Swing Shift

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, Fletcher Henderson, Artie Shaw, Harry James, Will Bradley, Ray McKinley, Dolly Dawn, Jimmie Lunceford, Stan Kenton, Les Brown, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey ... and many more!  

   Be sure to tune-in 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 JULY 19, 2025

HOUR ONE

"I Was Born to Swing" Mildred Bailey
"Bearcat Shuffle" Andy Kirk
"Look at You, Looking at Me" Raymond Scott
"Miss Hallelujah Brown" Erskine Hawkins
"Take It From Hudson" Dean Hudson

"We're in the Money" The Boswell Sisters
"I Get a Kick Out of You" Paul Whiteman
"Down by the Sycamore Tree" Victor Young
"We Better Get Together Again" Phil Harris
"Swampy River" Duke Ellington

"Trumpet in Spades" Duke Ellington
"Penny Serenade" Geraldo
"Too Much of a Good Thing" Coleman Hawkins
"You, You, You Are the One" Russ Morgan
"Caterpillar Shuffle" Johnny Long
"A Millionaire Received His Questionnaire" Ray Herbeck

HOUR TWO

"Gotta Find Somebody to Love" Bob Chester
"Bugle Call Rag" Gene Krupa
"Tico Tico" Les Brown
"I Had My Heart Set on You" Blue Barron
"Pony Express" Ambrose

"It Isn't Fair" Richard Himber
"Can I Forget You?" Artie Shaw
"If It's the Last Thing I Do" Fletcher Henderson
"Dream of You" Tommy Dorsey
"I Remember the Cornfields" Ralph Flanagan

"Alone Too Long" Stan Kenton
"The Honey Jump" Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
"Mandy, Make Up Your Mind" Muggsy Spanier
"Man, That's Groovy!" Will Bradley-Ray McKinley
"A Little Handicap" Buddy Rich
"Solid as a Stone Wall, Jackson" Jerry Gray
"The Grabber" Sonny Burke

 

PLAY LIST FOR JULY 26, 2025

HOUR ONE

"Swingin' at the Semloh" Bobby Sherwood
"T-Bone for Two" Bobby Sherwood
"I'm Gonna Love That Guy" Stan Kenton
"Back to Back" Jan Savitt
"The Lady Who Swings the Band" Andy Kirk

"I Don't Know Why" Annette Hanshaw
"Don't Say Goodbye" Ray Noble
"Was It a Dream?" Jan Garber
"Cake Walking Babies from Home" Louis Armstrong
"Tears" Bert Hirsch

"Cedarhurst Shuffle" Teddy Powell
"Okolehoa" Dolly Dawn
"125th Street Prophet" Woody Herman
"Swing Me With Rhythm" Louis Prima
"Strictly Swing" Erskine Hawkins
"Shuffle Rhythm" Jan Savitt

HOUR TWO

"Dry Bones" Tommy Dorsey
"Gin Mill Blues" Bob Crosby
"The Spitfire Song" Sam Brown
"Three Little Words" Claude Hopkins
"Practice Makes Perfect" Bob Chester

"Carnegie Blues" Duke Ellington
"Let's Stop the Clock" Horace Heidt
"I'm Through With Love" Coleman Hawkins
"My Buddy" Harry James
"Little Old Lady" Shep Fields

"Pushin' the Conversation Along" Bob Chester
"For Europeans Only" Louis Bellson
"Young Blood" Stan Kenton
"Elevation" Elliot Lawrence
"Sticks" The Just Jazz All Stars
"Albuquerque" Ralph Flanagan