Song of the Day: He’s best known the high-profile producer for Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra, but continuing a mini-series, a small selection of key moments in the conductor and composer’s film and TV work
Read moreSolomon Burke – None Of Us Are Free
Song of the Day: Following a series of gospel sings, let's move into a mixture of blues, soul and an even wider theme with song that brought this star back into the public eye in 2002, backed by The Blind Boys of Alabama
Read moreRay Charles – Rainy Night In Georgia
Song of the Day: After Sister Rosetta Tharpe performing in rainy Manchester in 1964, another great's rendition of a another wet weather number written by Tony Joe White in 1967 from his 1972 album Through The Eyes Of Love
Read moreMargaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer (plus Lady Gaga & various) – Baby, It's Cold Outside
Song of the Day: Temperature dropping? Then let's hot things up with a classic 1949 call-and-response song recorded by many artists, including also Lady Gaga, Tom Jones, Rod Stewart, Dolly Parton and Ella Fitzgerald
Read moreRandy Newman – I’m Different
Song of the Day: Narcissism takes a different style now with the award-winning film score writer tripping gently along with a typically crisp and gentle irony. And yet he is really is different too …
Read moreJohnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now
Song of the Day: Today let's move away from confusion and seek the blue skies of clarity with that eternal anthem of optimism from the Texas-born reggae and soul artist
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