{"id":18551,"date":"2025-09-06T20:24:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T18:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=18551"},"modified":"2025-09-08T16:03:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:03:49","slug":"episode-391-ben-bagleys-three-dollar-bills-porter-and-hart-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/06\/episode-391-ben-bagleys-three-dollar-bills-porter-and-hart-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 391. Ben Bagley\u2019s Three-Dollar Bills [Porter and Hart Edition]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 391. Ben Bagley\u2019s Three-Dollar Bills [Porter and Hart Edition]<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1670-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"558\" height=\"725\" data-id=\"18859\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Porter-at-the-Piano-TRIMMED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Porter-at-the-Piano-TRIMMED.jpg 558w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Porter-at-the-Piano-TRIMMED-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cole Porter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"594\" data-id=\"18855\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bagley-and-cat.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18855\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ben Bagley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"18858\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Larry-Hart-with-Cigar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Larry-Hart-with-Cigar.jpg 638w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Larry-Hart-with-Cigar-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lorenz Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Two months ago I posted an episode on Gay Eccentrics, which included a profile of Ben Bagley, the theatrical and record producer who most certainly fit that designation. I believe that Bagley\u2019s most lasting contribution was the 60 or so albums he produced of Great Broadway Composers Revisited, which presented unknown gems from the deep inside the trunks of these figures. For today\u2019s episode, I am putting a particularly queer spin on that series by featuring a cross-section of the songs offered on Bagley\u2019s ten albums devoted to songs of Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart. There are so many remarkable treasures to be found on these recordings, which, in spite of (and perhaps even partially because of) the slapdash nature of the recording sessions and the shoestring budgets, remain some of the most important collections of forgotten songs by composers and lyricists of Broadway\u2019s Golden Age. The other extraordinary thing about these collections was the variety of the singers that lent their voices to this music. Today\u2019s selection, a mere cross-section, offers the vocal talents of Dorothy Loudon, Kay Ballard, Bobby Short, Lynn Redgrave, Tony Perkins, Mary Cleere Haran, Estelle Parsons, Blossom Dearie, Harold Lang, and Alice Playten, among many others. Choice excerpts from Bagley\u2019s notorious liner notes are amply interspersed between the songs. I hope you enjoy the glitter, barbs, and even occasional <em>Weltschmerz<\/em> of this episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"342\" height=\"342\" data-id=\"18866\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cole-Porter-Revisited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cole-Porter-Revisited.png 342w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cole-Porter-Revisited-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cole-Porter-Revisited-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"342\" height=\"342\" data-id=\"18867\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rodgers-and-Hart-Revisited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rodgers-and-Hart-Revisited.png 342w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rodgers-and-Hart-Revisited-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rodgers-and-Hart-Revisited-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bagley-Kittie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bagley-Kittie.jpg 650w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bagley-Kittie-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bobby-Short-746x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bobby-Short-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bobby-Short-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bobby-Short-768x1054.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Bobby-Short.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bobby Short<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: Experiment (<em>Nymph Errant<\/em>). Bobby Short, William Roy [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Haran-Hart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18869\" style=\"width:615px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Haran-Hart.jpg 504w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Haran-Hart-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mary Cleere Haran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: I Keep on Singing [cut from <em>Mississippi<\/em>]. Mary Cleere Haran, musical direction and arrangements by Lee Musiker [1992]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"543\" height=\"821\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Short-Bowtie.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Short-Bowtie.png 543w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Short-Bowtie-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bobby Short<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: I\u2019m Throwing a Ball Tonight (<em>Panama Hattie<\/em>). Bobby Short, arrangements and musical direction by Norman Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"519\" data-id=\"18891\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dorothy-Loudon-Bow.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dorothy-Loudon-Bow.png 392w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dorothy-Loudon-Bow-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dorothy Loudon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"932\" data-id=\"18872\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Charlotte-Rae.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Charlotte-Rae.jpg 747w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Charlotte-Rae-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charlotte Rae<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Like Ordinary People (<em>The Hot Heiress<\/em>). Dorothy Loudon, Charlotte Rae, Danny Meehan, Cy Young, musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"18873\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Danny-Meehan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Danny-Meehan.jpg 485w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Danny-Meehan-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Danny Meehan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"594\" data-id=\"18874\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cy-Young.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cy-Young.png 438w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cy-Young-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cy Young<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"359\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hepburn.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18875\" style=\"width:593px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hepburn.jpg 359w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hepburn-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: Thank You So Much, Mrs. Lowsborough-Goodby. Katharine Hepburn, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stritch-Ciggie-Butt.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stritch-Ciggie-Butt.png 614w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stritch-Ciggie-Butt-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elaine Stritch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: Find Me a Primitive Man (<em>Fifty Million Frenchmen<\/em>). Elaine Stritch and Les Boys, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1976]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stritch-1024x663.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stritch-1024x663.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stritch-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stritch-768x497.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Stritch.png 1324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elaine Stritch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: A Little Souvenir (<em>The Garrick Gaieties<\/em>). Elaine Stritch, Arthur Siegel, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1977]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Blossom-Dearie-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Blossom-Dearie-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Blossom-Dearie-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Blossom-Dearie-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Blossom-Dearie.png 1393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blossom Dearie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Blue Moon (<em>Manhattan Melodrama<\/em>). Blossom Dearie, Bobby Short, musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"755\" data-id=\"18887\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Carmen-Alvarez.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Carmen-Alvarez.png 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Carmen-Alvarez-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carmen Alvarez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"870\" data-id=\"18886\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Elmarie-Wendel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Elmarie-Wendel.jpg 730w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Elmarie-Wendel-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elmarie Wendel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" data-id=\"18885\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kaye-Ballard-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kaye-Ballard-1.jpg 288w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kaye-Ballard-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kaye Ballard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: Most Gentlemen Don\u2019t Like Love (<em>Leave It to Me<\/em>). Kaye Ballard, Carmen Alvarez, Elmarie Wendel, musical arrangements by Skip Redwine, vocal arranagements by Bud McCreery [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"412\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dorothy-Loudon-young.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18871\" style=\"width:526px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dorothy-Loudon-young.jpg 412w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dorothy-Loudon-young-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dorothy Loudon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: I Need Some Cooling Off (<em>One Dam Thing After Another<\/em>; then used in <em>She\u2019s My Baby<\/em>). Dorothy Loudon, musical direction and arrangements by Arthur Siegel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lynn-Redgrave-as-Baby-Jane.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lynn-Redgrave-as-Baby-Jane.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lynn-Redgrave-as-Baby-Jane-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lynn-Redgrave-as-Baby-Jane-768x672.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lynn Redgrave as Baby Jane in the infamous TV remake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: A Lady Needs a Rest (<em>Let\u2019s Face It<\/em>). Lynn Redgrave and the Girls, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1976]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"18893\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Perkins.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Perkins.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Perkins-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18894\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LynnRedgrave-709x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LynnRedgrave-709x1024.png 709w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LynnRedgrave-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LynnRedgrave.png 748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Someone Should Tell Them (<em>A Connecticut Yankee<\/em>). Lynn Redgrave, Anthony Perkins, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1977]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tony-Perkins.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tony-Perkins.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tony-Perkins-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Who Are You? (<em>The Boys of Syracuse<\/em>). Anthony Perkins, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1977]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Perkins-Ripped.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Perkins-Ripped.jpg 468w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Perkins-Ripped-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hi, Sailor. Come up and see me?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1047\" height=\"1269\" data-id=\"18888\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kaye-Ballard-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kaye-Ballard-1-1.jpg 1047w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kaye-Ballard-1-1-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kaye-Ballard-1-1-845x1024.jpg 845w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kaye-Ballard-1-1-768x931.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1047px) 100vw, 1047px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kaye Ballard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"237\" height=\"370\" data-id=\"18863\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Harold-Lang.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Harold-Lang.jpg 237w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Harold-Lang-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Harold Lang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: Farming (<em>Let\u2019s Face It<\/em>). Kaye Ballard, Harold Lang, Carmen Alvarez, William Hickey, Elmarie Wendel, musical arrangements by Skip Redwine, vocal arrangements by Bud McCreery [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Alice-Playten.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Alice-Playten.png 552w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Alice-Playten-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: Pets (cut from <em>Let\u2019s Face It<\/em>). Alice Playten and Entire Company, Musical direction by Judd Woldin, Musical direction by Judd Woldin, vocal arrangements by Bud McCreary [1972]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dearie-1024x787.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dearie-1024x787.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dearie-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dearie-768x590.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dearie.png 1061w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blossom Dearie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: If Ever Married I\u2019m (cut from <em>Kiss Me, Kate<\/em>). Blossom Dearie, Carmen Alvarez, Laura Kenyon, Alice Playten, Musical direction by Judd Woldin, Vocal arrangements by Bud McCreary [1972]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"846\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DeHaven.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DeHaven.png 650w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DeHaven-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gloria DeHaven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: A Ship Without a Sail (<em>Heads Up!<\/em>). Gloria DeHaven, Bobby Short, musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Estelle-Parsons.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18881\" style=\"width:518px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Estelle-Parsons.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Estelle-Parsons-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Estelle Parsons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: He Was Too Good to Me (<em>Simple Simon<\/em>). Estelle Parsons, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1977]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sandy-Stewart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18882\" style=\"width:566px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sandy-Stewart.jpg 474w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sandy-Stewart-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sandy Stewart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: It Never Entered My Mind (<em>Higher and Higher<\/em>). Sandy Stewart, Arthur Siegel, Faun Stacy, Matt \u201cChips\u201d Patuto [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Helen-Gallagher-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Helen-Gallagher-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Helen-Gallagher-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Helen-Gallagher-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Helen-Gallagher.jpg 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Helen Gallagher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: Make a Date with a Great Psychoanalyst (<em>Let\u2019s Face It<\/em>; unused). Helen Gallagher, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1976]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Loudon-Heartful.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Loudon-Heartful.png 645w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Loudon-Heartful-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dorothy Loudon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: This Funny World (<em>Betsy<\/em>). Dorothy Loudon, musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rodgers-and-Hart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rodgers-and-Hart.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rodgers-and-Hart-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rodgers-and-Hart-768x602.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Porter-and-The-Merm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Porter-and-The-Merm.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Porter-and-The-Merm-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cole Porter and &#8220;The Merm&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"472\" data-id=\"18905\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ben-Bagley-and-Oliver.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ben-Bagley-and-Oliver.jpg 650w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ben-Bagley-and-Oliver-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bagley with pop star Oliver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"603\" data-id=\"18906\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ben-Bagley-at-his-keyboard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ben-Bagley-at-his-keyboard.png 914w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ben-Bagley-at-his-keyboard-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ben-Bagley-at-his-keyboard-768x507.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ben at his piano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 391. Ben Bagley\u2019s Three-Dollar Bills [Porter and Hart Edition] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Two months ago I posted 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