Songs About The Month Of August

It's August, and these songs are about the month of August. Coincidence? I think not! Enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Taylor Swift  ~  "August"

2)  Hotel Books  ~  "July (Part One)" / "August (Part Two)"

3)  4rif  ~  "August"

4)  The Kingston Trio  ~  "Verandah Of Millium August"

5)  Flipturn  ~  "August"

6)  The The  ~  "August & September"

7)  The Lone Bellow  ~  "August"

8)  The Orwells  ~  "Last Days In August"

9)  Gregory And The Hawk  ~  "August Moon"

10)  WIINSTON  ~  "August"

11)  Rilo Kiley  ~  "August"

12)  Edith Piaf  ~  "On Cherche un Auguste"

13)  Van Morrison ft. Dr. John  ~  "Cold Wind In 
August"

14)  Jon Bon Jovi  ~  "August 7, 4:15"

15)  We The Kings  ~  "August Is Over"

16)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Stuck In The August Rain"

17)  Sting  ~  "August Winds"

18)  Funkadelic  ~  "Friday Night, August 14th"

19)  Abandon All Ships  ~  "August"

20)  Willie Nelson  ~  "The Thirty-Third Of August"

21)  Robin Gibb  ~  "August October"

22)  Dion  ~  "Told You Once In August"

23)  Hall & Oates  ~  "August Day"

24)  Carole King  ~  "The First Day In August"

25)  Sara Bareilles  ~  "August Moon"

26)  Julie London  ~  "Time For August"

27)  Beirut  ~  "August Holland"

Popular Songs Of 1958, Vol. 1

Time for some real throwback music. Thus begins a three-part retrospective of the best and most Popular Songs of 1958. If you aren’t that familiar with the music of sixty years ago, give it a listen. You might be surprised how much you like it. If these golden oldies bring back memories for you, then all I can say is you’re welcome. I hope you will…enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Perry Como & Dean Martin  ~  “Return To Me”

2)  The Everly Brothers  ~  “All I Have To Do Is Dream / Cathy’s Clown”  (The first of these two songs was a hit in 1958. The second one came two years later.)

3)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Don’t”

4)  Ricky Nelson  ~  “Stood Up”

5)  Bobby Day  ~  “Rockin’ Robin”

6)  Chuck Berry  ~  “Sweet Little Sixteen”

7)  Pat Boone  ~  “A Wonderful Time Up There”

8)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Looking Back”

9)  The Four Preps  ~  “26 Miles (Santa Cantina)”

10)  Johnny Cash  ~  “Guess Things Happen That Way”

11)  Buddy Holly  ~  “Peggy Sue”

12)  David Seville  ~  “Witch Doctor”  (Fun fact: “David Seville” is a stage name for Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. This same guy later created “Alvin & The Chipmunks” and lent his stage name to the cartoon animals’ human “dad.”)

13)  The Champs  ~  “Tequila”

14)  Danny & The Juniors  ~  “At The Hop”

15)  Sheb Wooley  ~  “Purple People Eater”

16)  Conway Twitty  ~  “It’s Only Make Believe”

17)  Pérez Prado  ~  “Patricia”

18)  The McGuire Sisters  ~  “Sugartime”

19)  Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Starring Warren Covington  ~  “Tea For Two Cha-Cha”

20)  The Kingston Trio  ~  “Tom Dooley”

21)  Andy Williams  ~  “Are You Sincere?”

22)  Don Gibson  ~  “Oh, Lonesome Me”

23)  Frankie Avalon  ~  “De-De-Dinah”

24)  Ricky Nelson  ~  “Waitin’ In School”

25)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Don’t Ask Me Why”