What Love Is, According To These Songs: Vol. 1

Just in time for Valentine's Day, we begin a three-part series featuring songs about what "Love Is." A wide variety of definitions are offered within – some good, some bad, and some downright weird. But all thoroughly enjoyable!  ~  JH

1)  Pat Benatar  ~  “Love Is A Battlefield”

2)  Johnny Mathis  ~  “Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing”

3)  Chrisette Michele  ~  “Love Is You”

4)  The Darkness  ~  “Love Is Only A Feeling”

5)  Frozen Cast  ~  “Love Is An Open Door”

6)  Steven Tyler  ~  “Love Is Your Name”

7)  Dolly Parton  ~  “Love Is Like A Butterfly”

8)  Christopher Cross  ~  “Love Is Love (In Any Language)”

9)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  “Love Is An Army”

10)  Muse  ~  “Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)”

11)  k.d. lang  ~  “Love Is Everything”

12)  The Hollies  ~  “Love Is The Thing”

13)  Sophie Ellis-Bextor  ~  “Love Is A Camera”

14)  Phil Vassar  ~  “Love Is A Beautiful Thing”

15)  Rod Stewart  ~  “Love Is”

16)  Girls Aloud  ~  “Love Is The Key”

17)  Styx  ~  “Love Is The Ritual”

18)  Katie Melua  ~  “Love Is A Silent Thief”

19)  DC Talk  ~  “Luv Is A Verb”

20)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “Love Is A Good Thing”

21)  Lou Rawls  ~  “Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing”

22)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “Love Is A Rose”

23)  Aloe Blacc  ~  “Love Is The Answer”

24)  Mickey & Sylvia  ~  “Love Is Strange”

25)  Arctic Monkeys  ~  “Love Is A Laserquest”  (Wait…WHAT?)

Popular Songs Of 1978, Vol. 4

Let's go ahead and wrap up this series today. Part 4 of 4 of the most Popular Songs Of 1978. It's been real, it's been fun...it's been real fun! And now it's your turn...to enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Wings  ~  “With A Little Luck”

2)  Pablo Cruise  ~  “Love Will Find A Way”

3)  Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams  ~  “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late”

4)  Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  ~  “Still The Same”

5)  Robert Palmer  ~  “Every Kinda People”

6)  Jefferson Starship  ~  “Count On Me”

7)  Elton John  ~  “Part-Time Love”

8)  Linda Ronstadt  ~  “It’s So Easy”

9)  Black Sabbath  ~  “Never Say Die”

10)  Boney M.  ~  “Rasputin”

11)  Heatwave  ~  “Always And Forever”

12)  The Who  ~  “Who Are You?”

13)  Player  ~  “Baby Come Back”

14)  The Police  ~  “Can’t Stand Losing You”

15)  Foreigner  ~  “Double Vision”

16)  Grease Cast ft. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John  ~  “Summer Nights”

17)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Beast Of Burden”

18)  Barry Manilow  ~  “Can’t Smile Without You”

19)  UFO  ~  Only You Can Rock Me”

20)  Chris Rea  ~  “Fool If You Think It’s Over”

21)  Electric Light Orchestra  ~  “Sweet Talkin’ Woman”

22)  Bee Gees  ~  “Stayin’ Alive”

23)  Exile  ~  “Kiss You All Over”

24)  Eddie Money  ~  “Baby, Hold On”

25)  Rainbow  ~  “L.A. Connection”

Popular Songs Of 1957, Vol. 3

With this post, we conclude the Popular Songs of 1957 series. I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I did when compiling the songs. If you're digging the throwback music, fear not. The most Popular Songs of 1947 are coming soon!  ~  JH

1)  Chuck Berry  ~  “Rock And Roll Music”

2)  The Four Lads  ~  “Who Needs You”

3)  Harry Belafonte & Nat King Cole  ~  “Mama Look At Bubu”

4)  Pat Boone  ~  “Bernardine”

5)  Little Richard  ~  “Keep A-Knockin’”

6)  Jimmie Rodgers  ~  “Honeycomb”

7)  Johnny Mathis  ~  “It’s Not For Me To Say”

8)  The Everly Brothers  ~  “Bye Bye Love”

9)  The Del-Vikings  ~  “Whispering Bells”

10)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Love Me Tender”

11)  Fats Domino  ~  “Blue Monday”

12)  Mantovani And His Orchestra  ~  “Around The World”

13)  The Coasters  ~  “Young Blood”

14)  Tony Bennett  ~  “In The Middle Of An Island”

15)  Billy Ward And His Dominoes  ~  “Stardust”

16)  The Ames Brothers  ~  “Melodie D’Amour”

17)  Ivory Joe Hunter  ~  “Since I Met You Baby”

18)  Jimmy Dorsey  ~  “So Rare”

19)  Lavern Baker  ~  “Jim Dandy”

20)  Sal Mineo  ~  “Start Movin’ (In My Direction)”

21)  Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones  ~  “Black Slacks”

22)  The Diamonds  ~  “Little Darlin’”

23)  Pat Boone  ~  “Remember You’re Mine”

24)  Bill Justis  ~  “Raunchy”  (It's not, actually. It's an instrumental.)

25)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Loving You”

Popular Songs Of 1957, Vol. 2

Can't get enough Popular Songs of 1957? Well, you're in luck! Here's part 2 of 3 in the series. Only good stuff here, no fillers. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Buddy Holly & The Crickets  ~  “That’ll Be The Day”

2)  Pat Boone  ~  “Why, Baby, Why”

3)  The Coasters  ~  “Searchin’”

4)  The Bobbettes  ~  “Mr. Lee”

5)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Teddy Bear”

6)  Fats Domino  ~  “I’m Walkin’”

7)  The Everly Brothers  ~  “Wake Up, Little Susie”

8)  Chuck Berry  ~  “School Days”

9)  Ferlin Husky  ~  “Gone”

10)  Guy Mitchell  ~  “Rock-A-Billy”

11)  The Rays  ~  “Silhouettes”

12)  Chuck Willis  ~  “C.C. Rider”

13)  Perry Como  ~  “Round And Round”

14)  Sam Cooke  ~  “You Send Me”

15)  Ricky Nelson  ~  “Be-Bop Baby”

16)  Billy Williams  ~  “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter”

17)  Jim Reeves  ~  “Four Walls”

18)  Betty Johnson  ~  “I Dreamed”

19)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Too Much”

20)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Send For Me”

21)  The Four Coins  ~  “Shangri-La”

22)  Buddy Knox  ~  “Party Doll”

23)  Harry Belafonte  ~  “Jamaica Farewell”

24)  Larry Williams  ~  “Bony Moronie”

25)  Johnny Mathis  ~  “Chances Are”