Playlist For Sunday, January 16, 2022: Broadway Birthday....and a Magical Musical Tour

So 3 times vaxxed and still I get it? Well, I'm not sure. Yet. 

These days, you get a sore throat, a cough, and need to go to bed at 8:30pm, you no longer think you have a cold. You take a test. You take 2 tests. You believe neither result. You hunker down (waking up at 9am? This chick? Yup, really sleeeeeeping) and wait for the serious 3-5 day test results to come in. So I'm waiting. And sleeping.

That's why I wasn't "on deck" for a live 2OTA yesterday with that "long-anticipated" Dave Edition. Which will need to be postponed til January 23rd. Because January 16th (our next, hopefully LIVE and A-LIVE edition) is Ethel Merman's birthday, and we simple must clear said decks for The Merm. 

 

She's so freaking energetic. I can barely take the garbage out.

Okay, now I know not everybody on the planet loves Ethel. Not everybody would want to actually listen to 2 full hours of this ICON of the musical "firm-ma-mint". So for those folks, we'll delegate Ethel to the 2nd hour only. Hour Number 1 will be a short tour of the USA, with stops in Virginia, Michigan, Rhode Island, and of course Buffalo. So just know that if The Merman Belt sets your teeth on edge, just tune in from 3-4pm and then run like the wind. :) 

 

Dave and his friends will be on board for Jan.23rd.

So I now need to sit on my hands for a couple more days, waiting for my energy and creative drive to return. When I reach for that first cuppa Joe, then I'll know I'm back to the Land of the Living. Meanwhile, Darjeeling....ugh.

 

 

Freedom (Donna Theodore, Chip Ford, Shenandoah)

New York, New York (Cris Alexander, Adolph Green, John Battles, On The Town)

Chicago, Illinois (Lesley Ann Warren, Victor/Victoria)

Big "D" (Shorty Long, Susan Johnson, The Most Happy Fella)

Shuffle Off To Buffalo (Carole Cook, Joseph Bova, Karen Prunczik, 42nd Street)

I Happen To Like New York (Bobby Short, Live At The Cafe Carlyle)

Sun On My Face (Robert Morse, Tony Roberts, Elaine Joyce, Sugar)

Rhode Island Is Famous For You (Jack Haley, Inside U.S.A.)

I Was Born In Virginia (James Cagney, Jean Cagney, Rosemary DeCamp, Walter Huston, Yankee Doodle Dandy)

I Want To Go Back To Michigan (Judy Garland, Easter Parade)

Maine (Richard Kiley, Diahann Carroll, No Strings)

Come, Oh Come (To Pittsburgh)(Beatrice Lillie, Inside U.S.A.)

Paducah (John Bartis, Shoestring Revue)

Kansas City (Gene Nelson, Oklahoma!)

What A Country! (Ray Bolger, All American)

Another Winter In A Summer Town (Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens)

Winter's On The Wing (John Cameron Mitchell, The Secret Garden)

Our Winter Love (Bill Purcell)

Winter Song (Leslie Odom, Jr., Simply Christmas) 

Some People (Ethel Merman, Gypsy) 

I Got The Sun In The Morning (Ethel Merman, Annie Get Your Gun)

You're The Top (Ethel Merman, Anything Goes)

Anything Goes (Ethel Merman, Anything Goes)

Make It Another Old Fashioned (Ethel Merman, Panama Hattie)

I Got Rhythm (Ethel Merman, Girl Crazy)

Sam And Delilah (Klea Blackhurst, Everything The Traffic Will Allow)

I Said My Pajamas (And Put On My Pray'rs)(Ethel Merman, Ray Bolger)

I Got Lost In His Arms (Ethel Merman, Annie Get Your Gun)

Just A Moment Ago (Ethel Merman, Happy Hunting)

Everything's Coming Up Roses (Ethel Merman, Gypsy)

Eadie Was A Ladie (Ethel Merman, Take A Chance)