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 MAY 9, 2026

HOUR ONE

"Scratchin' in the Gravel" Andy Kirk
"Begin the Beguine" Artie Shaw
"Wake the Place" Les Brown
"Eager Beaver" Stan Kenton
"Slap Slap" Alvino Rey

"Hey, Young Fella!" Ruth Etting
"No Strings" Dolly Dawn
"Goodnight Moon" Ben Selvin
"I'm Getting Myself Ready for You" Emil Coleman
"Ten Little Miles from Town" Paul Ash

"Central Avenue Breakdown" Lionel Hampton
"The Image of You" Lucky Millinder
"This Time" Charlie Spivak
"On a Cocoanut Island" Bunny Berigan
"Autumn on Campus" Orrin Tucker
"Jivin' the Vibes" Lionel Hampton

HOUR TWO

"I've Got a Date With a Dream" Billie Holiday
"Stampede in G Minor" Elmer Fain
"The Little Red Fox" Kay Kyser
"Ridin' the Subways" Teddy Powell
"Doodle Doo Doo" Les Brown

"Autumn Nocturne" Shep Fields
"In the Blue of the Evening" Tommy Dorsey
"Love Lies" Tommy Dorsey
"There'll Come Another Day" Vera Lynn
"Tears from My Inkwell" Glen Gray

"Let's Go Home" Charlie Spivak
"Comin' 'round the Corner" Tommy Tucker
"Daily Double" Buddy Rich
"For You, My Love" Ray McKinley
"Did I Remember?" Woody Herman

 

PLAY LIST FOR MAY 16, 2026

HOUR ONE

"Swingin' at the Sugar Bowl" Bob Crosby
"Invitation" Les Brown
"You're My Dish" Jimmie Grier
"In the Mood" Glenn Miller
"Sure Had a Wonderful Time" Louis Jordan

"Take It From Me" Leo Reisman
"Why Do I Dream Those Dreams?" Richard Himber
"You're Telling Me" Ben Bernie
"Got a Date With an Angel" Phil Harris

"Don't Ever Change" Artie Shaw
"As Long as I Live" Bob Crosby
"Windy City Jive" Earl Hines
"Sunday" Benny Carter
"Convelescing With Katie" Johnny Long
"Beethoven Wrote It, But It Swings" Dolly Dawn

HOUR TWO

"Aren't You Gonna Kiss Me Goodnight?" Orrin Tucker
"Century Note" Vaughn Monroe
"Hindustan" Glen Gray
"May i Have the Next Romance With You?" Tommy Dorsey
"Say Foreward, I'll March" Jay McShann

"Casbah Blues" Woody Herman
"Avalon Town" Glen Gray
"Without You" Frankie Carle
"Serenade to a Sleeping Beauty" Coleman Hawkins
"If" Jan Garber

"Everything But You" Cootie Williams
"Stormy Monday Blues" Billy Eckstine
"It Took a Million Years" Larry Clinton
"Focus" Fats Navarro
"Song of the Wanderer" Bobby Sherwood
"The Gang That Sang Heart of My Heart" Les Elgart