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Music with a Medical Theme

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:38 am
by swinginstyle
I'm looking for music recommendations with a medical theme. Any suggestions?

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:57 am
by kitkat
For Kansas City? Cherry Poppin' Daddies (I think) - "Dr. Bones"
Longer list when I've got my book with me.

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 5:21 am
by sonofvu
Don't nobody say St James Infirmary.

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 5:42 am
by Platypus
Dr. Jazz - Woody Herman

Hey Doc - Cab Calloway

Dry Bones - Delta Rhythm Boys

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:47 am
by main_stem
sonofvu wrote:Don't nobody say St James Infirmary.
Ok how about Gamblers Blues then. :D

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 9:49 am
by mousethief
Bad Medicine!

Kalman

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 10:33 am
by Ron
"St. James Infirmary" -anybody (totally!)
"My man's an Undertaker" - Dinah Washington (125)
"I'll Die Happy" - Louis Jordan (155)
"Lavender Coffin" - Lionel Hampton (139)
"Walk 'Em" - Buddy Johnson (if its for someone that
needs to get back on their feet again)
"Fever" - Peggy Lee (135) and others
"Duke’s In Bed" - Johnny Hodges (175)
"Easy Does It" - various (being sick)
"Every Day I Have the Blues" various (being sick)
"I Feel That Old Age Coming On" - Swing Session and others
"Tell Me How Do You Feel" - Ray Charles (147)
"Love Potion No. 9" - The Clovers (131) (salsa rhythm)
and lots of songs for getting better

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:55 pm
by sonofvu
main_stem wrote:
sonofvu wrote:Don't nobody say St James Infirmary.
Ok how about Gamblers Blues then. :D
OK, I'll take that. But just barely.

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:06 pm
by sonofvu
Slipped Disc - Benny Goodman

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 2:11 pm
by CafeSavoy
main_stem wrote:
sonofvu wrote:Don't nobody say St James Infirmary.
Ok how about Gamblers Blues then. :D
Sounds like a personal problem :). Especially since it's one of the "good old good ones" as Louis Armstrong would say. There's a cab calloway soundie that plays up the skeleton motif. So it might also work for a halloween or death theme.

A few others include,
Long John (is my dentist)
Running a Temperature
Nuts a Screwy Music
Bag-a-Bones
Beaver Junction [?]
Are You All Reet
Jangled Nerves
Melancolia
Shivers
Doctor's Blues
Rhythm Doctor Man
You May Get Better But You'll Never Get Well
Pick-a-Rib
He Ain't Got Rhythm

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:52 pm
by Swifty
sonofvu wrote:Don't nobody say St James Infirmary.
Interesting read on St. James Infirmary:

http://robwalker.net/html_docs/letterthirteen.html

Incidentally, the only song I can think of that fits the topic is "Upper Manhattan Medical Group."

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 9:08 pm
by CafeSavoy
Oh, there is another version of "Love Portion" by Dan Barrett. It's slower but not a chacha.

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 9:46 pm
by swinginstyle
I was also thinking Swingmatism by Jay McShann, b/c of the use of 'matism'.

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:51 am
by mousethief
Man, ya'll some morbid folks...

Kalman

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 8:23 am
by mousethief
Doctor Heckle and Mr Jibe - Benny Goodman
Popsicle Toes - Diana Krall
Heebie Jeebies - Louis Armstrong
Till Times Get Better - Jabbo Smith
When I Get Low, I Get High - Ella Fitzgerald
Home Sick - Tiny Grimes
Good Morning Heartche - Billie Holiday
Blue (and Broken-Hearted) - Fletcher Henderson/Bob Wilber

Rayned took all the other ones I could think of...

Kalman