Playlist For December 1, 2019: More (or Less) Loesser

The holiday season is upon us! Whether you want it or not, it's that Fa La La time again on radio stations, in Walmart aisles, and on your Amex bill. Seems as tho it was just Thanksgiving...wait, it ISN'T EVEN Thanksgiving. It all starts in August, I guess, just after you buy your argyle knee-highs and spiffy new pencil box (do they even SELL pencil boxes anymore?)(I know, I'll ask for one from Santa!), and then WHAM! They start shoving the Labor Day Sales off the counters, and get the flocking out. And boy can they flock!

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 or maybe this, Santa.

 Last week I did a (sorta)(pretend) Thanksgiving edition of 2 On The Aisle, and in about 3 weeks I'll do Christmas Broadway (and Hannukah! Spent in Santa Monica!), but we are now in the Limbo Between, so I will take full advantage of that fact and play...Frank Loesser. Frank is one of my favorite Golden Age composer/lyricists, so why not take 2 hours and do the oldies, the over-played, yet dear-to-my heart Loesser Songbook? Guys. Dolls. Pierreponts. Rosemarys. Joey Joey Joeys. Plus Betty's Hamlet, and Frank himself with the song that got him an actual membership in The Plumbers' Association: Bloop Bleep. So it'll be Broadway at its Loesser Best.

I'll cheat a bit (don't I always?) with a smidgen of Gershwin, and a theme or 7. Is that disloyal, Frank? Best (Broadway) intentions, pal. Baby, it'll be cold outside, so listen in on Sunday, while maybe you scarf down that turkey club or write that Santa letter. Put your heart and soul into it. I will! :)


If I Were A Bell (Josie De Guzman, Guys And Dolls)
The Crapshooter's Dance (Instrumental, Guys And Dolls)
Pet Me Poppa (Vivian Blaine, The Hot Box Girls, Guys And Dolls)
My Time of Day (Peter Gallagher, Guys And Dolls)
Sue Me (Faith Prince, Nathan Lane, Guys And Dolls)
The Most Happy Fella (Robert Weede, Ensemble, The Most Happy Fella)
Standing On The Corner (Shorty Long, The Most Happy Fella)
Sposalizio (Company, The Most Happy Fella)
Delishious (Bobby Short, Bobby Short Is K-RA-ZY For Gershwin)
Do It Again (Judy Garland, Live At Carnegie Hall)
Long Ago And Far Away (Michael Feinstein, Romance On Film, Romance On
       Broadway)
Been A Long Day (Bonnie Scott, Robert Morse, Claudette Sutherland,
       How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying)
Paris Original (How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying)
Brotherhood Of Man (Robert Morse, Company, How To Succeed In
       Business Without Really Trying)
Elegance (Charles Nelson Reilly, Eileen Brennan, Jerry Dodge, Sondra
       Lee, Hello Dolly!)
Class (Chris Sarandon, Nick & Nora)
Class (Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera, Chicago)
Doesn't That Mean Anything To You? (Andrea Marcovicci, If I Were A Bell -
       The Songs Of Frank Loesser) 
Heart And Soul (Jason Graae, Ensemble, Forever Plaid)
Bloop Bleep (Frank Loesser)
Hamlet (Betty Hutton, Red Hot And Blue)
Bells Are Ringing (Ensemble, Bells Are Ringing)
I Can Hear The Bells (Marissa Jaret Winokur, Hairspray)
I Hear Bells (George Lee Andrews, Starting Here, Starting Now)
Ring Them Bells (Liza Minnelli, Liza With A Z)
Baby, It's Cold Outside (John Schneider, Tom Wopat, Home For Christmas)
I Don't Want To Walk Without You (Judy Kuhn, Just In Time)
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (Andrea Marcovicci
        If I Were A Bell - The Songs of Frank Loesser)
Never Will I Marry (Judy Garland)
Joey, Joey, Joey (Leslie Odom Jr., Leslie Odom Jr.)
I Believe In You (Frank Loesser, An Evening With Frank Loesser)
If I Were A Bell/Take Bake Your Mink (Faith Prince, Ensemble,
       Guys And Dolls)