I couldn’t make it to the station this week, but did that mean no St. Patrick’s Day party this year? Nope. I dug this show from 2019 out of the archives. This is what I wrote about the show back then:

It’s been a Turntable For One St. Patrick’s Day tradition for me to play some jazz singers from Ireland, a few Irish-American (or at least half-Irish-American) singers and musicians, and – always a highlight – for me to eat some traditional Irish food on the air – which, of course, means a bowl of Lucky Charms. And, as if hearing me struggle and choke wasn’t incentive enough, I made this year’s party a celebration of the songs of Jimmy McHugh, the wonderful Irish-American composer.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- CAN’T GET OUT OF THIS MOOD / Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson / “Two’s Company”
- LET’S GET LOST / Curtis Stigers / “Baby Plays Around”
- MOLLY MALONE / Tara O’Grady / “Black Irish”
- I’LL NEVER BE THE SAME / Cormac Kenevey / “Turning Skies”
- YESTERDAY I HEARD THE RAIN / Chris McNulty / “Eternal”
- LOVE WON’T LET YOU GET AWAY / Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney / “Fancy Meeting You Here”
- IF LOVE WERE ALL / Judy Garland / Judy At Carnegie Hall”
- SOMETHING COOL / Veronica Swift / “Lonely Woman”
- EXACTLY LIKE YOU / (Mystery Vocalist) / Regis Philbin / “When You’re Smiling”
- I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE / Five Play / “Live From The Firehouse Stage”
- I MUST HAVE THAT MAN / Jackie Ryan / “Doozy”
- I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT LOVE / Nat Cole / “Night Lights”
- ALL ALONE AM I / Cassandre McKinley / “Dragonfly”
- THE IRISH BALLAD / Tom Lehrer / “Revisited”
- SPRING CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST / Ella Fitzgerald with Tommy Flanagan Trio / “Jazz At The Santa Monica Civic ‘72”
- TRAVLIN’ LIGHT / Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco / “You’re Driving Me Crazy”
- GONE WITH THE WIND / Kate McGarry / “The Subject Tonight Is Love”
- SAY IT / John Proulx / “Say It”
- BALLAD / Gerry Mulligan / “The Complete Verve Concert Jazz Band Sessions:
- ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT / Paul Buchanan & Chris Botti / “Live With Orchestra & Special Guests”
- THIS BITTER EARTH / Imelda May & Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orch. / “The Capitol Sessions”
- LOOK TO THE RAINBOW / Luciana Souza / “Centennial”
- DANNY BOY / Tony Bennett & Stan Getz / “Jazz”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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