WEMU listener favorite Harry Connick, Jr. was staff favorite from March 11th through the 17th.
Each week we track how many times we play a new CD. Between March 11th and the 17th, pianist and singer Harry Connick, Jr. claimed the top spot of our Sweet 16. We first premiered the disc on Mardi Gras 2013 (February 12th). The disc’s presence at the top of the list a month later is a testament to the authenticity of Harry Connick, Jr’s joyful New Orleans funk grooves.
WEMU “SWEET SIXTEEN” AIRPLAY March 11 to March 17, 2013
LINDA YOHN, MUSIC DIRECTOR
1. HARRY CONNICK, JR. “Smokey Mary” (Columbia)
2. THE JAMES HUNTER SIX “Minute By Minute” (Fantasy / Go Records)
3. THE BRYAN FERRY ORCHESTRA “The Jazz Age” (BMG Music)
4. JEREMY PELT “Water And Earth” (High Note Records)
5. JOSÉ JAMES “No Beginning No End” (Blue Note Records)
6. THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS “On The Verge” (Severn)
7. THE SLIDE BROTHERS “Robert Randolph Presents The Slide Brothers” (Concord Records)
8. KEVIN EUBANKS “The Messenger” (Mack Avenue Records)
9. BILLY MARTIN / WIL BLADES “Shimmy” (The Royal Potato Family)
10. AGUANKÓ “Elemental” (PKO Records)
11. GABRIEL ALEGRIA AFRO-PERUVIAN SEXTET “Ciudad De Los Reyes” (Saponegro Records)
12. THE CASH BOX KINGS “Black Topping” (Blind Pig Records)
13. ROBBEN FORD “Bringing It Back Home” (Provogue)
14. BENNY GREEN “Magic Beans” (Sunnyside Communications)
15. CHARLES LLOYD AND JASON MORAN “Hagar’s Song” (ECM)
16. RON OSWANSKI “December’s Moon” (Palmetto Records)
~ COMPILED BY LINDA YOHN & LAWRENCE GLENN
