For all of you who spent Valentine’s Day holding a snow shovel or a snowblower instead of the softer, warmer body of your choice, I played an hour of “Hearts And Flowers” songs, hoping to salvage that loving feeling, or at least hoping that any kind of feeling has returned to your fingers and toes by now. What a winter!
SONG TITLE / Artist’s Name / CD Or Album Title
- AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSE / Frank Sinatra / “Come Swing With Me”
- VIOLETS FOR MY FURS / Billie Holiday / “Lady In Satin”
- SLEEP MY HEART / Joe Williams/George Shearing / “The Heart & Soul Of Joe Williams & George Shearing”
- I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART / Lena Horne / “Give The Love Around”
- TULIP OR TURNIP / Bill Henderson / “Live At The Vic”
- A FLOWER IS A LOVESOME THING / Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington / “Ella’s Finest Hour”
- I LOVE THE WAY YOU’RE BREAKING MY HEART / Nicki Parrott / “The Best Of Venus Volume 1”
- MY FOOLISH HEART / The Swingle Singers / “Mood Swings”
- MISTY ROSES / (Mystery Vocalist) / Sonny Bono / “Inner Views”
- MISTY ROSES / Kenny Rankin / “Haven’t We Met?”
- BE CAREFUL IT’S MY HEART / Delicatessen / “My Baby Just Cares For Me”
- 24 HOURS A DAY / Diana Panton / “Red”
- LOLLIPOPS AND ROSES / Jack Jones / “Love Ballad”
- A WISH / Fred Hersch/Norma Winstone / “Songs And Lullabies”
- PARS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine / (Unreleased Master)

THANK YOU FOR REDEEMMING THE WEEK OF “WEATHER” AND A VALENTINE’S DAY
FEELING OF LONGING AND LAMENT SALVAGED BY YOUR EMPATHY AND WONDERFUL SELECTIONS IN “HEARTS AND FLOWERS.”.
Mary Ann –
Thanks for listening ans for taking the time to write. I really appreciate both. It’s also nice to know that I’m not just talking to myself…okay, at least for an hour on Saturday night, I’m not just talking to myself.
Bill