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 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 . .
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SWEET & SWING 19 JULY 2024
Friday, 19 July 2024
Teddy Joyce, Django, Mario Lanza, Perry Como and a slow boat to China. What more could you want from your wireless?!
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SWEET & SWING 05 JULY 2024
Friday, 5 July 2024
Great sounds from the time when you huddled around the wireless!
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SWEET & SWING 28 JUNE 2024
Friday, 28 June 2024
H is here with the latest edition of Sweet & Swing.
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SWEET & SWING 21 JUNE 2024
Friday, 21 June 2024
H is here with the latest edition of Sweet & Swing.
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SWEET & SWING 14 JUNE 2024
Friday, 14 June 2024
Great sounds from when you settled down with your wireless, including the likes of Paul Whiteman, Harry Roy, Perry Como and Louie Bellson
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SWEET & SWING 07 JUNE 2024
Friday, 7 June 2024
An 80th anniversary D-Day landings Sweet and Swing Special . .
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SWEET & SWING 31 MAY 2024
Friday, 31 May 2024
Tune in your wireless for some sounds from the likes of George Shearing, Cyril Stapleton, Fats Waller and Barney Gilbraith. Music from back in the day . . .!
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Great sounds from when you used to tune in your wireless
Friday, 24 May 2024
Mildred Bailey, Edmundo Ros, Irving Fazola and the Comedian Harmonists to name but a few . .
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SWEET & SWING 17 MAY 2024
Friday, 17 May 2024
Some Perry, some jazz in 3D and the Brubeck you don't know!