James Taylor introduced last evening's gala
celebrating 120 years of Carnegie Hall by saying, "Tonight, we celebrate 120
years of Carnegie Hall. When we think of Carnegie Hall, we usually think of
classical music. But all kinds of people have performed on this stage. In fact,
I performed here 40 years ago this spring. I've brought some of my friends
together and we're celebrating non-classical Carnegie Hall. Folk. Jazz.
Broadway. Pop. Carnegie has always brought the world of music to this stage. And
tonight, that tradition continues."
For those of you that could not attend, this was the running order,
including the related Carnegie Hall milestones.
Artist: James Taylor
Song: There's No
Business Like Show Business
Music and lyrics: Irving
Berlin
Irving Berlin's Carnegie Hall Debut: 1939
Ethel Merman's Carnegie
Hall Debut: 1935
Artist: James Taylor
Song: Frozen
Man
Music and lyrics: James Taylor
James Taylor's
Carnegie Hall Debut: 1971
Artist: Bette Midler
Song: Some of These
Days
Music and lyrics: Shelton
Brooks
Song: After You've
Gone
Music: Turner Layton; Lyrics: Henry
Creamer
Song: My Yiddishe
Momme
Music: Jack Yellen and Lew Pollack;
Lyrics: Jack Yellen
Bette Midler's Carnegie Hall Debut:
1972
Artist: Steve Martin
Song: Foggy
Mountain Breakdown
Music: Earl Scruggs
Lester Flatt and
Earl Scrugg's Carnegie Hall Debut: 1962
Steve Martin's Carnegie Hall Debut:
1971
Artists: James Taylor; Vince Bruce
(Rope)
Song: Western Plains
Music and
lyrics: Lead Belly
Lead Belly's Carnegie Hall Debut: 1946
Artists: James Taylor; Tanglewood Festival
Chorus
Song: Sweet Baby James
Music and
lyrics: James Taylor
Song: My Traveling
Star
Music and lyrics: James Taylor
Tanglewood Festival
Chorus' Carnegie Hall Hall Debut: 1973
Artist: Dianne Reeves
Song: Don't
Explain
Music and lyrics: Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog
Jr.
Billie Holiday's Carnegie Hall Debut: 1944
Dianne Reeves' Carnegie
Hall Debut: 1989
Artist: Kevin Pollak
Act: Lenny Bruce
Lenny Bruce's
Carnegie Hall Debut: 1961 (More info
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Kevin Pollak's Carnegie Hall Debut: 2011
Artist: Bette Midler
Song: Pirate
Jenny
Music: Kurt Weill; Lyrics: Bertolt
Brecht
Kurt Weill's Carnegie Hall Debut: 1959
Lotte Lenya's Carnegie Hall
Debut: 1959
Artist: Barbara Cook
Song: Nashville
Nightingale
Music: George Gershwin; Lyrics:
Irving Caesar
George Gershwin's Carnegie Hall Debut:
1925
Song: Here's to Life
Music:
Artie Butler; Lyrics: Phyllis Molinary
Barbara Cook's
Carnegie Hall Debut: 1975
Artists: Barbara Cook; James
Taylor
Song: Not While I'm Around
Music and
lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim's Carnegie Hall Debut:
1992
Artist: Bette Midler
Song: Sweet
Blindness
Music and lyrics: Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro's
Carnegie Hall Debut: 1969
Artist: James Taylor
Song: Carolina in
My Mind
Music and lyrics: James Taylor
Artist: Steve Martin
Song: Jubilation
Day
Music and lyrics: Steve Martin
Artist: Sting
Song: Penny
Lane
Music and lyrics: John Lennon and Paul
McCartney
The Beatles' Carnegie Hall Debut: 1964
Artists: James Taylor; Sting; Steve Martin; Tanglewood
Festival Chorus
Song: How Sweet it Is (To Be Loved By
You)
Music and lyrics: Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward
Holland, Jr.
Sting's Carnegie Hall Debut: 1991
President Bill Clinton spoke about the importance of Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute's
mission.
Artists: James Taylor; Sting; Steve Martin; Tanglewood
Festival Chorus; Young People's Chorus of New York
Song:
Shower the People
Music and lyrics: James Taylor
Artists: James Taylor; Caroline
Taylor
Song: You Can Close Your Eyes
Music and
lyrics: James Taylor
Artist: James Taylor
Song: Over the
Rainbow
Music: Harold Arlen; Lyrics: E.Y.
Harburg
Judy Garland's Carnegie Hall Debut: 1961 (More info >)