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 APRIL 25, 2026

HOUR ONE

"Solid Mahogany" George Paxton
"Celery Stalks at Midnight" Les Brown
"Buster's Gang" Tommy Tucker
"I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (and Throw Away the Key)" Larry Clinton
"Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie" Glen Gray

"Blazin'" Fletcher Henderson
"The Old Man of the Mountain" Fred Waring
"Sunny" George Olsen
"Mandy" Joe Haymes
"Shoot 'em" The Washboard Rhythm Kings

"What is This Thing Called Swing?" Louis Armstrong
"Stardust on the Moon" Tommy Dorsey
"It's a Hundred-to-One" Jack Teagarden
"Guilty" Artie Shaw
"Dateless Brown" Buddy Rich
"Could Be" Russ Morgan

HOUR TWO

"Dupree Blues" Woody Herman
"This is My Last Affair" Mildred Bailey
"Swing for Sale" The Mills Brothers
"Out of My Way" Benny Carter
"Hollywood Pastime" Larry Clinton

"Lilacs in the Rain" Bob Crosby
"You Came to My Rescue" Shep Fields
"Commando Serenade" Hal McIntyre
"When the Leaves Bid the Trees Goodbye" Enric Madriguera
"My Young and Foolish Heart" Tex Beneke

"It's Kind of Lonesome Out Tonight" Kay Kyser
"What Have You Got to Lose (But Your Heart)?" Frankie Carle
"After Midnight" Ralph Marterie
"Manhattan Mambo" Ted Heath
"A Ship Without a Sail" The Dave Pell Octet
"Bootsie" Count Basie

 

PLAY LIST FOR MAY 2, 2026

HOUR ONE

"Congo" Cab Calloway
"Let's Dance" Benny Goodman
"Hey, Hey, Hey! Have You Had Your Corn Today?" Joe Haymes
"Blue Skies" Tommy Dorsey
"Let's Eat" Bobby Sherwood

"The Grass is Getting Greener" Victor Young
"Little White Lies" The Cliquot Club Eskimos
"Now We're on Our Second Honeymoon" Enric Madriguera
"A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody" Rudy Vallee
"Nobody's Sweetheart" Paul Whiteman

"Honest and Truly" Jimmie Lunceford
"Peckin'" Benny Goodman
"Starlight Avenue" Jan Garber
"For Dancers Only" Jimmie Lunceford
"Smooth Blend" Sam Donahue

HOUR TWO

"Money is Honey" Count Basie
"Marie" Tommy Dorsey
"Conchita Marquita Lolita Pepita Rosita Juanita Lopez" Tommy Tucker
"Cop on the Beat" Vaughn Monroe
"Head Over Heels in Love" Ozzie Nelson

"Passing By" Frankie Carle
"Dancing in the Dark" Artie Shaw
"There Shall Be No Night" Duke Ellington
"The Tinkle Song" Kay Kyser
"To You" Jan Savitt

"Guess What" Chico O'Farrill
"Shanghai" Bob Crosby
"Soft and Warm" Earle Spencer
"Rolling Home" Ray Anthony
"In the Land of Hi-Fi" Georgie Auld
"Stop, Look and Listen" Charlie Barnet