Russell Davies - 22/11/2009

Russell Davies looks at the career of Sammy Lewis on the 50th anniversary of his death and we hear his work with a variety of collaborators. Another anniversary - the 110th of composer Hoagy Carmichael's birth - allows Russell to tell how furious Carmichael was at Sinatra's recording of just the verse of Stardust (we hear it). We also hear the song once claimed as having the longest title in Tin Pan Alley - a claim disproved by Russell through evidence of the original sheet music. The latest in the long-running chronological Bing Crosby recordings series concludes the show.