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PLAYLIST FOR “THE BLAME GAME” 1.7.26

8 Feb

This week we played a game. And not just any game! No, no, no! We played the favorite game of lawyers, of politicians, and even Presidents! We played The Blame Game!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • SOMEDAY YOU’LL BE SORRY  /  Carol Sloane  /  “Love You Madly”
  • I’VE ONLY MYSELF TO BLAME  /  Joe Williams  /  “Ballad & Blues Master”
  • WHY DON’T YOU DO RIGHT?  /  Natalie Cole  /  “Still Unforgettable”
  • THE CURSE OF A BROKEN HEART  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Swing Along With me”
  • I LOVE THE WAY YOU’RE BREAKING MY HEART  /  Rachael & Vilray  /  “Rachael & Vilray”
  • IT’S TOO LATE  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “The Vienna Affair”
  • NOBODY’S FAULT BT MINE  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone & Piano”
  • IT’S EASY TO BLAME THE WEATHER  /  Cecile McLorin Salvant  /  “Big Band Holidays”
  • BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • YOU’VE CHANGED/  Renee Fleming  /   “Haunted Heart”
  • THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA  /  Joao Gilberto & Stan Getz  /  “Getz/Gilberto”
  • ALL OF ME  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Swings Gently With Nelson”
  • I WANNA BE AROUND  /  Tony Bennett & Bono  /  “Duets An American Classic”
  • SOMEONE’S BEEN SENDING ME FLOWERS  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Me & Phil”
  • MACK THE KNIFE  /  Rufus Wainwright  /  “I’m A Stranger Here Myself” Wainwright Sings Weil”
  • KISSING BUG  /  June Christy  /  “Ballads For Night People”
  • KISS AND RUN   /  Johnny Hartman  /  “I Just Dropped By To Say Hello”
  • I’M ALWAYS WAITING ON YOU  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “Dotdotdot”
  • HARD HEART HANNAH  /  Ray Charles  /  “Pure Genius”
  • DON’T BLAME ME  /  Barbie Martinez  /  “All Or Nothing At All”
  • SINCE I FELL FOR YOU  /  Mark Murphy  /  “The Dream”
  • EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME  /  Rosemary Clooney & Count Basie Orch.  /  “At Long Last”
  • BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Live Performance”
  • BODY AND SOUL  /  Jose James w/ Jason Moran  /  “Yesterday I Had The Blues”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Theme Music)

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PLAYLIST FOR “ST. PADDY’S PARTY 2020” (3.14.20)

15 Mar

A St. Patrick’s Day party with Irish songs, Irish singers and musicians, a few Irish-American singers and composers sprinkled in, plus a Turntable For One tradition: me eating an entire bowl of Lucky Charms to celebrate the holiday. Could it get any better? Well, a stomach pump might have helped…although my audience may think that every week.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • LOOK TO THE RAINBOW  /  Al Jarreau  /  “Look To the Rainbow”
  • THE HEATHER ON THE HILL  /  Norma Winstone  /  “Manhattan In The Rain”
  • THE LONG GOODBYE  /  Cormac Kenevey  /  “Turning Skies”
  • COME ON-A-MY HOUSE  /  Imelda May & Jeff Goldblum & Mildred Snitzer Orch.  /  “The Capitol Sessions”
  • DANNY BOY  /  Stephane Grappelli  /  “I Hear Music”
  • WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING  /  Frank Zappa  /  “The Best Band You’ve Never Heard In Your Life”
  • ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie  /  “Ella & Basie”
  • GREEN DOLPHIN STREET  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Live In Italy 2001”
  • BLACKBIRD  /  Judith Owen  /  “Rediscovered”
  • I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Bono  /  (Live Performance)
  • OBLIVION  /  Gregory Harrington  /  “Without You”
  • ALL SAINTS DAY  /  Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco  /  ”You’re Driving Me Crazy”
  • ONLY THE LONELY  /  Liane Carroll  /  “Ballads”
  • MOLLY MALONE  /  The Hi-Los  /  “The Hi-Los Happen To Folk Songs”
  • DONALD SUTHERLAND  /  The Nualas  /  “Live & Available”
  • YOU’RE SENSATIONAL  /  Harry Connick Jr.  /  “True Love”
  • HOW ARE THINGS IN GLOCCA MORRA  /  Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones  /  “You Are There”
  • I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS  /  Charlie Moon  /  “The Charlie Moon Organization”
  • DETOUR AHEAD  /  Mary Coughlan  /  “Long Honeymoon”
  • MY WILD IRISH ROSE  /  Keith Jarrett  /  “La Fenice”
  • GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE  /  Honor Heffernan  /  “Fire & Ice”
  • TOO-RA-LOO-RA-LOO-RA  /  Rosemary Clooney  /  “Rosie Sings Bing”
  • DANNY BOY  /  Tony Bennett & Stan Getz  /  “Jazz”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY” (3.17.17)

20 Mar

Just about every performer and even some of the composers this week were either Irish or Irish-American, including one of the Mystery Vocalists which was an Irish Setter. But my favorite part of the show was eating some authentic Irish food – I gobbled down a bowl of Lucky Charms.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • DETOUR AHEAD  /  Mary Coughlan  /  “Long Honeymoon”
  • THE PARTY’S OVER  /  Van Morrison  /  “Versatile”
  • UNDECIDED/DOWN WITH LOVE  /  Emilie Conway  /  The Secret Of A Rose”
  • THE HEATHER ON THE HILL  /  Kate McGarry  /  “The Target”
  • MOLLY MALONE  /  The Hi-Lo’s  /  “The Hi-Lo’s Happen To Folk Music”
  • MEET YOU AT THE MOON   /  Imelda May  /  “Love Tattoo”
  • THE MOON’S A HARSH MISTRESS  /  Judy Collins & Jimmy Webb  /  “Live At The Metropolitan Museum”
  • YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “The Best Of Love Songs”
  • THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Ed McMahon  /  “And Me, I’m Ed McMahon”
  • I WISH I COULD SAY THAT I’M FINE  /  Katharine Timoney  /  “Man Of Mine”
  • I’VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER FACE  /  Cormac Kenevey  /  “The Art Of Dreaming”
  • I’VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HIS FACE  /  Katherine McPhee  /  “I Fall In Love Too Easily”
  • HELLO DOLLY  /  Harry Connick Jr.  /  “Oh My NOLA”
  • ANGEL EYES  /  Louis Stewart  /  “Angel Eyes”
  • SECRET LOVE  /  Sinead O’Connor  /  “Am I Not Your Girl?”
  • GONE GONE GONE  / (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Colin Farrell  /  “Crazy Heart” The Soundtrack”
  • ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie  /  “Ella & Basie”
  • THE IRISH BALLAD  /  Tom Lehrer  /  “Revisited”
  • GO DOWN EASY  /  Christine Tobin  /  “Romance & Revolution”
  • I WANT TO BE AROUND  /  Tony Bennett & Bono  /  “Duets: An American Classic”
  • HOW ARE THINGS IN GLOCCA MORRA  /  Chris McNulty  /  “The Song That Sings You Here”
  • DANNY BOY  /  Bill Evans  /  “Bill Evans For Lovers”
  • LOOK TO THE RAINBOW  /  Al Jarreau  /  “Look To The Rainbow”
  • SOME OTHER TIME  /  Honor Heffernan  /  “Fire And Ice”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “ME AND MY SCHADENFREUDE” (4.5.14)

5 Apr

Schadenfreude – taking pleasure in the failures of someone else. In other words, listeners’ usual response to my show. Well, this week, right back at you with about a dozen songs that drip of one of our most secret and guilty pleasures. The singers this week aren’t bad, either. Take a look.

 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title  

 

  • GOODY GOODY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra And Swingin’ Brass”
  • WHO’S SORRY NOW  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “The Intimate Ella”
  • I CRIED FOR YOU  /  Kalil Wilson  /  “Easy To Love”
  • DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING  /  Laverne Butler  / “Blues In The City”
  • I WAS A LITTLE TOO LONELY  /  Nat Cole  /  “After Midnight”
  • RED WAGON  /  Kristin Korb  /  “What’s Your Story?”
  • I WANNA BE AROUND  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Tony Bennett & Bono  /  “Duets: An American Classic”
  • AFTER YOU’VE GONE/TOO GONE TOO LONG  /  Christine Ebersol  /  “Strings Attached”
  • SOMEDAY YOU’LL BE SORRY  /  Louis Armstrong and the Commanders  /  “The Ultimate Collection”
  • SOMEDAY YOU’LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU  /  Ray Charles  / “A Clearer View”
  • SCRABBLE  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Ages”
  • AIN’T NO USE  /  Joe Williams  / “Ballad And Blues Master”
  • CRY ME A RIVER  /  Nancy Harms  /  “In The Indigo”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

 

 

 

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