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PLAYLIST FOR “DADDY ISSUES” (6.17.23)

19 Jun

Daddy Issues – sure, that’s a psychological piñata worth smacking around, and I did feature a number of songs about Dads. But I mostly wanted to focus on another meaning of Daddy Issues: the talented kids of talented Dads.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • FATHER’S DAY  /  Groucho Marx  /  “Hooray For Capt. Spaulding”
  • SONG FOR MY FATHER  /  Lillie Huddleston  /  “How Long Has This Been Going On?”
  • SO LONG DAD  /  Randy Newman  /  “Randy Newman”
  • SOMETIME AGO  /  Tony & Michel Petrucciani  /  “Conversation”
  • BUT BEAUTIFUL  /  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  /  “Cheek To Cheek”
  • AVALON  /  Natalie Cole  /  “Unforgettable”
  • AVALON  /  Nat King Cole  /  “Big Band Cole”
  • I KNOW THE WAY TO BROOKLYN  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Dooji Wooji”
  • AT THE RENDEZVOUS  /  Clint Holmes & Joey DeFrancesco  /  “Rendezvous”
  • MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY  /  Julie London  /  “HMV Easy: The Julie London Collection”
  • DON’T FENCE ME IN  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Clint Eastwood  /  “Cowboys On The Trail”
  • BLOWIN’ THE BLUES AWAY  /  Kyle Eastwood  /  “Timepieces”
  • DEAD MAN’S BOOTS  /  Sting  /  “The Last Ship”
  • THE MAN I LOVE  /  Veronica Swift  /  “This Bitter Earth”
  • AGUA DE BEBER  /  John Pizzarelli & Daniel Jobim  /  “Sinatra & Jobim @ 50”
  • TAKE A BITE  /  Margaret Whiting  /  “The Lady’s In Love With You”
  • SWINGING AT THE HAVEN  /  The Marsaiis Family  /  “A Jazz Celebration”
  • I’M OLD FASHIONED  /  Gretje Angel  /  “In Any Key”
  • ANGEL EYES  /  Kandace Springs & Norah Jones  /  “The Women Who Raised Me”
  • MY FOOLISH HEART  /  Jacqui Dankworth  /  “It Happens Quietly”
  • LOVE THEME FROM “SPARTACUS”  /  Bill Evans, Jeremy Steig  /  “What’s New”
  • I AM YOUR CHILD  /  Barry Manilow  /  “Barry Manilow 1”
  • THIS BITTER EARTH  /  Randy Crawford  /  “Live”
  • FATHERS AND SONS  /  Bob Gunton  /  “Working”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “CLIMATE CHANGE HIT PARADE” (6.10.23)

11 Jun

Everyone loved Orange Is The New Black. You know what we didn’t love? Orange Is The New Blue when huge, thick, toxic orange clouds of smoke from Canadian forest fires enveloped our cities, giving new meaning to huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Thanks, Canada. As if sending us Celine Dion wasn’t bad enough. I knew I had to do something sensitive and sympathetic for the millions of people who suffered this week. But instead I chose to exploit this tragedy to get some ironic laughs with tunes from the Climate Change Hit Parade.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title 

  • TOO DARN HOT  /  Mel Torme  /  “Too Darn Hot”
  • ILL WIND  /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan  /  Lonely House”
  • ORANGE COLORED SKY  /  Nat King Cole  /  “Big Band Cole”
  • CLOUDY MORNING  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Here’s To The Ladies”
  • FIRE  /  The Ault Sisters  /  “Sisters In Song”
  • RIVER STAY AWAY FROM MY DOOR  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Swing With Me”
  • SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Tribute”
  • HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN  /  Ida Sand  /  “Meet Me At Midnight”
  • BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Eddie Albert  /   “The Eddie Albert Album”
  • THE HEAT’S ON  /  Count Basie  /  “Live In Japan 1978”
  • SLOW HOT WIND  /  Mary Stallings  /  “Live At The Village Vanguard”
  • INTO EACH LIFE  /  Andrew Distel  /  “It Only Takes Tine”
  • I DON’T WANT TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE  /  Miriam Netti  /  “The Art of Jazz With Miriam Netti”
  • NICE WEATHER FOR DUCKS  /  Ronnie Whyte  /  “Whyte Wolf”
  • SINGING IN THE RAIN  /  Diana Krall  /  “This Dream Of You”
  • QUIET FIRE  /  Melody Gardot  /  “Worrisome heart”
  • BLUE SKIES  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “Blue Skies”
  • SOON IT’S GONNA RAIN  /.  Barbra Streisand  /  “Live At The Bon Soir”
  • SUNDAY AFTERNOON  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Blossom Dearie Sings”
  • TRAFFIC JAM  /  James Taylor  /  “JT”
  • EVER SINCE THE WORLD ENDED  /  Mose Allison  /  “American Legend”
  • I THINK IT’S GOING TO RAIN TODAY  /  Dara Tucker  /  “Dreams Of Waking”
  • AFTER THE RAIN  /  Ramsey Lewis  /  “One Night Only”
  • FRAGILE  /  Sting   /  “Nothing Like The Sun”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “HEY – THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN!” (5.20.23)

24 May

What do these 3 things have in common: building a house at the edge of a cliff overlooking the ocean,  launching a nuclear attack – you pick the target, transporting Prince Harry and Meghan from a New York City event to their hotel three blocks away. No, they’re not on my bucket list. Correct answer: They all take Planning! And you know what else takes planning – this show!  Stop laughing. To prove how completely, thoroughly this show is planned, I chose for a musical theme: Hey – That sounds like a plan. (Not everything went as planned…) 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • THERE’LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Life Is Beautiful”
  • AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella In Japan”Kanda
  • NICE ’N’ EASY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Nice ’N’ Easy”
  • DEVIL MAY CARE  /  Kandace Springs  /  “The Women Who Raised Me”
  • I DON’T WORRY ABOUT A THING  /  Mose Allison  /  “Mose In Your Ear”
  • I WALKA LITTLE FASTER  /  Claire Teal  /  “They Say It’s Swing”
  • LET’S NOT BE SENSIBLE  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “Great Songs From Stage & Screen”
  • IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO  /  Esther Phillips  /  “Burnin”
  • SMILE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Steven Tyler  /  “Chris Botti In Boston”
  • WHY DON’T YOU DO RIGHT  /  Judith Owen  /  “Come & Get It”
  • MILESTONES  /  Christian McBride Big Band  /  “For Jimmy, Wes, & Oliver”
  • EASY STREET  /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan  /  “Lonely House”
  • ROUTE 66  /  Nat Cole  /  “After Midnight”
  • AS LONG AS I WANT TO  /  Delicatessen  /  “Goodnight Kiss”
  • I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLANS  /  Mel Torme & Jonathan Schwartz  /   “Mel Torme & Friends”
  • HIT THE GROUND RUNNING  /  Lorraine Feather  /  Language”
  • 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER  /  Paul Simon  /  “Negotiations & Love Songs”
  • I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU  /  Nancy Wilson  /  “But Beautiful”
  • WHEN I FALL IN LOVE  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “Old, New, Borrowed, & The Blues”
  • IF I HAD YOU  /  Nnenna Freelon  /  “Nnenna Freelon Live”
  • THE NIGHT THE PUGILIST LEARNED HOW TO DANCE  /  Sting  /  “The Last Ship”
  • DETOUR AHEAD /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “Waltz For Debby”
  • LET ME LOVE YOU  /  Lena Horne  /  “Live At The Waldorf Astoria”
  • THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Boston Concert 1976”
  • TWO FOR THE ROAD  /  Tierney Sutton Band  /  “I’m With The Band”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “MONARCHY MANIA” (5.6.23)

7 May

Something historic happened today; something that hasn’t happened in 70 years.  No, I’m not talking about me getting  back on the uneven parallel bars. I’m talking about the coronation of a new king and queen in the United Kingdom.  Whatever you think of the royal family, I thought it was a relief to focus on pomp and circumstance for a few hours instead of pomposity and circumstantial evidence. To continue my good feelings, I brought a bowl of Royal butterscotch pudding and a bun with Royal icing for snacks. I wrote my opening on my trusty Royal 10 typewriter, and I hummed the Royal Garden Blues on my drive to the radio station. Clearly I was feeling a royal flush, so I celebrated Monarchy Mania his week with lots of songs about royalty and songs by British and American music royalty. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • GOD SAVE THE QUEEN  /  Queen  /  “A Night At The Opera”
  • SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME  /  Alexis Cole  /  “Someday My Prince Will Come”
  • IF I RULED THE WORLD  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Get Happy”
  • EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD  /  Kari Kirkland  /  “Wild Is The Wind”
  • I WONDER WHAT THE KING IS DOING  /  Richard Burton  /  “Camelot”
  • SHALL WE DANCE?  /  Kelli O’Hara & Ken Wantanabe  /  “The King & I”
  • WOULDN’T IT BE LOVERLY  /  Nat King Cole  /  “My Fair Lady”
  • TOO LATE NOW  /  Shirley Horn  /  “You Won’t Forget Me”
  • LADY IS A TRAMP  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “London”
  • MAKING WHOOPEE  /  (Mystery Vocalists)  /  Rod Stewart & Elton John  /  “The Complete American Songbook”
  • BATTLE ROYAL  /  Duke Ellington & Count Basie  /  “First Time!
  • YOU’LL BE BACK  /  Jonathan Groff    /  “Hamilton”
  • LOVE IS HERE TO STAY  /  The King’s Singers  /  “Gold”
  • FOUR BROTHERS  /  The King Sisters  /  “Imagination”
  • AGONY  /  Robert Westenberg, Chuck Wagner  /  “Into The Woods”
  • GOODY GOODBYE  /  Hetty Kate  /  “Valentines”
  • THE THRILL IS GONE  /  B. B. King  /  “The Best of B. B. King”
  • SEND IN THE CLOWNS  /  Cleo Laine  /  “Cleo Laine Sings Sondheim”
  • A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQ.  /  Jacqui Dankworth  /  “It Happens Quietly”
  • TEA FOR TWO  /  Sarah King  /  “Smoke rings”
  • FOGGY DAY  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong  /  “The Complete Ella & Louis”
  • GEORGIA ROSE  /  Queen Latifah  /  “Trav’lin’ Light”
  • WHAT’S NEW  /  Charlie Watts Tentet  /  “Watt’s At Scott’s”
  • A FLOWER IS A LOVESOME THING  ./  Lena Horne  /  “Lena: A New Album’
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “FRENCH KISSES” (4.29.23)

1 May

Let’s be honest. France has seen some dark days. Some examples: Joan of Arc?  Where was Gloria Allred when we needed her? And you can’t talk about  dark days without Napoleon — the man not the dessert.  Or Vichy – the government, not the water.  And Freedom Fries – wait, no, that was our dumb mistake. And today the French are suffering through another tragic indignity – raising the national retirement age from 62 to 64. Well. I think we need to show our support and not just our incredulity for what the brave but – not over-worked -people of France going through. I presented a celebration of French singers and musicians, french songs, and songs about France. That’s right, for two hours I gave out out French Kisses this week on Turntable For One. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or album Title

  • I WISH YOU LOVE  /  Chloe Perrier  /  “Petite Fleur”
  • UNDER PARIS SKIES  /  Toots Thielemans  /  “Chez Toots”
  • CHEZ MOI  /  Emilie-Claire Barlow  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • AZURE-TE  /  Nat King Cole & George Sharing  /  “Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays”
  • MENILMONTANT  /  Avalon Jazz Band  /  “I Wish You Love”
  • WATCH WHAT HAPPENS  /  Michel LeGrand  /  ”Michel LeGrand At Sheely’s Manne-Hole”
  • WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE RESTOF YOUR LIFE  /  Swingle Singers  /  “Mood Swings”
  • LAVERNE WALK  /  Cyrille Aimee  /  “Let’s Get Lost”
  • I LOVE PARIS  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Fly With Me”
  • NOSTALGIA IN PARIS  /  Sarah Lancman  /  “La Pouvior Des Mots”
  • GROOVIN’ HIGH  /  Dizzy Gillespie & The Double Six Of Paris”  /  “Dizzy Gillespie & The Double Six Of Paris”
  • APRIL IN PARIS  /  The Mighty Accordion Band  /  “They Said It Couldn’t Be Done”
  • APRIL IN PARIS  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong  /  “Jasz Masters #24”
  • HOW HIGH THE MOON  /  Jean-Luc Ponty, Stephane Grappelli, Stuff Smith  /  “Jazz Violin Summit”
  • JARDIN D’HIVER  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Dreamer In Concert”
  • BUT NOT FOR ME  /  Virginie Teychene  /  “Encore”
  • A BOUT DE SOUFFLE  /  Virginie Teychene  /  “Encore”
  • LA VIE EN ROSE  /  Tony Bennett & k.d. Lang  /  “A Wonderful World”
  • A PARIS  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “My New Celebrity Is You”
  • SOMETIME AGO  /  Michel Petrucciani & Tony Petrucciani  /  “Conversation”
  • FROM PARIS WITH LOVE  /  Melody Gardot  /  “From Paris With Love”
  • LA MARSEILLAISE  /  Jacky Terrasson  /  “A Paris”
  • AUTUMN LEAVES  /  Eva Cassidy & The London Symphony Orch.  /  “I Can Only Be Me”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE BIRDS AND BEES” (4.8.23)

10 Apr

Everyone who’s been saying for years that my show is for the birds was half-right this week.  

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • LET’S DO IT  /  Ella Fitzgerald w/ London Symphony Orchestra  /  “Someone To Watch Over Me”
  • BLACKBIRD  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • BYE BYE BLACKBIRD  /  Paula West  /  “Come What May”
  • SLEEPIN’ BEE  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “I Just Dropped By To Say Hello”
  • THE EAGLE AND ME  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Live At Vine Street”
  • STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT  /  Lyle Lovett  /  “Smile”
  • THE BUZZARD SONG  /  Miles Davis  /  “Porgy And Bess”
  • LITTLE JAZZ BIRD  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “My Gentleman Friend”
  • FLIGHT OF THE FOO BIRDS  /  The Real Group  /   “Unreal”
  • THE QUEEN BEE  /  Count Basie  /  “Basie Straight Ahead”
  • LULLABY OF BIRDLAND  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Mariah Carey  /  “The Rarities”
  • SKYLARK  /  Linda Ronstadt  /  “Lush Life”
  • ORNITHOLOGY  /  Pasquale Grasso  /  “Be-Bop!”
  • THE DUCK  /  Emilie-Claire Barlow /  “The Very Though of You”
  • POISONING PIGEONS IN THE PARK  /  Tom Lehrer  /  “An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer”
  • MY BLUE HEAVEN  /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan  /  “Blue Heaven”
  • A BIRD ON THE WIRE  /  Leonard Cohen  /  “Live Songs”
  • PENGUINS AND FOOLS  /  Hilary Gardner  /  “Drummer Composer”
  •  BE CAREFUL IT’S MY HEART  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Ring-A-Ding-Ding”
  • YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME  /  Delicatessen  /  “Goodnight Kiss”
  • A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQ.  /  Nat Cole & Gloria Estefan  /  “A Sentimental Christmas With Nat King Cole”
  • STRANGE MEADOWLARK  /  Dave Brubeck Quartet  /  “Time Outtakes”
  • BLACK SWAN  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina At Carnegie Hall”
  • IMAGINATION  /  Jesse Belvin  /  “Mr. Easy”
  • OVER THE RAINBOW  /  Lorez Alexandria  /  “Alexandria The Great”
  • DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND  /  Mark Murphy w/Metropole Orchestra  /  “The Dream”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “WHERE OR WHEN” (2.4.23)

5 Feb

When I was a kid, the questions I asked were Who, What, Where, and How. Mostly because I was just trying to figure out if Col. Mustard killed Miss Scarlet with the candlestick in the conservatory. (Who knew there was so much murder at Julliard?) Well, now I mostly just ask two questions: Where – as in Where did I leave my glasses? And When – as in When did we have that conversation?  So because my show is nothing if not self-involved and self-referential, I played two hours of Where or When songs. BTW: I never found my glasses. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • WHERE OR WHEN  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • MY BLUE HEAVEN  /  Carol Sloane  /  “The Real Thing”
  • WHEN I GROW TOO OLDTO DREAM  /  Nat King Cole  /  “After Midnight”
  • WHEN IN ROME  /  Claire Teal  /  “Don’t Talk”
  • WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met”
  • WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?  /  Oscar Peterson Trio  /  “On A Clear Day”
  • WHERE DO YOU START?  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • WHEN YOUJ’RE SMILING  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Mickey Mouse  /  “The Mouse Pack”
  • WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Swings Gently With Nelson”
  • WHEN DID YOU LEAVE HEAVEN?  /  Ernie Andrews  /  “No Regrets”
  • WHERE CAN I GO WITHOUT YOU  /  Nina Simone  /  “Forbidden Fruit”
  • WHERE DID THE MAGIC GO?  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Astoria: Portrait Of The Artist”
  • WHERE ARE MY KEYS?  /  Lorraine Feather  /  “Language”
  • WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Jazz Loves Disney”
  • LOVER MAN  /  Chris Botti & Gladys Knight  /  “To Love Again”
  • ON THE STRET WHERE YOU LIVE  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Somethin’ Like Love”
  • WHEN I FALL IN LOVE  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • HOME (WHEN SHADOWS FALL)  /  Paul McCartney  /  “Kisses On The Bottom”
  • WHERE DO YOU GO  /  Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson  /  “Two’s Company”
  • WHERE DO YOU GO FROM LOVE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Astoria: Portrait of An Artist”ˆ
  • TELL ME WHEN  /  Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster  /  “The Complete Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster”
  • SOME OTHER TIME  /  Monica Zetterlund & Bill Evans  /  “Waltz For Debby”
  • WHERE OR WHEN  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Only The Lonely”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “OLD ENOUGH” (12.3.22)

6 Dec

Songs about being young and being old this week. I swear it has nothing to do with just celebrating another damned birthday.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • YOU’RE GONNA HEAR FROM ME  /  Veronica Swift  /  “Confessions”
  • YOUNG AT HEART  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Ultimate Sinatra”
  • I’M OLD FASHIONED  /  Delicatessen /  “Goodnight Kiss”
  • YOUNG AND FOOLISH  /  Tony Bennett & Bill Evans  /  “The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album”
  • YOUNG AND NAIVE  /  Heather Ridden  /  “Young & Naive”
  • YOUNGER THAN SPRING TIME   /  Oscar Peterson Trio  /  “On A Clear Day”
  • SEPTEMBER SONG  /  Nat King Cole & George Shearing  /  Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays”
  • KEEP YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL  /  Emmy Rossum  /  “Sentimental Journey”
  • I’M GLAD I’M NOT YOUNG ANYMORE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Lorne Green  /  “Young At Heart”
  • YOU MEAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG  /  Curtis Stigers & Cyrille Aimee  /  “Hooray For Love”
  • OLD COUNTRY  /  Tierney Sutton  /  “Introducing Tierney Sutton”
  • OLD WINE NEW BOTTLE  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Who’s The Old Man Now?”
  • THE SECOND TIME AROUND  /  Peggy Lee  /  “Basin Street East Present Miss Peggy Lee”
  • WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND GRAY  /  Tom Lehrer  /  “Tom Lehrer Revisited”
  • WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Best Of Love Songs”
  • BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Professional Dreamer
  • WHILE WE’RE YOUNG  /  Mary Stallings  /   “Songs Are Made To Sing”
  • OLD MEN SING THE BLUES  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “The Vienna Affair”
  • BE A CHILD  /  Cleo Laine & Dudley Moore  /  “I’ll Be Around”
  • I WON’T GROW UP  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “From The Vaults”
  • WHEN OCTOBER GOES  /  Barry Manilow  /  “2:00 AM Paradise Cafe”
  • LAST NIGHT WHEN WE WERE YOUNG  /  Kenny Burrell  /  “Guitar Forms”
  • THE FOLKS TO LIVE ON THE HILL  /  Carmen McRae  /  “Live At The Great American Music Hall”
  • HERE’S TO LIFE  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FROR “I’M IN A DANCING MOOD” (AN ARCHIVE RE-BROADCAST) )9.25.22)

25 Sep

Couldn’t do a live show this week. So I dipped into the archive from a few years ago. From the intro I wrote at the time, clearly the more things change, the more they stay the same…

Though there aren’t that many reasons to sing or dance these days, just to make certain we still remember what they look and sound like, I played a couple of hours of “dance” song and great singers. Now that’s my idea of dancing with the stars!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • DO YOU WANT TO DANCE?  /  Bette Midler  /  “The Divine Miss M”
  • COME DANCE WITH ME  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Dance With Me”
  • LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE  /  Donna Byrne  /  “Let’s Face The Music & Dance”
  • FAST DANCE  /  Fred Astaire & Oscar Peterson  /  “Mr. Top Hat”
  • WALTZ FOR DEBBY  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • USELESS WALTZ  /  Dave Frishberg  /  “Classics”
  • DANCING TAMBOURINE  /  Erroll Garner  /  “One World Concert”
  • MIDNIGHT AT THE STARLIGHT HAUNTED BALLROOM  /  Josie Falbo  /  “You Must Believe In Spring”
  • CHANGE PARTNERS  /  Ian Shaw  “Echoes of a Song”
  • SHALL WE DANCE  /  Lucy Dixon  /  “Lulu’s Back In Town”
  • SHALL WE DANCE  /  Loston Harris  /  “Comes Love”
  • I’M IN A DANCING MOOD  /  The Dave Brubeck Quartet  /  “Time Outtakes”
  • I LOVE THE WAY YOU DANCE  /  Ronnie Whyte  /  “Shades of Whyte”
  • CHEEK TO CHEEK  /  Annie Sellick& Joey DeFrancesco  /  “No Greater Thrill”
  • THE BEST THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU’RE DANCING  /  Kurt Elling  “This Time It’s Love”
  • DREAM DANCING  /  Mary Stallings  /  “Dream”
  • SIMON SMITH AND HIS DANCING BEAR  /  Mark Jennett  /  “Everybody Says Don’t”
  • DIG IT  /  Nellie McKay  /  “Normal As Blueberry Pie”
  • SOMETHING MAKES ME WANT TO DANCE WITH YOU  /  Nat King Cole  /  “Let’s Face the Music”
  • SO DANCO SAMBA  /  Simone Kopmajer  /  “My Wonderland”
  • THE NIGHT THE PUGILIST LEARNED HOW TO DANCE  /  Sting  /  “The Last Ship”
  • JITTERBUG WALTZ  /  Michel Legrand  /  “Legrand Jazz”
  • I WAS TELLING HER ABOUT YOU  /  Freddy Cole  /  “Talk To Me”
  • WE MIGHT AS WELL DANCE  /  Madeleine Peyroux  /  “Anthem”
  • DANCING ON THE CEILING  /  Frank D’Rone  /  “Double Exposure”
  • THE LAST DANCE/DANCING IN THE DARK  /  Tierney Sutton  /  “Dancing In The Dark”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO UNREALITY – REALLY!” (5.14.22)

15 May

Impossible! It just can’t be! Have you lost touch with reality? I know. It sounds like my last IRS audit. Or maybe Wolf Blitzer’s performance review. Nope. These are things people have been saying about Turntable For One for years. And this week, they were right. I paid tribute to all the things and ways people embrace, admire, and seek Unreality. Is the last song Reality or Unreality? I think that’s going to depend very much on what we all do in the near future.

 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • I’M SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD  /  Bobby Darin  /   “Wild, Cool, & Swinging”
  • I’VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING  /  Lena Horne  /  “Lena A New Album”
  • SWINGING ON A STAR  /  Ori Dagan  /   “S’cat Got My Tongue”
  • RETURN TO PARADISE  /  Shirley Horn  /   “Here’s To Life”
  • DANCING ON THE CEILING  /  Frank D’Rone  /  “Double Exposure”
  • THE FRIM FRAM SAUCE  /  Thisbe Vos  /  “Sophistication”
  • TEDDY BEAR’S PICNIC  /  Bing Crosby  /   Musical Moments To Remember”
  • NEVER NEVER LAND  /  Carol Sloane  /   “Live At 30th Street”
  • IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON  /  Nat King Cole  /   “After Midnight”
  • PRETEND  /  Dianne Reeves  /   “Good Night & Good Luck”
  • STREET OF DREAMS  /  Frank Sinatra  /   “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • PURE IMAGINATION  /  Joanie Sommers  /   “Here, There & Everywhere”
  • I KEEP GOING BACK TO JOE’S  /  Tom Rust  /  Are We There Yet?”
  • ANOTHER SCOTCH AND SODA  /  Andrea Carter  /   “Love Slipped Out the Door”
  • DAYS OF WINE & ROSES  /  (Mystery vocalist)  /   Johnny Rivers  /   “Changes”
  • EVER SINCE THE WORLD ENDED  /  Mose Allison  /  “The Mose Chronicles”
  • DREAM  /  Diana Krall  /   “Turn Up The Quiet”
  • CAN WE PRETEND  /  Freddy Cole  /   “Talk To Me”
  • IN THE LAND OF BEGINNING AGAIN  /  Cyrille Aimee & Adonis Rose & New Orleans Jazz Orch.  /  “Petite Fleur”
  • UP ON THE ROOF  /  James Taylor  /   “James Taylor Live”
  • LOOK TO THE RAINBOW  /  Luciana Souza  /  “Ryan Truesdale/Gil Evans Project”
  • SMILE  /  Lyle Lovett  /   “Smile”
  • YOU ARE THERE  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Best of Love Songs”
  • WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD  /  Tony Bennett & k.d. lang  /   “A Wonderful World”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /   Cody Owen Stine

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