Generally it takes 12 muscles to smile and 11 muscles to frown. But the 25 songs I played don’t even begin to capture the complexity, the intensity, the subtleties, and the diversity of bitterness. If I left out your favorite, don’t be bitter. I only have two hours. But, at least I did prove that even Canadians can be bitter.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- THIS BITTER EARTH / Randy Crawford / “Live”
- THE RULES OF THE ROAD / Nat Cole / “Let’s Face The Music”
- BITTER WITH THE SWEET / Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm / “Spark”
- BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH / Jamie Cullum / “Twentysomething”
- BEFORE HE CHEATS / Ana Gasteyer / “I’m Hip”
- NOT YOU / Ian Thomas / “Passing Through”
- CRY ME A RIVER / Nancy Harms / “In The Indigo”
- I’D RATHER DRINK MUDDY WATER / Kevin Mahogany / “Old New, Borrowed, & The Blues”
- THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS LOVE / Karrin Allyson / “’Round Midnight”
- FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE / Frank D’Rone / “Falling In Love With Love”
- SPRING IS HERE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Connie Stevens / “Conchetta”
- IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND / Till Bronner & Jeff Goldblum & Mildred Snitzer Orchestra / “The Capitol Sessions”
- THIS FUNNY WORLD / Ian Shaw / “Taking It To Hart”
- NO ONE EVER TELLS YOU / Jackie Ryan / “Listen Here”
- MY COUNTRY USED TO ME / Dave Frishberg / “Do You Miss New York: Live”
- I’M THROUGH WITH LOVE / Diana Krall / “All For You”
- WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Marvin Gaye / “When I’m Alone I Cry”
- YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS / Ahmad Jamal / “Cross Country Tour Vol. 1”
- GOD WILL / Holly Cole / “Blame It On My Youth”
- I GOT A RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES / Tony Bennett & Bonnie Raitt / “Playin’ With My Friends
- THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY / Judy Garland / “Judy At Carnegie”
- ONE FOR MY BABY / Frank Sinatra / “Only The Lonely”
- I’M GONNA LAUGH YOU RIGHT OUT OF MY LIFE / Carmen McRae / “Bittersweet”
- LUSH LIFE / Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane / “Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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I loved the theme and playlist, especially “The Man That Got Away”; I hope that you will consider devoting a future program to Judy’s brilliant Carnegie Hall concert album.
Thanks for visiting, and listening, and writing! It is an amazing album and one that I come back to frequently both at home and on the show. I haven’t devoted an entire show to one album, in part because presenting lots of singers – familiar and not so familiar- is one of my main joys of the show. But if you keep listening- and I hope you do – I know you’ll hear more Judy.