Popular Songs Of 1948, Vol. 1

In celebration of my father's 70th year of life (his birthday was in September), here's the first in a two-part series of posts featuring the most Popular Songs of 1948. Most of you seeing/hearing these probably aren't old enough to remember any of these songs. Or maybe you are familiar with them, because you were raised listening to good music like I was. Either way...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Doris Day  ~  “It’s Magic”

2)  Pee Wee Hunt  ~  “Twelfth Street Rag”

3)  Georgia Gibbs  ~  “The Things We Did Last Summer”

4)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “Let’s Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello”

5)  Primo Scala’s Banjo & Accordion Orchestra ft. The Keynotes  ~  “Underneath The Arches”

6)  Ken Griffin & Jerry Wayne  ~  “You Can’t Be True, Dear”

7)  Johnny Bond  ~  “Oklahoma Waltz”

8)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Mañana (Is Soon Enough For Me)”

9)  Woody Herman  ~  “Four Brothers”

10)  Ray Noble & His Orchestra ft. Buddy Clark  ~  “I’ll Dance At Your Wedding”

11)  Francis Craig & His Orchestra  ~  “Beg Your Pardon”

12)  Gracie Fields  ~  “Now Is The Hour”

13)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “Molly Darlin’”

14)  Mahalia Jackson  ~  “Move On Up A Little Higher”

15)  Perry Como  ~  “Because”

16)  The Mills Brothers  ~  “Gloria”

17)  Margaret Whiting  ~  “A Tree In The Meadow”

18)  Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys  ~  “Texarkana Baby”

19)  Jo Stafford  ~  “Red River Valley”

20)  Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys  ~  “Humpty Dumpty Heart”

21)  Jon & Sondra Steele  ~  “My Happiness”

22)  Hank Williams, Sr.  ~  “Honky Tonkin’”

23)  Nat King Cole Trio  ~  “Nature Boy”

24)  Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra ft. Sons Of The Pioneers  ~  “Cool Water”

25)  Tex Ritter  ~  “Rye Whiskey”

“Heart” & “Soul” Songs, Vol. 5

Continuing this seemingly never-ending but, in reality, only-one-post-away-from being-complete series featuring "Heart" and "Soul" Songs... If you think I've already expended all the quality songs that qualify, you've got another think coming. Plenty of good ones left to hear. So enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elton John & Kiki Dee  ~  “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”

2)  Death Cab For Cutie  ~  “Soul Meets Body”

3)  Lady Antebellum  ~  “Heart Break”

4)  Uriah Heep  ~  “Take Away My Soul”

5)  Lindsey Stirling ft. ZZ Ward  ~  “Hold My Heart”

6)  Righteous Brothers  ~  “(You’re My) Soul & Inspiration”

7)  Paramore ft. Joy Williams  ~  “Hate To See Your Heart Break”

8)  The Cult  ~  “Sweet Soul Sister”

9)  Miley Cyrus  ~  “Who Owns My Heart”

10)  Blind Melon  ~  “Soul One”

11)  Céline Dion  ~  “My Heart Will Go On”

12)  Third Day  ~  “Soul On Fire”

13)  Selena Gomez  ~  “The Heart Wants What It Wants”

14)  Ed Kowalczyk  ~  “Soul Whispers”

15)  Meg Myers  ~  “Heart Heart Head”

16)  Sting  ~  “The Soul Cages”

17)  Rachel Platten  ~  “You Don’t Know My Heart”

18)  Bob Marley  ~  “Satisfy My Soul”

19)  Klaas ft. Kim Petras  ~  “Heartbeat”

20)  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  ~  “Keep A Little Soul”

21)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Heart Of Stone”

22)  Alexia Bosch  ~  “Rebel Soul”

23)  Agnes  ~  “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”  (This is NOT the same song as the Elton John/Kiki Dee duet at the top of this post.)

24)  Beck  ~  “Soul Of A Man”

25)  Norah Jones  ~  “4 Broken Hearts”

26)  Aerosmith  ~  “Hole In My Soul”

27)  T’Pau  ~  “Heart And Soul”

28)  Gnarls Barkley  ~  “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”

29)  Hank Williams, Sr.  ~  “Cold, Cold Heart”

30)  Arthur Conley  ~  “Sweet Soul Music”

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”

"Cool" Songs

Well, looky here...another "Opposites" music post! First comes "Cool" songs, then comes "Warm" songs, then comes some songs in a baby carriage. Or...something like that. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Gwen Stefani  ~  "Cool"

2)  Blake Shelton  ~  "Sure Be Cool If You Did"

3)  Aluka  ~  "Keep My Cool"

4)  Phoenix  ~  "Trying To Be Cool"

5)  Echosmith  ~  "Cool Kids"

6)  MGMT  ~  "Cool Song No. 2"

7)  Michelle Pfeiffer  ~  "Cool Rider"  (This one goes out to my wife Mary, who loves the movie "Grease 2" in all its glorious cheesiness.)

8)  Little River Band  ~  "Cool Change"

9)  Kate Nash  ~  "You're So Cool, I'm So Freaky"

10)  Boston   ~  "Cool The Engines"

11)  Tori Amos  ~  "Cool On Your Island"

12)  Babyface  ~  "For The Cool In You"

13)  Paul Simon  ~  "The Cool, Cool River"

14)  Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman  ~  "Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening"

15)  The Roots ft. Martin Luther  ~  "Stay Cool"

16)  Chairlift  ~  "Cool As A Fire"

17)  The Beach Boys  ~  "Cool, Cool Water"

18)  The Hollies  ~  "Long, Cool Woman In A Black Dress"

19)  The Dandy Warhols  ~  "Cool Scene"

20)  The Go-Go's  ~  "Cool Jerk"

21)   Joe Nichols  ~  "Cool To Be A Fool"

22)  Asaf Avidan  ~  "This Cool"

23)  Nikki Yanofsky  ~  "Cool My Heels"

24)  Adam Ant  ~  "Cool Zombie"

25)  Hank Williams, Sr.  ~  "Cool Water"