2022 is just a week old, but it’s been an eventful week. We observed the one-year anniversary of one of the most disgraceful, unforgettable, unforgivable moments in American history. On a happier note – there are happier notes. WMNR Fine Arts Radio celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2022. On a personal note, my wife and I celebrated our 52nd anniversary this week. Did we go to a fabulous restaurant? No, not when omicron is on most menus as a main course. Did we go ice skating? (Something Megan has loved her entire life.) Let me just say that the only things more brittle than my ego are my bones. So we went dancing instead? Did you hear what I just said about my bones? Actually, no, that one’s more about my ego. Which finally brings me to this week’s theme if anyone is still awake. I wanted to celebrate my anniversary and my wife with some of the music that brought us together, some of the music Megan and I discovered together, some of the music that has sustained us. In short: just when you thought this show couldn’t get more self-indulgent, I presented two hours of Music We Love on this Happy Anniversary edition of Turntable For One. (Starting with the music that played when Megan walked down the aisle at our wedding.)
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD or Album Title
- MY FUNNY VALENTINE / Michel LeGrand / “At Shelly’s Manne-Hole”
- YOU DON’T LOVE ME WHEN I CRY / Laura Nyro / “New York Tendaberry”
- CLOSE ENOUGH FOR LOVE / Tony Bennett / “The Art Of Romance”
- BLOOD COUNT / Stan Getz / “Anniversary”
- THE MASON / David Patrick Kelly / “Working”
- I’LL BE LONG GONE / Cold Blood / “Thriller”
- WHERE OR WHEN / Harry Connick Jr. / “When Harry Met Sally”
- WHERE OR WHEN / Frank Sinatra / “Only The Lonely”
- YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS / Cody Owen Stine / (Live Performance)
- I’M THRU WITH LOVE / Diana Krall / “All For You”
- YOU’RE SO VAIN / Carly Simon / “No Secrets”
- AMERICAN TUNE / Simon & Garfunkel / “Concert In Central Park”
- I WISH I DIDN’T LOVE YOU SO / Steven Pasquale / “Somethin‘ Like Love”
- EMBRACEABLE YOU Lillie Huddleston / “How Long Has This Been Going On”
- HOUSE OF GOLD / Kenny Rankin / “The Kenny Rankin Album”
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE / The Real Group / “Unreal”
- I’M LOST / Carmen McRae / “Bittersweet”
- LOVE THEME FROM “SPARTACUS” / Bill Evans & Jeremy Steig / “What’s New”
- TEA AND SYMPATHY / Janis Ian / “Between The Lines”
- FOR ALL WE KNOW / Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack / “A Donny Hathaway Collection”
- TWO FOR THE ROAD / Nancy LaMott / “The Best Of Nancy LaMott”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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