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Bill Champlin Pick

This pick is of Bill Champlin. I include a few tracks from Chicago where he was from a couple of years after Terry Kath died until 2009 (he mostly sang Kath's parts while in concert). He had another track where he was also lead singer, but I didn't include that one (even though it's good). There's one track from Sons Of Champlin an earlier band he was in. Several solo tracks including some Yacht Rock favorites, plus a couple of guest spots that he sang on. A few Jazz (or Jazz adjacent) tracks which fit his vocal chops well. Nothing to offend anyone on this pick.

Bill Champlin Pick

01 Lee Ritenour - Morning Glory
02 Sons of Champlin - Fat City
03 Chicago - Look Away
04 Kevin Cronin, Bill Champlin, Richard Marx, David Crosby - Hard To Believe
05 Kere Buchanan - Never Gonna Give You Up
06 Bill Champlin - Satisfaction
07 Bill Champlin - In The Stone
08 AOR - Lost In Your Eyes
09 Usual Suspects - Good Friends
10 Herbie Hancock - It All Comes Around
11 Bill Champlin - One Way Ticket
12 Bill Champlin - Take It Uptown
13 Tim Weisberg - I'm The Lucky One
14 Bruce Gaitsch - Aphasia
15 Bill Champlin (Joseph Williams, Peter Friestedt) - Runaway
16 Harvey Mason - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
17 Bill Champlin - Gotta Get Back To Love
18 Chicago - Hard Habit To Break

Flappers and Dappers Pick

I was DJing a father/daughter dance a while ago and the theme was Chicago gangsters in the prohibition era. So I came up with these tracks that gave that feel, but weren't necessarily of that era. Newer songs from the movie that was popular at the time and lesser known tracks that just fit for me. Like the Shuckin' & Jivin' comp from a little bit ago, this pick just has the feel, even though the songs are from all over. Tell me which ones you would have added instead. Always like to hear that. And yes the cover is of my daughter and some of her friends at that dance.

Flappers and Dappers

01 Julie Andrews - Le Jazz Hot
02 Eddie Walters - Makin' Whoopee!
03 Christina Aguilera - I Got Trouble
04 Pussycat Dolls - Sway
05 Don Voorhees and His Orchestra with Lewis James - My Blue Heaven
06 Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - Blue Skies
07 K7 - Hi De Ho
08 Christina Aguilera - Candyman
09 Fishbone - Let The Good Times Roll
10 Joe Jackson - Jack, You're Dead
11 Jive Bunny - The Roaring Twenties
12 John Altman - Happy Feet
13 Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra - Black Dog
14 Brian Setzer Orchestra - Straight Up
15 Cab Calloway - Jitterbug
16 Wally's Swing World - I Get a Kick Out of You
17 Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - Charleston
18 Stan Ridgway - The Coffee Song
19 Cab Calloway - Minnie the Moocher
20 Johnny Marvin with Leonard Joy Orchestra - Happy Days Are Here Again
21 Indigo Swing - Pop's At The Hop
22 Paul Anka - It's My Life
23 Frank Sinatra - Chicago
24 Richard Cheese - Let's Get It Started
25 Andrews Sisters - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy