"3" Songs

So, it's my daughter's birthday and now she's three years old. Also, when I was doing that week-by-week numbers series while my wife was pregnant with my daughter, I never did "3" Songs. So there's this. Pretty good stuff here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  “Gimme Three Steps”

2)  Torres  ~  “Three Futures”

3)  Ray Charles  ~  “3/4 Time”

4)  Roseanne Barr  ~  “Three Little Birds”  (Yes, THAT Roseanne Barr! And she’s shockingly not half bad!)

5)  Matchbox Twenty  ~  “3AM”

6)  The Breeders  ~  “Son Of Three”

7)  Queens Of The Stone Age  ~  “3’s And 7’s”

8)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “Three Babies”

9)  Gary “U.S.” Bonds  ~  “Quarter To Three”

10)  Kate Nash  ~  “3AM”

11)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “These Three Words”

12)  Neneh Cherry  ~  “Spit Three Times”

13)  Sammy Hagar  ~  “Three Lock Box”

14)  Jennifer Nettles  ~  “Three Days In Bed”

15)  Meat Loaf  ~  “Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad”

16)  Brandy Clark  ~  “Three Kids, No Husband”

17)  Commodores  ~  “Three Times A Lady”

18)  Courtney Barnett  ~  “Three Packs A Day”

19)  Randy Travis  ~  “Three Wooden Crosses”

20)  The KLF  ~  “3 a.m. Eternal”

21)  Alex Clare  ~  “Three Hearts”

22)  Josie & The Pussycats  ~  “3 Small Words”

23)  Chase Rice  ~  “Three Chords & The Truth”

24)  Tony Orlando & Dawn  ~  “Knock Three Times”

25)  The Browns  ~  “The Three Bells”

Popular Songs Of 1978, Vol. 3

More of the best, or at least most Popular Songs Of 1978 – incidentally the year that I was born – coming your way right now. It's groovy, baby!  ~  JH

1)  Commodores  ~  “Three Times A Lady”

2)  Dire Straits  ~  “Sultans Of Swing”

3)  Johnny Paycheck  ~  “Take This Job And Shove It”

4)  Frankie Valli  ~  “Grease”

5)  Chaka Khan  ~  “I’m Every Woman”

6)  Kenny Rogers  ~  “The Gambler”

7)  Paul Davis  ~  “I Go Crazy”

8)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Hopelessly Devoted To You”

9)  Bob Welch  ~  “Sentimental Lady”

10)  Journey  ~  “Wheel In The Sky”

11)  Rita Coolidge  ~  “We’re All Alone”

12)  Kenny Loggins  ~  “Whenever I Call You ‘Friend’”

13)  Eruption  ~  “I Can’t Stand The Rain”

14)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Roll With The Changes”

15)  John Paul Young  ~  “Love Is In The Air”

16)  Van Halen  ~  “You Really Got Me”

17)  The B-52’s  ~  “Rock Lobster”

18)  Jimmy Cliff  ~  “Many Rivers To Cross”

19)  Gerry Rafferty  ~  “Baker Street”

20)  Yvonne Elliman  ~  “If I Can’t Have You”

21)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Let’s Take The Long Way Around The World”

22)  Samantha Sang ft. Barry Gibb  ~  “Emotion”

23)  Carly Simon  ~  “You Belong To Me”

24)  The Cars  ~  “Just What I Needed”

25)  The O’Jays  ~  “Use Ta Be My Girl”

Popular Songs Of 1977, Vol. 2

With every post in this series, I'm even more amazed that ALL these songs came out the same year! It boggles the mind! Lots of "classics" in this one. So sit back, relax, and time-travel with me forty years into the past, as we enjoy more of the Popular Songs of 1977.  ~  JH

1)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Dreams”

2)  The Marshall Tucker Band  ~  “Heard It In A Love Song”

3)  The Brothers Johnson  ~  “Strawberry Letter 23”

4)  Steve Miller Band  ~  “Jet Airliner”

5)  Helen Reddy  ~  “You’re My World”

6)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  “Just A Song Before I Go”

7)  10cc  ~  “The Things We Do For Love”

8)  Johnny Rivers  ~  “Slow Dancin’”

9)  Heart  ~  “Barracuda”

10)  Rod Stewart  ~  “Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright)”

11)  Marvin Gaye  ~  “Got To Give It Up”

12)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  “Telephone Line”

13)  Jennifer Warnes  ~  “Right Time Of The Night”

14)  David Soul  ~  “Don’t Give Up On Us”

15)  Eagles  ~  “New Kid In Town”

16)  Commodores  ~  “Easy”

17)  Barbra Streisand  ~  “My Heart Belongs To Me”

18)  Burton Cummings  ~  “Stand Tall”

19)  Styx  ~  “Come Sail Away”

20)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “It Was Almost Like A Song”

21)  ABBA  ~  “Knowing Me, Knowing You”

22)  Boz Scaggs  ~  “Lido Shuffle”

23)  Foreigner  ~  “Cold As Ice”

24)  Captain & Tennille  ~  “Muskrat Love”

25)  Chicago  ~  “Baby, What A Big Surprise”

Popular Songs Of 1977, Vol. 1

OK, so here we go. I had far more fun with this series of posts than I ever expected to! Apparently, 1977 was an excellent year for music as this post and the next three posts will attest. If you remember these songs when they came out, I hate to tell you this...but you're old. If you like the songs contained herein, I am pleased to tell you this...you have good taste in music. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elton John  ~  “Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word”

2)  Aerosmith  ~  “Walk This Way”

3)  Kenny Rogers  ~  “Daytime Friends”

4)  Rita Coolidge  ~  “Your Love Has Lifted Me Higher”

5)  Andy Gibb  ~  “I Just Want To Be Your Everything”

6)  Neil Young & Crazy Horse  ~  “Like A Hurricane”

7)  Commodores  ~  “Brick House”

8)  Carpenters  ~  “All You Get From Love Is A Love Song”

9)  Queen  ~  “We Will Rock You”

10)  Don Williams  ~  “Some Broken Hearts Never Mend”

11)  Bob Seger  ~  “Mainstreet”

12)  Heart  ~  “Dreamboat Annie”

13)  Billy Joel  ~  “She’s Always A Woman”

14)  Bob Marley & The Wailers  ~  “One Love / People Get Ready”

15)  Engelbert Humperdinck  ~  “After The Lovin’”

16)  ABBA  ~  “Dancing Queen”

17)  Kenny Nolan  ~  “I Like Dreamin’”

18)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Margaritaville”

19)  KC and the Sunshine Band  ~  “I’m Your Boogie Man”

20)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “You Make Loving Fun”

21)  Stephen Bishop  ~  “On And On”

22)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Southern Nights”

23)  Mary MacGregor  ~  “Torn Between Two Lovers”

24)  Stevie Wonder  ~ “Sir Duke”

25)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Rich Girl”