Episode 154, “Jerome Kern,” focuses on one of the premier songwriters of the 20th century. Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day, The Andrews Sisters, Mel Torme, Dean Martin and a dozen others deliver many familiar songs and a few oddities, including one called “My Husband’s First Wife.”
| 1 | Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | The Platters |
| 2 | Old Man River | Frank Sinatra and the Ken Lane Singers |
| 3 | I’ll Be Hard to Handle | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 4 | The Song is You | Doris Day |
| 5 | The Song is You | The Andrews Sisters |
| 6 | My Husband’s First Wife | Rebecca Luker |
| 7 | The Way You Look Tonight | The Jaguars |
| 8 | All the Things You Are | Sarah Vaughn & Count Basie |
| 9 | I Won’t Dance | Fred Astaire |
| 10 | I Won’t Dance | Stacey Kent |
| 11 | Long Ago and Far Away | Rod Stewart |
| 12 | In Love in Vain | Mel Torme |
| 13 | The Last Time I Saw Paris | Dean Martin |
| 14 | Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man | Lena Horne |
| 15 | A Fine Romance | Johnny Mercer and Martha Tilton |
| 16 | Who | The Pied Pipers |
| 17 | The Way You Look Tonight | Jerome Kern Piano Rolls |
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