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PLAYLIST FOR “TRIBUTE TO THE DECLARATIVE SENTENCE” 5.18.13)

18 May

Great to be back and doing a live show. Hope you feel the same. Tonight was another in our series of “No Listeners left Behind,” a review of the declarative sentence. In weeks to come we’ll be discussing, “Dangling Participles: Is Cosmetic Surgery The Only Answer?” Get there early for a good seat!

 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title 

 

  • I HEAR MUSIC  /  Carman McRae  /  “Betty Carter/Carmen McRae: Duets”
  • I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Makes It Happen”
  • THIS CAN’T BE LOVE  /  Diane Marino  /  “From The Heart”
  • THIS IS A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND AN EVENING  /  Bobby Scott  /  “Slowly”
  • YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME  /  Delicatessen  /  “Goodnight Kiss”
  • AT LEAST WE GOT TO THE RACE  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Don’t Cry For No Hipster”
  • THE BEST IS YET TO COME  /  Laila Biali  /  “Live In Concert”
  • YOU GO TO MY HEAD  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Nice And Easy”
  • I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Dolly Parton  /  “The Acoustic Collection”
  • YOU FASCINATE ME SO  /  Marlene VerPlanck  /  “Ballads…Mostly”
  • IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Once In Every Life”
  • THE PARTY’S OVER  /  Sally Mayes  /  “Our Private World”
  • THERE’S A LULL IN MY LIFE  /  Nat King Cole  /  “Nat King Cole Sings George Shearing Plays”
  • I’M CHECKIN’ OUT, GOOMBYE!  /  Catherine Russell  /  “Strictly Romancin’”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “SPEED DATING” (4.6.13)

6 Apr

Musical Speed Dating this week, or as I think of it: Match.com meets Musical Chairs! 30 singers in 60 minutes – you do the math.  No other radio program would attempt to do this, although probably for good reasons.  

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • A FOGGY DAY  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Live In Japan”
  • I MARRIED AN ANGEL  /  Sammy Davis Jr.  /  “The Shelter Of Your Arms”
  • JUST YOU JUST ME  /  Ray Charles/Betty Carter  /  “Ray Charles & Betty Carter”
  • YOU’RE GOOD FOR ME  /  Doris Day/Andre Previn  /  “Duet”
  • JUST FRIENDS  /  Tony Bennett  /  ˆ”Tony Sings For Two”
  • MY KIND OF LOVE  /  Patti Page  /  “In The Land Of Hi-Fi”
  • SHOULD I  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session”
  • FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION  /  Frank Sinatra Jr.  /   I”As I Remember It”
  • MOONLIGHT SAVINGS TIME  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Once Upon A Summertime”
  • SCARS  /  Ian Shaw  /  “A Ghost In Every Bar”
  • YOU’RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME  /  Delicatessen  /  “Jazz+Bossa”
  • I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU  /  Nat Cole  /  “Tell Me All About Yourself”
  • AVALON  /  Natalie Cole  /  “Unforgettable”
  •  FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Bobby McFerrin  /  “Hush”
  • FOUR BROTHERS  /  The King Sisters  /  “Imagination”
  • THE UNCERTAINTY OF A POET  /  Kurt Elling  /  “Man In The Air”
  • SMILE  /  Rickie Lee Jones  /  “It’s Like This”
  • YOU’RE EVERYTHING BUT MINE  /  Joe Williams  /  “Illuminated”
  • LOOK OUT!  /  Joanie Sommers  /  “Look Out It’s Joanie Sommers”
  •  NOBODY’S HEART BELONGS TO ME  /  Lillie Kae  /  “I’m Glad There Is You”
  • I WANT A LITTLE GIRL  /  Billy Eckstine  /  “No Cover No Minimum”
  • KEEP YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL  /  Emmy Rossum  /  “Sentimental Journey”
  • THE GREAT CITY  /  Shirley Horn  /  “But Beautiful”
  • SIGNING OFF  /  Helen Merrill  /  A Date With The Blues”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  / ( Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “NAME DROPPING” (3.16.13)

16 Mar

 Unlike the Post Office, Turntable For One delivers on Saturday, and it was great to be back live in the studio. You know me. I don’t like to drop names, but all of these songs did.

 SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • I LOVE TO LOVE  /  Nina Simone  /  “Forbidden Fruit”
  • HOW ABOUT YOU?  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Songs For Swingin’ Lovers”
  • ONE NIGHT WITH FRANK  /  Erin Boheme  /  “What Love Is”
  • TONY BENNETT  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “Old, New, Borrowed, & The Blues”
  • MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME  /  Delicatessen  /  “My Baby Just Cares For Me”
  • ISN’T IT A PITY?  /  Mel Torme  /  “At Marty’s”
  • BEYOND COMPARE  /  Courtnay Day  /  “State Of Bliss”
  • MACK THE KNIFE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Clay Aiken  /  “Tried And True”
  • ROBERT FROST  /  Karrin Allyson  /  “Collage”
  • MISS YOU MISTER MERCER  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Songbook”
  • MY NEW CELEBRITY IS YOU  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “My New Celebrity Is You”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “BIRDS” (AN ARCHIVE SHOW FROM 3.19.11)

11 Mar

I took the week off to renew my poetic license. This required standing for hours in a long waiting line, keeping my head when all about me were losing theirs and blaming it on me; and listening to everyone around me muttering something about “the road not taken.” A really creepy experience. Ok, I’m not so happy with my license photo (why did the photographer tell me not to make eye contact with the camera?), but at least I’m good to go for another year.  Talk to you on Saturday night. 

 SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album or CD Title

  • LITTLE JAZZ BIRD  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Let Yourself Go”
  • HOW HIGH THE MOON/ORNITHOLOGY  /  Karrin Allyson  /  “Azure-te”
  • BIRD SONG  /  Mel Torme and Cleo Laine  /  “Nothing Without You”
  • ROBBINS NEST  /  Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie  /  “Ella And Basie”
  • A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain”
  • SKYLARK  /  Inga Swearingen  /  “Unreleased Performance”
  • FLIGHT OF THE FOO BIRDS  /  Count Basie  /  “Atomic Basie”
  • FLIGHT OF THE FOO BIRDS  /  The Real Group  /  “Un-Real”
  • BYE, BYE BLACKBIRD  /  Halie Loren  /  “After Dark”
  • BLACKBIRD  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Let It Be Jazz”
  • BOBWHITE  /  BobbyDarin/Johnny Mercer  /  “Two of a Kind”
  • THE EAGLE AND ME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Live at Vine Street”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “SALUTE TO OSCAR LOSERS” (2.23.13)

24 Feb

I was going to do a show of Oscar Winning Songs, but was afraid I’d have to play Rod Stewart’s cover of “It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp.” So instead: each of these songs (except the last one) was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song in a Motion Picture; but every one of them lost.  

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title

  • MY SHINING HOUR  /  Sammy Davis/Count Basie  /  “Our Shining Hour”
  • THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC  /  Roberta Gambarini  /  “So In Love”  
  • THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Bennett Sings The Ultimate American Songbook”
  • DEARLY BELOVED  /  Nancy Wilson  /  “Hollywood My Way”
  • YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • THE SECOND TIME AROUND  /  Peggy Lee  /  “Live At Basin Street East”
  • A TIME FOR LOVE  /  The Swingle Singers  /  “Mood Swings”
  • MY FOOLISH HEART  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “The Complete Riverside Recordings”
  • CHARADE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Wayne Newton  /  “Wild, Cool, And Swingin’”
  • I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY  /  Delicatessen  /  “Jazz + Bossa”
  • JEAN  /  Bobby Scott  /  “Slowly”
  • THE LOOK OF LOVE  /  Shirley Horn  /  “The Main Ingredient”
  • HERE’S TO THE LOSERS  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Softly As I Leave You”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “UN-ROMANTIC LOVE SONGS” (2.16.13)

16 Feb

The Valentine flowers are wilted, the Valentine candy eaten, the Valentine cards tossed in the recycle bin, right? Sounds to me like the perfect backdrop for an hour of the strangest love songs ever written! Turntable For One’s Post-Valentine’s Day Un-Romantic Musical Extravaganza. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title

 

 

 

 

 

  • VALENTINE’S DAY  James Taylor  /  “Never Die Young”   
  • DOWN WITH LOVE  /  Marie Bergman  /  “Fruit”     
  • A FINE ROMANCE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Ring-A-Ding Ding”  
  • IF HE WERE STRAIGHT AND I WERE YOUNG  /  Nancy Stearns  /  “A Wish” 
  • I WISH I DIDN’T LOVE YOU SO  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Somethin’ Like Love”
  • PAY SOME ATTENTION TO ME  /  Lena Jansson/Nils Lindbourg Combo  /  “That Certain Feeling” 
  • KEEP YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL  /  Emmy Rossum  /  “Sentimental Journey”
  • SILLY HABITS  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Mel Torme/Janis Ian  /  “At Marty’s”
  • LOVE FOR SALE  /  Typhanie Monique/Neal Alger  /  “Intrinsic”
  • I DON’T KNOW WHY (I JUST DO)  /  Joe Williams & Harry “Sweets” Edison  /  “Together”
  • DID WE HAVE ANY FUN?  /  Shepley Metcalf  /  “Something Irresistible”   
  • AND SO IT GOES  /  Laila Biali  /  “Tracing Light”
  • MY FUNNY VALENTINE  /  Michel Legrand  /  “At Shelly’s Manne-Hole”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master Recording)

 

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PLAYLIST FOR “WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?” (2.2.13)

2 Feb

As someone once famously said, “It’s a terrible thing to lose your mind.” Takes one to know one. Hope you enjoyed tonight’s mind games.

Talk to you next week.

 

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD or Album Title

 

  • GEORGIA ON MY MIND / Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis / “Two Men With The Blues”
  • IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND / Helen Merrill / “Live At Nalen”
  • SWEET KENTUCKY HAM / Dave Frishberg / “Classics”
  • TROUBLE IN MIND / Nina Simone / “Nina At Newport”
  • THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND / Sting / “The Thomas Crown Affair”
  • YOU GO TO MY HEAD / Morgana King / “Tender Moments”
  • GENTLE ON MY MIND / (Mystery Vocalist) / Leonard Nimoy / “Spaced Out”
  • YOUR MIND’S ON VACATION / Kitty Margolis / “Body And Soul”
  • DEEP WITHIN THE CORNERS OF MY MIND / Melody Gardot / “My One And Only Thrill”
  • ONE FOR MY BABY / Frank Sinatra / “Only The Lonely”
  • ROUND MIDNIGHT / Ella Fitzgerald / “Twelve Nights In Hollywood”
  • NEW YORK STATE OF MIND / Tony Bennett/Billy Joel / “Playin’ With My Friends”
  • PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine / (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “BROADWAY VS JAZZ, THE VOCAL SMACK-DOWN” (1.26.13)

27 Jan

I know it wasn’t really a fair competition, not when jazz (-inflected) singers can change characters with every song they sing, and look for  colors of melody and nuance of lyric to emphasize or embellish; while Broadway singers have to stay in character, become a part of a story, and yet still button an emotional moment. But this was a great excuse to listen to some of my favorite singers push the boundaries of their comfort zones. 

 SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

  • SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE  /  Victoria Clark  /  “15 Seconds of Grace”
  • BABY DREAM YOUR DREAM  /  Tony Bennett  /  “For Once In My Life”
  • LET YOURSELF GO  /  Kristin Chenoweth  /  “Let Yourself Go”
  • MAYBE  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Somethin’ Like Love”
  • ALL THE WAY  /  Kelli O’Hara  /  “Wonder In The World”
  • THIS NEARLY WAS MINE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “The Concert Sinatra”
  • IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS  /  Barbra Streisand  /  “Love Is The Answer”
  • AIN’T WE GOT FUN  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Dick Van Dyke  /  “Jazz Blues Vol. 1
  • STICK AROUND  /  Sammy Davis  /  “Golden Boy – Original Cast Recording”
  • ANYONE CAN WHISTLE  /  Nancy Wilson  /  “Color And Light”
  • DID I EVER REALLY LIVE?  /  Joe Williams  /  “One More For My Baby”
  • BUT NOT FOR ME  /  Tom Wopat  /  “Consider It Swung”
  • LOST IN THE STARS  /  Nnenna Freelon  /  “Listen”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

 

 

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PLAYLIST FOR “I’M OUTTA HERE” (1.19.13)

23 Jan

Sorry I’m posting this late, but I have been wrestling with a bad bug for a week. Hoping to be victorious by Saturday.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title

  • SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Swing With Me”
  • THE GYPSY IN MY SOUL  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Listen Here”
  • JOEY, JOEY, JOEY  /  Al Jarreau  /  “One Note Samba”
  • FAR AWAY PLACES  /  Norma Winstone  /  “Manhattan In The Rain”
  • HOW TO PACK A SUITCASE  /  Mark Winkler  /  “Till I Get It Right”
  • YOU’RE OUTTA HERE  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “New York City Drag”
  • I’M GONNA MOVE TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Gary Crosby  /“Gary Crosby Belts The Blues”                                                                           
  • DOWNTOWN  /  Holly Cole  /  “Girl Talk”
  • THE AIRPLANE SONG  /  Dave Tull  /  “I Just Want To Get Paid”
  • I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU  /  Carmen McRae  /  “The Great American Songbook” 
  • ANY PLACE I HANG MY HAT  /  Dr. John  /  Johnny Mercer: The Dream’s On Me”           
  • GO BACK HOME  /  Nancy Stearns  /  “A Wish”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unrelased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “ANYONE CAN WHISTLE” (1.12.13)

12 Jan

I’m not sure what I was thinking, but I programmed an entire show with or about whistling. Something I’ve never been able to do in my life. Following that logic, next week maybe songs about souffles? Surgery? The long jump? Tune in and find out. 

 SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title

  • I WHISTLE A HAPPY TUNE/WHISTLING AWAY THE DARK  /  Sue Matsuki  /  “A New Take”
  • I WHISTLE A HAPPY TUNE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Frank Sinatra Sings Rogers And Hammerstein”
  • ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW THEME  /  “50 Classic TV Themes”
  • LA MER  /  Veronneau  /  “Joy Of Living”
  • WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK  /  Louis Armstrong  /  “Disney Songs The Satchmo Way”
  • GIVE A LITTLE WHISTLE  /  Julie London  /  “Nice Girls Don’t Stay For Breakfast”
  • SITTIN’ ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY  /  Otis Redding  /  “The Very Best of Otis Redding”
  • LULLABY DOLL  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Harpo Marx  /  “The Best Of Harpo Marx”
  • THE WATERS OF MARCH  /  Antonio Carlos Jobim/Elis Regina  /  “Elis & Tom”
  • JARDIN D’HIVER  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Dreamer In Concert”
  •  LITTLE JAZZ BIRD  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Let Yourself Go”
  • BLUESETTE  /  Toots Thielemans  /  “The Whistler And His Guitar”
  • SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY  /  Tony Bennett   /  “Here’s To The Ladies”                      
  • ANYONE CAN WHISTLE  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Sings Sondheim”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

 

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