Showing posts with label Ginger Rogers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ginger Rogers. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Songs About Baskets

I got you a few good Songs About Baskets to listen to. You're extremely welcome. Enjoy!  ~  JH


1)  Green Day  ~  "Basket Case"




2)  Ella Fitzgerald  ~  "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"




3)  Cake  ~  "She'll Hang The Baskets"




4)  Sara Bareilles  ~  "Basket Case"




5)  Ray Charles  ~  "Don't Put All Your Dreams In One Basket"




6)  Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers  ~  "I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket"




7)  Mia Carruthers  ~  "Bell And A Basket"




8)  CrazyEightEight  ~  "Bastard From A Basket"





9)  Warren Zevon  ~  "Basket Case"




10)  Jasmine Rae  ~  "Eggs In A Basket"




11)  Phil Ochs  ~  "Basket In The Pool"




12)  Michael Thomas Howard  ~  "Tiny Birch Basket"


Tuesday, March 21, 2017

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”


Monday, March 20, 2017

Popular Songs Of 1937, Vol. 2

I'm fast-tracking these – just a bit. Round 2 of 4 featuring the Popular Songs of 1937. If you like these, there's more where these came from! If you don't like 'em, don't listen! Easy-peasy! Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Dick Powell & Alice Faye  ~  “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm”




2)  Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra ft. Bing Crosby  ~  “Never In A Million Years”




3)  Billie Holiday  ~  “Easy Living”




4)  Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra  ~  “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin”




5)  Sonny Boy Williamson  ~  “Good Morning, School Girl”




6)  Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys  ~  “Right Or Wrong”




7)  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cast  ~  “Heigh-Ho”




8)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Love In Vain Blues”




9)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “Satan Takes A Holiday”  (Not often one sees a song about Satan on this blog. Guess it was overdue. Relax: it’s a harmless instrumental. You’ll LOVE it!)




10)  Ginger Rogers  ~  “They All Laughed”




11)  Fred Astaire & Dudley Dickerson  ~  “Slap That Bass”




12)  Benny Goodman & His Orchestra ft. Johnnie Davis & Frances Langford  ~  “Hooray For Hollywood”




13)  Rudy Vallée & His Connecticut Yankees  ~ “Vieni…Vieni…”




14)  Will Osborne & His Orchestra ft. Joan Whitney  ~  “In The Still Of The Night”




15)  Ella Logan  ~  “I Was Doing All Right”




16)  The Ink Spots  ~  “Swing High, Swing Low”




17)  Dick Jurgens & His Orchestra ft. Eddy Howard  ~  “Gone With The Wind”




18)  Bunny Berigan  ~  “Blues”




19)  Ready, Willing, And Able Cast  ~  “Too Marvelous For Words”




20)  Big Bill Broonzy  ~  “Don’t Tear My Clothes”




21)  Raymond Scott Quintette  ~  “Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungry Cannibals”




22)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Terraplane Blues”




23)  Bing Crosby  ~  “The Moon Got In My Eyes”




24)  Jimmie Lewis  ~  “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down”  (Sharp listeners will recognize this song as the theme song from all those classic Looney Tunes cartoons. Who knew it had actual lyrics???)




25)  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra ft. Jerry Cooper  ~  “It’s De-Lovely”


Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Songs With "In The" In The Title, Vol. 2

As promised, here's the second half of this two-part series, featuring songs with the phrase "In The" in their titles. For those of you more inclined to like "oldies" music, you may be happy to know that at least half of these – if not more – would qualify as such. You're welcome!  ~  JH



1)  Elton John  ~  "Candle In The Wind"




2)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Blowin' In The Wind"




3)  George Strait  ~  "Ace In The Hole"




4)  Ginger Rogers  ~  "We're In The Money"




5)  The Gap Band  ~  "Early In The Morning"




6)  Frank Sinatra  ~  "Strangers In The Night"




7)  Stevie Wonder  ~  "A Place In The Sun"




8)  Gwen Stefani  ~  "4 In The Morning"




9)  Mat Kearney  ~  "Ships In The Night"




10)  Ozzy Osbourne  ~  "Shot In The Dark"




11)  P!nk  ~  "Glitter In The Air"




12)  Phil Collins  ~  "In The Air Tonight"




13)  Gene Autry  ~  "Back In The Saddle Again"




14)  Kansas  ~  "Dust In The Wind"




15)  Carrie Underwood  ~  "Something In The Water"