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Russell Davies: 19/09/2010

19/09/2010

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Russell Davies, 19/09/2010

The featured artists, band leaders and songwriters include Jack Parnell and Paul Williams.

Russell Davies marks the passing of Derek Boulton, Jack Parnell and George David Weiss, the centenary of bandleader Shep Fields and the 70th birthday of songwriter Paul Williams.

A number of farewells this week, sad though they are, did give us good reason to enjoy fine tracks by Sheila Southern (for late entrepreneur Derek Boulton); Ted Heath (for his one-time, and now recently-departed, drummer and singer Jack Parnell); and recordings from Tony Bennett and KD Lang, Frank Sinatra, The Andrews Sisters, Nat King Cole, Chris Connor, Andy Williams, The Cardinals and Eydie Gorme (for songwriter George David Weiss). 

A happy 70th birthday to songwriter Paul Williams brings us the great Mel Torme recording of Paul's I Won't Last A Day Without You while, a week late due to our absence last week, we salute bandleader Shep Fields on the occasion of his centenary with a typical version by his Rippling Rhythm of That Old Feeling.

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