What does it take to lose weight? Willpower. Stop biting your nails? Willpower. What does it take to stop watching America’s Got Talent? Half a brain – but that’s a different issue. Getting back on topic: what does it take to give up smoking? Again, Willpower. So let me get this straight: Willpower is forcing yourself not to do something. Wouldn’t it make more sense to call it Won’t-power? But no – everyone gives Willpower all the praise and approbation. Well, not this week! I think Won’t is just as important to songwriters as Will – maybe more important. I tried to prove that with songs about Will and Won’t. I won’t tell you which side won; but I will tell you the music definitely won.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- MY SHINING HOUR / Rebecka Tornqvist / “The Stockholm Kaza Sessions”
- I WON’T DANCE / Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / “Sinatra/Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”
- BABY WON’T YOU PLEASE COME HOME / Ella Fitzgerald / “Twelve Nights In Hollywood”
- PEOPLE WILL SAY WE’RE IN LOVE / Ray Charles & Betty Carter / “Ray Charles & Betty Carter”
- WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR / Fred Rogers / “You Are Special”
- NEVER WILL I MARRY / Sara Gazarek / “Thirsty Ghost”
- I WON’T SCAT / Ron Boustead / “Unlikely Valentine”
- YOU WON’T BE SATISFIED / (Mystery Vocalist) / Debbie Reynolds / “The Best Of Debbie Reynolds”
- WHO WILL TAKE MY PLACE / Freddy Cole / “This And That”
- GOD WILL / Holly Cole / “Holly Cole”
- TROUBLE JUST WON’T GO AWAY / Radam Schwartz Organ Big Band / “Message From Groove & GW”
- LOVE WON’T LET YOU GET AWAY / Seth MacFarlane & Sarah Bareilles / “Music Is Better Than Words”
- THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU / The Real Group / “Live in Stockholm”
- I WON’T GROW UP / Jamie Cullum & Geoff Gascogne / “From The Vaults”
- I WILL / Connie Evingson / “Let it Be Jazz”
- YOU WON’T SEE ME / The Hot Club Of San Francisco / “John Paul George & Django”
- YOU WON’T FORGET ME / Shirley Horn / “You Won’t Forget Me”
- HEART WE WILL FORGET HIM / Cassia DeMayo / “Heart We Will Forget Him”
- WILL YOU STILL BE MINE / Johnny Hartman / “Once In Every Life”
- QUE SERA SERA / Malene Mortensen / “Still In Love With You”
- I WON’T TELL A SOUL / Jimmy Witherspoon & Brother Jack McDuff / “The Blues Is Now”
- WILL I FIND MY LOVE TODAY / Nina Simone / “Nina Simone At Carnegie Hall”
- I WON’T SEND ROSES / Brian Stokes Mitchell / “Plays With Music”
- SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME / Alexis Cole / “Someday My Prince Will Come”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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