I’m sure I’ve mentioned a few dozen times that I’m a “glass half-empty” kind of guy. Not only do I think the glass is half-empty, I worry about who’s been drinking from my glass. I can find something sad about an IRS refund. And don’t get me started about “brown paper packages tied up with strings.” Don’t you think that’s setting the bar for happiness a little low? So, of course, when I do a show about Laughter, I’m also going to do a show about Tears. It makes perfect sense to me – and, after all, it’s my show.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- WHEN YOU’RE SMILING / Carol Welsman / “Memories Of You: A Tribute To Benny Goodman”
- YOU’VE GOT ME CRYING AGAIN / Joe Williams / “Ballad & Blues Master”
- LAUGHING AT LIFE / Duchess / “Laughing At Life”
- THIS FUNNY WORLD / Tony Bennett / “The Complete Improv Recordings”
- IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH. IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY / Janet Planet / “Janet Planet Sings The bob Dylan Songbook”
- A MAN AIN’T SUPPOSED TO CRY / John Doakes / “Forever Reasons”
- DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING / Shirley Horn / “You Won’t Forget Me”
- I GUESS I’LL HANG MY TEARS OUT TO DRY / Frank Sinatra / “Only The Lonely”
- THIS WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH / Natalie Cole / “Take A Look”
- THEY ALL LAUGHED / (Mystery Vocalist) / Thomas Quastoff / “The Jazz Album”
- WILLOW WEEP FOR ME / Stan Kenton / “Standards In Silhouette
- INSIDE A SILENT TEAR / Blossom Dearie / “My New Celebrity Is You”
- LAUGHING ON THE OUTSIDE / Nat Cole / “Where Did Everybody Go?”
- I CRIED FOR YOU / Ellen Andersson Quartet / “I’ll Be Seeing You”
- THE TEARS OF A CLOWN / Kevin Mahogany / “Pride & Joy”
- CRY ME A RIVER / Malou Beauvoir & Jean Chaudron Trio / “An Evening At The Swan”
- SMILE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Lyle Lovett / “Smile”
- YOU’RE LAUGHING AT ME / Ella Fitzgerald / “The Songbook Collections”
- ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT (Elvis Laughing) / Elvis Presley / “Live 1969”
- I’M GONNA LAUGH YOU RIGHT OUT OF MY LIFE / Carmen McRae / “Bittersweet”
- MONA LISA / Keith Jarrett / “Tokyo ‘96”
- I DON’T WANT TO CRY ANYMORE / Billie Holiday / “The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve”
- WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS / Kenny Rankin / “Haven’t We Met?”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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