Songs About California, Vol. 2

As promised, here's part 2 (of 2) featuring Songs About California. These are the ones by all the guys. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Red Hot Chili Peppers  ~  “Dani California”

2)  The Beach Boys  ~  “California Girls”  (The first 3 minutes or so are where you’ll hear the song. The rest of the video is a rather halfhearted comedy routine that didn’t make me laugh even once. Maybe you’ll have better luck, though.)

3)  Weezer  ~  “California Kids”

4)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  “California”

5)  2Pac ft. Dr. Dre  ~  “California Love”

6)  Paper Tongues  ~  “Ride To California”

7)  Kings Of Leon  ~  “California Waiting”

8)  Delta Spirit  ~  “California”

9)  Eagles  ~  “Hotel California”

10)  Peace  ~  “California Daze”

11)  John Mayer  ~  “Queen Of California”

12)  Albert Hammond  ~  “It Never Rains In Southern California”

13)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  “California”

14)  The Airborne Toxic Event  ~  “California”

15)  R.E.M.  ~  “I Remember California”

16)  Carolina Liar  ~  “California Bound”

17)  Roy Orbison  ~  “California Blue” 

18)  Toad The Wet Sprocket  ~  “California Wasted”

19)  Ramones  ~  “California Sun”

20)  Shawn Mullins  ~  “California”

21)  Manfred Mann’s Earth Band  ~  “California”

22)  Phantom Planet  ~  “California”

23)  Big & Rich  ~  “California”

24)  Noah Gundersen  ~  “California”

25)  Vampire Weekend  ~  “California English”

Popular Songs Of 1977, Vol. 4

You know how MANY good songs there were in 1977 when THESE are the last ones. Think you've already seen/heard the best songs? Think again. One more time for old time's sake (literally), the Popular Songs of 1977. And...GO!  ~  JH

1)  Bill Conti  ~  “Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)”

2)  The Jacksons  ~  “Enjoy Yourself”

3)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Don’t Stop”

4)  Atlanta Rhythm Section  ~  “So Into You”

5)  Barry Manilow  ~  “Looks Like We Made It”

6)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “I Wish”

7)  Crystal Gayle  ~  “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”

8)  Kansas  ~  “Carry On, Wayward Son”

9)  James Taylor  ~  “Handy Man”

10)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  “What’s Your Name”

11)  Tammy Wynette & George Jones  ~  “Near You”

12)  Andrew Gold  ~  “Lonely Boy”

13)  Billy Joel  ~  “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)”

14)  Eagles  ~  “Hotel California”

15)  Debby Boone  ~  “You Light Up My Life”

16)  Eric Clapton  ~  “Wonderful Tonight”

17)  KC and the Sunshine Band  ~  “Keep It Comin’ Love”

18)  Bob Seger  ~  “Night Moves”

19)  Barbra Streisand ft. Chris Botti  ~  “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)”

20)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “Slip Slidin’ Away”

21)  Meco  ~  “Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band”

22)  Ted Nugent  ~  “Cat Scratch Fever”

23)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Blue Bayou”

24)  Kenny Rogers  ~  “Lucille”

25)  Queen  ~  “Somebody To Love”

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”

“Fabulous” Songs

After the unpleasant subject of yesterday's post, I figured I'd do a 180° turn today and present a collection of "Fabulous" songs for your listening pleasure. Most of these are songs with the word "Fabulous" in their titles, but there are a couple of songs by artists with the word "Fabulous" somewhere in their name. Because why not, right? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jaheim ft. Tha Rayne  ~  “Fabulous”

2)  Eagles  ~  “Busy Being Fabulous”

3)  Ezekiel Jay Band  ~  “I Feel Fabulous”

4)  Blackalicious  ~  “The Fabulous Ones”

5)  Anna Vissi  ~  “Fabulous”

6)  Sammy Davis, Jr.  ~  “Fabulous Places”

7)  Bad Company  ~  “Joe Fabulous”

8)  Bobby Dukoff  ~  “What A Fabulous Night”

9)  Fabolous ft. Jeremih  ~  “My Time”  (Fab-O-lous...Fab-U-lous. Meh. Close enough.)

10)  Sarah Vaughan  ~  “Fabulous Character”

11)  Paul McCartney  ~  “Fabulous”

12)  Phineas and Ferb Cast  ~  “Fabulous”

13)  Fall Of Transition  ~  “Fabulous Liar”

14)  Electric Six  ~  “Fabulous People”

15)  Fabulous Girls ft. Cymphonique  ~  “Something”

16)  Happyhead  ~  “Fabulous”

17)  Tape Five  ~  “Fabulous Swing Kid”

18)  4th Avenue Jones  ~  “Fabulous Dramatics”

19)  Jilann O’Neill  ~  “Fabulous Ways”

20)  The Fabulous Thunderbirds  ~  “Tuff Enuff”

Songs With Celebrities’ Name In The Titles, Vol. 1

This is an idea I've been mulling over for awhile now and finally got around to putting together. There were more of these than I thought, so it'll be a two-parter. But I tried not to get too carried away. Only 15 songs in each post. I'll bet you even know several of these. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Weezer  ~  “Buddy Holly”

2)  Kim Carnes  ~  “Bette Davis Eyes”

3)  Fall Out Boy  ~  “Uma Thurman”

4)  The Cranberries  ~  “I Just Shot John Lennon”

5)  MIKA  ~  “Grace Kelly”

6)  Rumer  ~  “Aretha”

7)  Madness  ~  “Michael Caine”

8)  Taylor Swift  ~  “Tim McGraw”

9)  The Wanted  ~  “Walks Like Rihanna”

10)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Steve McQueen”

11)  Gorillaz  ~  “Clint Eastwood”

12)  Eagles ft. Jackson Browne  ~  “James Dean”

13)  Moe Bandy  ~  “Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life”

14)  Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera  ~  “Moves Like Jagger”

15)  Jimmy Buffett  ~  “Elvis Presley Blues”