Popular Songs Of 1980, Vol. 1

You didn't think I'd forgotten about the "Popular Songs Of..." series, did you? Well, I sort of did. But now that I've remembered, here's part 1 of what will be a 4-part series featuring the best and most Popular Songs of 1980. Lots of good stuff here! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lipps Inc.  ~  "Funky Town"

2)  Pink Floyd  ~  "Another Brick In The Wall, Part Two"

3)  Barbra Streisand  ~  "Woman In Love"

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4)  John Lennon  ~  "(Just Like) Starting Over"

5)  Diana Ross ft. Michael Jackson  ~  "Upside Down"

6)  KC & The Sunshine Band  ~  "Please Don't Go"

7)  Captain & Tennille  ~  "Do That To Me One More Time"

8)  Rupert Holmes  ~  "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"

9)  Blondie  ~  "Call Me"

10)  Queen  ~  "Crazy Little Thing Called  Love"

11)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  "Magic"

12)  Billy Joel  ~  "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me"

13)  The Pretenders  ~  "Brass In Pocket"

14)  Paul McCartney  ~  "Coming Up"

15)  ABBA  ~  "The Winner Takes It All"

16)  Christopher Cross  ~  "Sailing"

17)  Irene Cara  ~  "Fame"

18)  Kenny Rogers  ~  "Lady"

19)  Pointer Sisters  ~  "She's So Shy"

20)  The Spinners  ~  "Working My Way Back To You"

21)  Anne Murray  ~  "Broken Hearted Me"

22)  The Police  ~  "Don't Stand So Close To Me"

23)  Crystal Gayle  ~  "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye"

24)  The Sugarhill Gang  ~  "Rapper's Delight"

25)  Pat Benatar  ~  "Heartbreaker"

Songs About Tradition

To be honest, I'm not big on tradition. Unless it's the kind of traditions you keep with, say, family at the holidays. But I believe that many traditions, like many conventions, are made to be broken. What's that say about me? I don't even want to think about that right now. Meanwhile, enjoy some great Songs About Tradition!  ~  JH

1)  Fiddler On The Roof Cast ft. Topol  ~  “Tradition”

2)  Collective Soul  ~  “Tradition”

3)  Tanita Tikaram  ~  “Good Tradition”

4)  Southcott  ~  “The October Tradition”

5)  A Sunny Day In Glasgow  ~  “In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry In The Tradition Of Passing)”

6)  The Pretenders  ~  “Tradition Of Love”

7)  Live  ~  “Operation Spirit (The Tyranny Of Tradition)”

8)  Nicole Dollanganger  ~  “American Tradition”

9)  Thousand Below  ~  “Tradition”

10)  Stavesacre  ~  “Time Honored Tradition”

11)  The Saxophones  ~  “New Tradition”

12)  Natalie Hemby  ~  “Time Honored Tradition”

13)  Hank Williams, Jr.  ~  “Family Tradition”

14)  The Hush Now  ~  “Traditions”

15)  Idlehands  ~  “Floor Of Tradition”

16)  Kaiser Chiefs  ~  “Time Honoured Tradition”

17)  Senses Fail  ~  “Family Tradition”

18)  The Veils  ~  “Vicious Traditions”

19)  Great White  ~  “In The Tradition”

20)  The Belle Game  ~  “Tradition”

21)  Primus  ~  “To Defy The Laws Of Tradition"

22)  Burning Spear  ~  “Tradition”

23)  Naturally 7  ~  “Tradition”

24)  Heavenly Beat  ~  “Tradition”

25)  Soothsayers  ~  “Tradition”

“My” Songs 2

If you like oldies – and I know some of you do – then you're going to love this post! Awhile back I posted a bunch of songs with the word "My" as the first word in their titles. Most of those were newer songs. Well, this is more of the same theme, but ALL of these songs are older – ranging from the late '50s to the mid '80s. And I've carefully curated them to include only the best and most interesting songs, primarily performed by people you've actually heard of. Imagine that! I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Billy Joel  ~  “My Life”

2)  The Byrds  ~  “My Back Pages”

3)  Fats Domino  ~  “My Blue Heaven”

4)  The Angels  ~  “My Boyfriend’s Back”

5)  The Temptations  ~  “My Girl”

6)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  “My Hometown”

7)  Nina Simone  ~  “My Baby Just Cares For Me”

8)  Frankie Valli  ~  “My Eyes Adored You”

9)  Eric Clapton  ~  “My Father’s Eyes” (I didn't intentionally lie in the intro, but I *forgot* this song was in here. It's from the mid '90s, but it certainly *feels* older, doesn't it?)

10)  Mary Wells  ~  “My Guy”

11)  The Who  ~  “My Generation”

12)  Alabama  ~  “My Home’s In Alabama”

13)  Petula Clark  ~  “My Love”

14)  The Pretenders  ~  “My Baby”

15)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “My Cherie Amour”

16)  The Mamas & The Papas  ~  “My Heart Stood Still”

17)  Ray Charles  ~  “My Bonnie”

18)  George Harrison  ~  “My Sweet Lord”

19)  Lynsey De Paul  ~  “My Man And Me”

20)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “My Way”

21)  The Knack  ~  “My Sharona”

22)  Julie Andrews  ~  “My Favorite Things”

23)  Andrae Crouch  ~  “My Tribute”

24)  Chet Baker  ~  “My Funny Valentine”

25)  Rockin’ Sidney  ~  “My Toot Toot”

“Right” & “Wrong” Songs, Vol. 3

Here it is...the post you haven't been waiting for. Part 3 of 4 in the "Right" & "Wrong" Songs series. Still plenty of good songs to explore here. Hope you'll enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Meat Loaf  ~  “You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)”

2)  Alison Krauss  ~  “So Long, So Wrong”

3)  Luther Ingram  ~  “(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want To Be Right”

4)  The Pretenders  ~  “Don’t Get Me Wrong”

5)  Olly Murs  ~  “Right Place, Right Time”

6)  HAIM  ~  “Nothing’s Wrong”

7)  Relient K  ~  “Must Have Done Something Right”

8)  Eleanor McEvoy  ~  “Wrong, So Wrong”

9)  Lee Brice  ~  “She Ain’t Right”

10)  Bree Sharp  ~  “Everything Feels Wrong”

11)  Billy Gibbons  ~  “Treat Her Right”

12)  MS MR  ~  “Wrong Victory”

13)  Dashboard Confessional  ~  “Get Me Right”

14)  Kaki King  ~  “Doing The Wrong Thing”  (Wow, this lady can flat-out play a guitar!)

15)  OneRepublic  ~  “All The Right Moves”

16)  Martina McBride  ~  “Wrong Baby Wrong”

17)  Hot Chip  ~  “Started Right”

18)  Majk Spirit & Celeste Buckingham  ~  “I Was Wrong”  (I can’t understand a word that this guy is rapping…because it’s in another language. I hope it’s not anything dirty!)

19)  Akon  ~  “Right Now (Na Na Na)”

20)  Everything But The Girl  ~  “Wrong”

21)  Rodney Atkins  ~  “Doin’ It Right”

22)  Waxahatchee  ~  “Never Been Wrong”

23)  Clay Walker  ~  “She’s Always Right”

24)  Markéta Irglová  ~  “I Have Loved You Wrong”

25)  The Black Keys  ~  “Run Right Back”