Has America's Best Music Eliminated All Adult Standards?

[vchimpanzee]

WERT plays more standards and better standards, even if some of the AC garbage is worse.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I still listen to WNAM's stream regularly and the music mix on America's Best Music has remained remarkably steady for the last five years or so. They still play a decent number of standards -- most by artists like Michael Buble, Linda Ronstadt, Harry Connick and more. And, of course, some of the classics are still played from Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Dean Martin.

You can see a recreation of the playlist on the attached PDF. It's not official; just what I've built over time. The Christmas playlist is also attached.

This is nice, but it's generally the case that artists are listed alphabetically by last name. It would be hard to remember to look by first name.

 

[kevtronics]

This is nice, but it's generally the case that artists are listed alphabetically by last name.

Not anymore. Sites like iTunes and Discogs alphabetize by however the artist's or band's name is written. This is easier to sort, and eliminates debate about what counts as a last name. For example, stage names (David Bowie, Billy Idol, Iggy Pop, etc.), group names that look like a person's name but aren't named after anyone in the group (Jethro Tull, Alice Cooper before he assumed the name for himself, etc.), and whether prefixes common in non-English names (de, van, von, etc.) count as part of the last name or not.

 

[semoochie]

Not anymore. Sites like iTunes and Discogs alphabetize by however the artist's or band's name is written. This is easier to sort, and eliminates debate about what counts as a last name. For example, stage names (David Bowie, Billy Idol, Iggy Pop, etc.), group names that look like a person's name but aren't named after anyone in the group (Jethro Tull, Alice Cooper before he assumed the name for himself, etc.), and whether prefixes common in non-English names (de, van, von, etc.) count as part of the last name or not.

I didn't realize that Alice Cooper was ever a group name, thank you!

 

[vchimpanzee]

Not anymore. Sites like iTunes and Discogs alphabetize by however the artist's or band's name is written

That's new to me. However, my fantasy iPods which aren't real lists since they aren't lists of music I have, go in order by last name when there is one.

group names that look like a person's name but aren't named after anyone in the group (Jethro Tull, Alice Cooper before he assumed the name for himself, etc.),

This makes sense and I do it.

and whether prefixes common in non-English names (de, van, von, etc.) count as part of the last name or not.

I'm not sure about this.

Also, I decided to not include a, and or the when alphabetizing.

 

[kevtronics]

Also, I decided to not include a, and or the when alphabetizing.

That's one aspect where I depart with iTunes decision to skip over a/an. To me, that's a distinctive enough part of a group's name that "A Flock of Seagulls" and "A Taste of Honey" should be sorted under A, not S and T, respectively.

And then there's "The The". Do you sort it as written, as "The, The", or as simply "The"?

The The - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[vchimpanzee]

I still listen to WNAM's stream regularly and the music mix on America's Best Music has remained remarkably steady for the last five years or so. They still play a decent number of standards -- most by artists like Michael Buble, Linda Ronstadt, Harry Connick and more. And, of course, some of the classics are still played from Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Dean Martin.

You can see a recreation of the playlist on the attached PDF. It's not official; just what I've built over time. The Christmas playlist is also attached.

What are the abbreviations? I don't think I ever heard "A Little More Love" unless the automation quit and the news didn't come on.

This week is the 25th anniversary of the chimpanzee. I sent that first email when I discovered the station's web site and I didn't know how to correct the typo which gave me my online identity. And these days, WERT is just as bad at times as that station was, but there are more actual standards.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I was disappointed not to see "The Green Leaves of Summer" on the list. I just heard that one on WERT, though that station plays many songs America's Best Music and many that it never did.