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PLAYLIST FOR “TERMS OF ENDEARMENT” (AN ARCHIVE RE-BROADCAST 1.31.26

1 Feb

Still under the weather and will have to defer the “Game Night” show until next Saturday night. So we heard a show from the archive on Saturday. This is what I said about the show at the time…

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 “NEW BEGINNINGS 2026” 1.10.26

12 Jan

First new show of the new year. I like to start off on a positive note (excuse the pun) before the new year careens off into chaos and calamity. Sadly 2026 beat me to the punch. Still, I tried to salvage the mood with some favorite songs about different kinds of new beginnings. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW  /  Holly Cole  /  “Don’t Smoke In Bed”
  • HERE COMES THE SUN  /  The Beatles  /  “Abbey Road”
  • THERE’LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE  /  Dave Brubeck Quartet & Jimmy Rushing  /  “Brubeck & Rushing”
  • NO MORE BLUES  /  Roberta Gambarini  /  “Easy To Love”
  • CHEGA DE SAUDADE  /  Veronica Swift  /  “Veronica Swift”
  • SOMETHING’S COMING  /  The Diva Jazz Orchestra  /  “Live At Dizzy’s Club”
  • FEELING GOOD   /  Nina Simone  /  “I Put A Spell On You”
  • IN THE LAND OF BEGINNING AGAIN  /  Cyrille Aimee w/Adonis Rose & New Orleans Jazz Orch.  /  “Petite Fleur”
  • EIGHT, NINE, AND TEN  /  Hetty Kate & Gordon Webster  /  “Gordon Webster Meets Hetty Kate”
  • THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM  /  Benny Benack III  /  “Third Time’s The Charm”
  • BEGIN THE BEGUINE  /  Terry Gibbs Dream Band  /   “The Lost Tapes”
  • WHERE DO YOU START?  /  Tony Bennett  /  “The Art Of Romance”
  • I JUST WANT ALL MY STUFF  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “DotDotDot”
  • I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT  /  Bobby Darin  /  “Oh, Look At Me Now”
  • THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING BIG  /  Aretha Franklin  /  “Yeah!”
  • ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET  /  Jon Batiste  /  “Jazz Is Now”
  • I’LL BE LONG GONE  /  Cold Blood  /  “Thriller”
  • HURRY IT’S LOVELY UP HERE  /  Mark Jennett  /  “Everybody Says Don’t”
  • STARTING HERE STARTING NOW  /  Barbra Streisand  /  “ColorMe Barbra”
  • A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Close Enough For Love”
  • LET’S BEGIN  /  Jackie & Roy  /  “Lovesick”
  • I CAN’T GET STARTED  /  Cannonball Adderley  /  “Cannonball Adderley & Nancy Wilson”
  • HAVEN’T WE MET  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • START AGAIN  /  Caity Gyorgy  /  “Featuring”
  • I LIKE THE SUNRISE  /  Frank Sinatra w/ Duke Ellington Orchestra.  /  “Francis A & Edward K.”
  • A CHILD IS BORN  /  The Real Group  /  “Unreal!”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “HEARTS TO HART” 12.6.25

8 Dec

We were all heart this week with a heartfelt musical tribute to Larry Hart, celebrating his heart-stopping wit, charm, and brilliant sense of rhyme, and also his lyrics of heartbreaking pain and vulnerability. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • WHERE OR WHEN  /  Frank Sinatra w/ Count Basie  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • ISN’T IT ROMANTIC  /  Betty Carter & Carmen McRae  /  “The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets”
  • MOUNTAIN GREENERY  /  Mel Torme  /  “Mel Torme & Friends”
  • EASY TO REMEMBER  /  Kandace Springs  /  “Lady In Satin”
  • GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY  /  Billie Holiday  /  “Lady In Satin”
  • MY ROMANCE  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “Waltz For Debby”
  • HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “In Full Swing”
  • YOU’RE NEARER  /  Shirley Horn  /  “Here’s To Life”
  • I COULD WRITE A BOOK  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Because Of You”
  • HE WAS TOO GOOD TO ME  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone At The Village Gate”
  • I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS  /  Michael Mayo  /  “Fly”
  • DO IT THE HARD WAY  /  Amanda Carr  /  “Tender Trap”
  • BETWITCHED, BOTHERED, AND BEWILDERED  /  Emma Smith  /  “Burnt Orange”
  • THE BAD IN EVERY MAN  /  The Attic Band  /  “Blue Moon”
  • BLUE MOON  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rogers & Hart Songbook”
  • LITTLE GIRL BLUE  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Tribute”
  • I WISH I WERE IN LOVE AGAIN  /  Ian Shaw  /  “Taking It To Hart”
  • EVERYTHING I’VE GOT BELONGS TO YOU  /  Judith Owen w/ Jason Marsalis  /  “Come & Get It”
  • THIS FUNNY WORLD  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Life Is Beautiful”
  • SPRING IS HERE  /  Carly Simon  /  “Torch”
  • DANCING ON THE CEILING  /  Frank D’Rone  /  “Double Exposure”
  • MY FUNNY VALENTINE  /  Michel LeGrand  /  “Michel LeGrand At Shelley’s Manne Hole”
  • NOBODY’S HEART BELONGS TO ME  /  Doris Day w/ Andre Previn  /  “Duet”
  • WHERE OR WHEN  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Only The Lonely”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “PLAYING NICE” 11.15.25

16 Nov

It started when we were kids, I mean little kids. Our teachers would tell us. Our parents would tell us. Our aunts and uncles, cousins, and sometime even the mail carrier would tell us: Play Nice! (Of course my parents also told me not to lock my little sister in the trunk of our Chevy Impala – but that’s for another show). Playing Nice – it’s a phrase, an admonition, and a concept that’s kind of gone out of fashion these days.  But not while I have this microphone, because for two hours, I just played nice – nice songs by singers and musicians who know how to play nice. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT  /  Yannick Bovy  /  “Love Swings”
  • NICE ’N’ EASY  /  Shirley Horn  /  “I Thought About You”
  • EGGS IN THE MORNING WTH TOAST  /  Aron!  /  “Cozy You (And Other Nice Songs)”
  • PLEASE DON’T TALK TO ME WHEN I’M GONE  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Love Letters From Ella”
  • IT’S NICE TO GO TRAV’LING  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Fly With Me”
  • WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE  /  Norah Jones & Willie Nelson  /  “My Way”
  • IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU  /  Norah Jones & Seth MacFarlane  /  “In Full Swing”
  • SOME TIME AGO  /  Michel & Tony Petrucciani  /  “Conversation”
  • BUT NOT FOR ME  /  Joe Pesci & Joey DeFrancesco  /  “Falling In Love With Love”
  • SO NICE  /  Bebel Gilberto  /  “Tanto Tempo”
  • SOMEONE NICE LIKE YOU  /  Sammy Davis Jr.  /  “What Kind Of Fool Am I”
  • IT’S TOO LATE  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “The Vienna Affair”
  • MANHATTAN  /  Laura Anglade  /  “Get Out Of Town”
  • YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO  /  Harry Connick Jr.  /  “True Love”
  • YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO  /  Nina Simone   /  “Nina At Newport”
  • IT’S NICE WEATHER FOR DUCKS  /  Ronny Whyte  /  “Whyte Wolf”
  • LAZY AFTERNOON  /  Freda Payne w/Jeff Goldblum& Mildred Snitzer Orch.  /   “Plays Well With Others”
  • WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR  /  Benny Benack III  /  “A Lot Of Livin’ To Do”
  • NICE GIRLS DON’T STAY FOR BREAKFAST  /  Emma Smith  /  “Nice Girls Don’t Stay For Breakfast”
  • I’LL BE AROUND  /  Jimmy Scott  /  “Dine With Fine Jazz”
  • IT’S NICE TO BE WITH YOU  /  Jim Hall  /  “It’s Nice To Be With You”
  • THE COFFEE SONG  /  Nicole Zuraitis  /  “Cafes & Conversation”
  • I LIKE YOU, YOU’RE NICE/I LIKE YOU  /  Madeline Eastman w/ Kenny Barron  /  “Art Attack”
  • PEOPLE TIME  /  Stan Getz w/ Kenny Barron  /  “Yours And Mine”
  • COME SUNDAY  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “ALL BLUES” 10.11.25

12 Oct

About 5 years ago, I did a show called, “I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But The Blues.”  Back then, the country – and the  world – were reeling under a pandemic. Americans were confused, fearful, and angry, emotions reflected in contentious politics. We didn’t  know which way the country was going to go. As they say: the more things change… So what kind of mood do you think I’m still in five years later?

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • BILLY’S BLUES  /  Laura Nyro  /  “First Songs”
  • ALL BLUES  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “Double Rainbow”
  • BLUE SKIES  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook”
  • EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES  /  Joe Williams & Count Basie  /  “At The Americana Hotel”
  • BLOSSOM’S BLUES  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Blossom Dearie”
  • EVERYBODY HAS THE BLUES  /  Tony Bennett & Ray Charles /  “The Art of Excellence”
  • FINE AND MELLOW  /  Billie Holiday  /  “The Essential Billie Holiday: The Carnegie Hall Concert””
  • MOOD INDIGO  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “In The Wee Small Hours”
  • LILAC BLUES  /  The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra  /  “Mixed Bag”
  • HUM DRUM BLUES  /  Kate Kortum  /  “Good Woman”
  • WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Haven’t We Met?”
  • LITTLE GIRL BLUE  /  Nina Simone  /  “Little Girl Blue”
  • I AIN’T GOT NOTHIN’ BUT THE BLUES  /  Kenny Washington  /  “What’s The Hurry”
  • BLUE OF BLUE  /  Carly Simon  /  “Torch”
  • BLACK AND BLUE  /  Louis Armstrong  /  “16 Most Requested Songs”
  • GEORGIA ROSE  /  Queen Latifah w/ Stevie Wonder  /  “Travelin’ Light”
  • WAITER, ASK THE MAN TO PLAY THE BLUES  /  Freddy Cole  /  “Waiter, Ask The Man To Play The Blues”
  • BLUES FOR POP-POP  /  Gina Vendetta  /  “Fun Size”
  • BLUE VELVET  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Bennett At Carnegie Hall”
  • MEANING OF THE BLUES  /  Nnenna Fereelon  /  “Nnenna Freelon Live”
  • BLUES FOR PABLO  /  Miles Davis  /  “Miles Ahead”
  • BASIN STREET BLUES  /  Shirley Horn w/ Roy Hargrove  /  “I Remember Miles”
  • NO MORE BLUES  /  Roberta Gambarini  /  “Easy To Love”
  • SWEET SLUMBER  /  Jimmy Witherspoon & Brother Jack McDuff  /  “The Blues Is Now”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “SONGS ABOUT SONGS” AN ARCHIVE REBROADCAST 9.20.25

21 Sep

I reached back into the Turntable For One archives and dusted off golden oldie and one of my favorites from the past few years. This is what I wrote when the show was new:

In the middle of planning this week’s show – A Musical Tribute To The  Venn Diagram – I was forced to face a defining question: What makes Turntable For One Turntable For One? Forget the technical mistakes. Forget the historical inaccuracies. Forget the defamation law suits (And God knows I’ve tried). The essence week after week: Songs! Can’t I get a theme out of that? 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Ir Album Title

  • I FEEL A SONG COMING ON  /  Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson  /  “Two’s Company”
  • HAPPY TIME  /  Tim Buckley  /  “Blue Afternoon”
  • STARDUST  /  Samara Joy  /  “Samara Joy”
  • WITH A SONG IN MY HEART  /  Chet Baker  /  “She Was Too Good To Me”
  • I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART  /  Ernestine Anderson  /  “I Love Being Here With you”
  • AS LONG AS I’M SINGING  /  Bobby Darin  /  “Wild, Cool, & Swinging”
  • TEACH ME A SONG  /  Jackie Allen  /  “Never Let Me Go”
  • THE SONG IS YOU  /  Terry Gibbs Dream Band  /  “The Lost Tapes 1959”
  • I’VE HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE  /  Welsa Whitfield  /  “Teach Me Tonight”
  • RETIRED WRITER IN THE SUN  /  Donovan  /  “In Concert”
  • SONG FOR MY FATHER  /  Lillie Huddleston  /  “How Long Has This Been Going On”
  • WITHOUT A SONG  /  Mahalia Jackson  /  “Let’s Pray Together”
  • THE SONG IS ENDED  /  Tony Bennett & Dizzy Gillespie  /  “Bennett/Berlin”
  • SONG FOR A SUCKER LIKE YOU  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Ben There, Done That”
  • LIKE A SONG  /  Sinne Eeg w/The Danish Radio Big Band  /  “We’ve Just Begun”
  • IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG  /  Johnny Hartman  /  ”Almost Like A Song”
  • HI-LILI HI-LO  /  Rickie Lee Jones  /  “Pop Pop”
  • SONG ABOUT THE MOON  /  Paul Simon  /  “Hearts And Bones”
  • MOON SONG  /  Cecile McLorin-Salvant  /  “Moon Song”
  • NIGHT SONG  /  Nina Simone  /  “Broadway-Blues-Ballads”
  • SEPTEMBER SONG  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “September Of My Years”
  • THE SONG THAT ISN’T FINISHED YET  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Summer Me Winter me”
  • MY LOVE IS AN APRIL SONG  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “Bill Evans For Lovers”
  • ROAD TO HELL (REPRISE)  /.  Andre DeShields & Cast of Hadestown  /  “Hadestown”
  • AMERICAN TUNE  /  Simon & Garfunkel  /  “The Concert In Central Park”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “FAMOUS ADDRESSES” 6.7.25

9 Jun

For some reason I seem to be in “get out of Dodge mode” these days. Can’t imagine why. So I played a couple hours of songs about famous addresses, songs with lyrics about famous addresses, and songs recorded at famous addresses.  I especially liked playing Steven Pasquale singing the new national anthem of ICE – On The Street Where You Live. All in all, I think I addressed the topic pretty well.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • THE BOY NEXT DOOR  /  Emilie-Claire Barlow  /  “The Very Thought Of You”
  • 42ND STREET  /  Tom Wopat  /  “Consider it Swung”
  • BASIN STREET BLUES  /  Shirley Horn w/ Roy Hargrove  /  “I Remember Miles”
  • LULLABY OF BROADWAY  /  Tony Bennett & Dave Brubeck  /  “Bennett & Brubeck: the White House Concert”
  • BROOKLYN BRIDGE  /  Hilary Gardner  /  “The Great City”
  • ROUTE 66  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “You Got What It Takes”
  • MEET ME AT NO SPECIAL PLACE  /  Carrie Wicks /  “Reverie”
  • A FOGGY DAY  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  David Bowie  /  “Brilliant adventure”
  • ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET  /  Toots Thielemans  /  “European Quartet Live”
  • EASY STREET  /  Lucy Yeghiazaryan  /  “Lonely Hours”
  • EASY STREET  /  Randy Newman  /  “Harps & Angels”
  • I LOVE WERE ALL  /  Judy Garland  /  “Judy At Carnegie”
  • TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT   /  Ruben Blades “Una Noche Con Ruben Blades”
  • MANHATTAN  /  Laura Anglade  /  “Manhattan”
  • ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Somethin’ Like Love”
  • HERE COMES THE SUN  /  The Beatles  /  “Abbey Road”
  • HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina At The Village Gate”
  • WHERE DO YOU GO?  /  Stan Getz w/ the Boston Pops Orchestra  /  “Stan Getz & Arthur Fiedler At Tanglewood”
  • A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE  /  Nat King Cole & Gloria Estefan  /  “A Sentimental Christmas:
  • THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL  /  Bill Charlap & Sherrie Rene Scott  /  “The Folks Who Live On The Hill”
  • NEVER NEVER LAND  /  Carol Sloane  /  “Live At 30th Street”
  • SOME OTHER TIME  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “Waltz For Debby”
  • HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN  /  Barbra Streisand  /  “Live At The Bon Soir”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “BEHAVIORAL THERAPY” – 5.24.25

25 May

Rude. Crude. Stubborn. More talk than listen.  Mean-Spirited. No, I wasn’t quoting from my high school report card. I’ve just been looking at the world around us. Did I have answers? Did I have solutions? Maybe. I do know this: I had a couple hours of songs about bad behavior and good behavior and how to get from the former to the latter. An evening of Behavioral Therapy.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album or CD Title

  • THERE’LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Life Is Beautiful”
  • WHY DON’T YOU DO RIGHT  /  Delicatessen  /  “My Baby Just Cares For Me”
  • COME FLY WITH ME  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra At The Sands”
  • I’M A FOOL TO WANT YOU  /  Kandace Springs  /  “Lady In Satin”
  • SO LONG YOU FOOL  /  Sophie Milman  /  “Make Someone Happy”      
  • 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER  /  Paul Simon  /  “Still Crazy After All These Years”
  • ITSY BITSY BLUES  /  Cynthia Bane  /  “Clearly”
  • TWISTED  /  Lambert, Hendricks, &Ross  /  “Twisted”
  • TRY YOUR WINGS  /  Tom Rust  /  “Lucky To Be Me”
  • THE BEST IS YET TO COME  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Scarlett Johansson w/ Jeff Goldblum  /  “Still Blooming”
  • ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE  /  Al Jarreau  “Accentuate The Positive”
  • STRANGE FELLING  /  Nancy Harms  /  “Ellington At Night”
  • LISTEN HERE  /  Dave Frishberg  /  “Dave Frishberg Classics”
  • WHY TRY TO CHANGE ME NOW  /  Tatiana Eva-Marie  /  “Bonjour Tristesse”
  • DON’CHA’ GO ‘WAY MAD  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra & Swingin’ Brass”
  • I APOLOGIZE  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “My Romance”
  • (Dance Therapy)  /  SHALL WE DANCE  /  Lucy Dixon  /  “Lulu’s Back In Town”
  • (Group Therapy)  /  WHEN I FALL IN LOVE  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • QUIET NOW  /  Bill Evans  /  ”Turn Out The Stars”
  • I JUST WANT TO BE HORIZONTAL  /  Samoa Wilson  /  “I Just Want To Be Horizontal”
  • PICK YOURSELF UP  /  Gregory Porter  /  “Nat King Cole & Me”
  • DON’T SMOKE IN BED  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone In Concert”
  • (Music Therapy)  /  ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT  /  Keith Jarrett Trio  /  “Whisper Not”
  • WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW  /  Stacey Kent  /  “The Boy Next Door”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “SONGS ABOUT SONGS” 5.17.25

19 May

In the middle of planning this week’s show – A Musical Tribute To The  Venn Diagram – I was forced to face a defining question: What makes Turntable For One Turntable For One? Forget the technical mistakes. Forget the historical inaccuracies. Forget the defamation law suits (And God knows I’ve tried). The essence week after week: Songs! Can’t I get a theme out of that? 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Ir Album Title

  • I FEEL A SONG COMING ON  /  Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson  /  “Two’s Company”
  • HAPPY TIME  /  Tim Buckley  /  “Blue Afternoon”
  • STARDUST  /  Samara Joy  /  “Samara Joy”
  • WITH A SONG IN MY HEART  /  Chet Baker  /  “She Was Too Good To Me”
  • I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART  /  Ernestine Anderson  /  “I Love Being Here With you”
  • AS LONG AS I’M SINGING  /  Bobby Darin  /  “Wild, Cool, & Swinging”
  • TEACH ME A SONG  /  Jackie Allen  /  “Never Let Me Go”
  • THE SONG IS YOU  /  Terry Gibbs Dream Band  /  “The Lost Tapes 1959”
  • I’VE HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE  /  Welsa Whitfield  /  “Teach Me Tonight”
  • RETIRED WRITER IN THE SUN  /  Donovan  /  “In Concert”
  • SONG FOR MY FATHER  /  Lillie Huddleston  /  “How Long Has This Been Going On”
  • WITHOUT A SONG  /  Mahalia Jackson  /  “Let’s Pray Together”
  • THE SONG IS ENDED  /  Tony Bennett & Dizzy Gillespie  /  “Bennett/Berlin”
  • SONG FOR A SUCKER LIKE YOU  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Ben There, Done That”
  • LIKE A SONG  /  Sinne Eeg w/The Danish Radio Big Band  /  “We’ve Just Begun”
  • IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG  /  Johnny Hartman  /  ”Almost Like A Song”
  • HI-LILI HI-LO  /  Rickie Lee Jones  /  “Pop Pop”
  • SONG ABOUT THE MOON  /  Paul Simon  /  “Hearts And Bones”
  • MOON SONG  /  Cecile McLorin-Salvant  /  “Moon Song”
  • NIGHT SONG  /  Nina Simone  /  “Broadway-Blues-Ballads”
  • SEPTEMBER SONG  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “September Of My Years”
  • THE SONG THAT ISN’T FINISHED YET  /  Stacey Kent  /  “Summer Me Winter me”
  • MY LOVE IS AN APRIL SONG  /  Bill Evans Trio  /  “Bill Evans For Lovers”
  • ROAD TO HELL (REPRISE)  /.  Andre DeShields & Cast of Hadestown  /  “Hadestown” 
  • AMERICAN TUNE  /  Simon & Garfunkel  /  “The Concert In Central Park”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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PLAYLIST FOR “CRASH!” 4.5.25

6 Apr

Well, it’s been quite a week, hasn’t it? A real crash course in highs and lows; ups and wow – what downs! After this week, 401k only refers to a pitcher’s strikeout record. So, of course in unsettling times of – say – Crash and burn, people turn to me for solace, for joy, and for a safe place to crash this week on Turntable For One. They made a big mistake!

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album Title

  • BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME  /  George Michael  /  “Symphonica”
  • I GOT PLENTY O’ NUTTIN’  /  Shirley Horn  /  “I Remember Miles”
  • AIN’T GOT A DIME TO MY NAME  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “Songs Of Stage & Screen”
  • ROMANCE WITHOUT FINANCE  /  Hetty Kate  /  “Valentines”
  • WHO CARES?  Pete McGuinness  /  “Voice Like A Horn”
  • NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN & OUT  /  Nina Simone  /  “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”
  • TIMES ARE GETTING TOUGH  /  Jimmy Witherspoon m /  “At The Renaissance” 
  • IF I WERE A RICH MAN  /  Zero Mostel  /  “Fiddler On The Roof”
  • GOD BLESS THE CHILD  /  Tony Bennett & Billie Holiday  /  “Tony Bennett On Holiday”
  • I’VE GOT FIVE DOLLARS  /  Bing Crosby  /  “Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swing”
  • I’M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO  /  Kate Reid  /  “The Heart Already Knows”
  • WITH PLENTY OF MONEY & YOU  /  John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey  /  “Pentimento”
  • BUSTED  /  Ray Charles  /  “Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul”
  • PENNIES FROM HEAVEN  /  Frank Sinatra & Count Basie  /  “Sinatra/Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”
  • I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs From “Let No Man Write My Epitaph’”
  • TEDDY BEAR’S PICNIC  /  Bing Crosby  /  “Musical Moments To Remember”
  • THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE  /  Nellie McKay  /  “The Best Things In Life Are Free”
  • WHAT DID I HAVE (I DON’T HAVE NOW)  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “Songs Of Stage & Screen”
  • DRINKING AGAIN  /  Dinah Washington  /  “Drinking Again”
  • THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES  /  Bernard Lynette Trio w/ Cody Owen Stine
  • HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN  /  Barbra Streisand  /  “At The Bon Soir”
  • EVERYBODY HAS THE BLUES  /  Tony Bennett & Ray Charles  /  “The Art Of Excellence”
  • LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF CHERRIES  /  Lisa Loeb  /  “Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries”
  • STREET OF DREAMS  /  Stacey Kent  /  Jan Lundgren Trio Plays the Music Of Victor Young”
  • I’D GVE A DOLLAR FOR A DIME  / Joe Williams  /  “Every Night”
  • THE PARTY’S OVER  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Blossom Dearie Sings The Comden & Green Songbook”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

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