Hail Cleo! Dame Cleo's Collection
Dame Cleo Laine's granddaughter, singer Emily Dankworth, sits down with Dame Cleo to explore her personal record collection.
As a continuation of the celebration of Dame Cleo Laine as the first lady of British jazz, her granddaughter, singer Emily Dankworth, sits down with Dame Cleo to explore her personal record collection. Through the discoveries, we’ll hear the stories behind the choices and why they are so special, including some choices that helped shape Dame Cleo’s own career, both as an artist in her own right, and as a partnership with her late husband, Sir John Dankworth.
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:00Cleo Laine
I Got Rhythm
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00:04Paul Robeson
Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day
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00:07Sarah Vaughan
Tenderly
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00:14Bing Crosby
Pennies From Heaven
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00:20John Dankworth & Cleo Laine
I Hear Music
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00:26Cleo Laine & Ray Charles
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
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00:32Thomas Carey
Ol' Man River
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00:38Frank Sinatra
You Make Me Feel So Young
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00:42Cleo Laine & James Galway
The Fluter's Ball
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00:46Cleo Laine & Dudley Moore
Play It Again Sam
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00:51Julian Joseph
Never Let Me Go
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00:59Christian Garrick & John Etheridge
Undecided
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- Sat 12 Nov 201622:00BBC Music Jazz
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