Our show explores the music of the great Hoagy Carmichael, the American songwriter who would pair up with some of the great lyricists of the early century to produce a body of work that, while it generally is written about another time in the south, endures for it’s soft-spoken charm, inventiveness, and sophistication. He worked his way through law school by performing in his own three-piece band but a couple of his early songs, “Riverboat Shuffle” and “Stardust” made it clear that songwriting was the inevitable vocation for this would-be lawyer. Although the Great Depression almost put him back with the bar, it was the song “Stardust” that would convince him that he could make a go of it. And he did. He was a font of music, teaming with Johnny Mercer and numerous other great lyricists to pen songs that maintain a fresh face to this day…and Deeper Roots will have the vintage sounds of Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, and The Mills Brothers alongside the contemporary interpretations of Carmichael’s standards including Linda Ronstadt, Norah Jones, and Junior Brown. Join Dave Stroud as he queues up the timeless work of Hoagy Carmichael.
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Willie Nelson
Ole Buttermilk Sky
Revolutions of Time: The Journey 1975-1993 Disc 3
3
Nat King Cole
Stardust
30 Greatest Hits Disc 1
4
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)
Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
5
Glenn Miller, Ray Eberle
Blue Orchids
Hoagy Carmichael. Stardust – 51 Original Mono Recordings 1924-1957
6
Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman
In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 2]
7
Kate Smith
Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind
Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 2]
8
Mildred Bailey
Rockin' Chair
Rockin' Chair
9
Louis Armstrong
Rockin' Chair
Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
10
Ethel Waters
Old Man Harlem
Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1]
11
Ethel Waters
Georgia On My Mind
Smithsonian Songbook Series: Hoagy Carmichael
12
Django Reinhardt
Georgia On My Mind
The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order [Disc 4]
13
The Mills Brothers
Lazybones
Sweeter Than Sugar
14
Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra
Moon Country (Is Home To Me)
Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
15
Dinning Sisters
The Old Music Master
Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 2]
16
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
The Old Music Master
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 1 – The Birth Of A Label – 1942-43
17
Linda Ronstadt
Skylark
Round Midnight With Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra [Disc 1]
18
Norah Jones
The Nearness of You
Come Away With Me
19
Jo Stafford
Ivy
Candy
20
Willie Nelson
Stardust
Stardust [Bonus Tracks]
21
Ray Charles
Georgia On My Mind
Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
22
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Ev'ntide
Heart Full Of Rhythm / Volume 2 (1936-38)
23
Bing Crosby
Moonburn [Single Version]
Bing Crosby And Some Jazz Friends
24
Dinning Sisters
I Get Along Without You Very Well
Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 2]
25
Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra
Sing It Way Down Low
Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
26
Hoagy Carmichael
A Tune For Humming
Hoagy Carmichael. Stardust – 51 Original Mono Recordings 1924-1957