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. Or three).  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 22, 2025

HOUR ONE

"It's the Little Things That Count" Bunny Berigan
"Boogie Woogie Blue Plate" Louis Jordan
"Lone Star Moon" Tex Beneke
"You're a Sweetheart" Dolly Dawn
"Keep It In the Groove" Andy Kirk

"Many Happy Returns of the Day" The Washboard Rhythm Kings
"Spanish Shawl" Bert Firman
"You Ought to See Sally on Sunday" Ray Noble
"Turn on the Heat" Lloyd Keating
"Birmingham Breakdown" Duke Ellington

"K Ration Hop" Lionel Hampton
"Make With the Kisses" Will Bradley/Ray McKinley
"I'm in a Fog About You" Jan Savitt
"I Can Pull a Rabbit Out of a Hat" Bunny Berigan
"Whispers in the Dark" Artie Shaw
"Ain't Cha Comin' Out?" Glenn Miller

HOUR TWO

"Straight Eight Boogie" Abe Lyman
"You're the Moment in My Life" Jack Teagarden
"That's the Way It Goes" Benny Goodman
"Margie" Claude Hopkins
"Take Five" Sam Donahue

"No Souvenirs" Oscar Rabin
"And So Do I" Jack Teagarden
"Every Night About This Time" Kay Kyser
"Lonely Serenade" Boyd Raeburn
"A Little White Lighthouse" Tommy Dorsey

"E. S. Boogie, Part One" Earle Spencer
"What Have You Got That Gets Me?" Glenn Miller
"Eugipelliv" Charlie Barnet
"My Hero" Ralph Flanagan
"Jack and Jill" Count Basie

 

PLAY LIST FOR NOVEMBER 29, 2025

SWING SHIFT CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, PART ONE!

HOUR ONE

"What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin')?" Louis Prima
"Jingle Bell Polka" The Modernaires
"You're Just as Cute as Christmas" Vincent Lopez
"A Wonderful Winter" Charlie Spivak
"I'll Keep Warm All Winter" Ted Weems
"Under the Mistletoe" Lou Gold

"Jolly Old Christmas" Ray Starita
"Christ Was Born on Christmas Morn" Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
"Christmas Day With the Savoy Orpheans" The Savoy Orpheans

"Gin for Christmas" Lionel Hampton
"On a Christmas Tree" Debroy Somers
"Jumpin' Jiminy Christmas" Bob Eberly
"Barnyard Christmas" Spike Jones
"Christmas Alphabet" The McGuire Sisters
"On the Santa Claus Express" Freddy Martin

HOUR TWO

"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" Alvino Rey with The King Sisters
"Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy" John Kirby
"The Christmas Song" Peggy Lee
"When You Trim Your Christmas Tree" Les Brown
"An Old-Fashioned Tree" Guy Lombardo

"Headin' for the Christmas Ball" Georgie Auld
"White Christmas" Charlie Parker
"Christmas Won't Be the Same" The Starlighters
"Christmas Eve" Billy Eckstine

"The Sleigh" Mitch Miller
"Santa from Santa Fe" Lawrence Welk with The Lennon Sisters
"My Favorite Things" Woody Herman
"Good Morning Blues (I Want to See Santa Claus)" Ella Fitzgerald
"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" Duke Ellington
"And the Bells Rang" Tex Beneke with The Modernaires
"Christmas Time" Blue Barron

 

PLAY LIST FOR DECEMBER 6, 2025

SWING SHIFT CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, PART TWO!

HOUR ONE

"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" Johnny Mercer with The Pied Pipers
"I Want You for Christmas" Dick Robertson
"Santa Claus is On His Way" Sammy Kaye
"It's Christmas Time Again" Margaret Whiting
"I Told Santa Claus to Bring Me You" Bernie Cummins
"The Merry Christmas Waltz" Guy Lombardo

"Winter Draws On" Gracie Fields
"Le Noel des Petits Santons" Henri Alibert
"A Punch and Judy Show" Pete Mandell
"O, Holy Night" The Victor Salon Orchestra

"A Christmas Medley" Glenn Miller
"The Nutcracker Suite" Les Brown
"Christmas Dreaming" Frank Sinatra

HOUR TWO

"Santa Claus Express" Henry Hall
"Hello, Mr. Kringle" Kay Kyser
"Christmas in Killarney" Tommy Tucker
"Christmas Eve in Fairyland" Gracie Fields
"My Christmas Song for You" The Mills Brothers

"All Around the Christmas Tree" Raymond Scott
"Christmas Candles" Guy Lombardo with The Andrews Sisters
"Blue Christmas" Russ Morgan
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" Bing Crosby
"The Birthday of a King" David Rose with Judy Garland

"We Three Kings" Stan Kenton
"The Jolly Old Man (in the Bright Red Suit)" Vaughn Monroe
"Mistletoe Kiss" Russ Morgan
"Send Me Your Love for Christmas" Raymond Scott
"I'd Like to Hitch a Ride With Santa Claus" The Andrews Sisters
"I'm Spending Christmas With the Old Folks" Oscar Rabin