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PLAYLIST FOR “SUCKING UP TO THE AUDIENCE” (FALL FUNDRAISING DRIVE) 10.25.25

During previous fundraising drives I’ve asked for listener support, I’ve begged, I’ve cajoled, I’ve pleaded, I’ve enjoined, I was going to extort but I got a hard NO from the Fine Arts Radio Legal Department.Okay, so this time I tried to do something I haven’t done before to get people to call or pledge on line. I spent every minute I could of my two-hour show sucking up to the best damned audience in radio!

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Title

LOVE YOU MADLY / Carol Sloane / “Love You Madly”
TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS / Frank Sinatra / “Ultimate Sinatra”
YOU’RE THE TOP / Patricia Barber / “The Cole Porter Mix”
’S WONDERFUL / Diana Krall / “The Very Best Of Diana Krall”
YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL / Kenny Rankin / “The Kenny Rankin Album”
THREE LITTLE WORDS / Cyrille Aimee / “Let’s Get Lost”
MEDIUM DANCE / Fred Astaire / “The Astaire Story”
ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE / Hetty Kate / “Valentines”
DOLLAR FOR DIME / Joe Williams / “Every Night: Live At Vine Street”
EVERYTHING I LOVE / Mary Stallings / “Live At The Village Vanguard”
ALL OF YOU / Harry Connick Jr. / “True Love”
“A” YOU’RE ADORABLE / Lia Booth / “Life Can Be Beautiful”
LOVE IS HERE TO STAY / Mark Murphy / “Once In Every Heart”
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU / Kandace Springs / “The Women Who Raised Me”
IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS / Frank Sinatra / “In The Wee Small Hours”
YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME / Kelley Johnson / “Something Good”
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE / The Swingle Singers / “Mood Swings”
EV’RYTIME WE SAY GOODBYE / Ray Charles & Betty Carter / “Ray Charles & Betty Carter”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “CLICHE CLINIC” 4.27.24

29 Apr

What do these things have in common?

I’d rather have a root canal!
It’s like putting lipstick on a pig!
It’s totally gone off the tracks!

No, these are not descriptions of my show. They’re Cliches – which I wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole and, the end of the day, I bend over backwards not to use them as if my life depended on it. Except last Saturday when I gave a Clinic In Cliches!

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

I’VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING / Sarah Vaughan / “On Pablo”
I’M PUTTING ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET / FredAstaire / “The Irving Berlin Songbook”
BITTER WITH THE SWEET / Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm / “Spark”
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH / Freddy Cole / “To The Ends Of The Earth”
INTO EACH LIFE / Dianne Reeves / “Good Night & Good Luck”
ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET / Tony Bennett &Willie Nelson / “Duets II”
SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE / Jacintha / “Autumn Leaves”
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN / Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / “Sinatra/Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”
HIT THE GROUND RUNNING / Lorraine Feather / “Language”
GONE WITH THE WIND / Bill Evans / “Eloquence”
NOW OR NEVER / Jackie Ryan / “Best Of Love Songs”
STAND BY ME / (Mystery Vocalist) / Stephen King / “Stranger Than Fiction”
STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT / Natalie Cole / “Unforgettable”
IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK / Mark Winkler / “The Rules Don’t Apply”
LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE / Diana Krall / “When I Look In Your Eyes”
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT / John Pizzarelli / “Stage & Screen”
JUST IN TIME / Shirley Horn / “I Love you, Paris”
COME RAIN OR COME SHINE / Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band / “At The Village Vanguard”
BOOZERS AND LOSERS / Claire Hogan / “Boozers And Losers”
PICK YOURSELF UP / Gregory Porter / “Nat King Cole & Me”
SMILE / Gregory Porter / “Nat King Cole And Me”
EASY STREET / Lucy Yeghiazaryan / “Lonely House”
LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING / Leslie Odom Jr. / “Leslie Odom Jr.”
I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU / Jacqui Dankworth / “It Happens Quietly”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “FALL FUNDRAISING NIGHT” 10.21.23

23 Oct

Fall Fundraising Night! Did I beg? Did I plead? Did I cajole? Did I make some money for this special little radio station? I didn’t do too badly for a Saturday night. Maybe because I offered music with so many reasons to make a pledge.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

SOMEBODY LOVES ME / Tony Bennett & Diana Krall / “Love Is Here To Stay”
CALL ME / Frank Sinatra / “Strangers In The Night”
MUSIC / Cleo Laine / “Cleo Laine At Carnegie Hall”
ROUTE 66 / Kevin Mahogany / “You’ve Got What It Takes”
I’M PUTTING ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET / Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong / “Jazz Masters #24”
MY CARDIOLOGIST / Caity György / “Featuring”
THE TELEPHONE SONG / Gemma Sherry / “Music To Dream By”
THE TROUBLE WITH ME IS YOU / Samara Joy / “Samara Joy”
CHACONNE (FROM BACH PARTITA 1004) / Naoko Terai / “Bach A la Jazz”
BILLY’S BLUES / Mark Winkler / “The Laura Nyro Project”
CHEROKEE / Slide Hampton & The World Of Trombones / “Spirit Of The Horn”
BIG LONG SLIDIN’ THING / Judith Owen / “Come & Get It”
BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME / George Michael / “Songs From The Last Century”
WHERE DO YOU GO? / Stan Getz & Arthur Fielder & Boston Pops / “Stan Getz, Arthur Fielder At Tanglewood”
AD LIB (MEDIUM DANCE) / Fred Astaire / “The Astaire Story”
SWEET KENTUCKY HAM / Dave Frishberg / “Dave Frishberg Classics”
YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME / Ellen Andersson / “You Should Have Told Me”
ROUND MIDNIGHT / Keith Jarrett Trio / “Whisper Not”
THIS BITTER EARTH / Randy Crawford / “Live”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “EASY DOES IT” (3.4.23)

5 Mar

You know how I work very hard planning this show every week? Some of my audience was thinking,”Work harder.” And some were thinking, “This show is planned?” And the rest of them were likely thinking, “Will you get through the opening so we can listen to some music?” The point was this week instead of working hard, I took it easy. In fact, everything about the show, especially the songs were easy. (Not entirely sure the audience got off easy.)

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

NICE ‘N’ EASY / Barbra Streisand / “What Matters Most”
EASY LIVING / Johnny Hartman / “Once In Every Life”
TAKE LOVE EASY / Alina Zalozna Quartet / (Live in studio)
AS EASY AS ROLLING OFF A LOG / James Taylor / “American Standard”
EASY DOES IT / Oscar Peterson Trio / “Night train”
YOU’RE EASY TO DANCE WITH / Fred Astaire / “The Astaire Story”
I’LL BE EASY TO FIND / Sarah Patridge / “I’ll Be Easy To Find”
EASY TO LOVE / (Mystery Vocalist) / James Stewart / “That’s Entertainment”
YOU’D BE SO EASY TO LOVE / Roberta Gambarini / “Easy To Love””
SUMMERTIME / Miles Davis / “Porgy & Bess”
EASY COME, EASY GO / Tony Bennett / “With Love”
THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU / Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt / “Nature Boy: The Standards Album”
YOU MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY / Rebecca Kilgore / “Moonshadow Dance”
I’M EASY / Keith Carradine / “Nashville”
IT’S EASY TO BLAME THE WEATHER / Cecille McLorin Salvant & JLCO / “Big Band Holidays”
IT’S EASY TO SAY / (Mystery Movie) / Julie Andrews & Dudley Moore / “10 Movie Soundtrack”
EASY STREET / Randy Newman / “Harps And Angels”
EASY STREET / Lucy Yeghiazaryan / “Lonely House”
IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN / Frank Sinatra / “Sinatra & Company”
IT’S EASY TO REMEMBER / Keith Jarrett Trio / “Tribute”
OUR LOVE IS EASY / Melody Gardot / “My One And Only Love”
WHAT’S NEW / Jesse Belvin / “Mr. Easy”
I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY / Irene Kral / “Just For Now”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FROR “I’M IN A DANCING MOOD” (AN ARCHIVE RE-BROADCAST) )9.25.22)

25 Sep

Couldn’t do a live show this week. So I dipped into the archive from a few years ago. From the intro I wrote at the time, clearly the more things change, the more they stay the same…

Though there aren’t that many reasons to sing or dance these days, just to make certain we still remember what they look and sound like, I played a couple of hours of “dance” song and great singers. Now that’s my idea of dancing with the stars!

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

DO YOU WANT TO DANCE? / Bette Midler / “The Divine Miss M”
COME DANCE WITH ME / Frank Sinatra / “Come Dance With Me”
LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE / Donna Byrne / “Let’s Face The Music & Dance”
FAST DANCE / Fred Astaire & Oscar Peterson / “Mr. Top Hat”
WALTZ FOR DEBBY / The Real Group / “Live In Stockholm”
USELESS WALTZ / Dave Frishberg / “Classics”
DANCING TAMBOURINE / Erroll Garner / “One World Concert”
MIDNIGHT AT THE STARLIGHT HAUNTED BALLROOM / Josie Falbo / “You Must Believe In Spring”
CHANGE PARTNERS / Ian Shaw “Echoes of a Song”
SHALL WE DANCE / Lucy Dixon / “Lulu’s Back In Town”
SHALL WE DANCE / Loston Harris / “Comes Love”
I’M IN A DANCING MOOD / The Dave Brubeck Quartet / “Time Outtakes”
I LOVE THE WAY YOU DANCE / Ronnie Whyte / “Shades of Whyte”
CHEEK TO CHEEK / Annie Sellick& Joey DeFrancesco / “No Greater Thrill”
THE BEST THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU’RE DANCING / Kurt Elling “This Time It’s Love”
DREAM DANCING / Mary Stallings / “Dream”
SIMON SMITH AND HIS DANCING BEAR / Mark Jennett / “Everybody Says Don’t”
DIG IT / Nellie McKay / “Normal As Blueberry Pie”
SOMETHING MAKES ME WANT TO DANCE WITH YOU / Nat King Cole / “Let’s Face the Music”
SO DANCO SAMBA / Simone Kopmajer / “My Wonderland”
THE NIGHT THE PUGILIST LEARNED HOW TO DANCE / Sting / “The Last Ship”
JITTERBUG WALTZ / Michel Legrand / “Legrand Jazz”
I WAS TELLING HER ABOUT YOU / Freddy Cole / “Talk To Me”
WE MIGHT AS WELL DANCE / Madeleine Peyroux / “Anthem”
DANCING ON THE CEILING / Frank D’Rone / “Double Exposure”
THE LAST DANCE/DANCING IN THE DARK / Tierney Sutton / “Dancing In The Dark”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “I’M IN A DANCING MOOD” (12.5.20)

6 Dec

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

DO YOU WANT TO DANCE? / Bette Midler / “The Divine Miss M”
COME DANCE WITH ME / Frank Sinatra / “Come Dance With Me”
LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE / Donna Byrne / “Let’s Face The Music & Dance”
FAST DANCE / Fred Astaire & Oscar Peterson / “Mr. Top Hat”
WALTZ FOR DEBBY / The Real Group / “Live In Stockholm”
USELESS WALTZ / Dave Frishberg / “Classics”
DANCING TAMBOURINE / Erroll Garner / “One World Concert”
MIDNIGHT AT THE STARLIGHT HAUNTED BALLROOM / Josie Falbo / “You Must Believe In Spring”
CHANGE PARTNERS / Ian Shaw “Echoes of a Song”
SHALL WE DANCE / Lucy Dixon / “Lulu’s Back In Town”
SHALL WE DANCE / Loston Harris / “Comes Love”
I’M IN A DANCING MOOD / The Dave Brubeck Quartet / “Time Outtakes”
I LOVE THE WAY YOU DANCE / Ronnie Whyte / “Shades of Whyte”
CHEEK TO CHEEK / Annie Sellick& Joey DeFrancesco / “No Greater Thrill”
THE BEST THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU’RE DANCING / Kurt Elling “This Time It’s Love”
DREAM DANCING / Mary Stallings / “Dream”
SIMON SMITH AND HIS DANCING BEAR / Mark Jennett / “Everybody Says Don’t”
DIG IT / Nellie McKay / “Normal As Blueberry Pie”
SOMETHING MAKES ME WANT TO DANCE WITH YOU / Nat King Cole / “Let’s Face the Music”
SO DANCO SAMBA / Simone Kopmajer / “My Wonderland”
THE NIGHT THE PUGILIST LEARNED HOW TO DANCE / Sting / “The Last Ship”
JITTERBUG WALTZ / Michel Legrand / “Legrand Jazz”
I WAS TELLING HER ABOUT YOU / Freddy Cole / “Talk To Me”
WE MIGHT AS WELL DANCE / Madeleine Peyroux / “Anthem”
DANCING ON THE CEILING / Frank D’Rone / “Double Exposure”
THE LAST DANCE/DANCING IN THE DARK / Tierney Sutton / “Dancing In The Dark”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “MARIE KONDO WEEK!” (2,23.19)

24 Feb

This week’s show was a tribute to the diva of decluttering, the dean of de-accession, the titan of tidying up – Marie Kondo. I played nothing but music that “sparks joy” for me and tossed in a few joyful requests from the audience. Plus, following Marie Kondo’s advice, I gathered all my musical themes, thanked several of them for their service, and summarily threw them away.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album title

BLEE BLOP BLUES / Count Basie / “Count Basie At Newport”
I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN / Frank Sinatra / Standing Room Only”
I LOVE THE WAY YOU’RE BREAKING MY HEART / Delicatessen / “Jazz + Bossa”
STEPPING OUT WITH MY BABY / Fred Astaire / “The Irving Berlin Songbook”
WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE / Anita O’Day / “The Big Band Sessions”
IL POETA / Sarah Lancman / “Intermezzo”
HOUSE OF GOLD / Kenny Rankin / “The Kenny Rankin Album”
I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU / Monica Ramey / Monica Ramey & The Beegie Adair Trio”
WELL, YOU NEEDN’T / Cody Owen Stine Trio
POSTCARD LOVERS / Stacey Kent / “Dreamer In Concert”
CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Allen Ludden / “Sings His Favorite Songs”
AGUAS DE MARCO / Paula Morelenbaum / “Live In Italia”
ALL SAINT’S DAY / Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco / “You’re Driving Me Crazy”
EXACTLY LIKE YOU / Nina Simone / “The Colpix Years”
FORGET THE WOMAN / Tony Bennett / “The Art of Excellence”
PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENT / Sting / “The Last Ship”
MANHATTAN / Sara Bareilles / “Brave Enough”
CARAVAN / Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra / “The Capitol Sessions”
THE NEARNESS OF YOU / Al Jarreau / “Accentuate The Positive”
ISN’T IT ROMANTIC / Betty Carter & Carmen McRae / “Duets”
ISN’T IT ROMANTIC / Mel Torme / “Live At Marty’s”
GONE FOR THE DAY / Veronica Swift / “Lonely Woman”
WHEN I FALL IN LOVE / Keith Jarrett / “Keith Jarrett At The Blue Note
TU LO SAI / Joyce DiDonato / “Songplay”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “HALLOWEEN PARTY 2018” (10.27.18)

28 Oct

Time for my annual Halloween party with haunting melodies sung by some of my favorite ghosts and others. Another Turntable For One tradition: trick or treaters coming to the door dressed in celebrity costumes and me handing out appropriate songs to them (since I’ve usually eaten all of the Halloween candy by then). This year, because of the truly scary and horrible events of Saturday and the past week(s), I started with a special Nina Simone song I’d play if the poor battered and beleaguered world came to my door. Nina recorded that song in 1968. Why is it still so heartbreakingly relevant today?

(Costume) / SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

THE HUMAN TOUCH / Nina Simone / “Nina Simone And Piano”
HALLOWEEN SPOOKS / Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross / “The Hottest New Group In Jazz”
THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED / Lisa Lindsley / “Long After Midnight”
(TV Weather Reporters) / SINGING IN THE RAIN / Paul Jost / “Breaking Through”
IN MY SOLITUDE / Sarah Vaughan / “Sophisticated Lady”
(Kanye West) / TWISTED / Lambert, Hendricks, And Ross / “The Hottest New Group In Jazz”
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD / Lillie Kae / “I’m Glad There’s You”
WITCHCRAFT / Tom Rust / “Are We There Yet?”
(Alexa) / CANDY / Nat Cole / “After Midnight”
GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY / (Mystery Vocalist) / Nelson Eddy / “Ghost Riders In The Sky”
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU / Nina Simone / “I Put A Spell On you”
(Edgar Allan Poe) / BYE BYE BLACKBIRD / Paul McCartney / “Kisses On The Bottom”
LULLABY OF BIRDLAND / Ella Fitzgerald / “Ella At Zardi’s”
(Robert Mueller) / I’VE GOT MY EYES ON YOU / Fred Astaire / “The Special Magic of Fred Astaire”
GHOST OF YESTERDAY / Carmen McRae / “Bittersweet”
(Hillary Clinton) / HOW CAN I MISS YOU (WHEN YOU DON’T GO AWAY) / Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks / “Original Recordings”
BEWITCHED / Pamela Luss / “Bewitched & Witchcraft”
HAUNTED HOUSE / Andy Scott / “Angels”
(Ruth Bader Ginsburg) / CERTIFIED SENIOR CITIZEN / Nancy Stearns / “A Wish”
THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC / Tony Bennett & Dave Brubeck / “Bennett & Brubeck: The White House Session”
I DON’T STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE WITH YOU / Yusef Lateef / “Relax Jazz”
YOU ARE THERE / Andrew Distel / “It Only Takes Time”
WHISTLING AWAY THE DARK / Wesla Whitfield / “Livin’ On Love”
WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD / Holly Cole / “Night”
(Joe Biden & Bernie Sanders) / I’LL BE AROUND / Willie Nelson / “My Way”
HAUNTED HEART / Kate McGarry / “Easy To Love”
I SEE YOUR FACE BEFORE ME / Johnny Hartman / “Once In Every Life”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR 2018” (12.30.17)

30 Dec

Haven’t thought of your New Year’s Resolutions yet? Maybe this will help.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

THERE’LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE / Tony Bennett / ”That San Francisco Sun”
I’M GONNA WASH THAT MAN RIGHT OUTTA MY HAIR / Rebecca Kilgore w/ Harry Allen Quartet / “Play Music From South Pacific”
I’M GONNA LIVE TILL I DIE / Sophie Berkal-Sarbit / “Young & Foolish”
I’M PUTTING ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET / Fred Astaire / “The Irving Berlin Songbook”
EVERYTHING I DO GONH BE FUNKY / Madeline Peyroux / “Secular Hymns”
LEMON TWIST / Mark Winkler / “West Coast Cool”
FRIM FRAM SAUCE / Vocapella / “Black Coffee”
FAR AWAY PLACES / Norma Winstone / “Manhattan In The Rain”
THE ICE HOTEL / Stacey Kent / “Breakfast On The Morning Tram”
SMOKE, SMOKE SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Jimmy Dean / “Big Bad John”
IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO / Esther Phillips / “Burnin”
THERE’S GOTTA BE SOMETHING BETTER THAN THIS / Mark Jennett / “Everybody Says No”
YOU’RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME / Delicatessen / “Jazz + Bossa”
I DON’T WANNA BE KISSED BY ANYONE ELSE BUT YOU / Miles Davis / “Miles Ahead”
TV BLUES / Tom Rust / “Are We There Yet?”
I WANNA GET MARRIED / (Mystery Vocalist) / Audra McDonald / “Build A Bridge”
NEVER WILL I MARRY / Cecile McLorin Salvant / “Dreams & Daggers”
A LOT OF LIVING TO DO / Sammy Davis Jr. / “Sammy Davis Jr. Belts The Best Of Broadway”
COFFEE TIME / Natalie Cole / “Still Unforgettable”
CHAMPAGNE / Kat Edmonson / “Way Down Low”
I’M THROUGH WITH LOVE / Niki Haris / “Live In Bern, Switzerland”
I WANNA BE LOVED / Mary Stallings W/ Gene Harris / “Only Trust Your Heart”
THE NIGHT THE PUGILIST LEARNED TO DANCE / Sting / “The Last Ship”
MAKING IT UP AS WE GO ALONG / Lorraine Feather / “Language”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “NAME-DROPPING” (11.4.17)

5 Nov

I spent the evening naming names – not in a Robert Mueller way, but by playing songs that have at least one reference to a real person. Some name-drop many more than one person and others have spontaneous ad-lib shout-outs. The final song doesn’t really name-drop any person, but it was my way to say we’re thinking about you, NYC after the events of last week.

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MY NEW CELEBRITY IS YOU / Blossom Dearie / “My New Celebrity Is You”
MISS YOU MR. MERCER / Mark Murphy / “Songbook”
I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU / Peggy Lee / “Peggy Lee At Basin Street East”
ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET / Tony Bennett / “Tony Makes It Happen”
BLUES FOR WES / Lucky Peterson / “Tribute To Jimmy Smith”
GOTTA BE THIS OR THAT / Kim Nazarian & John Pizzarelli / “Some Morning”
I LOVE TO LOVE / Nina Simone / “Forbidden Fruit”
HOW ABOUT YOU? / Frank Sinatra / “Concepts”
ONE NIGHT WITH FRANK / Erin Boheme / “What Love Is”
MICHAEL BUBLE / Kevin Mahogany / “The Vienna Affair”
SOMETHING STUPID / (Mystery Vocalist) / Michael Buble & Reese Witherspoon / “To Be Loved”
MUSIC IS FOREVER / Jackie & Roy / “Jackie & Roy: Forever”
DANCING ON THE CEILING / Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm / “Begin To Dance”
PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ / Fred Astaire / “The Irving Berlin Songbook”
YOU COULD BE FRED / Jackie Allen / “The Men In My Life”
YOU’RE THE TOP / Stacey Kent / “The Boy Next Door”
HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD / (Mystery Vocalist) / Nancy Sinatra / “California Girl”
JAZZ BAND IN HEAVEN / Daphna Levy / “Late Night Journey”
HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON / Lillie Huddleston / “How Long Has This Been Going On”
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS / Dinah Washington / “The Fats Waller Songbook” (Emarcy)
MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME / Delicatessen / “My Baby Just Cares For Me”
VAN LINGLE MUNGO / Dave Frishberg / “Dave Frishberg Classics”
BEYOND COMPARE / Courtenay Day / “State Of Bliss”
NANCY WITH THE LAUGHING FACE / John Coltrane Quartet / “Ballads”
PRELUDE TO A KISS / Morgana King / “A Taste Of Honey”
NEW YORK STATE OF MIND / Tony Bennett & Billy Joel / “Playin’ With My Friends”
PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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