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Johnny Mercer and Nat Peck

Margaret Whiting remembers Johnny Mercer and Nat Peck 's time with Glenn Miller.

This week we hear from singer Margaret Whiting who remembers her lifelong friend, songwriter Johnny Mercer. Also American trombonist Nat Peck recalls his arrival in Britain in June 1944 as a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. This week鈥檚 musical theme is 鈥渟ummer鈥 and his artist of the week is Rosemary Clooney.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 23 Jun 2013 15:00

Music Played

  • Hour 1

    • Vic Damone

      Cheek To Cheek

    • Nancy Wilson

      The Best Is Yet To Come

    • Nat King Cole

      Summer is A Coming In

    • Sarah Vaughan

      It's De Lovely

    • Sammy Davis Jr.

      Somethings Gotta Give

    • Johnny Mercer

      Blues In The Night

    • Tony Bennett

      One Upon A Summertime

    • George Shearing

      I'll Remember April

    • Ella Fitzgerald

      Clap Yo Hands

    • Barbra Streisand

      I'll Tell That Man In The Street

    • Frank Sinatra

      The Summer Wind

    • Xavier Osmir

      Agua De Beber

    • Linda Rondstadt

      Skylark

    • Phil Harris

      Woodman Spare That Tree

    • Jo Stafford

      The Things We Did Last Summer

    • Leroy Anderson

      Serenata

  • Hour 2

    • Marilyn Monroe

      Heatwave

    • Ray Charles

      I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town

    • Lena Horne

      Summertime

    • Cleo Laine and Mel Torme

      I Thought About You

    • Glenn Miller And The Band of The AEF

      Swing Low Sweet Chariot

    • Ella Mae Morse

      Accentuate The Positive

    • Woody Herman

      Summer Sequence

    • Joe Williams

      Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams

    • Rosemary Clooney & Tony Pastor Orchestra

      That's Good Enough For Me

    • Rosemary Clooney & The Hi-Los

      How About You

    • Rosemary Clooney

      Old Friends

    • Boyd Reburn

      Barefoot Boy With Cheek

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Jun 2013 15:00