1,750.) Fri Sept. 17, 2021

Happy Would-Be 100th Birthday Billy Ward! The Song of the Day is: Billy Ward & His Dominoes – “Sixty Minute Man” Recorded in 1951, available on many compilations Sixty-minute man, sixty-minute manLook a here girls I’m telling you nowThey call me “Lovin’ Dan”I rock ’em, roll ’em all night longI’m a sixty-minute manIf you don’t […]

1,704.) Mon Aug. 2, 2021

Remembering Enrico Caruso 100 Years Later The Song of the Day is: Enrico Caruso – “Mi Par D’Udir Ancora” Taken from the Georges Bizet opera Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers) (1904) Mi par d’udire ancoraAscosa in mezzo ai fiorLa voce sua taloraSospirare l’amor O notte di carezzeGioir che non ha finO sovvenir divinFolli […]

1,635.) Tues May 25, 2021

Happy Would-Be 100th Birthday Hal David! The Song of the Day is: Naked Eyes – “Always Something There to Remind Me” From the album Naked Eyes (1983) I walk along the city streets you used to walk along with meAnd every step I take reminds me of just how we used to be Well, how […]

1,576.) Sat Mar. 27, 2021

The Song of the Day is: Koko Taylor – “Wang Dang Doodle” From the album Koko Taylor (1965) Tell automatic slim Tell razor totin’ jim Tell butcher knife totin’ annie Tell fast talkin’ fanny Tonite we’re gonna pitch a ball Down to that union hall Gonna romp and tromp ’till midnite We’re gonna fuss and […]

1,465.) Sun Dec. 6, 2020

Happy Would-Be 100th Birthday, Dave Brubeck! The Song of the Day is: The Dave Brubeck Quartet – “Blue Rondo à la Turk” From the album Time Out (1959) Today we celebrate jazz pianist and band leader Dave Brubeck on what would have been his 100th birthday. Ultimately, he gave a good run at the centennial, […]

1,367.) Sun Aug. 30, 2020

Happy Would-Be 100th Birthday, Charlie Parker The Song of the Day is: Charlie Parker – “Yardbird Suite” Recorded in 1946, available on many compilations Yesterday, we delayed the centennial celebration of Charlie Parker for the noble reason of paying tribute to Chadwick Boseman. Today though, we’re giving Charlie Parker his due. Parker, along with Dizzy […]

1,271.) Tues May 26, 2020

Happy Would-Be 100th Birthday Peggy Lee! The Song of the Day is: Peggy Lee – “Fever” From the album Things Are Swinging (1958) Never know how much I love you Never know how much I care When you put your arms around me I get a fever that’s so hard to bear You give me […]

1,222.) Tues Apr. 7, 2020

Happy Would-Be 100th Birthday Ravi Shankar The Song of the Day is: Ravi Shankar – “Discovery of India” From the soundtrack to the film Gandhi (1982) Today would have been the 100 birthday of Ravi Shankar. After a long and eventful life, he died at age 92 in late 2012. As an unofficial cultural ambassador, […]

1,050.) Fri Oct. 18, 2019

Jazz Week / Happy Would-Be 100th Birthday Anita O’Day! The Song of the Day is: Anita O’Day – “Old Devil Moon” From the album Anita Sings the Most (1957) Full of butterflies inside Want to cry, want to croon, want to laugh like a loon It’s that old devil moon in your eyes Just when […]

1,043.) Fri Oct. 11, 2019

Jazz Week/Happy Would-Be 100th Birthday Art Blakey! The Song of the Day is: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – “Moanin’” From the album Moanin’ (1959) It’s that time of year again! This will be our third mid-October jazz week. I started celebrating it two years ago, when I bookended it between the 100th anniversaries […]