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)

 

PLAYLIST FOR OCTOBER 10, 2026

HOUR ONE

"When Lights are Low" Lionel Hampton
"The Whole World is Singing My Song" Les Brown
"High Octane" Alvino Rey
"Down, Down, Down" Benny Goodman
"Cheatin' on Me" Billy Butterfield

"Be Careful With Those Eyes" Tom Clines
"How'dja Like to Love Me?" Roy Fox
"Creole Love Call" Duke Ellington
"Miss Annabelle Lee" Ted Weems
"Laffin' at the Funnies" Ruby Newman

"You Took the Words Right Out of My Heart" Bunny Berigan
"Better Not Roll Those Blue, Blue Eyes" Dick Jurgens
"Muddy Water" Jimmie Lunceford
"Skylark" Gene Krupa
"Alone" Hal Kemp
"Naila" Arnold Johnson

HOUR TWO

"Don't Let It Get You Down" Will Bradley
"Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry" Joe Loss
"Venezuela" Ray Anthony
"Ivory Rag" Lawrence Welk
"At the Story Book Ball" Paul Whiteman with The Modernaires

"I Can't Pretend" Woody Herman
"More and More" Frankie Carle
"Sweet Someone" Horace Heidt
"More Than You Know" Jan Garber
"You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You" Russ Morgan

"I've Never Forgotten" Harry James
"I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You" The Mills Brothers
"Good Dues Blues" Dizzy Gillespie
"At a Dixie Roadside Diner" Duke Ellington
"Punkin'" The Just Jazz All-Stars
"Just for a Thrill" Jimmy Dorsey

 

PLAYLIST FOR OCTOBER 17, 2026

HOUR ONE

"Just a Simple Melody" Tommy Dorsey
"Every Tub" Count Basie
"Ridin' High" Benny Goodman
"Caldonia" Woody Herman
"No Wonder" Jan Savitt

"Crazy Quilt" B.A. Rolfe
"So This is Venice" Paul Whiteman
"You Gotta Be a Football Hero" Ben Bernie
"From the Top of Your Head" Carroll Gibbons
"Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away" Leo Reisman

"Blue Garden Blues" Cootie Williams
"He Ain't Got Rhythm" Benny Goodman
"It Ain't Right" Dick McDonough
"Dallas Blues" George Hall
"If You Were in My Place" Jimmy Dorsey
"Bolero at the Savoy" Gene Krupa

HOUR TWO

"Somebody Else's Picture" Blue Baron
"Feeling Like a Dream" Larry Clinton
"Please Keep Me in Your Dreams" Billie Holiday
"Sassin' the Boss" Glen Gray/Casa Loma Orchestra
"Broadway Rhythm" Richard Himber

"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" Glen Gray/Casa Loma Orchestra
"Does Your Heart Beat for Me?" Russ Morgan
"The Last Waltz of the Evening" Lou Preager
"It Never Entered My Mind" Shep Fields
"Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots

"My Last Goodbye" Glenn Miller
"Good Morning, Mr. Echo" Buddy Morrow
"Really?" Charlie Barnet
"My Kind of Town" Ray Anthony
"Go Away" Ralph Marterie
"The Count" Benny Goodman
"In a Mellow Tone" Bobby Sherwood

 

COMING SOON!  OUR ANNUAL HALLOWEEN BIG BAND BASH!