Something historic happened today; something that hasn’t happened in 70 years. No, I’m not talking about me getting back on the uneven parallel bars. I’m talking about the coronation of a new king and queen in the United Kingdom. Whatever you think of the royal family, I thought it was a relief to focus on pomp and circumstance for a few hours instead of pomposity and circumstantial evidence. To continue my good feelings, I brought a bowl of Royal butterscotch pudding and a bun with Royal icing for snacks. I wrote my opening on my trusty Royal 10 typewriter, and I hummed the Royal Garden Blues on my drive to the radio station. Clearly I was feeling a royal flush, so I celebrated Monarchy Mania his week with lots of songs about royalty and songs by British and American music royalty.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- GOD SAVE THE QUEEN / Queen / “A Night At The Opera”
- SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME / Alexis Cole / “Someday My Prince Will Come”
- IF I RULED THE WORLD / Tony Bennett / “Get Happy”
- EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD / Kari Kirkland / “Wild Is The Wind”
- I WONDER WHAT THE KING IS DOING / Richard Burton / “Camelot”
- SHALL WE DANCE? / Kelli O’Hara & Ken Wantanabe / “The King & I”
- WOULDN’T IT BE LOVERLY / Nat King Cole / “My Fair Lady”
- TOO LATE NOW / Shirley Horn / “You Won’t Forget Me”
- LADY IS A TRAMP / Frank Sinatra / “London”
- MAKING WHOOPEE / (Mystery Vocalists) / Rod Stewart & Elton John / “The Complete American Songbook”
- BATTLE ROYAL / Duke Ellington & Count Basie / “First Time!
- YOU’LL BE BACK / Jonathan Groff / “Hamilton”
- LOVE IS HERE TO STAY / The King’s Singers / “Gold”
- FOUR BROTHERS / The King Sisters / “Imagination”
- AGONY / Robert Westenberg, Chuck Wagner / “Into The Woods”
- GOODY GOODBYE / Hetty Kate / “Valentines”
- THE THRILL IS GONE / B. B. King / “The Best of B. B. King”
- SEND IN THE CLOWNS / Cleo Laine / “Cleo Laine Sings Sondheim”
- A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQ. / Jacqui Dankworth / “It Happens Quietly”
- TEA FOR TWO / Sarah King / “Smoke rings”
- FOGGY DAY / Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong / “The Complete Ella & Louis”
- GEORGIA ROSE / Queen Latifah / “Trav’lin’ Light”
- WHAT’S NEW / Charlie Watts Tentet / “Watt’s At Scott’s”
- A FLOWER IS A LOVESOME THING ./ Lena Horne / “Lena: A New Album’
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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