Popular Songs Of 1988, Vol. 1

And now the one you've all been waiting for! Well, at least those of you "of a certain age." (I certainly qualify.) The '80s posts are always my wife's favorites as well. Popular Songs of 1988 starts...NOW! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  George Michael  ~  “One More Try”

2)  Michael Jackson  ~  “Man In The Mirror”

3)  Taylor Dayne  ~  “Tell It To My Heart”

4)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Sweet Child O’ Mine”

5)  Richard Marx  ~  “Hold On To The Nights”

6)  Whitney Houston  ~  “So Emotional”

7)  Elton John  ~  “Candle In The Wind”

8)  Steve Winwood  ~  “Don’t You Know What The Night Can Do?”

9)  Tanya Tucker, Paul Overstreet, & Paul Davis  ~  “I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love”

10)  Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock  ~  “It Takes Two”

11)  Johnny Hates Jazz  ~  “Shattered Dreams”

12)  The Bangles  ~  “Hazy Shade Of Winter"

13)  Bon Jovi  ~  “Bad Medicine”

14)  Rick Astley  ~  “Together Forever”

15)  Kylie Minogue  ~  “The Loco-Motion”

16)  Keith Whitley  ~  “Don’t Close Your Eyes”

17)  Cheap Trick  ~  “The Flame”

18)  Debbie Gibson  ~  “Foolish Beat”

19)  Aerosmith  ~  “Angel”

20)  The Jets  ~  “Rocket 2 U”

21)  Kathy Mattea  ~  “Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses”

22)  George Harrison  ~  “Got My Mind Set On You”

23)  UB40  ~  “Red, Red Wine”

24)  Tiffany  ~  “Could’ve Been”

25)  The Escape Club  ~  “Wild, Wild West”

26)  Ricky Van Shelton  ~  “I’ll Leave This World Loving You”

“City” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's part 1 of a new 4-part series featuring songs with the word "City" or "Country" in their titles. First up, "City" songs, then one more of the same, and after that, two "Country" posts. You know you love 'em...so enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Paradise City”

2)  Thirty Seconds To Mars  ~  “City Of Angels”

3)  Snow Patrol  ~  “Take Back The City”

4)  M83  ~  “Midnight City”

5)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Living For The City”

6)  The Doobie Brothers  ~  “South City Midnight Lady”

7)   The Avett Brothers  ~  “Murder In The City”

8)  Andra Day  ~  “City Burns”

9)  John Mayer  ~  “City Love”

10)  Buju Banton  ~  “Magic City”

11)  ABBA  ~  “Summer Night City”

12)  Patrick Stump ft. Lupe Fiasco  ~  “This City”

13)  Casting Crowns  ~  “City On The Hill”

14)  Village People  ~  “New York City”

15)  Duran Duran ft. Kiesza  ~  “Last Night In The City”

16)  MC5  ~  “Motor City Is Burning”

17)  Ray Price  ~  “City Lights”

18)  KISS  ~  “Detroit Rock City”

19)  Laleh  ~  “Big City Love”

20)  Chick Corea Elektric Band  ~  “Elektric City”

21)  The Highwaymen ft. Willie Nelson  ~  “The City Of New Orleans”

22)  Lissie  ~  “Love In The City”

23)  Wilbert Harrison  ~  “Kansas City”

24)  Muse  ~  “City Of Delusion”

25)  Starship  ~  “We Built This City”

Whistling Songs, Vol. 3

I'm sure by now a few of you are getting frustrated with this series. After all, you've seen/heard 50 songs and still no Andy Griffith Show theme song, you're losing "Patience" with the absence of THAT song, and you're wondering how Good, Bad, and Ugly this series is going to get before THAT song is included. Well, wait no more! Those songs – and plenty more – are all right here! And there's still one more installment to go after this one. So never fear – your favorite song is here! Or soon will be. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Lovin’ Spoonful  ~  “Daydream”

2)  Earle Hagen  ~  “The Fishin’ Hole”  (Better known as The Andy Griffith Show theme song.)

3)  Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Home”

4)  Ximena Sariñana  ~  “Different”

5)  Rufus Thomas  ~  “Walking The Dog”

6)  Teenage Fanclub  ~  “Mellow Doubt”

7)  Paul McCartney  ~  “C’mon People”

8)  Elvis Presley & Lisa Marie Presley  ~  “I Love You Because”

9)  The Fratellis  ~  “Whistle For The Choir”

10)  Alt-J  ~  “Warm Foothills”

11)  XTC  ~  “Generals And Majors”

12)  Roxette  ~  “Joyride”

13)  Warren G ft. Nate Dogg  ~  “Regulate”

14)  J. Geils Band  ~  “Centerfold”

15)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Patience”

16)  Adriana Caselotti  ~  “Whistle While You Work”

17)  The Tremeloes  ~  “Here Comes My Baby”

18)  Gilbert O’Sullivan  ~  “Clair”

19)  Andrew Bird  ~  “Fatal Shore”

20)  Tori Amos  ~  “Cornflake Girl”

21)  Peter Gabriel  ~  “Games Without Frontiers”

22)  Enrico Morricone  ~  “The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly”

23)  Happy Mondays  ~  “Step On”

24)  Club 8  ~  “Whatever You Want”

25)  Beck  ~  “No Complaints”

Yours, Mine, & Ours Songs, Vol. 2: "Mine"

Continuing this 3-part miniseries of Yours, Mine, and Ours songs, here's a fine-feathered collection of songs featuring the word "Mine" in their titles. There were a lot of songs I could have included here, but I tried to weed out the mediocre ones and only present the best of the best. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Mine"

2)  Pearl Jam  ~  "I Am Mine"

3)  Beyoncé ft. Drake  ~  "Mine"

4)  Guns N' Roses  ~  "Sweet Child O' Mine"

5)  K's Choice  ~  "Now Is Mine"

6)  Jason Mraz  ~  "Make It Mine"

7)  Alabama Shakes  ~  "Be Mine"

8)  Matchbox 20  ~  "You Won't Be Mine"

9)  The Band Perry  ~  "Forever Mine Nevermind"

10)  Eve 6  ~  "Friend Of Mine"

11)  Janet Devlin  ~  "When You Were Mine"

12)  The Black Keys  ~  "I Got Mine"

13)  Dixie Chicks  ~  "You Were Mine"

14)  Vance Joy  ~  "Mess Is Mine"

15)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  "When You Were Mine"

16)  Genesis  ~  "No Son Of Mine"

17)  The Pierces  ~  "You'll Be Mine"

18)  Taylor Henderson  ~  "When You Were Mine"

19)  Robyn  ~  "Be Mine!"

20)  Parmalee  ~  "Already Callin' You Mine"

21)  Caro Emerald  ~  "I Know That He's Mine"

22)  Iron & Wine  ~  "Low Light Buddy Of Mine"

23)  Portishead  ~  "All Mine"

24)  Band Of Skulls  ~  "Be Mine"

25)  Monica  ~  "Angel Of Mine"