With Hallowe'en over, we turn to lighter though somber topics. In honour of singer/actress/dancer Mitzi Gaynor (1931-2024), we breeze across some of her musicals, mostly focusing on her songs from the Rodgers/Hammerstein 1957 film adaptation of South Pacific. 01. Caterina Valente: Ol'Man River (Sweet Beat, 1968) Decca/London 02. Gohj-ji & Simple Machines: Seen (2020) self-released 03. Barbara Dane: Insubordination (FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance, 1970) Paredon/Smithsonian Folkways 04. Grateful Dead: Unbroken Chain (From the Mars Motel, 1974) Rhino/Warner 05. Bell Dreams: Daphnis [live] (Moons, 2023) self-released 06. Kacey Musgraves: Jade Green (Deeper Well, 2024) MCA Nashville/Interscope 07. Kaia Kater: Often as the Autumn (Strange Medicine, 2024) Free Dirt 08. Quincy Jones: The Eyes of Love [instrumental] (Banning OST, 1967) La-La Land 09. Jonah Yano: The Language of Coincidence (Jonah Yano & the Heavy Loop, 2024) Innovative Leisure 10. P:ano: Spani (Ba Ba Ba, 2024) COQ 11. Roy Hargrove: Kamala's Dance (Grande-Terre, 2024) Verve 12. Washed Out: Got Your Back (Notes from a Quiet Life, 2024) Sub Pop 13. The Black Angels: La Pared [Gov't Wall Blues] (Wilderness of Mirrors, 2022) Partisan 14. Islaja: Angel Tape (Angel Tape, 2023) Other Power 15. Caribou: Volume (Honey, 2024) Merge 16. Jamie XX: Baddy on the Floor [w.Honey Dijon] (In Waves, 2024) Young 17. Southpacific: Interconnect (33, 1998) self-released 18. Randy Newman: I Love LA (Trouble in Paradise, 1983) Warner Bros 19. Les Passagers: Mommy Makeover (2024) Sunset Hill 20. The MGM Studio Orchestra: Les Girls [instrumental] (Les Girls OST, 1957) MGM 21. Mitzi Gaynor, Betty Wand & Thara Matthieson: Ladies in Waiting (Les Girls OST, 1957) MGM 22. Ethel Merman & Mitzi Gaynor: A Sailor's not a Sailor ['til a Sailor's Been Tattooed] (There's No Business like Show Business OST, 1954) Decca 23. Lee Morgan: All the Way (The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions, 1995) Mosaic 24. Joseph Lilley, Bing Crosby & Mitzi Gaynor: You're the Top (Anything Goes OST, 1956) Decca 25. Mitzi Gaynor: I Won't Dance (Mitzi, 1959) Verve 26. Tak Shindo: Bali Ha'i (Brass & Bamboo, 1960) Capitol 27. Mitzi Gaynor, Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II: A Cockeyed Optimist [album version] (South Pacific OST, 1958) RCA 28. Mitzi Gaynor, Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II: I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair [album version] (South Pacific OST, 1958) RCA 29. Mitzi Gaynor, Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II: Honey Bun [album version] (South Pacific OST, 1958) RCA 30. The Oscar Peterson Trio: Younger than Springtime (Eloquence, 1965) Limelight/Mercury 31. Paul Robeson: Some Enchanted Evening (An Evening with Paul Robeson, 1960) Verve radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire
