Popular Songs Of 1937, Vol. 3

Oh, look, another one! Yep, and there'll be one more post in this series before it's done. Like it, or not! But I really hope you like it.  ~  JH

1)  Fred Astaire  ~  “Nice Work If You Can Get It”

2)  Frances Langford  ~  “Harbor Lights”

3)  Robert Johnson  ~  “32-20 Blues”

4)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “Song Of India”

5)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Remember Me?”

6)  Billie Holiday  ~  “Me, Myself, And I”

7)  Roy Acuff  ~  “Great Speckled Bird”

8)  Alice Faye  ~  “This Year’s Kisses”

9)  Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra ft. Bob Goday  ~  “That Old Feeling”

10)  Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys  ~  “Oozlin’ Daddy Blues”

11)  Irene Dunne  ~  “The Folks Who Live On The Hill”

12)  Mildred Bailey  ~  “Where Are You?”

13)  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cast  ~  “Someday My Prince Will Come”

14)  Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians  ~  “Boo Hoo”

15)  Judy Garland  ~  “Dear Mr. Gable (You Made Me Love You)”

16)  Henry Busse & His Orchestra  ~  “With Plenty Of Money And You”

17)  Bukka White  ~  “Shake ‘Em On Down”

18)  Adolph Hofner  ~  “Does My Baby Love Me, Yes Sir!”  (With a name like Adolph and any name that starts with “H” and ends in “er,” it’s a wonder he ever got a break in the biz back then!)

19)  Dizzy Gillespie  ~  “King Porter Stomp”

20)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Come On In My Kitchen”

21)  Fats Waller & His Rhythm ft. Myra Johnson  ~  “This Joint Is Jumpin’”

22)  Benny Goodman Quartet  ~  “I Got A Heartful Of Music”

23)  Fred Astaire  ~  “A Foggy Day”

24)  Connee Boswell ~  “Whispers In The Dark”

25)  Duke Ellington  ~  “Azure”

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”

Popular Songs Of 1944

So here's where the "Wax" in Wax & Tracks comes in. These songs are from the days when music videos did not exist and the only video clips you can find of popular songs are when the songs (and their singers) appeared in a film. Therefore, most of the songs here are uploaded copies of the original vinyl records. Which is pretty cool, if you ask me. As they are for me, most of these songs may be well before your time. But they're well worth your time to listen. This is when music meant something. Not much of today's music does. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bing Crosby  ~  "Swinging On A Star"

2)  Dinah Shore  ~  "I'll Walk Alone"

3)  Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra ft. Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen  ~  "Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)"

4)  Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots  ~  "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"

5)  The Mills Brothers  ~  "You Always Hurt The One You Love"

6)  Harry James & His Orchestra ft. Dick Haymes  ~  "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)"

7)  Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians  ~  "It's Love-Love-Love"

8)  Nat King Cole  ~  "Straighten Up And Fly Right"

9)  The Andrews Sisters ft. Vic Schoen & His Orchestra  ~  "Shoo-Shoo Baby"

10)  Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra ft. Eugenie Baird  ~  "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)"

11)  Judy Garland  ~  "The Trolley Song"

12)  Stan Kenton & His Orchestra  ~  "Artistry In Rhythm"

13)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)?"

14)  Frank Sinatra  ~  "A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening"

15)  The Merry Macs  ~  "Mairzy Doats"

16)  Duke Ellington ft. Al Hibbler  ~  "Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me"

17)  Jo Stafford  ~  "It Could Happen To You"

18)  Helen Forrest  ~  "Time Waits For No One"

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19)  Perry Como  ~  "Long Ago (And Far Away)"

20)  Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra  ~  "Don't Sweetheart Me"

21)  Tex Ritter & His Texans  ~  "I'm Wastin' My Tears On You"

22)  Al Dexter & His Troopers  ~  "Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry"

23)  Russ Morgan & His Orchestra ft. Al Jennings  ~  "Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stockin')"

24)  Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra ft. Carmen Castillo  ~  "Amor"

25)  Billie Holiday  ~  "Embraceable You"

"Purple," "Brown," & "Pink" Songs

Here's part 2 of 7 in my latest series of music posts. Songs with colors in their titles is the theme, and this morning's colors are "Purple," "Brown," and "Pink." Oh yeah, and my song-by-song commentary is back. (At least for this post.) Ready, set, go!  ~  JH

1)  The Jimi Hendrix Experience  ~  "Purple Haze"  (You knew this classic would be here, right?)

2)  Ray Stevens  ~  "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green And Purple Pills"  (In case you were wondering, this song holds the record for second-longest song title ever.)

3)  Seasick Steve  ~  "Purple Shadows"  (Despite his unusual moniker, this guy has some real talent. Old-school talent that the music industry is missing these days.)

4)  Sheb Wooley  ~  "The Purple People Eater"  (It would appear that purple is the color of choice when it comes to silly novelty songs.)

5)  Etta James  ~  "Purple Rain"  (Prince doesn't put his music on YouTube [nor does he allow anyone else to], but I found a cover version of his classic song by the inimitable Etta James – and it's pretty awesome!)

6)  Brandon Heath  ~  "Paul Brown Petty"  (Okay, so "Brown" here is a name and not a color, per se. So sue me!)

7)  Van Morrison  ~  "Brown Eyed Girl"  (For some reason, finding a live version of this song that doesn't royally suck is difficult. But this one was better than most.)

8)  The Stranglers  ~  "Golden Brown"  (I find this song and video creepy on so many levels. In other words, I sorta like it.)

9)  India.Arie  ~  "Brown Skin"  (She knows what she wants, and she's not afraid to say it!)

10)  Billie Holiday  ~  "Miss Brown To You"  (I only wish I could have found an actual video of Billie singing this song. She's one of the all-time greats!)

11)  The Psychedelic Furs  ~  "Pretty In Pink"  (Isn't she, though?)

12)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  "Pink As Floyd"  (RHCP is one of those bands whose music sounds really good on vinyl. Which is why I chose this particular video to include for this song. Incidentally, the song has little or nothing to do with Pink Floyd, the band.)

13)  Nick Drake  ~  "Pink Moon"  (A hauntingly beautiful song by a guy who died shortly after releasing it.)

14)  John Cougar Mellencamp  ~  "Pink Houses"  (Ain't that America? No, that's John Cougar Mellencamp. Close enough, I suppose.)

15)  Henry Mancini  ~  "The Pink Panther Theme"  (Now this tune is going to be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. You're welcome!)