Playlist For Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023: Broadway at its Good. No, Better! Wait...Best!

Social whirl month. I have 17 friends with birthdays in October. Man, everybody must be copulating in February, because I have it on the best authority that October has the MOST birthdays of all the months (Valentine's Day? Let's talk Valentine's Night.). So a plethora of Libras (like moi) demanding dinners, soirees, and raves. :)

 

Is this a rave? Google says so.

So if YOU'RE one of them, best wishes and huzzahs... and requests (for future shows, not minks. You'd only "Take them back")??

 

 

Alert: NEXT WEEK, I hope you can tune it...because October 15th we'll have a guest co-host, Bellisant, aka my demon child. Fresh from Filadelphia, where they were performing in that fair city's Fringe Festival. That'll be the first Sunday of Jazz90.1's Fall Pledge Drive, so I'm hoping their presence will bring in contributions in DROVES, whatever droves are. CALL in and talk to B or me (or snub us entirely and do it online, all good).

 

Robert Morse singing in his socks on Mad Men.

Note Roladex. I miss my Roladex.

 

But THIS Sunday, it is indeed ALL Good...or Better...or Best. That's our theme. Because speaking of plethoras and droves, there are certainly a huge-ish number of Goods, Betters, and Bests in the pantheon of Broadway. The Good Times will indeed roll, the Best Things (in life) will be free, and it's sometimes/always/never Better with a Man. Just please don't make me be good, fie on all that goodness, and diamond (earrings) are always a broad's best friend. Stuff like that. 

Tune in. Like a couple of my listeners who watch Sunday Bills' games on mute, while listening to 2 On The Aisle. Tackles tumble, passes fumble, but Broadway taps on! :)

 

Let The Good Times Roll (Ron Taylor, Ensemble, It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues)

Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (Vincent Pastore, Helene Yorke, Zach Braff, Betsey Wolfe, Bullets Over Broadway)

Those Were The Good Ole Days (Ray Walston, Damn Yankees)

God, That's Good (Ken Jennings, Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou, Sweeney Todd)

Please Don't Make Me Be Good (Robyn Hurder, The New Yorkers)

Fie On Goodness (Ensemble, Camelot)

It Was Good Enough For Grandma (Celeste Holm, Bloomer Girl)

Being Good (Leslie Uggams, Hallelujah, Baby!)

Doing Good (Bob Holiday, It's A Bird...It's A Plane...It's Superman)

Be Good To Me (Peggy Lee, Black Coffee)

All I Need (Is One Good Break)(Liza Minnelli, Flora The Red Menace)

When You're Good To Mamma (Mary McCarty, Chicago)

There Must Be Something Better Than This (Pearl Bailey, Arms And The Girl)

Rich Is Better (Company, How Now, Dow Jones)

High Is Better Than Low (Mary Martin, George Wallace, Jennie)

Better With A Man (Jefferson Mayes, A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder)

Life Could Not Better Be (Danny Kaye, The Court Jester)

You Better Love Me (Tammy Grimes, High Spirits)

Better Luck Next Time (Judy Garland, Easter Parade)

Isn't This Better? (Karen Mason, Ensemble, And The World Goes 'Round)

Better (Lonny Price, Ensemble, A Class Act)

The Best Thing For You (Ethel Merman, Call Me Madam)

My Best Girl (Frankie Michaels, Angela Lansbury, Mame)

Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend (Carol Channing, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)

The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing (Danny Kaye, The Skylarks)

The Best Things In Life Are Free (Kim Huber, Michael Gruber, Good News)

The Country's In The Very Best Of Hands (Peter Palmer, Stubby Kaye, Lil' Abner)

The Best In The World (Kate Draper, A Day In Hollywood/A Night In The Ukraine)

The Best Things In Life Are Free (Robert Morse, Mad Men)

The Best Of Times (George Hearn, Company, La Cage Aux Folles)