Playlist The Light Programme

  • 08:20
    In the mood. Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    In the mood. Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Artie Shaw
  • 08:17
    The Five O'Clock Whistle Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    The Five O'Clock Whistle Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Joe Loss and His Orchestra
  • 08:14
    Bluebird Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Bluebird Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Artie Shaw and his Orchestra 1939
  • 08:13
    45
    45 The Home Front Archive Broadcast Recordings 1939
  • 08:09
    When You Said Good Bye Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    When You Said Good Bye Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Harry Hudson's Melody Men
  • 08:06
    A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Vera Lynn
  • 08:03
    Warsaw Concerto Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Warsaw Concerto Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Freddy Martin (Jack Fina, piano)
  • 08:00
    Fiddle Faddle Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Fiddle Faddle Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Boston Pops (1st recorded version)
  • 07:56
    Give Me A Heart To Sing To Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Give Me A Heart To Sing To Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Will Osborne Orchestra 1934
  • 07:53
    The Waltz You Saved For Me Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    The Waltz You Saved For Me Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Wayne King theme (1940 instrumental version)
  • 07:47
    45
    45 The Home Front Archive Broadcast Recordings 1939
  • 07:44
    Harbor Lights Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Harbor Lights Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Frances Langford
  • 07:41
    Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Louis Jordan
  • 07:38
    Only Forever Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Only Forever Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Tommy Dorsey and Alan Starr
  • 07:35
    Hang out the Stars in Indiana Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Hang out the Stars in Indiana Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Ray Noble and His Orchestra
  • 07:32
    Laughing on the Outside Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Laughing on the Outside Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Dinah Shore
  • 07:30
    Special Delivery Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Special Delivery Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Artie Shaw
  • 07:15
    GI Jill 37 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    GI Jill 37 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s AFRS GI Jive Show 1948
  • 07:01
    Artie Shaw & His OrchestraNBC 1938 to 1940s Air Checks Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Artie Shaw & His OrchestraNBC 1938 to 1940s Air Checks Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s AirChecks
  • 07:00
    Streamline Strut Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Streamline Strut Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Ambrose and His Orchestra
  • 06:00
    1930s Hour 30
    1930s Hour 30 Shaun Moncaster
  • 05:59
    a #1 record)
    a #1 record) Ted Weems (RCA version from 1933
  • 05:54
    St Louis Blues. Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    St Louis Blues. Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb at the Savoy Ballroom
  • 05:51
    Percival Mackey's Band Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Percival Mackey's Band Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Magic Of The Moon
  • 05:49
    Breaking in a Pair of Shoes Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Breaking in a Pair of Shoes Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Carrol Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans
  • 05:46
    The Surrey With The Fringe On Top Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    The Surrey With The Fringe On Top Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Frank Sinatra
  • 05:44
    Put Your Arms Around Me Honey Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Put Your Arms Around Me Honey Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Dick Haymes (a cappella)
  • 05:43
    British WW2 Public Information Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    British WW2 Public Information Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Hospital Angels Wanted
  • 05:40
    Change Partners Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Change Partners Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Fred Astaire
  • 05:37
    long gone blues Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    long gone blues Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Billie Holiday
  • 05:32
    I'll Always Be in Love with You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    I'll Always Be in Love with You Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Nat Gonella and His Georgians
  • 05:29
    My Man Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    My Man Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Ella Fitzgerald
  • 05:28
    The Blitz Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    The Blitz Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s 1940s Britain
  • 05:25
    Collegiana Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Collegiana Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s George Fisher & His Kit Cat Band
  • 05:22
    When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Carrol Gibbons and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans
  • 05:19
    Mary Ann Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Mary Ann Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s The Dorsey Brothers with Irving Kaufman 1928
  • 05:16
    You’ll Never Know Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    You’ll Never Know Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Willie Kelly & Orchestra
  • 05:13
    You Made Me Love You (Dear Mr. Gable) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    You Made Me Love You (Dear Mr. Gable) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Judy Garland
  • 05:04
    Got To Get Your Photo In The Press Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Got To Get Your Photo In The Press Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s George Formby
  • 05:01
    Sunday, Monday or Always Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Sunday, Monday or Always Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Bing Crosby
  • 05:00
    Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s 6.00 am
  • 04:59
    Sleigh Ride Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Sleigh Ride Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Boston Pops (1st recorded version)
  • 04:56
    The Sky Fell Down Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    The Sky Fell Down Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Glenn Miller
  • 04:00
    Guy's 40s Jumping Boogie 322 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Guy's 40s Jumping Boogie 322 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Guy Roles
  • 03:58
    Cherry Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Cherry Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Harry James (instrumental) (recorded in 1942)
  • 03:01
    40s Favourites
    40s Favourites Lynda Moncaster
  • 03:00
    Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s 4.00 am
  • 02:58
    How Am I to Know
    How Am I to Know Benny Goodman
  • 02:55
    In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Ted Lewis
  • 02:52
    Royal Garden Blues Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Royal Garden Blues Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Bix Beiderbecke with The Wolverine Orchestra
  • 02:49
    Make Love To Me 1941 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Make Love To Me 1941 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Artie Shaw With Paula Kelly
  • 02:46
    Glorious Devon Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Glorious Devon Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Peter Dawson
  • 02:43
    Got The South In My Soul Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Got The South In My Soul Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s The Boswell Sisters 1932
  • 02:41
    Eugene Brockman's Dance Orchestra (Bert Firman) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Eugene Brockman's Dance Orchestra (Bert Firman) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Feelin'kind O'blue
  • 02:38
    I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Vera Lynn
  • 02:35
    I Never See Maggie Alone 1949 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    I Never See Maggie Alone 1949 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Tony Pastor & His Orchestra
  • 02:32
    Angelina Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Angelina Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Louis Prima (his original version.and without all the echo)
  • 02:31
    Employment Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Employment Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Telephone Operator
  • 02:28
    One O’Clock Jump Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    One O’Clock Jump Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Count Basie (original Basie version)
  • 02:25
    [I Don't Stand A] Ghost Of A Chance 1940 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    [I Don't Stand A] Ghost Of A Chance 1940 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Larry Clinton with Bea Wain
  • 02:22
    Yancey Special Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Yancey Special Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
  • 02:19
    Turn On The Old Music Box Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Turn On The Old Music Box Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Arthur Askey
  • 02:16
    How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Dinah Shore
  • 02:14
    Mrs A.M.Saxton
    Mrs A.M.Saxton Savings Bonds
  • 02:11
    So Would I Medley Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    So Would I Medley Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Charlie Kunz
  • 02:08
    Old Cape Cod Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Old Cape Cod Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Beryl Davis
  • 02:05
    Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar Part 2 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar Part 2 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Will Bradley and His Orchestra
  • 02:02
    Tenderly Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Tenderly Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Randy Brooks (instrumental)
  • 01:59
    Take The “A” Train Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Take The “A” Train Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Duke Ellington (instrumental)
  • 01:56
    I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Sammy Kaye (Don Cornell, voc)
  • 01:53
    Everything I Have Is Yours 1934 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Everything I Have Is Yours 1934 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Rudy Vallee
  • 01:49
    Go Home And Tell Your Mother Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Go Home And Tell Your Mother Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Guy Lombardo
  • 01:45
    Chain Gang Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Chain Gang Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Bob Crosby
  • 01:42
    What A Difference A Day Made Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    What A Difference A Day Made Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Carroll Gibbons & Anna Lenner
  • 01:39
    Confucius Say Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Confucius Say Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
  • 01:36
    Dave Frost And His Café De Paris Band Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Dave Frost And His Café De Paris Band Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s I'm All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart
  • 01:33
    I Should Care (1945) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    I Should Care (1945) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Harry Roy And His Band Vocal Sung By Edna Kaye
  • 01:30
    Strip Polka Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Strip Polka Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Kay Kyser
  • 01:27
    Contrasts (Dorsey theme) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Contrasts (Dorsey theme) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Jimmy Dorsey (instrumental)
  • 01:24
    Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke
    Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke Savings Bonds
  • 01:18
    Oceans Apart Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Oceans Apart Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Judy Garland
  • 01:15
    I Speak to the Stars Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    I Speak to the Stars Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Doris Day
  • 01:09
    Easy To Love Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Easy To Love Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Billie Holiday
  • 01:00
    Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s 2.00 am
  • 00:59
    Intermezzo (aka “Souvenir de Vienne”) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Intermezzo (aka “Souvenir de Vienne”) Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Wayne King (instrumental)
  • 00:56
    Begin The Beguine Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Begin The Beguine Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Frank Sinatra
  • 00:01
    1930s Hour 7 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    1930s Hour 7 Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s Shaun Moncaster
  • 00:00
    Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s
    Time Check Big Band Swing Jazz Jive 40s 50s 1.00 am