Every story on the cable news channels is presented as BREAKING NEWS! The hype and hyperbole were driving me crazy…until I remembered why they’re doing it – to keep the audience interested, tuned in, and awake. Hey, that’s exactly what I want, too. So I presented every song this week as a BREAKING NEWS story, everything from breaking news about Justin Bieber (“I Won’t Grow Up”) to a home invasion (“The Three Bears”) to a new statement from Edward Snowden to America (“You’d Be So Nice To Come Home to”) to the discovery of the Fountain Of Youth (“Young At Heart”). Maybe I didn’t get all the stories right, but isn’t that the hallmark of BREAKING NEWS: get it fast, not right?
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- IT’S TOO DARN HOT / Mel Torme / “Swings Shubert Alley”
- LET’S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF / Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong / “Ella & Louis”
- YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO / Frank Sinatra / “A Swingin’ Affair”
- I WON’T GROW UP / Jamie Cullum / “From The Vaults”
- TRAFFIC AND WEATHER / Lorraine Feather / “Language”
- THREE BEARS / Mark Winkler / “Mark Winkler Sings Bobby Troup”
- BROOKLYN BRIDGE / Hilary Gardner / “The Great City”
- TAKE ME OUT OT THE BALL GAME / Mandy Patinkin / “Mamaloshen”
- TAKE ME OUT OT THE BALL GAME / Sophie Milman / “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”
- I APOLOGIZE / Kevin Mahogany / “My Romance”
- I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN / Rigmor Gustafsson & Jacky Terrasson / “Close To You”
- WILD MAN ON THE LOOSE / Mose Allison / “Lessons In Living”
- B LUE SKIES / Veronneau / “Joy Of Living”
- BE CAREFUL IT’S MY HEART / Delicatessen / “My Baby Just Cares for Me”
- YOUNG AT HEART / Cyrille Aimee / “It’s A Good Day”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
Here’s some more Breaking News: There is a new Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public radio Exchange. Click the link below. Come on, you know you want to.
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