March 17th was National Sleep Day – the last holiday in the world I’d like my audience to celebrate. Fortunately, it was also St. Patrick’s Day. That’s more like it. So I presented a mixture of laughter and tears, a perfect combination for a St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Although, in truth, most of the tears were mine because once again I maintained my tradition of eating a celebratory bowl of Lucky Charms on the air. (Lucky Charms are now gluten-free. It didn’t help.) Still, it was a grand night of Irish and Irish-American singers and a chance to celebrate the music of Jimmy McHugh.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- LOOK TO THE RAINBOW / Astrud Gilberto / ”Look To The Rainbow”
- HOW ARE THINGS IN GLOCCA MORA / Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones / “You Are There”
- TRAV’LIN’ LIGHT / Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco / “You’re Driving Me Crazy”
- THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME / Mary Coughlan / “Mary Coughlan Sings Billie Holiday”
- DARN THAT DREAM / Louis Stewart / “Out On His Own”
- I FEEL A SONG COMING ON Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson / “Two’s Company”
- ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET / Tony Bennett / “Best Of Tony Bennett”
- TEMPERANCE STREET / Honor Heffernan / “Fire & Ice”
- I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE/MOODY’S MOOD FOR LOVE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Smokey Robinson / “Timeless Love”
- ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET / Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band / “Life In The Bubble”
- I WON’T DANCE / Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / “Sinatra/Basie: Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”
- SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN / Gene Kelly / “Singin’ In The Rain Soundtrack”
- I MUST HAVE THAT MAN / Jackie Ryan / “Doozy”
- BEIN’ GREEN Mark Murphy / “Once In Every Heart”
- NICE GIRLS DON’T STAY FOR BREAKFAST / Carmel McCreagh / “Nice Girl”
- THE IRISH BALLAD / Tom Lehrer / “Revisited”
- HE’S A TRAMP / Melody Bardot / “Jazz Loves Disney
- DIGA DIGA DOO / Andre Previn / “Soft & Swinging: The Music Of Jimmy McHugh”
- TOO RA LOO RA LOO RA / (Mystery vocalist) / Regis Philbin / “When You’re Smiling”
- SAY IT (OVER AND OVER AGAIN) / Kurt Elling / “Flirtung With Twilight”
- BODY AND SOUL / Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band / “At The Village Vanguard”
- PORGY / Nina Simone / “Nina At Newport”
- DANNY BOY / Tony Bennett & Stan Getz / “Jazz”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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