Popular Songs Of 1988, Vol. 4

If you haven't seen/heard your favorite song from 1988 thus fair, do not despair – it might be in this post. Or the final one tomorrow. If neither, I apologize – and please let me know what gem I might have missed. Regardless... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Terence Trent D’Arby  ~  “Wishing Well”

2)  George Michael  ~  “Kissing A Fool”

3)  Belinda Carlisle  ~  “Heaven Is A Place On Earth”

4)  Poison  ~  “Nothin’ But A Good Time”

5)  Conway Twitty  ~  “That’s My Job”

6)  Neneh Cherry  ~  “Buffalo Stance”

7)  Foreigner  ~  “I Don’t Want To Live Without You”

8)  John Mellencamp  ~  “Cherry Bomb”

9)  Cher  ~  “I Found Someone”

10)  Dokken  ~  “Walk Away”

11)  Rich Mullins  ~  “Awesome God”

12)  Sheena Easton  ~  “The Lover In Me”

13)  White Lion  ~  “Wait”

14)  INXS  ~  “Never Tear Us Apart”

15)  Tanya Tucker  ~  “If It Don’t Come Easy”

16)  Milli Vanilli  ~  “Girl, You Know It’s True”

17)  Eric Carmen  ~  “Hungry Eyes”

18)  Highway 101  ~  “Cry, Cry, Cry”

19)  New Edition  ~  “If It Isn’t Love”

20)  David Lee Roth  ~  “Just Like Paradise”

21)  Pretty Poison  ~  “Catch Me (I’m Falling)”

22)  Daryl Hall & John Oates  ~  “Everything Your Heart Desires”

23)  Al B. Sure!  ~  “Nite And Day”

24)  Gloria Estefan  ~  “Can’t Stay Away From You”

25)  Van Halen  ~  “Finish What Ya Started”

26)  U2  ~  “Desire”

Songs About Reindeer

It's still not Christmas yet, for all you can't-wait-till-it-gets-here-ers. While you wait, why not enjoy a few Songs About Reindeer? Why not, indeed! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jonathan Groff  ~  “Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People”

2)  Gene Autry  ~  “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer”

3)  The Knife  ~  “Reindeer”

4)  Elmo & Patsy  ~  “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer”

5)  Benny Grunch And His Bunch  ~  “Santa And His Reindeer Got Their Modular Home”

6)  Conway Twitty  ~  “Nine Little Reindeer”

7)  Joe Diffie  ~  “Leroy The Redneck Reindeer”

8)  Froggy Fresh  ~  “Reindeer Games”

9)  Trisha Yearwood  ~  “Reindeer Boogie”

10)  Amy Grant  ~  “Santa’s Reindeer Ride”

11)  Dr. Dog  ~  “The Rabbit, The Bat, & The Reindeer”

12)  MC Lars  ~  “Gary The Green-Nosed Reindeer”

13)  The Moody Blues  ~  “Don’t Need A Reindeer”

14)  Imagination Movers  ~  “Reindeer Party”

15)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Don’t Forget To Feed The Reindeer”

16)  John Linnell  ~  “Olive, The Other Reindeer”

17)  Maut  ~  “Reindeer In My Garden”

18)  Stephen Bishop  ~  “Rock, Little Reindeer”

19)  The BellRays  ~  “Reindeer Express”

20)  Prints Jackson  ~  “Reindeer Reindeer”

BONUS TRACK:  The Beach Boys  ~  "Little Saint Nick"  (No, the word "Reindeer" doesn't appear anywhere in the title, but whenever I think of this song, I think of the "run, run, reindeer" line that's repeated frequently throughout. So there ya go!)

“Ending” Songs, Vol. 1

And now we begin with the "Ending." I say "begin," because there's one more "Ending" after this. Until then, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Happy Ending”

2)  Limahl  ~  “The NeverEnding Story”

3)  Sonata Arctica  ~  “As If The World Wasn’t Ending”

4)  Sugarland  ~  “Happy Ending”

5)  Jukebox The Ghost  ~  “Made For Ending”

6)  Mushroomhead  ~  “Embrace The Ending”

7)  Car Seat Headrest  ~  “The Ending Of Dramamine”

8)  Melissa Manchester  ~  “Happy Endings”

9)  New Found Glory  ~  “Ending In Tragedy”

10)  Cortex  ~  “Holy Ending”

11)  The Dodos  ~  “Goodbyes And Endings”

12)  Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty  ~  “Never Ending Song Of Love”

13)  The Magic Numbers  ~  “A Start With No Ending”

14)  White Denim  ~  “Cheer Up / Blues Ending”

15)  Colorblind  ~  “So This Is What My Ending Looks Like”

16)  Matilde Davoli  ~  “Summer Ending”

17)  Tears For Fears  ~  “Everybody Loves A Happy Ending”

18)  Better Than Ezra  ~  “Happy Endings”

19)  MONO INC.  ~  “Never-Ending Love Song”

20)  Ward Thomas  ~  “Footnotes (Happy Endings)”

Popular Songs Of 1976, Vol. 2

We now return to a funkier time, when the clothes were flashier, the hair was longer, and the music was...pretty good, actually. Here's Part 2 (of 3) of the most Popular Songs of 1976. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ohio Players  ~  “Love Rollercoaster” 

2)  Eagles  ~  “Take It To The Limit”

3)  Bee Gees  ~  “You Should Be Dancing”

4)  Conway Twitty  ~  “This Time I’ve Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me”

5)  Vicki Sue Robinson  ~  “Turn The Beat Around”

6)  Lou Rawls  ~  “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine”

7)  David Bowie  ~  “Golden Years”

8)  KC and the Sunshine Band  ~  “Shake Your Booty”

9)  Starbuck  ~  “Moonlight Feels Right”

10)  Maxine Nightingale  ~  “Right Back Where We Started From”

11)  Dr. Hook  ~  “Only Sixteen”

12)  The Bellamy Brothers  ~  “Let Your Love Flow”

13)  Gary Wright  ~  “Dream Weaver”

14)  Emmylou Harris  ~  “Together Again”

15)  Eric Carmen  ~  “All By Myself”

16)  Diana Ross  ~  “Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To?)”

17)  Henry Gross  ~  “Shannon”

18)  Chicago  ~  “If You Leave Me Now”  (Video repeats itself in silence around the 3:50 mark. May as well stop watching it there. You won’t hear anything else anyway.)

19)  Peter Frampton  ~  “Show Me The Way”

20)  Aerosmith  ~  “Dream On”

21)  Tammy Wynette  ~  “You And Me”

22)  Boz Scaggs  ~  “Lowdown”

23)  John Sebastian  ~  “Welcome Back”

24)  Bay City Rollers  ~  “Saturday Night”

25)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Say You Love Me”

"Single" Songs

I know what you're thinking, and you're probably right. Why on earth would you post a collection of songs with "Single" in the title on Valentine's Day, of all days? Don't you care anything about those folks for whom this day is anything but special? Of course I do. It just so happens that this is part 1 of an expected 3-part series of posts, the 2nd and 3rd installments of which will include "Double" and "Triple" songs. So it's coincidence. That's all. Enjoy? ~  JH

1)  Beyoncé  ~  "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"

2)  Natasha Bedingfield  ~  "Single"

3)  Fiona Apple  ~  "Every Single Night"

4)  Cameo  ~  "Single Life"

5)  Chely Wright  ~  "Single White Female"

6)  Laura Jansen  ~  "Single Girls"

7)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  "Single Bilingual"

8)  Roxette  ~  "Sleeping Single"

9)  Dire Straits  ~  "Single-Handed Sailor"

10)  Everything But The Girl  ~  "Single"

11)  Barbara Mandrell  ~  "Sleepin' Single In A Double Bed"

12)  Boney M.  ~  "Young, Free, And Single"

13)  David Wilcox  ~  "Single Candle"

14)  Emmylou Harris  ~  "Feelin' Single, Seein' Double"

15)  Barry Manilow  ~  "Every Single Day"

16)  Dave Stewart  ~  "Every Single Night"

17)  Peter, Paul, and Mary  ~  "Single Girl"

18)  The Haden Triplets  ~  "Single Girl, Married Girl"

19)  Conway Twitty  ~  "She's Got A Single Thing In Mind"

20)  Nina Simone  ~  "A Single Woman"