The Oscars, the Tonys, the Golden Globes, the Emmys, the Grammys – everybody loves award shows with all the attendant and attendees’ glitz and glamour. Shouldn’t I get a piece of this? Probably not, but when have I ever let good decisions or good taste interfere with my plans? So this week I made up arbitrary categories and presented awards to performers who, unlike myself, have made a positive difference to my show. Introducing the “T.F.O. Awards” – and, no, that doesn’t stand for Terrifying Fundamentalists Objectives.
(Award Title) / SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- (Best Supporting Performance – Instrumental) / ALICE IN WONDERLAND / Roberta Gambarini & Dave Brubeck / “Everybody Wants To Be A Cat”
- (This Song Never Sounded So Good) / ROCK WITH YOU / Alyssa Allgood / “Exactly Like You”
- (Achievement In Science Denying) / Sleepin’ Bee / Johnny Hartman / “I Just Dropped By To Say Hello”
- (Most Unrecognizable Song) / I’LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT / Janet Planet / “Just Like A Woman”
- (This Shouldn’t Work, But It Does) / PEEL ME A GRAPE / Blossom Dearie & Lyle Lovett
- (Foreign Language Performance) / VEDRAI, VEDRAI / Sarah Lancman / “Intermezzo”
- (Singer I Never Thought I’d Play) / THAT’S MY DESIRE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Ray Stevens / “Grover’s Hat Project”
- (In Memoriam) / HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT / Kellye Gray / “And, They Call Us Cowboys”
- WHEN I FALL IN LOVE / Kevin Mahogany / “Old, New, Borrowed, and The Blues”
- SLEEPY TIME GAL / Andre Previn & Dinah Shore / “Dinah Sings Previn Plays”
- I SHOULD CARE / Andre Previn & Diahann Carroll / “The Magic Of Diahann Carroll”
- LOOK AT HIM GO / Andre Previn & Itzhak Perlman / “A Different Kind Of Blue”
- (Mad As Hell & I’m Not Taking It Anymore) / BIG DISCOUNT / Karrin Allyson / Some Of That Sunshine”
- (Best Performance Forgetting Lyrics) / GONE WITH THE WIND / Ella Fitzgerald / “Ella At Zardi’s”
- (When’s The Last Time You Heard This?) / BLUES IN HOSS FLAT / Count Basie / “Chairman Of The Board”
- (Singer Who Won’t Send Me Her CDs) / IT’S ALRIGHT WITH ME / Calabria Foti / “In The Still Of The Night”
- (The Mose Allison Irony Isn’t Dead Award) / EVERYBODY THINKS YOU’RE AN ANGEL / Mose Allison / “The Way Of The World”
- (Singer I Never Heard of Until This Week) / FOUR BROTHERS / Trish Hatley / “I Remember: Second Set”
- (When Worlds Collide Award) / CARO MIO BEN / Joyce DiDonato / “Songplay”
- (Heart On Sleeve) / BABY I’M A FOOL / Melody Gardot / “Live In Europe”
- (Lifetime Achievement) / SOME OTHER TIME / Tony Bennett & Bill Evans / “The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album”
- BUT BEAUTIFUL / Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga / “Cheek To Cheek”
- (Song I Always Wanted To End The Show) / SWEET SLUMBER / Jimmy Witherspoon & Jack McDuff / “The Blues Is Now”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme music) / Cody Owen Stine
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Love that Kellye Gray made your list. For your consideration, her version of How Insensitive on Rendering is amazing.
Thanks for dropping by. She sent me that CD shortly before she died. I’m heartbroken that it might be the last music we hear from her; though it won’t be the last of her music we’ll be hearing on my show! Bill
She was a dear dear friend and I miss her everyday. Thought you would like to know that she recorded a Prince tribute album and i’m working with Erich Avinger to get it out into the world. I’ll share with you when it’s ready. Peace to you.
Thanks, thanks, thanks! Thanks for getting in touch. Thanks for keeping Kellye’s music in the world. Thanks in advance for sharing any new CD of her music with me. Bill