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PLAYLIST FOR “2014: THE YEAR IN REVIEW” (12.27.14)

27 Dec

Hoping to end the year on a high note (pun intended), I played some of my favorite songs from some of the favorite weekly themes from 2014. Let’s hope the new year is a better one. I’ll try to do my part. 

Theme  /  SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • Oldies But Goodies  /  YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO  /  Freda Payne  /“Come Back To Me Love”
  • Country/Jazz Crossovers  /  HOUSE OF GOLD  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “The Kenny Rankin Albums”
  • Christmas  /  GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN  /  Postmodern Jukebox  /  “A Very Postmodern Christmas”
  • Summer Road Trips  /  GARY, INDIANA  /  Janet Planet  /  “Of Thee I Sing”
  • Music To Be Thankful For  /  ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Live Performance)
  • Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda  /  IF I HAD YOU  /  Nnenna Freelon  /  “Live”
  • Losing Propositions  /  RULES OF THE ROAD  /  Nat King Cole  /  “The Billy May Sessions”
  • Winter Olympics-Freestyle Skiing  /  PICK YOURSELF UP  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Molly Ringwald  /  “Except Sometimes”
  • Campaign Night 2014  /  CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Nothing But The Best”
  • Me & My Schadenfreude  /  AFTER YOU’VE GONE/TOO GONE TOO LONG  /  Christine Ebersol  /  “Strings Attached”
  • Phobias – Cherophobia  /  SOMETHING SO RIGHT  /  Paul Simon  /  “Negotiations & Love Songs”
  • Commencement Addresses  /  I HOPE YOU DANCE  /  Deborah Lippmann  /  “Nightingale”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine

 A new year is beginning but that doesn’t have to mean that you have to forget everything about the past – for instance archived Turntable For One shows. You can listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange, any time you want and probably without a single threat from a certain foreign leader. Just click the link below. 

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

PLAYLIST FOR “PHOBIA NIGHT” (11.15.14)

15 Nov

Did you miss this week’s show? Hope you don’t suffer from Catagelophobia, the fear of being ridiculed or Enissohobia, the fear of being criticized because you’re in for a rough week. Want to avoid all the embarrassment and harassment? Be there promptly for next Saturday night’s show!

PLAYLIST FOR “PHOBIA NIGHT”

Phobia  /  SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

  • Agoraphobia (Fear Of Crowded Public Places)  /  LET’S EAT HOME  /  Rosemary Clooney  /  “Still On The Road”
  • Agyrophobia (Fear Of Crossing Streets)  /  ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Swing With Me”
  • Aerophobia (Fear Of Flying)  /  DESTINATION MOON  /  Dinah Washington  /  “Dinah ‘62
  • Chorophobia (Fear of Dancing)  /  I WON’T DANCE  /  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  /  “Cheek To Cheek”
  • Arachnophobia (Fear Of Spiders)  THE SPIDER AND THE FLY  /  Maud Hixson  /  “Don’t Let A Good Thing Get Away”
  • Isolophobia (Fear of Being Alone)  /  DON’T LET ME BE LONELY TONIGHT  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “My Romance”
  • Elurophobia (Fear Of Cats)  MEMORY  /  Betty Buckley  /  “Cats – Cast Album”
  • Philophobia (Fear of Love)  /  I DON’T WANT TO BE IN LOVE  /  Allegra Levy  /  “Lonely City”
  • Cnidophobia (Fear Of Insect Stings)  /  ROXANNE  /  (Mystery Phobia)  /  Sting & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  /  “Symphonicities”
  • Lilapsophobia (Fear of Tornadoes and Hurricanes)  /  DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD  /  Lillie Kae  /  “I’m Glad There Is You”
  • Gerontophobia (Fear of Growing Old)  /  WHILE WE’RE YOUNG  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Thank You For Everything”
  • Telephonophobia (Fear of Telephones)  /  BUSY SIGNAL  /  Hetty Kate & Gordon Webster  /  “Gordon Webster Meets Hetty Kate”
  • Octiphobia (Fear of the Night)  /  I LIKE THE SUNRISE  /  Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington  /  “Ella At Duke’s Place”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  “Unreleased Master”

 Don’t forget: you can always listen to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange, although it would hurt if you finished reading this first. 

http://www.prx.org/series/33284-turntable-for-one

PLAYLIST FOR “SLACKER WEEK” (5.17.14)

17 May

Singers are always singing about picking yourself up and never giving up and keeping your eyes on the prize. Anyone sick of it? Just me? Ok, but it’s my show and I can play what I want. And this week I wanted to pay musical tribute to the slackers of the world. They may not make much of a contribution, but they make our small achievements look better.

 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • LAZY  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “Sings The Irving Berlin Songbook” 
  • NICE AND EASY  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Nice And Easy”
  • LAZY AFTERNOON  /  Shirley Horn  /  “A Lazy Afternoon”
  • HAVE A GOOD TIME  /  Paul Simon  /  “Still Crazy After All These Years”
  • AIN’T DOIN’ BAD DOIN’ NOTHING  /  Barbara Lusch  /  “Barbara Lusch” 
  • CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’  /  Emy Tseng  /  “Sonho”
  • BIDIN’ MY TIME  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Wilford Brimley  /  “Wilford Brimley with the Jeff Hamilton Trio”
  • WHY DON’T YOU DO RIGHT  /  Delicatessen  /  “My Baby Just Cares For Me”
  • TV BLUES  /  Tom Rust  /  “Are We There Yet?”
  • SHOO FLY PIE & APPLE PAN DOWDY  /  Hetty Kate & Gordon Webster  /  “Gordon Webster Meets Hetty Kate”
  • ONE MINUTE MORE   /  The Idea of North  /  “Extraordinary Tale”
  • TOO DARN HOT  /  Sara Gazarek  /  “Live At The Jazz Bakery”
  • DANG ME  /  Kellye Gray  /  “And They Call Us Cowboys”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

 

 

 

PLAYLIST FOR “WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL” (3.10.12)

11 Mar

Thanks for sharing Lawrence Welk’s birthday celebration with me. I will always think of him as one of those musical soldiers, who, even in the face of Daylight Saving Time, was always trying to turn the clocks back. In weeks to come you won’t want to miss other stirring Turntable For One tributes to those singers and musicians who helped make music what it is today, by retiring, giving up, getting into debilitating fistfights, and/or opening up dry cleaning shops. Bless them all.

 I’ll put up a hint about next week’s show on Wednesday, and talk to you next week. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL   /  Judy Wexler  /  “Under A Painted Sky”
  • IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD   /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra Swings”
  • MR. WONDERFUL  /  Peggy Lee  /  “The Singles Collection”
  • ‘S WONDERFUL  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Gypsy In My Soul”
  • (WHAT A) WONDERFUL WORLD  /  Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, James Taylor  /  “Garfunkel”
  • ON A WONDERFUL DAY LIKE TODAY  /  Veronica Nunn  /  “American Lullaby”
  • WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD  /  (mystery vocalist)  /  Joe Pesci  /  “Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just For You”
  • WONDERFUL GUY  /  Nellie McKay  /  “Normal as Blueberry Pie”
  • THEY SAY IT’S WONDERFUL  /  Kurt Elling  /  “Dedicated To You”
  • WHEN SOMEBODY THINKS YOU’RE WONDERFUL  /  Nicole Ratté  /  “When Someone Thinks You’re Wonderful”
  • SOMETHING WONDERFUL  /  Carly Simon  /  “My Romance”
  • WONDERFUL  /  Victoria Hart  /  “Whatever Happened To Romance?”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (theme)  /  (Unreleased Master)