Seth MacFarlane, John C. Reilly, and Samara Joy explain The "Great American Song Book"

The Track Star Podcast continues with a deep dive into the Great American Songbook, the tradition that shaped American popular music as we know it. Guided by Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy and a Grammy-nominated crooner, John C. Reilly, and Grammy-winner Samara Joy, the episode explores how writers like the Gershwins, Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, and Rodgers & Hart crafted timeless songs that defined the American sound.

From Hollywood classics like “Over the Rainbow,” to jazz standards like “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing),” the conversation traces how melody, orchestration, and storytelling evolved long before the album era.

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This Episode’s Track List:
00:00 - Intro
03:50 - 1. Frank Sinatra – “My Way”
10:53 - 2. Judy Garland – “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
11:18 - 3. Billie Holiday – “Summertime”
14:39 - 4. Nat King Cole – “L.O.V.E.”
15:49 - 5. Ray Charles – “You Don’t Know Me”
18:49 - 6. Chet Baker – “My Funny Valentine”
22:18 - 7. Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald – “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)”
23:34 - 8. Benny Goodman – “Body and Soul”
28:41 - 9. Willie Nelson – “Blue Skies”
29:32 - 10. When You Wish Upon a Star - Cliff Edwards

Listen to our extended American Songbook playlist:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37I5x5Z6QOMJReGaHbw2VQ?si=381fe4ac505f4533&pt_success=1&nd=1&dlsi=6379fc41f74d4251
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/the-track-star-podcast-episode-3/pl.u-e98lljEsaR3mRaD
YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJwfZsOZW3kWDxpUbYZPY3kknxV3Fv3nt

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Track Star Team: Jack Coyne, Kieran Coyne, Henry Kornaros, Noah John, Haley Sobel, Alex Fabry, Ellen Schoenfeld, Sarah Mann, Ellie Aslanian, Ryan Dirgins