“Messed Up” Songs, Vol. 1

These songs are seriously "messed up"! If their titles can be trusted, at least. And they usually can't. But there's still plenty of good stuff to listen to here. So much so that Vol. 2 will follow tomorrow. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “Now I’m All Messed Up”

2)  Heroes For Hire  ~  “All Messed Up”

3)  Gary Moore  ~  “All Messed Up”

4)  Alexander Bone ft. Rory Ingham, Toby Comeau, Felix Moseholm, & Jonathan Mansfield  ~  “Messed Up Shape”

5)  Jo Dee Messina  ~  “He’s Messed Up”

6)  The Cyrkle  ~  “Straighten Out My Messed Up Life”

7)  The Donnas  ~  “All Messed Up”

8)  Gino Lee  ~  “Messed Up”

9)  Towne  ~  “Messed Up”

10)  Floetry  ~  “Mr. Messed Up”

11)  Anastacia  ~  “Beautiful, Messed Up World”

12)  Swain  ~  “Punk Rock Messed You Up, Kid!”

13)  James Carr  ~  “You Got My Mind Messed Up”

14)  Bella & Lily  ~  “Messed Up Avenue”

15)  James  ~  “Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)”

16)  Rebecca Downes  ~  “Messed Up”

17)  Echoic  ~  “Messed Up Smiles”

18)  Sum 41  ~  “All Messed Up”

19)  Ina Forsman  ~  “Pretty Messed Up”

20)  Big Bill Broonzy  ~  “Messed Up In Love”

Songs By Ten Singers Born On This Date

Apparently, June 26th was a great day to be born if you wanted to grow up to become a popular singer and/or musician. All ten of the artists in this small collection share a birthday today. Help them celebrate by listening to one of their best-known songs. And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ariana Grande ft. Mac Miller  ~  “The Way”  (Ariana turns 24 years old today.)

2)  OneRepublic  ~  “I Lived”  (Ryan Tedder, the band’s lead singer, is celebrating his 38th today.)

3)  Gretchen Wilson  ~  “When I Think About Cheatin’”  (As of today, Gretchen has been alive for 44 years. Congrats, redneck woman!)

4)  Big Bill Broonzy  ~  “Backwater Blues”  (This blues legend would be 124 years old if he were alive today. Unfortunately, he passed away at age 65, a whopping 59 years ago!)

5)  The Sundays ~  “Summertime”  (Harriet Wheeler, the lead singer for The Sundays, turns 54 today.)

6)  The Clash  ~   “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?”  (Mick Jones, co-lead singer of The Clash and the main vocalist of this classic tune, is 62 years old as of today.)

7)  Berlin  ~  “Take My Breath Away”  (Terri Nunn, Berlin’s lead singer, celebrates her 56th today. Happy birthday!)

8)  Billy Davis, Jr. & Marilyn McCoo  ~  “You Don’t Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)”  (This husband-wife duo produced some great R&B and soul music in the mid-1970s and beyond. Today, Billy is celebrating his 79th birthday with his wife of nearly 50 years. Yep, it’s still Marilyn!)

9)  Patty Smyth & Don Henley  ~  “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough”  (One of the great duets of the past 25 years, this song pairs birthday girl Patty Smyth – who turns 60 today – and Eagles alum Don Henley, who turns 70 next month.)

10)  Chris Isaak  ~  “Wicked Game”  (Hard to believe this modern classic is now 27 years old. Even harder to believe its singer turns 61 today!)

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”