I spent the evening naming names – not in a Robert Mueller way, but by playing songs that have at least one reference to a real person. Some name-drop many more than one person and others have spontaneous ad-lib shout-outs. The final song doesn’t really name-drop any person, but it was my way to say we’re thinking about you, NYC after the events of last week.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or album Title
- MY NEW CELEBRITY IS YOU / Blossom Dearie / “My New Celebrity Is You”
- MISS YOU MR. MERCER / Mark Murphy / “Songbook”
- I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU / Peggy Lee / “Peggy Lee At Basin Street East”
- ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET / Tony Bennett / “Tony Makes It Happen”
- BLUES FOR WES / Lucky Peterson / “Tribute To Jimmy Smith”
- GOTTA BE THIS OR THAT / Kim Nazarian & John Pizzarelli / “Some Morning”
- I LOVE TO LOVE / Nina Simone / “Forbidden Fruit”
- HOW ABOUT YOU? / Frank Sinatra / “Concepts”
- ONE NIGHT WITH FRANK / Erin Boheme / “What Love Is”
- MICHAEL BUBLE / Kevin Mahogany / “The Vienna Affair”
- SOMETHING STUPID / (Mystery Vocalist) / Michael Buble & Reese Witherspoon / “To Be Loved”
- MUSIC IS FOREVER / Jackie & Roy / “Jackie & Roy: Forever”
- DANCING ON THE CEILING / Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm / “Begin To Dance”
- PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ / Fred Astaire / “The Irving Berlin Songbook”
- YOU COULD BE FRED / Jackie Allen / “The Men In My Life”
- YOU’RE THE TOP / Stacey Kent / “The Boy Next Door”
- HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD / (Mystery Vocalist) / Nancy Sinatra / “California Girl”
- JAZZ BAND IN HEAVEN / Daphna Levy / “Late Night Journey”
- HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON / Lillie Huddleston / “How Long Has This Been Going On”
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS / Dinah Washington / “The Fats Waller Songbook” (Emarcy)
- MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME / Delicatessen / “My Baby Just Cares For Me”
- VAN LINGLE MUNGO / Dave Frishberg / “Dave Frishberg Classics”
- BEYOND COMPARE / Courtenay Day / “State Of Bliss”
- NANCY WITH THE LAUGHING FACE / John Coltrane Quartet / “Ballads”
- PRELUDE TO A KISS / Morgana King / “A Taste Of Honey”
- NEW YORK STATE OF MIND / Tony Bennett & Billy Joel / “Playin’ With My Friends”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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