I don’t think a week has gone by when I haven’t played songs with lyrics by Larry Hart or Cole Porter or the Bergmans, or Ira Gershwin – until this week! I’m gave all those guys the night off and instead, focussed on lyricists whose songs we know – but their names… not so much. I spent the evening singing the praises of such talented lyricists as Bob Russell, Caroll Coates, Bob Haymes, Peggy Lee, Ed Hayman, and others. Well, fortunately for my audience, I let other, more qualified people do the singing.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- CRAZY HE CALLS ME / Cyrille Aimee w/ Adonis Rose & New Orleans Jazz Orch. / “Petit Fleur”
- DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE / Tony Bennett / “Tony Makes It Happen”
- DO NOTHING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME / Molly Johnson / “Because Of Billie”
- YOU FOR ME / Kelley Johnson / “Something Good”
- THAT’S ALL / Johnny Hartman / “This One’s For Tedi”
- SUNDAY IN NEW YORK / Joanna Pascale w/Orrin Evans/The Capt. Black Big Band / “Walk A Mile In My Shoes”
- YOU’LL SEE / Jackie Ryan / “Doozy”
- THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING BIG / (Mystery Vocalist) / Marvin Gaye / “Live At The Copa”
- LI’L DARLIN’ / Count Basie / “The Complete Atomic Basie”
- WHILE WE’RE YOUNG / Lauren Henderson / “The Songbook Session”
- I’LL BE AROUND / Willie Nelson / “My Way”
- I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU / Peggy Lee / “Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee”
- TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO SMILE / Freddy Cole / “Merry-Go-Round”
- I DON’T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT YOU / Kat Gang / “Dream Your Troubles Away”
- IT ISN’T SO GOOD IT COULDN’T BE BETTER / Ronnie Whyte / “Whyte Wolf-The Songs of Tommy Wolf”
- I’M ALWAYS DRUNK IN SAN FRANCISCO / Carmen McRae / “At The Great American Music Hall”
- YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS / Boz Scaggs / “But Beautiful – Standards: Vol. 1”
- POSTCARD LOVERS / Stacey Kent / “Dreamer”
- I WISHED ON THE MOON / Billie Holiday / “All Or Nothing At All”
- WHEN I FALL IN LOVE / Keith Jarrett Trio / “At The Blue Note”
- BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH / Kenny Rankin / “Haven’t We Met?”
- BODY AND SOUL / Rebecca Parris / “My Foolish Heart”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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