Swing Alive! At the Hollywood Palladium (1996)

About this title: This album is from the soundtrack of a 1996 TV special, broadcast live from the Hollywood Palladium, for the benefit of PBS featuring stars past and present paying homage to that unique American music genre, swing. In business since their Duke University Blue Days of more than 60 years ago, making it the longest lasting musical organization under the same leader, Les Brown and His Band of Renown provided the musical glue for the session. The set features a wide variety of performers running the gamut -- from veterans of the swing era to more recent converts and disciples to those who don't ... read more

Tracks:

1. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm [Berlin]
2. Let's Dance/Stompin' at the Savoy/Don't Be That Way [Henderson/Goodman]
3. I've Heard That Song Before [Cahn/Styne]
4. Chattanooga Choo Choo [Warren/Gordon]
5. Zip Gun Bop [Dorame/Nichols]
6. Hey Pachuco! [Achor/Dorame/Nichol]
7. I Know That You Know [Caldwell/Youmans]
8. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy [Prince/Raye]
9. Love Is Here to Stay [Gershwin/Gershwin]
10. Wild Women Don't Get the Blues [Cox]
11. Sing, Sing, Sing [Prima]
12. Sentimental Journey [Brown/Green/Homer]
13. I'm Available [Livingston/Evans]
14. Why Can't You Behave? [Porter]
15. My Male Curiosity [Darnell]
16. Boys Are Back in Town /Cleaning up the Town [From 48 Hours] [ONeal]
17. Hoodoo Voodoo Doll [Setzer]
18. Stray Cat Strut [Setzer]
19. Leap Frog [Corday/Garland]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.