WBAI-NYC Upcoming Program

WBAI-FM Upcoming Program

Everything Old is New Again

Sun, Jun 15, 2025 10:00 PM

PEGGY KING, DEE BRIDGEWATER, NATALIE DOUGLAS

This week,on Everything Old Is New Again, the only king we are honoring is Peggy King "Pretty Perky"

Some of the songs from her career that we will hear:

Let’s Fall In Love
Arthur Hamilton’s Cry Me A River
The Land Where The Good Songs Go (Jerome Kern / P.G. Wodehouse)
of course, Make Yourself Comfortable
When You Wish Upon A Star
And More!

We’ll Listen to Four Renditions of I'll Be Around

Music & lyrics written by Alec Wilder in 1942 with performances:

The Mills Brothers
Frank Sinatra
Carly Simon
Kandace Springs

Album Pick of the Week:

Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap - Elemental

Catch Dee Dee & Bill on June 14 – 15 @ 3:30PM in Los Angeles, CA at the Hollywood Bowl

Catch Dee Dee on June 16 & 17 @ 8:00 PM in Oakland, CA at Yoshi’s Oakland

You Must Remember This
Previously Released Albums to Keep In Mind:

Natalie Douglas - Human Heart

Catch Natalie on Monday, June 16th at 7:00PM in “A JUNETEENTH JUBILEE – The Nat Pack: Sammy & Nat & Stevie & Joe” at Birdland Jazz Club, NYC

I’ll chat with Michael Kirk Lane about the 92nd Street Y School of Music’s second Cabaret Conference which will take place July 14-18, 2025. Applications are now being accepted. Plus tune in for some new sounds as I have lots and lots of new releases to share with you.

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