Swing Shift

NOW CELEBRATING 30 YEARS!  ON THE AIR SINCE 1996!
Two Hours of Classic Big Band Memories Every Saturday!

SS1130.JPGRecord collectors Steve Laughery (left) and John Heyrend (right) bring you two hours of classic Big Band Jazz on KOMW's Swing Shift every Saturday morning from ten to noon. Hear ALL your favorites - Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Jack Teagarden, Louis Jordan, Claude Thornhill, Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Guy Lombardo, Fats Waller, Bunny Berigan, The Andrews Sisters, The Boswell Sisters, The King Sisters, Fletcher Henderson, Artie Shaw, Harry James, Will Bradley, Ray McKinley, Dolly Dawn, Jimmie Lunceford, Stan Kenton, Les Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey ... and many more!  

   Be sure to tune-in each week for lots of fun, swingin'  music from the late 1920's, to the mid 1950's!





 

(Note: Here are the titles and artists for the next SWING SHIFT (or two).  As I'm sure we all know, both computers and DJs can make mistakes.  Also, although it rarely happens, the show could - for various reasons - be preempted)

 

PLAY LIST FOR MARCH 7, 2026

HOUR ONE

"Starburst" Gene Krupa
"Charleston Alley" Jimmy Dorsey
"V-Hop" Jerry Gray
"It's Swell of You" Ozzie Nelson
"Bear Down" Andy Kirk

"Last Dollar" Eddie Droesch
"Roll Along, Prairie Moon" Jack Jackson
"Maybe I Love You Too Much" Ray Noble
"The Love Bug Will Bite You" Billy Cotton
"Shanghai Lil" Leon Belasco

"Swingin' a Dream" Will Bradley/Ray McKinley
"Stop! The Red Light's On" Gene Krupa
"Many Dreams Ago" Artie Shaw
"Spring Will Be So Sad (When She Comes This Year)" Glenn Miller
"I Can't Resist You" Benny Goodman

HOUR TWO

"You're the One" Orrin Tucker
"Zig Zag" Larry Clinton
"The Sweet Potato Piper" Glenn Miller
"Flea on a Spree" Teddy Powell
"Who's That Knockin' at My Heart?" Jimmie Grier

"A New Moon and an Old Serenade" Tommy Dorsey
"I Give You My Word" Eddy Duchin
"If I Put My Heart in a Song" Artie Shaw
"Don't Have to Tell Nobody" The Pied Pipers
"One More Tomorrow" Frankie Carle

"Ya Better Stop" Harry James
"Beguine Without a Name" Edmundo Ros
"Bags and Baggage" Stan Kenton
"The King" Count Basie
"Apples Peaches and Cherries" Ted Heath
"Street Scene" Ray Anthony

 

PLAY LIST FOR MARCH 14, 2026

HOUR ONE

"I Hear Bluebirds" Jack Teagarden
"Beulah's Boogie" Lionel Hampton
"What is This Thing Called Love?" Artie Shaw
"One More Once" Duke Ellington

"Allah's Holiday" Red Nichols
"Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?" Richard Himber
"No Body Loves No Baby Like My Baby Loves Me" Ben Selvin
"Hello, Baby" Fred Waring
"Knockin' On Wood" Red Norvo

"Don't Let It Bother You" Leo Reisman
"Ciribiribin" The Andrews Sisters
"Like the Fella Once Said" Kay Kyser
"Too Romantic" Lew Stone
"Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (I Love You)" Frankie Carle
"Brazil" Xavier Cugat

HOUR TWO

"Let's Sing a Song" Harry Leader
"I Must See Annie Tonight" Ozzie Nelson
"I'm Happy About the Whole Thing" Lawrence Welk
"What's the Matter With Me?" Glen Gray
"A Little Door, A Little Lock, a Little Key" Wingy Manone

"Day by Day" Les Brown
"Please, Mama" Ziggy Elman
"That's for Me" Tommy Dorsey
"Forever and Ever" Russ Morgan
"If I Told a Lie" Lou Preager

"New York" Chubby Jackson
"The Glow Worm" Spike Jones
"Experiments With Mice" Johnny Dankworth
"Maybe It's Because" Louis Armstrong
"The Merrily Song (No Where in Particular)" Tex Beneke
"We Knew It All the Time" Gil Evans