Looking back at the god-awful events of 2020 was entirely too upsetting, although looking back at how I reacted to those events with my musical themes may be almost as upsetting. I think we can do better in 2021. We have to.
(BTW: I played the Michel Legrand as an anniversary shout-out to my wife. That cut was her processional at our wedding 51 years ago.)
(Musical Theme) / SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- (Social Distancing) / ALL BY MYSELF / Bobby Darin / “Oh Look At Me Now”
- (Social Distancing) / ALONE TOGETHER / Alyssa Allgood / “Exactly Like You”
- (Just Joe) / HAPPINESS IS JUST A THING CALLED JOE / Rosemary Clooney / “The Songbook Collection”
- (The Blues) / I AIN’T GOT NOTHIN’ BUT THE BLUES / Kenny Washington / “What’s The Hurry”
- (Countries Who Don’t Want Us To Visit) / THIS CAN’T BE LOVE / John Alcorn & Molly Johnson / Quiet Night”
- (Countries Who Don’t Want Us To Visit) / LONDON BY NIGHT / Frank Sinatra / “Sinatra Sings Great Songs From Great Britain”
- (Suckers & Losers) / I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU / The Airmen Of Note w/ TSgt. Paige Martin / “Airmen Of Note – Live”
- (Suckers & Losers) / I’M IN A DANCING MOOD / Dave Brubeck Quartet / “Time Outtakes”
- (Positive Vibes) / IN A MELLOW TONE / Brianna Thomas & Eyal Vilner Big Band / “Swing Out”
- MY FUNNY VALENTINE / Michel LeGrand / ”Michel LeGrand At Shelly’s Manhole”
- (World Mental Health Day) / SOMEONE’S BEEN SENDING ME FLOWERS / Blossom Dearie & Phil Scorgie / “Phil & Me”
- (Let’s Go Clubbing/ / THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU / Rachael Price & Jon Batiste / “Anatomy of Angels”
- (Positive Vibes) / THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME / Freda Payne & Johnny Mathis / (Single)
- (The Blues) / I JUST WANT TO BE HORIZONTAL / Samoa Wilson & Jim Kweskin band / “I Just Want to Be Horizontal”
- (July 4th) / WE THE PEOPLE / Ben Sidran / “Who’s The Old Guy Now”
- (Food & Drink) / TEA FOR TWO / Gretje Angel / “…In Any Key”
- (I Couldn’t Let The Year Go Without Playing This) / THE THRILL IS GONE / Ellen Andersson / “You Should Have Told Me”
- (In Memoriam – You Fill In The Names) / PEOPLE TIME / Stan Getz / “Yours & Mine”
- (I See You; I Hear You) / THIS IS NOT A PROTEST SONG / Rene Marie / “Sound Of Red”
- (I See You; I Hear You) / FRAGILE / Sting / “…Nothing Like The Sun”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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