{"id":7139,"date":"2021-03-21T15:38:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T14:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=7139"},"modified":"2023-06-01T20:18:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T18:18:00","slug":"episode-81-happy-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/21\/episode-81-happy-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 81. Happy Songs (straight up)"},"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 advgb-dyn-4b7e49c6\">Episode 81.  Happy Songs (straight up)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=304-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" 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 advgb-dyn-5e5a4c85\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignright advgb-dyn-70f127be\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link 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-large advgb-dyn-b01cd90a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Conchita-and-Joey.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Conchita-and-Joey.png 890w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Conchita-and-Joey-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Conchita-and-Joey-768x487.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Conchita Supervia and Joey, London Zoo, 1930<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-5a996784\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This week I offset the gloom of last week\u2019s music with straight-up joy. No gimmicks, no goofiness, no weird accents. Whether the composer is Giuseppe Verdi, Ralph Benatzky, Aaron Copland, Oleta Adams, or Harold Arlen, and whether sung by Nancy Wilson, Dorothy Maynor, Maria Callas, Max Hansen, Conchita Supervia, Barbra Streisand, Mahalia Jackson, Lisa Della Casa, or the Pointer Sisters, all today\u2019s selections are guaranteed to make you feel a little lighter, a little more joyous. And in today\u2019s continuing climate of pandemic uncertainty, who doesn\u2019t need a little more of <em>that<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer advgb-dyn-3c7bf8da\"><\/div>\n\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 advgb-dyn-13857eb0\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-a3fb6b90\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dorothy-Maynor-portrait-790x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7200\" width=\"653\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dorothy-Maynor-portrait-790x1024.jpg 790w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dorothy-Maynor-portrait-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dorothy-Maynor-portrait-768x995.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dorothy-Maynor-portrait.jpg 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Hermann von Gilm: Dedication [Zueignung], Op. 10\/8. Dorothy Maynor; Leopold Stokowski, NBC Symphony Orchestra [<em>Command Performance<\/em> radio broadcast 15 November 1942]<\/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 advgb-dyn-1a3ffbfc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Christa-Ludwig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7201\" width=\"646\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Christa-Ludwig.jpg 755w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Christa-Ludwig-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Heinrich Hart: C\u00e4cilie, Op. 27\/4. Christa Ludwig; Gerald Moore [<em>Celebrity Recital<\/em> telecast, first shown 11 July 1962]<\/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=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Archies-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Archies-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Archies-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Archies-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Archies.jpg 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeff Barry, Andy Kim: Sugar Sugar. The Archies (Ron Dante, Toni Wine, Andy Kim) [1969]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex advgb-dyn-0ca7510d\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"376\" data-id=\"7203\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Andy-Kim.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7203\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andy Kim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"358\" data-id=\"7204\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Jeff-Barry-of-The-Archies.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Jeff-Barry-of-The-Archies.jpg 376w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Jeff-Barry-of-The-Archies-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jeff Barry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"7205\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ron-Dante-of-the-Archies.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ron-Dante-of-the-Archies.jpg 340w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ron-Dante-of-the-Archies-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ron Dante<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"347\" data-id=\"7206\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Toni-Wine-of-The-Archies.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Toni-Wine-of-The-Archies.jpg 323w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Toni-Wine-of-The-Archies-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Toni Wine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/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-image size-large advgb-dyn-71a9ca2a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nina-Simone-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nina-Simone-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nina-Simone-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nina-Simone-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nina-Simone-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nina-Simone-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nina-Simone-1600x900.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nina Simone, photographed in July, 1969.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse: Feeling Good (<em>The Roar of the Greasepaint \u2013 The Smell of the Crowd<\/em>). Nina Simone [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-large advgb-dyn-011faf9f\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Battle-Levine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Battle-Levine.jpg 451w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Battle-Levine-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Margaret Bonds: He\u2019s Got the Whole World in His Hands. Kathleen Battle; James Levine [live Salzburg August 1984]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large advgb-dyn-2b9e722f\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Battle-and-Price.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Battle-and-Price.jpg 666w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Battle-and-Price-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kathleen Battle and Leontyne Price<\/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-large is-resized advgb-dyn-073a4e29\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Johnny-Nash-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7210\" width=\"635\" height=\"846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Johnny-Nash-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Johnny-Nash-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Johnny-Nash.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johnny Nash: I Can See Clearly Now [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 advgb-dyn-469428ac\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Maria-Smiling.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Maria-Smiling.jpg 714w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Maria-Smiling-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Eug\u00e8ne Scribe, Charles Duveyrier, Ettore Caimi: Merc\u00e8, dilette amiche (<em>I vespri siciliani<\/em>). Maria Callas; Tullio Serafin, Philharmonia Orchestra [1954]<\/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 advgb-dyn-64048c23\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alberta-Hunter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7213\" width=\"635\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alberta-Hunter.jpg 574w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Alberta-Hunter-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alberta Hunter: I\u2019m Having a Good Time [1980]<\/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=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Josephine-Baker-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Josephine-Baker-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Josephine-Baker-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Josephine-Baker-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Josephine-Baker-1536x922.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Josephine-Baker-1600x960.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Josephine-Baker.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Orlando de la Rosa, Bobby Collazo, Jose Carbo Menendez, Henri Lemarchand [French text]: C\u2019est \u00e7a le vrai bonheur [Esto es felicidad]. Jos\u00e9phine Baker; Jo Bouillon et son orchestre [1953]<\/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 advgb-dyn-18ab8678\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Supervia-among-the-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Supervia-among-the-flowers.jpg 580w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Supervia-among-the-flowers-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gioacchino Rossini, Jacopo Ferretti: Nacqui all\u2019affanno&#8230; Non pi\u00f9 mesta (<em>La Cenerentola<\/em>). Conchita Supervia; Orchestra conducted by Angelo Albergoni [1927]<\/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 advgb-dyn-5104b873\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Frances-Wayne.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Frances-Wayne.jpg 601w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Frances-Wayne-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg: Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe (<em>Cabin in the Sky<\/em> &#8211; film). Frances Wayne; Woody Herman and His Orchestra [1945]<\/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 advgb-dyn-1929beb6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Barbara-Monique.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Barbara-Monique.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Barbara-Monique-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Barbara-Monique-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Barbara [n\u00e9e Monique Serf]: Ma plus belle histoire d\u2019amour [telecast <em>Le petit dimanche illustr\u00e9<\/em> (17 December 1967)]<\/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 advgb-dyn-767a2319\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nancy-Wilson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nancy-Wilson.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nancy-Wilson-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>John Williams, Marilyn and Alan Bergman: Make Me Rainbows (<em>Fitzwilly<\/em>). Nancy Wilson; Orchestra conducted by Jimmy Jones [1968]<\/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 advgb-dyn-55bedb90\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lisa-Della-Casa-761x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7218\" width=\"675\" height=\"908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lisa-Della-Casa-761x1024.jpg 761w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lisa-Della-Casa-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lisa-Della-Casa-768x1033.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lisa-Della-Casa-1142x1536.jpg 1142w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lisa-Della-Casa.jpg 1522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johannes Brahms; Felix Schumann: Meine Liebe ist gr\u00fcn [Junge Lieder I], Op. 63\/5. Lisa Della Casa, \u00c1rp\u00e1d S\u00e1ndor [live Salzburg 11 August 1957]<\/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 advgb-dyn-933ae2bf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Barbra-Pageboy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Barbra-Pageboy.png 673w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Barbra-Pageboy-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler: When the Sun Comes Out. Barbra Streisand; Orchestra conducted by Peter Matz [1963]<\/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 advgb-dyn-f6a73c58\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Janet-laughin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Janet-laughin.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Janet-laughin-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel: Myself I Shall Adore (<em>Semele<\/em>). Janet Williams; Ren\u00e9 Jacobs [live Berlin November 1997]<\/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 advgb-dyn-05440b98\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Carmen-McRae.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7220\" width=\"624\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Carmen-McRae.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Carmen-McRae-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby: Give Me the Simple Life. Carmen McRae [1956]<\/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 advgb-dyn-e218f7ed\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Pointer-Sisters-1024x824.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Pointer-Sisters-1024x824.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Pointer-Sisters-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Pointer-Sisters-768x618.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Pointer-Sisters.jpg 1394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Andy Goldmark, Bruce Roberts: Goldmine. The Pointer Sisters [1986]<\/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 advgb-dyn-1d33d794\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Arlene-Saunders.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Arlene-Saunders.jpg 591w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Arlene-Saunders-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Leh\u00e1r, Bela Jenbach, Heinz Reichert: Einer wird kommen (<em>Der<\/em> <em>Zarewitsch<\/em>). Arlene Saunders; Franz Allers, Orchester der Wiener Volksoper [1971]<\/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 advgb-dyn-8e697aca\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Max-Hansen-728x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7224\" width=\"634\" height=\"891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Max-Hansen-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Max-Hansen-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Max-Hansen-768x1080.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Max-Hansen-1093x1536.jpg 1093w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Max-Hansen.jpg 1264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ralph Benatzky, Robert Gilbert: Es mu\u00df \u2018was Wunderbares sein (<em>Im Wei\u00dfen<\/em> <em>R\u00f6\u00dfl<\/em>). Max Hansen; Paul Godwin K\u00fcnstler Orchester [1930]<\/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 advgb-dyn-29296a30\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"935\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Oleta-Adams.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Oleta-Adams.jpg 935w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Oleta-Adams-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Oleta-Adams-768x398.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 935px) 100vw, 935px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Oleta Adams: Window of Hope [1993]<\/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 advgb-dyn-6e26a38a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mahalia-at-Piano.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mahalia-at-Piano.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Mahalia-at-Piano-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles H. Gabriel, Civilla D. Martin: His Eye Is on the Sparrow. Mahalia Jackson [1958]<\/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 aligncenter has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex advgb-dyn-0ca7510d\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"881\" data-id=\"7229\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Treigle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Treigle.jpg 703w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Treigle-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Norman Treigle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"385\" height=\"581\" data-id=\"7227\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cassilly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cassilly.jpg 385w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cassilly-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Richard Cassilly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"881\" data-id=\"7228\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Joy-Clements.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Joy-Clements.jpg 738w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Joy-Clements-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joy Clements<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"781\" data-id=\"7230\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Turner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Turner.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Turner-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Claramae Turner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Aaron Copland, Horace Everett: It promises to be a fine night&#8230; The promise of living (<em>The Tender Land<\/em>). Joy Clements, Claramae Turner, Richard Cassilly, Richard Fredricks, Norman Treigle; Aaron Copland, New York Philharmonic [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized advgb-dyn-6d4fef64\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Copland-photo-by-Victor-Kraft.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7231\" width=\"572\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Copland-photo-by-Victor-Kraft.jpg 572w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Copland-photo-by-Victor-Kraft-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aaron Copland as photographed by his then-lover Victor Kraft (1915 &#8211; 1976).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 81. Happy Songs (straight up) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week I offset the gloom of last week\u2019s 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