Sweet 'n' Swing
Manx Radio's regular Big Band music show hosted by Howard Caine
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Episodes
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SWEET & SWING 03 OCTOBER 2025
Friday, 3 October 2025
Music from the time when wireless was king, songs had a tune and you could understand the words . . .
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SWEET & SWING 19 SEPTEMBER 2025
Friday, 19 September 2025
The best sounds on the radio from when wireless was king - from Little Mary Lee to Chick Webb and Larry Adler!
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SWEET & SWING 05 SEPTEMBER 2025
Friday, 5 September 2025
Music from when wireless was king - and a new mini series "What does Bing Sing . . ?"!
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SWEET & SWING 22 AUGUST 2025
Friday, 22 August 2025
The best music from when tunes had a tune - from the likes of Al Bowlly, Duke Ellington and Stephane Grappelli
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SWEET & SWING 08 AUGUST 2025
Friday, 8 August 2025
The best music from the time when radio was king! From Benny Goodman to Isobel Buchanan!
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SWEET & SWING 25 JULY 2025
Friday, 25 July 2025
Howard is here with the latest edition of Sweet & Swing.
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SWEET & SWING 11 JULY 2025
Friday, 11 July 2025
All the best sounds from when wireless was king - including Ella, Ambrose and a couple of Georges!
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SWEET & SWING 27 JUNE 2025
Friday, 27 June 2025
Great music from the time when wireless was king! Geraldo, Bob Crosby, Glenn Miller and Charlie Kunz just for starters.
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SWEET & SWING 13 JUNE 2025
Friday, 13 June 2025
The best music from the days of the wireless - Harry Roy, Charlie Chester, Benny Goodman and much more. Warm up your set now !
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SWEET & SWING 30 MAY 2025
Friday, 30 May 2025
Join H for meander through some of the best in swing and nostalgia with a vaguely topical theme - and even a bit of George and his uke . . .!
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SWEET & SWING 16 MAY 2025
Friday, 16 May 2025
H is with you with a warm and spring-like Sweet and Swing and music from the likes of Edmundo Ross, Teddy Joyce, Maxine Sullivan and Billy Mayerl!
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SWEET & SWING 18 APRIL 2025
Friday, 18 April 2025
More sounds from when wireless was king . . and you could understand the vocalists . . .
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SWEET & SWING 04 APRIL 2025
Friday, 4 April 2025
H brings you some of your favourite sounds on the wireless, from the likes of Ambrose, Nat King Cole and Victor Sylvester
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SWEET & SWING 21 MARCH 2025
Friday, 21 March 2025
The best sounds from your wireless from the likes of Coleman Hawkins, Harry Hayes, Charlie Barnet and Helen Humes.
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SWEET & SWING 07 MARCH 2025
Friday, 7 March 2025
We celebrate International Womens' Day with music from the likes of Mrs Jack Hylton, Bessie Smith, Una Mae Carlisle and Vera Lynn . . . to name but a few.
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SWEET & SWING 21 FEBRUARY 2025
Friday, 21 February 2025
H with his happy selection of songs from the days when wireless was king - including tonight Nat Gonella, Glenn Miller, Little Mary Lee and Victor Sylvester in the ballroom. Dig out your Radio Times (Just for affect - it's not in it . . .)
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SWEET & SWING 7th FEBRUARY 2025
Friday, 7 February 2025
More nostalgia and swing from when the wireless was King
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SWEET & SWING 24 JANUARY 2025
Friday, 24 January 2025
H is back with some of the best swinging sounds outside of the railway, from Sam Browne and Carroll Gibbons to Buddy Rich!
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SWEET & SWING 10 JANUARY 2025
Friday, 10 January 2025
Swinging into 2025 with H and swingers everywhere. No, not that type . . .
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SWEET & SWING 27 DECEMBER 2024
Friday, 27 December 2024
Out with the old, in with the new! The last Sweet and Swing of 2024!
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SWEET & SWING 06 DECEMBER 2024
Friday, 6 December 2024
H brings you the best sounds from the days of wireless, from Charlie Kunz to the Andrew Sisters!
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SWEET & SWING 22 NOVEMBER 2024
Friday, 22 November 2024
H warms up the 78s and digs out an extra loud steel needle to enjoy music from the likes of The Ted Heath Band. Monte Ray, Bessie Smith and Henry Hall
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SWEET & SWING 08 NOVEMBER 2024
Friday, 8 November 2024
Music for those who love a tune and the smell of shellac . . .H with his Friday selection including Lew Stone, Una Mae Carlisle, Mavis Rivers and Ken Snakehips Johnson.
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SWEET & SWING 25 OCTOBER 2024
Friday, 25 October 2024
H brings you the best sounds from the time when wireless was king and your tubes had to warm up . .!
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SWEET & SWING 11 OCTOBER 2024
Friday, 11 October 2024
Some Ambrose, Mel Torme, Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins and Lew Stone for your Friday evening . . . . what's not to like!
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SWEET & SWING 27 SEPTEMBER 2024
Friday, 27 September 2024
Some Frank, a waltz from Victor, a classic from Benny and a Boogly-woogly piggy! What more could you want . . . !
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SWEET & SWING 13 SEPTEMER 2024
Friday, 13 September 2024
Warm up your wireless - H drops the extra loud steel needle onto the shellac with tracks from the likes of Don Redman, Peter Dawson, Sam Wooding and Jack Jackson
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SWEET & SWING 30 AUGUST 2024
Friday, 30 August 2024
An enchanted evening with Joe, two Als for the price of one and more Petula!
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SWEET & SWING 16 AUGUST 2024
Friday, 16 August 2024
Warm up the valves of your wireless for everything from Ambrose to Spike Jones with Harry Hayes and even some Petula Clark!
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SWEET & SWING 02 AUGUST 2024
Friday, 2 August 2024
Settle back with a glass of your favourite and enjoy the likes of Cab Calloway, Bob Crosby, Blossom Dearie and a Chick Webb . .