Luther Vandross’ & Iggy Pop’s Greatest Hits

Today (April 20th) would have been Luther Vandross' 68th birthday. Tomorrow (April 21st), Iggy Pop will celebrate his 72nd birthday. To commemorate "The Velvet Voice" and "The Godfather Of Punk"'s birthdays (and because it's really weird but kind of fun to pair two COMPLETELY different artists' work in a single post), here's a selection of the most popular and best-known songs from each of their storied careers. Enjoy!  ~  JH

BLOGGER'S NOTE:  I didn't bother putting the artist's name alongside the song title of each, because I figured it would be self-evident who's singing when. But just in case you get confused, if you're seeing a skinny white dude with no shirt dancing around wildly onstage and singing somewhat unintelligibly, you're experiencing an Iggy Pop song. If sparkly suits and swooning women are present, it's Luther Vandross.

1)  “Never Too Much”

2)  “I Wanna Be Your Dog”

3)  “If This World Were Mine”  (with Cheryl Lynn)

4)  “I Got A Right”

5)  “How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye”  (with Dionne Warwick)

6)  “Nightclubbing”

7)  “Superstar” / “Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)”

8)  “Funtime”  (with David Bowie)

9)  “'Til My Baby Comes Home”

10)  “China Girl”  (with Queens Of The Stone Age)

11)  “It’s Over Now”

12)  “Tonight”

13)  “Wait For Love”

14)  “Success”

15)  “Here And Now”

16)  “Lust For Life”

17)  "Give Me The Reason"

18)  “Passenger”  (with Queens Of The Stone Age)

19)  "Stop To Love"

20)  “Some Weird Sin”

21)  "There's Nothing Better Than Love"  (with Gregory Hines)

22)  “I’m Bored”

23)  "Any Love"

24)  “Cry For Love”

25)  "She Won't Talk To Me"

26)  “Real Wild Child (Wild One)”

27)  "For You To Love"

28)  “Cold Metal”

29)  "Don't Want To Be A Fool"

30)  “Home”

31)  "The Rush"

32)  “Candy”  (with Kate Pierson)

33)  "Sometimes It's Only Love"

34)  “Well, Did You Evah!”  (with Debbie Harry)

35)  "The Best Things In Life Are Free"  (with Janet Jackson, Bell Biv DeVoe, & Ralph Tresvant)

36)  “Wild America”

37)  "Power Of Love (Love Power)"

38)  “Mask”

39)  "The Closer I Get To You"  (with Beyoncé)

40)  “Bang Bang”

41)  "Endless Love"  (with Mariah Carey)

42)  “Livin’ On The Edge Of The Night”

43)  "Always And Forever"

44)  “Little Know It All”  (with Sum 41)

45)  "Your Secret Love"

46)  “No Fun”

47)  "Take You Out"

48)  “Gimme Danger”

49)  "Dance With My Father"

50)  “Corruption”

"Search" Songs

Yet another two-part, quasi-"Opposites" music post (but not really) for your listening pleasure. First up, a collection of songs with the word "Search" in their titles. Next time, a bunch of "Rescue" songs. "Search" and "Rescue" – get it? Yeah, I know – SO not rocket science. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Hillsong United  ~  "Search My Heart"

2)  Survivor  ~  "The Search Is Over"

3)  Iggy & The Stooges  ~  "Search And Destroy"

4)  Katy Hudson  ~  "Search Me"  (Yes, that IS Katy Perry – six years before her mega-successful mainstream pop debut – performing a decidedly Christian-themed song  under her given name.)

5)  Son Volt  ~  "The Search"

6)  Santana  ~  "Searching"

7)  Damian Marley  ~  "Still Searching"

8)  Katie Melua  ~  "Call Off The Search"

9)  Lynyrd Skynyrd  ~  "Searching"

10)  American Analog  ~  "Search Party"

11)  Frank Sinatra  ~  "Searching"

12)  Anouk  ~  "Searching"

13)  INXS  ~  "Searching"

14)  Warren Zevon  ~  "Searchin' For A Heart"

15)  Kitty Wells  ~  "Searching (For Someone Like You)"

16)  Soundgarden  ~  "Searching With My Good Eye Closed"

17)  Matisyahu  ~  "Searchin'"

18)  M People  ~  "Search For The Hero"

19)  Luther Vandross  ~  "Searching"

20)  Carl Smith  ~  "I Overlooked An Orchid (While Searching For A Rose)"

21)  Vonda Shepard  ~  "Searchin' My Soul"

22)  Del Shannon  ~  "Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow The Sun)"

23)  Chicago  ~  "I've Been Searching So Long"

24)  The Marshall Tucker Band  ~  "Searching For A Rainbow"

25)  Heartless Bastards  ~  "Searching For The Ghost"