BODY AND SOUL
EPISODE 3

From Studio C Chicago, this is “Body and Soul,” a show that covers the waterfront of 1930s and ’40s jazz and swing, blues, Broadway, popular song, country, rhythm & blues, movie music, and more.  I'm Andy Miles and this is Erroll Garner.

Erroll Garner "Boogie Woogie Boogie" (1944)

Louis Armstrong "Jeepers Creepers" (1938)

Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra; vocal by Lillian Lane "Ev'rything I Love" (1941)

Coleman Hawkins "Woody 'N' You" (1944)

Coleman Hawkins' "Woody 'N' You" from 1944, the first recording of the song, which Dizzy Gillespie wrote as a tribute to the bandleader Woody Herman.

Before that it was Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra with a vocal by Lillian Lane, "Ev'rything I Love," a song Cole Porter wrote for the 1941 Broadway musical "Let's Face It," which also had a successful run in London's West End in 1942, with a film version following in '43.  I found the recording on a three-CD set called "You're Sensational: Cole Porter in the '20s, '40s, & '50s," which begs an obvious question: What about the '30s?  The collection also includes Mabel Mercer's mid-'50s version of "Ace In The Hole," which was the more popular song to emerge from that Cole Porter show.

We also heard Louis Armstrong's "Jeepers Creepers," a song he sang to a horse in the 1938 Warner Brothers comedy "Going Places," which starred Dick Powell in a cast that included Ronald Reagan, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson of "Jack Benny Show" fame, and the black vocalist Maxine Sullivan. Songwriter Johnny Mercer picked up the first of his 18 career Best Original Song Oscar nominations for "Jeepers Creepers," which he co-wrote with Harry Warren, an 11-time Best Original Song nominee.

And Erroll Garner at the top of the show with a recording from the beginning of his career, "Boogie Woogie Boogie" from 1944, when the Pittsburgh-born pianist was 23 years old.  Lasting fame came for Garner a decade later, when he wrote and recorded the classic "Misty."

From Studio C Chicago, this is "Body and Soul."  I'm Andy Miles.  Lots of good stuff on the way, including Bing Crosby, Art Tatum, music from the classic film "The Philadelphia Story," and this from the Broadway hit "Kiss Me Kate."

Lisa Kirk "Why Can't You Behave?" (1948)

Johnny Hodges "Going Out The Back Way" (1941)

Eddy Arnold "I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms)" (1947)

Bing Crosby "Temptation" (1933)

That's Bing Crosby from 1933, a song called "Temptation."  Only six years into his recording career, that was his 67th top 10 hit, by my count.  Crosby introduced it in the MGM musical "Going Hollywood," which he starred in and scored three hit songs with, including "Temptation."  Arthur Freed wrote the lyric; over the next couple decades Freed became famous for producing musicals at MGM, under the name the Freed Unit. “Singin’ in the Rain” might be the most famous of all those musicals. Freed not only produced it; he wrote some of the lyrics for the songs.

Eddy Arnold before that, "I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms)," a country hit in 1947 that also topped the U.S. folk chart that year.  Arnold's 147 career country chart hits puts him second on the all-time list behind George Jones.  

We also heard "Going Out The Back Way" from the alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges, who made his name playing in Duke Ellington's orchestra but released more than three dozen records under his own name. The record we heard came out in 1941.

And a song from the Cole Porter musical "Kiss Me Kate," "Why Can't You Behave?" performed by Lisa Kirk, who played the role of Bianca in the long-running show that first hit Broadway in 1948.  

From Studio C Chicago, this is "Body and Soul," a show devoted to two great decades in American music: the '30s and the '40s  Next up it's Roy Eldridge.

Roy Eldridge "Minor Jive" (1942)

The Chocolate Dandies "Dee Blues" (1930)

Jack Teagarden & His Orchestra "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" (1939)

Pee Wee Crayton "Blues After Hours" (1948)

That's Connie Curtis Crayton, better known as Pee Wee Crayton, with his number one R&B hit "Blues After Hours." 1948 was the year.

Jack Teagarden & His Orchestra before that, the '30s classic "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues," which Harold Arlen wrote the music for in 1932.  The trombonist Teagarden made his recording in 1939.

We also heard "Dee Blues," a 1930s record from The Chocolate Dandies, a group that emerged from the 1924 Broadway show of the same name.  That edition of the group featured Benny Carter on clarinet, Coleman Hawkins on tenor sax, and Fletcher Henderson's younger brother Horace on piano.  

"Minor Jive" at the top of the set, a 1942 recording from Roy Eldridge.

And you're listening to "Body and Soul" from Studio C Chicago.  I'm Andy Miles.  One last full set on the show; it starts with Doris Day.

Doris Day "You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)" (1946)

Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra "I Can't Get Started" (1937)

Sonny Stitt All-Stars "Bebop in Pastel" (1946)

Art Tatum "Tiger Rag" (1933)

That's a 1933 recording from the virtuoso pianist Art Tatum, "Tiger Rag," one of his earliest recordings and a minor hit.

Before that, Sonny Stitt All Stars with "Bebop in Pastel.”  Bud Powell wrote the song.  

We also heard Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra with "I Can't Get Started," a 1937 jazz classic which became the trumpeter's theme song.  He made two recordings of the song, one in 1936; the other, the hit version, in 1937. Berigan was a '30s star, not only scoring a big hit with the song we heard, but spending time in the popular big bands of Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey, as well as doing recording sessions with some of the biggest singers of the day, Bing Crosby among them.  Sadly, he died in 1942, a 33-year-old victim of the bottle, much like the trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke a decade earlier.  

And Doris Day at the top of the set, "You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)," her first hit record of 1946, having launched her recording career the year before with a pair of number one records. The one we heard climbed to number five on the chart, her fifth record to make the top 10 at that point in her very young career.

And that brings us to the end of another edition of "Body and Soul" from Studio C Chicago.  I'm Andy Miles.  Thanks for being here.  

I've got one last song on the show; it's the MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Franz Waxman with music from the 1940 classic film "The Philadelphia Story."  We're going to hear the main title and "Tracy in Love," Tracy being the female lead played by Katharine Hepburn.  Enjoy.    

MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Franz Waxman "Main Title/Tracy in Love (from 'The Philadelphia Story')" (1940)

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