Stranger Songs
Tuesday September 23rd, 2025 with Mike Regenstreif
Part 1 – "If It Were Up to Me"; Part 2 – Songs of Cole Porter.
The themes this week on Stranger Songs are "If It Were Up to Me" and Songs of Cole Porter.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| Part 1 – "If It Were Up to Me"
Cheryl Wheeler wrote If It Were Up to Me more than 25 years ago about the epidemic of gun violence in the United States – an epidemic that was bad then and which has only grown worse since. The Advocate Collective included Aaron Parnell Brown, Andy Rogovin, Beth Wood, Crys Matthews, Danielle Miraglia, Erik Balkey, Genevieve, Joe Crookston, Kim Moberg, Lilli Lewis, Lisa Bastoni, Monique Byrne, Mya Byrne, Neale Eckstein, Pat Wictor, Rod MacDonald, Tom Prasada-Rao, Tret Fure, and Vance Gilbert. |
| If It Were Up to Me The Advocate Collective - If It Were Up to Me – single - Hudson Harding Music |
| Roll Call Eric Bogle - A Toss of the Coin - Greentrax |
| When Angels Fall Ellis Paul - 55 - Rosella |
| Broken Down in America HuDost - The Monkey in the Crown - Open Sesame Music
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| Don't You Hear Them America Kemp Harris - The America Chronicles - Righteous Mischief 
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| Johnny Got a Gun Tom Paxton - Wearing the Time - Sugar Hill |
| Louder Than Guns Friction Farm - Stone By Stone - Friction Farm
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| Dangerland (Love People Not Guns) Eric Andersen - Eric Andersen in (Spoken) Pieces - EARecords |
| What If, No Matter Magpie - A Tiding - Longtail |
| Part 2 – Songs of Cole Porter (1891-1964)
Cole Porter was one of the songwriters responsible for the standards referred to as the Great American Songbook. |
| Allez-vous-en Martha Wainwright - The McGarrigle Hour - Hannibal
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| Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) Billie Holiday - The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 9 (1940-1942) - Columbia/Legacy |
| What is This Thing Called Love Susie Arioli Swing Band featuring Jordan Officer - It's Wonderful - Susie Arioli Swing Band
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| Love for Sale k.d. lang - Recollection - Nonesuch
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| Miss Otis Regrets Mose Scarlett - The Fundamental Things - Pyramid
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| Anything Goes Noa - Afterallogy - Naïve |
| Don’t Fence Me In Mary McCaslin - Old Friends - Philo |
| Begin the Beguine The Bill Hilly Band (The Bills) - All Day Every Day - Borealis
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| I Get a Kick Out of You Nikki Yanofsky - Nikki By Starlight - MNRK Music Group
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| My Heart Belongs to Daddy Sophie Milman - Sophie Milman - Linus
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| Just One of Those Things Harry Connick, Jr. - True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter - Verve |
| Night and Day Lew London - Swingtime in Springtime - Philo/Rounder Archive |
| When I recorded the show, Night and Day was announced as the final song. However, when I edited the show, I found there was still enough time to add one more Cole Porter song. |
| You’re the Top Anita O'Day - Anita - Verve |
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What a great and powerful show today. Says a lot about today and where we are at. Well done !! Music can move mountains !! CARRY IT ON !!
9:12 AM, September 22nd, 2025