I pulled a couple shows from the archives for everyone’s listening pleasure this week. I’ll be back live next Saturday night!
A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO LOW SELF-ESTEEM
I tried to play the best songs I could think of for this theme, but I probably left out all the really good ones. Crap. I knew I was going to screw it up. Why did I think I could do this right? What was I thinking?
Uh-Oh. Maybe I’ve been thinking about Low Self-Esteem a little too long this week.
SONG TITLE / Artist / Album Or CD Title
- IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN / Chaise Lounge / “Insomnia”
- EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME / Carmen McRae / “The Fabulous Carmen McRae”
- PRIVATE GUY / Ben Sidran / “Don’t Cry For No Hipster”
- I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH ME / Morgana King / “This Is Always”
- IT AMAZES ME / Tony Bennett / “Tony Bennett At Carnegie Hall”
- WAITER, OH WAITER / Stacey Kent / “The Changing Light”
- NOBODY ELSE BUT ME / Madeline Eastman / “Point Of Departure”
- BUT NOT FOR ME / (Mystery Vocalist) / Joey DeFrancesco with Joe Doggs / “Falling In Love Again”
- I WON’T DANCE / Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / “Sinatra-Basie”
- DANG ME / Kellye Gray / “And, They Call Us Cowboys”
- NEVER LET ME GO / Cleo Laine / “Quintessential Cleo”
MUSICAL MASH-UPS
Can I do two things at once? Rub my head and pat my stomach? It’s more fun if someone does that for me. Walk and chew gum? Ok, so I had to give up chewing gum. Sing two songs at once? Maybe I can’t do that, but these guys can and did this week on Turntable For One.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- THREE LITTLE WORDS/SIR DUKE / Bria Skonberg /“Into Your Own”
- EAST ST. LOUIS TOODLE-OO/DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE / John Pizzarelli / “Rockin’ In Rhythm: A Duke Ellington Tribute
- ANYTHING GOES / Keri Johnsrud / “All Blue”
- HOUSE OF GRACE / Billy Brandt / “The Ballad Of Larry’s Neighbor”
- ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE/I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU / Nancy LaMott / “My Foolish Heart”
- BEFORE HE CHEATS / Ana Gasteyer / “I’m Hip”
- ANYONE CAN WHISTLE / Tania Grubbs / “Lost In The Stars”
- GEE, MINE OR MOZART’S / The Real Group / “Live In Japan”
- GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN / Postmodern Jukebox / “Historical Misappropriation”
- MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT / Ahmad Jamal / “Cross Country Tour: 1958-1961”
- TIME AND LOVE / Mark Winkler / “The Laura Nyro Project”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
Most of the time I just play one song at a time. Wanna hear? Check out a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange.
http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one
Want to see what I do (and other WMNR broadcasters do) while the music is playing? Check out this new video!
https://youtu.be/ujQ4bRHbDzM
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