Songs About Gypsies, Vol. 1

 The sheer number of different songs about gypsies is astounding! That most of these "Gypsy" songs are actually good is even more astonishing! Needless to say, this is going to be a multi-parter. I don't even know how many installments yet. Let's just say "several." Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Morgan Wade  ~  "Other Side"  (This is the song that inspired this series, and it doesn't even have the word "gypsy" in the title. Go figure!)

2)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  "Gypsy"

3)  Santana  ~  "Gypsy Queen"

4)  Shakira  ~  "Gypsy"

5)  Dio  ~  "Gypsy"

6)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  "The Gypsy"

7)  Sarah Jarosz  ~  "Gypsy"

8)  Jimi Hendrix  ~  "Gypsy Eyes"

9)  The Waterboys  ~  "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy"

10)  Black Sabbath  ~  "Gypsy"

11)  Cinderella  ~  "Gypsy Road"

12)  Aerosmith  ~  "Gypsy Boots"

13)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Gypsy Biker"

14)  Ben Kweller  ~  "Gypsy Rose"

15)  Dolly Parton  ~  "Gypsy, Joe, and Me"

16)  Luscious Jackson  ~  "Gypsy"

17)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Gypsy"

18)  Jan & Dean  ~  "The Gypsy Cried"

19)  Terri Clark  ~  "Gypsy Boots"

20)  Iya Terra  ~  "Gypsy Girl"

21)  Toto  ~  "Gypsy Train"

22)  Chris Norman  ~  "Gypsy Queen"

23)  Van Morrison  ~  "Gypsy in My Soul"

24)  Renaissance  ~  "Ocean Gypsy"

25)  George Strait  ~  "Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me"

Popular Songs Of 1988, Vol. 3

Hope you aren't tired of the most Popular Songs Of 1988 yet...because here's another set of 'em! (And there'll be another set after that. And one more.) No filler songs here, all good stuff from almost every conceivable genre. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bobby Brown  ~  “Don’t Be Cruel”

2)  Taylor Dayne  ~  “I’ll Always Love You”

3)  Cinderella  ~  “Don’t Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)”

4)  Richard Marx  ~  “Endless Summer Nights”

5)  The Jets  ~  “Make It Real”

6)  George Strait  ~  “Famous Last Words Of A Fool”

7)  Breathe  ~  “Hands To Heaven”

8)  Joan Jett & The Blackhearts  ~  “I Hate Myself For Loving You”

9)  Ray Boltz  ~  “Thank You”

10)  Living Colour  ~  “Cult Of Personality”

11)  Jody Watley  ~  “Don’t You Want Me”

12)  Peter Cetera  ~  “One Good Woman”

13)  Paul Carrack  ~  “Don’t Shed A Tear”

14)  Natalie Cole  ~  “Pink Cadillac”

15)  Steve Winwood  ~  “Valerie”

16)  R.E.M.  ~  “Orange Crush”

17)  Debbie Gibson  ~  “Out Of The Blue”

18)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Dirty Diana”

19)  Ronnie Milsap ft. Mike Reid  ~  “Old Folks”

20)  Anita Baker  ~  “Giving You The Best That I Got”

21)  George Michael  ~  “Faith”

22)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Welcome To The Jungle”

23)  Whitney Houston  ~  “Where Do Broken Hearts Go”

24)  Cheap Trick  ~  “Don’t Be Cruel”  (Unsurprisingly, this is NOT the same song as Bobby Brown's at the beginning of this list.)

25)  Keith Whitley  ~  “When You Say Nothing At All”

26)  Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine  ~  “Anything For You”

Songs For April Fools

Here we have a surprisingly good, albeit hastily-thrown-together grouping of songs which are loosely related, not necessarily to the spirit of the day itself, but rather to the words that make it up. Whatever it is, here it is. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Imaginary Future ft. Kina Grannis  ~  "April"

2)  Cinderella  ~  "Nobody's Fool"

3)  The Mess  ~  "April Showers"

4)  Westlife  ~  "Fool Again"

5)  Rupa & The April Fishes  ~  "Une américaine a Paris"

6)  The Strokes  ~  "Taken For A Fool"

7)  April Verch Band  ~  "Broken"

8)  Elvin Bishop ft. Mickey Thomas  ~  "Fooled Around And Fell In Love"

9)  Delain  ~  "April Rain"

10)  The Ark  ~  "It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane"

11)  April Wine  ~  "I Like To Rock"

12)  Melody Gardot  ~  "Baby, I'm A Fool"

13)  Dragon  ~  "April Sun In Cuba"

14)  The Cardigans  ~  "Lovefool"

15)  April Smith and the Great Picture Show  ~  "Terrible Things"

16)  Doobie Brothers  ~  "What A Fool Believes"

17)  Dead By April  ~  "Calling"  (This song'd be so much better without that bit with the screaming. To each his own, I suppose…)

18)  Peter Cetera  ~  "Even A Fool Can See"

19)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  "April Fools"

20)  The Beatles  ~  "The Fool On The Hill"