musical day of the dead

The 8th Annual Musical Day of the Dead pays tribute to artists and musicians lost in the past year.

PLAYLIST
HOUR 1

“Fame” - Irene Cara
“Hold Me” - Fleetwood Mac
“Deep Purple” (1963) - Nino Tempo and April Stevens
“Dream Weaver” - Gary Wright
"If You Could Read My Mind" - Gordon Lightfoot
"Along Comes Mary" - The Association
“Wives & Lovers Suite” - Burt Bacharach
"Mr. Tambourine Man" - The Byrds
“Take It To The Limit” - The Eagles (written by Randy Meisner)
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" - Tony Bennett
“Who Put The Bomp” - Barry Mann (co-written by Cynthia Weil)
“Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
“Jamaica Farewell” - Harry Belafonte
"You Make Loving Fun" - Fleetwood Mac
Clip: “Cafe Regio” - Isaac Hayes (RIP Richard Roundtree)

HOUR 2

Clip: “Flashdance…What A Feeling” - Irene Cara
“Everywhere” - Fleetwood Mac
“All-Star” - Smash Mouth
“Private Dancer” - Tina Turner
“A Beautiful Morning” - The Rascals
“The Girl from Ipanema” - Astrud Gilberto with Stan Getz
Clips, including “It Don’t Mean A Thing” & “Sing, You Sinners” - Arthur Duncan
“Tie A Yellow Ribbon” - Clay Hart
“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” - The Band
“My Cup Runneth Over” - Ed Ames
“People in Your Neighborhood” clip - Bob McGrath with Barbara Walters
“Margaritaville” - Jimmy Buffett
“You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet” - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
“40 Hour Week” - Alabama
“Save the Last Dance” - The Drifters
“Is That All There Is” - Tony Bennett
Clip - “We’ll Be Together Again” - Tony Bennett with Bill Evans
“The Last Farewell” - Roger Whittaker

Tonight on the show, we pay homage to artists lost within the last 12 months since Musical Day of the Dead VI.

Musicians Who Died in 2022: https://www.onthisday.com/music/deaths/date/2022

Tonight on the show, a Musical Tribute to some of the artists we lost between November 1, 2020 and October 31, 2021.

SONG LIST:
**Working On This**
Intro Music Bed - "O Tannenbaum" - Vince Guaraldi Trio (featuring Jerry Granelli, 1940-2021 on the drums)
CLIP: "My Mother the Car" Theme - TeeVee Toons (Ralph Carmichael, composer; 1927-2021)
"Just A Friend" - Biz Markie (1964-2021)
"You Need Me" - The Honeybees (featuring Dawn Wells; 1938-2020)
"Girl, You Know It's True" - Milli Vanilli (featuring the REAL & ACTUAL Voice of the duo - John Davis, 1955-2021)
"Willow Weep for Me" - Chad (1941-2020) and Jeremy
"Cathy's Clown" - The Everly Brothers (featuring Don Everly, 1937-2021)
"Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" - Gerry (1942-2021) and The Pacemakers
"Sugartime" - The McGuire Sisters (featuring the last of the McGuire Sisters - Phyllis McGuire, 1931-2020)
CLIP: "You Take Me Away To Another World" - Gary Morris & Crystal Gayle (Ralph Schuckett, co-composer; 1947-2021)
"Kiss An Angel Good Morning" - Charley Pride (1934-2020)
"It's Impossible" - Perry Como (music and Spanish lyrics by Armando Manzanero, 1935-2020)
"Zorba the Greek" - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (composed by Mikis Theodoris, 1925-2021)
"Miss You" - The Rolling Stones (featuring Charlie Watts, 1941-2021 on the drums)
"Nadia's Theme" - Barry DeVorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. (1933-2021)
"Harper Valley P.T.A." - Jeannie C. Riley (music and lyrics by Tom T. Hall, 1935-2021)
"Petite Fleur" - Chris Barber (1930-2021)
"Can You Read My Mind?" - Maureen McGovern (lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, 1931-2021)
"Rocky Top" - The Osborne Brothers (featuring Sonny Osborne, 1937-2021)
"Cindy's Birthday" - Johnny Crawford (1946-2021)
CLIP: "You've Got Spunk" (from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, featuring Edward Asner, 1929-2021)
"Who's Sorry Now" - The Cast of "All That Jazz", featuring Ann Reinking (1949-2020)
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" - B.J. Thomas (1942-2021)

# 235, "Rhinestone Musical Dia De La Muerta II" pays tribute to artists (mostly musicians, with some actors and songwriters) who passed away from November 2016 to October 2017.

Tonight's show is a musical tribute to the late Broadway director/producer, Harold Prince (1928-2019), a man who won more Tony Awards that any other individual in the history of the Tony Awards.