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PLAYLIST FOR “WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?” (12.6.14)

6 Dec

“What happens next?” That’s a question we’ve all been asking since the first time we heard a bedtime story. Well, tonight, I decided not to keep you in suspense. When you listened to one song, you only had to wait a couple of minutes to find out what happened next. However, now you have to wait until Wednesday to see the hint of what I’ll be doing next Saturday night.  

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title 

  • CHANGE PARTNERS  /  Sammy Davis  /  “The Great American Song Book”
  • I LOVE IT WHEN YOU DANCE THAT WAY  /  Denise Donatelli  /  “What Lies Within”
  • BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Cycles”
  • OH, YES, TAKE ANOTHER GUESS  /  Catherine Russell  /  “Strictly Romancin’”
  • YOU’LL SEE  /  Diane Schuur  /  “Love Songs”
  • I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Gary Crosby  /  “The Happy Bachelor”
  • WHAT DID I FORGET  /  Susannah McCorkle  /  “Hearts And Minds”  
  • I FORGOT TO HAVE CHILDREN  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Ages”
  • I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT LOVE  /  Shirley Horn  /  “You Won’t Forget Me”
  • THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL  /  Melissa Stylianou  /  “Silent Movie”
  • NOBODY HOME  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Once In Every Life”
  • RAINBOW CONNECTION  /  Bobby Scott  /  “Slowly”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (THEME MUSIC)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE RHETORICAL QUESTION” (11.22.14)

22 Nov

Is there really a difference between asking a rhetorical question and talking to yourself? That’s one of the few rhetorical questions I didn’t pose this week. But aren’t the songs and the singers below stellar enough? (That’s a rhetorical question.)

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title 

  • HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN  /  Cyrille Aimee  /  “Cyrille Aimee & The Surreal Band”
  • SHOULD I  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session”
  • HAVEN’T WE MET  /  Emilie-Claire Barlow  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • WHY SHOULDN’T I?  /  Joanie Sommers  /  “For Those Who Think Young”
  • NOT YOU  /  Ian Thomas  /  “Just Passing Through”
  • ISN’T IT ROMANTIC  /  Betty Carter & Carmen McRae  /  “Duets”
  • WOULDN’T IT BE LOVERLY  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Rosanne Cash  /  “Columbia Records Radio Hour Vol. 1”
  • WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE  /  The Real Group  /  “Unreal”
  • AM I BLUE?  /  Bobby Scott  /  “Slowly”
  • WHERE CAN I GO WITHOUT YOU?  /  Nina Simone  /  “Forbidden Fruit”
  • DO YOU MISS NEW YORK  /  Dave Frishberg  /“Classics”
  • WHY WAS I BORN  /  Karrin Allison  /  “Ballads: Remembering Jon Coltrane”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

Tune in for a special Turntable For One next week: “The 5th Annual Music To Be Thankful Show.”  If you can’t wait, talk to your shrink about your impulse control issues, or listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. 

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PLAYLIST FOR “PHOBIA NIGHT” (11.15.14)

15 Nov

Did you miss this week’s show? Hope you don’t suffer from Catagelophobia, the fear of being ridiculed or Enissohobia, the fear of being criticized because you’re in for a rough week. Want to avoid all the embarrassment and harassment? Be there promptly for next Saturday night’s show!

PLAYLIST FOR “PHOBIA NIGHT”

Phobia  /  SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

  • Agoraphobia (Fear Of Crowded Public Places)  /  LET’S EAT HOME  /  Rosemary Clooney  /  “Still On The Road”
  • Agyrophobia (Fear Of Crossing Streets)  /  ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Swing With Me”
  • Aerophobia (Fear Of Flying)  /  DESTINATION MOON  /  Dinah Washington  /  “Dinah ‘62
  • Chorophobia (Fear of Dancing)  /  I WON’T DANCE  /  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  /  “Cheek To Cheek”
  • Arachnophobia (Fear Of Spiders)  THE SPIDER AND THE FLY  /  Maud Hixson  /  “Don’t Let A Good Thing Get Away”
  • Isolophobia (Fear of Being Alone)  /  DON’T LET ME BE LONELY TONIGHT  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “My Romance”
  • Elurophobia (Fear Of Cats)  MEMORY  /  Betty Buckley  /  “Cats – Cast Album”
  • Philophobia (Fear of Love)  /  I DON’T WANT TO BE IN LOVE  /  Allegra Levy  /  “Lonely City”
  • Cnidophobia (Fear Of Insect Stings)  /  ROXANNE  /  (Mystery Phobia)  /  Sting & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  /  “Symphonicities”
  • Lilapsophobia (Fear of Tornadoes and Hurricanes)  /  DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD  /  Lillie Kae  /  “I’m Glad There Is You”
  • Gerontophobia (Fear of Growing Old)  /  WHILE WE’RE YOUNG  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Thank You For Everything”
  • Telephonophobia (Fear of Telephones)  /  BUSY SIGNAL  /  Hetty Kate & Gordon Webster  /  “Gordon Webster Meets Hetty Kate”
  • Octiphobia (Fear of the Night)  /  I LIKE THE SUNRISE  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington  /  “Ella At Duke’s Place”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  “Unreleased Master”

 Don’t forget: you can always listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange, although it would hurt if you finished reading this first. 

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PLAYLIST FOR “THE SONG IS YOU” (11.8.14)

8 Nov

I’ve played songs that compare people to ghosts, dogs, cats, gypsies, tramps, and thieves, mysteries, and more. You know what I haven’t played? What’s that? Songs that compare people to pastrami sandwiches or garages or stucco or a slow death by viper venom? Ok, fine, you’re right. Now do you want to hear my answer? Songs that compare people to songs! If you can come up with an hour of songs comparing people to stucco, let me know, but until then, check these songs out. 

PLAYLIST FOR “THE SONG IS YOU”

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title 

  • YOU WILL BE MY MUSIC  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back)   
  • THE SONG IS YOU  /  Ed Reed  /  “The Song Is You”
  • A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY  /  Beegie Adair / Jaimee Paul  /  “After The Ball”  
  • I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Makes It Happen”    
  • WHEN HE MAKES MUSIC  /  Nancy Wilson  /  “Gentle Is My Love/How Glad I Am”   
  • IF YOU WERE A SONG  /  Billy Brandt  /  “The Ballad Of Larry’s Neighbor” 
  • THE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME DANCE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Mimi Hines  /  “The Mimi Hines Album” 
  • IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Once In Every Life”  
  • I HEAR MUSIC  /  Dakota Staton & George Shearing  /  “In The Night” 
  • YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “Pointless Nostalgia”
  • STARDUST  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury Vol. #3”  
  • THE SWEETEST SOUNDS  /  Kelley Johnson  /  “Home”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

How do you keep the music playing, you ask (or maybe sing? I’ll tell you how: by listening to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. I’ve done just about all the work for you. You just have to click on the link below. 

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PLAYLIST FOR “CAMPAIGN NIGHT 2014” (11.1.14)

2 Nov

If we could put this election season to music, what would it sound like? My name is H. William Stine, and I approve this playlist.

CAMPAIGN NIGHT 2014

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

  • I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU  /  Peggy Lee  /  “Basin Street East Proudly Presents Peggy Lee” 
  • IT’S A SIN TO TELL A LIE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “When Lights Are Low”   
  • LITTLE WHITE LIES  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Swings Lightly”   
  • CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE  /  Jack Jones  /  “Love Ballad”   
  • THE LIES OF HANDSOME MEN  /  Marlene Ver Planck  /  “A Quiet Storm”
  • BLIZZARD OF LIES  /  Dave Frishberg  /  “Classics”     
  • I’M OLD FASHIONED  /  Shirley Horn  /  “A Lazy Afternoon”  
  • I REALLY DON’T WANT TO KNOW  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  John Travolta  /  “A Love Song For Bobby Long”
  • I DON’T WORRY ABOUT A THING  /  Mose Allison  /  “Mose in Your Ear”   
  • I’VE GOT NO STRINGS  /  Roz Corral  /  “Telling Tales”     
  • I BELIEVE IN YOU  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “It Might As Well Be Swing”  
  • WE THE PEOPLE  /  Catherine Russell  /  “Inside This Heart Of Mine”   
  • THE PARTY’S OVER  /  Nat King Cole  /  “The Billy May Sessions” 
  • THE PARTY’S OVER  /  Sally Mayes  /  “Our Private World”   
  • HONESTY  /  Berlin Voices  /  “States Of Mind”               
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

If next Saturday seems like a long time to wait for the next live Turntable For One, there’s an easy solution that’s only a click away: Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. 

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PLAYLIST FOR “COPYCATS” (10.11.14)

13 Oct

I hope my hint this week was sufficiently confusing…“I’ll play every song at least twice but I won’t play any song more than once.” All I meant was I’ll play two different songs with the same song title. I was surprised at how many there are, and how many I didn’t know before last week. How about you?

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title 

 

  • THE LOOK OF LOVE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra With Love
  • THE LOOK OF LOVE  /  Shirley Horn  /  “The Main Ingredient”
  • SHALL WE DANCE   (1937)  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Let Yourself Go”
  • SHALL WE DANCE   (1951)  /  Norma Winstone  /  “Manhattan In The Rain”
  • WELCOME TO THE CLUB  /  Nat Cole  /  “Big Band Cole”
  • WELCOME TO THE CLUB  /  Mel Torme  /  “My Kind Of Music”
  • EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES  /  Count Basie Orchestra  /  “Broadway Basie’s Way”
  • EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Keira Knightley  /  “Begin Again” Soundtrack
  • ROUND MIDNIGHT   /  Carmen McRae  /  “Carmen Sings Monk”
  • NO REGRETS (1950) /  Edith Piaf  /  “The Very Best Of Edith Piaf”
  • NO REGRETS (1936)  /  Phoebe Snow  /  “Second Childhood”
  • FOR ALL WE KNOW (1970)  /  Karen Carpenter  /  “The Singles – 1969-1981”
  • FOR ALL WE KNOW   (1934)  /  Donny Hathaway  /  “A Donny Hathaway Collection”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

I’ll be back on Saturday, but you don’t have to wait. You can listen to a Turntable For One podcast whenever you feel like it. Feel like it now? Click the link!

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PLAYLIST FOR “SAD SONGS” (9.20.14)

22 Sep

It’s that time of year when millions of people have to confront their S.A.D., their Seasonal Affect Disorder. Mine is usually triggered by the realization that a new season of “Dancing With The Stars” is right around the corner. That’s one of so many things that can make me so, so sad. In honor of my unearned self-pity, this week I presented an hour of wonderful and wonderfully sad songs. Missed it? Boo-hoo for you.

 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • I CAN’T MAKE YOU LOVE ME  /  Sophie Milman  /  “Take Love Easy”
  • I WISH I DIDN’T LOVE YOU SO  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Somethin’ Like Love”
  • MOOD INDIGO  /  Nancy Harms  /  “Dreams In Apartments”
  • I WAS A FOOL TO LET YOU GO  /  Frank Sinatra Jr.  /  “That Face”
  • BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN  / Ryan Keberle  /  “Into The Zone”
  • SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD  /  Bill Henderson  /  “At The Vic”
  • SEND IN THE CLOWNS  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Judi Densch  /  “Hey Mr. Producer”
  • ALMOST LIKE A SONG /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Once In Every Life”
  • BILLY’S BLUES  /  Laura Nyro  /  “First Songs”
  • THE END OF A LOVE AFFAIR  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Lady In Satin”
  • ANGEL EYES  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Only The Lonely”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

 

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PLAYLIST FOR “EMBARRASSING SITUATIONS” (9.13.14)

14 Sep

Life is long and more than enough of it is filled with embarrassing situations. It seems to me the least I can do is recognize those situations and totally exploit them by creating an hour of songs about embarrassing moments. Cheating and getting caught? A double embarrassment. Forgetting your keys? That cuts a little too close to home. But worse: forgetting your lyrics. I left that embarrassment for Sinatra and Judy. What? You were expecting empathy? Do I look like Dr. Oz?

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

  • I CANT TAKE YOU NOWHERE  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Little Did I Dream”
  • DON’T’CHA GO ‘WAY MAD  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Live At The Opera House”
  • DINNER FOR ONE PLEASE, JAMES  /  Joe Williams  /  “Ballad And Blues Master”
  • WHERE ARE MY KEYS  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Language”
  • YOUNG AT HEART  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Live At The Sands, November, 1961
  • YOU GO TO MY HEAD  /  Judy Garland  /  “Judy At Carnegie”
  • FEET DO YOUR STUFF  /  Ian Shaw  /  “A Ghost In Every Bar”
  • GUESS WHO I SAW TODAY  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Phyllis Diller  /  “Wet Toe In A Hot Socket”
  • WAITER, OH WAITER  /  Stacey Kent  /  “The Changing Lights”
  • YOU’RE TALKING TOO LOUD  /  Dave Tull  /  “I Just Want To Get Paid”
  • CHAMPAGNE  /  Kat Edmonson  /  “Way Down Low”
  • DID WE HAVE ANY FUN  /  Shepley Metcalf  /  “Something Irresistible”
  • LOOKS LIKE DECEMBER  /  Antonio Carlos Jobim  /  “Christmas For Lovers”
  • SOMETHING COOL  /  Cheryl Bentyne  /  “West Coast Cool”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  “Unreleased Master”

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PLAYLIST FOR “COULDA, WOULDA, SHOULDA” (8.30.14)

30 Aug

Summer is over which means time to put away put away your whites, your shorts, your suntan lotion, and reflect on the things we did last summer that we’ll remember all winter long — except I had one of those “Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda” summers when I didn’t do any of the things I wanted and meant to do. Am I bitter? No more than usual. Am I depressed? (See previous response.) Because I have developed the useful skill of turning my pain in art…well, actually, other people do all the art. So are some of my favorite “Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda” songs by some of the best new and old jazz singers. Check back on Wednesday for a hint about next Saturday night’s show.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album or CD Title

 

  • I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Dance With Me”
  • WOULDN’T IT BE LOVERLY?  /  Shirley Horn  /  “I Love You, Paris”
  • I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU  /  Nat Cole  /  “Tell Me All About Yourself”
  • IF I HAD YOU  /  Nnenna Freelon  /  “Jazz Moods: Mood Indigo”
  • I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU  /  Arthur Prysock/Count Basie  /  “Arthur Prysock & Count Basie”
  • IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A DREAM  /  Diane Marino  /  “Loads Of Love”
  • WHY SHOULDN’T I  / (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Tony Perkins  /  “The Very Best of Tony Perkins”
  • I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN  /  Brianna Thomas  /  “You Must Believe In Love”
  • IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU  /  Frank D’Rone  /  “Falling In Love With Love”
  • IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Send In The Clowns”
  • WOULD YOU BELIEVE?  /  Carmen McRae  /  “At Ratso’s”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master) 

 

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PLAYLIST FOR “COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES” (6.7.14)

7 Jun

Just imagine: you’re sitting on an metal folding chair or in the stands of a stadium, the sun is beating down, and I’m delivering a litany of what I consider the truths and facts of life. That’s how you feel every week listening to the show? That’s not what I was going for. Think graduation, think the possibilities and potentials of the future, think an hour of musical advice to graduates! 

 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist/  CD Or Album Title

 

  • EXPERIMENT  /  Jane Stuart  /  “Don’t Look Back”
  • PICK YOUrSELF UP  /  Nat Cole/George Shearing  /  “Nat Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays”
  • OUR TIME  /  Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway  /  “Sibling Revelry”
  • EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “My Kind Of Broadway”
  • EVERYBODY SAYS DON’T  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Sings Sondheim”
  • LISTEN HERE  /  Dave Frishberg  /  “Classics”
  • THROW IT AWAY  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Stockholm Sweetnin’”
  • THIS FUNNY WORLD  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Complete Improv Sessions”
  • AS TIME GOES BY  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Dirk Bogarde  /  “Lyrics For Lovers”
  • I HOPE YOU DANCE  /  Deborah Lippmann  /  “Nightingale”
  • YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE  /  Mark Winkler  /  “Mark Winkler Sings Bobby Troup”
  • SOME OTHER TIME  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Blossom Dearie Sings Comden & Green”
  • WHEN I’M GONE  /  Phil Ochs  /  “There But For Fortune”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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