Sweet Company on Radio Cardiff - #22 'My Funny Valentine'

Eclectic weekly music show on Radio Cardiff (Sundays 10pm) that celebrates classic songs of golden days of 'sweet music' - from the 1930s to the 1960s. Presented by pianist & singer Rachel Lewis, who interprets some of them on the piano, and this week by Jazz presenter Rhys Phillips [sitting in for the holidaying Jeremy Rees].
In this edition... classic recordings by Ella Fitzgerald; Miles Davis; The Andrews Sisters; Aretha Franklin; Frank Sinatra; Elvis Presley; Bessie Smith; Nina Simone; Nat King Cole; Manhattan Transfer; Sarah Vaughan and Charles Mingus.
All that plus our Shirley Bassey birthday bonus! (we are playing all of her single releases of the 50s & 60s week-by-week in honour of her 80th birthday year). This week we feature her 11th, 'My Funny Valentine' - recorded in 1959 when she was 22 (pictured).

Sweet Company is broadcast every Sunday night at 10pm on Radio Cardiff 98.7FM , this edition was first heard on Sunday 12th March 2017