To the Best of Our Knowledge

VALENTINE'S DAY

Program 03-02-09-A

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To The Best of Our Knowledge
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It's Love At First Sight

Sinatra swings it, Miles Davis jazzes it up, and Billy Holiday croons it from the heart. Next time on To the Best of Our Knowledge, the biography of a great American love song. In our second annual Valentine's Day Show the Rogers and Hart hit "My Funny Valentine." And our listeners share true stories of love at first sight.

SEGMENT 1:

British journalist Tim Richardson is the author of "Sweets: A History of Candy." He tells Anne Strainchamps that different cultures have different tastes in sweets and that we should all eat more candy. He says research does not support the belief that sugar leads to obesity and heart disease. Also, Doyle Redland brings us a bit from the Onion Radio News. And, cookbook author Dorie Greenspan tells Jim Fleming about the fabulous desserts she finds in Paris. Greenspan's latest book is "Paris Sweets - Great Desserts from the City's Best Pastry Shops." (To see her cookie recipe, click here.) And finally, commentator Ann Shaffer recalls making a candy called Divinity.

SEGMENT 2:

Music historian Will Friedwald is the author of "Stardust Melodies." He talks with Steve Paulson about the history of the song "My Funny Valentine" and we hear lots of different interpretations.

SEGMENT 3:

Once again, we present your stories of love at first sight.

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Books:

Will Friedwald, Stardust Melodies: A biography of Twelve of America's Most Popular Songs (Pantheon)
Dorie Greenspan, Paris Sweets - Great Desserts from the City's Best Pastry Shops (Broadway)
Tim Richardson, Sweets: a history of candy (Bloomsbury)

Music:

--My Funny Valentine/ Ella Fitzgerald/ Frank Sinatra/Chet Baker/
Miles Davis
--"The Simpson's Spinoff Showcase" : Candy Medley/ Go
Simpsonic With the Simpsons/Rhino, Fox Music, Fox
--Sugar, Sugar/ The Archies
--The Nutcracker/ Tchaikovsky/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/London
--Let's Do It/The Test of Time/ Bud Freeman/Bethlehem Records
--Let's Do It/ Louis Armstrong
--They Can't Take That Away From Me/Gershwin Live!/Sarah Vaughn - Los Angeles Philharmonic/ CBS Records
--I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby And My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Me/ Jazz Sampler - Volume One/ Louis Armstrong & His All Stars

Distribution dates:

week of 02/15/2004 - hour 1
week of 02/09/2003 - hour 1

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