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PLAYLIST FOR “SEASON FINALE 2024 – Summer Listening Assignments” 6.29.24

2 Jul

You think you’re getting rid of me, but I’m going to be even closer to you when I bring my ice cream truck to your neighborhood.  And what extra-special ice cream treats will I be dishing up this year?  I’m so glad you asked. 

  • Still trying to recover from the Presidential Debate?  Try my Biden Brain Freeze Blizzard. After a couple bites, you won’t know where you are; you won’t know what you just said. 
  • And speaking of brain freezes…you’re going to love my RFK Jr. triple-decker ice cream cone.  I hide a gummy worm in each scoop.  Enjoy – it’s a no-brainer!
  • Looking for something you can really bite into?  Try my new Christy Noem hot dogs. Just don’t ask me where I got the the meats.
  • Taylor Swift — I don’t have an ice cream about her. I just thought if I mentioned her name, it would be good for business.  
  • I know everyone’s talking abut them, but I’ve got them: genuine Lauren Boebert hand-rolled waffle cones!
  • In tribute to the Supreme Court, I’ve created three special ice cream treats this year.
  • First, we have the Clarence Thomas Ice Cream Sandwich – It’s vanilla ice cream sandwiched between 2 one-thousand dollar bills. How much does it cost? It’s $2005 for most customers – Clarence Thomas just pays with his dignity.
  • I’ve also got the Upside Down American Flag Frappe – It’s Justice Alioto’s favorite –I wasn’t going to sell it this year but my wife made me do it.
  • And last but not least, I’ve got the Supreme Court Banana Split – it’s 3 scoops of delicious ice cream…and 6 bananas. No need to add nuts.
  • I don’t know about you, but I’m totally over Drumsticks – everyone’s tired of Drumticks, right?  I can do better.  This year I’ve got a Breast-and-Thigh Frozen Treat.  It’s white meat and dark meat in a cup, covered with dark chocolate syrup and peanuts.  Look – Don’t blame me – this is what happens when A.I. creates a sundae!
  • And remember: At my ice cream truck, there are no Gag orders!   All the gagging starts after you eat the ice cream. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • CICADA TIME  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Dooji Wooji”
  • YOU’LL GET YOURS  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “Blue Skies”
  • CAN’T GET OUT OF THIS MOOD  /  Live Foyn  /  “Live Sings Sassy”
  • IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK (THEY’D SING)  /  Mark Winkler  /  
  • “The Rules Don’t Apply”
  • MEAN WHAT YOU SAY  /  Sarah McKenzie  /  “Without You”
  • LIFE’S A LESSON  /  Ben Sidran & György  /  
  • “Ben There, Done That”
  • ALONG THE SANTA FE TRAIL  /  Hilary Gardner  /  “On The Trail”
  • MICKEY MOUSE CLUB THEME  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Jimmy Smith  /  “The Complete Verve Recordings”
  • WHEN I FALL IN LOVE  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • LOVER  /  Jeff Goldblum, Mildred Snitzer Orch. Haley Reinhart  /  (Single)
  • ANOTHER SONG ABOUT PARIS  /  Dave Frishberg
  •  CARRY ME BACK TO OLD MANHATTAN  /  Champian Fulton & Cory Weeds  /  
  • “Every Now And Then”
  • HOW ABOUT YOU  /  Joe Pesci  /  “Pesci Still Singing”
  • LIL’ DARLIN’  /  Homer & Jethro  /  “It Ain’t Necessarily Square”
  • HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES  /  Ellas Kapell  /  “What’s It All About”
  • IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU  /  Laufey  /  “Bewitched”
  • SATURDAY NIGHT  /  Tom Rust  /  “Are We There Yet?”
  • EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE  /  Emma Smith  /  “Easy Living”
  • DON’T LIKE GOODBYES  /  Tony Bennet  /  
  • “The Art of Romance”
  • GOODBYE FOR NOW  /  Rigmor Gustafsson  /  “Calling You”
  • SOME OTHER TIME  /  Paul Jost  /  “While We Were Gone”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  

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HINT FOR THE SEASON FINALE SHOW 6.29.24

27 Jun

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Final show of the season so I’ll be passing out summer listening assignments. Plus how about a few sneak peeks at the unusual frozen treats I’ll be handing out once again on my summer job routes? 

Turntable For One  Saturday Nights   Jazz Vocals

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PLAYLIST FOR “BUCKET LIST BONANZA” 6.22.24

23 Jun

My next-to-last show of the season and it made me think about all the music I haven’t played for my audience this year, which made me think of all the things I haven’t done in my life. (Sadly, that’s how my mind usually works.) So far there’s only one thing on my bucket list: buy a bucket. With the help of an internet list of bucket list suggestions, I gave myself – and my audience – lots of potential and some obvious choices for things to do before kicking the bucket (which I haven’t bought yet.) 

(Bucket List Suggestion)  / SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • (Take A Hike)  /  LET’S TAKE A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK  /  Mel Torme  /  “Mel Torme & Friends”
  • IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO  /  Esther Phillips  /  “Burnin”
  • (Kiss A Stranger)  /  KISS AND RUN  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “I Just Dropped By To say Hello”
  • APRIL IN PARIS  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong  /  “The Complete Ella & Louis”
  • (Be Hypnotized)  /  OLD DEVIL MOON  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Makes It Happen”
  • ANYONE CAN WHISTLE  /  Kelley Johnson  /  “Something Good”
  • (Combat Climate Change)  /  HEAT WAVE  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook”
  • (Learn A New Language)  /  MUMBLES  /  Oscar Peterson & Clark Terry  /  “Oscar Peterson’s Finest Hour”
  • IF I HAD YOU  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Gayle Storm  /  “That’s My Desire”
  • (Go Canoeing)  /  CANOE  /  Kat Edmonton  /  “Old Fashioned Gal”
  • (Go To A Jazz Festival)  /  MEET MR. B. B.  /  Quincy Jones Big Band  /  “Newport ‘61”
  • GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE  /  Mary Stallings  /  “Songs Were Made To Sing”
  • (Take A Spontaneous Road Trip)  /  ROUTE 66  /  Nat Cole  /  “After Midnight”
  • DESTINATION MOON  /  Madeleine Peyroux  /  “Careless Love”
  • (Cook A Special Meal)  /  A MAN WHO CAN COOK  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “Insomnia”
  • IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN  /  Paul Jost  /  “While We Were Away”
  • (Be In A Broadway Show)  /  BROADWAY BABY  /  Elaine Stritch  /  “Elaine Stritch At Liberty”
  • (Walk The Great Wall Of China)  /  ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA  /  Renee Olstead W/ Carol Welsman  /  “Renee Olstead”
  • THE LAST REQUEST  /  Frankie Valli & Joey DeFrancesco  /  “A Touch Of Jazz”
  • TEA FOR TWO  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Once Upon A Summertime”
  • (Run Away To The Circus)  /  TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT  /  Kari Kirkland  /  “Wild Is The Wind”
  • (Swim With Dolphins)  /  DOLPHIN DANCE  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  “Brunch At The Renaissance”
  • WHEN I’M GONE  /  Phil Ochs  /  “There But For Fortune”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME (6.22.24)

19 Jun

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Get it? Tune in Saturday to hear if you’re right!

Turntable For One  Saturday Nights   Jazz Vocals

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME. (6.15.24)

13 Jun

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Finally, I’ll be back in the studio again to do a LIVE show! But I’m telling you now. I’m going to be in a FOUL mood.

Turntable For One  Saturday Nights   Jazz Vocals

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 5.18.24

15 May

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What’s so funny? I’ll tell you this Saturday night.  

Turntable For One  Saturday Nights   Jazz Vocals

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PLAYLIST FOR “TURN UP THE QUIET” 5.4.24

5 May

Here are a few recent fan emails. 

Dear Turntable For One. Will you keep it down? I’m trying to sleep. (That guy is a regular.)

Dear Turntable For One – Help. I forget how to turn off my radio. Signed, Desperate on Saturday Night.  (I wasn’t able to help her.) 

Dear H. William Stine. I keep asking Alexa to play quietly and she keeps saying she doesn’t know that one.  

Sense a pattern here? I did. If it’s quiet they want, it’s quiet they got this week.

SONG TITLE  / Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • CORCOVADO  /  Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz  /  “Getz Au Go-Go”
  • IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT  /  Harry Connick Jr.  /  “True Love”
  • IT’S A QUIET THING  /  Madeline Eastman & Randy Porter  /  “A Quiet Thing”
  • WHISPER NOT  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Whisper Not”
  • LIKE A QUIET STORM  /  Freddy Cole  /  “I’m Not My Brother I’m Me”
  • INSIDE A SILENT TEAR  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “My New Celebrity is You”
  • THE SOUND OF SILENCE  /  Simon & Garfunkel  /  “The Singer”
  • WHY DID I CHOOSE YOU  /  Denise Donatelli & Geoffrey Keezer  /  “When Lights Are Low”
  • SPEAK LOW  /  Tony Bennett & Norah Jones  /  Duets II”
  • IT’S SO PEACEFUL IN THE COUNTRY  /  Meredith D’Ambrosio  /  “Another Time”
  • HUSH-A-BYE MOUNTAIN  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Bobbie Gentry  /  “The Girl From Chickasaw County”
  • QUIET NOW  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “Turn Out The Stars”
  • TIP TOE GENTLY  /  Kelley Johnson  /  “Something Good”
  • HUNGRY MAN  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “For Centennial Reason”
  • QUIETLY THERE  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • QUIET FIRE  /  Melody Gardot  /  “Worrisome Heart”
  • LOVE DANCE  /  Barbra Streisand  /  “Love is The Answer”
  • WEE SMALL HOURS  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “Another Time Another Place”
  • PRELUDE TO A KISS  /  Rahsaan Roland Kirk  /  Bright Moments”
  • IT HAPPENS QUIETLY  /  Jacqui Dankworth  /  “It Happens Quietly”
  • EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE  /   Sammy Davis Jr. & Laurindo Almeida  /  “Sammy Davis Sings, Laurinda Almeida Plays”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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HINT FOR THIS WEEK’S MUSICAL THEME 5.4.24

2 May

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Shhhhh!

Turntable For One  Saturday Nights   Jazz Vocals

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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 “ALL ABOUT YOU!” (SPRING FUNDRAISING) 4.20.24

29 Apr

Time for the WMNR Spring Fundraising Drive and in the past, I have asked, suggested, requested, and urged; I’ve begged, pleaded, and beseeched my audience to call me or go on line to support Turntable For One and WMNR. You’re probably thinking, there’s nothing left, Bill. You’ve done it all. Wrong! And this week I went for something different: Pandering. Yes, abject and unabashed pandering! Totally sucking up to what I like to call,  the best damned audience in radio. For once it wasn’t all about me.  It was all about you this week on Turntable For One. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • YOU’RE THE TOP  /  Stacey Kent  /  “The Boy Next Door”
  • YOU’D BE SO EASY TO LOVE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Ring-A-Ding-Ding”
  • YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME  /  Kelley Johnson  /  “Something Good”
  • FOR ALL WE KNOW  /  Johnny Hartman  /  Once In Every Life”
  • LOOK AT THAT FACE  /  Greta Matassa  /  “Favorites From A Long Walk”
  • THAT FACE  /  Frank Sinatra Jr.   /  “That Face”
  • EARLY TO BED  /  Maud Hixson  /  “Permanent Moonlight”
  • YOU’RE ALL THE WORLD TO ME  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “Stage & Screen”
  • ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE  /  Hetty Kate  /  “Valentines”
  • IT’S YOU OR NO ONE  /  Frank D’Rone  /  “Falling In Love With love”
  • ‘A’ YOU’RE ADORABLE  /  Lia Booth  /  “Life Can Be Beautiful”
  • YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME  /  Ellen Andersson  /  “You Should Have Told Me”
  • ALL OF YOU  /  Harry Connick Jr.   /  “True Love”
  • TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS  /  Helen Merrill  /  “Casa Forte”
  • YOU COULDN’T BE CUTER  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “In Full Swing”
  • EMBRACEABLE YOU  /  Laura Nyro  /  “Angel in The Dark”
  • EXACTLY LIKE YOU  /  Freddy Cole & Houston Person  /  “He Was The King”
  • ’S WONDERFUL  /  Diana Krall  /  “The Best Of Diana Krall”
  • YOU FOR ME  /  Kelley Johnson  /  “Something Good”
  • ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE  /  The Swingle Singers  /  “Mood Swings”
  • YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “The Kenny rankin Album”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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