Songs About Kings

Remember that time I posted a set of Songs About Aces and told you it was going to be the first in a series of posts about playing cards? Well, I promise I told you. You must have forgotten. Anyway, here's the next installment. Songs About Kings. Hope you will enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Counting Crows  ~  "Rain King"

2)  Of Monsters And Men  ~  "King And Lionheart"

3)  George Strait  ~  "King Of Broken Hearts"

4)  Taylor Swift  ~  "King Of My Heart"

5)  Tom Petty  ~  "It's Good To Be King"

6)  Love & The Outcome  ~  "King Of My Heart"

7)  Years & Years  ~  "King"

8)  Rush  ~  "A Farewell To Kings"

9)  King's X  ~  "King"

10)  First Aid Kit ft. Marcus Mumford  ~  "King Of The World"

11)  Nina Simone  ~  "Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)"

12)  Cat Power  ~  "King Rides By"

13)  Metallica  ~  "King Nothing"

14)  Thirty Seconds To Mars  ~  "Kings And Queens"

15)  Better Than Ezra  ~  "King Of New Orleans"

16)  Mat Kearney  ~  "Kings & Queens"

17)  Newsies Cast  ~  "King Of New York"

18)  Audio Adrenaline  ~  "Kings & Queens"

19)  The Police  ~  "King Of Pain"

20)  Rainbow  ~  "Temple Of The King"

21)  Weezer  ~  "King Of The World"

22)  Deep Purple  ~  "Speed King"

23)  Roger Miller  ~  "King Of The Road"

24)  Danny Kaye  ~  "The King's New Clothes"

25)  Go West  ~  "King Of Wishful Thinking"

“Anywhere” Songs

Continuing with the long-forgotten-but-recently-resurrected quasi-series of "Any-" songs posts... Here's a rousing set of "Anywhere" Songs that you're sure to enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Rita Ora  ~  “Anywhere”

2)  Passenger  ~  “Anywhere”

3)  Enya  ~  “Anywhere Is”

4)  Ginny Simms  ~  “I’d Know You Anywhere”

5)  Santana  ~  “Anywhere You Want To Go”

6)  Glass Forest  ~  “Anywhere”

7)  Sammy Kershaw  ~  “Anywhere But Here”

8)  Christina Aguilera  ~  “Anywhere But Here”

9)  Jackson Browne  ~  “If I Could Be Anywhere”

10)  Hilary Duff  ~  “Anywhere But Here”

11)  Finch  ~  “Anywhere But Here”

12)  k.d. lang  ~  “Anywhere But Here”

13)  Jake Owen  ~  “Anywhere With You”

14)  Scarlett Johansson  ~  “Anywhere I Lay My Head”  (It’s a good thing she’s a successful actress…because Scarlett’s not much of a singer.)

15)  Ferlin Husky  ~  “I Feel Better All Over (More Than Anywhere’s Else)”

16)  Mark Ronson & Katy B  ~  “Anywhere In The World”

17)  Danny Kaye  ~  “Anywhere I Wander”  (The video for this song doubles as an impromptu Spanish lesson. You’re welcome.)

18)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “Take Me Anywhere”

19)  Rise Against  ~  “Anywhere But Here”

20)  Sara Evans  ~  “Anywhere”

21)  Shawn Colvin  ~  “Anywhere You Go”

22)  James Taylor  ~  “Anywhere Like Heaven”

23)  Gracie Schram  ~  “Anywhere You Go”

24)  Scotty Emerick ft. Toby Keith  ~  “I Can’t Take You Anywhere”

25)  dala  ~  “Anywhere”

Popular Songs Of 1947, Vol. 3

Here's part 3 of 3 in the Popular Songs Of 1947 series. Plenty to see and hear here, folks. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bing Crosby  ~  “But Beautiful”

2)  Merle Travis  ~  “Steel Guitar Rag”

3)  The Mills Brothers  ~  “Across The Alley From The Alamo”

4)  Dorothy Shay  ~  “Feudin’ And Fightin’”

5)  Frankie Laine  ~  “Two Loves Have I”

6)  Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra ft. Billy Williams  ~  “The Old Lamplighter”

7)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “To My Sorrow”

8)  The Andrew Sisters & Danny Kaye  ~  “Civilization”

9)  Buddy Clark ft. Ray Noble & His Orchestra  ~  “Linda”

10)  Dinah Shore  ~  “How Soon Will I Be Seeing You?”

11)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Mean To Me”

12)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “Don’t Look Now”

13)  Jo Stafford  ~  “Make Believe”

14)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens”

15)  Tex Williams  ~  “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)”

16)  Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians ft. Kenny Gardner  ~  “Frankie And Johnny”

17)  Georgia Gibbs  ~  “Fool That I Am”

18)  Red Foley & The Cumberland Valley Boys  ~  “Freight Train Boogie”

19)  Art Lund  ~  “Mam’selle”

20)  Jimmie Davis  ~  “Bang Bang”

21)  Freddy Martin and his Orchestra ft. Stuart Wade  ~  “Managua, Nicaragua”

22)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “Bouquet Of Roses”

23)  Roy Brown  ~  “Good Rockin’ Tonight”  (This guy was ahead of his time. Sounds remarkably similar to the earliest rock and roll tunes that would come out a full decade later.)

24)  Frankie Laine  ~  “On The Sunny Side Of The Street”

25)  Mary Martin  ~  “Almost Like Being In Love”

"Chin" Music

Here's a bunch of songs with the word "Chin" in their titles. Because, why not? Besides, they're actually pretty good ones. Enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Copeland  ~  “Chin Up”

2)  Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs  ~  “The Hair On My Chinny Chin Chin”

3)  Balkan Beat Box  ~  “Chin Chin”

4)  Forever The Sickest Kids  ~  “Chin Up, Kid”

5)  Ryan Adams  ~  “Chin Up, Cheer Up”

6)  The Scruff  ~  “Chin Up”

7)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “On The Chin”

8)  The Silver Medal  ~  “Chin Up, Son”

9)  Sleep Party People  ~  “Chin”

10)  We Are The Ocean  ~  “Chin Up, Son”

11)  Esther Pennell  ~  “Take It On The Chin”

12)  Judy Garland  ~  “Chin Up! Cheerio! Carry On!”

13)  Foster The People  ~  “Chin Music For The Unsuspecting Hero”

14)  An Honest Year  ~  “Chin Up, Kid”

15)  The Weekenders  ~  “Chin Up”

16)  Kim Carnes  ~  “Take It On The Chin, Baby”

17)  Moose Blood  ~  “Chin Up”

18)  Catch 22  ~  “Chin Up”

19)  Switchfoot  ~  “Ode To Chin”

20)  Amy Stroup  ~  “Chin Up”

21)  Jimmy’s Iced Coffee  ~  “Keep Your Chin Up”

22)  Danny Kaye  ~ “Chin Up, Stout Fellow”

23)  Mike Zito & The Wheel  ~  “Chin Up”

24)  The Finest Hour  ~  “Keep Your Chin Up, Kid”

25)  Kayla Way  ~  “Chin Up”