Friday, November 06, 2026

Put Some Money in the Playlist

Screenshot of Little Milton performing on The Big Beat!!!!. It's a close up and he's got his head back as he belts out the lyrics, holding his mic close to his mouth. The lights from the set design sparkle and glow behind him.
If Milton says we’re gonna make it, then I guess we are!


Coffeetime, November 6, 2026, Angelynn Grant – Fundraising Show

set 1
John Coltrane, Julian Cannonball Adderley / Cannonball & Coltrane / Grand Central / EmArcy / Chicago 2.3.59
Art Blakey’s Messengers / Blakey / Mayreh / EmArcy / 5.20.54
Whispering Jack Smith / It All Depends on You / Bluebird / Hayes, Middlesex, England 6.17.27
Etta Jones / The Richest Guy in the Graveyard / Victor / 3.11.47 / with J. C. Heard & his Orchestra
Dinah Washington / Rich Man’s Blues / Apollo / LA 12.45

set 2
Lee Morgan / Expoobident / Lost & Found / Vee Jay / Chicago 10.14.60
James Moody’s Modernists / Moody’s All Frantic / Blue Note / 10.25.48
Bing Crosby / Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? / Brunswick / 10.25.32 / with Lennie Hayten & his Orchestra
Boswell Sisters / If I Had a Million Dollars [alternate take B] / Brunswick / LA 10.4.34 / with Jimmy Grier & his Orchestra
Ken Nordine / Colors / Green / Philips / Chicago 1966 / with musical director Dick Campbell

set 3
Mills Brothers / Swing for Sale / Decca / 2.3.37
The Charioteers / Swing for Sale / NBC Reference Recording, transcription / 10.28.43
Basin Street Boys / I Sold My Heart to the Junkman / Exclusive / LA c. 6.46 / with Eddie Beal Fourtet
Etta Jones / I Sold My Heart to the Junkman / Victor / 3.11.47 / with J.C. Heard & his Orchestra
Dinah Washington / I Sold My Heart to the Junkman / Mercury / 6.8.48

set 4
Lucky Thompson / Lucky Thompson & Gerard Pochonet et son quartette / Tenderly / Dawn / Paris 3.12, 14.56
Gene Ammons / Once in a While / Chess/Aristocrat / Chicago 2.28.49
Johnny Mercer and the King Cole Trio / You Can’t Make Money Dreamin’ / Capitol / Hollywood 8.20.47 / NKC p & voc, Oscar Moore g, Johnny Miller b, & Johnny Mercer voc
Louis Jordan / Put Some Money in the Pot, ’Cause the Juice is Running Low / Aladdin / 4.54

set 5
The Toppers / If Money Grew on Trees / Savoy / 1944 / with celeste!
King Cole Trio / Money Is Honey / Capitol / Hollywood 11.3.47 / NKC p & voc, Irving Ashby g, Johnny Miller b
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Money’s Getting Cheaper / Exclusive / Hollywood 11.47 / with Oscar Moore g
Ernestine “Annisteen” Allen & her Home Town Boys / Give It Up (’Cause You Can’t Take It With You) / Queen / 12.20.45
Dean Martin / Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket / Capitol / Hollywood 12.23.53

set 6
Art Pepper / Art Pepper + 11 / Shaw Nuff / Contemporary / LA 3.28.59
Bobby Blue Bland / Turn On Your Love Light / Duke / Chicago 1961
Bobby Darin / That’s All / That’s All / Atco / LA 12.19.58
Swan Silvertones / End of My Journey / My Rock / Vee Jay / 1957

last (thankful) soul song
Little Milton / We’re Gonna Make It / Checker / Checker 2.16.65
Major Lance / Hey Little Girl / Okeh / 8.14.63
Barbara Lewis / I’m Thankful for What I Got / Atlantic / 1968