{"id":21096,"date":"2026-06-15T15:42:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=21096"},"modified":"2026-06-16T00:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T22:05:05","slug":"episode-472-ben-bagley-revisited-lies-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/episode-472-ben-bagley-revisited-lies-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 472. Ben Bagley Revisited: Lies Come True"},"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-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\">\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\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home 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-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-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 472. Ben Bagley Revisited: Lies Come True<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=2012-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 wp-block-paragraph\"><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-8f761849 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-39697d9b 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<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ben-and-Meowface.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21502\" style=\"width:504px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A year ago I published an episode entitled \u201cGay Eccentrics,\u201d which featured a number of the most delightfully peculiar personalities sprinkled across queer music history. The third of those characters, theatrical and record producer Ben Bagley, reappears on today\u2019s episode. This time I feature selections from his record albums featuring two more gay eccenctrics, Lorenz Hart and Cole Porter! Bagley\u2019s recordings uncovered and\/or resuscitated trunk songs and other material by some of the most important Broadway composers and lyricists sung by a fascinating hodge-podge of some of the most prominent singers and actors of the era. In this episode alone we hear Tony Perkins, Gloria Swanson, Blossom Dearie, Charlotte Rae, Bobby Short, Sandy Stewart, Carmen Alvarez, Dorothy Loudon, Karen Morrow, David Allyn, Dolores Gray, Johnny Desmond, Ann Hampton Calloway, and Danny Meehan. These recordings were inevitably against all odds, seemingly tossed together, and on a shoestring budget, but the results were almost always surprisingly polished (and if not polished, at least fascinating!) One of the most notorious aspects of these releases was Bagley\u2019s outrageously campy (and sometimes simply outrageous) liner notes, from which I quote extensively. I also read a 1974 profile of Bagley in which he espouses his ongoing credo of stretching the truth in order to make seemingly impossible dreams come true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"413\" height=\"534\" data-id=\"21507\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hart-and-Cigar.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hart-and-Cigar.png 413w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hart-and-Cigar-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lorenz Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"379\" height=\"518\" data-id=\"21506\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cole-Porter.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cole-Porter.png 379w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cole-Porter-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cole Porter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size wp-block-paragraph\" 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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bobby-Short-746x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21508\" style=\"width:580px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bobby-Short-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bobby-Short-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bobby-Short-768x1054.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: From Another World (<em>Higher and Higher<\/em>). Bobby Short, musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris [ca. 1969]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Blossom-Dearie-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21509\" style=\"width:629px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Blossom-Dearie-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Blossom-Dearie-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Blossom-Dearie-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Blossom-Dearie.png 1393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blossom Dearie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: Ours (<em>Red, Hot and Blue<\/em>). Blossom Dearie, Arthur Siegel, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"833\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Arthur-Siegel-833x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21511\" style=\"width:666px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Arthur-Siegel-833x1024.jpg 833w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Arthur-Siegel-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Arthur-Siegel-768x944.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Arthur-Siegel.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">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=\"640\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tony-Perkins.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tony-Perkins.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Tony-Perkins-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tony Perkins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: I\u2019m Talking to My Pal (cut from <em>Pal Joey<\/em>). Anthony Perkins, Arthur Siegel, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1977]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Perkins-Ripped.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21523\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6685766629636126;width:582px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Perkins-Ripped.jpg 468w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Perkins-Ripped-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">looking for a pal&#8230;<\/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=\"780\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dolores-Gray-and-Headpiece.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dolores-Gray-and-Headpiece.jpg 780w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dolores-Gray-and-Headpiece-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dolores-Gray-and-Headpiece-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dolores Gray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down (<em>Stardust<\/em>). Dolores Gray, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cole-PJs.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21514\" style=\"width:494px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cole-PJs.png 430w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cole-PJs-250x300.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/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-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ann-Hampton-Callaway-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ann-Hampton-Callaway-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ann-Hampton-Callaway-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ann Hampton Callaway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Nothing But You (<em>Higher and Higher<\/em>). Ann Hampton Callaway, Arthur Siegel, Faun Stacy, Matt \u201cChips\u201d Patuto [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hart-in-the-foreground-for-once.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hart-in-the-foreground-for-once.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hart-in-the-foreground-for-once-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Larry Hart in the foreground, for once<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/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=\"500\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gloria_Swanson_65_Allan_Warren.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gloria_Swanson_65_Allan_Warren.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gloria_Swanson_65_Allan_Warren-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gloria Swanson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Loesser: They&#8217;re Either Too Young or Too Old (<em>Thank Your Lucky Stars<\/em>). Gloria Swanson, Dick Hyman, arrangement and piano [1974]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Frank-Loesser-young.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21517\" style=\"width:419px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Frank-Loesser-young.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Frank-Loesser-young-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The young Frank Loesser<\/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=\"730\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elmarie-Wendel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elmarie-Wendel.jpg 730w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Elmarie-Wendel-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elmarie Wendel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: Give Him the Oo-La-La (<em>DuBarry Was a Lady<\/em>). Elmarie Wendel, musical arrangements by Skip Redwine, vocal arrangements by Bud McCreery [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Porter-smiling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21519\" style=\"width:652px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Porter-smiling.jpg 900w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Porter-smiling-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Porter-smiling-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Porter-smiling-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/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-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"932\" data-id=\"21521\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Rae.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Rae.jpg 747w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Rae-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charlotte Rae<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"412\" height=\"503\" data-id=\"21520\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dorothy-Loudon-young.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dorothy-Loudon-young.jpg 412w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dorothy-Loudon-young-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dorothy Loudon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: How Was I To Know? (<em>She\u2019s My Baby<\/em>) \/ Why Do You Suppose? (<em>Heads Up!<\/em>). Charlotte Rae, Dorothy Loudon, musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rodgers-and-Hart-Cute-Couple.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rodgers-and-Hart-Cute-Couple.jpg 694w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rodgers-and-Hart-Cute-Couple-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cute Couple<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Karen-Morrow.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21524\" style=\"width:473px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Karen-Morrow.png 373w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Karen-Morrow-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karen Morrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: Kate the Great (cut from <em>Anything Goes<\/em>). Karen Morrow, Musical direction by Judd Woldin, Vocal arrangements by Bud McCreary [1964]<\/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=\"612\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Karen-Morrow2-612x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Karen-Morrow2-612x1024.jpg 612w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Karen-Morrow2-179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Karen-Morrow2-768x1286.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Karen-Morrow2-917x1536.jpg 917w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Karen-Morrow2.jpg 1223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karen Morrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: I Know It\u2019s Not Meant for Me (cut from <em>Rosalie<\/em>). Karen Morrow, Charles Rydell, Musical direction by Judd Woldin, Vocal arrangements by Bud McCreary [1964]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Porter-Moody.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Porter-Moody.jpg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Porter-Moody-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">a moody Cole Porter<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"343\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Rae-very-young-in-MKE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21527\" style=\"width:567px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Rae-very-young-in-MKE.jpg 343w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Rae-very-young-in-MKE-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charlotte Rae in her native Milwaukee as a young actress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Everybody Loves You (<em>I\u2019d Rather Be Right<\/em>). Charlotte Rae, 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=\"482\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dolores-Gray-older.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21528\" style=\"width:666px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dolores-Gray-older.png 482w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dolores-Gray-older-300x287.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dolores Gray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: Let\u2019s Talk about Love (<em>Let\u2019s Face It<\/em>). Dolores Gray, musical direction and arrangements by Dennis Deal [1990]<\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"519\" data-id=\"21530\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dorothy-Loudon-Bow.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dorothy-Loudon-Bow.png 392w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/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=\"485\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"21529\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Danny-Meehan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Danny-Meehan.jpg 485w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Danny-Meehan-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Danny Meehan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Morning Is Midnight (cut from <em>Lido Lady<\/em> and <em>She\u2019s My Baby<\/em>). Dorothy Loudon, Danny Meehan, musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris [1964]<\/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=\"854\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-Allyn.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21531\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.464850136239782;width:740px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-Allyn.png 854w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-Allyn-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/David-Allyn-768x524.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Allyn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: You\u2019re a Bad Influence on Me (<em>Red, Hot and Blue<\/em>). David Allyn, 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<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\/2026\/06\/Sandy-Stewart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21532\" style=\"width:510px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sandy-Stewart.jpg 474w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: I\u2019m Afraid (<em>Higher and Higher<\/em>). Sandy Stewart, Arthur Siegel, Faun Stacy, Matt \u201cChips\u201d Patuto [1990]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"608\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RH-Time-Cover-26-September-1938.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RH-Time-Cover-26-September-1938.jpg 608w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/RH-Time-Cover-26-September-1938-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/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-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1061\" height=\"815\" data-id=\"21534\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dearie.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dearie.png 1061w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dearie-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dearie-1024x787.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dearie-768x590.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1061px) 100vw, 1061px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blossom Dearie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"755\" data-id=\"21533\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Carmen-Alvarez.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Carmen-Alvarez.png 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Carmen-Alvarez-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carmen Alvarez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: I Could Kick Myself (cut from <em>Les Girls<\/em>). Carmen Alvarez, Blossom Dearie, Musical direction by Judd Woldin, Vocal arrangements by Bud McCreary<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Porter-Time-Cover-31-March-1949.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21545\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7590305410573097;width:539px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Porter-Time-Cover-31-March-1949.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Porter-Time-Cover-31-March-1949-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/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=\"615\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JDesmond.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JDesmond.jpg 615w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JDesmond-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Johnny Desmond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Are You My Love? (<em>The Dancing Pirate<\/em>). Johnny Desmond, 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=\"546\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dolores-Gray-Angular-Elegance.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21536\" style=\"width:611px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dolores-Gray-Angular-Elegance.png 546w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dolores-Gray-Angular-Elegance-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The angular elegance of Dolores Gray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: I\u2019m Unlucky at Gambling (<em>Fifty Million Frenchmen<\/em>). Dolores Gray and The Men [John Sioman, Ken Parks, Richard Casper, Peter Marinos], 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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bibi-Osterwald.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21548\" style=\"width:476px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bibi-Osterwald.png 399w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bibi-Osterwald-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bibi Osterwald<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: A Lady Must Live (<em>America\u2019s Sweetheart<\/em>). Bibi Osterwald, Blossom Dearie, musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"342\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rodgers-and-Hart-Revisited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21549\" style=\"width:604px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rodgers-and-Hart-Revisited.png 342w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rodgers-and-Hart-Revisited-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rodgers-and-Hart-Revisited-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rodgers-and-Hart-WTF-is-this.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21537\" style=\"width:683px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rodgers-and-Hart-WTF-is-this.png 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rodgers-and-Hart-WTF-is-this-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WTF is this?<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ben-Bagley-and-Harvey-Schmidt.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21538\" style=\"width:707px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ben-Bagley-and-Harvey-Schmidt.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ben-Bagley-and-Harvey-Schmidt-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ben-Bagley-and-Harvey-Schmidt-768x634.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ben Bagley and Harvey Schmidt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole Porter: Pills (<em>Wake Up and Dream<\/em>). Edward Earle and Chorus, Musical direction by Judd Woldin, Vocal arrangements by Bud McCreary [1972]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"342\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cole-Porter-Revisited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21547\" style=\"width:524px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cole-Porter-Revisited.png 342w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cole-Porter-Revisited-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cole-Porter-Revisited-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ben-Bagley-at-his-keyboard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ben-Bagley-at-his-keyboard.png 914w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ben-Bagley-at-his-keyboard-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Ben-Bagley-at-his-keyboard-768x507.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bagley at his Keyboard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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=\"458\" height=\"569\" data-id=\"21541\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Rae-dowdy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Rae-dowdy.png 458w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Charlotte-Rae-dowdy-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charlotte Rae<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"21540\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hart-Looking-Down-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hart-Looking-Down-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hart-Looking-Down-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hart-Looking-Down.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Larry Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: I Still Believe in You (<em>Chee-Chee<\/em>) \/ Singing a Love Song (<em>Simple Simon<\/em>). Charlotte Rae, Danny Meehan, musical direction and arrangements by Norman Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Porter-Bagley-Hart-Trilogy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Porter-Bagley-Hart-Trilogy.png 988w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Porter-Bagley-Hart-Trilogy-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Porter-Bagley-Hart-Trilogy-768x372.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bagley-and-cats-Butch-Fogarty-and-Emily.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21503\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.529287226534933;width:826px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bagley-and-cats-Butch-Fogarty-and-Emily.png 650w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Bagley-and-cats-Butch-Fogarty-and-Emily-300x119.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 472. Ben Bagley Revisited: Lies Come True SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A year ago I published an episode 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