Showing posts with label Glenn Miller Orchestra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Glenn Miller Orchestra. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Popular Songs Of 1948, Vol. 2

Here's the second and final installment in a miniseries of posts featuring the most Popular Songs of 1948. Because 70 years is a long time ago, and these songs are still amazing! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “That Wild And Wicked Look In Your Eye”





2)  Kay Kyser & His Orchestra ft. Gloria Wood  ~  “Woody Woodpecker Song”




3)  Freddy Martin & His Orchestra ft. Glenn Hughes  ~  “On A Slow Boat To China”




4)  Dinah Shore  ~  “Buttons And Bows”




5)  Al Jolson  ~  “Is It True What They Say About Dixie?”




6)  Jimmy Wakely  ~  “One Has My Name”




7)  Frankie Laine  ~  “Rosetta”




8)  Georgia Gibbs  ~  “Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams”




9)  Roy Rogers  ~  “ Blue Shadows”




10)  Merle Travis  ~  “Merle’s Boogie Woogie”




11)  Al Trace & His Orchestra ft. Bob Vincent  ~  “You Call Everybody Darlin’”





12)  Dick Haymes ft. Four Hits And A Miss  ~  “Little White Lies”




13)  Russ Morgan & His Orchestra  ~  “So Tired”





14)  Pee Wee King  ~  “Tennessee Waltz” / “You Belong To Me”





15)  Art Mooney  ~  “I’m Looking Over A Four-Leaf Clover”




16)  Vaughn Monroe  ~  “Someday You’ll Want Me To Want You”




17)  Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra ft. Charles La Vere  ~  “Maybe You’ll Be There”




18)  The Andrews Sisters  ~  “Toolie Oolie Doolie”




19)  Glenn Miller Orchestra ft. Tex Beneke  ~  “St. Louis Blues March”




20)  Cowboy Copas  ~  “Tennessee Moon”




21)  Hawkshaw Hawkins  ~  “Doghouse Boogie”




22)  Tex Williams  ~  “Talking Boogie”




23)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra ft. Harry Prime & The Clark Sisters  ~  “Until”





24)  Bing Crosby  ~  “The Night Has A Thousand Eyes”




25)  Roy Acuff  ~  “Waltz Of The Wind”


Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Songs About Potatoes

In case you ever wondered if there were enough good Songs About Potatoes to fill a blog post, wonder no more. This one's worth the price of admission (FREE!) for the Weird Al song alone. Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  “Weird Al” Yankovic  ~  “Couch Potato”




2)  James Taylor  ~  “Sweet Potato Pie”




3)  Melanie Martinez  ~  “Mrs. Potato Head”




4)  Shawn Amos  ~  “Diggin’ My Potatoes”




5)  All Rights Reserved Band  ~  “Couch Potato”




6)  LaToya Jackson  ~  “Hot Potato”




7)  The Wiggles  ~  “Hot Potato”  (I hate myself for even posting this song. I truly expected better from myself than this. *sigh*)




8)  Cracker  ~  “Sweet Potato”




9)  The New Main Street Singers  ~  “Potatos In The Paddy Wagon”




10)  Our Lady Peace  ~  “Potato Girl”




11)  LiveWire  ~  “Tater Fed”




12)  Molly Reeves & The World’s Finest Apples  ~  “All That Meat And No Potatoes”




13)  Al Jarreau  ~  “Sweet Potato Pie”




14)  Paul Gilbert  ~  “Potato Head”




15)  Glenn Miller Orchestra  ~  “Sweet Potato Piper”




16)  Shinyribs  ~  “Sweet Potato”




17)  Wynton Marsalis  ~  “Potato Head Blues”




18)  Skunk Anansie  ~  “Charlie Big Potato”




19)  Little Jimmy Dickens  ~  “Take An Old Cold Tater And Wait”




20)  The Ross Sisters  ~  “Solid Potato Salad”