I started the show with an hour of songs about debates, candidates, and politics. What was I thinking? So half-way through, realizing people want to get away from the cacophony and chaos, I played an hour of music to steer attention away and calm the soul from all the madness.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- (Classic Debate) / LET’S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF /Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong / “Best Of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong”
- (Candidates’ Delusion) / THE BEST THING FOR YOU / Nat Cole / “Tell Me All About Yourself”
- (What Donald Is Told) / CONTROL YOURSELF / Cleo Laine / “Cleo Laine At Carnegie Hall”
- (What Donald Does) / RUNNIN’ WILD / Avalon Jazz Band
- (What Hillary Thinks) / EV’RYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG / Frank Sinatra / “My Kind Of Broadway”
- (What Hillary Wants People To Think) / SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD / Diana Krall / “Wallflower”
- (Trump Twitter Tirade About Me) / YOUR MIND IS ON VACATION / Mose Allison / “Lounge Live From The Mountain Stage”
- (Climate Change Denier) / BLUE SKIES / Adrienne Fenemor / “Blue Skies”
- (Climate Change Advocate) / TOO DARN HOT / Fay Claassen / “Red, Hot, & Blue: The Music Of Cole Porter”
- OH, CALIFORNIA / David Ackles / “American Gothic”
- (Fat Shaming) / DAVY THE FAT BOY / Randy Newman / “Randy Newman/Live”
- (What Candidates Want Us To Believe) / EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES / (Mystery Vocalist) / Carol Burnett / “Let Me Entertain You”
- (What The Electorate Really Thinks) / STOP THIS TRAIN / Roberta Donnay / “What’s Your Story?”
- (A Plea From Millennials) / YOUNG AND FOOLISH / Mark Murphy / “Timeless Mark Murphy”
- AMERICAN TUNE / Paul Simon / “There Goes Rhymin’ Simon”
- SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET / Tony Bennett / “Tony Makes It Happen”
- SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET / Sara Gazarek & Josh Nelson / “Dream In The Blue”
- EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE / Tierney Sutton / “Sting Variations”
- BY MYSELF / Melissa Morgan / “Days Like This”
- I’M A FOOL TO WANT YOU / (Mystery Vocalist) / Kristin Chenoweth / “The Art Of Elegance”
- LIVE ALONE AND LIKE IT / Cyrille Aimee / “Let’s Get Lost”
- LI’L DARLIN’ / The Real Group / “Live”
- DON’T DREAM OF ANYBODY BUT ME / Bobby Darin / “This Is Darin”
- LI’L DARLIN / Count Basie / “Atomic Basie”
- LOOK TO THE RAINBOW / Astrud Gilberto / “Look To The Rainbow”
- YOU MIGHT AS WELL LIVE / Mark Winkler / “Till I Get It Right”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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