Fundraising week! Make a pledge, make a request. A few people made a request (*) and more just opened their wallets. It was a good night filled with gratitude and songs about the magic words, Please and Thank You.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- PLEASE BE KIND / Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / “Sinatra/Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings”
- OPPORTUNITY PLEASE KNOCK / Jackie Ryan / “Doozy”
- MUSIC, MAESTRO, PLEASE / Freddy Cole & Bill Charlap Trio / “Music Maestro, Please”
- YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME / Ellen Andersson / “You Should Have Told Me”
- DINNER FOR ONE PLEASE, JAMES / Joe Williams / “Ballad & Blues Master”
- PLEASE CONSIDER ME / Kat Edmonson / “Old Fashioned Gal”
- *YOU’RE THE TOP / Ella Fitzgerald / “The Cole Porter Songbook”
- RAT RACE / Double Six Of Paris / “Le Double Six”
- PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I’M GONE / Cleo Laine / “Cleo Laine At Carnegie Hall”
- MERCY, MERCY, MERCY / Cannonball Adderley Quintet / “Cannonball Adderley Sextet Live”
- THANKS FOR THE MEMORY / Bob Hope & Shirley Ross / “Thanks For The Memories”
- *CALL ME / Nancy Wilson / “Outta Sight”
- PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE / B.B. King & Gladys Knight / “How Blue Can You Get”
- PLEASE DON’T THINK IT’S FUNNY / Holly Yarbrough / “Mr. Rogers Swings”
- PLEASE BELONG TO ME / Mark Winkler / “Sings Bobby Troup”
- THANKYOUS / Janis Ian / “Stars”
- *NO HEADSTONE FOR MY GRAVE / Esther Phillips / “No Headstone For My Grave”
- I DON’T WANT TO BE LONELY TONIGHT / Simone Kopmajer / “My Favorite Songs”
- FOR ALL WE KNOW / Johnny Hartman / “Once In Every Life”
- *BIJOU / Woody Herman / “20 Golden Pieces”
- COME SUNDAY / Dee Dee Bridgewater / “Queens Of Jazz”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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