“Track” & “Field” Songs, Vol. 1

Here's part 1 of a 2-part mini featuring songs with either the word "Track" or "Field" in their titles. Whatcha waiting for? Enjoy 'em already!  ~  JH

1)  Emmylou Harris  ~  “Smoke Along The Track”

2)  Sting  ~  “Fields Of Gold”

3)  Matthew Mayfield  ~  “Track You Down”

4)  Bat For Lashes  ~  “Winter Fields”

5)  Kelly Rowland  ~  “Train On A Track”

6)  IAMX  ~  “The Unified Field”

7)  Mayer Hawthorne & The County  ~  “One Track Mind”

8)  Infected Mushroom ft. Sasha Grey  ~  “Fields Of Grey”

9)  Nadia Reid  ~  “Track Of The Time”

10)  The Church  ~  “Field Of Mars”

11)  Ben Kweller  ~  “Penny On The Train Track”  (What a cool granny!)

12)  Peter, Paul, and Mary  ~  “Right Field”

13)  The Features  ~  “Off Track”

14)  Gary Moore & Phil Lynott  ~  “Out In The Fields”

15)  The Swingers  ~  “One Track Mind”

16)  Jars Of Clay  ~  “The Widowing Field”

17)  Anna von Hausswolff  ~  “Track Of Time”

18)  Neil Young  ~  “Field Of Opportunity”

19)  Sondre Lerche  ~  “Track You Down”

20)  House Of Heroes  ~  “Field Of Daggers”

21)  The Kills  ~  “Impossible Tracks”

22)  Andrew Peterson   ~  “Dancing In The Mine Fields”

23)  Lluvia  ~  “Hidden Track”

24)  Playing For Change  ~  “Cotton Fields”

25)  Corey Smith  ~  “Fast Track”

Popular Songs Of 1967, Vol. 3

Continuing with the Popular Songs Of 1967, here's Vol. 3 of 4. The hits just keep on coming! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Petula Clark  ~  “Don’t Sleep In The Subway”

2)  The Moody Blues  ~  “Nights In White Satin”

3)  George Jones  ~  “Walk Through This World With Me”

4)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “I Never Loved A Man”

5)  The Beatles  ~  “Hello, Goodbye”

6)  The Association  ~  “Windy”

7)  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell  ~  “Your Precious Love”

8)  The Monkees  ~  “I’m A Believer”

9)  The Turtles  ~  “Happy Together”

10)  Lesley Gore  ~  “California Nights”

11)  The Young Rascals  ~  “How Can I Be Sure”

12)  Frankie Valli  ~  “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”

13)  Peter, Paul, And Mary  ~  “I Dig Rock And Roll Music”

14)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “I Was Made To Love Her”

15)  Johnny Rivers  ~  “Baby, I Need Your Lovin’”

16)  Sonny & Cher  ~  “The Beat Goes On”

17)  Marty Robbins  ~  “Tonight Carmen”

18)  Tommy James & The Shondells  ~  “I Think We’re Alone Now”

19)  Vikki Carr  ~  “It Must Be Him / All The Time”  (Only the first of these two songs was a 1967 hit. But they came as a package deal, so…)

20)  The Music Explosion  ~  “Little Bit O’ Soul”

21)  The Box Tops  ~  “The Letter”

22)  Martha & The Vandellas  ~  “Jimmy Mack”

23)  The Who  ~  “I Can See For Miles”

24)  Tom Jones  ~  “Green, Green Grass Of Home”

25)  The Fifth Dimension  ~  “Up, Up, And Away”

Songs About Toys

It's the holiday season, and toys are probably being bought and sold left and right even as I type this sentence. So here's a bunch of songs about Toys that you can listen to when you yourself are not out buying or selling toys. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Keane  ~  “Broken Toy”

2)  Martika  ~  “Toy Soldiers”

3)  Elvis Costello  ~  “I’m Your Toy”

4)  La Roux  ~  “I’m Not Your Toy”

5)  Passenger  ~  “Stolen Toys”

6)  Katie Melua  ~  “Toy Collection”

7)  Roachford  ~  “Cuddly Toy”

8)  The Madhatters  ~  “Another Toy On The Shelf”

9)  Aerosmith  ~  “Toys In The Attic”

10)  Roxette  ~  “Joy Of A Toy”

11)  Mint  ~  “Brand New Toy”

12)  Chelsea Jyles  ~  “Boy Toy”

13)  Primus  ~  “The Toys Go Winding Down”

14)  Cowboy X  ~  “Japanese Toy”

15)  Frenzy  ~  “Clockwork Toy”

16)  Sinitta  ~  “Toy Boy”

17)  Porcupine Tree  ~  “Radioactive Toy”

18)  honeyhoney  ~  “Little Toy Gun”

19)  Joe Nichols  ~  “Old Toy Trains”

20)  Peter, Paul, and Mary  ~  “The Marvelous Toy”

"35" Songs

Today, my wife is 35 weeks pregnant with our daughter. Surprisingly enough, here's 35 songs to commemorate that fact, all of which contain the number "35" (or "Thirty-Five") in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Green River Ordinance  ~  "Where The West Wind Blows"

2)  Van Morrison  ~  "Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket"

3)  Ben Folds  ~  "Kylie From Connecticut"

4)  Johnny Cash  ~  "The Ballad Of John Henry's Hammer"

5)  Peter, Paul, and Mary with Petula Clark  ~  "It's Raining"

6)  Sia  ~  "Playground"

7)  Frank Sinatra  ~  "It Was A Very Good Year"

8)  The Kinks  ~  "All Aboard"

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9)  John Mellencamp  ~  "Cherry Bomb"

10)  Bee Gees  ~  "Marley Purt Drive"

11)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Country Boy"

12)  Joan Baez  ~  "Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose)"

13)  Damian Marley  ~  "In 2 Deep"

14)  Elvis Presley  ~  "The Love Machine"

15)  Kate Miller-Heidke  ~  "Nightflight"

16)  Justin Moore  ~  "Backwoods"

17)  KISS  ~  "Hooligan"

18)  Craig Morgan  ~  "That's What I Love About Sunday"

19)  Tori Amos  ~  "Curtain Call"

20)  Francesca Battistelli  ~  "This Is The Stuff"

21)   Tracy Lawrence  ~  "Other Side Of 35"

22)  The Black Angels  ~  "Entrance Song"

23)  Adam And The Ants  ~  "Ants Invasion"

24)  Motion City Soundtrack  ~  "Timelines"

25)  Sparks  ~  "Occupation"

26)  Jamie T  ~  "Sheila"

27)  Mason Jennings  ~  "Southern Cross"

28)  Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti  ~  "Mature Themes"

29)  Will Hoge  ~  "Too Old To Die Young"

30)  Jordan Knight  ~  "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man"

31)   Smokie  ~  "Petesey's Song"

32)  The Bellamy Brothers  ~  "Old Hippie"

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33)  King Crimson  ~  "Lament"

34)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  "Nerve"

35)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  "Old Dan's Records"