Sweet Company on Radio Cardiff #49 - 'Big Spender'

Eclectic weekly music show on Radio Cardiff (Sundays 10pm) that celebrates Soul, Jazz & Standards dating from 1930 to 1969 - the golden era of 'sweet music'.
In this edition... classic recordings by..

Irma Thomas
Dorothy Dandridge
Ray Charles
Eartha Kitt
Frank Sinatra
Mahalia Jackson
Vera Lynn
Shirley Bassey
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Ben E. King
Patsy Cline
Dinah Washington
John Coltrane

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 38th, 'Big Spender' released in 1967 when she was 30 (pictured).
Presented by pianist & singer Rachel Lewis, who interprets some of them on the piano, and Soul & Blues DJ Jeremy Rees.
Sweet Company is broadcast every Sunday night at 10pm on VCS Radio Cardiff, this edition was first heard on Sunday 17th September 2017.