PLAYLIST FOR “MEMORY PROBLEMS” (9.29.20)

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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