Archive | September, 2025

HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 9.27.2025

25 Sep

HINT:

He’s gone. Your heart is broken. You can’t wear it on your sleeve because you don’t have any sleeves. Who can you turn to for the best romantic advice plus a musical spirit infusion? Turntable For One, of course.

Turntable For One / Saturday Nights / Jazz Vocals

Missed last week’s show? You’re breaking my heart. Click here and then scroll down to listen to an archived version of Turntable For One

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PLAYLIST FOR “SONGS ABOUT SONGS” AN ARCHIVE REBROADCAST 9.20.25

21 Sep

I reached back into the Turntable For One archives and dusted off golden oldie and one of my favorites from the past few years. This is what I wrote when the show was new:

In the middle of planning this week’s show – A Musical Tribute To The  Venn Diagram – I was forced to face a defining question: What makes Turntable For One Turntable For One? Forget the technical mistakes. Forget the historical inaccuracies. Forget the defamation law suits (And God knows I’ve tried). The essence week after week: Songs! Can’t I get a theme out of that? 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Ir Album Title

  • I FEEL A SONG COMING ON  /  Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson  /  “Two’s Company”
  • HAPPY TIME  /  Tim Buckley  /  “Blue Afternoon”
  • STARDUST  /  Samara Joy  /  “Samara Joy”
  • WITH A SONG IN MY HEART  /  Chet Baker  /  “She Was Too Good To Me”
  • I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART  /  Ernestine Anderson  /  “I Love Being Here With you”
  • AS LONG AS I’M SINGING  /  Bobby Darin  /  “Wild, Cool, & Swinging”
  • TEACH ME A SONG  /  Jackie Allen  /  “Never Let Me Go”
  • THE SONG IS YOU  /  Terry Gibbs Dream Band  /  “The Lost Tapes 1959”
  • I’VE HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE  /  Welsa Whitfield  /  “Teach Me Tonight”
  • RETIRED WRITER IN THE SUN  /  Donovan  /  “In Concert”
  • SONG FOR MY FATHER  /  Lillie Huddleston  /  “How Long Has This Been Going On”
  • WITHOUT A SONG  /  Mahalia Jackson  /  “Let’s Pray Together”
  • THE SONG IS ENDED  /  Tony Bennett & Dizzy Gillespie  /  “Bennett/Berlin”
  • SONG FOR A SUCKER LIKE YOU  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Ben There, Done That”
  • LIKE A SONG  /  Sinne Eeg w/The Danish Radio Big Band  /  “We’ve Just Begun”
  • IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG  /  Johnny Hartman  /  ”Almost Like A Song”
  • HI-LILI HI-LO  /  Rickie Lee Jones  /  “Pop Pop”
  • SONG ABOUT THE MOON  /  Paul Simon  /  “Hearts And Bones”
  • MOON SONG  /  Cecile McLorin-Salvant  /  “Moon Song”
  • NIGHT SONG  /  Nina Simone  /  “Broadway-Blues-Ballads”
  • SEPTEMBER SONG  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “September Of My Years”
  • THE SONG THAT ISN’T FINISHED YET  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Summer Me Winter me”
  • MY LOVE IS AN APRIL SONG  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “Bill Evans For Lovers”
  • ROAD TO HELL (REPRISE)  /.  Andre DeShields & Cast of Hadestown  /  “Hadestown”
  • AMERICAN TUNE  /  Simon & Garfunkel  /  “The Concert In Central Park”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

Missed the show? That’s a tired old song.  Click here and then click on my name in the drop-down menu to listen to an archived version.

Turntable For One has a new Facebook page here!

Turntable For One – full-length shows! –  are on Mixcloud

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One-Hour Shows on PRX, The Public Radio Exchange, here:

 

HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 9.20.25

17 Sep

HINT:

This week’s show will be an archived re-broadcast of a show from last season. No cats were harmed during the show, but I can’t promise the same thing about lyrics.  

Turntable For One / Saturday Nights / Jazz Vocals

Missed last week’s show? I guess that cat’s out of the bag. So click here and then scroll down to listen to an archived version of Turntable For One

Turntable For One has a new Facebook page here

Turntable For One – full-length shows! –  are on Mixcloud

Look for Turntable For One shows on All About Jazz, too.

One-Hour Shows on PRX, The Public Radio Exchange, here:

 

PLAYLIST FOR “DOs & DON’Ts” 9.13.25

15 Sep

Dos and Don’ts – we’ve heard them all our lives! Don’t talk unless your raise your handDon’t bring candy to school unless you bring enough for everyoneDon’t lock your little sister in the closet…maybe that’s just me. And later we all heard: Do call your mother! Just to add insult to injury, salt to the wound, a poke to the eye, I played two more hours of DOs & DON’TS. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Title

  • EVERYBODY SAYS DON’T  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine Sings Sondheim”
  • DO IT THE HARD WAY  /  Georgie Fame  /  “Poet In New York”
  • DON’T FENCE ME IN  /  Kelly Clarkson/Jeff Goldblum/Mildred Snitzer Orch.  /  “Plays Well With Others’
  • DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING  /  Ray Charles  /  “The Genius Of Ray Charles”
  • DO IT AGAIN  /  Delicatessen  /  “Jazz + Bossa”
  • DO SOMETHING  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Doozy”
  • I DO IT FOR YOUR LOVE  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “The Last Waltz”
  • DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME  /  Joni Mitchell  /  “Both Sides Now”
  • I DON’T WORRY ABOUT A THING  /  Mose Allison  /  “Mose In Your Ear”
  • DEED I DO  /  Ellen Andersson  /  “You Should Have Told Me”
  • JUST SQUEEZE ME  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Memories Of You”
  • DON’T PANIC  /  The Hot Club Of San Francisco  /   “Veronica”
  • LET’S DO IT  /  Ledisi  /  “Ledisi For Dinah”
  • DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE  /  Nat King Cole  /  “Just One Of Those Things”
  • DO NOTHING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME  /  Gladys Knight  /  “Before Me”
  • DON’T YOU KNOW I CARE  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “I Just Dropped By To Say Hello”
  • PLEASE DON’T BUG ME  /  Hetty Kate  /  “Valentines”
  • DON’T MISUNDERSTAND  /  Gregory Porter with Jimmy Heath  /  “Love Letter”
  • DON’T LET ME BE LONELY TONIGHT  /  Jacqui Dankworth  /  “As The Sun Shines Down”
  • DON’T GO TO STRANGERS  /  Ingram Washington  /  “Sweet ’N’ Low”
  • DO I LOVE YOU  /  Lady Gaga  /  “Love For Sale”
  • DON’T EXPLAIN  /  Dominick Farancci  /  “Lovers, Tales, & Dances”
  • (WHAT A) WONDERFUL WORLD  /  Art Garfunkel, Paul Simone, James Taylor  /  “The Singer”
  • DON’T EVER LEAVE ME  /  Carmen McRae  /  “The Ultimate Carmen McRae”
  • DON’T LIKE GOODBYES  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Romance”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

Missed the show? Definitely on the Don’t Don’t Don’t list!!!  Do click here and then click on my name in the drop-down menu to listen to an archived version.Turntable For One has a new Facebook page here!

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 9.13.25

10 Sep

HINT:

Looks like I’m too late for these guys. But I’ll be just in time to tell you what to do and what not to do.

Turntable For One / Saturday Nights / Jazz Vocals

Missed last week’s show? That definitely goes on the DON’T list. Click here and then scroll down to listen to an archived version of Turntable For One

Turntable For One has a new Facebook page here

Turntable For One – full-length shows! –  are on Mixcloud

Look for Turntable For One shows on All About Jazz, too.

One-Hour Shows on PRX, The Public Radio Exchange, here:

 

PLAYLIST FOR “SOB STORIES” 9.6.25

8 Sep

Sob stories come in many forms: songs, confessions, self-pity, the life of Larry Hart. I played them all.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • BUT NOT FOR ME  /  Joe Pesci & Joey DeFrancesco  /  “Falling In Love Again”
  • YOU’VE CHANGED  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella At The Coliseum”
  • SINCE I FELL FOR YOU  /  Mark Murphy  /  “The Dream”
  • EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME  /  Samara Joy  /  “Samara Joy”
  • THIS FUNNY WORLD  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Life Is Beautiful”  
  • SPRING IS HERE  /  Carol Sloane  /  “Live At 30th Street”
  • BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME  /  George Michael  /  “Symphonica”
  • YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS  /  Cody Owen Stine  
  • I WON’T TELL A SOUL  /  Jimmy Witherspoon & Brother Jack McDuff  /  “The Blues Is Now”
  • THE BOY NEXT DOOR  /  Veronica Swift, James Sarno, Tyler Henderson  /  “Themes Of Romance”
  • I WISH I DIDN’T LOVE YOU SO  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Somethin’ Like Love”
  • WILLOW WEEP FOR ME  /  Jacintha  /  “Jacintha Is Her Name”
  • I WAS A FOOL TO LET YOU GO  /  Frank Sinatra Jr.  /  “That Face”
  • THE OLD PHILOSOPHER  /  Eddie Lawrence  /  “TheOld Philosopher”
  • IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND  /  Helen Merrill  /  “Helen Merrill At Nalen”
  • WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS  /  Kenny Rankin  /  ”Haven’t We Met?”
  • BODY & SOUL  /  Carly Simon  /  “Torch”
  • BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “This One’s For Tedi”
  • HERE’S THAT RAINY DAY  /  Stan Getz Quartet  /  “Quiet Now: Body & Soul”
  • ANGEL EYES  /  Tony Desare & Edward Decker  /  “One For My Baby”
  • ONLY THE LONELY  /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan  /  “Lonely House”
  • ONE FOR MY BABY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Only The Lonely”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

 

Missed the show? Spare me your sob stories!  Click here and then click on my name in the drop-down menu to listen to an archived version.Turntable For One has a new Facebook page here!

Turntable For One – full-length shows! –  are on Mixcloud

Look for Turntable For One shows on All About Jazz, too!

One-Hour Shows on PRX, The Public Radio Exchange, here:

 

HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 9.6.25

4 Sep

HINT:

Sometimes you just need a good cry. That’s where I come in. I’ll give you some things to cry about.  (I promise I won’t read any headlines.)

Turntable For One / Saturday Nights / Jazz Vocals

Missed last week’s show? Stop – you’re making me cry. Click here and then scroll down to listen to an archived version of Turntable For One

Turntable For One has a new Facebook page here

Turntable For One – full-length shows! –  are on Mixcloud

Look for Turntable For One shows on All About Jazz, too.

One-Hour Shows on PRX, The Public Radio Exchange, here: