Getting in the spirit for WMNR’s Fall Fundraising drive this week, I played songs with the magic words, Please and Thank You during the first hour or so. I also invited listeners to pledge and if they did, they could request or song and I’d play it during the second hour of the show.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- PLEASE BE KIND / Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / “Sinatra/Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”
- PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I’M GONE / Nancy Kelly / “B That Way”
- BABY WON’T YOU PLEASE COME HOME / Nat King Cole / “Big Band Cole”
- THANKS FOR THE MEMORY / Rosemary Clooney / “Rosemary Clooney Sings Ballads”
- PLEASE CALL ME BABY / Tom Waits / “The Heart Of Saturday Night”
- OPPORTUNITY PLEASE KNOCK / Jackie Ryan / “Doozy”
- UN CAFÉ S’IL VOUS PLAIT / Paris Café Jazz / “Paris Café Jazz Favorites”
- MERCI MADAME LA VIE / Charles Aznavour / “Olympia Fevier 1976”
- PLEASE DON’T KISS ME / (Mystery Vocalist) / Carla Bruni / “French Touch”
- BABY’S REQUEST / Paul McCartney / “Kisses At The Bottom”
- JUST SQUEEZE ME / Ella Fitzgerald / “Ella In Rome”
- DINNER FOR ONE, PLEASE, JAMES / Joe Williams / “Ballad And Blues Master”
- COME SUNDAY / The Real Group / “Live In Stockholm”
- PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE / Kevin Mahogany / “You’ve Got What It Takes”
- LUCK BE A LADY / Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / “Sinatra At The Sands”
- SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES / Hilary Gardner / “The Late Set”
- I LOVE MY WIFE / Ron Boustead / “Unlikely Valentine”
- JINGLES / Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra / “Handful Of Keys”
- LUCKY TO BE ME / Mark Winkler / “The Company I Keep”
- OVER THE RAINBOW / Judy Garland / “Judy At Carnegie”
- WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE / Calabria Foti / “In The Still Of The Night”
- YOU’RE MY THRILL / Cecile McLorin Salvant / “Dreams & Daggers”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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