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08/04/2018

Bill hears how bandleader Benny Goodman looked on singers as a necessary evil!.

Bill hears how bandleader Benny Goodman looked on singers as a necessary evil and would try to distract attention by playing twiddly jazzy bits behind the vocal or, sometimes, scratching his back with his clarinet .

Plus music from Freddie and the Dreamers, Barbra Streisand, Enya, The Commodores, The Rubettes and Gordon McRae.

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Sun 8 Apr 201822:00
BBC Radio Kent

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Music Played

  • Mel Tormé

    Too Darn Hot

  • Freddie & the Dreamers

    You Were Made For Me

  • Mitch Miller & His Orchestra

    The Yellow Rose Of Texas

  • John Denver

    Grandma's Feather Bed

  • Frank Sinatra

    Moonlight serenade

  • Reginald Dixon

    Medley: Ma He's Making Eyes At Me

  • Benny Goodman & Helen Forrest

    Perfidia

  • Tennessee Ernie Ford

    The Old Rugged Cross

  • Barbra Streisand

    Kiss Me In The Rain

  • Patsy Cline

    Seven Lonely Days

  • Trio Los Paraguayos

    The Bell Bird

  • The Champs

    Tequila

    • Greatest Rock & Roll Party Ever - 3.
    • DISKY.
    • 23.

  • Nat King Cole

    Brazilian Love Song

  • Vera Lynn & The Fron Male Voice Choir

    We'll meet again

  • The Modern Jazz Quartet

    The Golden Striker

  • Peggy Lee

    Manana

  • Enya

    Marble Halls

  • Frank Sinatra

    Bewitched Bothered And Bewildered

  • Bill Anderson

    Pos Folks

  • Perry Como

    More

  • Perry Como

    The Best Of Times

  • Band of HM Royal Marines

    Sailing

  • Bobby Darin

    Beyond The Sea

    • Beyond The Sea.
    • DELTA.
    • 01.

  • Commodores

    Sail On

  • Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly

    True Love

  • Ted Heath

    Listen To My Music

  • Ray Moore

    My Father Had A Rabbit

  • Salvation Army Band

    Abide With Me

  • Teddy Pendergrass

    Love TKO

  • Ernest Tomlinson

    Little Serenade

  • Carpenters

    Superstar

    • Magical Memories Of The Carpenters.
    • READER'S DIGEST.
    • 10.

  • Billy Fury

    Forget Him

  • Doris Day

    April in Paris

  • Elvis Presley

    Milkcow Blues Boogie

  • Lys Assia

    O Mein Papa

  • The Rubettes

    Baby I Know

  • Ken Dodd

    Sweet Memories

  • Tony Bennett & Michael Buble

    Don't Get Around Much Anymore

  • Charley Pride

    Crystal Chandeliers

  • Dolly Parton

    Applejack

  • Gordon MacRae

    If I Loved You

  • Ian Stewart & His Music

    Hold My Hand

  • Henry Hall

    Here's to the Next Time

    • The Flapper Box.
    • Flapper.
    • 118.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 8 Apr 201821:00
    BBC Radio Berkshire & BBC Radio Oxford
  • Sun 8 Apr 201822:00
    BBC Radio Kent