She gave you 50% of your chromosomes, 75% of your attitudes, 90% of your self-esteem, and 100% of the conversations you have with your therapist. Moms. Where would we be without them? And even though Mother’s Day this year was a little more unusual than ever, I still maintained tradition with the annual Turntable For One tribute to Mother’s Day – with songs about moms, songs from mom’s point of view, and songs about motherly advice.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- DAT DERE / Jackie Ryan / “Doozy”
- NOTHING LIKE YOU / Cecile McLorin Salvant / “Dreams & Daggers”
- LOOK AT THAT FACE / Greta Matassa / “Favorites From A Long Walk”
- STOP, TIME / Susannah McCorkle / “From Broken Hearts To The Blue Skies”
- I HOPE YOU DANCE / Deborah Lippman / “Nightingale”
- THEM THERE EYES / Gretje Angell / “In Any Key”
- BROWN BABY / Nina Simone / “Nina Simone At The Village Gate”
- MOTHER’S LOVE / Allan Harris / “Nobody’s Gonna Love You Better”
- A CHILD IS BORN / (Mystery Mom) / Carline Ray / “Vocal Sides”
- AS LONG AS I LIVE / (Mystery Mom’s Daughter) / Catherine Russell / “Inside this Heart Of Minet”
- INFANT EYES / Nnenna Freelon / “Heritage”
- WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES / Judith Lorrick / “The Second Time Around”
- CALL ME / Astrud Gilberto / “A Certain Smile”
- WHERE ARE YOU GOING / Shirley Horn / “Songs of Lost Love”
- I FORGOT TO HAVE CHILDREN / Lorraine Feather / “Ages”
- HEART’S DESIRE / Connie Evingson / “Little Did I know”
- LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING / Etta Jones / “From The Heart”
- A CHILD IS ONLY A MOMENT / Rosemary Clooney / “Mothers & Daughters”
- ALWAYS/ WHEN I LOST YOU / Helen Merrill / “American Songbook Series: Irving Berlin”
- WHY WAS I BORN / Karrin Allyson / “Ballads”
- CHILDREN WILL LISTEN/YOU’VE GOT TO BE CAREFULLY TAUGHT / Renee Fleming & Leslie Odom Jr. / “Broadway”
- I AM YOUR CHILD / Barry Manilow / “The Complete Collection And Then Some”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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