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Special Programs for December 21 thru December 26 Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Short List: “The Hits” The Short List begins a series about jazz tunes that became popular hits. There have been a number of significant jazz artists who have charted well. This week we look back at some Number One hits of the 1950s and 1960s – Acker Bilk’s “Stranger On the Shore ,” Louis Armstrong’s “Hello Dolly,” Ray Charles’s...

My childhood crush kissed me on the cheek and I melted into the floor The actress remembers a magical childhood Christmas, in a Jay Gatsby-esque mansion where family friend Acker Bilk played festive tunes Cressida Bonas remembers a favourite Christmas past Credit: Ian West/PA My mother had a short-lived marriage to a man whose life resembled that of Jay Gatsby. He sadly died not long ago, but the Christmas we spent in his house is a memory that seems to grow brighter each year. Looking back, th...