Some of you may be reading the title of this post and asking yourself (or me, remotely), "What the heck is the NATO Phonetic Alphabet?" While you may not know it by this name (it has a couple of other common names, which are equally clunky), you will probably recognize the concept. If you've ever watched a crime drama, for instance, you've likely heard a law enforcement officer spell out the letters of a license plate over a radio, only to have it sound something like "Victor-Bravo-Foxtrot-One-Zero-Seven." Each letter in the traditional alphabet has a word designation in this NATO Phonetic Alphabet, and one song of each of those letter-words is represented in this set. Because, why not? Enjoy! ~ JH
1) Com Truise ~ “Alfa Beach”
2) Ledisi ~ “Bravo”
3) Milla Jovovich ~ “Charlie”
4) Tanya Tucker ~ “Delta Dawn”
5) Colton Dixon ~ “Echo”
6) Josh Abbott Band ~ “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”
7) Caravan ~ “Golf Girl”
8) Eagles ~ “Hotel California”
9) Aerosmith ~ “Taste Of India”
10) We The Kings ~ “Check Yes Juliet”
11) Lana Del Rey ~ “Florida Kilos”
12) Gary P. Nunn ~ "Corona Con Lima"
13) DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince ~ “I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson”
14) Christopher Cross ~ “November”
15) Elton John ~ “Oscar Wilde Gets Out”
16) Paul Anka ~ “Papa”
17) Susanna Heystek ~ “Joys Of Quebec”
18) Chairlift ~ “Romeo”
19) Maddie & Tae ~ “Sierra”
20) Antonia ~ “Tango”
21) Bloc Party ~ “Uniform”
22) Darlene Zschech ~ “Victor’s Crown”
23) Jana Kramer ~ “Whiskey”
24) Clutch ~ “X-Ray Visions”
25) James Cagney, Mickey Rooney, & Judy Garland ~ “Yankee Doodle Dandy”
26) Bruce Dickinson ~ “Zulu Lulu”