Playlist For Sunday, May 22, 2022: Edgy, Irving!

Quel horror. The Tony Awards are but a month away, and I think I've heard 2 of the nominated musicals. Edgy, I ain't. Six, yes. Girl From The North County, yes, as well. But the rest??? I got a CD of Strange Loop, but it's going to take me awhile to listen/appreciate/osmose THAT into my picky pulmonaries. I'd LOVE to get my hands on the tunes from Mr. Saturday Night, but the soundtrack doesn't seem to digitally exist anywhere at present. Ahhhh, me.

Does this look edgy?

So hence the dull edge. So hence we reach back, not forward: To Irving Berlin. Cuz: Irv's birthday was May 15 (see, I'm even late to that!), 1888, but I only now realize that I've never dedicated a 2OTA entirely to him. That's gotta change. Amends must be made. So we'll get Lost In His Arms, go Cheek To Cheek, Do What Comes Naturally, and Say It's Wonderful, because it Always is! Not edgy, no. Not Cole Porter-witty. Not Zippel zesty, or Coleman cool. Just open and eager, easy on the hum, and sometimes tough on the heart. 

 

Hey, edgy enough to get these hot babes! (I don't have to tell YOU who they are, do I?)

 

Hope you can sing and/or shuffle along with me on Sunday. Classic Berlin Broadway. Edgy ENUF! :)

 

Alexander's Ragtime Band (Alice Faye, Alexander's Ragtime Band)

Doin' What Comes Naturally (Bernadette Peters, Annie Get Your Gun) 

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

Anything You Can Do (Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Annie Get Your Gun)

Blue Skies (Al Jolson, The Jazz Singer)

Always (Eugenie Baird, Bing Crosby)

Cheek To Cheek (Fred Astaire, Top Hat)

Mandy (Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, George Murphy, Ann Sothern, Kid Millions)

Heat Wave (Marilyn Monroe, There's No Business Like Show Business)

Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me (Rosemary Clooney, White Christmas)

The Best Things Happen When You're Dancing (Danny Kaye, White Christmas)

Apologia (Ensemble, Louisiana Purchase)

What Chance Have I With Love (George S. Irving, Louisiana Purchase)

Sex Marches On (Ensemble, Louisiana Purchase)

Puttin' On The Ritz (Phil Spitalny and His Orchestra)

Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee (Jeffrey Denman, Meredith Patterson, As Thousands Cheer)

Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee (Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians)

I Love A Piano (Jeffrey Denman, Meredith Patterson, Irving Berlin's White Christmas)

After You Get What You Want (Marilyn Monroe, There's No Business Like Show Business)

A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody (Rudy Vallee)

Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon (Judy Garland, Bing Crosby)

Say It Isn't So (Billie Holiday)

The Hostess With The Mostess (Ethel Merman, Call Me Madam)

It's A Lovely Day Today (Melissa Errico, Lewis Cleale, Call Me Madam)

Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk (Eddie Albert, Miss Liberty)

Top Hat, White Tie, And Tails (Fred Astaire, Top Hat)

Dance With Me (The New York Voices, Louisiana Purchase)

It Only Happens When I Dance With You (Judy Garland, Easter Parade)

What'll I Do? (Harry Nilsson, A Little Touch of Schmilsson In The Night)

How About Me? (Judy Holliday, Trouble Is A Man)

Mr. Monotony (Debbie Shapiro, Jerome Robbin's Broadway)

Remember (Ella Fitzgerald)

They Say It's Wonderful (Bernadette Peters, Tom Wopat, Annie Get Your Gun)

 There's No Business Like Show Business (Ensemble, Annie Get Your Gun)