Help Charmin Michelle make her next CD

Charmin Michelle by John Whiting

Let's say you're a jazz singer, and you regularly appear with a big band, and you're about to make your first CD together. You've been performing with each other for several years, and your repertoire now includes more than 80 songs.

Your CD will include 10. Which 10? Let your fans help decide.

Charmin Michelle is doing that for her planned CD with Jerry O'Hagan and His Orchestra, with whom she sings most Sundays at the Cinema Ballroom in St. Paul. 

She recently sent out an email with their song list. "We would like some input from all of you about the tunes we select to record on the disc," she wrote. "We would like to ask you to take the time to go through the list and pick out 8 tunes you would like to hear on the CD. You may rate them from one to eight if you wish." (The other 2 tunes will be instrumentals.)

If you know Charmin and you've heard her sing, which eight of these would you choose? Or: Imagine your favorite jazz-singer-big-band combination. Which eight would you choose to hear them perform? (I'm picturing Kurt Elling and the Bob Mintzer Big Band on "Makin' Whoopee." Wondering if Elling has ever sung that song...if he ever would, and how witty and sly it would sound if he did.)

A TISKET A TASKET

AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE

ALL OF ME

ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE

ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE

AS TIME GOES BY

AT LAST

AULD LANG SYNE

BAUBLES, BANGLES AND BEADS

BIG SPENDER

BLUE MOON

BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY

BYE BYE BLACKBIRD

CHEEK TO CHEEK

CHRISTMASTIME IS HERE

COME RAIN OR COME SHINE

DAY IN – DAY OUT

DEEP IN A DREAM

DOES CHEWING GUM LOSE ITS FLAVOR…

DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE

EAST OF THE SUN

EASY TO LOVE

ENJOY YOURSELF

FLY ME TO THE MOON

GREEN EYES

HEART AND SOUL

HIGH HOPES

I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

I LOVE PARIS

I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU

I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT

I’M LOOKIN’ FOR A GUY

I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN

I’VE HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE

IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD

IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU

IT DON’T MEAN A THING

IT HAD TO BE YOU

IT’S SO NICE TO HAVE A MAN AROUND THE HOUSE

JUMP, JIVE & WAIL

L-O-V-E

MAKIN’ WHOOPEE

MEMORIES OF YOU

MOOD INDIGO

NIGHT AND DAY

ONE MORE DAY

OVER THE RAINBOW

PENNIES FROM HEAVEN

POOR BUTTERFLY

RAGGMOPP

REMEMBER WHEN

SANTA BABY

SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME

SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU

SCOTCH AND SODA

SECRET LOVE

SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY

SHALL WE DANCE

SHINY STOCKINGS

SHOO FLY PIE AND APPLE PAN DOWDY

SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES

SNOWFALL

SOPHISTICATED LADY

STRANGERS IN PARADISE

SWAY

SWEET AND GENTLE

T’AIN’T WHAT YOU DO

TAKE TWO TO TANGO

TALK TO ME

TENDERLY

THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC

CHRISTMAS WALTZ

NEARNESS OF YOU

RAINBOW CONNECTION

SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE

WAY WE WERE

WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT

UNFORGETTABLE

WHAT’LL I DO

WHERE IS YOUR HEART?

WHERE OR WHEN

YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC

YOU ARE THE BEST THING

YOU BELONG TO MY HEART

YOU BROUGHT A NEW KIND OF LOVE TO ME

YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU