My traditional Pre-Academy Awards show when I play Oscar winner and losers. This year I wanted to do something different…maybe feature the music of Oscar Hammerstein, or Oscar Peterson or Oscar Levant…or list 101 things you can do with an Oscar Myer wiener. (The WMNR legal team gave that a “thumbs down” in a nano-second.) Then I thought, what about songs that didn’t get nominated? Don’t they need some love? So this year I featured Winners (W), and Losers (L), plus great songs that got Snubbed (S)!
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
/ LULLABY OF BROADWAY / Tony Bennett & The Chicks / “Duets: An American Classic”- (L) / CHEEK TO CHEEK / Nicole Henry / “The Nearness Of Your”
- (L) / WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE / Chris Botti & Sting / “To Love Again”
- (L) / THE LOOK OF LOVE / Shirley Horn / “The Main Ingredient”
- (S) / TO SIR WITH LOVE / Lulu / “To Sir With Love”
- (L) / A TIME FOR LOVE / Michel LeGrand / “Michel LeGrand At Shelly’s Manne Hole”
- (S) / PURE IMAGINATION / Joanie Sommers / “Here, There, And Everywhere”
- (L) / THAT OLD FEELING / ( Mystery Vocalist) / Kenny Burrell / “Weaver of Dreams”
- (L) / THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME / Diana Krall / “Love Scenes”
- / WHEM YOU WISH UPON A STAR / Alexis Cole / “Someday My Prince Will Come”
- (L) / THE RAINBOW CONNECTION / Bobby Scott / “Slowly”
- (L) / THE TROLLEY SONG / Rachael Price / “The Good Hours”
- / THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT / Kenny Rankin / “A Song For You”
- (L) / I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN / Ella Fitzgerald / “Dream Dancing”
- (S) / CLOSE ENOUGH FOR LOVE / Tony Bennett / “The Art Of Romance”
- / MONA LISA / Keith Jarrett Trio / “Tokyo ’95”
- (S) / THEME FROM NEW YORK NEW YORK / Frank Sinatra / “Nothing But The Best”
- (L) / HOW ABOUT YOU / Nellie McKay / “Bagatelles”
- (S) / STEPPIN’ OUT WITH MY BABY / Anthony Strong / “Stepping Out”
- / WHAT WAS I MADE FOR / Billie Eilish / “Barbie”
- / MOON RIVER / Audrey Hepburn / “Breakfast At Tiffany’s Soundtrack”
- / THE DAYS OF WINE & ROSES / Jimmy Smith / “Groove Drops”
- (L) / MY FOOLISH HEART / Jan Lundgren Trio w/Stacey Kent / “Jan Lundgren Trio Plays The Music of Victor Young”
- (L) / I WISH I DIDN’T LOVE YOU SO / Steven Pasquale / “Something’ Like Love
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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