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Les Brown and Ricky Riccardi

Graham talks to bandleader Les Brown, who was born on March 14th 1912 and Louis Armstrong鈥檚 archivist Ricky Riccardi. Graham鈥檚 musical theme this week is a celebration of the great female songwriters of the American Popular Songbook.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 8 Mar 2015 22:00

Music Played

  • Hour 1

    • Vic Damone

      cheek To Cheek

    • Sarah Vaughan

      Falling In Love With Love

    • Matt Monro

      In The Arms Of Love

    • Nina Simone

      Willow Weep For Me

    • Elaine Elias

      Baubles, Bangles and Beads

    • Les Brown

      A Wonderful Guy

    • Doris Day & Andre Previn

      Close Your Eyes

    • Ted Heath

      Headin' North

    • Keely Smith

      When Day Is Done

    • Jack Jones

      The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful

    • Anthony Newley

      Speak Low

    • Jamie Cullum

      Can't We Be Friends

    • Paul Weston

      Floatin' Like A Feather

  • Hour 2

    • Diana Krall

      From This Moment On

    • Nat King Cole

      Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup

    • Michael Buble

      The Way You Look Tonight

    • Quincy Jones

      The Birth Of A Band

    • Louis Armstrong

      When You're Smiling

    • Tony Bennett

      I Wanna Be Around

    • Leroy Anderson

      The Penny Whistle Song

    • Buddy Greco

      At Long Last Love

    • Alma Cogan

      The Moon Is Blue

    • Frank Sinatra

      Put Your Dreams Away

    • The Hi-Lo's

      They Didn't Believe Me

    • Peggy Lee

      What More Can A Woman Do

    • Mel Torme

      Perfidia

    • Julie London

      The Party's Over

    • Johnny Mercer

      Glow Worm

    • Barbra Streisand

      The Summer Knows

    • Tommy Dorsey

      Well Git It!

Broadcasts

  • Sun 8 Mar 2015 15:00
  • Sun 8 Mar 2015 20:00
  • Sun 8 Mar 2015 22:00