PLAYLIST FOR “A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO DEMENTIA” (2.20.16) #jazz #jazzradio #jazzsingers

I wanted to say something thoughtful and heartfelt about dementia…I wonder what it was. Maybe it’ll come to me before you finish reading this playlist of the unforgettable songs and singers I played this week. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

• WHERE OR WHEN  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
• WHERE ARE MY KEYS?  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Language”
• YOU’VE CHANGED  /  George Michael  /  “Symphonica”
• EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ AT ME  /  Donna Lewis  /  “Brand New Day”
• GOIN’ OUT OF MY HEAD  /  Les McCann  /  “How’s Your Mother”
• LOSING MY MIND  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Sings Sondheim”
• WHEN I’M 64  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “John Pizzarelli Meets The Beatles”
• FORGETFUL  /  Susie Arioli  /  “All The Way”
• THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Professional Dreamer”
• BIRTHDAY SONG (GENERIC)  /  Rebecca Kilgore  /  “Moonshadow Dance”
• HOW ABOUT YOU  /  Bobby Darin  /  “Love Swings”
• WAITER, THE CHECK  /  Nicki Leighton-Thomas  /  “Forbidden Games”
• PURE IMAGINATION  /  Sue Raney  /  “Ridin’ High”
• NEVER NEVER LAND  /  Carol Sloane  /  “Live At 30^th Street”
• NEVER NEVER LAND  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Peter Sellers  /  “A Celebration Of Peter Sellers”
• YESTERDAYS  /  Joanie Sommers  /  “A Fine Romance”
• MY ECHO MY SHADOW AND ME  /  Paul McCartney  /  “Kisses On The Bottom”
• TALKING TO MYSELF  /  Sinne Eeg  /  “Remembering You”
• SHOW ME THE WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS WORLD  /  Mary Foster Conklin  /  “Blues For Breakfast”
• DANCING ON THE CEILING  /  Frank D’Rone  /  “Double Exposure”
• 11:60 PM  /  Hetty Kate & The Irwell Street String Band  /  =“11:60 PM”
• MEMORIES OF YOU  /  Modern Jazz Quartet  /  “MJQ & Friends: A Celebration”
• TRY TO REMEMBER  /  Morgana King  /  “A Taste Of Honey”
• REMEMBER  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “The Very Best Of The Irving Berlin Songbook”
• I REMEMBER SKY/  Dianne Reeves/  “I Remember”
• I REMEMBER YOU  /  Lissy Walker  /  “Life Is Sweet”
• PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /   Cody Owen Stine

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