Big Band Saturday Night on 89.5-1

Saturdays at 8pm

Big Band Saturday Night has been a staple of Tulsa radio for more than 17 years! Alan Lambert's show transports you to the world of Sinatra, The Andrew Sisters, Rosemary Clooney, Helen Forrest, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and Harry James plus gives you contemporary takes by the likes of Michael Buble', Harry Connick,Jr., Bette Midler, Natalie Cole and Barry Manilow.

Saturday nights from 8-10pm on Public Radio 89.5-1

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Playlist

November 24, 2012

8:00 PM
Theme from "Route 66" TV show (BBSN THEME SONG)
Artist : Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Album : Best of Nelson Riddle
Catalog : CDP 7 91228-2
Label : Capitol
8:01 PM
Hamp’s Boogie Woogie
Artist : Doc Severinson and the Tonight Show Band
Album : Doc Severinson and the Tonight Show Band, Vol II
Catalog : AMH 93312
Label : Amherst
8:04 PM
Side by Side
Artist : Kay Starr
Album : Kay Starr Capitol Collectors Series
Catalog : CDP 7 94080 2
Label : Capitol
8:07 PM
Little Brown Jug
Artist : Glenn Miller
Album : Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller
Catalog : 61072-2
Label : Bluebird/RCA
8:10 PM
You Make Me Feel So Young
Artist : Frank Sinatra
Album : Classic Sinatra
Catalog : CDP 7 243 5 2350223
Label : Capitol
8:14 PM
Coral Reef
Artist : Neal Hefti Orchestra
Album : Neal Hefti
Catalog : DLP 25862
Label : Dot
8:19 PM
Happiness is a Thing Called Joe
Artist : Francis Wayne
Album : Francis Wayne
Catalog : 36789
Label : Columbia (Vinyl)
8:23 PM
The Continental
Artist : Les Brown Orchestra
Album : The Many Shades of Les Brown
Catalog : CDL-9573
Label : Pair/Capitol
8:25 PM
Try a Little Tenderness
Artist : Michael Buble’
Album : It's Time
Catalog : CDW 48946
Label : 143 Reprise
8:30 PM
Laura
Artist : Charlie Spivak Orchestra, Arranged by Nelson Riddle
Album : The Uncollected
Catalog : HSR-105
Label : Hindsight
8:33 PM
Cute (Written by Neal Hefti)
Artist : Count Basie Orchestra
Album : Count Basie Best of Roulette Years
Catalog : CDP 7 97969 2
Label : Roulette Jazz
8:36 PM
Blue Skies
Artist : Doris Day with the Neal Hefti Orchestra
Album : Doris Day
Catalog : 36789
Label : Columbia (Vinyl)
8:38 PM
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Artist : Benny Goodman
Album : Benny Goodman Orchestra
Catalog : D2-77386
Label : Curb
8:41 PM
I’m Old Fashioned
Artist : Dinah Shore with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Album : Capitol Sings Johnny Mercer
Catalog : CDP 7 96791 2
Label : CDP 7 96791 2
8:44 PM
Peter Gunn Theme
Artist : Dave Grusin
Album : Two for the Road
Catalog : 9865
Label : GRD
8:50 PM
You Stepped Out of a Dream
Artist : Nat King Cole directed by Pete Rugolo
Album : The Wonderful World of Nat King Cole
Catalog : 7243 874712 2 1
Label : Capitol
8:52 PM
I Won’t Dance
Artist : Neal Hefti Orchestra and Chorus
Album : Light And Right! (The Modern Touch Of The Neal Hefti Quintet)
Catalog : CS 8316 (Vinyl)
Label : Columbia
8:55 PM
Everything I Have is Yours
Artist : Billy Ekstine
Album : Billy Ekstine
Catalog : SP 60796 30819-02
Label : Mercury (Vinyl)
9:00 PM
Up a Lazy River
Artist : Si Zentner Orchestra
Album : Alive in Las Vegas
Catalog : KD-77002
Label : Klavier
9:02 PM
The Song is You
Artist : Michael Feinstein
Album : The Sinatra Project
Catalog : CRE-30819-02
Label : Concord
9:05 PM
Batman Theme
Artist : Neal Hefti Orchestra
Album : Batman and 11 Neal Hefti Bat Songs
Catalog : LPM 3573
Label : RCA Victor (Vinyl)
9:08 PM
It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Don’t Have that Swing)
Artist : Mel Torme’ with the Neal Hefti Orchestra
Album : The Velvet Fog
Catalog : VL 73905
Label : Vocalian
9:10 PM
The Odd Couple Theme
Artist : Neal Hefti Orchestra
Album : The Odd Couple
Catalog : DLP 25862
Label : Dot
9:13 PM
Blue Skies
Artist : Benny Goodman
Album : Live at Carnegie Hall
Catalog : G2K 40244
Label : Columbia
9:17 PM
Linger in My Arms a Little Longer
Artist : Peggy Lee
Album : Peggy Lee Capitol Collectors Series
Catalog : CDP 7 93195 2
Label : Capitol
9:20 PM
Scoot (written by Neal Hefti)
Artist : Frank Capp Orchestra
Album : In a Hefti Bag
Catalog : CCD-4655
Label : Concord Jazz
9:23 PM
Snap Your Fingers
Artist : Lou Rawls featuring Plas Johnson on tenor sax
Album : Portrait of the Blues
Catalog : 0777 7 99548 2 7
Label : Manhatten/Capitol
9:26 PM
Cherry
Artist : Harry James
Album : Big Band Favorites
Catalog : CDL-9477
Label : Pair/Capitol
9:30 PM
Girl Talk
Artist : Tony Bennett
Album : The Movie Song Album
Catalog : CK 9272
Label : Columbia
9:33 PM
Swinging Down the Lane
Artist : Les Brown Orchestra
Album : The Many Shades of Les Brown
Catalog : CDL-9573
Label : Pair/Capitol
9:35 PM
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Artist : Michael Buble’
Album : Michael Buble' Christmas
Catalog : 528350-2
Label : 143 Reprise
9:40 PM
Moonlight Serenade
Artist : Glenn Miller
Album : Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller
Catalog : 68490-2
Label : Glenn Miller Greatest Hits
9:43 PM
You’ll Never Know
Artist : Bette Midler
Album : Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook
Catalog : CK 90350
Label : Columbia
9:45 PM
Take Five
Artist : Neal Hefti and his Jazz Pops Orchestra
Album : Jazz Pops
Catalog : R9-6039
Label : Reprise
9:48 PM
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Artist : Frank Sinatra Arranged and Directed by Neal Hefti
Album : Sinatra Reprise The Very Good Years
Catalog : D 180304
Label : Reprise
9:51 PM
Begin the Beguine
Artist : Artie Shaw
Album : Begin the Beguine, Disc #1
Catalog : RMGSN 2020
Label : Rajon
9:54 PM
Stardust
Artist : John Gary with the Marty Paich Orchestra
Album : All-Time Heart Touching Favorites
Catalog : DVL2-0899
Label : RCA/BMG
9:57 PM
Theme from "Route 66" TV show (BBSN THEME SONG)
Artist : Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Album : Best of Nelson Riddle
Catalog : CDP 7 91228-2
Label : Capitol

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8:08 am
Fri May 17, 2013

Perry Como on Big Band Saturday Night

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"Hey, Alan Lambert, here! This weekend on Big Band Saturday Night, lots of rare music and plenty of memories. We'll be saying happy birthday day to crooner Perry Como. Join me at 8 o'clock on 89.5...Big Band Saturday Night."

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9:33 am
Sat May 11, 2013

Bob Crosby on Big Band Saturday Night

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Alan Lambert with you...join me this weekend for the Bob Crosby story! His great instrumental and vocal hits as well as his fascinating tale. 8 o'clock, 89.5 on Big Band Saturday Night. We're now celebrating 18 years on Tulsa radio.

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6:36 pm
Thu April 25, 2013

Steve & Eydie on Big Band Saturday Night

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Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme

The dynamic duo of show biz and The Great American Songbook. Steve & Eydie are in the spotlight this week on Big Band Saturday Night! Join me at 8 o'clock right after John Wooley's Swing On This at 7 pm on Public Radio 89.5.

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10:00 am
Fri April 12, 2013

Bobby Hackett on Big Band Saturday Night

Alan Lambert here. This week on Big Band Saturday Night...a guy who blew that smooth cornet for some of the best in big band: Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman as well as his own orchestra. Join me for the story and tunes of Bobby Hackett! You will be musically inspired.

Big Band Saturday Night at 8 o'clock on Public Radio 89.5-1 FM. Join me!!

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1:51 pm
Wed April 3, 2013

Kay Starr on Big Band Saturday Night

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This Saturday on Big Band Saturday Night... Oklahoma's own Kay Starr! Her story and her music on Big Band Saturday Night at 8 o'clock on Public Radio 89.5-1. 

"Kay Starr (born July 21, 1922) is an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for introducing two songs that became #1 hits in the 1950s, "Wheel of Fortune" and "The Rock And Roll Waltz".

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1:08 pm
Tue March 26, 2013

Big Band Saturday Night's Alan Lambert to be Honored at the Newsies Awards

TULSA PRESS CLUB TO HONOR LOCAL MEDIA ICON 

Alan Lambert to be honored at March 28 Newsies Awards. Big Band Saturday Night is heard every  Saturday on Public Radio 89.5-1 from 8-10 pm.

Veteran Tulsa broadcaster Alan Lambert has been named the Tulsa Press Club’s newest Media Icon, and will be recognized during the Press Club’s annual Newsies Awards, which will be held March 28 at the Campbell Hotel.

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12:35 pm
Fri March 22, 2013

Ray Anthony Featured On Big Band Saturday Night

Hi everyone, Alan Lambert here…

He played trumpet for Glenn Miller and has taken his own orchestra from the swing era right into the new millennium. All of this, while developing a record label and publishing company…

Hear RAY ANTHONY: his story and his music, this week on Big Band Saturday Night, 89.5 at 8 o’clock.

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12:37 pm
Sat March 16, 2013

Coleman Hawkins (Instead) on Big Band Saturday Night

Our planned program featuring Ray Anthony will be delayed until March 23rd.

Meanwhile, this weekend, I will bring you the story and the music of Coleman Hawkins. He came to prominence as a member of Fletcher Henderson's big band. He was said to mix the style of Louis Armstrong with his own robust tone that set a new bench mark for all tenor sax players. Join us for Big Band Saturday Night at 8 o’clock on Public Radio 89.5-1. And a Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all!

Alan Lambert

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2:44 pm
Fri March 15, 2013

Ray Anthony Featured On Big Band Saturday Night

Hey everyone...Alan Lambert here. Ray Anthony will be my featured this week on Big Band Saturday Night. Ray is 91 Saturday and still active with his record label and publishing company. Enjoy his story and his music. Also, I'll' present some great tunes for St. Patrick's Day! Listen at 8:00 PM on 89.5 FM, Public Radio Tulsa.

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9:06 pm
Wed March 6, 2013

Frankie Laine Featured This Week On Big Band Saturday Night

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He was one of the most popular crooners of any age...Frankie Laine! His songs and his story on this week's Big Band Saturday Night.

Some new recordings from another major star of yesterday and today...Tony Bennett. Plus Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Harry James and Artie Shaw are always in our spotlight.

Join Host Alan Lambert for Big Band Saturday Night, this Saturday evening at 8 PM on Public Radio 89.5-1

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