“Me,” “Myself,” & “I” Songs, Vol. 1

Here begins a three-part series of songs featuring one or more of the commonplace pronouns "Me," "Myself," and "I" in their titles. Since there was a plethora of songs to choose from that fit this criteria, I tried to pick only the best, most popular, and/or most unique tunes. I hope you will agree...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie  ~  “ME!”

2)  Morrissey  ~  “I’m OK By Myself”

3)  Austra  ~  “I Love You More Than You Love Yourself”

4)  R.E.M.  ~  “Me In Honey”

5)  Barry Manilow  ~  “I Let Myself Believe”

6)  Chely Wright  ~  “I Already Do”

7)  David Bowie & Cher  ~  “Can You Hear Me?”

8)  Todrick Hall  ~   “Lyin’ To Myself”

9)  RL Grime ft. Daya  ~  “I Wanna Know”

10)  Anna Calvi  ~  “Sing To Me”

11)  Liberace  ~  “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter”

12)  Mal Blum  ~  “I Don’t Want To”

13)  Soft Cell ~  “Entertain Me”

14)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  “The Ghost Of Myself”

15)  Tegan and Sara  ~  “I Couldn’t Be Your Friend”

16)  Green Day  ~  “Wake Me Up When September Ends”

17)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  “Message To Myself”

18)  The xx  ~  “I Dare You”

19)  Culture Club  ~  “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me”

20)  Fanny  ~  “Beside Myself”

21)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  “I Don’t Know What It Is”

22)  Mary Lambert  ~  “Forget Me”

23)  Sinéad O’Connor  ~  “I Am Enough For Myself”

24)  Perfume Genius  ~  “I Decline”

25)  Fever Ray  ~  “Keep The Streets Empty For Me”

26)  Darren Hayes  ~  “Me, Myself, & I”

27)  A Great Big World  ~  “I Really Want It”

28)  Anohni  ~  “Drone Bomb Me”

29)  Little Richard  ~  “I Brought It All On Myself”

30)  Aurora  ~  “I Went Too Far”

Songs About Girls Named Jenny

Of all the female names that musicians have written songs about, "Jenny" seems to be among the most common. This collection comprises some of the best among those many "Jenny" songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tommy Tutone  ~  “867-5309 / Jenny”

2)  The Killers  ~  “Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine”

3)  BETS  ~  “Jenny”

4)  Paul McCartney  ~  “Jenny Wren”

5)  Belle and Sebastian  ~  “Photo Jenny”

6)  Jennifer Lopez  ~  “Jenny From The Block”

7)  Stephen Malkmus  ~  “Jenny And The Ess-Dog”

8)  Little Richard  ~  “Jenny, Jenny”

9)  Lisa Loeb  ~  “Jenny Jenkins”

10)  Paolo Nutini  ~  “Jenny Don’t Be Hasty”

11)  Fairport Convention  ~  “Jenny’s Chickens”

12)  Nina Simone  ~  “Pirate Jenny”

13)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “My Last Song To Jenny”

14)  Brett Dennen  ~  “Jenny And Jill”

15)  Concrete Blonde  ~  “Jenny I Read”

16)  The Click Five  ~  “Jenny”

17)  Walk The Moon  ~  “Jenny”

18)  Studio Killers  ~  “Jenny”

19)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “Cotton Jenny”

20)  Hiss Golden Messenger  ~  “Jenny Of The Roses”

21)  Vince Gill ft. Jenny Gill  ~  “Jenny Dreamed Of Trains”

22)  Flight Of The Conchords  ~  “Jenny”

23)   Hermitage Green  ~  “Jenny”

24)  Spinning Jenny  ~  “Hey Jenny”

25)  The Maine  ~  “Jenny”

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. 1

And now we begin another trip back in time. The year is 1957. Rock and roll is in its infancy. Traditional pop music still holds many of the top slots on the charts. Artists of color are enjoying more mainstream success. And all of the music is top-notch. Here's part 1 of 3 in the Popular Songs Of 1957. Ready, set, enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Jailhouse Rock”

2)  Harry Belafonte  ~  “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)”

3)  Pat Boone  ~  “Love Letters In The Sand”

4)  Mickey & Sylvia  ~  “Love Is Strange”

5)  Little Richard  ~  “Jenny Jenny”

6)  Marty Robbins  ~  “A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)”

7)  Patti Page  ~  “Old Cape Cod”

8)  Bobby Helms  ~  “My Special Angel”

9)  Johnnie & Joe  ~  “Over The Mountain, Across The Sea”

10)  Jerry Lewis  ~  “Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody”

11)  Debbie Reynolds  ~  “Tammy”

12)  Paul Anka  ~  “Diana”

13)  The Tune Weavers  ~  “Happy Happy Birthday, Baby”

14)  Andy Williams  ~  “Butterfly”

15)  The Del-Vikings  ~  “Come Go With Me”

16)  Sonny James  ~  “Young Love”

17)  Jane Morgan  ~  “Fascination”

18)  Johnny Mathis  ~  “Wonderful! Wonderful!”

19)  Marvin Rainwater  ~  “Gonna Find Me A Bluebird”

20)  Elvis Presley  ~  “All Shook Up”

21)  Don Rondo  ~  “White Silver Sands”

22)  Gale Storm  ~  “Dark Moon”

23)  Thurston Harris  ~  “Little Bitty Pretty One”

24)  Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps  ~  “Lotta Lovin’”

25)  Jerry Lee Lewis  ~  “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On”