(This program aired on Sunday, June 23th, from 7-9 PM on WRIU, Kingston, 90.3 FM, also streaming at wriu.org)
Lullaby of Broadway from Gold Diggers of 1935, music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin, performed by Dick Powell
Slap that Bass, from Shall We Dance, composed by George Gershwin, performed Fred Astaire
It’s Only a Paper Moon from Take a Chance, music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg and Billy Rose, performed by Cliff Edwards
Medley: I Know Darn Well I Can Do Without Broadway but Can Broadway Do Without Me?, performed by Jimmy Durante, Lou Clayton and Eddie Jackson
Singin’ in the Rain from The Hollywood Revue of 1929, composed by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown, performed by Cliff “Ukelele Ike” Edwards
That’s What I Like About the South from I Love a Bandleader, composed by Andy Rasaf, performed by Phil Harris
Toy Waltz from Chaplin’s Back, composed by Charlie Chaplin, performed by Darius Brubeck and his Group
Toy Waltz from A Song for Christmas, composed by Charlie Chaplin, performed by Mantovani and his Orchestra
London’s Fog from Phaedra, comoposed by Mikis Theodarakis
Pop Goes the Weasel from The Ed Sullivan Show, performed by Anthony Newley
Two songs from Up the Junction: Sheila’s Dance and Up the Junction, composed by Manfred Mann and Mike Hugg, performed by Manfred Mann
Chica-Chica Boom Chic from Down Argentine Way, composed by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon, performed by Carmen Miranda
Two songs from Oceans 11: EEE-O-11, composed by Nelson Riddle, performed by Sammy Davis Jr. and The Nelson Riddle Orchestra with Jerry Velasco (harmonica)
Ain’t That a Kick in the Head, composed by Nelson Riddle, performed by Dean Martin with Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra.
If I Only Had a Brain from The Wizard of Oz, composed by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen, performed by Robert Clary
Weekend in Havana from the musical of the same name, composed by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon, performed by Carmen Miranda
Jennifer’s French Movie, from The Valley of the Dolls, composed by Andre and Dory Previn, performed by John Williams
Duo Guy/Madelaine from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, musc by Michel Legrand, lyrics by Jacques Demy, performed by Claudine Meunier and Jose Bartel
Rodostino from Phaedra. composed by MIkis Theodarakis, dialogue from Melina Mercouri and Anthony Perkins, sung by Melina Mercouri
One Day You Will Come Back is from Mireille Mathieu Chante Ennio Morricone, composed by Morricone, performed by Mathieu
A Fella with an Umbrella from Easter Parade, songs by Irving Berlin, score by Johnny Green and Roger Edens, this song performed by Peter Lawford and Judy Garland
How Little We Know from To Have and Have Not, composed by Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer, performed by Lauren Bacall
Nice to Be Around from Cinderella Liberty, composed by Paul Williams and John Williams, performed by Paul Williams
Title song from The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, composed and performed by pianist David Grusin
Three songs from Slippery When Wet, composed and performed by Bud Shank: Mook’s Theme, the Main Title song and Up in Velseyland
Theme from Valley of the Dolls, featuring dialogue from Barbara Parkins, the song, composed by by Dory and Andre Previn, sung by Dory Previn, with additional background score from John Williams
I’ll Catch the Sun from Joanna, composed and performed by Rod McKuen
Mack the Knife from The Threepenny Opera composed by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, performed by Eric Bentley
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