(This program originally aired on the best commercial free radio in Southern New England, WRIU Kingston, 90.3 FM -streaming at wriu.org-on Sunday, October 18, at 6 PM)
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Baseball Theme from A Boy Named Charlie Brown, composed by Vince Guaraldi, performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio
The Picture This It’s a Movie! Song of the Week
Intro: Coming Attractions from Matinee, composed by Jerry Goldsmith
Harry Irene from Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), composed and performed by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
The Show
She’s the Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish from Garden of the Moon, composed by Al Dubin, Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer, performed by Susannah McCorkle
I’m Building Up to an Awful Letdown, composed by Fred Astaire and Johnny Mercer, performed by Fred Astaire
Lazy Bones, from the Hoagy Carmichael “soundie” of the same name, composed by Carmichael and Johnny Mercer, performed by Leon Redbone
My Old Man from Jump for Joy, composed by Bernie Hanigen and Johnny Mercer, performed by the Jim Kweskin Jug Band
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening from Here Comes the Groom, written by Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer, performed by Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman
Jeepers Creepers from Going Places, composed by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer, performed by Louis Armstrong
Something’s Gotta Give, from Daddy Long Legs , composed by Johnny Mercer, performed by Fred Astaire
Laura from Laura, composed by David Raskin, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, performed by Spike Jones and his City Slickers
I Remember You from The Fleet’s In, composed by Victor Schertzinger, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, performed by Frank Ifield
Two of a Kind from Two of a Kind, composed by Johnny Mercer and Bobby Darin, performed by Mercer and Darin
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) from The Sky’s the Limit, composed by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, performed by Lou Reed and Rob Wasserman
Something’s Gotta Give, from Daddy Long Legs , composed by Johnny Mercer, performed by Fred Astaire
Blues in the Night from Blues in the Night, composed by Arlen and Mercer, performed by by Woody Herman and his Orchestra
From Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: all songs composed by Gene DePaul and Johnny Mercer
Main Title, performed by Adolph Deutsch and the MGM Studio Orchestra
Bless Your Beautiful Hide, performed by Howard Keel
When You’re in Love, performed by Stanley Donen
The Square of the Hypotenuse from Merry Andrew, composed by Saul Chaplin and Johnny Mercer, performed by Danny Kaye
That Old Black Magic from Bus Stop, composed by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, performed by Marilyn Monroe-originally composed for Star Spangled Rhythm
Autumn Leaves from Autumn Leaves, composed by Jacques Prevert and Johnny Mercer, performed by Eva Cassidy
I Want to Be Around To Pick Up the Pieces from I Want to Be Around, composed by Johnny Mercer and Sadie Vimmerstedt, performed by Tony Bennett
Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, composed by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, performed Carla Bruni
Charade from Charade, composed by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, performed by Blossom Dearie
This Time the Dream’s on Me from Blues in the Night, composed by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, performed by Alison Krauss
Tangerine from The Fleet’s In, composed by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, performed by the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Dick Eberly and Helen O’Connell
Summer Wind from My Huckleberry Friend, composed by Heinz Meier (composer), Hans Bradtke (original lyricist), and Johnny Mercer (English lyricist), performed by Johnny Mercer
Hit the Road to Dreamland from The Fleet’s In, composed by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, performed by Betty Hutton and Robert Norberg
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