This week, as another in a series of uncalled for public services, I tried to warn you about a musical danger which is as rampant as it is clever – Anthropomorphism in the Great American Songbook. Don’t try to thank me — just doing my job. Okay, I changed my mind. Go ahead, try to thank me.
Here’s the playlist of the examples I chose.
Talk to you next week.
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- TALK TO THE ANIMALS / Bobby Darin / “If I Were A Carpenter”
- STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT / Carmen McRae / “Velvet Soul”
- THREE BEARS / Mark Winkler / “Mark Winkler Sings Bobby Troup”
- WITH A SONG IN MY HEART / Fay Claasson / “With A Song In My Heart”
- I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART / Tony Bennett / “Jazz”
- IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN / Judy Wexler / “Dreams And Shadows”
- SKYLARK / (Mystery Vocalist) / The Nutty Squirrels / “Bird Watching”
- SKYLARK / Real Group / “Unreal”
- OLD DEVIL MOON / Frank Sinatra Jr. / “As I Remember It”
- THEN I’LL BE TIRED OF YOU / Peggy Lee / “Riding High”
- COTTON TAIL / Maude Hixson / (Promo CD)
- THE DUCK / Emilie-Claire Barlow / “The Very Thought Of You”
- BLACKBIRD / Kenny Rankin / “Silver Morning”
- OLD MAN RIVER / Bela Karoli / “Furnished Rooms”
- TIME YOU OLD GYPSY MAN / Julius LaRosa / “It’s A Wrap”
- PARIS MISMATCH / Cody Owen Stine / (Unreleased Master)
TURNTABLE FOR ONE 