I paid tribute to some of the singers, musicians, arrangers, composers (and even a music producer) who died in 2016.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD or Album Title
- YOUR MIND IS ON VACATION / Mose Allison / “The Best of Mose Allison”
- SOOTHE ME / Toots Thielemans w/ Shirley Horn / “You Won’t Forget Me”
- SEULE CE SOIR / Leo Marjane / “Essentiel”
- LIVING WITHOUT YOU / Bill Henderson / “Live At The Vic”
- LOVE THEME FROM SPARTACUS / Bill Evan w/ Jeremy Steig / “What’s New”
- TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY / Bobby Vee / “The Legendary Masters”
- OH, WHAT A NIGHT / Frankie Vallie & The Four Seasons / “The Very Best Of Frankie Vallie & The Four Seasons”
- CHAPEL OF LOVE / Dixie Cups / “Chapel Of Love”
- YOU’VE CHANGED / George Michael / “Songs From The Last Century”
- MY FUNNY VALENTINE / Johnny Mathis / “The Essential Johnny Mathis”
- VEM KAN SEGLA FORUTAN VIND / The Real Group w/ Toots Thielemans / “One For All”
- MATZOH BALLS / Slim Gaillard / “Slim Gaillard Remastered”
- DELICATESSEN / Delicatessen / “My Baby Just Cares For Me”
- OSCAR BRAND INTERVIEWS DYLAN
- YOU GOTTA BELIEVE / Dan Hicks / “Strike It Rich”
- WHEN YOU ARE NEAR / Bobby Hutcherson / “Happenings”
- THEME FROM THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS / (Mystery Dead Vocalist) / Patty Duke / “Patty Duke Sings Songs From Valley Of The Dolls”
- OSCAR MAYER WEINER SONG /
- HOW INSENSITIVE / Frank Sinatra/Tom Jobim / “Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings”
- I WAS A FOOL TO LET YOU GO / Frank Sinatra Jr. / “That Face”
- STORMY WEATHER / Kay Starr / “Kay Starr”
- I’M OLD FASHIONED / Julius LaRosa / “Julius LaRosa”
- THE PREACHER / Horace Silver / “The Best Of Horace Silver”
- BIRD ON A WIRE / Leonard Cohen / “Live Songs”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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