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Desmond shares good tunes, some unexpected ones and a few you may never have heard before. This week he celebrates solo singers who began as band vocalists, sorting through his record collection for songs related to the theme "with vocal refrain".

57 minutes

Last on

Fri 30 Mar 2012 19:00

Music Played

  • Elkie Brooks

    Pearl's A Singer

    • Best Of Elkie Brooks.
    • SPECTRUM 551 329.
  • Al Bowlly / Ray Noble

    Sing As We Go

    • Hmv Sessions 1930 34 Vol 9.
    • VOCALION CDEA 6063.
  • Anne Shelton / Ambrose

    Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

    • Britain At War In Colour.
    • FIRST NIGHT REELCD 102.
  • Faces / Rod Stewart

    If I'm On The Late Side

    • Best Of Faces.
    • WARNER 75992 63682.
  • Kiri Te Kanawa

    Yesterday

    • Early Recordings 1964 70.
    • DECCA 4303252 DH2.
  • Gerry Dorsey

    Big Wheel

    • John Barry Hits And The Misses.
    • PLAY IT AGAIN PLAY 007.
  • Seekers

    Georgy Girl

    • Seekers A's B's And Ep's.
    • EMI 7243 5 96818.
  • Frank Sinatra / Tommy Dorsey

    Shake Down The Stars

    • Golden Age Of Swing Vol 4.
    • HORATIO NELSON DBMCD 3004.
  • Peggy Lee / Benny Goodman

    Why Don't You Do Right

    • Perfect Big Bands.
    • PAST PERFECT PPCD 78143.
  • Denny Dennis / Roy Fox

    Sweet Someone

    • It's Got To Be Love.
    • PAST PERFECT PPCD 78119.
  • Dusty Springfield / Springfields

    Island Of Dreams

    • Island Of Dreams.
    • RETRO D 820.
  • Vaughn Monroe

    There I've Said It Again

    • There I've Said It Again.
    • MEMOIR CDMOIR 525.
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb - A Tisket A Tasket

  • Lonnie Donegan

    Goldrush Is Over

    • Great British Skiffle.
    • SMITH AND CO SCCD 1192.
  • Dick Haymes / Harry James

    I'll Get By

    • Golden Age Of Swing Vol 2.
    • HORATIO NELSON DBMCD 3002.
  • Barb Jungr

    Tears In A Bottle

    • Durga Rising.
    • KEDA KEDCD 46.

Broadcast

  • Fri 30 Mar 2012 19:00