About two years ago, I did a show celebrating the coronation of King Charles and I thought that would be the last time I’d see a king ascend to the throne. Looks like I was wrong, so I did a show featuring songs about kings and singers named King to honor our new king.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- IF I RULED THE WORLD / Tony Bennett / “Get Happy”
- IF I WERE KING OF THE FOREST / Bert Lahr / “The Wizard Of Oz”
- SLEIGH RIDE IN JULY / Peggy King / “Oh, What A Memory We Made”
- KING OF THE ROAD / Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery / “Further Adventurers Of Jimmy & Wes”
- IF I HAD YOU / Frank Sinatra / “A Swingin’ Affair”
- EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD / Kari Kirkland / “Wild Is The Wind”
- SHE WAS TOO GOOD TO ME / Chet Baker / “She Was Too Good To Me”
- SHALL I TELL YOU WHAT I THINK OF YOU / Deborah Kerr/Marni Nixon / “The King & I”
- I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT / Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington / “The Great Summit”
- ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Ben E. King / “Ben E. King Sings For Soulful Lovers”
- FOUR BROTHERS / The King Sisters / “Imagination”
- HEY LITTLE SONGBIRD / The Cast Of Hadestown / “Hadestown”
- TULIP OR TURNIP / Sarah King / “Tulip Or Turnip”
- KING CREOLE / Elvis Presley / “Elvis 2nd To None”
- YOU’LL BE BACK / Jonathan Groff / “Hamilton”
- THE THRILL IS GONE / B. B. King w/ Stevie Wonder / “The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts”
- IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO / Esther Phillips w/ King Curtis / “Burnin’”
- I WONDER WHAT THE KING IS DOING TONIGHT / Richard Burton / “Camelot”
- I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW / Nat King Cole / “After Midnight”
- THE RULES OF THE ROAD / Nat King Cole / “The Billy May Sessions”
- HE WAS THE KING / Freddy Cole / “He Was The King”
- YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND / Carole King & James Taylor / “Live At The Troubadour”
- ALONE TOGETHER / Benny Goodman / “Alone Together”
- TRAV’LIN’ LIGHT / Queen Latifah / “Trav’lin’ Light”
- LOVE IS HERE TO STAY / The King’s Singers / “Gold”
- THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME / Morgana King / “This Is Always”
- BUT BEAUTIFUL / Gavin Hope W/ Bill King / “For All We Know”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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