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 SEPTEMBER 20, 2025

HOUR ONE

"Something to Sing About" Jimmie Grier
"Not So Quiet, Please" Ted Heath
"Back Stage at Stuff's" Count Basie
"Sepian Bounce" Jay McShann
"The Colonel from Kentucky" Tommy Tucker

"I'll Be Faithful" Jan Garber
"Waitin' for Katy" Guy Lombardo
"Bye Bye Blackbird" George Olsen
"Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feeling?" Paul Ash
"Lazy Day" Ray Noble

"Swing, Swing, Swing" Cab Calloway
"Heebie Jeebies Are Rockin' the Town" Lionel Hampton
"Ready to Go Steady" Buddy Rich
"An Apple Blossom Wedding" Mitchell Ayres
"Blue Rain" Henry Busse
"Midnight Blue" Dick McDonough

HOUR TWO

"For Men Only" Larry Clinton
"I Can't Stop Loving You" Chick Webb
"Dexter Blues" Jay McShann
"I Wanna Say Hello" Lawrence Welk
"I Never Mention Your Name" Ambrose"

"Little Heaven of the Seven Seas" Horace Heidt
"Blue Mist" Jack Teagarden
"What Are You Doing Tonight?" Jan Savitt
"Long Ago and Far Away" Guy Lombardo
"If My Heart Could Only Talk" Tommy Dorsey

"Baby Sitter" Ralph Marterie
"Phalanges" Louis Bellson
"Quiet Riot" Buddy Rich
"Godchild" Red Norvo
"Please Think of Me" Shep Fields

 

PLAY LIST FOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

HOUR ONE

"Little Peach from East Orange" Ray Anthony
"I Hear You Knockin'" Tommy Dorsey
"There's a Time and Place for Everything" Carroll Gibbons
"Don't Do It, Darling" Glen Gray
"Dodging the Dean" Larry Clinton

"What a Day!" Ted Weems
"The Continental" Lew Stone
"Maple Leaf Rag" The New Orleans Feetwarmers
"The Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues" Carroll Gibbons
"Elizabeth" Fred Waring

"Ivory Tower Blues" Sam Donahue
"Be Like the Kettle and Sing" Vera Lynn with Mantovani
"Definition of Swing" Hudson-DeLange Orchestra
"It Was a Sad Night in Harlem" Duke Ellington
"All the Bees Are Buzzin'" Frankie Carle
"Wait 'till It Happens to You" The Charioteers

HOUR TWO

"When They Played the Polka" Sammy Kaye
"Boyd Meets the Duke" Boyd Raeburn
"Santiago by the Sea" Bob Chester
"Especially for You" Jack Teagarden
"Oklahoma" Ralph Flanagan

"You're in Love With Love" Fletcher Henderson
"I Wish That I Could Hide Inside This Letter" Lawrence Welk
"Think It Over" Henry King
"Who am I?" Jay Wilbur
"I'll Never Make the Same Mistake Again" The Ink Spots

"A Room With a View" Glenn Miller
"Wait Until My Heart Finds Out" Glenn Miller
"The Muffin Man" Ella Fitzgerald
"Necessity" Frankie Masters
"The Winky Dink" Ralph Flanagan
"Chatterbox" Charlie Barnet