My brother (you know him as “R.L.” and I know him as “Bob! Take the pillow off my face. I can’t breathe!”) celebrated his birthday on Oct. 8 and I celebrated it on my show the night before, featuring his favorite song – Skylark – and some of his favorite singers. I also featured a few favorite musical brothers.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. SWING / Andrej Hermlin & His Swing Dance Orchestra / “Happy Birthday Mr. Swing”
- SKYLARK / Kevin Mahogany & Ray Brown Trio / “Some Of My Best Friends Are…Singers”
- SLUMMING ON PARK AVENUE / Ella Fitzgerald / “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook”
- WALKING MY BABY BACK HOME / Livingston Taylor / “Snapshot – Live At The Iron Horse”
- WALKING MY BABY BACK HOME / James Taylor / “Hourglass”
- MULBERRIES / Bob & Ray / “The Wally Ballou Story”
- SOMETIMES WHEN YOU’RE LONELY / Mark Murphy / “The Dream”
- LOVE WALKED IN / Sue Raney / “In Good Company”
- THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING BIG / (Mystery Vocalist) / Jennie Smith / “Nightly On The Steve Allen Show”
- LOOK OUT FOR LOVE / Nat King Cole / “Big Band Cole”
- I’M NOT MY BROTHER I’M ME / Freddy Cole / (A Live Performance)
- WHERE THE ACTION IS / Ike Cole / “Tribute To His Brother Nat”
- GROOVE YARD / The Montgomery Brothers / “Groove Yard”
- BILL / Cleo Laine / “Cleo Laine Live At Carnegie Hall”
- I WANT TO BE HAPPY / The Mills Brothers & Count Basie / “The Board Of Directors”
- BIRTHDAY SONG, GENERIC / Rebecca Kilgore / “Moonshadow Dance”
- SKYLARK / Bob Dylan / “Fallen Angels”
- FOUR BROTHERS / King Sisters / “Imagination”
- IT ISN’T SO GOOD IT COULDN’T GET BETTER / Irene Kral / “Second Chance”
- LOVE IS IN THE AIR / Jackie & Roy / “A Stephen Sondheim Collection”
- I LOVE YOU PORGY / Nina Simone / “Mood Indigo”
- SKYLARK / Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones / “You Are There”
- A CHILD IS BORN / The Real Group / “Unreal”
- ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL / John Coltrane Quartet / “Ballads”
- SAVE YOUR LOVE FOR ME / Nancy Wilson / “Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley”
- BROTHER WHERE ARE YOU / Oscar Brown Jr. / “Mr. Oscar Brown Jr. Goes To Washington”
- FAR AWAY PLACES / Norma Winstone / “Manhattan In The Rain”
- SKYLARK / The Real Group / “Unreal”
- THE HUMAN TOUCH / Nina Simone / “Nina Simone And Piano!”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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