Jazz, blues and nostalgia, by Sjaak Roodenburg. A treasure hunt in the history of music.
Featuring: Keely Smith on her ‘John Lennon-Paul McCartney Songbook’ with ‘Do you know a secret?’ Followed by the same title from Billy J. Kramer & The Dakota’s. The orchestra wiped out by the Nazis Weintraub’s Serenaders with Eva Busch. And the big band song that made Artie Shaw the ‘King of Jazz’.
In the Oscar-category: interpretations by Gogi Grant, Frankie Laine and Frank Sinatra with the winning song ‘High Hopes’.
In addition: ‘Sunny’ by actor Robert Mitchum, Zjef Vanuytsel about beautiful Marlene. Laurindo Almeida & Gary Peacock on ‘Holiday in Brazil’, Stochelo Rosenberg, pianist Pete Johnson, Ernie Andrews, Clark Terry & Paul Gonsalves: ’Take Nine’.
And also: Wim Sonneveld in German, Peggy Lee, Perry Como, Eartha Kitt, a tango by Francisco Fiorentino & Anibal Troilo, Perry Como.
And if anyone would like to dance: John Ryan with ‘Loop de loo’.
