Tag Archives: Nina Simone

PLAYLIST FOR “HUNGER GAMES” (9.28.13)

30 Sep

With a theme like that, it must have been an hour of songs about futuristic, dystopian life-and-death competitions, right? Really? How many of those songs can you think of? Me, too. So it was an hour of songs about food, okay?

 

SONG TITLE  /  CD or Album Title  /  Artist

 

  • WHEN I TAKE MY SUGAR TO TEA  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Ring-A-Ding Ding”
  • PEEL ME A GRAPE  /  Shirley Horn  /  “The Main Ingredient”
  • FEED ME  /  Jon Hendricks  /  “A Good Git-Together”
  • I WANT A MAN WHO COOKS  /  Chaise Lounge  /  “Insomnia”
  • TEA FOR TWO  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Once Upon A Summertime”
  • SWEET KENTUCKY HAM  /  Dave Frishberg  /  “Classics”
  • LET’S EAT HOME  /  Rosemary Clooney  /  “Still On The Road”
  • FRIM FRAM SAUCE  /  Vocapella  /  “Black Coffee”
  • YOU’RE THE CREAM IN MY COFFEE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Seth MacFarlane  /  “Music Is Better Than Words”
  • I WANT A LITTLE SUGAR IN MY BOWL  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Sings The Blues”
  • CANDY  /  Nat Cole  /  “After Midnight”
  • COFFEE TIME  /  MaryAnn Sullivan/  (Single)
  • HUNGRY MAN  /  Mark Winkler  /  West Coast Cool”
  • LEMON TWIST  /  Bobby Troup  /  “Jazz Masters”
  • SUNDAY MORNING WITH YOU  /  Heather Rigdon  /  (Single)”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

 

 

PLAYLIST FOR “FINDING MY RELIGION” (9.14.13)

15 Sep

This show was all about feeling the spirit. It was about the joy of accepting soul in your soul. Okay, it was mostly about songs that, either directly or indirectly, mentioned God, and often to ironic effect.  This still is my show after all. 

 

 SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • SERMONETTE  /  Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross  /  “Twisted: The Best of Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross”
  • SING YOU SINNERS  /  Hetty Kate  /  “11:60 PM”
  • GOD BLESS THE CHILD  /  Lou Rawls  /  “Stormy Monday”
  • WHEN DID YOU LEAVE HEAVEN  /  Mishka Adams  /  “God Bless The Child”
  • HOUSE OF GOLD  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “The Kenny Rankin Albumr”
  • JOYFUL JOYFUL WE ADORE YOU  /  Lucy Smith  /  “Songs My Mama Would Like”
  • GOD WILL  /  Holly Cole  /  “Blame It On My Youth”
  • OL’ MAN RIVER  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  The Beach Boys  /  “The Fabulous Mr. Fox”
  • GOD ONLY KNOWS  /  Madeline Eastman  /  “A Quiet Thing”
  • IT’S A SIN TO TELL A LIE   /  Tony Bennett  /  “When Lights Are Low”
  • IT AIN’T NECESSARILY SO  /  Diahann Carroll/Andre Previn Trio  /  “Porgy And Bess” 
  • ALL GOD’S CHILDREN HAVE RHYTHM/DO YOU WANT TO JUMP CHILDREN  /  Joe Williams  /  “At Newport ‘63”
  • NOBODY’S FAULT BUT MINE  /  Nina Simone  /  “Nina Simone & Piano”
  • LONESOME ROAD  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “A Swingin’ Affair”
  • COME SUNDAY  /  The Real Group  /  “Live In Stockholm”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  “Unreleased Master”

PLAYLIST FOR “PITY PARTY” (6.1.13)

2 Jun

I threw my favorite kind of party this week – a Pity Party. You were invited. If you didn’t show up, I pity you. You missed some great music.  See below…

 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • LITTLE GIRL BLUE  /  Nina Simone  /  “Let It All Out”
  • WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “The Kenny Rankin Album”
  • EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME  /  Carmen McRae  /  “The Fabulous Carmen McRae”
  • I WAS A FOOL TO LET YOU GO  /  Frank Sinatra Jr.  /  “That Face”
  • GOOD GUY  /  Trisha Yearwood   /  “Stormy Weather”    
  • NO ONE EVER TELLS YOU  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Listen Here”
  • ORDINARY FOOL  /  Ray Brown Jr. & Paul Williams  /  “Friends And Family”
  • IT’S MY PARTY  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Amy Winehouse  /  “Q: Soul Bossa Nostra
  • ONE FOR MY BABY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “The Capitol Years”
  • DRINKING AGAIN  /  Dinah Washington  /  “Dinah ‘62”
  • PRIVATE GUY  /  Ben Sidran  /  “Don’t Cry For No Hipster”
  • IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS  /  Lissy Walker  /  “Life Is Sweet”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

 

 

 

 

PLAYLIST FOR “NAME DROPPING” (3.16.13)

16 Mar

 Unlike the Post Office, Turntable For One delivers on Saturday, and it was great to be back live in the studio. You know me. I don’t like to drop names, but all of these songs did.

 SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • I LOVE TO LOVE  /  Nina Simone  /  “Forbidden Fruit”
  • HOW ABOUT YOU?  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Songs For Swingin’ Lovers”
  • ONE NIGHT WITH FRANK  /  Erin Boheme  /  What Love Is”
  • TONY BENNETT  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “Old, New, Borrowed, & The Blues”
  • MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME  /  Delicatessen  /  “My Baby Just Cares For Me”
  • ISN’T IT A PITY?  /  Mel Torme  /  “At Marty’s”
  • BEYOND COMPARE  /  Courtnay Day  /  “State Of Bliss”
  • MACK THE KNIFE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Clay Aiken  /  “Tried And True”
  • ROBERT FROST  /  Karrin Allyson  /  “Collage”
  • MISS YOU MISTER MERCER  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Songbook”
  • MY NEW CELEBRITY IS YOU  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “My New Celebrity Is You”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

PLAYLIST FOR “WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?” (2.2.13)

2 Feb

As someone once famously said, “It’s a terrible thing to lose your mind.” Takes one to know one. Hope you enjoyed tonight’s mind games.

Talk to you next week.

 

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD or Album Title

 

  • GEORGIA ON MY MIND / Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis / “Two Men With The Blues”
  • IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND / Helen Merrill / “Live At Nalen”
  • SWEET KENTUCKY HAM / Dave Frishberg / “Classics”
  • TROUBLE IN MIND / Nina Simone / “Nina At Newport”
  • THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND / Sting / “The Thomas Crown Affair”
  • YOU GO TO MY HEAD / Morgana King / “Tender Moments”
  • GENTLE ON MY MIND / (Mystery Vocalist) / Leonard Nimoy / “Spaced Out”
  • YOUR MIND’S ON VACATION / Kitty Margolis / “Body And Soul”
  • DEEP WITHIN THE CORNERS OF MY MIND / Melody Gardot / “My One And Only Thrill”
  • ONE FOR MY BABY / Frank Sinatra / “Only The Lonely”
  • ROUND MIDNIGHT / Ella Fitzgerald / “Twelve Nights In Hollywood”
  • NEW YORK STATE OF MIND / Tony Bennett/Billy Joel / “Playin’ With My Friends”
  • PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine / (Unreleased Master)

PLAYLIST FOR THE DESERT ISLAND GAME (2.4.12)

5 Feb

This week we played the Desert Island game — not the one where you fantasize about a dozen androgynous pixies bringing you to a desert island where you and they play sudoku all day and they say you have nice hair. (And just how often do you play that game?) I mean the game where I play two version of the same song and you have to choose which of the two you’d take to a desert island to listen to for the rest of your life — with or without androgynous pixies.

Hope you can get back in time for next week’s show.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album or CD Title

  • THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “The Days Of Wine & Roses”
  • THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT  /  Tony Bennett  /  “50 Years – The Artistry of Tony Bennett”    
  • THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Professional Dreamer”               
  • THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “The Best of Love Songs” 
  • MOOD INDIGO  /  Clare Fischer Singers  /  ”…And Sometimes Instruments”   
  • MOOD INDIGO  /  Nina Simone  /  “Mood Indigo”     
  • WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE  /  (mystery vocalist)  /  Gwyneth Paltrow  /  “Infamous Soundtrack”
  • WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Sassy Swings The Tivoli” 
  • ISN’T IT ROMANTIC  /  Mel Torme  /  “At Marty’s” 
  • ISN’T IT ROMANTIC  /  Betty Carter & Carmen McRae  /  “The Carmen McRae-Betty Carter Duets”  
  • IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “I Just Dropped By To Say Hello”
  • IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS  /  Lissy Walker  /  “Life Is Sweet”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (theme)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)