Popular Songs Of 1947, Vol. 1

Continuing with the retro music posts, here's what folks were listening to 70 years ago. Crooners, jazz, swing, as well as country and western music are all represented well here. If you remember these when they came out, well...I don't really have to say it. You already know. Popular Songs Of 1947 begins...NOW!  ~  JH

1)  Frankie Laine  ~  “Shine / We’ll Be Together Again”

2)  Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes, & The Andrews Sisters  ~  “Anything You Can Do”

3)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Jack, You’re Dead”

4)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “I’ll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms)”

5)  Merle Travis  ~  “Sixteen Tons”  (Tennessee Ernie Ford had greater success with this song a few years later, but Travis actually wrote the song and was its original performer.)

6)  Dinah Shore  ~  “The Anniversary Song”

7)  Dick Haymes  ~  “How Are Things In Glocca Morra”

8)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Galway Bay”

9)  Count Basie & His Orchestra  ~  “Open The Door, Richard!”

10)  Perry Como  ~  “Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep)”

11)  Al Jolson  ~  “Let Me Sing And I’m Happy”  (This song was actually a hit some seventeen years earlier, but in 1946 the biopic The Jolson Story propelled some of Jolson’s old hits back onto the charts in ’47. This was one of those songs.)

12)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Always”

13)  Jo Stafford ~  “Serenade Of The Bells”

14)  Lonzo and Oscar  ~  “I’m My Own Grandpa”

15)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “Filipino Baby”

16)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “What Is Life Without Love”

17)  Frankie Laine  ~  “Singing The Blues”

18)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Golden Earrings”

19)  Red Foley & The Cumberland Valley Boys  ~  “That’s How Much I Love You”

20)  The Harmonicats  ~  “Peg O’ My Heart”

21)  Doris Day & Buddy Clark  ~  “Love Somebody”

22)  Savannah Churchill & The Sentimentalists  ~  “I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You)”

23)  Hank Williams  ~  “Move It On Over”

24)  Vaughn Monroe  ~  “Ballerina”

25)  Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends  ~  “(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch And Grab It”

"Old Fashioned" Songs, Vol. 2

Here's a second and final set of "Old Fashioned" Songs. Hey, it's not even Throwback Thursday! What's up with that? Who cares! Just enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Old-Fashioned Love”

2)  Ethel Merman  ~  “Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please”

3)  Commodores  ~  “Old Fashion Love”

4)  Sasha & The Starlight  ~  “I’m Old-Fashioned”

5)  Jaydee Bixby  ~  “Old-Fashioned Girl”

6)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “Give Me A Little Old-Fashioned Love”

7)  Anaïs Mitchell  ~  “Old-Fashioned Hat”

8)  The Bama Band  ~  “Real Old-Fashioned Broken Heart”

9)  The Strokes ft. Regina Spektor  ~  “Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men”

10)  Niamh Lynn  ~  “Sing Me An Old-Fashioned Song”

11)  Little River Band  ~  “Sweet Old-Fashioned Man”

12)  Babyface  ~  “A Bit Old-Fashioned”

13)  Emmylou Harris ft. Kate & Anna McGarrigle  ~  “Like An Old-Fashioned Waltz”

14)  Chris De Burgh  ~  “Old-Fashioned People”

15)  Shirley Bassey ft. Charles Aznavour  ~  “Dance In The Old-Fashioned Way / Yesterday, When I Was Young”

16)  Jason Reeves  ~  “Old-Fashioned Letters”

17)  Craig Morgan  ~  “Sweet Old-Fashioned Goodness”

18)  Matt and Kim  ~  “Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare”

19)  The Everly Brothers  ~  “That’s Old-Fashioned (The Way Love Should Be)”

20)  Bradley Walker  ~  “Call Me Old-Fashioned”

“Peculiar” Songs

These are peculiar times we're living in. So why not emphasize that fact by listening to some "Peculiar" songs? Well, I can't think of a reason why not. So we might as well...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “A Most Peculiar Man”

2)  O’Hooley & Tidow  ~  “Peculiar Brood”

3)   Mutemath  ~  “Peculiar People”

4)  Chef’Special  ~  “Peculiar”

5)  The Hollies  ~  “Peculiar Situation”

6)  Inlet Sound  ~  “The Peculiar Disappearance Of Marion Bojangles”

7)  Willie Nelson ft. Emmylou Harris  ~  “My Own Peculiar Way”

8)  Gesu no Kiwami Otome  ~  “Ryōkiteki na Kiss o Watashi ni Shite (Give Me Peculiar Kisses)”

9)  Greg Tre Harris  ~  “Peculiar Praise”

10)  Bing Crosby & Peggy Lee  ~  “Life Is So Peculiar”

11)  Harts  ~  “Peculiar”

12)  Kilsy  ~  “Peculiar Star”

13)  Marvin Gaye  ~  “Ain’t That Peculiar”

14)  Richard Page  ~  “Peculiar Life”

15)  ATC  ~  “Peculiar Minds”

16)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “In Her Own Peculiar Way”

17)  Debby Holiday  ~  “Peculiar”

18)  The Easybeats  ~  “Peculiar Hole In The Sky”

19)  The Divine Comedy  ~  “Funny Peculiar”

20)  The Abyssinians  ~  “Peculiar Number”

BONUS TRACK:  4 Non Blondes  ~  “What’s Up”  (No, “peculiar” doesn’t appear anywhere in its title, but the word is featured prominently in the pre-chorus and it’s a great song, so here it is.)

Songs With Nationalities In The Titles, Vol. 2

Here's part 2 in what will be a 3-part miniseries featuring songs with nationalities (or demonyms) in their titles. This time, it's "Italian," French," "German," "Russian," "Indian," and "Chinese" songs, plus a few one-off songs with other nationalities in the titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Dean Martin  ~  "Mambo Italiano"

2)  Billy Joel  ~  "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant"

3)  Fergie  ~  "Be Italian"

4)  Caro Emerald  ~  "Excuse My French"

5)  Camera Obscura  ~  "French Navy"

6)  Joan Jett and the Blackhearts  ~  "The French Song"

7)  The Passions  ~  "I'm In Love With A German Film Star"

8)  Margot & The Nuclear So And So's  ~  "German Motor Car"

9)  Rihanna  ~  "Russian Roulette"

10)  Sting  ~  "Russians"

11)  Sinead O'Connor  ~  "A Perfect Indian"

12)  Manic Street Preachers  ~  "Indian Summer"

13)  Lily Allen  ~  "Chinese"

14)  R.E.M.  ~  "Seven Chinese Brothers"

15)  Joni Mitchell  ~  "Chinese Cafe / Unchained Melody"

16)  Neon Indian  ~  "Polish Girl"

17)  The Beatles  ~  "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"

18)  Frankie Smith  ~  "Double Dutch Bus"

19)  Chris De Burgh ft. Elissa  ~  "Lebanese Night"

20)  The Bangles  ~  "Walk Like An Egyptian"

21)  The Vapors  ~  "Turning Japanese"

22)  Ernest Tubb  ~  "Filipino Baby"

23)  The Seekers  ~  "I Am Australian"

24)  Dream Theater  ~  "Peruvian Skies"

25)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Liberian Girl"