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PLAYLIST FOR “SUCKING UP TO THE AUDIENCE” (FALL FUNDRAISING DRIVE) 10.25.25

28 Oct

During previous fundraising drives I’ve asked for listener support, I’ve begged, I’ve cajoled, I’ve pleaded, I’ve enjoined, I was going to extort but I got a hard NO from the Fine Arts Radio Legal Department.Okay, so this time I tried to do something I haven’t done before to get people to call or pledge on line. I spent every minute I could of my two-hour show sucking up to the best damned audience in radio!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Title

  • LOVE YOU MADLY / Carol Sloane / “Love You Madly”
  • TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Ultimate Sinatra”
  • YOU’RE THE TOP  /  Patricia Barber  /  “The Cole Porter Mix”
  • ’S WONDERFUL  /  Diana Krall  /  “The Very Best Of Diana Krall”
  • YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “The Kenny Rankin Album”
  • THREE LITTLE WORDS  /  Cyrille Aimee  /  “Let’s Get Lost”
  • MEDIUM DANCE  /  Fred Astaire  /  “The Astaire Story”
  • ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE  /  Hetty Kate  /  “Valentines”
  • DOLLAR FOR DIME  /  Joe Williams  /  “Every Night: Live At Vine Street”
  • EVERYTHING I LOVE  /  Mary Stallings  /  “Live At The Village Vanguard”
  • ALL OF YOU  /  Harry Connick Jr.  /  “True Love”
  • “A” YOU’RE ADORABLE  /  Lia Booth  /  “Life Can Be Beautiful”
  • LOVE IS HERE TO STAY  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Once In Every Heart”
  • I PUT A SPELL ON YOU  /  Kandace Springs  /  The Women Who Raised Me”
  • IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “In The Wee Small Hours”
  • YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME  /  Kelley Johnson  /  Something Good”
  • ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE  /  The Swingle Singers  /  “Mood Swings”
  • EV’RYTIME WE SAY GOODBYE  /  Ray Charles & Betty Carter  /  “Ray Charles & Betty Carter”
  • 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 “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 “TERMS OF ENDEARMENT” (9.16.23)

18 Sep

Dear, Honey, Baby, Sweetie, Darling, Doll –  no, I’m not quoting from my listeners’ emails. We’re about to enter into another “spin” cycle, a year when anger, accusations, and name calling fill the air and the airwaves. In an effort – futile though it may be – to encourage a kinder, gentler world, I focused this week on some of the nicer words we used to call each other. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • CALL ME DARLING  /  Peggy Lee  /  “Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee”
  • TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS  /  Joe Williams  /  “Every Night”
  • HONEY PIE  /  Tuck & Patti  /  “Love Warriors”
  • DEARLY BELOVED  /  Joe Pesci & Joey DeFrancesco  /  “Falling In Love Again”
  • CANDY  /  Amy McConnell  / “Stealing Genius”
  • EMBRACEABLE YOU  /  Willie Nelson & Sheryl Crow  /  “Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin”
  • THE GENTLEMAN IS A DOPE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Diana Dors  /  “Swinging Dors”
  • LI’L DARLIN  /  Count Basie  /  “Standing Ovation”
  • CUTE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Best of Tony Bennett”
  • DEAR BIX  /  Meredith D’Ambrosio  /  “Another Time”
  • MY BABY DOESN’T SAY GOODNIGHT  /  Leo Sidran  /  “The Art Of Conversation”
  • HE’S A TRAMP  /  Melody Gardot  /  “Jazz Loves Disney”
  • THE LADY IS A TRAMP  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “The Main Event”
  • ‘A’ YOU’RE ADORABLE  /  Lia Booth  /  “Life Can Be Beautiful”
  • MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME   /  George Michael  /  “Songs From The Last Century”
  • BROWN BABY  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone At The Village Gate”
  • MY FUNNY VALENTINE  /  Michelle Pfeiffer & Dave Grusin  /  The Fabulous Baker Boys”
  • HELLO, MA BABY  /  Julian Yeo  /  “1923”
  • HE’S A REAL GONE GUY  /  Judith Owen  /  “Come & Get It”
  • ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE  /  The Swingle Singers  /  “Mood Swings”
  • DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM  /  Stan Getz & Chet Baker  /  “The Stockholm Concerts”
  • ANGEL EYES  /  Jesse Belvin  /  “Mr. Easy”
  • MY MELANCHOLY BABY  /  Delicatessen  /  “My Baby Just Cares For Me”
  • BABY DREAM YOUR DREAM  /  Tony DeSare  /  “Chemistry”
  • THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  Sarah Vaughan & The Jimmy Rowles Trio”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “SEASON FINALE 2023” (7.1.23)

2 Jul

Final show of the season, but I did not go gentle into that good night. I went down swinging. For the first hour I handed out summer listening assignments, music my audience should be listening to while my show is on hiatus. Of course, I included my annual segment of ice cream treats from my ice cream truck, my summer job. Things like the “Rainbow Sherbet Pride Parfait” (Not available in Florida), the “Unsinkable Titan Treat,”the “Mar-A-Lago Milkshake,” and the “Disney Delight” (also not available in Florida). The second hour could be subtitled, “The Long Goodbye.”

Signing off. See you in September. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • WHAT DID I HAVE I DON’T HAVE NOW  /  Seth Macfarlane  /  “Great Songs From Stage & Screen”
  • DON’T FENCE ME IN/STROLLIN  /  Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orch. w/ Kelly Clarkson  /  “Plays Well With Others”
  • HOW ABOUT YOU?  /  Joe Pesci  /  “Pesci…Still Singing”
  • BODY AND SOUL  /  Rebecca Paris  /  “My Foolish Heart”
  • VERKHOVYNO  /  Alina Zalozna  /  “Ukranian Melodies”
  • THERE’LL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • THIRD TIME’S A CHARM  /  Benny Bennack III  /  “Third Time’s A Charm”
  • BE SWEET TO ME  /  Terry Waldo & Tatiana Eva-Marie  /  “I Double Dare You”
  • WHERE CAN I GO WITHOUT YOU  /  Anne Hampton Calloway  /  “Fever: A Peggy Lee Celebration”
  • ALL I THOUGHT OF WAS YOU   /  Lia Booth  /  “Life Can Be Beautiful”
  • THE SPINACH SONG  /  Judith Owen  /  “Come & Get It”
  • WHEN I FALL IN LOVE  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Keith Jarrett At The Blue Note”
  • DON’T LIKE GOODBYES  /  Ruben Blades & Jazz At Lincoln Center Orch.  /  “Una Noche Con Ruben Blades”
  • WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT GOODBYES  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Snowbound”
  • FOR ALL WE KNOW  /  Gregory Porter  /  “One Night Only”
  • TIME TO GO  /  Sinne Eeg  /  “Don’t Be So Blue”
  • EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE  /  Ray Charles & Betty Carter  /  “Ray Charles & Betty Carter”
  • WE’LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN  /  Dianne Reeves  /  “A Little Moonlight”
  • COME SUNDAY  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • GOODBYE FOR NOW  /  Rigmor Gustafsson  /  “Calling You”
  • SOME OTHER TIME  /  Tony Bennett & Bill Evans  /  “The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album”
  • SIGNING OFF  /  Helen Merrill  /  “You’ve Got A Date With The Blues”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “SEASON FINALE 2022” (7.2.22)

3 Jul

The last show of the season, so for the first hour I handed out summer listening assignments and for the second hour said goodbye. I also told the audience about my summer job. Yes for the 12th summer in a row, I’ll be lurking in people’s neighborhoods. Not in a raincoat! In an ice cream truck. Here are some of the treats I’ll be offering this year:

Ice Cream Treats 2022

Johnny Depp/Amber Herd sundae. It doesn’t come in a cone or a cup. It’s just a giant scoop of Chocolate ice cream — But be careful not to dump it in the bed.

Wordle Popsicle — If you can guess the flavor in 6 tries, it’s free!

Something new: The Joe Biden Malarkey Malted  — it’s like his sainted mother always said… You can fool some of the people some of the time and that’s usually sufficient.

I’ll be featuring a huge new Banana Split  — Forty scoops of ice cream and 22 bananas.  It’s Merrick Garland’s favorite which means I bet you’ll never get to the bottom of it.  

Of course I have Rainbow Sherbet in celebration of Pride Month…

You know what absolutely vanished off my shelves this year?  The Baby formula milkshake —  Better luck next year.

Want to get in on the ground floor of a great deal?  Try my Cryptocurrency cone – a bargain at $400.  Of course by 2:00 p.m. it’ll be $1500 — and by 3:30 it’s down to $42 bucks.  Don’t forget: with every crypto cone you get a compete set of the emperor’s new clothes. 

By the way, due to supply chain issues none of the ice cream cones actually come with cones

Last but not least…

A special sundae this year — it’s my Supreme Court Supremacy Sundae. If you’re a guy  you can choose any of my 48 flavors. If you’re a woman, you don’t get a choice. So order my Supreme Court Supremacy Sundae and enjoy a trip back to the 18th century!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • LET YOURSELF GO  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  Ella At The Hollywood Bowl
  • YOU’LL GET YOURS  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “Blue Skies”
  • THIS CAN’T BE LOVE  /  Lia Booth  /  “Life Can Be Beautiful”
  • PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER  /  Brenda Brown  /  “Life Among Giants”
  • OLD ENOUGH  /  Mark Winkler  /  “Late Bloomin’ Jazzman”
  • WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS  /  Carol Sloane  /  “Live At Birdland”
  • LAST REQUEST  /  Frankie Valli & Joey DeFrancesco  /  “A Touch Of Jazz”
  • DO YOU EVER   /  Katherine Kostoff  /  “It Happens Like That”
  • ORNTHOLOGY  /  Lucie Horsch  /  “Ornithology”
  • TAKE LOVE EASY  /  Alina Zalozna Quartet
  • ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE  /  Spencer Day   /  “Broadway By Day”
  • MY CARDIOLOGIST  /  Caity Gyorgy  /  “My Cardiologist”
  • HELLO, I MUST BE GOING  /  Groucho Marx  /  “Comedy Tonight”
  • WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT GOODBYE  /  Eydie Gorme  /  “An American treasure”
  • EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE  /  Ray Charles & Betty Carter  /  “Ray Charles & Betty Carter”
  • WE’LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Jackie Wilson  /  “Body & Soul”
  • BACK HOME BLUES  /  Charlie Haden’s Quartet West  /  “Now Is The Hour”
  • FOR ALL WE KNOW  /  Kevin Mahogany   /  “Live In Torino”
  • TIME TO GO  /  Sinne Eeg  /  “Don’t Be So Blue”
  • DON’T LIKE GOODBYES  /  Diane Schuur  /  “Timeless”
  • THINK HOW IT’S GONNA BE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Bennett’s ‘Something’”
  • GOODBYE FOR NOW  /  Rigmor Gustafsson & Radio String Quartet Vienna  /  “Calling You”
  • I REMEMBERR CLIFFORD  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Still Live”
  • WHEN I’M GONE  /  Phil Ochs  /  “There But For Fortune”
  • SIGNING OFF  /  Helen Merrill  /  “You’ve Got A Date With The Blues”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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