Show #23 — Lainie Kazan: Feb. 18–23, 2008

1. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
2. From This Moment On
3. My Way
4. It Could Happen To You
5. Come Fly With Me
6. The End Of A Love Affair
7. I'm A Fool To Want You
8. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
9. Day In—Day Out
10. [ Someone To Watch Over Me (live) ]
11. How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
12. I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night
13. It Was A Very Good Year

[ Song in brackets was not introduced or referenced by Lainie Kazan. ]

From the Siriusly Sinatra web page:

Kenny G Hosts Playing Favorites
Mon 2/25 6:00 pm ET

Contemporary jazz saxophonist Kenny G stops by this week to play some of the Frank Sinatra recordings that he loves best including some Frank duets. And listen next week for guitarist John Pizzarelli Playing Favorites on Siriusly Sinatra!

Rebroadcasts: Thurs., Feb. 28th @ 3 pm ET & Sat., Mar. 1st @ 12 pm ET.

Show #24 — Kenny G: Feb. 25–Mar. 1, 2008

1. All The Way
2. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
3. Barbra Streisand & FS – I've Got A Crush On You
4. Witchcraft
5. Sammy Davis, Jr. – The Candy Man
6. Peggy Lee – Fever
7. I've Got The World On A String
8. South Of The Border
9. (Theme From) New York, New York
10. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
11. Kenny G – All The Way / FS – One For My Baby (electronic duet)

From the Siriusly Sinatra web page:

John Pizzarelli Hosts Playing Favorites
Mon 3/3 6:00 pm ET

Jazz guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli is a student of Frank’s recordings so it’ll be a treat to have him at the microphone on this week’s Playing Favorites show. John will offer up some great Frank recordings from four different decades of recording excellence.

Rebroadcasts: Thurs., Mar. 6th @ 3 pm ET & Sat., Mar. 8th @ 12 pm ET.

Show #25 — John Pizzarelli: Mar. 3–8, 2008

1. After You've Gone - Qwest 1984
2. Body And Soul - Columbia 1947
   [ All I Need Is The Girl ]
3. Can't We Be Friends? - Capitol 1955
4. Come Rain Or Come Shine - Reprise 1961
5. From This Moment On - Capitol 1956
   [ My Way ]
6. I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) - Columbia 1945
7. In The Still Of The Night - Reprise 1960
8. It's Sunday (with Tony Mottola, solo guitar) - Reprise 1983
9. River, Stay 'Way From My Door - Capitol 1960
10. The Street Of Dreams - Reprise 1979

[ Songs in brackets (original broadcast only) were not introduced or referenced by John Pizzarelli. ]

[jimsully]

excellent choice for playing favorites host
his tribute album to Frank Sinatra is great which is called Dear, Mr Sinatra- which I assume we all knew anyways. Its right up there with Tony Bennett's perfectly frank
Just had an idea for Nancy's show- called dedicated to Frank- play selections from bennetts, pizarelli's, lou rawls, steve tyrell's micheal boltons, keely smiths, johnny mann singers, basie, petersons, the boston pops etc's tribute albums along with the best of sinatra
dont forgot frank jrs tribute album and some of nancy's songs that reflect of her dad

just my two cents worth

From the Siriusly Sinatra web page:

Judy Collins Hosts Playing Favorites
Mon 3/10 6:00 pm ET

This week, singer Judy Collins plays her favorites by Frank and shares her memories of this timeless music.

Rebroadcasts: Thurs., Mar. 13th @ 3 pm ET & Sat., Mar. 15th @ 12 pm ET.

This program is a repeat of Show #5 from Oct. 1–6, 2007.

From the Siriusly Sinatra web page:

Tom Brokaw Hosts Playing Favorites
Mon 3/17 6:00 pm ET

This week, journalist Tom Brokaw stops in to share his memories of Frank and play a stack of his favorite Sinatra recordings.

Rebroadcasts: Thurs 3/20 3 pm ET & Sat 3/22 12 pm ET

Show #26 — Tom Brokaw: Mar. 17–22, 2008

1. September Of My Years - Live 1966 [Reprise 1965]
2. I've Got You Under My Skin - Capitol 1956
   [ The Gal That Got Away / It Never Entered My Mind - Reprise 1981 ]
3. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) - Capitol 1958
4. Strangers In The Night - Reprise 1966
5. (Theme From) New York, New York - Reprise 1979
   [ Luck Be A Lady - Live 1966 ]
6. The Lady Is A Tramp - Capitol 1956
7. My Way - Reprise 1968
   [ Angel Eyes / Monologue - Live 1974 ]
8. Come Fly With Me - Reprise 1965
   [ All I Need Is The Girl - Reprise 1967 ]

[ Songs in brackets from original airing only; unnumbered tracks not introduced or referenced by Tom Brokaw. ]

[SinatraFan]

It's going to be interesting to hear Tom Brokaw host the show.

From the Siriusly Sinatra web page:

Steve Tyrell Hosts Playing Favorites
Mon 3/24 6:00 pm ET

This week, singer Steve Tyrell is in to play some of the Sinatra records he loves best. Steve has recorded a full album of Frank songs and is a personal friend of the Sinatra family. Listen for his picks this week only on Siriusly Sinatra.

Rebroadcasts: Thurs 3/27 3 pm ET, Sat 3/29 12 pm ET.

[Nancy]

Tom Brokaw was wonderful today.

Yes, and he'll be on again Saturday for those who missed him.

[jimsully]

though a week behind, I wanted to comment on the Judy collins show of playing favorites. This too was a great show, with great comments and great songs

I knew that "send in the clowns" was going to be on the list.
I had always thought judy's version other than the plays was the first but she said it was recorded before her version. who came first ?
that reminds bob, did you ever complete your list of songs sinatra introduced?

nice show - i was also thinking she might play "both sides now"

nice show all around

This week's program hosted by Steve Tyrell is a repeat of Show #4 from Sep. 24–29, 2007.

From the Siriusly Sinatra web page:

Joel Grey Hosts Playing Favorites
Mon 3/31 6:00 pm ET

This week, musical theatre star Joel Grey pays a visit to Siriusly Sinatra to play some of the recordings he loves best including some music that Frank introduced on the screen and a rarely heard duet with Rosemary Clooney.

Rebroadcasts: Thurs., April 3rd @ 3 pm ET & Sat., April 5th @ 12 pm ET.

Show #27 — Joel Grey: Mar. 31–Apr. 5, 2008

1. I Won't Dance - Capitol 1956
2. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) - Movie 1956: The Joker Is Wild
   [ We'll Be Together Again - Capitol 1956 ]
3. Cherry Pies Ought To Be You (duet with Rosemary Clooney) - Columbia 1950
4. When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love - Reprise 1963
5. { I'll Be Seeing You (with Tommy Dorsey Orchestra) - Victor 1940 }
   [ Granada - Reprise 1961 ]
6. It Had To Be You - Reprise 1979
7. Lost In the Stars - Reprise 1963
   [ I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - Capitol 1956 ]
8. Oh! What It Seemed To Be - Reprise 1963
9. { Dick Haymes with Harry James Orchestra – I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) }
10. You're Awful (duet with Betty Garrett) - Movie 1949: On The Town
    [ All Or Nothing At All - Reprise 1966 ]
11. You Are Too Beautiful - Columbia 1945
12. Thanks For The Memory - Reprise 1981

[ Songs in brackets were not introduced or referenced by Joel Grey during the original broadcast week. ]
{ Songs in braces were played in a later repeat broadcast. }

From the Siriusly Sinatra web page:

Phil Ramone Hosts Playing Favorites
Mon 4/7 6:00 pm ET

Join Siriusly Sinatra as we welcome legendary record producer Phil Ramone to the studio. Phil grew up with Frank's music playing through his home and shares his memories of not only being a Sinatra fan, but of working with Frank during the 1960s. He'll play songs from the 1940s, '50s and '60s on this week's episode of Playing Favorites.

Rebroadcast: Thurs 4/10 3:00 pm ET, Sat 4/12 12:00 pm ET.

Show #28 — Phil Ramone: Apr. 7–12, 2008

1. Ol' Man River
2. [ Stormy Weather ]
3. The House I Live In
4. All Of Me
5. I Get A Kick Out Of You
6. [ Just One Of Those Things ]
7. All The Way
8. [ I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' ]
9. Nice 'N Easy
10. Too Marvelous For Words
11. [ The Way You Look Tonight ]
12. Falling In Love With Love
13. Fly Me To The Moon (live)
14. [ Louis Armstrong – Let's Do It ]

[ Songs in brackets were not introduced or referenced by Phil Ramone. ]

After 27 different shows, the "formula" for Playing Favorites is now apparent: The guest host is asked to select ten or so songs and record appropriate introductions and/or followups for those. Then, Sirius inserts additional random material in between the host's selections to fill out the hour (usually different songs for each of the three shows during the week). The problem is that the Sirius selections often do not match those of the guest DJ.

For example, this week, musical theater star Joel Grey chose mostly Broadway and film songs, including some rarely heard material such as the Rosemary Clooney duet "Cherry Pies Ought To Be You" and the Betty Garrett duet "You're Awful" from On The Town. But the Sirius programmer inserted pop songs like "We'll Be Together Again" and "Granada," which didn't really match the mood and style set down by Joel Grey.

What's worse is when they sometimes insert songs in the wrong places. In today's broadcast, Joel Grey introduced "I'll Be Seeing You," but they played "Granada" instead. A similar but different mistake was made earlier in the week. A little more attention to detail by Sirius would make these shows much more enjoyable.