Luther Vandross’ & Iggy Pop’s Greatest Hits

Today (April 20th) would have been Luther Vandross' 68th birthday. Tomorrow (April 21st), Iggy Pop will celebrate his 72nd birthday. To commemorate "The Velvet Voice" and "The Godfather Of Punk"'s birthdays (and because it's really weird but kind of fun to pair two COMPLETELY different artists' work in a single post), here's a selection of the most popular and best-known songs from each of their storied careers. Enjoy!  ~  JH

BLOGGER'S NOTE:  I didn't bother putting the artist's name alongside the song title of each, because I figured it would be self-evident who's singing when. But just in case you get confused, if you're seeing a skinny white dude with no shirt dancing around wildly onstage and singing somewhat unintelligibly, you're experiencing an Iggy Pop song. If sparkly suits and swooning women are present, it's Luther Vandross.

1)  “Never Too Much”

2)  “I Wanna Be Your Dog”

3)  “If This World Were Mine”  (with Cheryl Lynn)

4)  “I Got A Right”

5)  “How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye”  (with Dionne Warwick)

6)  “Nightclubbing”

7)  “Superstar” / “Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)”

8)  “Funtime”  (with David Bowie)

9)  “'Til My Baby Comes Home”

10)  “China Girl”  (with Queens Of The Stone Age)

11)  “It’s Over Now”

12)  “Tonight”

13)  “Wait For Love”

14)  “Success”

15)  “Here And Now”

16)  “Lust For Life”

17)  "Give Me The Reason"

18)  “Passenger”  (with Queens Of The Stone Age)

19)  "Stop To Love"

20)  “Some Weird Sin”

21)  "There's Nothing Better Than Love"  (with Gregory Hines)

22)  “I’m Bored”

23)  "Any Love"

24)  “Cry For Love”

25)  "She Won't Talk To Me"

26)  “Real Wild Child (Wild One)”

27)  "For You To Love"

28)  “Cold Metal”

29)  "Don't Want To Be A Fool"

30)  “Home”

31)  "The Rush"

32)  “Candy”  (with Kate Pierson)

33)  "Sometimes It's Only Love"

34)  “Well, Did You Evah!”  (with Debbie Harry)

35)  "The Best Things In Life Are Free"  (with Janet Jackson, Bell Biv DeVoe, & Ralph Tresvant)

36)  “Wild America”

37)  "Power Of Love (Love Power)"

38)  “Mask”

39)  "The Closer I Get To You"  (with Beyoncé)

40)  “Bang Bang”

41)  "Endless Love"  (with Mariah Carey)

42)  “Livin’ On The Edge Of The Night”

43)  "Always And Forever"

44)  “Little Know It All”  (with Sum 41)

45)  "Your Secret Love"

46)  “No Fun”

47)  "Take You Out"

48)  “Gimme Danger”

49)  "Dance With My Father"

50)  “Corruption”

“Deja Vu” Songs

These songs will give you the feeling that you’ve been here, done this, or heard these before, whether you actually have or not. I hope you will…enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Enigma  ~  “Déjà Vu”

2)  Prince Royce & Shakira  ~  “Deja Vu”

3)  Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young  ~  “Déjà Vu”

4)  Giorgio Moroder ft. Sia  ~  “Déjà Vu”

5)  Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band  ~  “Deja Voodoo”  (Eh, close enough!)

6)  Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z  ~  “Deja Vu”

7)  Blood On The Dance Floor  ~  “Deja Vu”

8)  Blue System  ~  “Deja Vu”

9)  Van Halen  ~  “Take Me Back (Deja Vu)”

10)  Princess Slayer  ~  “Every Déjà Vu”

11)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Déjà Vu (As Tho’ You Never Went Away)”

12)  Patty Larkin & John Gorka  ~  “Deja Vu”

13)  Runaway Weekend  ~  “Déjà Vu”

14)  Sofi Tukker  ~  “Déjà Vu Affair”

15)  A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie ft. J. Alvarez  ~  “Deja Vu”

16)  SOAK  ~  “Déjà Vu”

17)  3OH!3  ~  “Déjà Vu”

18)  HillaryJane  ~  “Deja Vu”

19)  Yngwie Malmsteen  ~  “Deja Vu”

20)  INNA ft. Bob Taylor  ~  “Deja Vu”

21)  John Fogerty  ~  “Deja Vu (All Over Again)”

22)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “Deja Vu”

23)  Sugar Sugar  ~  “Déjà Vu”

24)  Ilse DeLange  ~  “Déjà Vu”

25)  Something For Kate  ~  “Deja Vu”

“Whisper” & “Scream” Songs, Vol. 1

I'm returning to oft-treaded ground with this two-part "opposites" series of posts. Here we have a bunch of Songs About Whispers and Screams. Next time, we will have more of the same. Plenty of good stuff to hear here, so check it out already. And...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  George Michael  ~  “Careless Whisper”

2)  Judas Priest  ~  “Screaming For Vengeance”

3)  A Fine Frenzy  ~  “Whisper”

4)  Bim  ~  “Scream”

5)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “The Whisper”

6)  Anna Blue  ~  “Silent Scream”

7)  Randy Travis  ~  “Whisper My Name”

8)  Ozzy Osbourne  ~  “Let Me Hear You Scream”

9)  Donna Summer  ~  “Heaven’s Just A Whisper Away”

10)  UB40  ~  “The Earth Dies Screaming”

11)  Evanescence  ~  “Whisper”

12)  Tokio Hotel  ~  “Scream”

13)  Elvis Costello & The Attractions ft. Glenn Tilbrook  ~  “From A Whisper To A Scream”

14)  Kate Ryan  ~  “Scream For More”

15)  Harry Connick, Jr.  ~  “(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name”

16)  Margaret Berger  ~  “Scream”

17)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Sensuous Whisper”

18)  Funeral For A Friend  ~  “Kicking And Screaming”

19)  Earl Klugh  ~  “Whispers And Promises”

20)  Frightened Rabbit  ~  “The Loneliness And The Scream”

21)  Chastity Brown  ~  “Whisper”

22)  Kelis  ~  “Scream”

23)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “Whisper In The Dark”

24)  Chris Cornell  ~  “Scream”

25)  Passenger  ~  “Whispers”

26)  Third Day  ~  “Kicking And Screaming”

27)  Alison Moyet  ~  “Whispering Your Name”

28)  Amen Corner  ~  “Scream And Scream Again”

29)  The Dear Hunter  ~  “Whisper”

30)  Europe  ~  “Scream Of Anger”