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PLAYLIST FOR “HAIL TO THE KING!” 3.15.25

17 Mar

About two years ago, I did a show celebrating the coronation of King Charles and I thought that would be the last time I’d see a king ascend to the throne. Looks like I was wrong, so I did a show featuring songs about kings and singers named King to honor our new king.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • IF I RULED THE WORLD  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Get Happy”
  • IF I WERE KING OF THE FOREST  /  Bert Lahr  /  “The Wizard Of Oz”
  • SLEIGH RIDE IN JULY  /  Peggy King  /  “Oh, What A Memory We Made”
  • KING OF THE ROAD  /  Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery  /  “Further Adventurers Of Jimmy & Wes”
  • IF I HAD YOU  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “A Swingin’ Affair”
  • EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD  /  Kari Kirkland  /  “Wild Is The Wind”
  • SHE WAS TOO GOOD TO ME  /  Chet Baker  /  “She Was Too Good To Me”
  • SHALL I TELL YOU WHAT I THINK OF YOU  /  Deborah Kerr/Marni Nixon  /  “The King & I”
  • I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT  /  Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington  /  “The Great Summit”
  • ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Ben E. King  /   “Ben E. King Sings For Soulful Lovers”
  • FOUR BROTHERS  /  The King Sisters  /  “Imagination”
  • HEY LITTLE SONGBIRD  /  The Cast Of Hadestown  /  “Hadestown”
  • TULIP OR TURNIP  /  Sarah King  /  “Tulip Or Turnip”
  • KING CREOLE  /  Elvis Presley  /  “Elvis 2nd To None”
  • YOU’LL BE BACK  /  Jonathan Groff  /  “Hamilton”
  • THE THRILL IS GONE  /  B. B. King w/ Stevie Wonder  /  “The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts”
  • IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO  /  Esther Phillips w/ King Curtis  /  “Burnin’”
  • I WONDER WHAT THE KING IS DOING TONIGHT  /  Richard Burton  /  “Camelot”
  • I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW  /  Nat King Cole  /  “After Midnight”
  • THE RULES OF THE ROAD  /  Nat King Cole  /  “The Billy May Sessions”
  • HE WAS THE KING  /  Freddy Cole  /  “He Was The King”
  • YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND  /  Carole King & James Taylor  /  “Live At The Troubadour”
  • ALONE TOGETHER  /  Benny Goodman  /  “Alone Together”
  • TRAV’LIN’ LIGHT  /  Queen Latifah  /  “Trav’lin’ Light”
  • LOVE IS HERE TO STAY  /  The King’s Singers  /  “Gold”
  • THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME  /  Morgana King  /  “This Is Always”
  • BUT BEAUTIFUL  /  Gavin Hope W/ Bill King  /  “For All We Know”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “LAUGHTER & TEARS” (12.7.19)

9 Dec

I’m sure I’ve mentioned a few dozen times that I’m a “glass half-empty” kind of guy. Not only do I think the glass is half-empty, I worry about who’s been drinking from my glass. I can find something sad about an IRS refund. And don’t get me started about “brown paper packages tied up with strings.” Don’t you think that’s setting the bar for happiness a little low? So, of course,  when I do a show about Laughter, I’m also going to do a show about Tears. It makes perfect sense to me – and, after all, it’s my show. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • WHEN YOU’RE SMILING  /  Carol Welsman  /  “Memories Of You: A Tribute To Benny Goodman”
  • YOU’VE GOT ME CRYING AGAIN  /  Joe Williams  /  “Ballad & Blues Master”
  • LAUGHING AT LIFE  /  Duchess  /  “Laughing At Life”
  • THIS FUNNY WORLD  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Complete Improv Recordings”
  • IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH. IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY  /  Janet Planet  /  “Janet Planet Sings The bob Dylan Songbook”
  • A MAN AIN’T SUPPOSED TO CRY  /  John Doakes  /  “Forever Reasons”
  • DON’T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING  /  Shirley Horn  /  “You Won’t Forget Me”
  • I GUESS I’LL HANG MY TEARS OUT TO DRY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Only The Lonely”
  • THIS WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH  /  Natalie Cole  /  “Take A Look”
  • THEY ALL LAUGHED  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Thomas Quastoff  /  “The Jazz Album”
  • WILLOW WEEP FOR ME  /  Stan Kenton  /  “Standards In Silhouette
  • INSIDE A SILENT TEAR  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “My New Celebrity Is You”
  • LAUGHING ON THE OUTSIDE  /  Nat Cole  /  “Where Did Everybody Go?”
  • I CRIED FOR YOU  /  Ellen Andersson Quartet  /  “I’ll Be Seeing You”
  • THE TEARS OF A CLOWN  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “Pride & Joy”
  • CRY ME A RIVER  /  Malou Beauvoir & Jean Chaudron Trio  /  “An Evening At The Swan”
  • SMILE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Lyle Lovett  /  “Smile”
  • YOU’RE LAUGHING AT ME  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “The Songbook Collections”
  • ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT (Elvis Laughing)  /  Elvis Presley  /  “Live 1969”
  • I’M GONNA LAUGH YOU RIGHT OUT OF MY LIFE  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Bittersweet”
  • MONA LISA  /  Keith Jarrett  /  “Tokyo ‘96”
  • I DON’T WANT TO CRY ANYMORE  /  Billie Holiday  /  “The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve”
  • WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  

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PLAYLIST FOR “IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD!” (12.1.12)

1 Dec

What you see is what you get. I get it. But what if what you see isn’t there at all? Ah, the mind can play funny tricks on us. Mine just told me my shoe is untied. And I fall for it every time.  

Talk to you next week…

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • DANCING ON THE CEILING  /  Joe Coughlin  /  “Joe Coughlin”                                                              
  • PURE IMAGINATION  /  Joanie Sommers  /  “Here There And Everywhere”
  • JUST MY IMAGINATION  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “Pride And Joy”
  • MEDITATION  /  Veronneau  /  “Jazz Samba Project” 
  • I’LL BE SEEING YOU  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “I Remember Tommy”
  • STARDUST  /  Jenny O.  /  “Sunshine On Your Back Porch”
  • I’M GOING TO SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER  /  Paul McCartney  /  “Kisses On The Bottom”
  • THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Elvis Presley  /  “Inspirational”
  • DARN THAT DREAM  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Sarah Vaughan & Count Basie”
  • THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU  /  Kenny Rankin   /  “Professional Dreamer”                                                                   
  • I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS  /  Anita O’Day  /  “Live And Rare”
  • I SEE YOUR FACE BEFORE ME  /  Sachal  Vasandani  /  “Hi-Fly”                                                                        
  • YOU ARE THERE  /  Rebecca Sullivan/Mike Allemana  /  “This Way, This Time”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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