Things These Artists Want You To Be, Vol. 4

This is the last set of Songs About Things These Artists Want You To Be. I hope you've enjoyed this miniseries of posts!  ~  JH



1)  Mary J. Blige  ~  "Be Without You"

2)  Old Dominion  ~  "Be With Me"

3)  The Wombats  ~  "Be Your Shadow"

4)  Audioslave  ~  "Be Yourself"

5)  Gene Vincent  ~  "Be-Bop-A-Lula"

6)  Krewella  ~  "Be There"

7)  Jenna Raine  ~  "Be Like You"

8)  Matthew Mole  ~  "Be Gone"

9)  Clara Benin  ~  "Be My Thrill"

10)  What So Not ft. Daniel Johns  ~  "Be OK Again"

11)  Yolanda Adams  ~  "Be Blessed"

12)  Earth, Wind, & Fire  ~  "Be Ever Wodnerful"

13)  J. Cole  ~  "Be Free"

14)  The Hawkins Family  ~  "Be Grateful"

15)  Fergie  ~  "Be Italian"

16)  Jessica Simpson  ~  "Be"

17)  Andrew Peterson  ~  "Be Kind To Yourself"

18)  The Dramatics  ~  "Be My Girl"

19)  John Michael Montgomery  ~  "Be My Baby Tonight"

20)  Red Velvet  ~  "Be Natural"

21)  The Front Bottoms  ~  "Be Nice To Me"

22)  Chris Tomlin ft. Brett Young & Cassadee Pope  ~  "Be The Moon"

23)  The Ting Tings  ~  "Be The One"

24)  Mira, Royal Detective Cast  ~  "Be The Music"

25)  Martina McBride  ~  "Be That Way"

Songs About Ponytails & Pigtails

My daughter is all about ponytails and pigtails of late. So here are a bunch of songs about them. Not that she'll listen to them. She rarely ever listens to anybody about anything. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Haschak Sisters  ~  “Ponytail”

2)  Wild Beasts  ~  “Ponytail”

3)  The Wiggles  ~  “Pigtail Polka”

4)  Count Basie  ~  “Pony Tail”

5)  The Defibulators  ~  “Let Me See That Ponytail Run”

6)  Fink  ~  “Pigtails”

7)  Badanamu  ~  “I Got A Ponytail”

8)  Rudy Currence  ~  “Weave Ponytail”

9)  Sean Magee  ~  “Pigtails”

10)  Devereaux  ~  “Ponytails”

11)  The Love Elektrik  ~  “Ponytail”

12)  Pins  ~  “Ponytail”

13)  Syd Matters  ~  “Pigtail Fairies”

14)  Lake Street Dive  ~  “Side Pony”  (The “tail” here is implied.)

15)  Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps  ~  “Red Blue Jeans And A Pony Tail”

16)  Pi Ja Ma  ~  “Ponytail”

17)  Phish  ~  “Pigtail”

18)  Emery  ~  “The Ponytail Parades”

19)  The Fireballs  ~  “Long, Long Ponytail”

20)  Silverlake  ~  “Shake Your Head (With Your Black Ponytail)”

21)  Corduroy  ~  “Ponytail”

22)  The Gluts  ~  “Ponytail”

23)  The Orphan  ~  “Pigtail Madness”

24)  K.Oh!  ~  “Ponytail”

25)  Panda Bear  ~  “Ponytail”

Popular Songs Of 1957, Vol. 1

And now we begin another trip back in time. The year is 1957. Rock and roll is in its infancy. Traditional pop music still holds many of the top slots on the charts. Artists of color are enjoying more mainstream success. And all of the music is top-notch. Here's part 1 of 3 in the Popular Songs Of 1957. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Jailhouse Rock”

2)  Harry Belafonte  ~  “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)”

3)  Pat Boone  ~  “Love Letters In The Sand”

4)  Mickey & Sylvia  ~  “Love Is Strange”

5)  Little Richard  ~  “Jenny Jenny”

6)  Marty Robbins  ~  “A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)”

7)  Patti Page  ~  “Old Cape Cod”

8)  Bobby Helms  ~  “My Special Angel”

9)  Johnnie & Joe  ~  “Over The Mountain, Across The Sea”

10)  Jerry Lewis  ~  “Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody”

11)  Debbie Reynolds  ~  “Tammy”

12)  Paul Anka  ~  “Diana”

13)  The Tune Weavers  ~  “Happy Happy Birthday, Baby”

14)  Andy Williams  ~  “Butterfly”

15)  The Del-Vikings  ~  “Come Go With Me”

16)  Sonny James  ~  “Young Love”

17)  Jane Morgan  ~  “Fascination”

18)  Johnny Mathis  ~  “Wonderful! Wonderful!”

19)  Marvin Rainwater  ~  “Gonna Find Me A Bluebird”

20)  Elvis Presley  ~  “All Shook Up”

21)  Don Rondo  ~  “White Silver Sands”

22)  Gale Storm  ~  “Dark Moon”

23)  Thurston Harris  ~  “Little Bitty Pretty One”

24)  Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps  ~  “Lotta Lovin’”

25)  Jerry Lee Lewis  ~  “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On”

Songs About Blue Jeans

This post may or may not have been inspired by a recent comment thread on my pastor’s Facebook page (he’s currently doing a series called “The Gospel In Blue Jeans”). That being said, the songs and artists expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views or musical preferences of my pastor (who I am intentionally not naming here). But I'll bet he’s going to looovvveee the first song in this list. Haha! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Neil Diamond  ~  “Forever In Blue Jeans”

2)  Granger Smith  ~  “Bury Me In Blue Jeans”

3)  Train  ~  “Angel In Blue Jeans”

4)  The Jeff Healey Band  ~  “Blue Jean Blues”

5)  Ladytron  ~  “Blue Jeans”

6)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Make-Up And Faded Blue Jeans”

7)  Jimmy Clanton  ~  “Venus In Blue Jeans”

8)  David Bowie  ~  “Blue Jean”

9)  The Heathens  ~  “Dirty Jeans”

10)  Sophie B. Hawkins  ~  “Walking In My Blue Jeans”

11)  David Dundas  ~  “Jeans On”

12)  Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps  ~  “Blue Jean Bop”

13)  Family Of The Year  ~  “Blue Jean Girl”

14)  Sammy Kershaw  ~  “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On”

15)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Blue Jeans”

16)  Peerless Quartet  ~  “Blue Jeans”

17)  Grace  ~  “Boyfriend Jeans”

18)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  “Blue Jeans And White T-Shirts”

19)  Stevie Nicks  ~  “Blue Denim”

20)  Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band  ~  “Bluejeans And Moonbeams”

Popular Songs Of 1956, Vol. 1

I'll bet you thought I was done with these "Popular Songs Of..." posts for the year, didn't you? Well, I am...after this two-parter. But I couldn't neglect one of the biggest years in the early days of rock 'n' roll (as well as a solid year for traditional pop), could I? You don't have to answer that. You just have to listen (if you want to)...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Heartbreak Hotel”

2)  The Platters  ~  “The Great Pretender”

3)  Doris Day  ~  “Que Sera Sera”

4)  Dean Martin  ~  “Memories Are Made Of This”

5)  Morris Stoloff  ~  “Moonglow and Theme From Picnic”

6)  Pat Boone  ~  “I Almost Lost My Mind”

7)  Kay Starr  ~  “Rock And Roll Waltz”

8)  Carl Perkins  ~  “Blue Suede Shoes”  (Why would I not include Elvis’ version of this song? For one, I already have 5 Elvis songs lined up for these posts. And for another, Perkins released his version eight months earlier and became one of the biggest hits of Perkins’ long and distinguished career. So there!)

9)  Johnnie Ray  ~  “Just Walkin’ In The Rain / If I Had You”

10)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Don’t Be Cruel”

11)  Perry Como  ~  “Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)”

12)  Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps  ~  “Be-Bop-A-Lula”

13)  Fats Domino  ~  “Blueberry Hill”

14)  Guy Mitchell  ~  “Singing The Blues”

15)  Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly  ~  “True Love”

16)  Patti Page  ~  “Allegheny Moon”

17)  Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers  ~  “Why Do Fools Fall In Love?”

18)  Elvis Presley  ~  “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You”