Feb 17

God
god bless the child - billie holiday
surely god is able - marion williams
god only knows - the beach boys
if i should fall from grace with god - the pogues
God Bless America - Kate Smith
Tears Of God - Los Lobos
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - Bruce Cockburn
God Must Be A Boogie Man - Joni Mitchell
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Nat King Cole

Dog
other dogs remain - robert pollard
i wanna be your dog - uncle tupelo
hound dog - junior wells
give me back my wig - hound dog taylor
Eli’s Coming - Three Dog Night
My Dog Was Lost But Now He’s Found - The Fiery Furnaces
Puttin’ On The Dog - Tom Waits

Cat
catfish blues - taj mahal and toumani diabate
wildcat - ratatat
Black Cat Blues - Buddy Guy

Time
hard times come again no more - kate & anna mcgarrigle
one more time - clash
overtime - lucinda williams
time after time - tony bennett
the politics of time - minutemen
hard times come again no more - mavis staples
truth n’ time - al green
Time Remembered - Bill Evans
Time Passes Slowly - Bob Dylan
4th time around - Bob Dylan
All The Time - Tom Waits
Hard Time Killing Floor - Buddy Guy
Time After Time - Ernestine Anderson
Summertime - Ernestine Anderson
Some Other Time - Ernestine Anderson
Time Enough For Rocking When We’re Old -The Magnetic Fields
Summertime - Shirley Horn
A Matter Of Time - Los Lobos
One Time One Night - Los Lobos

Friend
just friends - charlie parker
we hate it when our friends become successful - morrissey
what a friend - marion williams
My Only Friend - The Magnetic Fields
girl friend - the modern lovers

Thing
these foolish things - billie holiday
i can’t give you anything but love - louis armstrong
sweet thing - van morrison
your favorite thing - sugar
not ideas about the thing but the thing itself - wallace stevens
everything in its right place - radiohead
these foolish things - bryan ferry & roxy music
just one of those things - louis armstrong
everything must change - shirley horn
i wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing - pet shop boys
something (beatles cover) - radiohead (thom yorke)
There’s No Such Thing as Love - Carmen McRae
do nothing till you hear from me - ella fitzgerald
It’s Your Thing - The Isley Brothers
at the bottom of everything - bright eyes
i don’t want nobody to give me nothing (open up the door i’ll get it myself) - james brown
Shiny Things - Tom Waits
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinéad O’Connor

1 comment so far

  1. 1 Buzz
    3:08 pm - 3-2-2007

    Speaking of Billie Holiday, There is a great group on Yahoo called Billie Holiday And The Disciples Of Swing that salutes the art of vocal jazz. During February they were celebrating Girl Singers Month and this weeks playlist includes several tracks by Billie that were recorded in 1957 at The Stratford Shakespeare Festival. You should check them out. Here is the link to the group and the current playlist:

    http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/BillieHoliday_And_The_Disciples_Of_Swing/01

    01 And This Is My Beloved.mp3 Gloria Lynne at Basin Street 912 K

    01 As Long As I Live.mp3 Peggy Lee (rehearsal, 1962)

    01 Darktown Strutters Ball.mp3 Alberta Hunter, 1978

    01 I Didn’t Know What Time It Was.mp3 Sarah Vaughan, 198X

    01 Manhattan.mp3 Lee Wiley

    01 S’Wonderful.mp3 Ella Fitzgerald and Sammy Davis Jr.

    01 They Raided The Joint.mp3 Helen Humes at the Pasadena Auditorium, 1952

    02 Loud Talkin’ Woman.mp3 Helen Humes at the Pasadena Auditorium, 1952

    02 The More I See You.mp3 Keely Smith, studio session, 6/20/1985

    02 Willow Weep For Me.mp3 Billie Holiday, Toronto, 8/57

    03 Flying Home.mp3 Ella Fitzgerald, Carnegie Hall, 9/18/1949

    03 I Only Have Eyes For You.mp3 Billie Holiday, Toronto, 8/57

    03 I’ll Get Along Somehow.mp3 Nancy Wilson

    03 Mood Indigo.mp3 Lena Horne and Tony Bennett

    04 Billie’s Blues.mp3 Billie Holiday, Toronto, 8/57

    04 Lucky Day.mp3 Annie Ross,1959

    04 One Night Stand.mp3 Janis Joplin, 1970

    04 Why Don’t You Do Right.mp3 Linda Hopkins, 6/18/82

    05 After You’ve Gone.mp3 Kay Starr, 1975

    05 Azure-te.mp3 Ernestine Anderson, studio session, 1958

    05 Lover Come Back To Me.mp3 Billie Holiday, Toronto, 8/57

    05 Miss Brown to You.mp3 Carmen McRae, studio session, 6/29/1961

    06 Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby.mp3 Ann Richards, studio session, 1960

    07 I’d Rather Go Blind.mp3 Etta James live at Memory Lane, 1986

    07 Influences.mp3 Billie Holiday

    07 The Way We Were.mp3 Peggy Lee (1974 Academy Awards)

    08 My Funny Valentine.mp3 Anita O’Day at Carnegie Hall, 1986

    08 No Ways Tired.mp3 The Barret Sisters, 1983

    08 You’ve Changed.mp3 Shelby Lynne, studio session,

    09 But Not For Me.mp3 Gladys Knight

    09 Influences part 2.mp3 Billie Holiday, Toronto, 8/57

    09 Porgy.mp3 Nina Simone at Westbury Music Fair, 1968

    09 Skylark.mp3 Aretha Franklin, Detroit Music Hall 1986

    10 Mean Way Of Loving.mp3 Helen Humes at the Pasadena Auditorium, 1952

    13 He Brought Us.mp3 The Barret Sisters, 1983

    13 My Funny Valentine_The Gentleman is a Dope.mp3 Peggy Lee and Lena Horne, 1978

    15 I Wish You Love 1.mp3 Barbra Streisand, JFK Stadium 1966

    15 More.mp3 Baby Jane Dexter

    15 Only The Lonely.mp3 Aretha Franklin, studio session, 7/16/64

    17 I Cried For You.mp3 Helen Humes at the Pasadena Auditorium, 1952

    17 You Turned The Tables On Me.mp3 Anita O’Day on the BBC, 1964

    18 Medley.mp3 Anita O’Day and Chris Connor at Michaels Pub, 1989

    19 If I Were A Bell.mp3 June Christy Live At The Dunes

    20 It Don’t Mean A Thing.mp3 June Christy Live At The Dunes

    21 Jeepers Creepers.mp3 june Christy Live At The Dunes

    22 Too Marvelous.mp3 June Christy Live At The Dunes

    25 Mixed Emotions.mp3 Dinah Washington Live At Basin Street, 7/10/55

    26 Come Rain Or Shine.mp3 Dinah Washington Live At Basin Street, 7/10/55

    http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/BillieHoliday_And_The_Disciples_Of_Swing/

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