How many times recently have you said “Those were the days”? We all know that you can’t go back, but you can remember the good old days. Danny Lane’s Those Were The Days series is just the way to remember. This is nostalgia at its best and it just might be the best hour of your day. Enjoy. ----
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---- This episode includes:
1) The All-Night Record Man by Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra (with Charlie Barnet and Judy Ellington, vocals)
2) Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? By Dinah Washington
3) Too Close For Comfort by The Count Basie Orchestra (with Joe Williams, vocal)
4) Can't Teach My Old Heart New Tricks by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (with Martha Tilton, vocal)
5) You And The Night And The Music by Frank Sinatra [with Count Basie and his Orchestra, Nelson Riddle - arranger, conductor]
6) Give My Regards To Broadway by Al Jolson
7) Forty-Second Street (from the 1933 production of Forty-Second Street) by Somethin' Smith & The Redheads
8) Guys And Dolls by Bobby Darin
9) That's Entertainment! (from the musical comedy film, The Band Wagon - 1953, starring Fred Astaire & Cyd Charisse) by Judy Garland
10) Chicago by Tony Bennett (with Count Basie & His Orchestra)
11) Jumpin' Jive by Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
12) Peggy The Pin-Up Girl by Major Glenn Miller & The 418th Army Air Force Training Command Band (with Ray McKinley & The Crew Chiefs)
13) Mambo Italiano by Dean Martin
14) It's Only A Paper Moon by Nat King Cole
15) And That Reminds Me by Della Reese
16) Darktown Strutter's Ball by Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra (with June Richmond)
17) El Rancho Grande by Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (with Tony Pastor, vocal)
18) Let's Fall In Love by Betty Carter
19) In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening (from Here Comes the Groom - 1951) by Bing Crosby (with Jane Wyman)
20) Flight Of The Bumblebee by Harry James & His Orchestra
21) Rocks in My Bed by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (with Ivie Anderson, vocal)
22) The Old Soft Shoe by Dinah Shore & Tony Martin
23) Destination Moon by Dinah Washington
24) Watch The Birdie by Gene Krupa (with Anita O'Day, vocal)
25) Make Someone Happy by Jimmy Durante
26) Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel) by The Andrews Sisters
27) I Got the Sun in the Morning by Doris Day (with Les Brown & His Orchestra)
28) Manana (Is Soon Enough For Me) by Peggy Lee
29) Slow Poke by Pee Wee King
30) You'll Never Know by Dick Haymes (with The Song Spinners)
31) Rhythm Is Our Business by Jimmie Lunceford (with Willie Smith and The Band)
32) Something's Gotta Give by Ella Fitzgerald
33) At The Jazz Band Ball by Bob Crosby
34) Lazy Bones by Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra (with Louis Armstrong and Pee Wee Hunt, vocals)
35) Hallelujah, I Love Her So by Harry Belafonte
36) Smack Dab In The Middle by Ray Charles (with The Raeletts)
37) Tennessee Waltz by Patti Page
38) Remembering You ("All In The Family" Closing Theme) by Roger Kellaway