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Ordinary Mothers (Live) by Audra McDonald

SONG OF THE DAY “Ordi­nary Moth­ers (Live)” by Audra McDon­ald (Sond­heim: The Birth­day Con­cert, Image Enter­tain­ment, 2010). Writ­ten and com­posed by Stephen Sond­heim. WHERE I HEARD IT I watched Sond­heim: The Birth­day Con­cert (2010) on Net­flix the other day. AMAZING!! VIDEO OF THE DAY

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Losing My Mind (Live) by Marin Mazzie

SONG OF THE DAY “Los­ing My Mind (Live) as per­formed by Marin Mazzie (Sond­heim: The Birth­day Con­cert, Image Enter­tain­ment, 2010). Writ­ten and com­posed by Stephen Sond­heim. WHERE I HEARD IT I watched Sond­heim: The Birth­day Con­cert (2010) on Net­flix the other day. AMAZING!! I have been obsessed with Marin Mazzie eversince she led the revival cast of …

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I Got The Sun In The Morning by Doris Day

SONG OF THE DAY “I Got The Sun In The Morn­ing” by Doris Day (Show Time, Colum­bia, 1960). Writ­ten by Irv­ing Berlin. WHY? Well, this is one of my favorite songs, and from one of my favorite musi­cals. And although the orig­i­nal cast recording—with Ethel Mer­man as Annie—is obvi­ously tops, I thought I’d intro­duce you to …

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Top Hat, White Tie & Tails by Ella Fitzgerald

SONG OF THE DAY “Top Hat, White Tie & Tails” by Ella Fitzger­ald (Ella Fitzger­ald Sings the Irv­ing Berlin Song­book, Verve Records, 1958). Writ­ten by Irv­ing Berlin. WHERE I HEARD IT Sea­son 8 (2011 Sum­mer) of the U.S. ver­sion of So You Think you Can Dance. VIDEO OF THE DAY

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Let Me Tell You About My Boat by Mark Mothersbaugh

SONG OF THE DAY “Let Me Tell You About My Boat” by Mark Moth­ers­baugh (The Life Aquatic With Steve Zis­sou, Hol­ly­wood Records, 2004). Writ­ten by Mark Moth­ers­baugh. WHERE I HEARD IT This song and sound­track were rec­om­mended to me by my hus­band, as I have yet to see the movie. I’m still stuck on Rush­more, and listen …