Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Aug 19: Frank Loesser

NPR has done some lovely interviews with family members about Frank Loesser. The 'Heart and Soul' of Frank Loesser, Jo Sullivan Loesser On Her 'Guy', and A 'Most Happy' Discovery: Loesser's Demo Tapes.

Playlist coming soon - Computer problems this week keep me from posting the audio or the playlist yet.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Aug. 12: Too Darn Hot

This episode is cursed. Both times I've played it, the traditional summer weather has cooled off - yeah it's RAINING today. That's what I get for scheduling my programs two months in advance. Oh well, we can PRETEND it's hot. The music file will be posted later. Thanks for listening!

Summertime (Porgy And Bess) - Kiri Te Kanawa, Kiri Sings Gershwin (Angel)
Summertime in Heidelberg - Mario Lanza, The Student Prince/The Desert Song (RCA)
Gonna Be Another Hot Day - Stephen Douglass; Townspeople, 110 in the Shade [Original Broadway Cast] (That's Entertainment)
The Sun Has Got His Hat On - Jane Summerhays; Nick Ullett, Me & My Girl [MCA] (MCA)
Sunday in the Park with George - Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin, Sunday in the Park with George [Original Broadway Cast] (BMG/Image)
Just the Two of Them/Song of a Summer Night - Keith Kaldenberg, The Most Happy Fella [Original Broadway Cast] Disc 2 (Sony Classical)
Evening in Summer - Pat Kirkwood; Sylvia Cecil, Ace of Clubs (Bayview)
On the Front Porch [From Summer Magic] - Burl Ives, The Sherman Brothers (Disney)
Too Darn Hot - Stanley Wayne Mathis, Kiss Me, Kate [1999 Broadway Revival Cast] (DRG)
Heat Wave - Ben Selvin; Ethel Waters, Great American Songwriters, Vol. 4: Irving Berlin (Rhino)
Blame It On The Summer Night - Julia Migenes, Rags (Columbia)
The Girls of Summer - Suzanne Henry, Marry Me a Little (RCA)
The Song of Purple Summer - Cast, Spring Awakening (Decca)
Piragua - Eliseo Roman, In the Heights Disc 1 (Ghostlight)
Ain't it awful, the heat Street Scene - Weil, Kurt Weill - Berlin to Broadway (Paramount Records)
Summer Nights - John Travolta; Olivia Newton-John, Grease [Original Soundtrack] (Polygram International)

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Aug 5: Sailing

We Sail the Seas - American Sailors, Ben Franklin in Paris (Angel Records)
Fathoms Below - Alan Menken, The Little Mermaid [Original Broadway Cast] (Disney)
When Our Ship Comes Sailing In - Adam Arkin; Patrick Cassidy; Robert Westenberg, Oh, Kay! [Original Soundtrack] (Roxbury)
There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York - Anne Brown; Avon Long; Decca Symphony Orchestra, Porgy & Bess] (Membran)
Sailing at Midnight - Philip Chaffin, Warm Spring Night (PS Classics)
As on Through the Seasons We Sail - Don Ameche; Hildegarde Neff, Silk Stockings [Original Broadway Cast] (RCA)
Sail Away/In a Boat on the Lake With ... - Graham Payn; Pat Kirkwood, Ace of Clubs (Bayview)
Sailing/Set Those Sails - Cast Recording, Make Me A Song (Ghostlight)
In the Same Boat Completed - Karen Ziemba, Cast, Curtains (Manhattan Records)
Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat - Walter Bobbie, Guys and Dolls [1992 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA Victor)
Old Man River - Paul Robson, Showboat; Broadway Musical Series (Prism)
Muddy Water - Daniel Jenkins, Ron Richardson, Big River (Decca U.S.)
My Ship - Patti LuPone, Patti LuPone Live! (Highlights) (RCA)
A Ship Without a Sail - Dawn Upshaw, Sings Rodgers & Hart (Nonesuch)
Pirate Jenny - Marianne Faithfull, The Seven Deadly Sins (RCA)
I Want to Row on the Crew/Sailor's Chantey - Dale Hensley; Larry Cahn; Leslie Feagan; Rex Everhart; Steve Steiner, Anything Goes [1987 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA)
There's No Cure Like Travel/Bon Voyage - Alec Timerman; Michele Pigliavento, Anything Goes [1987 Broadway Revival Cast] (RCA)