"Contagious" Songs

You CANNOT catch the Coronavirus by checking out this blog! But you can hear a bunch of catchy tunes with the word "Contagious" in their titles to pass the time away while you self-quarantine (if applicable) or pretend to work (if applicable). And don't worry (or worry, if applicable) – there'll be plenty more posts of this nature this week. You're welcome (or I'm sorry). Enjoy! (Or don't!)  ~  JH

1)  The Isley Brothers ft. R. Kelly & Chanté Moore  ~  "Contagious"

2)  Avril Lavigne  ~  "Contagious"

3)  Collective Soul  ~  "Contagious"

4)  Boys Like Girls  ~  "Contagious"

5)  Y&T  ~  "Contagious"

6)  Frankie Laine  ~  "Contagious"

7)  Anarbor  ~  "Contagious"

8)  Learning Music  ~  "Contagious"

9)  Saving Abel  ~  "Contagious"

10)  The Bar-Kays  ~  "Contagious"

11)  Trapt  ~  "Contagious"

12)  The Whispers  ~  "Contagious"

13)  Marc Robillard  ~  "Contagious"

14)  Filter  ~  "Hatred Is Contagious"

15)  Night Riots  ~  "Contagious"

16)  Chromeo  ~  "I'm Not Contagious"

17)  Little Eye  ~  "Contagious"

18)  A Static Lullaby  ~  "Contagious"

19)  Masketta Fall  ~  "So Contagious"

20)  Aaron Sprinkle  ~  "So Contagious"

21)  Nathassia  ~  "Contagious"

22)  ZOEgirl  ~  "Contagious"

23)  Emily Nance  ~  "So Contagious"

24)  The Cab  ~  "This City Is Contagious"

25)  Nirvana  ~  "Smells Like Teen Spirit"   ("I feel stupid and contagious..." C'mon, how could I forget this classic?)

"Spare" Songs

No, these aren’t a bunch of songs left over from previous posts, nor are they songs that simply wouldn’t fit in with any theme so I put them altogether in one post (although I wouldn’t put it past myself to do either of those things). These are, quite literally, a bunch of “Spare” Songs in that the word “Spare” appears in the title of each. Not surprisingly – because good music abounds, if you know where to find it – there are some real gems here, by both well-known and lesser-known artists. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Spare Me A Little Of Your Love”

2)  Adam Ostrar  ~  “Spare Me”

3)  Ingrid Michaelson  ~  “Spare Change”

4)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “No Spare Parts”

5)  Irya’s Playground  ~  “Give Me A Spare Hour”

6)  the Big Nose Attack  ~  “Spare Some Change”

7)  Honeyblood  ~  “No Spare Key”

8)  Tom Paxton  ~  “Time To Spare”

9)  Shortly  ~  “Spare Time”

10)  Robert Cray  ~  “Spare Some Love?”

11)  The Love Compartment  ~  “Spare Parts”

12)  Mandy Patinkin  ~  “Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?”

13)  Gossip  ~  “Spare Me From The Mold”

14)  The Republic Of Wolves  ~  “Spare Me”

15)  Victoria Reed  ~  “Spare Heart”

16)  Andrew Bird  ~  “Spare-Ohs”

17)  Cassie Taylor  ~  “Spare Some Love”

18)  Chris Rice  ~  “Spare An Angel”

19)  Connie Smith  ~  “Five Fingers To Spare”

20)  Merle Haggard ft. Willie Nelson & Freddy Powers  ~  “If You Can Spare The Time (I Won’t Miss The Money)”

21)  Caitlin Rose  ~  “Spare Me”

22)  Frankie Laine  ~  “There’s Not A Moment To Spare”

23)  Kiss The Curse  ~  “Spare Me”

24)  George Strait  ~  “Anything You Can Spare”

25)  Carla Bianco  ~  “Spare Window”

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”

Popular Songs Of 1947, Vol. 2

Did you like that last batch of Popular Songs from 1947? Good? Then here's more. No? Then don't check these out. More of the same here...and it's all good stuff! Enjoy!  ~  JH 

1)  Nat King Cole  ~  “(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons”

2)  Dinah Shore  ~  “You Do”

3)  Bing Crosby ft. Fred Waring & The Glee Club  ~  “The Whiffenpoof Song”

4)  Frankie Laine  ~  “All Of Me”

5)  Ted Weems Orchestra  ~  “Heartaches”

6)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “I’ll Step Aside”

7)  Al Jolson  ~  “April Showers”

8)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “It’s A Sin”

9)  The Andrews Sisters  ~  “Near You”

10)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Texas And Pacific”

11)  Perry Como ft. Dinah Shore  ~  “When You Were Sweet Sixteen”

12)  Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys ft. Tommy Duncan  ~  “Sugar Moon”

13)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “I’ve Got A Crush On You”

14)  The Ink Spots  ~  “Sincerely Yours”

15)  Merle Travis  ~  “Missouri”

16)  James Baskett  ~  “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah”  (Fun fact: Actor/singer James Baskett became the first African-American male to receive an Oscar, for his performance in this film, Song Of The South.)

17)  Red Foley & The Cumberland Valley Boys  ~  “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?”

18)  Doris Day & Buddy Clark  ~  “Confess”

19)  Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra ft. Don Cornell  ~  “That’s My Desire”

20)  Jane Russell  ~  “Do It Again”

21)  Dinah Shore  ~  “I Wish I Didn’t Love You So”

22)  Woody Herman Orchestra  ~  “Four Brothers”

23)  Frankie Laine  ~  “A Sunday Kind Of Love”

24)  Jo Stafford  ~  “Ivy”

25)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “I Couldn’t Believe It Was True”