Popular Songs Of 1990, Vol. 4

By now, you wouldn't think there would be any good songs worth listening to from the year 1990. But you would be wrong. Popular Songs of 1990, Vol. 4 has arrived, and we're still going strong! Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Someday"

2)  Phil Collins ft. Eric Clapton  ~  "I Wish It Would Rain Down"

3)  A Tribe Called Quest  ~  "Bonita Applebum"

4)  Enigma  ~  "Sadeness (Part 1)"

5)  King's X  ~  "It's Love"

6)  Go West  ~  "King Of Wishful Thinking"

7)  Janet Jackson  ~   "Black Cat"

8)  Londonbeat  ~  "I've Been Thinking About You"

9)  Alias  ~  "(I Need You Now) More Than Words Can Say"

10)  The B-52's  ~  "Roam"

11)  MC Hammer  ~  "Pray"

12)  AC/DC  ~  "Thunderstruck"

13)  Patty Loveless  ~  "Chains"

14)  C+C Music Factory ft. Freedom Williams  ~  "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"

15)  The Righteous Brothers  ~  "Unchained Melody"  (Of course, this is a much older song than 1990 – 1965, to be precise – but it was re-released by The Righteous Brothers that year thanks to its presence in the blockbuster film GHOST and became a hit song again.)

16)  Cher  ~  "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)"

17)  Garth Brooks  ~  "Not Counting You"

18)  Jesus Jones  ~  "Right Here, Right Now"

19)  Tanya Tucker  ~  "Walking Shoes"

20)  The Black Crowes  ~  "She Talks To Angels"

21)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Here In The Real World"

22)  Wilson Phillips  ~  "Impulsive"

23)  The Soup Dragons ft. Junior Reid  ~  "I'm Free"

24)  Aerosmith  ~  "The Other Side"

25)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Tom's Diner"

Still More Songs About Feelings

As promised, here’s one last set (maybe?) of Songs About Feelings for your listening pleasure. Don’t sigh at me – just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Righteous Brothers  ~  “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’”

2)  The Chainsmokers ft. Kelsea Ballerini  ~  “This Feeling”

3)  Michael Bublé  ~  “Feeling Good”

4)  The Human League  ~  “(Keep Feeling) Fascination”

5)  The Moody Blues  ~  “Dawn Is A Feeling”

6)  Ivana Raymonda  ~  “Magical Feeling”  (I usually find this lady’s songs to be pleasantly campy yet surprisingly sincere. This one is all that and more, minus the “pleasant” part. She hits a couple of “off” notes that are awful…ly hard to ignore. But the fact that she’s putting herself out there, even if it’s not always her best foot, is still pretty admirable in my book.)

7)  Clear Conscience  ~  “Island Feeling”

8)  Moby ft. Rozz Morehead  ~  “Feeling So Real”

9)  Satellite Sky  ~  “Got This Feeling”

10)  Kris Kristofferson  ~  “Feeling Mortal”

11)  Dusya  ~  “Fight This Feeling”

12)  Joe Cocker  ~  “Feelin’ Alright”

13)  Three Dog Night  ~  “Good Feeling 1957”

14)  Natalie Shay  ~  “This Feeling”

15)  Rhys Lewis  ~  “I Know The Feeling”

16)  Mark Chesnutt  ~  “Lost In The Feeling”

17)  Halfnoise  ~  “Sudden Feeling”

18)  James Brown  ~  “I Got The Feelin’”

19)  Muse  ~  “Feeling Good”

20)  Chicago  ~  “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day”

“Melody” Songs, Vol. 1

Odd that I've never thought of this "theme" before now. But...here's a collection of songs with the word "Melody" (or "Melodies") somewhere in their titles. One more set of these is coming tomorrow. And then..."Harmony" Songs, of course! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kate Earl  ~  “Melody”

2)  Butch Walker  ~  “Pretty Melody”

3)  Sixpence None The Richer  ~  “Melody Of You”

4)  Caribou  ~  “Melody Day”

5)  Blonde Redhead  ~  “Melody”

6)  The Grass Roots  ~  “A Melody For You”

7)  Oliver Heldens  ~  “Melody”

8)  Beck  ~  “Dead Melodies”

9)  Madison Beer  ~  “Melodies”

10)  Kendall Schmidt  ~  “Memories And Melodies”

11)  Katie Sky  ~  “Sweet Sweet Melody”

12)  The Osborne Brothers  ~  “Bluegrass Melodies”

13)  Paramore  ~  “Stop This Song (Lovesick Melody)”

14)  Alphaville  ~  “Sounds Like A Melody”

15)  India.Arie  ~  “Complicated Melody”

16)  Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings  ~  “Melody”

17)  Brenda Lee  ~  “Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody”

18)  Righteous Brothers  ~  “Unchained Melody”

19)  Anna Nalick  ~  “More Than Melody”

20)  Harry Chapin  ~  “Stranger With The Melodies”

Popular Songs Of 1966, Vol. 1

Ahh...the 1960s. When I think of "oldies music," this is the era and these are the songs that come to mind. Motown, the British invasion, psychedelia, soaring harmonies, and blue-eyed soul. It was a hodgepodge of wonderful encapsulated in an unforgettable decade. Unforgettable even though I wasn't yet alive to experience it firsthand. That says a lot about the music this decade left behind. Without further ado, here's Part 1 of 3 of the most Popular Songs of 1966. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Association  ~  “Cherish”

2)  The Righteous Brothers  ~  “(You’re My) Soul And Inspiration”

3)  The Four Tops  ~  “(Reach Out) I’ll Be There”

4)  Question Mark & The Mysterians  ~  “96 Tears”

5)  The Monkees  ~  “Last Train To Clarksville”

6)  The Mamas & The Papas  ~  “Monday, Monday”

7)  The Supremes  ~  “You Can’t Hurry Love”

8)  Johnny Rivers  ~  “Poor Side Of Town”

9)  The Lovin’ Spoonful  ~  “Summer In The City”

10)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Strangers In The Night”

11)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “The Sound Of Silence”

12)  The Young Rascals  ~  “Good Lovin’”

13)  Tommy James & The Shondells  ~  “Hanky Panky”

14)  Percy Sledge  ~  “When A Man Loves A Woman”

15)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Paint It Black”

16)  The Troggs  ~  “Wild Thing”

17)  Donovan  ~  “Sunshine Superman”

18)  Bobby Hebb  ~  “Sunny”

19)  The Happenings  ~  “See You In September”

20)  The Beach Boys  ~  “Good Vibrations”

Popular Songs Of 1965, Vol. 1

Fifty years ago, these songs were released and became big hits. Relive them here, or enjoy them for the first time. Groovy, baby!  ~  JH

1)  Tom Jones  ~  "It's Not Unusual"

2)  The Beach Boys  ~  "Help Me, Rhonda"

3)  The Beatles  ~  "Help!"

4)  The Kinks  ~  "All Day And All Of The Night"

5)  Herman's Hermits  ~  "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat?"

6)  The Righteous Brothers  ~  "Unchained Melody"

7)  Dave Clark Five  ~  "Catch Us If You Can"

8)  Four Tops  ~  "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"

9)  Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs  ~  "Wooly Bully"

10)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Satisfaction"

11)  We Five  ~  "You Were On My Mind"

12)  Petula Clark  ~  "Downtown"

13)  The Temptations  ~  "My Girl"

14)  Roger Miller  ~  "King Of The Road"

15)  Jewel Akens  ~  "The Birds And The Bees"

16)  Mel Carter  ~  "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me"

17)  Junior Walker & The All-Stars  ~  "Shotgun"

18)  Sonny & Cher  ~  "I Got You Babe"

19)  Gary Lewis & The Playboys  ~  "This Diamond Ring"

20)  The Supremes  ~  "Stop! In The Name Of Love"

21)   The Seekers  ~  "I'll Never Find Another You"

22)  Jay & The Americans  ~  "Cara Mia"

23)  The Byrds  ~  "Mr. Tambourine Man"

24)  Barry McGuire  ~  "Eve Of Destruction"

25)  The McCoys  ~  "Hang On Sloopy"