The Oscars, the Tonys, the Golden Globes, the Emmys, the Grammys – everybody loves award shows with all the attendant and attendees’ glitz and glamour. Shouldn’t I get a piece of this? Probably not, but when have I ever let good decisions or good taste interfere with my plans? So this week I made up arbitrary categories and presented awards to performers who, unlike myself, have made a positive difference to my show. Introducing the “T.F.O. Awards” – and, no, that doesn’t stand for Terrifying Fundamentalists Objectives.
(Award Title) / SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- (Best Supporting Performance – Instrumental) / ALICE IN WONDERLAND / Roberta Gambarini & Dave Brubeck / “Everybody Wants To Be A Cat”
- (This Song Never Sounded So Good) / ROCK WITH YOU / Alyssa Allgood / “Exactly Like You”
- (Achievement In Science Denying) / Sleepin’ Bee / Johnny Hartman / “I Just Dropped By To Say Hello”
- (Most Unrecognizable Song) / I’LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT / Janet Planet / “Just Like A Woman”
- (This Shouldn’t Work, But It Does) / PEEL ME A GRAPE / Blossom Dearie & Lyle Lovett
- (Foreign Language Performance) / VEDRAI, VEDRAI / Sarah Lancman / “Intermezzo”
- (Singer I Never Thought I’d Play) / THAT’S MY DESIRE / (Mystery Vocalist) / Ray Stevens / “Grover’s Hat Project”
- (In Memoriam) / HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT / Kellye Gray / “And, They Call Us Cowboys”
- WHEN I FALL IN LOVE / Kevin Mahogany / “Old, New, Borrowed, and The Blues”
- SLEEPY TIME GAL / Andre Previn & Dinah Shore / “Dinah Sings Previn Plays”
- I SHOULD CARE / Andre Previn & Diahann Carroll / “The Magic Of Diahann Carroll”
- LOOK AT HIM GO / Andre Previn & Itzhak Perlman / “A Different Kind Of Blue”
- (Mad As Hell & I’m Not Taking It Anymore) / BIG DISCOUNT / Karrin Allyson / Some Of That Sunshine”
- (Best Performance Forgetting Lyrics) / GONE WITH THE WIND / Ella Fitzgerald / “Ella At Zardi’s”
- (When’s The Last Time You Heard This?) / BLUES IN HOSS FLAT / Count Basie / “Chairman Of The Board”
- (Singer Who Won’t Send Me Her CDs) / IT’S ALRIGHT WITH ME / Calabria Foti / “In The Still Of The Night”
- (The Mose Allison Irony Isn’t Dead Award) / EVERYBODY THINKS YOU’RE AN ANGEL / Mose Allison / “The Way Of The World”
- (Singer I Never Heard of Until This Week) / FOUR BROTHERS / Trish Hatley / “I Remember: Second Set”
- (When Worlds Collide Award) / CARO MIO BEN / Joyce DiDonato / “Songplay”
- (Heart On Sleeve) / BABY I’M A FOOL / Melody Gardot / “Live In Europe”
- (Lifetime Achievement) / SOME OTHER TIME / Tony Bennett & Bill Evans / “The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album”
- BUT BEAUTIFUL / Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga / “Cheek To Cheek”
- (Song I Always Wanted To End The Show) / SWEET SLUMBER / Jimmy Witherspoon & Jack McDuff / “The Blues Is Now”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme music) / Cody Owen Stine
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