Feldie brings you 2 hours of the hottest, swingin-est jazz and rhythm & blues--and, today, some gospel, as we celebrate the life of Ira Tucker, who sang with the legendary gospel group the Dixie Hummingbirds for 70 years.  Tucker passed away last week at the age of 83.  If you're in Philly, check out the Dixie Hummingbirds mural at Broad & Poplar.  And check out my blog for some great videos.  Today's show will also include several versions of Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain," one of only a handful of songs that the great singer wrote.  All that and more on Lucky Old Souls, coming up at 2 P.M.

Don't miss it...

Here's the playlist...

7/1/08 Playlist

Sarah Vaughan - It's Crazy (Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown)

Mickey & Sylvia - Love Is Strange (Love Is Strange & Other Hits)

The Holmes Brothers - If I Had A Boat (State Of Grace)

Buster Smith - E Flat Boogie (The Legendary Buster Smith)

Nellie Lutcher - Pa's Not Home (The Best Of Nellie Lutcher)

Charlie Shavers - You're Driving Me Crazy (His Best Recordings, 1937-1945)

Candi Staton - I'm Gonna Hold On (To What I Got This Time) (Candi Staton)

Clarence Carter - You're Love Lifted Me (Patches)

Mal Waldron with Eric Dolphy & Booker Ervin - Warp And Woof (The Quest)

Billie Holiday - Don't Explain (Greatest Hits - Decca)

Mal Waldron Sextet - Don't Explain (Mal/2)

Jackie McLean - I Fall in Love Too Easily (Nature Boy)

Nina Simone - Don't Explain (Pastel Blues / Let It All Out)

Charlie Parker - Parker's Mood (Bird Of Paradise)

Abbey Lincoln - Don't Explain (That's Him!)

George Russell - Ye Hypocrite, Ye Beezlebub (The Complete Bluebird Recordings)

Helen Humes - I Want A Roof Over My Head (Songs I Like To Sing)

Lou Rawls - Don't Explain (Soulin')

Billy Ward & His Dominoes - Have Mercy Baby (The Genius Of Clyde McPhatter)

Curtis Counce Quintet - Pink Lady (Complete Studio Recordings)

The Dixie Hummingbirds - Loves Me Like A Rock (20th Century Masters)

The Dixie Hummingbirds - The Final Edition (20th Century Masters)

The Dixie Hummingbirds - Chrsitian's Automobile (20th Century Masters) 

The Dixie Hummingbirds - Thank You For One More Day (20th Century Masters) 

The Dixie Hummingbirds - You Don't Have Nothing (20th Century Masters) 

The Dixie Hummingbirds - Go Tell It On The Mountain (Still Keeping It Real... Last Man Standing)