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PLAYLIST FOR “THE SONG IS YOU” (11.8.14)

8 Nov

I’ve played songs that compare people to ghosts, dogs, cats, gypsies, tramps, and thieves, mysteries, and more. You know what I haven’t played? What’s that? Songs that compare people to pastrami sandwiches or garages or stucco or a slow death by viper venom? Ok, fine, you’re right. Now do you want to hear my answer? Songs that compare people to songs! If you can come up with an hour of songs comparing people to stucco, let me know, but until then, check these songs out. 

PLAYLIST FOR “THE SONG IS YOU”

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title 

  • YOU WILL BE MY MUSIC  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back)   
  • THE SONG IS YOU  /  Ed Reed  /  “The Song Is You”
  • A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY  /  Beegie Adair / Jaimee Paul  /  “After The Ball”  
  • I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Tony Makes It Happen”    
  • WHEN HE MAKES MUSIC  /  Nancy Wilson  /  “Gentle Is My Love/How Glad I Am”   
  • IF YOU WERE A SONG  /  Billy Brandt  /  “The Ballad Of Larry’s Neighbor” 
  • THE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME DANCE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Mimi Hines  /  “The Mimi Hines Album” 
  • IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SONG  /  Johnny Hartman  /  “Once In Every Life”  
  • I HEAR MUSIC  /  Dakota Staton & George Shearing  /  “In The Night” 
  • YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “Pointless Nostalgia”
  • STARDUST  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury Vol. #3”  
  • THE SWEETEST SOUNDS  /  Kelley Johnson  /  “Home”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

How do you keep the music playing, you ask (or maybe sing? I’ll tell you how: by listening to a Turntable For One podcast on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. I’ve done just about all the work for you. You just have to click on the link below. 

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

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PLAYLIST FOR “LOSING PROPOSITIONS” (10.25.14)

25 Oct

Losing Propositions…Lose-Lose Situation…Recipe for Disaster…Seeing The Wall At The End Of The Tunnel…whatever you want to call it, you know how it’s going to end – badly! These songs may all have been about Losing Propositions, but these singers were anything but.  

LOSING PROPOSITIONS

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title 

  • PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENT  /  Sting  /  “The Last Ship”
  • I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN’T GOOD  /  Carly Simon  /  “Torch”
  • IN LOVE IN VAIN  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Crazy & Mixed-Up”
  • I WISH I DIDN’T LOVE YOU SO  /  Steven Pasquale  /  “Somethin’ Like Love”
  • I WON’T GROW UP  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “From The Vaults”
  • SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME  /  Tierney Sutton  /  “Blue In Green”
  • I WALK A LITTLE FASTER  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Who Can I Turn To”
  • HOW TO TURN A BAD MAN GOOD  /  Laura Hall  /  “Prisoner Of Vegas” (Demo)
  • WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Lea Salonga  /  “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing”
  • YOU CAN COUNT ON ME TO DO MY PART  /  Mose Allison  /  “In Your Ear”
  • SINCE I FELL FOR YOU  /  Mark Murphy  /  “The Dream”
  • I LOVE THE WAY YOU’RE BREAKING MY HEART  /  Delicatessen  /  “Jazz + Bossa”
  • HE’S A RUNNER  /  Mark Winkler  /  “The Laura Nyro Project”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  i  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

I’ll be back with a new live show next Saturday, but for those of your with questionable patience and impulse control, good news! You can listen to a Turntable For One podcast right now.  Click the link below to go to the Turntable For One series page on PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. 

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

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PLAYLIST FOR “COULDA, WOULDA, SHOULDA” (8.30.14)

30 Aug

Summer is over which means time to put away put away your whites, your shorts, your suntan lotion, and reflect on the things we did last summer that we’ll remember all winter long — except I had one of those “Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda” summers when I didn’t do any of the things I wanted and meant to do. Am I bitter? No more than usual. Am I depressed? (See previous response.) Because I have developed the useful skill of turning my pain in art…well, actually, other people do all the art. So are some of my favorite “Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda” songs by some of the best new and old jazz singers. Check back on Wednesday for a hint about next Saturday night’s show.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album or CD Title

 

  • I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Dance With Me”
  • WOULDN’T IT BE LOVERLY?  /  Shirley Horn  /  “I Love You, Paris”
  • I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU  /  Nat Cole  /  “Tell Me All About Yourself”
  • IF I HAD YOU  /  Nnenna Freelon  /  “Jazz Moods: Mood Indigo”
  • I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU  /  Arthur Prysock/Count Basie  /  “Arthur Prysock & Count Basie”
  • IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A DREAM  /  Diane Marino  /  “Loads Of Love”
  • WHY SHOULDN’T I  / (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Tony Perkins  /  “The Very Best of Tony Perkins”
  • I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN  /  Brianna Thomas  /  “You Must Believe In Love”
  • IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU  /  Frank D’Rone  /  “Falling In Love With Love”
  • IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Send In The Clowns”
  • WOULD YOU BELIEVE?  /  Carmen McRae  /  “At Ratso’s”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master) 

 

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PLAYLIST FOR “ON STRIKE!!” (6.14.14)

16 Jun

This week I went on strike, put random CDs in our 6 CD players, and put the music selection into the audience’s hands.  And let me tell you, I’m not going to do that again – because they did a fantastic job, making me feel far from indispensable. Below is the music they chose at random. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD or Album Title

 

  • YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC  /  Jamie Cullum  /  “Pointless Nostalgic”
  • MAY I COME IN  /  Kevin Mahogany  /  “My Romance”
  • BYE BYE BLACKBIRD  /  Nancy Harms  /  “Into The Indigo”
  • THREE LITTLE WORDS/SIR DUKE  /  Bria Skonberg  /  “Into Your Own”
  • DAY IN-DAY OUT  /  Ella Fitzgerald  /  “The First Lady of Song”
  • I DON’T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT YOU  /  Delicatessen  /  “Goodnight Kiss”
  • SMILE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Robert Downey Jr.  /  “The Futurist”
  • BURNIN’ THE TOAST  /  Suzy Bogguss  /  “Swing”
  • FOUR BROTHERS  /  The King Sisters  /  “Spotlight on The King Sisters”
  • IT’S ALL RIGHT WITH ME  /  Connie Evingson  /  “Stockholm Sweetnin’”
  • I’M THROUGH WITH LOVE  /  Little Jimmy Scott  /  “If You Only Knew”
  • THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Live In Japan”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “BREAKING THE RECORD” (3.22.14)

22 Mar

Once again Turntable For One goes where no other radio program has tried to go. (What do they know that I don’t and when will I ever learn?) I challenged the record for the most number of songs played during the show and, including references from the accompanists, I played 30 in one hour, a record I think will stand for a while – certainly a lot longer than the Duke basketball team. But take a look at the playlist. I’d say the music was a Win-Win for me and everyone else.  

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  Album or CD Title

 

  •  IT DON’T MEAN A THING/I’M CHECKING OUT GOOMBYE  /  Rosemary Clooney  /  “Girl Singer”
  • ALL GOD’S CHILDREN/DO YOU WANT TO JUMP CHILDREN  /  Joe Williams  /  “At Newport ‘63”
  • BRIGAS NUNCA MAIS/FELICIDADE  /  Jackie Ryan  /  “Doozy”
  • WHEN I FALL IN LOVE/MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE  /  Mark Murphy  /  “Once To Every Heart”
  • NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT/THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME/S’WONDERFUL/SWANEE/STRIKE UP THE BAND / Sarah Vaughan  /  “Gershwin Live”
  • WATCH WHAT HAPPENS/FLY ME TO THE MOON/YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC/SHAKING THE BLUES AWAY  /  Mel Torme  /  “Live At Marty’s”
  • SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES/ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE  /  Roberta Gambarini  /  “Easy To Love”
  • I WANT TO BE HAPPY/SOMETIMES I’M HAPPY  /  Jessica Molaskey/John Pizzareli  /  “Waiting In Limbo”
  • TIME AND LOVE/AHMAD JAMAL’S MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT  /  Mark Winkler  /  “The Laura Nyro Project”
  • AMERICAN LULLABY/ NOT WHILE I’M AROUND  /  Veronica Nunn  /  “American Lullaby”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

 

 

 

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PLAYLIST FOR “DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO” RULES TO LIVE BY IN 2014 (1.4.14)

4 Jan

Most shows and hosts try give good advice, especially at this time of year. The best shows and hosts even try to model the behavior and rules they suggest. I do things differently and I think it’s a better system, one that’s much easier on me and, probably, just as effective (if not more) for you. Here are the songs that best illustrate things I won’t be doing in the new year, but you should.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title

  • IN A MELLOW TONE / Sarah Vaughan / “Duke Ellington Songbook Volume 1”
  • RELAX / Cormac Kenevey / “The Art Of Dreaming”
  • AS TIME GOES BY / Ella Fitzgerald / “Ella in Budapest, Hungary
  • RICH INTERIOR LIFE / Ben Sidran / “Don’t Cry For No Hipster”
  • SAMBA SARAVAH / Diana Panton / “To Brazil With Love”
  • KEEP SMILING AT TROUBLE / Tony Bennett / “Live At The Sahara-Las Vegas 1964”
  • LITTLE BLUE MAN / Chaise Lounge / “Dot Dot Dot
  • EV’RYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG / Frank Sinatra / “My Kind Of Broadway”
  • COCKEYED OPTIMIST / (Mystery Vocalist) / Nancy Sinatra / “Shifting Gears”
  • SHALL WE DANCE / Christine Ebersol / “Strings Attached”
  • GOOGLEABLE / Ori Dagan / “More Than Three”
  • MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY / Sophie Milman / “Make Someone Happy”
  • LISTEN HERE / Dave Frishberg / “Classics”
  • PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine / “(Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FROM “DUETS” (12.14.13) (AN ARCHIVED SHOW)

15 Dec

 

 

Ok, so I’m not the Postal Service and snow and rain and wind did stay the completion of my duties on Saturday. But wasn’t it almost as much fun to relive this special show from last year? (I’m probably glad I can’t hear your answer.) My thanks to my special guest host, Siri, for helping me out with a duet behind the mic. But the real stars are below, a fabulous collection of singers and duets. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

 

  • THE LADY IS A TRAMP  /  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  /  “Duets 2”
  • ISN’T IT ROMANTIC?  /  Carmen McRae & Betty Carter  /  “The Carmen McRae  Betty Carter Duets”
  • I CONCENTRATE ON YOU  /  Frank Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim  /  “The Frank Sinatra Collection”
  • SOMETIMES I’M HAPPY/I WANT TO BE HAPPY  /  Jessica Molaskey/John Pizzarelli  /  “Sitting In Limbo”
  • BIG CITY BLUES  /  Barry Manilow & Mel Torme  /  “2:00 AM Paradise Café”
  • CORCOVADO  /  Jackie & Roy  /  “Lovesick”
  • LOVE WON’T LET YOU GET AWAY  /  (Mystery Vocalists)  /  Seth MacFarlane & Sara Bareiles  /  “Music Is Better Than Words”
  • IF I HAD YOU  /  Willie Nelson & Diana Krall  /  “American Classic”
  • TEACH ME TONIGHT  /  Sarah Vaughan & Joe Williams  /  “The Complete Roulette Sarah Vaughan Studio Sessions”
  • I WONDER  /  Tony Bennett & k.d. lang  /  “A Wonderful World”
  • HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN /  Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway  /  “Sibling Revelry”
  • TWO SLEEPY PEOPLE  /  Carly Simon & John Travolta  /  “Film Noir”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO INANIMATE OBJECTS” (10.26.13)

26 Oct

Tired of songs about people who live and breathe and have problems? Me, too. How about an hour of songs about things that don’t live and breathe, though they frequently create problems for us.

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title 

 

  • THE WATERS OF MARCH  /  Holly Cole  /  “Holly Cole” 
  • BAUBLES, BANGLES, AND BEADS  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Come Dance With Me”
  • TELEPHONE SONG  /  Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz  /  “The Girl From Ipanema”
  • MY SHIP  /  Johnny Hartman   /  “The Johnny Hartman Collection”
  • LITTLE BOAT  /  Emilie-Claire Barlow  /  “The Beat Goes On”
  • BROOKLYN BRIDGE  /  Johnny Rodgers  /  “Jule Styne In Hollywood”
  • WHO BOUGHT THE CAR?  /  Clare Teal  /  “Orsino’s Songs”
  • MY ROCKIN’ CHAIR  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Regis Philbin  /  “It’s Time For Regis”
  • SURREY WITH THE FINGE ON TOP  /  Stacey Kent  /  “The Lyric”
  • LOLLIPOPS AND ROSES   /  Jack Jones  /  “Love Ballad”
  • COFFEE TIME  /  Carmen McRae & Andre Previn  /  “Jazz On Film”
  • COFFEE IN A CARDBOARD CUP  /  Mandy Patinkin  /  “Mandy Patinkin”
  • YOU FORGOT YOUR GLOVES  /  Carole Simpson  /  “All About Carole”
  • PAJAMAS  /  Livingston Taylor  /  “Unsolicited Material”
  • A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Sarah Vaughan & The Jimmy Rowles Quartet”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  (THEME MUSIC)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)           

 

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PLAYLIST FOR “A CAPPELLA NIGHT” (4.13.13)

13 Apr

Hearing voices?  You must have been listening to A Cappella night. Thanks. But the 802 called. Musicians will be back next week, and, I guess, so will I. 

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • DON’T WAIT TOO LONG  /  The Idea Of North  /  “Extraordinary Tale”
  • ALWAYS  /  Kenny Rankin  /  “Because Of You”
  • THEME FROM CINEMA PARADISO  /  Petra Haden  /  “Petra Goes To The Movies”
  • SUMMERTIME  /  Sarah  Vaughan  /  “Recital A Paris  (1985)”
  • SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED  /  Kevin Mahogany/Take 6  /  “Pride And Joy”
  • BLUE RONDO A LA TURK  /  Swingle Singers  /  “Mood Swings”
  • WHEN I LOST YOU  /  Tony Bennett  /  “Bennett On Berlin”
  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISTER PRESIDENT  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Marilyn Monroe  /  “The Essentials”
  • TOM’S DINER  /  Suzanne Vega  /  “Solitude Standing”
  • COCKLES AND MUSCLES  /  The Hi-Los  /  “The Hi-Los Happen To Folk Music”
  • A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE  /  Manhattan Transfer  /  “The Very Best Of…”
  • YOU MUST BELIEVE IN SPRING  /  Liz Callaway/Ann Hampton Callaway  /  “Sibling Revelry”
  • THE BEAR  /  Molly Holm  /  “Permission”
  • I’M WITH YOU  /  The Real Group  /  “Nothing But The Real Group”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Theme Music)  /  (Unreleased Master)

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PLAYLIST FOR “SPEED DATING” (4.6.13)

6 Apr

Musical Speed Dating this week, or as I think of it: Match.com meets Musical Chairs! 30 singers in 60 minutes – you do the math.  No other radio program would attempt to do this, although probably for good reasons.  

SONG TITLE  /  Artist  /  CD Or Album Title

  • A FOGGY DAY  /  Sarah Vaughan  /  “Live In Japan”
  • I MARRIED AN ANGEL  /  Sammy Davis Jr.  /  “The Shelter Of Your Arms”
  • JUST YOU JUST ME  /  Ray Charles/Betty Carter  /  “Ray Charles & Betty Carter”
  • YOU’RE GOOD FOR ME  /  Doris Day/Andre Previn  /  “Duet”
  • JUST FRIENDS  /  Tony Bennett  /  ˆ”Tony Sings For Two”
  • MY KIND OF LOVE  /  Patti Page  /  “In The Land Of Hi-Fi”
  • SHOULD I  /  Frank Sinatra  /  “Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session”
  • FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION  /  Frank Sinatra Jr.  /   I”As I Remember It”
  • MOONLIGHT SAVINGS TIME  /  Blossom Dearie  /  “Once Upon A Summertime”
  • SCARS  /  Ian Shaw  /  “A Ghost In Every Bar”
  • YOU’RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME  /  Delicatessen  /  “Jazz+Bossa”
  • I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU  /  Nat Cole  /  “Tell Me All About Yourself”
  • AVALON  /  Natalie Cole  /  “Unforgettable”
  •  FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE  /  (Mystery Vocalist)  /  Bobby McFerrin  /  “Hush”
  • FOUR BROTHERS  /  The King Sisters  /  “Imagination”
  • THE UNCERTAINTY OF A POET  /  Kurt Elling  /  “Man In The Air”
  • SMILE  /  Rickie Lee Jones  /  “It’s Like This”
  • YOU’RE EVERYTHING BUT MINE  /  Joe Williams  /  “Illuminated”
  • LOOK OUT!  /  Joanie Sommers  /  “Look Out It’s Joanie Sommers”
  •  NOBODY’S HEART BELONGS TO ME  /  Lillie Kae  /  “I’m Glad There Is You”
  • I WANT A LITTLE GIRL  /  Billy Eckstine  /  “No Cover No Minimum”
  • KEEP YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL  /  Emmy Rossum  /  “Sentimental Journey”
  • THE GREAT CITY  /  Shirley Horn  /  “But Beautiful”
  • SIGNING OFF  /  Helen Merrill  /  A Date With The Blues”
  • PARIS MISMATCH  / ( Theme Music)  /  Cody Owen Stine  /  (Unreleased Master)

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