Showing posts with label Kingston Trio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kingston Trio. Show all posts

Friday, August 21, 2020

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"


Tuesday, July 17, 2018

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)  PĂ©rez 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”