I was feeling too lazy to come up with a theme for this week until I suddenly realized that I…well, I’m sure you’re way ahead of me now so I’ll stop there. Below is the playlist of the laziest songs, laziest excuses, and laziest fantasies I could squeeze into two hours, though I’m sure you’ll agree that lazy is definitely not a word that applies to any of the singers and musicians.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- BIDIN’ MY TIME / Nat Cole / “Let’s Face The Music”
- I’M LAZY THAT’S ALL / Catherine Russell / “Sentimental Streak”
- LAZY DAY / Tony Bennett / “With Love”
- AIN’T DOIN’ BAD DOIN’ NOTHIN’ / Barbara Lusch / “Barbara Lusch”
- UP A LAZY RIVER / The Mills Brothers & Count Basie / “The Board Of Directors”
- LAZYBONES / Nellie McKay / “Sister Orchid”
- NICE AND EASY / Frank Sinatra / “Nice & Easy”
- WHAT’S WRONG WITH BEING LAZY / Jean Laughlin / “Miracle Of Life”
- SITTIN’ ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY / Otis Redding / “The Best Of Otis Redding”
- LAZY AFTERNOON / Shirley Horn / “Lazy Afternoon”
- THE FISHIN’ HOLE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Andy Griffith / “American Originals”
- TOO DARN HOT / Deborah Lippman / “Nightingale”
- SMALL DAY TOMORROW / Ian Shaw / “A Ghost In Every Bar”
- THE LAZIEST GAL IN TOWN / Nina Simone / “Broadway-Blues-Ballads”
- EASY DOES IT / Marina The Kats / “Wild”
- YOU CAN COUNT ON ME / Mose Allison / “Wild Man On The Loose”
- GONE FOR THE DAY / Veronica Swift / “Lonely Woman”
- DAYDREAM / The Lovin’ Spoonful / “Daydream”
- DAY DREAM / Sarah Vaughan / “Sarah Vaughan Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook”
- LAZY / (Mystery Vocalist) / Marilyn Monroe / “The Magic Of Marilyn”
- SUNDAY IN NEW YORK / Mel Torme / “Hollywood Swing & Jazz”
- FEELIN’ GROOVY / Emilie-Claire Barlow & The Metropole Orch. / “Clear Day”
- EASY DOES IT / Oscar Peterson / “Night Train”
- LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE / Roberta Donnay / “What’s Your Story?”
- CANOE / Kat Edmonson / “Old Fashioned Gal”
- LAZIN’ AROUND WITH YOU / Kate Reid / “The Heart Already Knows”
- GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE / Paul Jost / “Simple Life”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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