Picture This Playlist 140: The Songs of Jimmy Van Heusen and The Songs of Frank Loesser

(This program aired on WRIU, Kingston, 90.3 FM, also streaming at wriu.org., on Sunday, August 23rd, from 6-8 PM) 

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Coming Attractions from Matinee, composed by Jerry Goldsmith

Wild Billy’s Circus Story from The Wild, the Innocent and The East Street Shuffle, composed by Bruce Springsteen, performed by Springsteen and the E Street Band

Songs by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn unless otherwise indicated

Call Me Irresponsible from Papa’s Delicate Condition, performed by Bobby Darin

All My Tomorrows from A Hole in the Head, performed by Shirley Horn

Swinging on a Star from Going My Way, composed by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke

Songs by Frank Loesser

Fugue for Tinhorns from Guys and Dolls, composed by Frank Loesser, performed by Loesser, Milton DeLugg and Sue Bennett.

Luck Be a Lady Tonight from Guys and Dolls, composed by Frank Loesser, performed by the 2023 London Cast recording of Guys and Dolls

Medley of songs by Frank Loesser, performed by Peggy Lee and Frank Loesser Jingle Jangle Jingle from The Forest Rangers

If I Were a Bell from Guys and Dolls

On a Slow Boat to China, a pop song written by Loesser in 1948

A Bushel and a Peck from Guys and Dolls

Baby It’s Cold Outside from Neptune’s Daughter 

Songs by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn unless otherwise indicated

Title song from Thoroughly Modern Millie, performed by Julie Andrews

Title song from The Tender Trap, performed by Frank Sinatra

The Second Time Around from High Time, performed by Tony Bennett

The Second Time Around (instrumental), performed by Count Basie and his Orchestra

Songs by Frank Loesser

Let’s Get Lost from Happy Go Lucky, composed by Jimmy McHugh and Frank Loesser

Can’t Get Out of This Mood from Seven Days Leave, composed by Jimmy McHugh and Frank Loesser, performed by Sarah Vaughn

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, composed by Frank Loesser, performed by the Merry Macs

What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?, pop song from 1947, performed by Rufus Wainwright

If I Were a Bell from Guys and Dolls, performed by Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons

Songs by Jimmie Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn, unless otherwise indicated

Ain’t That a Kick in the Head? from Oceans 11, performed by Dean Martin

My Kind of Town from Robin and the 7 Hoods, performed by Frank Sinatra

Aren’t You Glad You’re You?, from The Bells of St. Mary’s, composed by Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen, performed by Tiny Tim

Well, Did You Evah? from High Society, composed by Cole Porter, performed by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra

Songs by Frank Loesser

Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat from Guys and Dolls, performed by Louis Armstrong

Adelaide’s Lament from Guys and Dolls, performed by Carol Burnett

I Believe in You from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, performed by Nancy Wilson

Songs by Jimmy Van Heusen and Songs by Frank Loesser

Polka Dots and Moonbeams, music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke, performed by Frank Sinatra with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

It Could Happen to You from And the Angels Sing, music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke, performed by Shirley Horn

Spring Came a Little Late This Year from Christmas Holiday, composed by Frank Loesser, performed by Sarah Vaughn

Spring Came a Little Late This Year (instrumental), performed by Ahmad Jamal