Swing Shift

SOON 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 NOVEMBER 1, 2025

HOUR ONE

"A Square in the Social Circle" Betty Hutton
"Fort Knox Jump" Jack Teagarden
"From This Moment On" Les Brown
"Down Under" Woody Herman
"L'il Abner" Orrin Tucker

"Feelin' No Pain" Lud Gluskin
"What a Night for Spooning" Fred Waring
"Home (When Shadows Fall)" Peter Van Steeden
"Do Something" Jack Payne
"Out of the Dawn" Bernie Cummins

"Second Hand Heart" Jimmie Grier
"The You and Me That Used to Be" George Hall
"I'm Looking for a Guy Who Plays Alto and Baritone, and Doubles on a Clarinet, and Wears a Size Thirty-Seven Suit" Ozzie Nelson
"One Dozen Roses" Dick Jurgens
"The Chestnut Tree" Jan Savitt
"You Can't Sleep Up Here" Kay Kyser

HOUR TWO

"Girl of My Dreams" Harry James
"Squeeze Me" Bob Crosby
"I Still Think of Her" Count Basie
"Hurry, Hurry!" Benny Carter
"Hawkins' Barrel House" Coleman Hawkins

"Heavenly, Isn't It?" Teddy Powell
"Concert in the Park" Kay Kyser
"Our Love Affair" Dick Jurgens
"Goodnight, and God Bless You" Jay Wilbur
"You, You Darling" Jack Teagarden

"Come to Baby, Do" Duke Ellington
"The Missouri Walking Preacher" Ray McKinley
"Give Me the Simple Life" Benny Goodman
"Riff Raff" Stan Kenton
"You Won't Be Satisfied" Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
"Non-Alcoholic" Woody Herman

 

PLAY LIST FOR NOVEMBER 8, 2025

HOUR ONE

"Swing Without Words" Jack Teagarden
"Early Session Hop" Lionel Hampton
"Florida Shack" Dean Hudson
"Doggin' Around" Count Basie
"The Chase" Tadd Dameron/Fats Navarro

"Lucky Lindy" Nat Shilkret
"Sadie Shaker" Sydney Lipton
"I Wanna Sing About You" Bert Hirsch
"Sing a Little Jingle" The Boswell Sisters
"Supper Time" Isham Jones

"See What I Mean?" Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans
"Shoe Shine Boy" Duke Ellington
"Take It, Jackson" Vaughn Monroe
"Spring Song" Benny Goodman
"Dewey Square" Johnny Long
"When You're in Love" Geraldo (Gerald Bright)

HOUR TWO

"Tennessee (T-E-Double-N-E-Double-S-Double-E)" Blue Barron
"How Could You?" Teddy Wilson
"Any Time At All" Lionel Hampton
"That Foolish Feeling" Tommy Dorsey
"New Street Swing" Benny Carter

"What is There to Say?" Coleman Hawkins
"Tis Autumn" Woody Herman
"Colorado Sunset" Lawrence Welk
"Where?" Johnny Long
"I'm Glad I Waited for You" Frankie Carle

"The Mad Boogie" Count Basie
"In a Jam" Charlie Barnet
"356 in the Book" Bobby Sherwood
"Smokey Hollow Jump" Dizzy Gillespie
"Twenty-One Dollars a Day, Once a Month" Tony Pastor
"Minka" Spike Jones

 

COMING SOON!  OUR SPECIAL SEASONAL PROGRAMMING - VINTAGE RECORDINGS CELEBRATING WINTER, CHRISTMAS, AND THE START OF A BRAND NEW YEAR!