Songs About Cabbage

It's been a while since I posted a blog here. And apparently I'm making my big comeback with some Songs About Cabbage. I know...it doesn't make sense. But honestly, did I ever say it had to? Anyway, they're all good songs. So...enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH



1)  Weather Report  ~  "Swamp Cabbage"

2)  Bee Gees  ~  "Paper Mache, Cabbages, & Kings"

3)  Christian McBride Trio  ~  "Ham Hocks & Cabbage"

4)  Cab Calloway  ~  "Pickin' The Cabbage"

5)  Mark O'Connor ft. Wynton Marsalis  ~  "Boil 'Em Cabbage Down"

6)  Twiddle  ~  "Cabbage Face"

7)  Desi Raines  ~  "Cabbage"

8)  The Meters  ~  "Cabbage Alley"

9)  Delta Moon  ~  "Cabbagetown Shuffle / Open All Night"

10)  Maggie Jones  ~  "Anybody Here Want To Try My Cabbage?"

11)  Boeboe  ~  "Cabbage Patch"

12)  Dr. John  ~  "Cabbage Head"

13)  Lettuce  ~  "Purple Cabbage"

14)  Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band  ~  "Cabbage Town"

15)  Marlin's Dreaming  ~  "Cabbage Tree"

16)  Blair Crimmins & The Hookers  ~  "Old Man Cabbage"

17)  Shawn Mullins  ~  "Cabbagetown"

18)  Teenage Fanclub  ~  "The Cabbage"

19)  Polyrhythmics  ~  "Moon Cabbage"

20)  Blackfoot  ~  "Spendin' Cabbage"

Popular Songs Of 1937, Vol. 4

One more time for old time's sake. Literally. (I might have used that line before. Sue me.) With this post, we wrap the Popular Songs of 1937 series. Hope you have enjoyed it!  ~  JH

1)  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cast  ~  “Whistle While You Work”

2)  Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli  ~  “Minor Swing”

3)  Benny Goodman & His Orchestra ft. Ella Fitzgerald  ~  “Goodnight, My Love”

4)  Fred Astaire  ~  “I Can’t Be Bothered Now”

5)  Frances Langford  ~  “Once In A While”

6)  Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra  ~  “You Can’t Stop Me From Dreamin’”

7)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Kind Hearted Woman Blues”

8)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “The Morning After”

9)  Ivie Anderson  ~  “All God's Chillun Got Rhythm”

10)  Billie Holiday  ~  “A Sailboat In The Moonlight”

11)  Roosevelt Sykes  ~  “Night Time Is The Right Time”

12)  W. Lee O’Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys  ~  “Bear Cat Mama”

13)  Fred Astaire  ~  “Beginner’s Luck”

14)  Robert Johnson  ~  “When You Got A Good Friend”

15)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Blue Hawaii”

16)  Chick Webb & His Orchestra  ~  “Harlem Congo”

17)  Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians  ~  “So Rare”

18)  Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra  ~  “Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm”

19)  Patsy Montana  ~  “Pride Of The Prairie”

20)  Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell  ~  “Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)”

21)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “Marie”

22)  Artie Shaw  ~  “Nightmare”

23)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Stop Breakin’ Down Blues”

24)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Smarty (You Know It All)”

25)  Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers  ~  “Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off”

Big Band & Swing Music

Tomorrow, my wife, kids, and I will be going to a family reunion for my Grandma Hill's side of the family, the Browns. My grandma was not only the Best Grandma Ever (sorry if you think YOUR Grandma is/was – she's not), she was also my best friend when I was younger. She passed away in January of 1992, and a part of me has been lost ever since. The last time we had a Brown Family Reunion was only a year or two after my grandma passed. In her younger and even older years, she had been a huge fan of Big Band music. She loved to dance to it as long as she was able to. In memory of my Grandma Hill, here's a collection of some of the finest Big Band and Swing music ever produced. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Glenn Miller Orchestra  ~  “In The Mood”

2)  Benny Goodman  ~  “Sing, Sing, Sing”

3)  Artie Shaw  ~  “Begin The Beguine”

4)  Harry James  ~  “Green Onions”

5)  Count Basie  ~  “One O’Clock Jump”

6)  Woody Herman & His Swingin’ Herd  ~  “Woodchopper’s Ball”

7)  Duke Ellington  ~  “It Don’t Mean A Thing”

8)  Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich  ~  “The Drum Battle”  (Wow, this is fairly epic! Who do YOU think won the battle?)

9)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “Song Of India”

10)  Louis Armstrong  ~  “A Kiss To Build A Dream On”

11)  Dizzy Gillespie  ~  “Salt Peanuts”

12)  Bob Crosby And His Orchestra  ~  “Big Noise From Winnetka”

13)  Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “Tangerine”

14)  Earl “Fatha” Hines  ~  “Memories Of You”

15)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby?”

16)  Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians  ~  “Sioux City Sue”

17)  Kay Kyser & His Orchestra  ~  “Like The Fella Once Said”

18)  Lawrence Welk  ~  “Muskrat Ramble”

19)  Hoagy Carmichael  ~  “The Monkey Song”

20)  Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm  ~  “Breathless”

21)  Billy Eckstine  ~  “Prisoner Of Love”

22)  Louis Prima  ~  “Just A Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody”

23)  Cab Calloway  ~  “Minnie The Moocher”

24)  Les Brown And His Band Of Renown  ~  “Leapfrog”

25)  Lionel Hampton  ~  “Flying Home”