Popular Songs Of 1948, Vol. 2

Here's the second and final installment in a miniseries of posts featuring the most Popular Songs of 1948. Because 70 years is a long time ago, and these songs are still amazing! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “That Wild And Wicked Look In Your Eye”

2)  Kay Kyser & His Orchestra ft. Gloria Wood  ~  “Woody Woodpecker Song”

3)  Freddy Martin & His Orchestra ft. Glenn Hughes  ~  “On A Slow Boat To China”

4)  Dinah Shore  ~  “Buttons And Bows”

5)  Al Jolson  ~  “Is It True What They Say About Dixie?”

6)  Jimmy Wakely  ~  “One Has My Name”

7)  Frankie Laine  ~  “Rosetta”

8)  Georgia Gibbs  ~  “Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams”

9)  Roy Rogers  ~  “ Blue Shadows”

10)  Merle Travis  ~  “Merle’s Boogie Woogie”

11)  Al Trace & His Orchestra ft. Bob Vincent  ~  “You Call Everybody Darlin’”

12)  Dick Haymes ft. Four Hits And A Miss  ~  “Little White Lies”

13)  Russ Morgan & His Orchestra  ~  “So Tired”

14)  Pee Wee King  ~  “Tennessee Waltz” / “You Belong To Me”

15)  Art Mooney  ~  “I’m Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover”

16)  Vaughn Monroe  ~  “Someday You’ll Want Me To Want You”

17)  Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra ft. Charles La Vere  ~  “Maybe You’ll Be There”

18)  The Andrews Sisters  ~  “Toolie Oolie Doolie”

19)  Glenn Miller Orchestra ft. Tex Beneke  ~  “St. Louis Blues March”

20)  Cowboy Copas  ~  “Tennessee Moon”

21)  Hawkshaw Hawkins  ~  “Doghouse Boogie”

22)  Tex Williams  ~  “Talking Boogie”

23)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra ft. Harry Prime & The Clark Sisters  ~  “Until”

24)  Bing Crosby  ~  “The Night Has A Thousand Eyes”

25)  Roy Acuff  ~  “Waltz Of The Wind”

“Melody” Songs, Vol. 2

Here's a second and final set of songs with the word "Melody" in the titles. But we're not done yet. Next up, "Harmony Songs," of course! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kenny Rogers  ~  “The World Needs A Melody”

2)  Chaka Khan  ~  “And The Melody Still Lingers On (A Night In Tunisia)”

3)  Dave Days ft. Jake Broido  ~  “Your Melody”

4)  Donna Summer  ~  “Winter Melody”

5)  The Black Angels  ~  “Melanie’s Melody”

6)  Lena Meyer-Landrut  ~  “Beat To My Melody”

7)  Leeland  ~  “Sound Of Melodies”

8)  Cadmium ft. Jon Becker  ~  “Two-Tone Melody”

9)  Squeeze  ~  “Melody Motel”

10)  Mavis Staples  ~  “Melody Cool”

11)  Liberace  ~  “A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody”

12)  Clark Owen ft. Lena Katina  ~  “Melody”

13)  Talking Heads  ~  “Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place)”

14)  Feist  ~  “Bittersweet Melodies”

15)  Bing Crosby & Harry Crosby  ~  “Play A Simple Melody / Gone Fishin’”

16)  Kirk Franklin  ~  “Melodies From Heaven”

17)  Iris DeMent  ~  “Sweet Is The Melody”

18)  Gossip  ~  “Melody Emergency”

19)  Nico & Vinz  ~  “My Melody”

20)  Bleached  ~  “Wednesday Night Melody”

A Song For Every Word In The Preamble To The Constitution

This is exactly what it sounds like it is. Yay, democracy!  ~  JH

Click on each underlined portion of the Preamble to hear a song with that word (or phrase) in its title. The full playlist of songs is included below.

We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.


PLAYLIST:
A Tribe Called Quest  ~  "We The People"
Bastille  ~  "Of The Night"
Arrested Development  ~  "United Front"
Animal Liberation Orchestra  ~  "States Of Friction"
Paramore  ~  "In The Mourning / Landslide"
Curtis Mayfield  ~  "New World Order"
Mr. Big  ~  "To Be With You"
Everything Everything  ~  "Final Form"
Titus Andronicus  ~  "A More Perfect Union"
Modico  ~  "Ah, Establish"
Flyleaf  ~  "Justice & Mercy"
Nuell  ~  "Insure"
John Conlee  ~  "Domestic Life"
Galactic Cowboys  ~  "Sea Of Tranquility"
Ekolu  ~  "Provide For You"
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down  ~  "We The Common (For Valerie Bolden)"
Freddie Mercury  ~  "In My Defence"
Honey Wilson  ~  "Leaders Don't Promote Hate"
Dispatch  ~  "The General"
Buck Owens  & The Buckaroos  ~  "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line"
The Beatles  ~  "And I Love Her"
Indigo Girls  ~  "Secure Yourself"
Ellie Goulding  ~  "The Writer"
Laura Story  ~  "Blessings"
XTC  ~  "Statue Of Liberty"
Anberlin  ~  "We Owe This To Ourselves"
Babyface  ~  "And Our Feelings"
Soft Bullets  ~  "Posterity"
Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Do Everything"
Pontifex  ~  "Ordained"
Kate Bush  ~  "And Dream Of Sheep"
Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, & Frank Sinatra  ~  "The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game In New York)"
Darius Rucker  ~  "This"
The Stationary Set  ~  "Constitution Of Love"
Ray Price  ~  "For The Good Times"
Judas Priest  ~  "United"
Smashing Pumpkins  ~  "United States"
Will Hoge  ~  "Middle Of America"

“Pessimistic” Songs

I wish I could tell you that I am an "always look on the bright side" kind of person. But I'm not – I'm a pessimist and a worrywart. If you're like me, you're sure to enjoy these songs. If you're less of a Debbie Downer, then the next post ("Optimistic" Songs) will suit you just fine.  ~  JH

1)  Bad Religion  ~  “Pessimistic Lies”

2)  Bing Crosby ft. Gloria Jean, El Brendel, Charles Winninger, & Nana Bryant  ~  “The Pessimistic Character”

3)  Stone Sour  ~  “The Pessimist”

4)  Janna Pelle & The Half-Steps  ~  “Refreshingly Pessimistic”

5)  In Flames  ~  “The Chosen Pessimist”

6)  Pryti  ~  “The Pessimist”

7)  Alkaline Trio  ~  “I, Pessimist”

8)  Theaudience  ~  “A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed”

9)  Through A Glass, Darkly  ~  “Pessimism”

10)  Trummors  ~  “Pessimistic Bluebird”

11)  FooFoo Juice  ~  “Pessimistic Girl”

12)  Club 8  ~  “My Pessimistic Heart”

13)  Parabelle  ~  “Pray To The Pessimist”

14)  Soulframe  ~  “Pessimism”

15)  Blackwood Jack  ~  “The Pessimist”

16)  King Orchid  ~  “Pessimism”

17)  Wesley Jensen  ~  “Never Trust A Pessimist”

18)  Lannen Fall  ~  “My Sweet Pessimist”

19)  Lunasuit  ~  “Pessimistic Brand”

20)  Heyoka  ~  “And The Pessimist Fled”

“Couple” Songs

Here's more than a couple of songs with the word "Couple" in their titles. Because...well, I don't actually know why. Who cares? Simply enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Waylon Jennings  ~  “A Couple More Years”

2)  Huey Lewis & The News  ~  “Couple Days Off”

3)  Kris Lager Band  ~  “Couple Skate”

4)  Chrisette Michele  ~  “A Couple Of Forevers”

5)  Girls In Hawaii  ~  “Couples On TV”

6)  Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire  ~  “A Couple Of Song And Dance Men”

7)  Observe & Control  ~  “Couple Ambitions”

8)  Maggie Lindemann  ~  “Couple Of Kids”

9)  Belle & Sebastian  ~  “Perfect Couples”

10)  Drive Darling  ~  “Couple Of Times”

11)  Failures Of Modern Science  ~  “Couple Of Kids”

12)  Mamamoo  ~  “Double Trouble Couple”  (I’ve no clue what she’s singing about – but don’t it sound pretty?)

13)  Bill Amos  ~  “Just A Couple More Miles”

14)  The Whigs  ~  “A Couple Of Kids”

15)  Soul Jazz Express  ~  “Couple A Brownies”

16)  Morcheeba ft. Kurt Wagner  ~  “What New York Couples Fight About”

17)  Erik James  ~  “The Western Couple”

18)  Campfire Cassettes  ~  “Couple Of The Year”

19)  Tom Healey Band  ~  “Couple Down The Hall”

20)  Fred Astaire & Judy Garland  ~  “A Couple Of Swells”

21)  No Trespassing  ~  “A Couple In The Photo”

22)  Robert Ellis  ~  “Couples Skate”

23)  Kate Weekes, Boyd Benjamin, & Keitha Clark  ~  “Eight Couple”

24)  Kaleo  ~  “A Couple Of Roads”

25)  Hilken Mancini & Chris Colbourn  ~  “Couple Of Weeks”