Popular Songs Of 1968, Vol. 3

These sets just keep getting better! But I may be biased. Vol. 3 of 4 of the most Popular Songs of 1968 is ready to rock. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Cass Elliot  ~  “Dream A Little Dream Of Me”

2)  The Lemon Pipers  ~  “Green Tambourine”

3)  Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass  ~  “This Guy’s In Love With You”

4)  The Intruders  ~  “Cowboys To Girls”

5)  Bee Gees  ~  “I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You”

6)  Blue Cheer  ~  “Summertime Blues”

7)  Jeannie C. Riley  ~  “Harper Valley P.T.A.”

8)  Tommy James & The Shondells  ~  “Mony Mony”

9)  Vanilla Fudge  ~  “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”

10)  Sly & The Family Stone  ~  “Dance To The Music”

11)  Eric Burdon & The Animals  ~  “Sky Pilot”

12)  Clarence Carter  ~  “Slip Away”

13)  The Beatles  ~  “Lady Madonna”

14)  Gary Puckett & The Union Gap  ~  “Young Girl”

15)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “I Say A Little Prayer”

16)  Cream  ~  “Sunshine Of Your Love”

17)  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell  ~  “You’re All I Need To Get By”

18)  Steppenwolf  ~  “Born To Be Wild”

19)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Sing Me Back Home”

20)  The Foundations  ~  “Build Me Up, Buttercup”

21)  The Rascals  ~  “A Beautiful Morning”

22)  James Brown  ~  “Say It Loud – I’m Black And I’m Proud”

23)  Bobby Goldsboro  ~  “Honey”

24)  Classics IV  ~  “Spooky”

25)  Ohio Express  ~  “Yummy Yummy Yummy”

Songs About Squirrels

And now for the blog post you've all been waiting for. Well, maybe not ALL of you. But some of you have, you're just too ashamed to admit it. Ladies and gentlemen, a bunch of Songs About Squirrels. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Ray Stevens  ~  “The Mississippi Squirrel Revival”  (This is the quintessential song about squirrels. In case you were wondering.)

2)  Muddy Waters  ~  “Fox Squirrel”

3)  Marcy Playground  ~  “Secret Squirrel”

4)  Metallica  ~  “Black Squirrel”

5)  Chris Thile  ~  “The Squirrel Of Possibility”  (You may not know this guy by name, but he’s a band member of both Nickel Creek and The Punch Brothers. Assuming you’re familiar with either of them, of course.)

6)  Texas Gypsies  ~  “Coco And The Squirrel”

7)  Sesame Street  ~  “The Silly Squirrel Dance”

8)  Dick Dale and His Del-Tones  ~  “The Squirrel”

9)  Rhett & Link  ~  “Squirrel Rights”

10)  Eric Burdon & War  ~  “Bird & The Squirrel”

11)  Idgy Dean  ~  “The Indian Squirrel Dance”

12)  River Raisin Ragtime Revue  ~  “The Squirrel Rag Slow Drag”

13)  Zanilonia  ~  “Squirrel World”  (Well, this was…different. And not at all what I expected after its rather benign beginning.)

14)  Shorty Rogers and His Orchestra  ~  “Pink Squirrel”

15)  Phineas and Ferb  ~  “S.I.M.P. (Squirrels In My Pants)”

16)  Cream  ~  “Cat’s Squirrel”

17)  Stackridge  ~  “Red Squirrel”

18)  Jeff Watson  ~  “Squirrels & Kerosene”  (This guy is best-known as the lead guitarist for the hard-rock band, Night Ranger.)

19)  Pink Martini  ~  “The Flying Squirrel”

20)  Charlie Parker & Chet Baker  ~  “The Squirrel”

21)  Outerview  ~  “A Pigeon And A Squirrel”  (Well, that was…also quite unique. Oddly enough, it was exactly what I expected from the title.)

22)  Corn Potato String Band  ~  “Squirrel Heads And Gravy”  (Fear not, squirrel lovers! No actual squirrels were decapitated in the making of this song.)

23)  Ott & The All-Seeing I  ~  “Squirrel And Biscuits”

24)  Billy Corgan  ~  “Squirrels With Tails”  (Avid fans may recognize Corgan as the frontman for The Smashing Pumpkins.)

25)  The Travelin’ McCourys  ~  “The Squirrel Hunters”

Popular Songs Of 1967, Vol. 4

Last but not least, these Popular Songs Of 1967. Hope you've enjoyed this miniseries of posts at least a fraction as much as I have!  ~  JH

1)  The Monkees  ~  “Daydream Believer”

2)  The Turtles  ~  “She’d Rather Be With Me”

3)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “Baby, I Love You”

4)  Herman’s Hermits  ~  “There’s A Kind Of Hush”

5)  The Bar-Kays  ~  “Soul Finger”

6)  The Seekers  ~  “Georgy Girl”

7)  The Beatles  ~  “A Day In The Life”

8)  The Doors  ~  “People Are Strange”

9)  Tammy Wynette  ~  “I Don’t Wanna Play House”

10)  Merle Haggard  ~  “The Fugitive”

11)  Bobby Vee & The Strangers  ~  “Come Back When You Grow Up”

12)  Sandy Posey  ~  “I Take It Back”

13)  The Four Tops  ~  “Bernadette”

14)  Cream  ~  “Strange Brew”

15)  The Cowsills  ~  “The Rain, The Park, And Other Things”

16)  Neil Diamond  ~  “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon”

17)  The Association  ~  “Never, My Love”

18)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “I Say A Little Prayer”

19)  The Young Rascals  ~  “Groovin’”

20)  Sam & Dave  ~  “Soul Man”

21)  The Buckinghams  ~  “Mercy Mercy Mercy”

22)  Sonny James  ~  “I’ll Never Find Another You”

23)  The Supremes  ~  “Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone”

24)  The Tremeloes  ~  “Here Comes My Baby”

25)  The Grass Roots  ~  “Let’s Live For Today”

Songs About Going

Here's the other half of that last "Opposites" music  post I promised you. Those were "Coming" songs, and these are "Going." So enjoy 'em before they're gone for good! Or something like that...  ~  JH

1)  Fall Out Boy  ~  "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"

2)  Evanescence  ~  "Going Under"

3)  Dizzee Rascal ft. Robbie Williams  ~  "Goin' Crazy"

4)  Brad Paisley ft. Dolly Parton  ~  "When I Get Where I'm Going"

5)  Marvin Gaye  ~  "What's Going On"

6)  Mary J. Blige  ~  "Goin' Down"

7)  Canned Heat  ~  "Going Up The Country"

8)  Ella Eyre  ~  "Going On"

9)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Where Are You Going?"

10)  Kenny G  ~  "Going Home"

11)  Dixie Chicks  ~  "If I Fall You're Going Down With Me"

12)  The Jam  ~  "Going Underground"

13)  Phil Collins  ~  "Going Back"

14)  Daniel Truhitte & Charmian Carr  ~  "Sixteen Going On Seventeen"

15)  Eels  ~  "I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart"

16)  Sade  ~  "When Am I Going To Make A Living?"

17)  Dire Straits  ~  "Where Do You Think You're Going?"

18)  Ledisi  ~  "Goin' Thru Changes"

19)  P.O.D.  ~  "Going In Blind"

20)  Cream  ~  "We're Going Wrong"

21)  Mariah Carey  ~  "Do You Know Where You're Going To?"

22)  Joe Jackson  ~  "Is She Really Going Out With Him?"

23)  Queen  ~  "I'm Going Slightly Mad"

24)  Amos Lee ft. Pete Townshend  ~  "What's Been Going On"

25)  Gaither Homecoming ft. Bill Gaither  ~  "Going Home"

BONUS TRACK:  Cyndi Lauper  ~  "What's Going On"  (This is a cover of Marvin Gaye's iconic song [above], but Cyndi put her own unique mark on the song, and it too merits a spot in this collection.)