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Desoto Hour 8/16

The Half And Half Show


First half: Recorded. Last Half: LIVE!

Playlist

Les Brown and His Band Renown

Caravan
A String of Pearls
April in Paris
And The Angels Sign
Marie
God A Date With Angel

Joe Haymes and His Orchestra

Old Fashioned Love
He’s the Life of the Party
Pray For The Lights To Go Out
It’s About Time
Ev’ry LIttle Bit of Me
When I Put on My Long White Robe
If It Ain’t Love

Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

Gotta Darn Good Reason Now
Saint-Louis Blues
Is That Religion
Some of These Days
Nobody’s Sweetheart
Saint-James Infirmary
Minnie The Moocher

Artie Shaw and His Orchestra

S’Wonderful
September Song
Deep Purple
Don’t Take Your Love From Me

Elsie Carlile – The Clouds Will Soon Roll By
Louis Jordan – Beware Brother, Beware
Isham Jones – I’ll never Have to Dream Again
Isham Jones – Stardust
Artie Shaw – Lover Come Back To Me

Glenn Miller and his Orchestra

Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand
Rainbow Rhapsody
Johnson Rag Cha Cha
Kalamazoo
I Know Why
Once Upon A Keyboard

Bennie Moten

SHe’s No Trouble
South
Terrific Stomp
Let’s Get It

Saturday, August 16, 2014 | Posted in Playlists, Shows, The Desoto Hour | Comments Off on Desoto Hour 8/16

Desoto Hour 8/9

The Benny Goodman Show


The Benny Goodman Show! We’ll be back in the studio next week for a LIVE DESOTO HOUR! YAY!

Playlist

Stompin’ At The Savoy
Can’t We Be Friends
Sing, Sing, Sing
When It’s Sleepytime Down South
Changes
Avalon

S’Wonderful
Smoke House
My Honey’s Lovin Arms
Farewell Blues
It Had To Be You
Louise
I Cried For You
I Know That You Know

Handful of Keys
Sugarfoot Stomp
I’m a Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas
The Blue Room
Sugar
Lullaby In Rhythm
My Melancholy Baby
Wrappin’ It Up

Blue Lou
The Blues
Kingdom of Swing
The Siren’s Song
Pick-A-Rib
You and YOur Love
Who’ll Buy My Bublitchki

Not Mine
The Darktown Strutter’s Ball
You’re Easy TO Dance WIth
Six Flats Unfurnished
Why Don’t You Do Right
After You’ve Gone
Mission To Moscow
Clarinade
Fascinating Rhythm

Undecided
I’ve got a Feeling I’m Falling
East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)

Sunday, August 10, 2014 | Posted in Playlists, Shows, The Desoto Hour | Comments Off on Desoto Hour 8/9

Desoto Hour 8/2

The August 2nd Show


July is already over….

Playlist (Click the songs to view the show notes)

Bob Crosby and His Orchestra

Honky Tonk Train Blues
It’s Easier Said Than Done
In the Shade of the New Apple Tree
Please Be Kind

Bobby Sherwood and his Orchestra

365 in the Books
It’s Anybody’s SPring
Salt Water Cowboy
In The Dark
Honolulu Blues
Snuf Stuff

Peggy Lee Sings with Benny Goodman

My Old Flame
That’s the Way It GOes
All I Need is You
Not a Care in the World
Full Moon

Artie Shaw

It Had to Be You
April In Paris
Summertime
I Cover the Waterfront
I Could Write a Book
Back Bay Shuffle

Ben Bernie

A Recording from 1935

Charlie Barnett and His Orchestra

Redskin Rhumba
Phylisse
You Walk By
Wings over Manhattan
All I Desire

Ted Lewis

The Best Things In Life
Jealous
King For A Day
SIng A Little Love Song For Your Baby

Sunday, August 3, 2014 | Posted in Playlists, Shows, The Desoto Hour | Comments Off on Desoto Hour 8/2

Desoto Hour 7/26

The July 26th Show


Frankie Carle was a nice change of pace in the second half of the show!

Playlist (Click the songs to view the show notes)

Nat Brandywynne and His Orchestra

Intermezzo
I Hear A Rhapsody
My Sister and I
You and I
The Last Time I Saw Paris
There I Go
Maria Elena
The Band Played On
Rose O’Day
I don’t Want to Set the World On Fire
In Apple Blossom Time
I Understand

Everett Hoagland and His Orchestra

Stop Kicking My Heart Around
Each Time You Say “Goodbye” (I Die A Little)
This Heart of Mine
Little Old Band of Gold
Drifting Down the River of Dreams
The Song of the Metronome

Nat Brandywynne and His Orchestra

Frenesi
Amapola
Green Eyes
Down Argentina Way
This Love of Mine
Tonight We Love
Chattanooga Choo Choo
You Are My Sunshine
Elmer’s Tune
The Hut-Sut Song
Daddy
Beat Me Daddy Eight To the Bar

Everett Hoagland and His Orchestra

Bless You
It’s All Over Town (We’re Thru)
Apple Blossoms and Chapel Bells
My Son, My Son
The Moon and the Willow Tree
I’m Too Romantic

Frankie Carle and His Orchestra

Semper Fidelis
The Trolley Song
Stars in Your Eyes
A Little Consideration
I’d Rather Be Me
Whistler’s Mother-In-Law

Ted Weems and His Orchestra

Marvellous!
Oh! IF I Only Had You
From Saturday Night To Sunday Morning
She’ll Never Find A Fellow Like Me
Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick, Chicken
CobbleStones
You’re The Cream In My Coffee
My Troubles are Over
Piccolo Pete
The Man From The South

Frankie Carle and His Orchestra

I’m Gonna See My Baby
Lonely Love
La Rosita
I Surrender, Dear
My Baby Said Yes

Saturday, July 26, 2014 | Posted in Playlists, Shows, The Desoto Hour | Comments Off on Desoto Hour 7/26

Desoto Hour 7/19

The People Named “Bennie” Show


Today, while digging through the WREK Vault, I found a really nice Benny Moten album. He’s featured prominently in the second half of the Desoto Hour!

Playlist

Benny Goodman : Stompin at the Savoy
Benny Goodman : One O’Clock Jump
Benny Goodman : After You’ve Gone
Benny Goodman : Goodnight My Love
Benny Goodman : Goodbye

Blue Rhthm Band : St. Louis Wiggle Rhythm
Erskine Hawkins : Uproar Shout
Red Norvo: REmember
Ben Pollack : Jamestown Blues
Earl Hines : Flany Doodle Swing
Jimmie Lunceford : Uptown Blues
Count Basie : Riff Interlude

Ethel Waters : I Got Rhythm
Paul Whiteman : Body and Soul
Frankie Trumbauer : Happy Feet
Isham Jones : Star Dust
Ruth Etting : Falling In Love Again
Louis Armstrong : The Peanut Vendor
Dorsey Brothers Orchestra : I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You

Bennie Moten : She’s No Trouble
Bennie Moten : South
Bennie Moten : Terrific Stomp
Bennie Moten : Let’s Get It
Bennie Moten : Kansas City Squabble
Bennie Moten : Rite Tite
Bennie Moten : Moten Blues

Bennie Moten : Rumba Negro
Bennie Moten : Jones Law Blues
Bennie Moten : Band Box Shuffle
Bennie Moten : Small Black
Bennie Moten : Small Black
Bennie Moten : Every Day Blues

Bennie Moten : That’s What I’m Talking About
Bennie Moten : That Certain Motion
Bennie Moten : It Won’t Be Long
Bennie Moten : WHen Life Seems So Blue
Bennie Moten : Loose Like A Goose
Bennie Moten : Just Say It’s Me

Saturday, July 19, 2014 | Posted in Playlists, Shows, The Desoto Hour | Comments Off on Desoto Hour 7/19
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