I Write The Songs #103 Hoagy Carmichael as songwriter of the week; first aired on Canalside Radio 31st Jan 2017. Now available as a podcast through Mixcloud.
A song of you
Comes as sweet and clear
As moonlight through the pines
a lyric by Stuart Gorrell on a melody weaved by Hoagy Carmichael
part 1
- Barbara Dickson, Stardust 4.59 – music in 1927 by Hoagy Carmichael, lyrics in 1929 by Mitchell Parish
- Simon Cousins, When I’m In My Baby’s Arms 2:52 Simon Cousins – Forgiven Songs 2016
- Lucinda Williams, Can’t Let Go 3:29 Car Wheels On A Gravel Road 1998 Randy Weeks
- Doug Seegers, Going down to the river, 4.14, 2014
- Judee Sill Soldier Of The Heart 3:34 Abracadabra: The Asylum Years [Disc 2] Heart Food 1973 Judee Sill
- Harry Belafonte &Miriam Makeba My Angel (Malaika) 3:15 An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba 1990 Fadhili William
part 2
- Vintage Trouble, From My Arms 3:01 1 Hopeful Rd. 160 kbps 80 0 1
- Santana Feat. India.Arie & Yo-Yo Ma, While My Guitar Gently Weeps 6:03 Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time Rock 2010 George Harrison
- Aynsley Lister Crazy 3:47 Equilibrium Rock, Gnarls Barkley (2006, American soul duo CeeLo Green and Danger Mouse)
- Little Sparrow, The Swallow Flies 3:03 Wishing Tree 2014 Katie Ware
- Dark Green Tree, Yearn For Love 3:46 Secret Lives 2014 Brown/Cockburn
- Louis Armstrong and Hoagy Carmichael, Rockin’ chair 3.04, 1929
part 3
- Asa Fire On The Mountain 4:40 Asa [Asha] 2008 Cobhams Asuquo (Nigeria)
- James Taylor, Carolina on my mind 3:56 1976
- Maz O’Connor, Skin
- Gotye Somebody I used to know ft Timbra 4.03 2012 New Zealand
- Fiona Apple, Hot Knife 4:02 The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do 2012 Fiona Apple
- Ray Charles, Georgia on my mind, 3.36 1960, Hoagy Carmichael (music), Stuart Gorrell (lyrics) 1930
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