Episode 282, After Dark Part 2, presents 20 recordings about romantic goings-on after the sun goes down. Performers include Dorothy Collins, Pat Boone, Elvis Presley, Dinah Washington, Jo Stafford, Hank Locklin, The Everly Brothers, and Dodie Stevens.

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Episode 281, After Dark Part 1, explores songs about things that happen after dark. Eighteen recordings include performances by The Andrews Sisters, The Ink Spots, The Fleetwoods, Rosemary Clooney, Patsy Cline, Sammi Smith, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Matt Monro.

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Episode 280, Celebrating Tony Bennett, presents 18 recordings from his long career, including the demo disc that first landed him a contract with Columbia Records. Also, some of Bennett’s #1 hit records and three 21st century duets with female superstars Lady Gaga and Celine Dion.

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Episode 278, Broadway 1940s, presents songs from prominent musicals of the decade including On the Town, Oklahoma, Kiss Me Kate, Annie Get Your Gun, South Pacific, Carousel and several others. Songs include I Hate Men, There is Nothing Like a Dame, You’ll Never Walk Alone, Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend, and Cock-Eyed Optimist.

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Episode 277, 1950s Jazz, celebrates a decade of outstanding jazz singers including Mark Murphy, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O’Day, Eydie Gorme, plus eight others. Also included: two outstanding jazz instrumentals.

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Episode 276, Ella Fitzgerald, features 17 songs from her ground-breaking Great American Songbook albums of the 1950s, with music written by Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Rodgers and Hart, George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Johnny Mercer.

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Episode 275, “Academy Award Losers,” presents songs nominated for Best Song that didn’t win. Performers include Steve Lawrence, Patsy Cline, Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Fred Astaire and 10 more.

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Episode 274, Moonlight, features Tony Bennett, Carmen McRae, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Wall, Mario Lanza and a dozen other performers singing moonlight-oriented love songs.

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273, Blue and The Blues features songs about blue men, blue women, blue clothing, a blue holiday and a blue world, followed by songs about The Blues from Dinah Shore, Ray Price, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline and several more performers.

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Episode 272, Sing Boy Sing, focuses on Tommy Sands’ 1958 motion picture and what it did for his career. Songs include Your Daddy Wants to Do Right, Soda Pop Pop, Blue Ribbon Baby, Teenage Crush, Worrying Kind, Kissin’ Ain’t No Fun, and 14 more.

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