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PLAYLIST FOR “SONGS ABOUT SONGS” AN ARCHIVE REBROADCAST 9.20.25

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

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PLAYLIST FOR “SONGS ABOUT SONGS” 5.17.25

19 May

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

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PLAYLIST FOR “ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY 2023” (3.18.23)

19 Mar

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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PLAYLIST FOR “WHERE OR WHEN” (2.4.23)

5 Feb

When I was a kid, the questions I asked were Who, What, Where, and How. Mostly because I was just trying to figure out if Col. Mustard killed Miss Scarlet with the candlestick in the conservatory. (Who knew there was so much murder at Julliard?) Well, now I mostly just ask two questions: Where – as in Where did I leave my glasses? And When – as in When did we have that conversation? So because my show is nothing if not self-involved and self-referential, I played two hours of Where or When songs. BTW: I never found my glasses.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

WHERE OR WHEN / Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / “Sinatra At The Sands”
MY BLUE HEAVEN / Carol Sloane / “The Real Thing”
WHEN I GROW TOO OLDTO DREAM / Nat King Cole / “After Midnight”
WHEN IN ROME / Claire Teal / “Don’t Talk”
WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE / Kenny Rankin / “Haven’t We Met”
WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE? / Oscar Peterson Trio / “On A Clear Day”
WHERE DO YOU START? / Shirley Horn / “Here’s To Life”
WHEN YOUJ’RE SMILING / (Mystery Vocalist) / Mickey Mouse / “The Mouse Pack”
WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE / Ella Fitzgerald / “Ella Swings Gently With Nelson”
WHEN DID YOU LEAVE HEAVEN? / Ernie Andrews / “No Regrets”
WHERE CAN I GO WITHOUT YOU / Nina Simone / “Forbidden Fruit”
WHERE DID THE MAGIC GO? / Tony Bennett / “Astoria: Portrait Of The Artist”
WHERE ARE MY KEYS? / Lorraine Feather / “Language”
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR / Gregory Porter / “Jazz Loves Disney”
LOVER MAN / Chris Botti & Gladys Knight / “To Love Again”
ON THE STRET WHERE YOU LIVE / Steven Pasquale / “Somethin’ Like Love”
WHEN I FALL IN LOVE / The Real Group / “Live In Stockholm”
HOME (WHEN SHADOWS FALL) / Paul McCartney / “Kisses On The Bottom”
WHERE DO YOU GO / Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson / “Two’s Company”
WHERE DO YOU GO FROM LOVE / Tony Bennett / “Astoria: Portrait of An Artist”ˆ
TELL ME WHEN / Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster / “The Complete Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster”
SOME OTHER TIME / Monica Zetterlund & Bill Evans / “Waltz For Debby”
WHERE OR WHEN / Frank Sinatra / “Only The Lonely”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “THE BIG QUESTIONS OF LIFE” (9.10.22)

11 Sep

I usually give my email during the show and when I get email, it’s usually people asking questions. Some of the questions….well…”Dear Turntable For One – How Deep is The Ocean? Why don’t you jump in and report back.” You’ll be happy to know that person had his radio taken away from him. Think twice about messing with a radio host. But most of questions I get are important questions because people want me to give them important answers. You gotta be kidding! This week I told the audience I vouchsafe, promise and swear no answers at all. It was my turn to ask the big questions of Life!

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

WHY DO PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE? / Tony Bennett / “The Art of Excellence”
WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE? / Melody Gardot / “Sunset In The Blue”
HOW ABOUT YOU? / Joe Pesci / “Pesci….Still Singing”
GUESS WHO I SAW TODAY? / Nancy Wilson / “The Nancy Wilson Show”
AT LONG LAST LOVE / Frank Sinatra / “Sinatra & Swinging Brass”
HOW AM I TO KNOW? / Shirley Horn / “Here’s To Life”
HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON? / Ray Charles / “True Genius”
WHY WAS I BORN? / Karrin Allyson / “Ballads”
WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? ./ (Mystery Vocalist) / Sting w/ Chris Botti / “To Love Again”
WHAT DID I FORGET / Susannah McCorkle / “Hearts & Minds”
WHAT IS THERE TO SAY? / Sonny Rollins / “Sound Of Sonny”
WHAT’LL I DO? / Rosemary Clooney / “The Songbook Collection”
BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME / George Michael / “Pavortti & Friends For Cambodia”
DAT DERE / Jackie Ryan / “Doozy”
WHAT DID I HAVE THAT I DON’T HAVE NOW? / Seth MacFarlane / “Great Songs From Stage & Screen”
HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN / Chet Baker / “The Legacy”
WHO WILL BUY? / Aaron Neville / “Nature Boy: The Standards Album”
WHY CAN’T I? / Judy Garland / “Judy Takes Broadway!”
TULIP OR TUNIP? / Bill Henderson / “Live At The Vic”
BROTHER WHERE ATE YOU? / Oscar Brown Jr. / “Mr. Brown Goes To Washington”
WHERE DO YOU GO? / Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson / “Two’s Company”
WHAT’S NEW? Karrin Allyson / “Ballads”
DID I EVER REALLY LIVE? / Joe Williams / “One More For My Baby”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY” – AN ARCHIVE REBROADCAST (3.12.22)

13 Mar

I couldn’t make it to the station this week, but did that mean no St. Patrick’s Day party this year? Nope. I dug this show from 2019 out of the archives. This is what I wrote about the show back then:

It’s been a Turntable For One St. Patrick’s Day tradition for me to play some jazz singers from Ireland, a few Irish-American (or at least half-Irish-American) singers and musicians, and – always a highlight – for me to eat some traditional Irish food on the air – which, of course, means a bowl of Lucky Charms. And, as if hearing me struggle and choke wasn’t incentive enough, I made this year’s party a celebration of the songs of Jimmy McHugh, the wonderful Irish-American composer.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

CAN’T GET OUT OF THIS MOOD / Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson / “Two’s Company”
LET’S GET LOST / Curtis Stigers / “Baby Plays Around”
MOLLY MALONE / Tara O’Grady / “Black Irish”
I’LL NEVER BE THE SAME / Cormac Kenevey / “Turning Skies”
YESTERDAY I HEARD THE RAIN / Chris McNulty / “Eternal”
LOVE WON’T LET YOU GET AWAY / Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney / “Fancy Meeting You Here”
IF LOVE WERE ALL / Judy Garland / Judy At Carnegie Hall”
SOMETHING COOL / Veronica Swift / “Lonely Woman”
EXACTLY LIKE YOU / (Mystery Vocalist) / Regis Philbin / “When You’re Smiling”
I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE / Five Play / “Live From The Firehouse Stage”
I MUST HAVE THAT MAN / Jackie Ryan / “Doozy”
I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT LOVE / Nat Cole / “Night Lights”
ALL ALONE AM I / Cassandre McKinley / “Dragonfly”
THE IRISH BALLAD / Tom Lehrer / “Revisited”
SPRING CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST / Ella Fitzgerald with Tommy Flanagan Trio / “Jazz At The Santa Monica Civic ‘72”
TRAVLIN’ LIGHT / Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco / “You’re Driving Me Crazy”
GONE WITH THE WIND / Kate McGarry / “The Subject Tonight Is Love”
SAY IT / John Proulx / “Say It”
BALLAD / Gerry Mulligan / “The Complete Verve Concert Jazz Band Sessions:
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT / Paul Buchanan & Chris Botti / “Live With Orchestra & Special Guests”
THIS BITTER EARTH / Imelda May & Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orch. / “The Capitol Sessions”
LOOK TO THE RAINBOW / Luciana Souza / “Centennial”
DANNY BOY / Tony Bennett & Stan Getz / “Jazz”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “LAUGHING AT LIFE”-AN ARCHIVE REBROADCAST (2.5.22)

6 Feb

A show from the archives, this time from back in 2017, which explains why you can hear the last vestiges of hope in my voice. Here’s how I introduced the show back then…

It’s true that smiling requires more muscles than frowning, which must be why smiling always tires me so quickly. Still, considering all that we know and fear about the world today, I thought it was worth spending a couple hours focusing on laughing and smiling. Okay, I didn’t feel any better at the end of the program, but at least I got to share some great songs and singers and some of my favorite laughs.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

LAUGHING AT LIFE / Duchess / “Laughing At Life”
THEY ALL LAUGHED / Steven Pasquale / “Somethin’ Like Love”
YOU’RE LAUGHING AT ME / Ella Fitzgerald / “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook”
KEEP SMILING AT TROUBLE / Tony Bennett / “60 Years: The Artistry Of Tony Bennett”
ARE YOU HAVING ANY FUN / Cali Rose / “Are You having Any Fun”
MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY / Jamie Cullum / “Interlude”
I’M GONNA LAUGH YOU RIGHT OUT OF MY LIFE / Claire Hogan / “Boozers & Losers”
THE JONES LAUGHING RECORD / Spike Jones / “The Jones Laughing Record”
I’M ALL SMILES / Marlene Ver Planck / “A Breath Of Fresh Air”
THE BRIGHTEST SMILE IN TOWN / Ray Charles / “Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul”
BE A CLOWN / Chris Connor / “Blue Moon”
PUT ON A HAPPY FACE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Stevie Wonder / “The Complete Stevie Wonder”
IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY / Janet Planet / “Janet Planet Sings The Bob Dylan Songbook”
TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO SMILE / Freddy Cole / “Merry Go Round”
THIS WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH / Natalie Cole / “Take A Look”
THE KITTEN SONG / Steven Wright / “I Still Have A Pony”
SMILING FEET / Blossom Dearie / “My New Celebrity Is You”
TWO FACES WEST / Bob And Ray / “Bob & Ray On A Platter”
HAPPY TALK / Nancy Wilson / “Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley”
NANCY WITH THE LAUGHING FACE / Frank Sinatra / “Sinatra’s Sinatra”
THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN / (Mystery Vocalist) / John Lithgow / “Sunny Side Of The Street”
A LAUGH FOR RORY / Rahsann Roland Kirk / “The Inflated tear”
I LOVE TO SEE YOU SMILE / Randy Newman / “The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3”
WHEN YOU’RE SMILING / Carol Welsman / “I Like Men”
TIME TO SMILE / Tony Bennett / “The Art Of Romance”
WHEN YOU MAKE ME SMILE / Rigmor Gustafsson / “When You Make Me Smile”
SMILE / Nat Cole / “The Nat King Cole Story”
LAUGHING MATTERS / Bette Midler / “Bathhouse Betty”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO UNCERTAINTY” – AN ARCHIVE REBROADCAST (1.29.22)

30 Jan

I am certain of one thing: this weekend it snowed. It snowed a ton. And I didn’t make it to the station. So instead we listened to a show from last Fall. It certainly filled the two hours. And what else? Well, about that I am uncertain. Here’s what I wrote about the show back then:

“The Road Not Taken”

By Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could.

Okay, everyone finds this poem iconic and inspiring. Really? Do you know where these roads go? I don’t. Do you know if there are bears or poison ivy or rest stops? I don’t. So how can you be so certain you’re making a good decision and not a bad mistake? You can’t! You can’t be certain and that’s about the only thing you can be certain of. Especially when I spent two hours presenting A Musical Tribute To Uncertainty. (Did everyone love it? Well, I’m not entirely certain about that…)

SONG TITLE / Artist / “CD Or Album Title

WHERE OR WHEN / Frank Sinatra / “Sinatra At The Sands”
AT LONG LAST LOVE / Nancy Kelly / “Singin’ And Swingin’”
WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE / Willie Nelson & Norah Jones / “My Way”
WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW / Dianne Reeves / “That Day”
DON’T YOU KNOW I CARE / Ernie Andrews / “No Regrets”
HOW AM I TO KNOW / Shirley Horn / “Here’s To Life”
WAIT AND SEE / The Real Group / “Unreal”
TULIP OR TUNIP / Bill Henderson / “Bill Henderson Live At The Vic”
WHAT DID I FORGET / Susannah McCorkle / “Hearts & Minds”
MAYBE YOU’LL BE THERE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Tab Hunter / “When I Fall In Love”
MAYBE / Lena Horne / “An Evening With Lena Horne”
MAYBE / Steven Pasquale / “Somethin’ Like Love”
I WONDER / Melissa Morgan / “Until I Met You”
SHOULD I / John Pizzarelli / “Kisses In The Rain”
DETOUR AHEAD / Sinne Eeg / “Waiting For Dawn”
I WALK A LITTLE FASTER / Mark Murphy / “Sings Mostly Dorothy Fields & Cy Coleman”
DON’T KNOW WHY / Ray Blue / “Work”
I WISH I KNEW / Karrin Allyson / “Ballads”
HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING? / Tony Bennett / “The Art Of Excellence”
SO MANY STARS /Tony Bennett / “The Art Of Excellence”
LOST IN THE STARS / Sheila Jordan / “From The Heart”
FOR ALL WE KNOW / Gregory Porter / “Nat King Cole & Me”
WHERE DO YOU GO / Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson Big Band / “Two’s Company”
SOME OTHER TIME / Mark Winkler & David Benoit / “Old Friends”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO UNCERTAINTY” (3.6.21)

7 Mar

Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken”

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could.

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WHERE OR WHEN / Frank Sinatra / “Sinatra At The Sands”
AT LONG LAST LOVE / Nancy Kelly / “Singin’ And Swingin’”
WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE / Willie Nelson & Norah Jones / “My Way”
WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW / Dianne Reeves / “That Day”
DON’T YOU KNOW I CARE / Ernie Andrews / “No Regrets”
HOW AM I TO KNOW / Shirley Horn / “Here’s To Life”
WAIT AND SEE / The Real Group / “Unreal”
TULIP OR TUNIP / Bill Henderson / “Bill Henderson Live At The Vic”
WHAT DID I FORGET / Susannah McCorkle / “Hearts & Minds”
MAYBE YOU’LL BE THERE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Tab Hunter / “When I Fall In Love”
MAYBE / Lena Horne / “An Evening With Lena Horne”
MAYBE / Steven Pasquale / “Somethin’ Like Love”
I WONDER / Melissa Morgan / “Until I Met You”
SHOULD I / John Pizzarelli / “Kisses In The Rain”
DETOUR AHEAD / Sinne Eeg / “Waiting For Dawn”
I WALK A LITTLE FASTER / Mark Murphy / “Sings Mostly Dorothy Fields & Cy Coleman”
DON’T KNOW WHY / Ray Blue / “Work”
I WISH I KNEW / Karrin Allyson / “Ballads”
HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING? / Tony Bennett / “The Art Of Excellence”
SO MANY STARS /Tony Bennett / “The Art Of Excellence”
LOST IN THE STARS / Sheila Jordan / “From The Heart”
FOR ALL WE KNOW / Gregory Porter / “Nat King Cole & Me”
WHERE DO YOU GO / Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson Big Band / “Two’s Company”
SOME OTHER TIME / Mark Winkler & David Benoit / “Old Friends”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “GRADUATION DAY 2018” – AN ARCHIVE RE-BROADCAST (5.23.20)

24 May

I didn’t record a new show (from home) this week. Instead I went wandering through the Turntable For One archives looking for my lost youth and innocence. No luck there, but I did find this program from June a couple of years ago, which seems now like a far distant world ago. Funny how my old themes seem less ironic and more poignant these upside-down days… This is what I said two years ago:

How about 2 hours of intelligent and coherent and compact commencement speeches and graduation messages without having to sit in the sun and wait two hour to see your kid walk across the stage and graduate in 15 seconds? Don’t try to thank me. Just doing my job.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

PICK YOURSELF UP / Gregory Porter / “Nat King Cole & Me”
ON A CLEAR DAY / Sarah Vaughan / “Live At Laren Jazz Festival 1975”
SWINGING ON A STAR / Tony Bennett / “The Playground”
TAKE A BITE / Margaret Whiting / “The Lady’s In Love With You!”
THIS FUNNY WORLD / Ian Shaw / “Taking It To Hart”
BITTER WITH THE SWEET / Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm / “Spark”
MR. KICKS / Gregory Generet / “2 OF A Kind”
YOU KNOW WHO! / Amy Cervini / “No One Ever Tells You”
TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO SMILE / Freddy Cole / “Merry Go Round”
YOUNG AT HEART / (Mystery Vocalist) / Peggy March / “Get Happy”
BIG BAD WORLD / The Real Group / “Commonly Unique”
EVERYBODY SAYS DON’T / Mark Jennett / “Everybody Says Don’t”
WHERE DO YOU GO / Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson / “Two’s Company”
I’M NOT TALKING / Mose Allison / “The Mose Chronicles”
WHILE WE’RE YOUNG / Nancy Harms / “Dreams In Apartments”
EV’RYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG / Frank Sinatra / “My Kind of Broadway”
THE GREAT CITY / Lauren Henderson / “Armame”
HOUSE OF GOLD / Kenny Rankin / “The Kenny Rankin Album”
SPARKLE AND SHINE / Kat Edmonson / “Old Fashioned Gal”
MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY / (Mystery Vocalist) / Bill Nighy / “Arthur Christmas Soundtrack”
THIS BITTER EARTH / Randy Crawford / “Live”
STAY HIP / Mark Winkler / “Jazz & Other Four-Letter Words”
THROW IT AWAY / Mollie O’Brien / “Things I Gave Away”
LISTEN HERE / Dave Frishberg / “Dave Frishberg Classics”
THE HUMAN TOUCH / Nina Simone / “Nina Simone & Piano”
SACK FULL OF DREAMS / Mark Murphy / “September Ballads”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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