One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) — Frank Sinatra

desert is.landest. 1942

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One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) — Frank Sinatra — Song · desert is.land

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Song

One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) — Frank Sinatra

10 episodes

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Barbara Taylor Bradford
Barrie Rutter
Barry Manilow
Benny Green
Bryn Terfel
Maya Angelou
Michael Croft
Michael Ffolkes
Patricia Neal
Rod Steiger

Barrie Rutter
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Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow on almost turning down his first record contract
Castaway · 27 September 2009Kirsty Young

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

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Michael Ffolkes

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