Meme meme meme mi

It's my turn (thanks to Robert the LLama Butcher) for the musical chain-letter that's been making the rounds.

Random Ten

Little Jimmy Scott, "Everybody's Somebody's Fool"
Jethro Tull, "Songs from the Wood"
Paul Williams, "Phantom's Theme" (from the soundtrack to Phantom of the Paradise)
Al Green, "Here I Am"
Heart, "Nothin' At All"
Rockapella, "My Home" (from the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? CD)
David Daniels, Schubert's "Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen"
Thomas Dolby, "Wind Power"
Grass Roots, "Midnight Confession"
Stone Temple Pilots, "Big Bang Baby"

What is the total amount of music files on your computer?

Hey, I'm still working on migrating off of vinyl and reel-to-reel...nothing yet.

The last CD you bought is:

Eddie Jefferson, "Letter from Home."

What is the song you last listened to before this message?

The music I last listened to was the Andante of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30 (Op. 109), played (masterfully) by Awadagin Pratt. But the last song? Billie Holiday's rendition of "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie", webcast from my favorite jazz station.

Five songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you.

Eddie Jefferson, "See If You Can Git To That"
"Something To Sing About" from the Once More, With Feeling soundtrack
Schubert's A major piano sonata (D664) [--yeah, I know it's not a "song", but it's the piece of music that's on my intracranial tape loop these days]
Hank Jones, "Algo Bueno"
Elvis Costello, "Human Hands" [uh, you didn't really think this post would end without an Elvis Costello mention, did you?]

Who are you gonna pass this stick to (five persons and why)?

At the risk of being cursed for eternity, I'm electing to break this particular link in the chain (...but don't let that stop you from picking up the baton and passing it on!).