TURNTABLE FOR ONE

The question people ask me the most is “What’s the best thing about being on the radio?” (It’s also the one question people ask me I could read on the air without upsetting the FCC.) I always tell people the best thing is talking to thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people. Of course, the truth is (especially these days) I’m home, in my office, talking into a microphone, and the only thing listening to me is my computer (and, like my audience, it occasionally drops off to sleep). Okay, so maybe I should tell people the really best thing about being on the radio is having an opportunity week after week to indulge my insatiable capacity for self-deception. Fine. I said it. Happy now? But I’m not alone. All of these songs are about people deceiving and fooling themselves about something – with some variations of self-awareness tossed in there. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

• FOOLIN’ MYSELF  /  Shirley Horn  /  “You Won’t Forget Me”
• I WISH I WERE N LOVE AGAIN  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Perfectly Frank”
• THIS CAN’T BE LOVE  /  Mary Stallings  /  “Manhattan Moods”
• ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE  /  James Taylor  /  “American Standard”
• PEOPLE WILL SAY WE’RE IN LOVE  /  Lauren Henderson  /  “Songbook Session”
• MY FOOLISH HEART  /  Jimmy Scott  /  “All The Way”
• WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR  /  Alexis Cole  /  “Someday My Prince will Come”
• DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Fiona Apple, Jeff Goldblum, Mildred Snitzer Orch.  /  “I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This”
• I SHOULD CARE  /  Christian McBride Big Band  /  “The Good Feeling”
• I WALK A LITTLE FASTER  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Give Him The Oo-La-La”
• TALK TO ME BABY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Softly, As I Leave You”
• BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Holly Cole  /  “The Best Of Holly Cole”
• I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT ANYMORE  /  Mark Jennett  /  “The Way I Am”
• DON’T EXPLAIN  /  Nina Simone  /  “Let It all Out”
• PRIVATE GUY  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Don’t Cry For No Hipster”
• THE LIES OF HANDSOME MEN  /  Christy Baron  /  “Take The Journey”
• LIVING WITHOUT YOU  /  Bill Henderson  /  “Bill Henderson Live At The Vic”
• I KEEP GOING BACK TO JOE’S  /  Annie Sellick  /  “Street Of Dreams”
• I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Kenny Rogers  /  “Timepiece”
• EASTWOOD LANE  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Little Did I Dream”
• A LITTLE TASTE  /  Dave Frishberg  /  “Dave Frishberg Classics”
• YOU ARE THERE  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Best of Love Songs”
• PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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