Sweet 'n' Swing: Recent Episodes
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Music from the time when wireless was king, songs had a tune and you could understand the words . . .
The best sounds on the radio from when wireless was king - from Little Mary Lee to Chick Webb and Larry Adler!
The best music from when tunes had a tune - from the likes of Al Bowlly, Duke Ellington and Stephane Grappelli
The best music from the time when radio was king! From Benny Goodman to Isobel Buchanan!
All the best sounds from when wireless was king - including Ella, Ambrose and a couple of Georges!
Great music from the time when wireless was king! Geraldo, Bob Crosby, Glenn Miller and Charlie Kunz just for starters.
The best music from the days of the wireless - Harry Roy, Charlie Chester, Benny Goodman and much more. Warm up your set now !
Join H for meander through some of the best in swing and nostalgia with a vaguely topical theme - and even a bit of George and his uke . . .!
H is with you with a warm and spring-like Sweet and Swing and music from the likes of Edmundo Ross, Teddy Joyce, Maxine Sullivan and Billy Mayerl!
More sounds from when wireless was king . . and you could understand the vocalists . . .
H brings you some of your favourite sounds on the wireless, from the likes of Ambrose, Nat King Cole and Victor Sylvester
The best sounds from your wireless from the likes of Coleman Hawkins, Harry Hayes, Charlie Barnet and Helen Humes.
We celebrate International Womens' Day with music from the likes of Mrs Jack Hylton, Bessie Smith, Una Mae Carlisle and Vera Lynn . . . to name but a few.
H with his happy selection of songs from the days when wireless was king - including tonight Nat Gonella, Glenn Miller, Little Mary Lee and Victor Sylvester in the ballroom. Dig out your Radio Times (Just for affect - it's not in it . . .)
H is back with some of the best swinging sounds outside of the railway, from Sam Browne and Carroll Gibbons to Buddy Rich!
H brings you the best sounds from the days of wireless, from Charlie Kunz to the Andrew Sisters!
H warms up the 78s and digs out an extra loud steel needle to enjoy music from the likes of The Ted Heath Band. Monte Ray, Bessie Smith and Henry Hall
Music for those who love a tune and the smell of shellac . . .
H with his Friday selection including Lew Stone, Una Mae Carlisle, Mavis Rivers and Ken Snakehips Johnson.
H brings you the best sounds from the time when wireless was king and your tubes had to warm up . .!
Some Ambrose, Mel Torme, Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins and Lew Stone for your Friday evening . . . . what's not to like!
Some Frank, a waltz from Victor, a classic from Benny and a Boogly-woogly piggy! What more could you want . . . !
Warm up your wireless - H drops the extra loud steel needle onto the shellac with tracks from the likes of Don Redman, Peter Dawson, Sam Wooding and Jack Jackson
Warm up the valves of your wireless for everything from Ambrose to Spike Jones with Harry Hayes and even some Petula Clark!
Settle back with a glass of your favourite and enjoy the likes of Cab Calloway, Bob Crosby, Blossom Dearie and a Chick Webb . .
Teddy Joyce, Django, Mario Lanza, Perry Como and a slow boat to China. What more could you want from your wireless?!
Great sounds from when you settled down with your wireless, including the likes of Paul Whiteman, Harry Roy, Perry Como and Louie Bellson
Tune in your wireless for some sounds from the likes of George Shearing, Cyril Stapleton, Fats Waller and Barney Gilbraith. Music from back in the day . . .!
Mildred Bailey, Edmundo Ros, Irving Fazola and the Comedian Harmonists to name but a few . .
Gene hits the skins, a cocktail from Caroll, Mary Lou Williams and The Big Ben Banjo Band!
A bit of Bud, a tad of Ted and a sniff of Charlie. Kunz that is ... .. what more could you want?!
Another evening of music from the likes of Billy Cotton, Chet Baker, Sam Browne and Lou Preager . .in an night's work for Sweet & Swing!
Some Basie. more from Carroll Gibbons, a bit of Django and Max Jaffa waltzes the night away!
Tommy Dorsey, George Melly, the genius of Art Tatum and a new retrospective on Carroll Gibbons
It's all about the women to mark their International day - singers, bandleaders, composers and pianists - and yes of course there's some Vera . . .!
Warm yourself East of the Sun with Ted Heath or in Brazil with Edmundo Ros . . or just revel in that old black magic! H spins some of the best 78s . . .
Pull up your best comfy chair, pop your feet up, and relax as H takes you back in time to the golden age of swing.
What better way to spend Valentine's week than with a sexy Sweet & Swing full of love songs from times since passed.
Get a cocoa and relax to the likes of Artie Shaw, George Shearing, Ivor Novello and Edmundo!
Join H for an hour of sounds from the likes of Jay McShann, Duke Ellington, Gracie Fields and Andre Previn
Swinging into 24 with the likes of Harry Roy, The Worlds Greatest Jazz Band, Anne Shelton and our Gracie! #sweet #swing #bigband
H Swings into the New Year with a compilation of tracks culled from the 20s to the 50s - how far back can you remember?!
We're getting Christmassy with some jingle bells and 12 Days of Christmas, but also great sounds from Eddie Thompson, the guys and girls at ENSA and Mel Torme
Cyril Stapleton, more from ENSA, Mr Gilly Potter, Joe Loss and a traditional Christmas tree!
Put your feet up and relax to the likes of Chick Webb, Layton and Johnston, Geraldo and Mel Torme
A bit of the Duke, more motoring music, some Billy Cotton and Zez Confrey - and that's just for starters!
Earl "Fatha" Hines starts us off, Billy Mayerl finishes proceedings and there's everything from Max Jaffa to Mel Torme in between . ..
A slightly spookily themed episode with music from Raymond Scott Wood, Peggy Lee, Fats Waller and Madame Tussaud's Dance Orchestra . . .
Ted Heath, Blossom Dearie, some madness from Spike Jones and jazz in Paris with Claude Bolling!
Some Jack Harris, Jack Cooper, the Mills Brothers, more classic motoring music and the organist entertains . .and that's just for starters!
Kay Kaiser, ENSA, Jack, Eddie Thompson and his trio, Carmen Lombardo, Bing Sings again and more from the Jimmy van Heusen songbook . . what's not to like for a Friday evening?!
Dinah Shore, ENSA, Tommy Dorsey, Ray Anthony and the music of Jimmy Van Heusen . .to name but a few!
Some Django, Jack Harris and his orchestra, the Eddie Thompson Trio and the wonderful world of Reginald Dixon,
Some Arthur Young at the piano, more reasons to love Paris, Lil Armstrong and Donald Swann at the Erin Arts Centre 50 years ago . .!
A quickstep with George Evans, a bit of Leo Reismann, Oscar and Sonny, Ethel Merman and more sentimental Bing - among other vintage goodies!
Gene Krupa gives it some, a science lesson from Flanders and Swann, and a lamp-inspired twofer!
The poet of the piano, from Belgium with Love, Flanders and Swann, more swingin' the classics and some orchids with Joe!
Some Vera, more jazzin' the classics, Brian Lemon, Hubert Gregg and Harry Leader that's bound to give you a little smile . .
As the Lancaster is due to visit the island we celebrate with the RAF HQ Bomber Command sextet, a bit of George Chisholm, jazzin' the classics again and some Fats!
A red, red robin, some Artie Shaw, more Flanders and Swan and a bit of George - well it is TT!
H revs up for TT week - Sweet and Swing fashion .. . . we are, as the song goes, in the money . . . !
A bit of Jack Buchanan, some Prez, more from Flanders and Swann and we're jazzing the classics again!
Some Duke, the interesting life of singer Dick James, more Flanders and Swann and jazzing up the classics!
The last bit of Noel, Cole Porter, Edmundo, Flanders and Swann and a bit of the Old Maestro himself!
Spreading happiness, loving America, looking for ribbon bows and coming in on a wing and a prayer!
More from Noel, a bit of Dorsey, Carl Barriteau, Elsie Carlisle and both Victor Sylvesters!
The last of our Women in Jazz, some more Noel, a bit of Jay Wilbur and Sid Lypton worries about the weather!
Some more Maxine Sullivan, fifty reasons to love Paris, Tommy Dorsey, Paul Whiteman and we're off to the Woodchoppers Ball!
It's all about the love as we celebrate Valentines Day earlier this week, with love songs from the likes of Guy Lombardo, Dan Donovan, Helen Forrest and Fats Waller!
Fats, Chick Henderson, Sweets Edison more from the Cole Porter songbook and the renowned Les Brown!
More of the music of Cole Porter, Ray Ellington, Al Bowlly and some magic from Sarah Vaughan.
Some Artie Shaw, a bit more of our Gracie, some of the women of jazz and Marjorie Stedeford. And that's just for starters! What more could you want ...
Guy Lombardo warms us up for New Year, Fats has some greasy party food, some of Harry's Sweets and Gracie's bottom drawer!
Where else would Harry Parry rub shoulders with Gracie Fields, Bing Crosby, Toots Thielmans and Father Sydney McEwan! You're right - only here on Sweet and Swing!
More of our Gracie, Carroll Gibbons, Ian Wallace, Danny Polo, Gold Standards and the Girl from Ipanaema!
Some Bertini at the Tower, Gracie looks for a tail on the Manx cat and Benny is jingling!
A bit of George Shearing, Ukelele Ike, more classics from the Great American Songbook, Layton and Johnston and Donald Swann getting jazzy amongst other treasures!
Some jazz from Paris, Rudy Vallee, Gene Krupa, more Gold Standards, Madame Tussauds Dance Orchestra and more!
Cyril Stapleton, Gold Standards from the American songbook, Charlie Kunz and the pianos of Cuba!