Songs About Buckets

These are Songs About Buckets. I'm sure you can barely *contain* your excitement! Enjoy?  ~  JH



1)  Spearhead  ~  "Hole In The Bucket"

2)  Perry Como  ~  "A Hatchet, A Hammer, A Bucket Of Nails"

3)  Carly Rae Jepsen  ~  "Bucket"

4)  The Libertines  ~  "Bucket Shop"

5)  Grateful Dead  ~  "Hell In A Bucket"

6)  Vince Staples  ~  "Crabs In A Bucket"

7)  Sara Evans  ~  "Suds In The Bucket"

8)  David Lee Roth  ~  "Drop In The Bucket"

9)  Kings Of Leon  ~  "The Bucket"

10)  Sufjan Stevens  ~  "Blue Bucket Of Gold"

11)  Nelly Furtado  ~  "Bucket List"

12)  SheDAISY  ~  "Good Together (Bucket And Chicken)"

13)  Melvins  ~  "Honey Bucket"

14)  House Of Heroes  ~  "Buckets For Bullet Wounds"

15)  Sesame Street  ~  "There's A Hole In The Bucket"

16)  Mary Gauthier  ~  "Drop In A Bucket"

17)  Charlie Winston  ~  "Kick The Bucket"

18)  Good Lovelies  ~  "Crabbuckit"

19)  Mitchell Tenpenny  ~  "Bucket List"

20)  The Yokel  ~  "You Roll And Kick  Your Bucket, Billy"

21)  Drive-By Truckers  ~  "Mercy Buckets"

22)  The Pioneers  ~  "Long Shot Kick De Bucket"

23)  Willie Nelson  ~  "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It"

24)  Zoe Speaks  ~  "Drop In The Bucket"

25)  Joan Osborne  ~  "Buckets Of Rain"

"Jukebox" Songs

I had a ton of fun compiling this post and the one that follows. Turns out there have been quite a few great songs about jukeboxes. Many of them are country songs, but plenty of other genres are represented here as well. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Don't Rock The Jukebox"

2)  Foreigner  ~  "Juke Box Hero"

3)  Joshua Hedley  ~  "Mr. Jukebox"

4)  Gene Watson  ~  "The Jukebox Played Along"

5)  Joe Diffie  ~  "Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)"

6)  Carl Perkins  ~  "Let The Jukebox Keep Playing"

7)  Mark Chesnutt  ~  "Brother Jukebox"

8)  Mickey Gilley  ~  "Jukebox Argument"

9)  The Honeycutters  ~  "Jukebox"

10)  Perry Como  ~  "Juke Box Baby"

11)  Alabama  ~  "Jukebox In My Mind"

12)  Johnny Paycheck  ~  "Jukebox Charlie"

13)  Ken Mellons  ~  "Jukebox Junkie"

14)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  "Lyin' Jukebox"

15)  Reese Witherspoon  ~  "Juke Box Blues"

16)  Jerry Lee Lewis  ~  "Jukebox Junky"

17)  Doug Stone  ~  "A Jukebox And A Country Song"

18)  Charley Pride  ~  "The Happiest Song On The Jukebox"

19)  Eddie Rabbitt  ~  "Two Dollars In The Jukebox"

20)  Rory Gallagher  ~  "Juke Box Annie"

21)  Wynonna & The Big Noise  ~  "Jesus And A Jukebox"

22)  The Jackson 5  ~  "Joyful Jukebox Music"

23)  Buck Owens  ~  "Put A Quarter In The Jukebox"

24)  Mark Chesnutt  ~  "Numbers On The Jukebox"  (Inexplicably, this guy has recorded three – at least! – songs with the word "Jukebox" in the title. This one, #7 above, and another in the follow-up to this post.)

25)  The Kinks  ~  "Juke Box Music"

Songs About Tomboys

Are you a tomboy? Is your daughter? Or your significant other? If you said "yes" to any of these questions, then this post is for you. If you said "no," why not take a listen anyway? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Destiny Rogers  ~  “Tomboy”

2)  Layce Whitworth  ~  “Tomboy”

3)  Maddie Wilson  ~  “Tomboy”

4)  Perry Como  ~  “Tomboy”

5)  Krista Marie  ~  “Tomboy”

6)  Danica Kováčová, Kristína Dubajová, & Tina Kucháreková  ~  “Divoška”  (In case you don’t speak Slovak – which, why would you NOT? – the title of this song translates to “Tomboy” in English.)

7)  The Chills  ~  “Tomboy”

8)  Castlewoods  ~  “Tomboy”

9)  Lee Aaron  ~  “Tomboy”

10)  Hyukoh  ~  “Tomboy”

11)  Emily Litta  ~  “Tomboy”

12)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  “Tomboy”

13)  Habibi  ~  “Tomboy”

14)  Stylly Dean  ~  “Garçon Manqué”  (I’m sure everyone here speaks French. But just in case, this song title also translates to “Tomboy.”)

15)  Bradley’s Circus  ~  “Tomboy Boogie”

16)  Miranda Lambert  ~  “Tomboy”

17)  Inüit  ~  “Tomboy”

18)  Dani  ~  “Garçon Manqué”

19)  Vulfpeck  ~  “Tomboy”

20)  Bettie Serveert  ~  “Tomboy”

21)  Ginette Genereux  ~  “Tomboy Girl”

22)  Kyra Leigh  ~  “Tomboy”

23)  Bleset  ~  “Tomboy”

24)  Sally Taylor  ~  “Tomboy Bride”

25)  Holy Cows  ~  “Tomboy Girl / Rastrojero”

Popular Songs Of 1948, Vol. 1

In celebration of my father's 70th year of life (his birthday was in September), here's the first in a two-part series of posts featuring the most Popular Songs of 1948. Most of you seeing/hearing these probably aren't old enough to remember any of these songs. Or maybe you are familiar with them, because you were raised listening to good music like I was. Either way...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Doris Day  ~  “It’s Magic”

2)  Pee Wee Hunt  ~  “Twelfth Street Rag”

3)  Georgia Gibbs  ~  “The Things We Did Last Summer”

4)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “Let’s Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello”

5)  Primo Scala’s Banjo & Accordion Orchestra ft. The Keynotes  ~  “Underneath The Arches”

6)  Ken Griffin & Jerry Wayne  ~  “You Can’t Be True, Dear”

7)  Johnny Bond  ~  “Oklahoma Waltz”

8)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Mañana (Is Soon Enough For Me)”

9)  Woody Herman  ~  “Four Brothers”

10)  Ray Noble & His Orchestra ft. Buddy Clark  ~  “I’ll Dance At Your Wedding”

11)  Francis Craig & His Orchestra  ~  “Beg Your Pardon”

12)  Gracie Fields  ~  “Now Is The Hour”

13)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “Molly Darlin’”

14)  Mahalia Jackson  ~  “Move On Up A Little Higher”

15)  Perry Como  ~  “Because”

16)  The Mills Brothers  ~  “Gloria”

17)  Margaret Whiting  ~  “A Tree In The Meadow”

18)  Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys  ~  “Texarkana Baby”

19)  Jo Stafford  ~  “Red River Valley”

20)  Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys  ~  “Humpty Dumpty Heart”

21)  Jon & Sondra Steele  ~  “My Happiness”

22)  Hank Williams, Sr.  ~  “Honky Tonkin’”

23)  Nat King Cole Trio  ~  “Nature Boy”

24)  Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra ft. Sons Of The Pioneers  ~  “Cool Water”

25)  Tex Ritter  ~  “Rye Whiskey”

Songs About Hatchets & Lollipops

On a couple of isolated occasions in the past, I have posted songs featuring two different – and completely unrelated – words in their titles. The first was Ninjas & Yo-Yo's, the second was Lobsters & Comic Books. Since those were so well-received, and because I recently had inspiration for other completely unrelated posts, there's this collection of Songs About Hatchets & Lollipops. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Archive  ~  “Hatchet”

2)  The Chordettes  ~  “Lollipop”

3)  Father John Misty  ~  “This Is Sally Hatchet”

4)  BigBang & 2NE1  ~  “Lollipop”  (I have no idea what they’re singing about, but it’s awfully catchy!)

5)  Adam Torres  ~  “Hatchet”

6)  Aasha Marie ft. Point Ash & CW Allen  ~  “Lollipop”

7)  Relient K  ~  “Which To Bury, Us Or The Hatchet”

8)  Margaret  ~  “Lollipop”

9)  Yo La Tengo  ~  “Pass The Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind”

10)  Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass  ~  “Lollipops And Roses”

11)  Movements  ~  “Hatchet”

12)  MIKA  ~  “Lollipop”

13)  Deke Dickerson  ~  “Hatchet Man”

14)  Lesley Gore  ~  “Sunshine, Lollipops, And Rainbows”

15)  Swim Good  ~  “Hatchet”

16)  Alvvays  ~  “Lollipop (Ode To Jim)”

17)  federation X  ~  “The Hatchet Man”

18)  Aqua  ~  “Lollipop (Candyman)”

19)  Perry Como  ~  “A Hatchet, A Hammer, A Bucket Of Nails”

20)  Shirley Temple  ~  “On The Good Ship Lollipop”

21)  As We Ascend  ~  “Hatchet”

22)  Bryan Loren  ~  “Lollipop Luv”

23)  The King Street Giants  ~  “One Hatchet, One Pitchfork”

24)  Seya  ~  “Lollipop”  (I’m not as fluent in Spanish as I used to be, but I think she’s saying she wants a lollipop. Repeatedly.)

25)  Low  ~  “Hatchet”

26)  The Lollipops  ~  “Lollipop Lips”

27)  Oh Captain!  ~  “Hatchet”

28)  The Wizard Of Oz Cast  ~  “We Represent The Lollipop Guild”

29)  The Safety Fire  ~  “Red Hatchet”

30)  Lil Wayne  ~  “Lollipop”  (This is the instrumental version, by the way. You didn’t think I was going to post the actual song here, did you? ‘Cuz it’s garbage. But hey, this has a nice beat and you can dance to it, so here it is.)