TURNTABLE FOR ONE

A couple weeks ago I made a joke calling myself the original Big Beautiful Bill. I thought it was pretty funny all things considered these days. But then I started worrying. What about Billy Wilder? Or Bill Buckley? Or Bill Russell? Or Bill Parcels? Or maybe even Barnacle Bill The Sailor? What about all big beautiful Bills?  Didn’t I owe them an apology? So I played a couple of hours of singers, musicians, arrangers, and composers named Bill. I thought they fit the bill perfectly. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist(s)  /  CD Or Album Title

• A LITTLE TEMPO PLEASE   /  Count Basie  /  “Basie At Birdland”
• ONE FOR MY BABY  /  Willie Nelson  /  “My Way”
• THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Billie’s Best”
• AIN’T NO SUNSHINE  /   |Bill Withers  /  “Just As I Am”
• GRANDMA’S HANDS  /  Shirley Horn  /  “A Lazy Afternoon”
• DOWN IN THE DEPTHS  /  Tony Bennett /arr.: Bill Holman  /  “Here’s To The Ladies”
• STOMPING AT THE SAVOY  /  Stan Kenton  /arr.: Bill Holman  /  /  “Stomping At Newport”
• PURE IMAGINATION  /  Joanie Sommers  /  “Here, There, & Everywhere”  
• I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE  /  (MYSTERY VOCLIST)  /  Billie Eilish  /  
• NEW YORK STATE OF MIND  /  Billy Joel  /  “The Essential Billy Joel”
• BILLY’S BLUES  /  Laura Nyro  /  “The First Songs”
• BILLY BOY  /  Oscar Peterson  /  “The London House Sessions”
• IN THE EVENING  /  Ella Fitzgerald w/ Bill Doggett  /  “These Are The Blues”
• LIVING WITHOUT YOU  /  Bill Henderson  /  “Live At The Vic”
• WON’T YOU COME HOME, BILL BAILEY  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Sassy Swings The Tivoli”
• WORK SONG  /  Billy Eckstine  /  “At Basin Street East”
• MAYBE  /  Lena Horne  /  “An Evening With Lena Horne”
• IT’S KIND OF LONESOME OUT TONIGHT  /  Anais Reno  /  “Lovesome Thing”
• THE RULES OF THE ROAD  /  Nat King Cole arr: Billy May  /  “The Billy May Sessions”
• BILL  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine At Carnegie Hall”
• LONELY TIME   /  Maynard Ferguson w/ Willie Maiden  /  “A Message From Birdland”
• EASY LIVING  /  Johnny Hartman w/ Dr. Billy Taylor  /  “The Bridges Of Madison County”
• THE BEST THING FOR YOU  /  Sandy Stewart & Bill Charlap  /  “Something To Remember”
• EMILY  /  Bill Evans w/ Stan Getz  /  “But Beautiful”
• BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Kenny Rankin w/ Bill Watrous  /  “Professional Dreamer”
• OUR REVELS ARE NOW OVER  /  Joseph Fiennes / Willam Shakespeare  /  “When Love Speaks”
• PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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