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PLAYLIST FOR “SONGS ABOUT SONGS” 5.17.25

19 May

In the middle of planning this week’s show – A Musical Tribute To The  Venn Diagram – I was forced to face a defining question: What makes Turntable For One Turntable For One? Forget the technical mistakes. Forget the historical inaccuracies. Forget the defamation law suits (And God knows I’ve tried). The essence week after week: Songs! Can’t I get a theme out of that? 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Ir Album Title

  • I FEEL A SONG COMING ON  /  Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson  /  “Two’s Company”
  • HAPPY TIME  /  Tim Buckley  /  “Blue Afternoon”
  • STARDUST  /  Samara Joy  /  “Samara Joy”
  • WITH A SONG IN MY HEART  /  Chet Baker  /  “She Was Too Good To Me”
  • I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART  /  Ernestine Anderson  /  “I Love Being Here With you”
  • AS LONG AS I’M SINGING  /  Bobby Darin  /  “Wild, Cool, & Swinging”
  • TEACH ME A SONG  /  Jackie Allen  /  “Never Let Me Go”
  • THE SONG IS YOU  /  Terry Gibbs Dream Band  /  “The Lost Tapes 1959”
  • I’VE HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE  /  Welsa Whitfield  /  “Teach Me Tonight”
  • RETIRED WRITER IN THE SUN  /  Donovan  /  “In Concert”
  • SONG FOR MY FATHER  /  Lillie Huddleston  /  “How Long Has This Been Going On”
  • WITHOUT A SONG  /  Mahalia Jackson  /  “Let’s Pray Together”
  • THE SONG IS ENDED  /  Tony Bennett & Dizzy Gillespie  /  “Bennett/Berlin”
  • SONG FOR A SUCKER LIKE YOU  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Ben There, Done That”
  • LIKE A SONG  /  Sinne Eeg w/The Danish Radio Big Band  /  “We’ve Just Begun”
  • IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG  /  Johnny Hartman  /  ”Almost Like A Song”
  • HI-LILI HI-LO  /  Rickie Lee Jones  /  “Pop Pop”
  • SONG ABOUT THE MOON  /  Paul Simon  /  “Hearts And Bones”
  • MOON SONG  /  Cecile McLorin-Salvant  /  “Moon Song”
  • NIGHT SONG  /  Nina Simone  /  “Broadway-Blues-Ballads”
  • SEPTEMBER SONG  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “September Of My Years”
  • THE SONG THAT ISN’T FINISHED YET  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Summer Me Winter me”
  • MY LOVE IS AN APRIL SONG  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “Bill Evans For Lovers”
  • ROAD TO HELL (REPRISE)  /.  Andre DeShields & Cast of Hadestown  /  “Hadestown” 
  • AMERICAN TUNE  /  Simon & Garfunkel  /  “The Concert In Central Park”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “HERE’S TO LIFE” 4.19.25

20 Apr

Lots going on…Sunday families will celebrate Easter. One change this year: grocery stores are hiding the eggs. Last week, my family celebrated Passover. Other things to celebate: Jackie Robinson Day, the UConn women’s basketball team  Tax day – wait!  Wrong page.  and it’s Spring!  I know; it can really hang you up the most, but, come on, you have to agree, there are definite signs of life. I hope you agree for two hours because I’m saying:here’s to life! This week on Turntable For One. 

SONG TITLE   /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE  /Lorez Alexandria  /  “Alexandria The Great”
  • LAUGHING AT LIFE  /  Ingram Washington  /  “What A Difference A Day Makes”
  • SECRET O’ LIFE  Kate Reid  /  “The Heart Already Knows”
  • 7 DAYS TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “Catching Tales”
  • I’LL BE LONG GONE  /  Cold Blood  /   “Thriller!”
  • THE GOOD LIFE  /  Tony Bennett & Billy Joel  /  “Duets” An American Classic”
  • LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE  /  Roberta Donnay  /  “What’s Your Story>”
  • NIGHT LIFE  /  Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis  /  “Two Men With The Blues”
  • LIFE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL  /  Lia Booth  /  “Life Can Be Beautiful”
  • TO LIFE  /  Cast Of Fiddler On The Roof  /  “Fiddler On The Roof” 
  • SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Something To Live For”
  • A LOT OF LIVING TO DO  /.  Benny Benack III  /  “A Lot Of Living To Do:”
  • AT LEAST WE GOT TO THE RACE  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Don’t Cry For No Hipster”
  • IN MY LIFE  /  Diana Krall  /  “Wallflower”
  • A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FOOL  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Here Is My Heart””
  • THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE  /  Ellas Kapell  /  “What’s It All About”
  • LUSH LIFE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sings Only For The Lonely”
  • LUSH LIFE  /  John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman  /  “John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman”
  • NIGHT LIFE  /  Maynard Ferguson  /  “A Message From Birdland”
  • BEING ALIVE  /  Alice Fearn  /  “Where I’ve Been…Where I’m going”
  • NO ONE IS ALONE  /  Chip Zien  /  “Wall To Wall Sondheim”
  • HERE’S TO LIFE  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “MOOD SWINGS” 1.18.25

20 Jan

Happy. Sad. Optimistic. Fatalistic. Hopeful. And those were just my moods in the past five-minutes. Look at all the mood swings I packed into two hours!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • CAN’T GET OUT OF THIS MOOD  /  Samara Joy  /  “Linger Awhile”
  • IT’S THE MOOD THAT I’M IN  /  Calabria Foti & John Pizzarelli  /  “Prelude To A Kiss”
  • I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN’T GOOD  /  Nancy Harms  /  “Ellington At Night”
  • ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Swing With Me”
  • i’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Fine And Mellow”
  • MOODY’S MOOD FOR LOVE  /  Allan Harris  /  “Nobody’s Gonna Love You Better”
  • MOOD INDIGO  /  Anais Reno  /  “Lovesome Thing”
  • AZURE-TE  /  Nat King Cole & George Shearing  /  “Nat King Cole Sings George Shearing Plays”
  • MY MELANCHOLY BABY  /  Delicatessen  /  “My Baby Just Cares For Me”  
  • GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  John Mayer w/ Chris Botti  /  “Chris Botti In Boston”
  • MIDNIGHT MOOD  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “Since We Met”
  • EVER SINCE THE WORLD ENDED  /  Mose Allsion  /  “The Mose Chronicles”
  • HAPPY TALK  /  Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderleey  /  “Nancy Wilson/Cannonbal Adderley”
  • I WANT TO BE HAPPY  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “Stage & Screen”
  • HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES  /  The Swingle Singers  /  “Mood Swings”
  • PENSIVE MISS   /  Count Basie  /  “Basie Plays Hefti”
  • WHERE DID THE MAGIC GO   /  Tony Bennett  /  “Astoria: Portrait Of The Artist”
  • BORN TO BE BLUE  /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan & Danny Jonokuchi Big Band  /  “Voices”
  • BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “This On’s For Tedi”
  • IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD  /  Michel Petrucciani  /  “Jazz Club Montmartre CPH 1988”
  • I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Live At Vine Street”
  • EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE  /  Ray Charles & Betty Carter  /  “Ray Charles & Betty Carter”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “A LITTLE LOVE TO UNLOVED LYRICISTS” 12.7.24

9 Dec

I don’t think a week has gone by when I haven’t played songs with lyrics by Larry Hart or Cole Porter or the Bergmans, or Ira Gershwin – until this week! I’m gave all those guys the night off and instead, focussed on lyricists whose songs we know – but their names… not so much. I spent the evening singing the praises of  such talented lyricists as Bob Russell, Caroll Coates, Bob Haymes, Peggy Lee, Ed Hayman, and others. Well, fortunately for my audience, I let other, more qualified people do the singing. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • CRAZY HE CALLS ME  /  Cyrille Aimee w/ Adonis Rose & New Orleans Jazz Orch.  /  “Petit Fleur”
  • DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Makes It Happen”
  • DO NOTHING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME  /  Molly Johnson  /  “Because Of Billie”
  • YOU FOR ME  /  Kelley Johnson  /  “Something Good”
  • THAT’S ALL  /  Johnny Hartman  /  This One’s For Tedi”
  • SUNDAY IN NEW YORK  /  Joanna Pascale w/Orrin Evans/The Capt. Black Big Band  /  “Walk A Mile In My Shoes”
  • YOU’LL SEE  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Doozy”
  • THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING BIG  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Marvin Gaye  /  “Live At The Copa”
  • LI’L DARLIN’  /  Count Basie  /  “The Complete Atomic Basie”
  • WHILE WE’RE YOUNG  /  Lauren Henderson  /  “The Songbook Session”
  • I’LL BE AROUND  /  Willie Nelson  /  “My Way”
  • I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU  /  Peggy Lee  /  “Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee”
  • TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO SMILE  /  Freddy Cole  /  “Merry-Go-Round”
  • I DON’T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT YOU  /  Kat Gang  /  “Dream Your Troubles Away”
  • IT ISN’T SO GOOD IT COULDN’T BE BETTER  /  Ronnie Whyte  /  “Whyte Wolf-The Songs of Tommy Wolf”
  • I’M ALWAYS DRUNK IN SAN FRANCISCO  /  Carmen McRae  /  “At The Great American Music Hall”
  • YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS  /  Boz Scaggs  /  “But Beautiful – Standards: Vol. 1”
  • POSTCARD LOVERS  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Dreamer”
  • I WISHED ON THE MOON  /  Billie Holiday  /  “All Or Nothing At All”
  • WHEN I FALL IN LOVE  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “At The Blue Note”
  • BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • BODY AND SOUL  /  Rebecca Parris  /  “My Foolish Heart”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “LOST & FOUND” 11.9.24

11 Nov

Went through the musical Lost & Found this week, remembering Quincy Jones and Jack Jones, a couple of stars we recently lost. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • I GOT LOST IN HIS ARMS  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Close Enough For Love”
  • SWEET LORRAINE  /  Nat Cole  /  “After Hours”
  • PIECES OF DREAMS  /  Greta Matassa  /  “Portrait”
  • AMERICAN TUNE  /  Simon & Garfunkel  /  “The Concert In Central Park”
  • EVENING IN PARIS  /  Quincy Jones Big Band  /  “Newport ’61”ˆ
  • WHERE OR WHEN  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • CHEEK TO CHEEK  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella The Lost Berlin Tapes”
  • LET’S GET LOST  /  Curtis Stigers  /  “Baby Plays Around”
  • GET LOST  /  Meredith d’Ambrosio  /  “Beware Of Spring”
  • WENDY  /  (Mystery Vocalists)  /  Mary Martin & The Lost Boys  /  “Peter Pan”
  • BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN  /  Johnny Hartman  /  ‘This One’s For Tedi”
  • I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT LOVE  /  Diane Schuur & Count Basie Orchestra  /  “Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra”
  • JUST IN TIME  /  Nnenna Freelon  /  “SoulCall”
  • WHEN I LOST YOU  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Bennett/Berlin”
  • SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME  /  Michel Petrucciani Trio  /  “Jazz Club Montmartre – 1988”
  • PERDIDO  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine At Carnegie Hall”
  • ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL  /  Jack Jones  /  “New Jack Swing”
  • LOST IN A FOG  /  Jocelyn Barth  /  “Tell Him I Said Hello”
  • MY FOOLISH HEART  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “Tales” Live From Copenhagen”
  • THE WIFFENPOOF SONG  /  Claire Hogan  /  “Boozers & Losers”
  • WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE  /  Gavin Hope  /  “For All We Know ”
  • I’M LOST  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Bittersweet”
  • IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS  /  Kevin Mahogany, Hank Jones, George Mraz  /  “An Evening Of Ballads”
  • LOSING MY MIND  /  Donna Murphy  /  “Wall To Wall Sondheim”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine 

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PLAYLIST FOR “FEELS LIKE FALL” (9.28.24)

30 Sep

Why did I wear a sweater to the show this week? No buttons to struggle with? (I thought we were friends.) Because it feels like Fall!  So lots of fall and Autumn songs this week including Sarah Vaughan’s insane but irresistible version of Autumn Leaves. And I couldn’t sign off without a fond farewell to Benny Golson.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • AUTUMN IN NEW YORK  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Recital”
  • AUTUMN SERENADE  /  Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane  /  “John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman”
  • SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN  /  Cyrille Aimee & Chicago Jazz Orchestra  /  “Bustin’ Out!”
  • DEAR AUTUMN  /  Joey Alexander  /  “Origin”
  • SEPTEMBER SONG  /  Nat Cole & George Shearing  /  “Nat Cole Sings / George Shearing Plays”
  • ’TIS AUTUMN  /  Caity Gyorgy w/  Pat LaBarbera  /  “Featuring”
  • INDIAN SUMMER  /  Frank Sinatra & Duke Ellington  /  “Francis A. & Edward K.”
  • AUTUMN LEAVES  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Crazy & Mixed Up”
  • I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Songbook”
  • THE SUMMER KNOWS  /  Gino Amato w/ Claudette Sierra  /  “Latin Crossroads”
  • JAMBOREE JONES  /  John Pizzarelli  /  “John Pizzarelli Salutes Johnny Mercer”
  • EARLY AUTUMN  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Johnny Mercer Songbook”
  • AUTUMN LEAVES  /  Bill Evans & Jeremy Steig  /  “What’s New”
  • AUTUMN LEAVES  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “Old, New, Borrowed, & The Blues”
  • AUTUMN NOCTURNE  /  Samara Joy  /  “Autumn Nocturne”
  • LULLABY OF THE LEAVES  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “Interlude”
  • MAYBE SEPTEMBER  /  Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery  /  “The Further Adventures Of Jimmy & Wes”
  • YOU HAVE LIVED IN AUTUMN  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Discover Who I Am” Blossom Dearie”
  • AUTUMN HAS FOUND YOU  /  Allan Harris w/ Gregoire Maret  /  “Kate’s Soul Food”
  • AUTUMN  /  Abigail Rockwell  /  “Autumn Noir”
  • WHEN OCTOBER GOES  /  Barry Manilow  /  “2:00 A.M. Paradise Cafe”
  • I REMEMBER CLIFFORD  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Still Live”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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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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PLAYLIST FOR “FOUL PLAY” (6.15.24)

17 Jun

What can you do when you’re in a foul mood except play songs about foul play, and foul weather, andfowl weather, and on and on in that foul trajectory? Plus as an early Father’s Day gift, my wife and son joined me in the studio to talk about Cody’s music and to play the game he and I have played for years: count the number of quotes in a Dexter Gordon solo. It was not a foul time in the least.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • EVERYTHING I’VE GOT BELONGS TO YOU  /  Nancy Lane  /  “Let Me Love You”
  • I CAN’T WAIT TO MISS YOU  /  Jack Jones  /  “Love Ballad”
  • MISS OTIS REGRETS  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “This One’s For Teddi”
  • KEEP IT TO YOURSELF  /  Amy Rigby  /  “18 Again”
  • SONG FOR MY FATHER  /  Lillie Huddleston & Cody Owen Stine  /  “How Long Has This Been Going On”
  • EVIL GAL BLUES  /  Sinne Eeg & Thomas Fonnesbaek  /  “Eeg Fonnesbaek”
  • DON’CHA GO ‘WAY MAD  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra & Swingin’ Brass”
  • IT’S NICE WEATHER FOR DUCKS  /  Ronny Whyte  /  “Whyte Wolf”
  • HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN  /  Ida Sand  /  “Meet Me Around Midnight” 
  • TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME  /  The Tom Kubis Big Band  /  “Take Me Out To The Ballgame”
  • MEAN TO ME  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Debbie Reynolds  /  “Debbie”
  • 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER  /  Paul Simon  /  “Negotiations & Love Songs””
  • MEET ME AT THE FOUNTAIN  /  Marissa McGowan & Cody Owen Stine  /   (Live Performance)
  • HARD HEARTED HANNAH  /  Ray Charles  /  “True Genius”
  • BIG LONG SLIDING THING  /  Judith Owen  /  “Come & Get It”
  • CHANGE PARTNERS  /  Sammy Davis Jr.   /  “The Decca Years”
  • FRIED BANANAS  /  Dexter Gordon  /  “Sophisticated Giant”
  • THE DUCK  /  Emilie-Claire Barlow  /  “The Very Thought Of You”
  • CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “Twentysomething”
  • LOSING HAND  /  Susannah McCorkle  /  “From Broken Hearts To Blue Skies”
  • DO NOTHING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Once To Every Heart”
  • SINCE I FELL FOR YOU  /  Gladys Knight  /  “Before Me”
  • 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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PLAYLIST FOR “ALL THAT JAZZ” 4.13.24

15 Apr

April is Jazz Appreciation Month.  So I thought my audience would appreciate a couple hours of songs about jazz, great jazz singers, and a salute to iconic jazz orchestras and venues.  

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT  /  Ruben Blades & LCJO  /  “Una Noche Con Ruben Blades”
  • A JAZZ MUSICIAN  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Winchester In Apple Blossom Time”
  • JAZZ SWINGS  /  Mark Winkler  /  “The Rules Don’t Apply”
  • JOY OF JAZZ  /  Rene Marie  /  “Sound Of Red”
  • THE SONG IS ENDED  /  Tony Bennett & Dizzy Gillespie  /  \“Bennett/Berlin”
  • CLEAR OUT OF THIS WORLD  /  Tony Bennett & Stan Getz /  “Jazz”
  •  IT DON’T MEAN A THING IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING  /  Eva Cassidy  /  “American Tune”
  • LOVER MAN  /  Michel Petrucciani & Stephane Grappelli  /  “Original Album Classics””
  • I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT  /  Al Jarreau & Metropole Orkest  /  “Al Jarreau & The Metropole Jazz Orkest
  • SYDYT’ DIVCHA  ./  Alina Zalozna  /  “Ukrainian Melodies”
  • ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK  /  Sting  /  “Live In Berlin”
  • ‘DEED I DO  /  Ellen Andersson  /  “You Should Have Told Me”
  • CLOSE ENOUGH FOR JAZZ  /  Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco  /  “You’re Driving Me Crazy”
  • WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO   /  Billie Holiday  /  “Jazz At The Philharmonic”
  • IN THE EV’NIN’  /  Joe Williams  /  “At Newport ’63”
  • CRAZY HE CALLS ME  /  Cyrille Aimee & New Orleans Jazz Orch.  /  “Petite Fleur”
  • LITTLE JAZZ BIRD  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Let Yourself Go”
  • THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU  /  Carol Sloane  /  “Live At Birdland”
  • LONELY TIME  /  Maynard Ferguson Big Band  /  “A Message From Birdland”
  • THE MAN WITH THE HORN  /  Calabria Foti  /  “Prelude To A Kiss”
  • LUSH LIFE  /  Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane  /  “Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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