M U S I C A L T R I B U T E S
ROASTS, TOASTS & OTHER SATIRICAL SONGS BY
C H R I S T O P H E R M A S O N
Performing for: Mayor Mike Bloomberg Liz Smith Mario Buatta Agnes Gund
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"A New-Age Noël Coward" “A simply delightful artist” “Charmingly biting” “New York’s wickedest songster”
- New York Magazine - Liz Smith, New York Post - Mario Buatta - New York Newsday
Steve and Christine Schwarzman The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough President Bill Clinton Ivana Trump
To listen to “The Liz Smith Song” click here
Musical Tributes and Satirical Songs by Christopher Mason
RECENT PERFORMANCES by CHRISTOPHER MASON:
OTHER MUSICAL ROASTS, TOASTS & SATIRICAL SONGS by CHRISTOPHER MASON for:
PHILANTHROPY
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
“The New York Public Library Song” – performed at the Ten
Treasures Dinner, a gala benefit for the Library.
THE JEWISH MUSEUM
“The Purim Spiel” – performed at the Museum’s Masked Purim Ball in the grand ballroom at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel,
New York.
AIDS CARE CENTER, NEW YORK HOSPITAL
“The Nouvelle Restraint” – a spoof of “Nouvelle Society,” performed at a gala to benefit the AIDS Care Center at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center,New York.
CHESS IN THE SCHOOLS
“The Dorothy & Lewis Cullman Song” – performed at a Chess-in-the-Schools gala honoring the legendary philanthropist who launched the first LBO,
and his wife Dorothy,
Cipriani 42nd Street
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
“Salut a Provence” – performed at a gala to benefit the Art Institute of Chicago,
Marshall Fields, Chicago.
LENOX HILL HOSPITAL
“Bulgari Valentine Song” – performed at a benefit to renovate the Emergency Room at Lenox Hill Hospital, Bulgari,
New York.
DOMINICK DUNNE
“The Dominick Dunne Song” – performed at a dinner in honor of the author to benefit The New York Public Library.
DAVID ROCKEFELLER
“Open Your Checkbooks, Corporate Chiefs” – performed at The N.Y. City Partnership gala honoring Mr. Rockefeller.
KITTY CARLISLE HART
“Our Heart to Hart” – performed at a dinner honoring the former
Broadway star and Chairman of the New York State Council for the Arts, at the Museum of Modern Art.
PHILIP JOHNSON
“Nifty at Ninety” – performed at the 90th birthday of the legendary architect, at The Museum of Modern Art.
BROOKE ASTOR
“Brooke, Wonderful Brooke” – performed at a gala honoring Mrs. Astor to benefit the Henry Street Settlement, Plaza Hotel, New York.
JOAN RIVERS, MARIO BUATTA, DR. RUTH
“Stars For Hire!” – a spoof of celebrities volunteering as maid, hostess and butler, at a benefit dinner for The Mission Society, at the New York apartment of Dina Merrill.
SOCIETY
BROOKE ASTOR
“The Developers’ Song” – performed at a surprise 80th birthday party for Mrs. Vincent Astor in the Trustees Room of The New York Public Library.
MEREDITH & TOM BROKAW
“The Divine Miss M” – performed at the 50th birthday party given by Tom Brokaw for his wife Meredith, at a dinner overlooking the skating rink at Rockefeller Plaza.
CORNELIA GUEST
“Cornelia Guest’s Birthday Song” – performed at a party for Doris Duke, the philanthropist, and “the Debutante of the Decade,” given by C.Z. Guest at Templeton, her estate in Old Westbury, Long Island.
MARIO BUATTA
“Don’t Put Your Chintz on the Chaise, Little Mario” – performed at a
dinner in honor of the infamous interior designer known as the Prince of Chintz.
WILLIAM S. PALEY
“The Bill Paley Song” – performed for the chairman of CBS and founder of the American television, at a dinner to celebrate his 87th year, at Shinnecock Golf Club, Southampton.
ROSAMOND BERNIER/BROOKE ASTOR
“La Vie de Rosamond” – performed at a book party for Rosamond Bernier given by Mrs. Astor at the Knickerbocker Club, New York, and at a reception in Rosamond’s honor at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art.
IVANA TRUMP
“Please May I Borrow Your Yacht?” – performed aboard the Trump Princess at three inaugural lunch parties, New York Harbor.
ELEANOR LAMBERT
“Eleanor, Queen of Tattoos” – performed at a reception honoring the inventor of the International Best Dressed List, at Tiffany & Co., Fifth Avenue, New York.
ALLISON & LEONARD STERN
“Leonard & Allison Song”
performed at the Sterns’ 20th Wedding Anniversary
Watermill, Long Island,
August 2007
DOMINIQUE LEVY
“Levy en Rose” song
performed at celebrated art dealer’s
40th Birthday Party,
Paris, France,
June 2007
ROYALTY,GOVERNMENTTELEVISION, FILM
H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES
“Charles in Charleston” – performed at a gala dinner given by the Prince for global business leaders, Charleston, South Carolina.
T.R.H. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK
“The New York Song” – performed at a reception for Prince Andrew and "Fergie" at Barney’s, New York.
SENATOR FRANK LAUTENBERG
“Frank’s Song” – performed at the Senator 70th birthday dinner Signo Rifle Club, New York.
U.N. AMBASSADOR JEANE KIRKPATRICK
“Jeane Kirkpatrick’s Birthday Song” – performed at a reception for the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, New York.
PRIME TIME LIVE, ABC TV
“The Lefty Song” – topic: The left-handedness of three
presidential candidates: Bill Clinton, Ross Perot and George Bush, performed on
Prime Time Live.
GOOD MORNINGAMERICA,
ABC TV
“The 12 Days of Christmas Fitness Song” performed on Good Morning America.
BBC TV
“Santa to the Stars” – song recorded at the Oak Room, Algonquin Hotel, New York for BBC 2 documentary.
PBS
“The Perfect Sherlock Holmes” – performed at a gala celebrating the success of PBS’ Mystery series, Los Angeles, CA.
MERCHANT IVORY FILMS
“The Merchant Ivory Song” – performed at a dinner given by Sony Classics to celebrate the success of Howard’s End, The Plaza Hotel, New York.
GREGORY PECK
“Peerless Pecks” – performed at the Park Avenue apartment of
Judy Green at a dinner in honor of the movie star and his wife Veronique.
BOB WEINSTEIN
“Beep Beep, Honk Honk, Vroom Vroom,”
song performed for the 3rd birthday of Jake Weinstein,
the son of Bob Weinstein,
co-founder of Miramax and the Weinstein Company, and his wife Annie,
Greenwich, CT.
David Koch Leonard Lauder
Click on the player, below, to listen to “Retail Therapy,” Denise Hasting’s 50th Birthday song, performed in London at the Savile Club in Mayfair, March 2010.
