It’s a small word, only two letters. But it’s aspirational, inspirational, and conditional, opening a thought or a wish to thousand possibilities. So in another (likely futile) attempt to Make Grammar Great Again, I presented a musical tribute to the conditional conjunction – IF.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- DON’T LET ME LOSE THIS DREAM / Esther Phillips / “Burnin’”
- NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT / Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / “Sinatra/Basie:The Complete Reprise Studio Sessions”
- IF I WERE A BELL / Stacey Kent / “Dreamer In Concert”
- IF THE STARS WERE MINE / Melody Gardot / “My One & Only Thrill”
- IF YOU WANT TO RAINBOW / Roberta Donnay / “Bathtub Gin”
- DEDICATED TO YOU / John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman / “John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman”
- I COULD WRITE A BOOK / Betty Carter / “The Audience With Betty Carter”
- IT DON’T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING) / Helen Sung / “Anthem For A New Day”
- IF THEY COULD SEE ME NOW / (Mystery Vocalist) / Tony Danza / “Standards & Stories”
- IF I LOVED YOU / Barbra Streisand / “The Broadway Album”
- IF I WERE A RICH MAN / Zero Mostel / “Fiddler On The Roof”
- IF I ONLY HAD A HEART / Susannah McCorkle / “Over The Rainbow: The Songs Of Yip Harburg”
- IF I ONLY HAD BRAIN / John Dokes / “Forever Reasons”
- IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU / Seth MacFarlane & Norah Jones / “In Full Swing”
- IF LOVE WERE ALL / Judy Garland / “Judy At Carnegie”
- IF YOU NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH ME / Greta Matassa / “Portraits”
- IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME / Accent
- IF YOU WENT AWAY / Sarah Vaughan / “Live At Rosy’s”
- IF I RULED THE WORLD / Tony Bennett & Leehom Wang
- IF IT’S MAGIC / Artemis w/ Cecile McLorin Salvant / “Artemis”
- IF I HAD YOU / Nnenna Freelon / “Live”
- IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO / Esther Phillips / “Burnin’”
- IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW / Chet Baker / “Late Night Jazz”
- BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH / Victoria Tolstoy / “Blame It On My Youth”
- TWO FOR THE ROAD / Tierney Sutton / “I’m With The Band”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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