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PLAYLIST FOR “NAMING MY CABINET” 11.23.24

24 Nov

If I learned anything this week I learned that when someone names his cabinet, that grabs a lot of attention. Hey! I can do that, too!

(Cabinet Position)  /  SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • (Poet Laureate)  /  WE THE PEOPLE  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Who’s The Old Man Now?”
  • (Federal Reserve)  /  WITH PLENTY OF MONEY AND YOU/ WE’RE IN THE MONEY  /  Jessica Malarkey & John Pizzarelli  /  “Pentimento”
  • (Chief Of Staff)  /  IT’S YOU OR NO ONE  /  Frank D’Rone  /  “Falling In Love”
  • (Ambassador To France)  /  THE DAY I LEARNED FRENCH  /  Rebecca Kilgore  /  “Moonshadow Dance”
  • (Drug Czar)  /  THAT OLD FEELING  /  Chet Baker  /  “The Best of Chet Baker Sings”
  • (Director Of C.I.A.)  /  I’VE GOT MY EYES ON YOU  /  Dianne Reeves  /  “GoodNight, Good Luck”
  • (F.D.A)  /  LEMON TWIST  /  Mark Winkler  /  “I’m With you”
  • (Secretary Of Energy)  /  P.C.R.  /  Francesca Tandoi  /  “When In Rome”
  • (Press Secretary)  /  MUMBLES  /  Clark Terry w. Oscar Peterson  /  “Oscar Peterson Trio + 1”
  • (Dept. Of Education)  /  CHILDREN WILL LISTEN/YOU’VE GOT TO BE CARFULLY TAUGHT  /  Renee Fleming & Leslie Odom Jr.  /  “Broadway”
  • (Surgeon General)  /  I’M JUST A LUCKY SO & SO  /  Dr.John  /  “Big Band Voodoo”
  • (Dept. Of The Interior)  /  DON’T FENCE ME IN  /  Kelly Clarkson & Jeff Goldblum  /  “Plays Well With Others”
  • (Ambassador To Sweden)  /  STOCKHOLM SWEETNIN’  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “You’ve Got What It Takes”
  • (Big Band Czar)  /  GOODBYE YESTERDAY  /  Buddy Rich Big Band  /  “Mercy, Mercy”
  • (FBI Director)  /  DON’T BREAK THE RULES  /  Norbert Leo Butz  /  Catch Me If You Can”
  • (Dept. Of Irony)  /  I WISH I WERE IN LOVE AGAIN  /  Susannah McCorkle  /  “From Broken Hearts To Blue Skies”
  • (Blues Czar)  /  EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES  /  Joe Williams  /  “At Newport ’63”
  • (State Dept.)  /  WHEN IN ROME  /  Claire Teal  /  “Don’t Talk”
  • (Environment)  /  OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING  /  Ray Charles & Count Basie Orch.  /  “Ray Sings, Basie Swings”
  • (Big Band Czar)  /  LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS  /  Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band  /  “Soul Conversation”
  • (Labor Dept.)  /  IT’S MAGIC  /  James Brown  /  “Soul On Top”
  • (Spiritual Advisor) /  THIS BITTER EARTH  /  Randy Crawford w/ Joe Sample  /  “Live”
  • SEND IN THE CLOWNS  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine Sings Sondheim”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “FOLLOW THE RULES” 2.24.24

26 Feb

I’ve always believed in rules – rules of etiquette, Robert’s rules, the infield fly rule, and on and on. Even though I know rules are out of fashion these days, I had my audience follow the rules this week. 

SONG TITLE  /Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • TAKE THE A TRAIN  /  Anais Reno  /  “Lovesome Thing”
  • PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT ME  /  Billie Holiday  /  “The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve”
  • YOU’RE TALKING TOO LOUD  /  Dave Tull  /  “I Just Want To Be Paid”
  • EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG  /  Veronica Swift  ‘  “This bitter Earth”
  • EVERYBODY SAYS DON’T  /  Mark Jennett  /  “Everybody Says Don’t”
  • DO NOTHING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME  /  Gretje Angell  /  “In All Keys”
  • IF I RULED THE WORLD  /  James Brown  /  “It’s A NewDay
  • EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD  /  Kari Kirkland  /  ‘Wild Is The Wind”
  • I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE TUNE  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “With A Song In My Heart
  • TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Jack Webb  /  “Just The Tracks ‘am”
  • PEOPLE WILL SAY WE’RE IN LOVE  /  Ray Charles & Betty Carter  /  “Ray Charles & Betty Carter”
  • DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADE  /  Billy Porter  /  “Billy’s Back on Broadway”
  • IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU  /  Phillip Harper  /  “100 Greatest Trumpet Songs”
  • MEAN WHAT YOU SAY  /  Sarah McKenzie  /  “Without You”
  • RULES OF THE ROAD  /  Nat King Cole  /  “Let’sFace The Music And Dance”
  • ROUTE 66  /  Natalie Cole  /  “Unforgettable”
  • HOW TO HANDLE A WOMAN  /  Richard Burton  /  “Camelot”
  • I’LL BE HARD TO HANDLE  /  Caity Gorgy  /  ”You’re Alike, You Two”
  • I LIKE TO LEAD WHEN I DANCE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra ’65”
  • I WANT TO BE EVIL  /  Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings  /  “Groovin’”
  • AS TIME GOES BY  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Life is Beautiful”
  • EARY TO BED  /  Maud Hixson  /  ”Permanent Moonlight”
  • THE LADY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Something’ Like Love”
  • BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met”
  • IF YOU WANT THE RAINBOW  /  Linda Purl  /  “Up Jumped Spring”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “WINNING SINGERS-LOSING SONGS” (4.24.21)

25 Apr

It’s time for the Oscars again. And, yes, you can fault the Oscars for being over-the-top – over the top egos, over the top vanity, over the top self-adulation. On the other hand, what do people who don’t win usually say? “It’s an honor just to be nominated.” And I can’t remember anyone at the Oscars insisting the voting was rigged or asking for a recount. I’m just saying… So in honor of the Academy Awards, I brought back a longtime Turntable for One tradition, listening to some wonderful Oscar nominated songs. Not the winners! Instead I presented a couple of hours of winning singers singing Oscar losing songs.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • (1936)  /  I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Live At The Sands/ Show 2”
  • (1963)  /  CHARADE  /  Angela Hagenbach  /  “The Way They Make Me Feel”
  • (1936)  /  WHEN DID YOU LEAVE HEAVEN  /  Ernie Andrews  /  “No Regrets”
  • (1943)  /  MY SHINING HOUR  /  Anita Wardell  /  “Until The Stars Fade”
  • (1951)  /  WONDER WHY  /  Kenny Burrell  /  “Blues-The Common Ground”
  • (1943)  /  YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • (1955)  /  SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE  /  Jacintha  /  “Autumn Leaves”
  • (1937)  /  THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Danny DeVito  /  “Living Out Loud”
  • (1957)  /  WILD IS THE WIND  /  Kari Kirkland  /  “Wild Is The Wind”
  • (1936)  /  PENNIES FROM HEAVEN  /  Ruben Blades  /  “Salswing”
  • (1995)  /  YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME  /  Ellen Andersson  /  “You Should Have Told Me”
  • (1948)  /  IT’S MAGIC  /  James Brown  /  “Soul On Top”
  • (1937)  THAT OLD FEELING  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Sings Sweet Songs For Swingers”
  • (1947)  I WISH I DIDN’T LOVE YOU SO  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Somethin’ Like Love”
  • (1944)  /  LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY  /  Stephane Grappelli  /  “Priceless Jazz 26: Stephane Grappelli”
  • (1949)  /  MY FOOLISH HEART  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Boston Concert 1976”
  • (1945)  /  I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY  /  Melody Gardot  /  “Sunset In The Blue”
  • (1942)  /  DEARLY BELOVED  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Silver Lining”
  • (1938)  /  CHANGE PARTNERS  /  Monica Ramey  /  “Monica Ramey & The Beegie Adair Trio”
  • (1943)  /  HAPPINESS IS JUST A THING CALLED JOE  /  Ruth Cameron  /  “Roadhouse”
  • (1979)  /  THE RAINBOW CONNECTION  /  Bobby Scott  /  “Slowly”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “I GOT TWO WORDS FOR YOU” (9.7.19)

9 Sep

You know what drives me crazy? People who over-use already tired rhetorical cliches, such as “With all due respect” – which is always a lie. My least favorite: “I got two words for you…” I thought (hoped) if I used that phrase over and over and over for two hours and if every song I played had a two-word title, maybe – just maybe – people would think twice (or maybe even once) and not use that annoying expression. Did it work? I got three words for myself: “In your dreams.”

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

  • ALONE TOGETHER  /  Alyssa Allgood  /  “Exactly Like You”
  • IT’S MAGIC  /  James Brown  /  “Soul On Top”
  • BY MYSELF  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Lazy Afternoon”
  • THAT’S ALL  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “This One’s For Tedi”
  • FASCINATING RHYTHM  /  Lucy Dixon  /  “Lulu’s Back In Town”
  • MONA LISA  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Nat ‘King’ Cole & Me”
  • WHAT’S NEW  /  Betty Carter & Carmen McRae  /  “Duets”
  • THAT FACE  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “In Full Swing”
  • WONDERFUL GUY  /  Wesla Whitfield  /  “Beautiful Love”
  • EMBRACEABLE YOU  /  (Mystery Verse)  /  Molly Lyons  /  “Verses Only”
  • EMBRACEABLE YOU  /  Laura Nyro  /  “Angel In The Dark”
  • WHO CARES  /  Andrew Distel  /  “It Only Takes Time”
  • THOU SWELL  /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan  /  “Blue Heaven”
  • SWEET LORRAINE  /  Nicolas Beard  /  “I Remember You: The Music Of Nat King Cole”
  • GOING UPTOWN  /  Eyal Vilner Big Band  /  “Swing Out”
  • DON’T EXPLAIN  /  Kellye Gray  /  “Renderings”
  • I’M HIP  /  Veronica Swift  /  “Confessions”
  • ANGEL EYES  /  Jesse Belvin  /  “Mr. Easy”
  • YOU’LL SEE  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Doozy”
  • MOOD INDIGO  /  Wynton Marsalis & JALCO  /  “Live In Swing City”
  • SIGNING OFF  /  Lauren White  /  “Life In The Modern World”
  • GEORGIA ROSE  /  Gavin Hope  /  “For All We Know”
  • BUT BEAUTIFUL  /  Betty Carter & Carmen McRae  /  “Duets”
  • COME SUNDAY  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • SWEET SLUMBER  /  Jimmy Witherspoon & Jack McDuff  /  “The Blues Is Now”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “HALLOWEEN PARTY 2017” (10.28.17)

28 Oct

I think I gave out more treats than tricks during the annual Turntable For One Halloween Party. And when a few people showed up at the door in costumes, I played some songs especially for them.

 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • HALLOWEEN SPOOKS  Lambert, Hendricks, And Ross  /  “The Hottest New Group In Jazz”
  • DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Halloween Jazz”
  • CANDY  /  Nat King Cole  / “After Midnight”
  • I PUT A SPELL ON YOU  /  Nina Simone  /  “I Put A Spell On You”
  • (Sarah Huckabee Sanders Costume)  /  TALK TO ME BABY  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Quintessential Cleo”
  • WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD  /  Holly Cole  /  “Night”
  • WHISTLING AWAY THE DARK  /  Champian Fulton Trio  /  “Sometimes I’m Happy”
  • (Vladimir Putin Costume)  /  I’VE GOT YOU NUMBER  /  Marc Pompe  /  “Monk’s Dream”
  • BEWITCHED  /  Pamela Luss  /  “At The Jazz Standard”
  • WITCHCRAFT  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Robert Palmer  /  “Ridin’ High”
  • (Steve Mnuchen, Ryan Zinke, Tom Price Costumes)  /  COME FLY WITH ME  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Fly With Me”
  • THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED  /  Lisa Lindsley  /  “Long After Midnight”
  • THIS OLD HOUSE IS HAUNTED  /  Andy Scott  /  “Angels”
  •  (Melania Trump Costume)  WHEN I’M 64  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Let It Be Jazz”
  • GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY  /  Bob James  /  “Bold Conceptions”
  • (Bill Cosby Costume)  /  LOVE POTION #9  /  Ron Boustead  /  “Unlikely Valentine:
  • SPOOKY  /  Anne Farnsworth  /  “Sealed With A Kiss”
  • (A Cat Knocks On The Door)  /  YOUR CAT PLAYS PIANO  /  Mark Winkler  /  “Jazz & Other Four-Letter Words”
  • I AM A CAT  /  Laura Nyro  /  “Smile”
  • (Robert Mueller Costume)  /  I’VE GOT MY EYES ON YOU  /  Dianne Reeves  /  “Good Night & Good Luck”
  • THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC  /  Bob Dylan  /  “Fallen Angels”
  • DON’T STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE  /  Wild Bill Davis & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis  /  “Live in Chateauneuf-du-Pape”
  • GHOST OF YESTERDAY  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Bittersweet”
  • (Harry Potter Costume)  /  IT’S MAGIC  /  James Brown  /  “Soul On Top”
  • HAUNTED HEART  /  Renee Fleming & Fred Hersch  /  “Haunted Heart”
  • THE PARTY’S OVER  /  Sally Mayes  /  “Our Private World”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT” (9.21.13)

21 Sep

An hour of people who make records — and have records, police records, that is.  I could have gone on for another hour, but, lucky you, you got time off for good behavior.  

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

  • WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Billie’s Best”
  • WE THREE (MY ECHO, MY SHADOW, AND ME)  /  Paul McCartney  /  “Kisses On The Bottom”
  • KEEPIN’ OUT OF MISCHIEF NOW  /  Dinah Washington  /  Dinah Sings Fats Waller”
  • THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU  /  Harry Connick Jr.  /  “Only You”
  • FEVER  /  Ray Charles/Natalie Cole  /  “Genius Loves Company”
  • PLEASE BE KIND  /  Frank Sinatra/Count Basie  /  “Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First”
  • NIGHTS AT THE TURNTABLE  /  Gerry Mulligan/ Chet Baker  /  “The Best Of The Gerry Mulligan Quartet
  • SECRET LOVE  /  George Michael  /  “Songs From The Last Century”
  • GIRL FROM IPANEMA  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Amy Winehouse  /  “Lioness: Hidden Treasures”
  • JUST IN TIME  /  Anita O’Day & Cal Tjader  /  “Time For Two”
  • IT’S MAGIC  /  James Brown  /  “Soul On Top”
  • THERE’S A LULL IN MY LIFE  /  Ella Fitzgerald w/ Stan Getz  /  “Like Someone In Love”
  • AIN’T MISBEHAVIN ’  /  Willie Nelson  /  “American Classic”
  • TRAV’LIN’ LIGHT  /  Queen Latifah  /  “Trav’lin’ Light”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

PLAYLIST FOR “RULES TO LIVE BY” (11.17.12)

17 Nov

If the Dalai Lama, Satchel Paige, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and David Petraeus can write their lists of Rules To Live By (and they have), why can’t I?

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

  • EXPERIMENT / Tony Bennett / “Stage & Screen Hits”
  • LAUGHING AT LIFE / Etta Jones / “Doin’ What She Does Best”
  • SWINGING ON A STAR / Mark Murphy / “Ultra Lounge: Nursery Rhymes”
  • IN A MELLOW TONE / Delicatessen / “Jazz + Bossa”
  • IF I RULED THE WORLD / James Brown / “It’s A New Day – So Let A Man Come In”
  • SHALL WE DANCE / Stacey Kent / “Let Yourself Go”
  • I DON’T WORRY ABOUT A THING / Mose Allison / “Mose In Your Ear”
  • I’M GONNA LIVE TILL I DIE / Queen Latifah / “Trav’lin’ Light”
  • MAKE SOMONE HAPPY / (Mystery Vocalist) / Bill Nighy / “Arthur Christmas Movie Soundtrack”
  • GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE / Lorez Alexandria / “Alexandria The Great”
  • LISTEN HERE / Dave Frishberg / “Classics”
  • DON’T BE BLUE / Veronica Nunn / “American Lullaby”
  • BEFORE YOU KNOW IT / Mary Stallings / “Dream”
  • YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE / Mark Winkler / “Till I Get It Right”
  • PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine / (Unreleased Master)