      Button Up Your Overcoat

    • Frankie Vaughan

      My Sweetie Went Away

    • Carmen McRae

      The Best Is Yet To Come

    • Johnny Green

      Silk Stockings

  • PART 2

    • Frank D’Rone

      Oh, Look At Me Now!

    • David Newton

      The Lady Is A Tramp

    • Bob Crosby

      A Zoot Suit

    • Tamba Trio

      So Danco Samba

    • Frank Sinatra

      If I Had You

    • Jo Stafford

      The Gentleman Is A Dope

    • Sidney Torch

      Radio Theatre

    • Barbra Streisand

      Put On Your Sunday Clothes

    • Edmundo Ros

      The Wedding Samba

    • Fred Astaire

      Shoes With Wings On

    • Diana Krall

      We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye

    • The Hi‐Lo’s

      Too Young For The Blues

    • Les Brown

      Mexican Hat Dance

Broadcasts

  • Sun 31 Jan 201615:00
    BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Wiltshire, BBC Radio Bristol & BBC Radio Somerset
  • Sun 31 Jan 201620:00
    BBC Radio Jersey, BBC Radio Guernsey, BBC Radio Cornwall & BBC Radio Devon
  • Sun 31 Jan 201622:00
    BBC Radio Wiltshire, BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Bristol & BBC Radio Somerset