December 7, 2024 Playlist

Roger Williams "Christmas Time" album cover

Featuring break music from
Christmas Time by Roger Williams

Billy Williams with Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra (1944-1946) “It’s Only A Paper Moon” from The Uncollected: Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra (1944-1946)

Kenny Sargent w/ Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra “Day In, Day Out” from The Uncollected: Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra (1939-1940)

Edythe Wright w/ Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven “You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby” from The Great Band Era (1938)

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra “I Got Rhythm” from The Uncollected: Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1942-1944)

Les Brown and His Orchestra “12:55 Express” from The Uncollected: Les Brown and His Orchestra (1944-1946)

Doris Day “Dream a Little Dream of Me” from Day By Night

Ella Fitzgerald “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You” from Let No Man Write My Epitaph (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)

Vic Damone “Out Of Nowhere” from Vic Damone Sings

Perry Como “Once Upon A Time” from The Best of Perry Como

Sammy Davis, Jr. & Sam Butera & The Witnesses “Do Nothing ‘Till You Hear from Me” from When the Feeling Hits You! (Sammy Davis Meets Sam Butera & The Witnesses)

Della Reese “Someday Sweetheart” from Special Delivery

Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer “My Cutey’s Due at Two-To-Two Today” from Two of a Kind

Rosemary Clooney “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” from The Essential Rosemary Clooney

Johnny Hartman “Worry Bird” from The Johnny Hartman Collection 1947-1972

Dean Martin “On An Evening In Roma” from Capitol Collectors Series

Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 “Mais Que Nada” from Greatest Hits
–Honoring Sergio Mendes, who passed away September 5, 2024

Quincy Jones “Chega de Saudade (No More Blues)” from Big Band Bossa Nova
–Honoring Quincy Jones, who passed away November 4, 2024

The Shangri-Las “Sophisticated Boom Boom” from Lady Tickler: A WSUM Sampler
–Honoring Mary Weiss, who passed away January 19, 2024

Chita Rivera “Old Devil Moon” from Chita! (Remastered)
–Honoring Chita Rivera, who passed away January 30, 2024

Petula Clark “Downtown” from Downtown
–Honoring studio guitarist Vic Flick, who passed away November 14, 2024

Jackson 5 “The Love You Save” from The Essential Michael Jackson
–Honoring Tito Jackson, who passed away September 15, 2024

Steve Lawrence “Pretty Blue Eyes” from The Solo Hits (1952-1962)
–Honoring Steve Lawrence, who passed away March 7, 2024

Natalie Cole “Unforgettable (Duet with Nat King Cole)” from Unforgettable…With Love
–Honoring producer and arranger Bill Holman, who passed away May 6, 2024

Julie Andrews “A Spoonful of Sugar” from Mary Poppins (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
–Honoring songwriter Richard Sherman, who passed away May 25, 2024

Edith Piaf “Non, je ne regrette rien” from Edith Piaf: 30e Anniversaire
–Honoring songwriter Charles Dumont, who passed away November 18, 2024

Dinah Washington “I Remember Clifford (feat. Eddie Chamblee & His Orchestra)” from Compact Jazz
–Honoring musician, composer, and arranger Benny Golson, who passed away September 21, 2024

Frank Sinatra “Where Or When (Live At The Sands Hotel And Casino/1966)” from Sinatra At the Sands
–Honoring Quincy Jones, who passed away November 4, 2024

Ray Charles “Stompin’ Room Only” from Genius + Soul = Jazz
–Honoring Quincy Jones, who passed away November 4, 2024

Quincy Jones “Chant Of the Weed” from The Birth Of A Band!
–Honoring Quincy Jones, who passed away November 4, 2024

Quincy Jones “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” from Smackwater Jack
–Honoring Quincy Jones, who passed away November 4, 2024

Frank Sinatra & Count Basie “The Best Is Yet To Come” from Reprise: The Very Good Years
–Honoring Quincy Jones, who passed away November 4, 2024

Photo collage of all the artists, composers, arrangers, and producers celebrated in the HPZ 2024 tribute