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Music Diversity on this week‘s SONGBOOK AMERICA. Basie and Company swing “Pensive Miss“ scored by Neal Hefti’s big band chart, The Falconaires, the US Air Force Big Band from Colorado, recreate the Glenn Miller chart of “I Know Why And So Do You” working with Norman Leyden, Miller’s original arranger. Jerry Vale sings “This Is All I Ask” ; Billie Holiday says “Please Don’t Talk Abnout Me When I’m Gone”; an early Sinatra sings with Tommy Dorsey on therir 1941 record of Irving Berlin‘s “Blue Skies” and the great Johhny Hodges alto sax “Day Dreams” with The Duke. Elaine Elias scats her “Just Kidding” composition, Cab Calloway is accurately reprised by Bombay Jim and The Swinging Sapphires who do his “Minnie The Moocher” (Hi-dee, Hi-dee Ho!) then Jim Dapogny and The Chicago Jazz Band do Nick Kenny’s (The Ink Spots) positive composition “Laughing At Life” It’s all in good fun, take a listen! Sue Raney’s version of Cole Porter’s “Everytime We Say Goodbye” features Alan Broadbent on piano and a sweet trombone solo by Bill Watrus, Eddie Fisher does Jobim’s “Once I Loved” with Nelson Riddle’s Orchestra, then Boots Randolph (remember his“Yakety Yak” in 1963?) shows us a different style of his saxophone with the Tom Jones’ hit “It’s Not Unusual”. The late-Al Martino’s signature hit “Spanish Eyes” is on SONGBOOK AMERICA as a tribute to his music, Ginette Reno from Montreal sings Stevie Wonder’s “My Cheri Amour” and the great Jeff Linksy performs Jobim’s “Wave” on his guitar with a terrific back up band! I hope you\’ll like the show and come back every week for something new. Email the show russ@bostonpete.com Thanks for listening. =Russ Butler