Playlist
February 8, 2009
Opening Theme: "I've Heard That Song Before"
Primary Artist: Harry James
Album: The Golden Trumpet of Harry James
Record Label: London
Date Recorded: 1968
1. "Idaho"
Primary Artist: Count Basie
Album: Basic Basie (LP)
Record Label: Verve
Date Recorded: 1969
2. "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries"
Primary Artist: Billy Eckstine / Woody Herman
Album: Billy Eckstine: The MGM Years, volume 2
Record Label: MGM
Date Recorded: 1951
3. "The Jive Don't Come From Kokomo"
Primary Artist: Randy Sandke / Ken Peplowski
Album: The Re-Discovered Louis and Bix
Record Label: Nagel-Heyer
Date Recorded: 1999
4. "You're the Apple of My Eye"
Primary Artist: Louis Armstrong / Velma Middleton
Album: The Complete Decca Studio Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the All-Stars, Disk 2
Record Label: Mosaic
Date Recorded: 1951
5. "Out of Nowhere"
Primary Artist: Art Tatum
Album: The Complete Capitol Recordings of Art Tatum
Record Label: Capitol
Date Recorded: 1952
6. "Palm Springs Jump"
Primary Artist: Keely Smith
Album: Swing, Swing, Swing
Record Label: Concord
Date Recorded: 2000
7. "Eager Beaver"
Primary Artist: Stan Kenton
Album: Kenton in Hi-Fi
Record Label: Capitol
Date Recorded: 1956
8. "Without a Word of Warning"
Primary Artist: Mel Torme
Album: A Tribute to Bing Crosby
Record Label: Concord
Date Recorded: 1994
9. "'Deed I Do"
Primary Artist: Bing Crosby
Album: Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings
Record Label: Verve
Date Recorded: 1956
10. "Topsy"
Primary Artist: The Widespread Depression Orchestra
Album: Downtown Uproar and Boogie in the Barnyard
Record Label: Stash
Date Recorded: 1979
11. "In a Mellow Tone"
Primary Artist: Betty Roche
Album: Take the "A" Train
Record Label: Bethlehem
Date Recorded: 1956
12. "Slap That Bass"
Primary Artist: Tom Postilio
Album: What Matters Most
Record Label: Elba
Date Recorded: 1993
13. "Take the 'A' Train"
Primary Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: The Popular Duke Ellington
Record Label: RCA
Date Recorded: 1966
14. "Everything But You"
Primary Artist: Cootie Williams
Album: Echoes of Harlem: Benny Carter and Cootie Williams
Record Label: Definitive Spain
Date Recorded: 1944
15. "Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina"
Primary Artist: Anita O'Day
Album: Gene Krupa, His Orchestra and Anita O'Day, featuring Roy Eldridge
Record Label: Columbia
Date Recorded: 1945
16. "You've Got to See Mama Every Night or You Can't See Mama at All"
Primary Artist: Kay Starr
Album: Moonbeams and Steamy Dreams
Record Label: Stash
Date Recorded: 1949
Closing Theme: "Good Night
Primary Artist: Jimmy Durante
Album: Jimmy Durante Plays and Sings (LP)
Record Label: Decca
Date Recorded: @1959
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"Thank You for a Lovely Evening"
Primary Artist: Billy Butterfield
Album: Thank You for a Lovely Evening (LP)
Record Label: RCA
Date Recorded: 1958