Daddy Issues – sure, that’s a psychological piñata worth smacking around, and I did feature a number of songs about Dads. But I mostly wanted to focus on another meaning of Daddy Issues: the talented kids of talented Dads.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- FATHER’S DAY / Groucho Marx / “Hooray For Capt. Spaulding”
- SONG FOR MY FATHER / Lillie Huddleston / “How Long Has This Been Going On?”
- SO LONG DAD / Randy Newman / “Randy Newman”
- SOMETIME AGO / Tony & Michel Petrucciani / “Conversation”
- BUT BEAUTIFUL / Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga / “Cheek To Cheek”
- AVALON / Natalie Cole / “Unforgettable”
- AVALON / Nat King Cole / “Big Band Cole”
- I KNOW THE WAY TO BROOKLYN / Lorraine Feather / “Dooji Wooji”
- AT THE RENDEZVOUS / Clint Holmes & Joey DeFrancesco / “Rendezvous”
- MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY / Julie London / “HMV Easy: The Julie London Collection”
- DON’T FENCE ME IN / (Mystery Vocalist) / Clint Eastwood / “Cowboys On The Trail”
- BLOWIN’ THE BLUES AWAY / Kyle Eastwood / “Timepieces”
- DEAD MAN’S BOOTS / Sting / “The Last Ship”
- THE MAN I LOVE / Veronica Swift / “This Bitter Earth”
- AGUA DE BEBER / John Pizzarelli & Daniel Jobim / “Sinatra & Jobim @ 50”
- TAKE A BITE / Margaret Whiting / “The Lady’s In Love With You”
- SWINGING AT THE HAVEN / The Marsaiis Family / “A Jazz Celebration”
- I’M OLD FASHIONED / Gretje Angel / “In Any Key”
- ANGEL EYES / Kandace Springs & Norah Jones / “The Women Who Raised Me”
- MY FOOLISH HEART / Jacqui Dankworth / “It Happens Quietly”
- LOVE THEME FROM “SPARTACUS” / Bill Evans, Jeremy Steig / “What’s New”
- I AM YOUR CHILD / Barry Manilow / “Barry Manilow 1”
- THIS BITTER EARTH / Randy Crawford / “Live”
- FATHERS AND SONS / Bob Gunton / “Working”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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