Songs About Mistletoe

We now return to our regularly scheduled programming of Christmas-themed music posts. Here's a bunch of Songs About Mistletoe for your listening pleasure. So pucker up and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “Mistletoe And Holly”

2)  Sia  ~  “Underneath The Mistletoe”

3)  Tanya Tucker & Glen Campbell  ~  “It Must Have Been The Mistletoe”

4)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “Kissin’ By The Mistletoe”

5)  Kendall Schmidt  ~  “Blame It On The Mistletoe”

6)  Courtney Act  ~  “From Head To Mistletoe”

7)  Randy Travis  ~  “Meet Me Under The Mistletoe”

8)  Lucy Hale  ~  “Mistletoe”

9)  Tenth Avenue North  ~  “Mistletoe (The Christmas Sweater Song)”

10)  Ari B  ~  “Under The Mistletoe”

11)  Luther Vandross  ~  “The Mistletoe Jam (Everybody Kiss Somebody)”

12)  Never Shout Never ft. Did Frampton  ~  “Under The Mistletoe”

13)  Colbie Caillat  ~  “Mistletoe”

14)  Nikki Yanofsky  ~  “Mistletoe”

15)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “Hangin’ ‘Round The Mistletoe”

16)  Lynn Anderson  ~  “Mr. Mistletoe”

17)  Justin Bieber  ~  “Mistletoe”

18)  Mariah Carey  ~  “All I Want For Christmas Is You”  (Here begins the portion of our post featuring songs that memorably mention mistletoe but don't bear the word in their titles.)

19)  Nat King Cole  ~  “The Christmas Song”

20)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  “Present Without A Bow”

21)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “That’s What Christmas Means To Me”

22)  Enya  ~  “White Is In The Winter Night”

23)  John Mellencamp  ~  “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”

24)  Britney Spears  ~  “My Only Wish (This Year)”

25)  Ricky Van Shelton  ~  “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”

26)  Girls Aloud  ~  “I Wanna Kiss You So (Christmas In A Nutshell)”

27)  Chris Brown  ~  “This Christmas”

28)  Leona Lewis  ~  “One More Sleep”

29)  Burl Ives  ~  “A Holly Jolly Christmas”

30)  New Hope Club  ~  “Whoever He Is”

Popular Songs Of 1948, Vol. 1

In celebration of my father's 70th year of life (his birthday was in September), here's the first in a two-part series of posts featuring the most Popular Songs of 1948. Most of you seeing/hearing these probably aren't old enough to remember any of these songs. Or maybe you are familiar with them, because you were raised listening to good music like I was. Either way...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Doris Day  ~  “It’s Magic”

2)  Pee Wee Hunt  ~  “Twelfth Street Rag”

3)  Georgia Gibbs  ~  “The Things We Did Last Summer”

4)  Ernest Tubb  ~  “Let’s Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello”

5)  Primo Scala’s Banjo & Accordion Orchestra ft. The Keynotes  ~  “Underneath The Arches”

6)  Ken Griffin & Jerry Wayne  ~  “You Can’t Be True, Dear”

7)  Johnny Bond  ~  “Oklahoma Waltz”

8)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Mañana (Is Soon Enough For Me)”

9)  Woody Herman  ~  “Four Brothers”

10)  Ray Noble & His Orchestra ft. Buddy Clark  ~  “I’ll Dance At Your Wedding”

11)  Francis Craig & His Orchestra  ~  “Beg Your Pardon”

12)  Gracie Fields  ~  “Now Is The Hour”

13)  Eddy Arnold  ~  “Molly Darlin’”

14)  Mahalia Jackson  ~  “Move On Up A Little Higher”

15)  Perry Como  ~  “Because”

16)  The Mills Brothers  ~  “Gloria”

17)  Margaret Whiting  ~  “A Tree In The Meadow”

18)  Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys  ~  “Texarkana Baby”

19)  Jo Stafford  ~  “Red River Valley”

20)  Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys  ~  “Humpty Dumpty Heart”

21)  Jon & Sondra Steele  ~  “My Happiness”

22)  Hank Williams, Sr.  ~  “Honky Tonkin’”

23)  Nat King Cole Trio  ~  “Nature Boy”

24)  Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra ft. Sons Of The Pioneers  ~  “Cool Water”

25)  Tex Ritter  ~  “Rye Whiskey”

Popular Songs Of 1958, Vol. 2

Here's another set of songs that set toes a-tappin' and pleased a plethora of ears sixty years ago. There are some genuine gems here. So what are you waiting for? Enjoy them already!  ~  JH

1)  Buddy Holly & The Crickets  ~  “Oh, Boy!”

2)  Tommy Edwards  ~  “It’s All In The Game”

3)  The Silhouettes  ~  “Get A Job”

4)  The Everly Brothers  ~  “Bird Dog / (Till) I Kissed You”  (Another delightful double feature from the brothers Everly. The first song was their 1958 hit. The second of these came out a year later.)

5)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Wear My Ring Around Your Neck”

6)  Ricky Nelson  ~  “Poor Little Fool”

7)  Bobby Day  ~  “Over And Over”

8)  Jimmie Rodgers  ~  “Secretly”

9)  Pat Boone  ~  “April Love”

10)  Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra  ~  “Sail Along, Silv’ry Moon”

11)  Royal Teens  ~  “Short Shorts”

12)  The Kalin Twins  ~  “When”

13)  Laurie London  ~  “He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands”

14)  The Platters  ~  “Twilight Time”

15)  The Teddy Bears  ~  “To Know Him Is To Love Him”

16)  Jody Reynolds  ~  “Endless Sleep”

17)  Connie Francis  ~  “Who’s Sorry Now?”

18)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Fever”

19)  Paul Anka  ~  “You Are My Destiny”

20)  Jimmy Clanton  ~  “Just A Dream”

21)  Bobby Darin  ~  “Queen Of The Hop”

22)  Jerry Lee Lewis  ~  “Great Balls Of Fire”

23)  Nat King Cole  ~  “Do I Like It?”

24)  Elvis Presley  ~  “One Night”

25)  The Monotones  ~  “The Book Of Love”

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”