"Mood"-y Songs

These songs are guaranteed to get you in some kind of mood, whether good, bad, or otherwise. And there's more where these came from, too! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  24kGoldn ft. Iann Dior ~ "Mood"

2)  Trippie Redd ft. Chris Brown ~ "Mood" 

3)  Miley Cyrus ~ "Bad Mood"

4)  Earth, Wind, & Fire ~ "Spasmodic Mood"

5) Aretha Franklin ~ "Moody's Mood For Love"

6)  Sam Cooke ~ "Sad Mood"

7)  The Glenn Miller Orchestra ~ "In The Mood"

8)   Jr. Walker & The All Stars ~ "Cleo's Mood"

9)  Dean Martin ~ "I'm In The Mood For Love"

10)  John Lee Hooker ~ "Lonesome Mood"

11)  Rush ~ "In The Mood"

12)  Lulu ~ "Restless Moods"

13)  Robert Plant ~ "In The Mood"

14)  Levon Helm ~ "A Mood I Was In"

15)  Bob Dylan ~ "Melancholy Mood"

16)   Donny Hathaway ~ "Mood"

17)   Keb' Mo' ~ "Dangerous Mood"

18)  Heavy D. & The Boyz ~ "Mood For Love"

19)  Ziggy Marley ~ "Melancholy Mood"

20)  Josh A ~ "Mood Swings" 

More "Jukebox" Songs

More "Jukebox" Songs, at your service. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ani DiFranco  ~  "Jukebox"

2)  Eric Church  ~  "Jukebox And A Bar"

3)  Mark Chesnutt  ~  "Bubba Shot The Jukebox"

4)  Travis Tritt  ~  "If Hell Had A Jukebox"

5)  Richard Thompson  ~  "Jerusalem On The Jukebox"

6)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  "Stoned At The Jukebox"

7)  Sandi Thom  ~  "Human Jukebox"

8)  Michael Martin Murphey  ~  "Jukebox"

9)  LUNA  ~  "Jukebox"

10)  The Brian Setzer Orchestra  ~  "Jukebox"

11)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  "Hey Mister, That's Me Up On The Jukebox"

12)  Porter Wagoner  ~  "Turn The Jukebox Up Louder"

13)  Becky Hobbs  ~  "Jones On The Jukebox"

14)  Charlie Walker  ~  "Gonna Buy Me A Jukebox"

15)  Young Marble Giants  ~  "Wurlitzer Jukebox"

16)  Hank Thompson  ~  "New Records On The Jukebox"

17)  Saves The Day  ~  "Jukebox Breakdown"

18)  Vern Gosdin  ~  "Bury Me In A Jukebox"

19)  The Flirts  ~  "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)"

20)  David Ball  ~  "Please Feed The Jukebox"

21)  The Glenn Miller Modernaires  ~  "Juke Box Saturday Night"

22)  Barbara Mandrell  ~  "I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight"

23)  Moe Bandy  ~  "That's What Makes The Jukebox Play"

24)  Sammy Kershaw & Tommy McLain  ~  "Jukebox Songs"

25)  Kitty Wells  ~  "I Heard The Jukebox Playing"

Songs About Starlight

Did you know that an unusually large number of good Songs About Starlight have been written and recorded by a wide variety of artists? Neither did I! Here's just half of all the ones I found. Which, if course, means there's more of the same in store for you next time. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Grace George  ~  "Starlight"

2)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Starlight"  (Well, how 'bout that? The iconic MJ song "Thriller" was originally recorded with different lyrics as "Starlight" – and here it is! Pretty amazing to hear an alternate recording of a classic tune!)

3)  Anna Ritsmar  ~  "Starlight"

4)  Muse  ~  "Starlight" 

5)  Don Diablo & Matt Nash  ~  "Starlight"

6)  Suzi Quatro  ~  "Starlight Lady"

7)  Nikki King  ~  "Starlight"

8)  Jai Wolf ft. Mr. Gabriel  ~  "Starlight"

9)  Alice Hills  ~  "Starlight"

10)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  "Starlight"

11)  Ayon  ~  "Starlight"

12)  Doris Day  ~  "Soft As The Starlight"

13)  Menggapai Bintang  ~  "Starlight Sugar"  (These young ladies sound like ACTUAL chipmunks! This is amusing beyond measure!)

14)  Utah Phillips  ~  "Starlight On The Rails"

15)  Rachel Costanzo  ~  "Starlight"

16)  Slash ft. Myles Kennedy  ~  "Starlight"

17)  Hieroglyph  ~  "Starlight"

18)  Glenn Miller  ~  "Starlight And Music"

19)  Wonderland  ~  "Starlight"

20)  Zed  ~  "Starlight"

21)  The Black Marbles  ~  "Starlight"

22)  Babymetal  ~  "Starlight"

23)  Mila Falls  ~  "Starlight"

24)  Logan Ledger  ~  "Starlight"

25)  Loren North  ~  "Starlight"

Things These Artists Have “Got,” Vol. 1

A lot of good songs over the years seem to have the words "I Got," "I've Got," "We Got," or "We've Got" in their titles. I notice dumb things like this. And what do I do when I notice them? I post a four-part miniseries featuring said songs, of course! Enjoy? ~  JH

1)  James Brown  ~  I Got You (I Feel Good)”

2)  Jana Kramer  ~  “I Got The Boy”

3)  Pearl Jam  ~  “I’ve Got A Feeling”  (This is a cover of a Beatles song. I had a video of Paul McCartney performing it all ready to post, but I actually ended up liking this version better. Go figure!)

4)  Ciara  ~  “I Got You”

5)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “I Got The Blues”

6)  Ethel Merman  ~  “I Got Rhythm”

7)  Young The Giant  ~  “I Got”  (What've they “got”? You’ll have to listen to find out.)

8)  You Me & Apollo  ~  “We Got A Roof”

9)  Lily Allen  ~  “As Long As I Got You”

10)  Canaan Smith  ~  “We Got Us”

11)  Brad Garrett, Jeffrey Tambor, Mandy Moore, & Zachary Levi  ~  “I’ve Got A Dream”

12)  Don Williams  ~  “I’ve Got A Winner In You”

13)  Nina Simone  ~  “Ain’t Got No / I Got Life”

14)  Al Jarreau  ~  “We Got By”  (“By” is not a thing you can literally “get,” but this is a great song so it’s close enough.)

15)  Karmin  ~  “I Got You (Pisces)”

16)  Delbert McClinton  ~  “I’ve Got Dreams To Remember”

17)  The Civil Wars  ~  “I’ve Got This Friend”

18)  Positive K  ~  “I Got A Man”

19)  Lily & Madeleine  ~   “I’ve Got Freedom”

20)  Bon Jovi  ~  “We Got It Going On”

21)  Glenn Miller & His Orchestra ft. Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, The Modernaires, & The Nicholas Brothers  ~  “(I’ve Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo”

22)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “We’ve Got A Groovy Thing Goin’”

23)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  “I Gotta Feeling”

24)  Jim Croce  ~  “I Got A Name”

25)  Mel Tormé  ~  “We’ve Got A World That Swings”

Big Band & Swing Music

Tomorrow, my wife, kids, and I will be going to a family reunion for my Grandma Hill's side of the family, the Browns. My grandma was not only the Best Grandma Ever (sorry if you think YOUR Grandma is/was – she's not), she was also my best friend when I was younger. She passed away in January of 1992, and a part of me has been lost ever since. The last time we had a Brown Family Reunion was only a year or two after my grandma passed. In her younger and even older years, she had been a huge fan of Big Band music. She loved to dance to it as long as she was able to. In memory of my Grandma Hill, here's a collection of some of the finest Big Band and Swing music ever produced. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Glenn Miller Orchestra  ~  “In The Mood”

2)  Benny Goodman  ~  “Sing, Sing, Sing”

3)  Artie Shaw  ~  “Begin The Beguine”

4)  Harry James  ~  “Green Onions”

5)  Count Basie  ~  “One O’Clock Jump”

6)  Woody Herman & His Swingin’ Herd  ~  “Woodchopper’s Ball”

7)  Duke Ellington  ~  “It Don’t Mean A Thing”

8)  Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich  ~  “The Drum Battle”  (Wow, this is fairly epic! Who do YOU think won the battle?)

9)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “Song Of India”

10)  Louis Armstrong  ~  “A Kiss To Build A Dream On”

11)  Dizzy Gillespie  ~  “Salt Peanuts”

12)  Bob Crosby And His Orchestra  ~  “Big Noise From Winnetka”

13)  Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “Tangerine”

14)  Earl “Fatha” Hines  ~  “Memories Of You”

15)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  “Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby?”

16)  Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians  ~  “Sioux City Sue”

17)  Kay Kyser & His Orchestra  ~  “Like The Fella Once Said”

18)  Lawrence Welk  ~  “Muskrat Ramble”

19)  Hoagy Carmichael  ~  “The Monkey Song”

20)  Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm  ~  “Breathless”

21)  Billy Eckstine  ~  “Prisoner Of Love”

22)  Louis Prima  ~  “Just A Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody”

23)  Cab Calloway  ~  “Minnie The Moocher”

24)  Les Brown And His Band Of Renown  ~  “Leapfrog”

25)  Lionel Hampton  ~  “Flying Home”