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Jerome Kern

Episode 1 - International superstar Barry Manilow returns with a second series celebrating the lives and work of the great songwriters. Over ten programmes, Barry covers some 70 years of song writing, beginning with the father of the popular song, Jerome Kern (the man who took us from three quarter time to four beats in the bar). Barry traces the development of the songwriter's art through legends like Cole Porter, great partnerships like Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and extraordinary songsmiths like Johnny Mercer and Sammy Cahn. Sitting at the piano in his Palm Spring home, Barry illustrates the development of the popular song, from the traditional partnership of lyric and melody writing, through to studio-derived tracking designed to sell on the radio and jukebox. He comments on the influence of British writers like Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse; looks at the transition of style from musical theatre to pop song, via Bacharach and David; and finishes with the dominance of the Motown sound and writers Holland Dozier Holland. This is a fascinating insider's look at the songwriters art, told through the lives and work of some of its greatest exponents.

Music Played

Company - Cotton Blossom/Cap'n Andy's Ballyhoo

Paul Robeson - Old Man River

Judy Garland - Look For The Silver Lining

Angela Lansbury - How'd You Like To Spoon With Me

Richard Tauber - Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life

Nelson Eddy & Jeanette Mcdonald - Indian Love Call -

Nelson Eddy - When I Grow Too Old To Dream

Dinah Shore - They Didn't Believe Me

Lena Horne - They Didn't Believe Me

Steven Lawrence - They Didn't Believe Me

Julie London - They Didn't Believe Me

Mario Lanza - They Didn't Believe Me

Amanda Seyfried - Leave It To Jane

Lena Horne - Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

Howard Keel - Make Believe

Kathryn Grayson And Howard Keel - Why Do I Love You?

William Warfield - Ol' Man River

Helen Morgan - Bill

The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Nelson Eddy - The Song Is You

Frank Sinatra - I Won't Dance

Michael Bublé - The Way You Look Tonight

Bette Midler - The Folks Who Live On The Hill

Ella Fitzgerald - All The Things You Are

MGM Studio Orchestra - Till The Clouds Roll By

Cole Porter

Episode 2 - Barry Manilow continues his second series celebrating the lives and work of great songwriters. Sitting at the piano in his Palm Spring home, Barry looks at the work of another giant of the Great American Songbook. He was a wealthy, well-travelled playboy, who triumphed over tragedy and wrote sophisticated, witty, wonderful music and lyrics - Cole Porter

Music Played

Adriane Lenox - Another Opening Another Show

Merman, Ethel & Bert Lahr - Friendship

Paige, Elaine & Howard Mcgillin - You're The Top

Alanis Morissette - Let's Do It

Roy Rogers - Don't Fence Me In

Ella Fitzgerald - What Is This Thing Called Love?

Marlene Dietrich - You Do Something To Me

Frank Sinatra - You Do Something To Me

Marlene Dietrich - You Do Something To Me

Annie Ross - Love For Sale

Vic Damone - Night And Day

Sally Ann Triplett & London Cast - Anything Goes

Perry Como - Begin The Beguine

Johnny Mathis - In The Still of the Night

Frank Sinatra - At Long Last Love

Mary Martin - My Heart Belongs To Daddy

Antônio Carlos Jobim - I Concentrate On You

Judy Garland And Gene Kelly - Be A Clown ("The Pirate")

Amanda Seyfried - Another Openin' Another Show

Amanda Seyfried - So In Love

Cole Porter - We Open In Venice

Cole Porter - Always True to You in my Fashion

Cole Porter - Kiss me, Kate

Barry Manilow - I've Got You Under My Skin

Barry Manilow - From This Moment On

Barry Manilow - I Love Paris

Barry Manilow - True Love

Barry Manilow - Every Time We Say Goodbye

Harry Warren

Episode 3 - Barry Manilow continues his second series celebrating the lives and work of great songwriters. Sitting at the piano in his Palm Spring home, Barry looks at the life and work of a man who wrote over 800 songs, which appeared in 300 films. He was Oscar-nominated eleven times; and had 42 top ten hits and 21 number ones - yet few know his name - Harry Warren.

Music Played

David Merrick - 42 Nd Street

Amanda Seyfried - Lullaby Of Broadway

Nat King Cole - You're My Everything

Dean Martin - You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

Lee Morse - I Love My Baby My Baby Loves Me

Barbra Streisand - I Found A Million Dollar Baby

Original Cast of 42nd Street - We're In The Money

The Hi-Lo's - The Shadow Waltz

Etta Moten - Remember My Forgotten Man

Louis Armstrong - Jeepers Creepers

Carmen Miranda - Chica Chica Bum Chic

Miller, Glenn & His Orchestra - Chattanooga Choo Choo

Etta James - At Last

Judy Garland - On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe

Dean Martin - That's Amore

Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz

Episode 4 - Barry Manilow continues his second series celebrating the lives and work of great songwriters. Sitting at the piano in his Palm Spring home, Barry looks at the life and work of a man who wrote over 800 songs, which appeared in 300 films. This week's show celebrates two extraordinary songwriters, one amazing team. Two business men who went on to write some of the greatest songs in the American Songbook, who they did it without giving up their day jobs as an attorney and publicist - Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz

Music Played

Judy Garland - That's Entertainment

Astaire, Fred With Jack Buchanan - I Guess I Have To Change My Plan

Etta Jones - Something To Remember You By

Barry Manilow - Dancing In The Dark

Judy Garland - Alone Together

Jamie Cullum - You And The Night And The Music

Astaire, Fred /Nanette Fabray/Jack Buchanan - Triplets

Frank Sinatra - I See Your Face Before Me

Buddy Clark - Rhode Island Is Famous For You

Jo Stafford - Haunted Heart

Bette Davis - They're Either Too Young or too Old

Dick Haymes - If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You

Mel Torme With Geoff Love & His Orchestra - By Myself

Roger Edens - That's Entertainment

Judy Garland - That's Entertainment

Johnny Mercer

Episode 5 - Barry Manilow continues to celebrate the lives and work of great songwriters. This week he looks at the life and work of a musical colossus. A man who wrote an unimaginable number of hit songs over a 40 year period with numerous composers and did it without any formal musical training - Johnny Mercer. The music includes That Old Black Magic, I Remember You, Goody Goody, Too Marvellous For Words, Skylark and Moon River.

Music Played

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Hooray For Hollywood

Lymon, Frankie And The Teenagers - Goody Goody

Johnny Mercer - Out Of Breath And Scared To Death Of You

The Mills Brothers - Lazy Bones

Bing Crosby - I'm An Old Cowhand

Bing Crosby - Too Marvelous For Words

Martha Tilton - And The Angels Sing

Eddie Mallory Orchestra - Jeepers Creepers

George Michael - I Remember You

Eydie Gormé - Blues In The Night

Ray Charles - Come Rain Or Come Shine

Andy Williams - Moon River

Tony Bennett - I Wanna Be Around

Frank Sinatra - One For My Baby

Barry Manilow - When October Goes

Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

Episode 6 - Barry Manilow continues his celebration of songwriting greats. This week it's the turn of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, two legendary writers of musical theatre whose work includes Camelot, Brigadoon and My Fair Lady.

Music Played

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - My Fair Lady, Overture

Julie Andrews - I could have danced all night

Julie Andrews - Wouldn't It Be Loverly

Judy Garland - Almost Like Being In Love

Ron Raines - They Call The Wind Maria

Rex Harrison - Why Can't The English

Stanley Holloway - With A Little Bit Of Luck

S/T Orchestra - Gigi Overture

Caron, Leslie Louis Jordan, & Hermione Gingold - The Night They Invented Champagne

Louis Jourdan - Gigi

Richard Burton - Camelot

Robert Goulet - If Ever I Would Leave You

Richard Burton - Camelot (Reprise)

Sammy Cahn

Episode 7 - This week the man who was born on the East side of New York City, who grew up with vaudeville but went on to enjoy 23 Oscar nominations.

Music Played

Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me

The Andrews Sisters - Bei Mir Bist Du Schon

Barry Manilow - All The Way

Clare Teal - Teach Me Tonight

Frank Sinatra - Time After Time

Doris Day - It's Magic

The Four Aces - Three Coins In A Fountain

Mario Lanza - Be My Love

Frank Sinatra - Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

Frank Sinatra - Only The Lonely

Barry Manilow - Papa Won't You Dance With Me

Gracie Fields - Papa Won't You Dance With Me?

Barbra Streisand - The Second Time Around

Frank Sinatra - I've Heard That Song Before

Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse

Episode 8 - Two of the greatest British songwriters are the subject of Barry's series 'They Write the Songs' this week. Two men from opposite sides of the tracks, one a working class boy; the other a university graduate who came together to write some revolutionary musical theatre, hit songs and film soundtracks - Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.

Music Played

Anthony Newley - Nothing Can Stop Me Now!

Davis Jr, Sammy - Gonna Build A Mountain

Matt Monro - My Kind Of Girl

Anthony Newley - I've Waited So Long

Anthony Newley - Idol on Parade

Linda Eder - What Kind Of Fool Am I

Anthony Newley - Once In A Lifetime (Stop The World I Want To Get Off)

Nina Simone - Feeling Good

Anthony Newley - This Dream

Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger

Anthony Newley - Who Can I Turn To

Rex Harrison - Talk To The Animals

Nancy Sinatra - You Only Live Twice

Anthony Newley - Wonkavator/End Title (Pure Imagination)

Sammy Davis Jr. - The Candy Man

Anthony Newley - When You Gotta Go

Burt Bacharach and Hal David

Episode 9 - Barry Manilow marks the transition from the writers of the classic Great American Songbook to those of a new post Beatles era with this week's song writing partnership. New, complex musical arrangements with changing rhythms and crafted lyrics to match are the hallmarks of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Music includes Anyone Who Had A Heart, Broken Hearted Melody, Magic Moments, Make It Easy on Yourself, Close To You, Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head, The Look of Love, What the World Needs Now ..

Music Played

Dionne Warwick - I Say A Little Prayer

Perry Como - Magic Moments

Marty Robbins - The Story of My Life

Sarah Vaughan - Broken Hearted Melody

The Drifters - Don't Go, Please Stay

The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself

Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

Jackie DeShannon - What the World Needs Now

Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love

Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose

Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You

Orbach, Jerry & Jill O'hara - I'll Never Fall In Love Again

B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

Richard Chamberlain - Close To You

Barry Manilow - Close To You

Dionne Warwick - The Last One to be Loved

Jackie Trent - The World Is A Circle

Cilla Black - Alfie

Holland Dozier Holland

Episode 10 - The writing team who formed the Motown sound, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland are considered to be one of the greatest in pop music. Not only did they produce countless hit records for the likes of The Supremes and The Marvelettes, but their work also marks the emergence of 'the track' as being the dominant influence in songwriting and record production - even over lyric or melody writing. In this, the last of the series, Barry Manilow celebrates their contribution and reflects on the development of songwriting over eighty years ...

Music Played

Four Tops - It's The Same Old Song

Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - {Love Is Like A) Heatwave

The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love

Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street

The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go

Diana Ross & The Supremes - Baby Love

Lady Flash - Nowhere To Run

James Taylor - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

Diana Ross & The Supremes - I Hear A Symphony

Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There

Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself

Lulu - Baby I Need Your Loving

The Supremes - You Keep Me Hanging On

Rod Stewart - This Old Heart Of Mine

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BBC-R2-20130307-1900-2000-BarryManilow-TheyWriteTheSongs-HollandDozierHolland

Jerome Kern

Episode 1 - International superstar Barry Manilow returns with a second series celebrating the lives and work of the great songwriters. Over ten programmes, Barry covers some 70 years of song writing, beginning with the father of the popular song, Jerome Kern (the man who took us from three quarter time to four beats in the bar). Barry traces the development of the songwriter's art through legends like Cole Porter, great partnerships like Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and extraordinary songsmiths like Johnny Mercer and Sammy Cahn. Sitting at the piano in his Palm Spring home, Barry illustrates the development of the popular song, from the traditional partnership of lyric and melody writing, through to studio-derived tracking designed to sell on the radio and jukebox. He comments on the influence of British writers like Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse; looks at the transition of style from musical theatre to pop song, via Bacharach and David; and finishes with the dominance of the Motown sound and writers Holland Dozier Holland. This is a fascinating insider's look at the songwriters art, told through the lives and work of some of its greatest exponents.

Music Played

Company - Cotton Blossom/Cap'n Andy's Ballyhoo

Paul Robeson - Old Man River

Judy Garland - Look For The Silver Lining

Angela Lansbury - How'd You Like To Spoon With Me

Richard Tauber - Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life

Nelson Eddy & Jeanette Mcdonald - Indian Love Call -

Nelson Eddy - When I Grow Too Old To Dream

Dinah Shore - They Didn't Believe Me

Lena Horne - They Didn't Believe Me

Steven Lawrence - They Didn't Believe Me

Julie London - They Didn't Believe Me

Mario Lanza - They Didn't Believe Me

Amanda Seyfried - Leave It To Jane

Lena Horne - Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

Howard Keel - Make Believe

Kathryn Grayson And Howard Keel - Why Do I Love You?

William Warfield - Ol' Man River

Helen Morgan - Bill

The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Nelson Eddy - The Song Is You

Frank Sinatra - I Won't Dance

Michael Bublé - The Way You Look Tonight

Bette Midler - The Folks Who Live On The Hill

Ella Fitzgerald - All The Things You Are

MGM Studio Orchestra - Till The Clouds Roll By

Cole Porter

Episode 2 - Barry Manilow continues his second series celebrating the lives and work of great songwriters. Sitting at the piano in his Palm Spring home, Barry looks at the work of another giant of the Great American Songbook. He was a wealthy, well-travelled playboy, who triumphed over tragedy and wrote sophisticated, witty, wonderful music and lyrics - Cole Porter

Music Played

Adriane Lenox - Another Opening Another Show

Merman, Ethel & Bert Lahr - Friendship

Paige, Elaine & Howard Mcgillin - You're The Top

Alanis Morissette - Let's Do It

Roy Rogers - Don't Fence Me In

Ella Fitzgerald - What Is This Thing Called Love?

Marlene Dietrich - You Do Something To Me

Frank Sinatra - You Do Something To Me

Marlene Dietrich - You Do Something To Me

Annie Ross - Love For Sale

Vic Damone - Night And Day

Sally Ann Triplett & London Cast - Anything Goes

Perry Como - Begin The Beguine

Johnny Mathis - In The Still of the Night

Frank Sinatra - At Long Last Love

Mary Martin - My Heart Belongs To Daddy

Antônio Carlos Jobim - I Concentrate On You

Judy Garland And Gene Kelly - Be A Clown ("The Pirate")

Amanda Seyfried - Another Openin' Another Show

Amanda Seyfried - So In Love

Cole Porter - We Open In Venice

Cole Porter - Always True to You in my Fashion

Cole Porter - Kiss me, Kate

Barry Manilow - I've Got You Under My Skin

Barry Manilow - From This Moment On

Barry Manilow - I Love Paris

Barry Manilow - True Love

Barry Manilow - Every Time We Say Goodbye

Harry Warren

Episode 3 - Barry Manilow continues his second series celebrating the lives and work of great songwriters. Sitting at the piano in his Palm Spring home, Barry looks at the life and work of a man who wrote over 800 songs, which appeared in 300 films. He was Oscar-nominated eleven times; and had 42 top ten hits and 21 number ones - yet few know his name - Harry Warren.

Music Played

David Merrick - 42 Nd Street

Amanda Seyfried - Lullaby Of Broadway

Nat King Cole - You're My Everything

Dean Martin - You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

Lee Morse - I Love My Baby My Baby Loves Me

Barbra Streisand - I Found A Million Dollar Baby

Original Cast of 42nd Street - We're In The Money

The Hi-Lo's - The Shadow Waltz

Etta Moten - Remember My Forgotten Man

Louis Armstrong - Jeepers Creepers

Carmen Miranda - Chica Chica Bum Chic

Miller, Glenn & His Orchestra - Chattanooga Choo Choo

Etta James - At Last

Judy Garland - On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe

Dean Martin - That's Amore

Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz

Episode 4 - Barry Manilow continues his second series celebrating the lives and work of great songwriters. Sitting at the piano in his Palm Spring home, Barry looks at the life and work of a man who wrote over 800 songs, which appeared in 300 films. This week's show celebrates two extraordinary songwriters, one amazing team. Two business men who went on to write some of the greatest songs in the American Songbook, who they did it without giving up their day jobs as an attorney and publicist - Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz

Music Played

Judy Garland - That's Entertainment

Astaire, Fred With Jack Buchanan - I Guess I Have To Change My Plan

Etta Jones - Something To Remember You By

Barry Manilow - Dancing In The Dark

Judy Garland - Alone Together

Jamie Cullum - You And The Night And The Music

Astaire, Fred /Nanette Fabray/Jack Buchanan - Triplets

Frank Sinatra - I See Your Face Before Me

Buddy Clark - Rhode Island Is Famous For You

Jo Stafford - Haunted Heart

Bette Davis - They're Either Too Young or too Old

Dick Haymes - If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You

Mel Torme With Geoff Love & His Orchestra - By Myself

Roger Edens - That's Entertainment

Judy Garland - That's Entertainment

Johnny Mercer

Episode 5 - Barry Manilow continues to celebrate the lives and work of great songwriters. This week he looks at the life and work of a musical colossus. A man who wrote an unimaginable number of hit songs over a 40 year period with numerous composers and did it without any formal musical training - Johnny Mercer. The music includes That Old Black Magic, I Remember You, Goody Goody, Too Marvellous For Words, Skylark and Moon River.

Music Played

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Hooray For Hollywood

Lymon, Frankie And The Teenagers - Goody Goody

Johnny Mercer - Out Of Breath And Scared To Death Of You

The Mills Brothers - Lazy Bones

Bing Crosby - I'm An Old Cowhand

Bing Crosby - Too Marvelous For Words

Martha Tilton - And The Angels Sing

Eddie Mallory Orchestra - Jeepers Creepers

George Michael - I Remember You

Eydie Gormé - Blues In The Night

Ray Charles - Come Rain Or Come Shine

Andy Williams - Moon River

Tony Bennett - I Wanna Be Around

Frank Sinatra - One For My Baby

Barry Manilow - When October Goes

Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

Episode 6 - Barry Manilow continues his celebration of songwriting greats. This week it's the turn of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, two legendary writers of musical theatre whose work includes Camelot, Brigadoon and My Fair Lady.

Music Played

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - My Fair Lady, Overture

Julie Andrews - I could have danced all night

Julie Andrews - Wouldn't It Be Loverly

Judy Garland - Almost Like Being In Love

Ron Raines - They Call The Wind Maria

Rex Harrison - Why Can't The English

Stanley Holloway - With A Little Bit Of Luck

S/T Orchestra - Gigi Overture

Caron, Leslie Louis Jordan, & Hermione Gingold - The Night They Invented Champagne

Louis Jourdan - Gigi

Richard Burton - Camelot

Robert Goulet - If Ever I Would Leave You

Richard Burton - Camelot (Reprise)

Sammy Cahn

Episode 7 - This week the man who was born on the East side of New York City, who grew up with vaudeville but went on to enjoy 23 Oscar nominations.

Music Played

Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me

The Andrews Sisters - Bei Mir Bist Du Schon

Barry Manilow - All The Way

Clare Teal - Teach Me Tonight

Frank Sinatra - Time After Time

Doris Day - It's Magic

The Four Aces - Three Coins In A Fountain

Mario Lanza - Be My Love

Frank Sinatra - Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

Frank Sinatra - Only The Lonely

Barry Manilow - Papa Won't You Dance With Me

Gracie Fields - Papa Won't You Dance With Me?

Barbra Streisand - The Second Time Around

Frank Sinatra - I've Heard That Song Before

Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse

Episode 8 - Two of the greatest British songwriters are the subject of Barry's series 'They Write the Songs' this week. Two men from opposite sides of the tracks, one a working class boy; the other a university graduate who came together to write some revolutionary musical theatre, hit songs and film soundtracks - Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.

Music Played

Anthony Newley - Nothing Can Stop Me Now!

Davis Jr, Sammy - Gonna Build A Mountain

Matt Monro - My Kind Of Girl

Anthony Newley - I've Waited So Long

Anthony Newley - Idol on Parade

Linda Eder - What Kind Of Fool Am I

Anthony Newley - Once In A Lifetime (Stop The World I Want To Get Off)

Nina Simone - Feeling Good

Anthony Newley - This Dream

Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger

Anthony Newley - Who Can I Turn To

Rex Harrison - Talk To The Animals

Nancy Sinatra - You Only Live Twice

Anthony Newley - Wonkavator/End Title (Pure Imagination)

Sammy Davis Jr. - The Candy Man

Anthony Newley - When You Gotta Go

Burt Bacharach and Hal David

Episode 9 - Barry Manilow marks the transition from the writers of the classic Great American Songbook to those of a new post Beatles era with this week's song writing partnership. New, complex musical arrangements with changing rhythms and crafted lyrics to match are the hallmarks of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Music includes Anyone Who Had A Heart, Broken Hearted Melody, Magic Moments, Make It Easy on Yourself, Close To You, Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head, The Look of Love, What the World Needs Now ..

Music Played

Dionne Warwick - I Say A Little Prayer

Perry Como - Magic Moments

Marty Robbins - The Story of My Life

Sarah Vaughan - Broken Hearted Melody

The Drifters - Don't Go, Please Stay

The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself

Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

Jackie DeShannon - What the World Needs Now

Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love

Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose

Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You

Orbach, Jerry & Jill O'hara - I'll Never Fall In Love Again

B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

Richard Chamberlain - Close To You

Barry Manilow - Close To You

Dionne Warwick - The Last One to be Loved

Jackie Trent - The World Is A Circle

Cilla Black - Alfie

Holland Dozier Holland

Episode 10 - The writing team who formed the Motown sound, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland are considered to be one of the greatest in pop music. Not only did they produce countless hit records for the likes of The Supremes and The Marvelettes, but their work also marks the emergence of 'the track' as being the dominant influence in songwriting and record production - even over lyric or melody writing. In this, the last of the series, Barry Manilow celebrates their contribution and reflects on the development of songwriting over eighty years ...

Music Played

Four Tops - It's The Same Old Song

Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - {Love Is Like A) Heatwave

The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love

Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street

The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go

Diana Ross & The Supremes - Baby Love

Lady Flash - Nowhere To Run

James Taylor - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

Diana Ross & The Supremes - I Hear A Symphony

Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There

Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself

Lulu - Baby I Need Your Loving

The Supremes - You Keep Me Hanging On

Rod Stewart - This Old Heart Of Mine

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BBC-R2-20130110-1900-2000-BarryManilow-TheyWriteTheSongs-ColePorter

BBC-R2-20130117-1900-2000-BarryManilow-TheyWriteTheSongs-HarryWarren

BBC-R2-20130124-1900-2000-BarryManilow-TheyWriteTheSongs-HowardDietzAndArthurSchwartz

BBC-R2-20130131-1900-2000-BarryManilow-TheyWriteTheSongs-JohnnyMercer

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BBC-R2-20130214-1900-2000-BarryManilow-TheyWriteTheSongs-SammyCahn

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BBC-R2-20130307-1900-2000-BarryManilow-TheyWriteTheSongs-HollandDozierHolland

Jerome Kern

Episode 1 - International superstar Barry Manilow returns with a second series celebrating the lives and work of the great songwriters. Over ten programmes, Barry covers some 70 years of song writing, beginning with the father of the popular song, Jerome Kern (the man who took us from three quarter time to four beats in the bar). Barry traces the development of the songwriter's art through legends like Cole Porter, great partnerships like Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and extraordinary songsmiths like Johnny Mercer and Sammy Cahn. Sitting at the piano in his Palm Spring home, Barry illustrates the development of the popular song, from the traditional partnership of lyric and melody writing, through to studio-derived tracking designed to sell on the radio and jukebox. He comments on the influence of British writers like Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse; looks at the transition of style from musical theatre to pop song, via Bacharach and David; and finishes with the dominance of the Motown sound and writers Holland Dozier Holland. This is a fascinating insider's look at the songwriters art, told through the lives and work of some of its greatest exponents.

Music Played

Company - Cotton Blossom/Cap'n Andy's Ballyhoo

Paul Robeson - Old Man River

Judy Garland - Look For The Silver Lining

Angela Lansbury - How'd You Like To Spoon With Me

Richard Tauber - Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life

Nelson Eddy & Jeanette Mcdonald - Indian Love Call -

Nelson Eddy - When I Grow Too Old To Dream

Dinah Shore - They Didn't Believe Me

Lena Horne - They Didn't Believe Me

Steven Lawrence - They Didn't Believe Me

Julie London - They Didn't Believe Me

Mario Lanza - They Didn't Believe Me

Amanda Seyfried - Leave It To Jane

Lena Horne - Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

Howard Keel - Make Believe

Kathryn Grayson And Howard Keel - Why Do I Love You?

William Warfield - Ol' Man River

Helen Morgan - Bill

The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Nelson Eddy - The Song Is You

Frank Sinatra - I Won't Dance

Michael Bublé - The Way You Look Tonight

Bette Midler - The Folks Who Live On The Hill

Ella Fitzgerald - All The Things You Are

MGM Studio Orchestra - Till The Clouds Roll By

Cole Porter

Episode 2 - Barry Manilow continues his second series celebrating the lives and work of great songwriters. Sitting at the piano in his Palm Spring home, Barry looks at the work of another giant of the Great American Songbook. He was a wealthy, well-travelled playboy, who triumphed over tragedy and wrote sophisticated, witty, wonderful music and lyrics - Cole Porter

Music Played

Adriane Lenox - Another Opening Another Show

Merman, Ethel & Bert Lahr - Friendship

Paige, Elaine & Howard Mcgillin - You're The Top

Alanis Morissette - Let's Do It

Roy Rogers - Don't Fence Me In

Ella Fitzgerald - What Is This Thing Called Love?

Marlene Dietrich - You Do Something To Me

Frank Sinatra - You Do Something To Me

Marlene Dietrich - You Do Something To Me

Annie Ross - Love For Sale

Vic Damone - Night And Day

Sally Ann Triplett & London Cast - Anything Goes

Perry Como - Begin The Beguine

Johnny Mathis - In The Still of the Night

Frank Sinatra - At Long Last Love

Mary Martin - My Heart Belongs To Daddy

Antônio Carlos Jobim - I Concentrate On You

Judy Garland And Gene Kelly - Be A Clown ("The Pirate")

Amanda Seyfried - Another Openin' Another Show

Amanda Seyfried - So In Love

Cole Porter - We Open In Venice

Cole Porter - Always True to You in my Fashion

Cole Porter - Kiss me, Kate

Barry Manilow - I've Got You Under My Skin

Barry Manilow - From This Moment On

Barry Manilow - I Love Paris

Barry Manilow - True Love

Barry Manilow - Every Time We Say Goodbye

Harry Warren

Episode 3 - Barry Manilow continues his second series celebrating the lives and work of great songwriters. Sitting at the piano in his Palm Spring home, Barry looks at the life and work of a man who wrote over 800 songs, which appeared in 300 films. He was Oscar-nominated eleven times; and had 42 top ten hits and 21 number ones - yet few know his name - Harry Warren.

Music Played

David Merrick - 42 Nd Street

Amanda Seyfried - Lullaby Of Broadway

Nat King Cole - You're My Everything

Dean Martin - You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

Lee Morse - I Love My Baby My Baby Loves Me

Barbra Streisand - I Found A Million Dollar Baby

Original Cast of 42nd Street - We're In The Money

The Hi-Lo's - The Shadow Waltz

Etta Moten - Remember My Forgotten Man

Louis Armstrong - Jeepers Creepers

Carmen Miranda - Chica Chica Bum Chic

Miller, Glenn & His Orchestra - Chattanooga Choo Choo

Etta James - At Last

Judy Garland - On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe

Dean Martin - That's Amore

Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz

Episode 4 - Barry Manilow continues his second series celebrating the lives and work of great songwriters. Sitting at the piano in his Palm Spring home, Barry looks at the life and work of a man who wrote over 800 songs, which appeared in 300 films. This week's show celebrates two extraordinary songwriters, one amazing team. Two business men who went on to write some of the greatest songs in the American Songbook, who they did it without giving up their day jobs as an attorney and publicist - Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz

Music Played

Judy Garland - That's Entertainment

Astaire, Fred With Jack Buchanan - I Guess I Have To Change My Plan

Etta Jones - Something To Remember You By

Barry Manilow - Dancing In The Dark

Judy Garland - Alone Together

Jamie Cullum - You And The Night And The Music

Astaire, Fred /Nanette Fabray/Jack Buchanan - Triplets

Frank Sinatra - I See Your Face Before Me

Buddy Clark - Rhode Island Is Famous For You

Jo Stafford - Haunted Heart

Bette Davis - They're Either Too Young or too Old

Dick Haymes - If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You

Mel Torme With Geoff Love & His Orchestra - By Myself

Roger Edens - That's Entertainment

Judy Garland - That's Entertainment

Johnny Mercer

Episode 5 - Barry Manilow continues to celebrate the lives and work of great songwriters. This week he looks at the life and work of a musical colossus. A man who wrote an unimaginable number of hit songs over a 40 year period with numerous composers and did it without any formal musical training - Johnny Mercer. The music includes That Old Black Magic, I Remember You, Goody Goody, Too Marvellous For Words, Skylark and Moon River.

Music Played

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Hooray For Hollywood

Lymon, Frankie And The Teenagers - Goody Goody

Johnny Mercer - Out Of Breath And Scared To Death Of You

The Mills Brothers - Lazy Bones

Bing Crosby - I'm An Old Cowhand

Bing Crosby - Too Marvelous For Words

Martha Tilton - And The Angels Sing

Eddie Mallory Orchestra - Jeepers Creepers

George Michael - I Remember You

Eydie Gormé - Blues In The Night

Ray Charles - Come Rain Or Come Shine

Andy Williams - Moon River

Tony Bennett - I Wanna Be Around

Frank Sinatra - One For My Baby

Barry Manilow - When October Goes

Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

Episode 6 - Barry Manilow continues his celebration of songwriting greats. This week it's the turn of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, two legendary writers of musical theatre whose work includes Camelot, Brigadoon and My Fair Lady.

Music Played

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - My Fair Lady, Overture

Julie Andrews - I could have danced all night

Julie Andrews - Wouldn't It Be Loverly

Judy Garland - Almost Like Being In Love

Ron Raines - They Call The Wind Maria

Rex Harrison - Why Can't The English

Stanley Holloway - With A Little Bit Of Luck

S/T Orchestra - Gigi Overture

Caron, Leslie Louis Jordan, & Hermione Gingold - The Night They Invented Champagne

Louis Jourdan - Gigi

Richard Burton - Camelot

Robert Goulet - If Ever I Would Leave You

Richard Burton - Camelot (Reprise)

Sammy Cahn

Episode 7 - This week the man who was born on the East side of New York City, who grew up with vaudeville but went on to enjoy 23 Oscar nominations.

Music Played

Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me

The Andrews Sisters - Bei Mir Bist Du Schon

Barry Manilow - All The Way

Clare Teal - Teach Me Tonight

Frank Sinatra - Time After Time

Doris Day - It's Magic

The Four Aces - Three Coins In A Fountain

Mario Lanza - Be My Love

Frank Sinatra - Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

Frank Sinatra - Only The Lonely

Barry Manilow - Papa Won't You Dance With Me

Gracie Fields - Papa Won't You Dance With Me?

Barbra Streisand - The Second Time Around

Frank Sinatra - I've Heard That Song Before

Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse

Episode 8 - Two of the greatest British songwriters are the subject of Barry's series 'They Write the Songs' this week. Two men from opposite sides of the tracks, one a working class boy; the other a university graduate who came together to write some revolutionary musical theatre, hit songs and film soundtracks - Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.

Music Played

Anthony Newley - Nothing Can Stop Me Now!

Davis Jr, Sammy - Gonna Build A Mountain

Matt Monro - My Kind Of Girl

Anthony Newley - I've Waited So Long

Anthony Newley - Idol on Parade

Linda Eder - What Kind Of Fool Am I

Anthony Newley - Once In A Lifetime (Stop The World I Want To Get Off)

Nina Simone - Feeling Good

Anthony Newley - This Dream

Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger

Anthony Newley - Who Can I Turn To

Rex Harrison - Talk To The Animals

Nancy Sinatra - You Only Live Twice

Anthony Newley - Wonkavator/End Title (Pure Imagination)

Sammy Davis Jr. - The Candy Man

Anthony Newley - When You Gotta Go

Burt Bacharach and Hal David

Episode 9 - Barry Manilow marks the transition from the writers of the classic Great American Songbook to those of a new post Beatles era with this week's song writing partnership. New, complex musical arrangements with changing rhythms and crafted lyrics to match are the hallmarks of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Music includes Anyone Who Had A Heart, Broken Hearted Melody, Magic Moments, Make It Easy on Yourself, Close To You, Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head, The Look of Love, What the World Needs Now ..

Music Played

Dionne Warwick - I Say A Little Prayer

Perry Como - Magic Moments

Marty Robbins - The Story of My Life

Sarah Vaughan - Broken Hearted Melody

The Drifters - Don't Go, Please Stay

The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself

Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

Jackie DeShannon - What the World Needs Now

Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love

Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose

Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You

Orbach, Jerry & Jill O'hara - I'll Never Fall In Love Again

B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

Richard Chamberlain - Close To You

Barry Manilow - Close To You

Dionne Warwick - The Last One to be Loved

Jackie Trent - The World Is A Circle

Cilla Black - Alfie

Holland Dozier Holland

Episode 10 - The writing team who formed the Motown sound, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland are considered to be one of the greatest in pop music. Not only did they produce countless hit records for the likes of The Supremes and The Marvelettes, but their work also marks the emergence of 'the track' as being the dominant influence in songwriting and record production - even over lyric or melody writing. In this, the last of the series, Barry Manilow celebrates their contribution and reflects on the development of songwriting over eighty years ...

Music Played

Four Tops - It's The Same Old Song

Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - {Love Is Like A) Heatwave

The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love

Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street

The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go

Diana Ross & The Supremes - Baby Love

Lady Flash - Nowhere To Run

James Taylor - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

Diana Ross & The Supremes - I Hear A Symphony

Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There

Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself

Lulu - Baby I Need Your Loving

The Supremes - You Keep Me Hanging On

Rod Stewart - This Old Heart Of Mine

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