In the past I’ve done shows on “whistling” and “dancing.” Why did I choose those themes? Because those are two things I’ve never been able to do. In my life! I also can’t roll my tongue but, come on – if you can get two hours of songs out of that theme, you should be doing my show. In picking themes, I gotta go with what I know. So Memory Problems, songs about remembering and forgetting, was an obvious choice. I finished the show with a poem/prayer sung in Hebrew by Sophie Milman. I couldn’t let RBG’s passing go without some kind of celebration.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- WHERE OR WHEN / Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / “Sinatra At The Sands”
- I’LL REMEMBER APRIL / Sinne Eeg / “Dreams”
- I REMEMBER YOU / George Michael / “Songs From The Last Century”
- REMEMBER / Ella Fitzgerald / “The Irving Berlin Songbook”
- STARDUST / Tony Bennett / “Rarities, Outtakes, & Other Delights”
- WHAT DID I FORGET? / Susannah McCorkle / “Hearts & Minds”
- FORGETFUL / Chet Baker / “Embraceable You”
- THANKS FOR THE MEMORY / Stacey Kent / “Dreamsville”
- THESE FOOLISH THINGS / Nat King Cole / “The Billy May Sessions”
- GET HAPPY / Lucy Dixon / “Lulu’s Back In Town”
- TRY TO REMEMBER / (Mystery Vocalist) / Ed McMahon / “And Me…I’m Ed McMahon”
- MEMORIES OF YOU / Carol Welsman / “Memories Of You”
- REMEMBERING / Avishai Cohen / “At Home”
- SWEET KENTUCKY HAM / Dave Frishberg / “Classics”
- DID I REMEMBER / Emily Asher / “Emily Asher’s Garden Party”
- MEMORY IN BLACK AND WHITE / Nikki Lorenzo & Sasha’s Bloc / “Club Rendezvous”
- THE WAY WE WERE / Johnny Hartman / “Boston Concert 1976”
- YOU WON’T FORGET ME / Shirley Horn / “You Won’t Forget Me”
- I REMEMBER CLIFFORD / Keith Jarrett Trio / “Still Live”
- REMEMBERING TO BREATHE / Lorraine Feather / “Dooji Wooji”
- EASY TO REMEMBER / Ian Shaw / “The Echo Of A Song”
- ELI, ELI / Sophie Milman / “Make Someone Happy”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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