Songs With Years In Their Titles, Vol. 1: 1901-1979

This is the first of a two-part miniseries featuring songs with years in their titles. Not the word "years," mind you, but actual historical years (e.g., 1941, '69, 1979, etc.). There's some good stuff here, so...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Birdy  ~  "1901"

2)  The Tallest Man On Earth  ~  "1904"

3)  The Who  ~  "1921"

4)  Randy Newman  ~  "Louisiana 1927"

5)  Styx  ~  "A.D. 1928 / Rockin' The Paradise"

6)  Dream Theater  ~  "Scene Two: I. Overture 1928"

7)  Queen  ~  "'39"

8)  Bee Gees  ~  "New York Mining Disaster 1941"

9)  Harry Nilsson  ~  "1941"

10)  Reckless Kelly  ~  "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"

11)  Milo Greene  ~  "1957"

12)  Morrissey  ~  "Munich Air Disaster 1958"

13)  John Anderson & Tracy Lawrence  ~  "1959"

14)  Gregory Porter  ~  "1960 What?"

15)  The Four Seasons  ~  "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)"

16)  New Order  ~  "1963"

17)  Zella Day  ~  "1965"

18)  John Mayer  ~  "Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967"

19)  Bryan Adams  ~  "Summer Of '69"

20)  James Blunt  ~  "1973"

21)  The Connells  ~  "'74-'75"

22)  Ween  ~  "Freedom Of '76"

23)  The Alarm  ~  "Spirit Of '76"

24)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  "1979"

25)  Death From Above 1979  ~  "Trainwreck 1979"

Songs By Artists With Names Of The First 10 People Who "Liked" My Last Facebook Status

I was feeling random. So I posted a "like" challenge on Facebook. The required 10 people responded. To those 10 folks (and everyone else, too), here are "your" songs. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Quiet Riot  ~  "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)"  (For Kevin W. – Quiet Riot's lead singer at the time was Kevin DuBrow. I HAD to give you an '80s metal song!)

2)  Randy Newman  ~  "You've Got A Friend In Me"  (For Randall J. – His name at birth was Randall Stuart Newman. And it's a "Toy Story" song – how can you go wrong?)

3)  Amy Winehouse  ~  "You Know I'm No Good"  (For Amy E. – Winehouse is one of my favorite dead singers, and yet another unfortunate member of the "27 Club.")

4)  Taylor Swift  ~  "Begin Again"  (For Taylor E. – This one was both easy and difficult. I knew I was going to use a Taylor Swift song, but finding one I've never posted before was a challenge! But here it is!)

5)  Kings Of Leon  ~  "Use Somebody"  (For Caleb F. – KOL's lead singer is Caleb Followill. And this song was way better than any song by the actual namesame that you told me about.)

6)  Elyse + The Aftermath  ~  "House Of Cards"  (For Elyse S. – This was the ONLY Elyse, singer or artist, that I could find anywhere. Hope you like it!)

7)  Kathy Troccoli  ~  "Everything Changes"  (For Kathy M. – File this one under "mid-'90s Christian contemporary/crossover pop." That's some big hair she's got!)

8)  SNAP!  ~  "The Power"  (For Penny W. – I'm sorry, Penny. This was the only decent song I could find featuring a singer named Penny – Ford, in this case, the lead singer for SNAP!)

9)  Aubrey O'Day  ~  "Wrecking Ball"  (For Aubrey S. – Here's a hit song from former Danity Kane member, Aubrey O'Day. And no, it's NOT the same as that Miley Cyrus song.)

10)  Heidi Newfield  ~  "Johnny And June"  (For Heidi B. – This was the only Heidi singer I'd ever heard of, and she's not bad. The song's rather sweet, too.)

"34" Songs

A day late – and about 16 songs short – here's a collection of songs with the number "34" (or "Thirty-Four") in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics, in honor of the 34th week of my wife's pregnancy with our daughter. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jessica Jarrell  ~  "Almost Love (24/7)"

2)  Travie McCoy  ~  "Superbad (11:34)"

3)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Dixie Highway"

4)  "Weird Al" Yankovic  ~  "Skipper Dan"

5)  John Hiatt & The Goners  ~  "Learning How To Love You"

6)  Aaron Carter  ~  "That's How I Beat Shaq"  (Man...this song sucks!)

7)  Matisyahu  ~  "Watch The Walls Melt Down"

8)  The Kinks  ~  "Low Budget"

9)  Pam Tillis  ~  "All The Good Ones Are Gone"

10)  Randy Newman  ~  "In Germany Before The War"

11)  Pete Townshend  ~  "Slit Skirts"

12)  Arkells  ~  "11:11"

13)  Sara Evans  ~  "Coalmine"

14)  Junior Boys  ~  "Count Souvenirs"

15)  Sara Groves  ~  "What Do I Know"

16)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "#34"

17)  Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, & Jonny Lang  ~  "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)"

18)  Mississippi Mass Choir  ~  "Psalm 34"

"Fat" Songs

As promised, here's the follow-up to the previous post – it's a collection of songs with the word "Fat" in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  "Weird Al" Yankovic  ~  "Fat"

2)  Queen  ~  "Fat Bottomed Girls"

3)  Violent Femmes  ~  "Fat"

4)  The Fat Boys  ~  "Fat Boys"

5)  Jewel  ~  "Fat Boy"

6)  David Gilmour  ~  "Fat Old Sun"

7)  Jethro Tull  ~  "Fat Man"

8)  Robbie Williams  ~  "No One Likes A Fat Pop Star"

9)  Amy Grant  ~  "Fat Baby"

10)  Little Feat  ~  "Fat Man In The Bathtub"

11)   Fats Domino  ~  "The Fat Man"

12)  Tori Amos  ~  "Fat Slut" / "Bliss"  (BLOGGER'S NOTE: The first song in this two-song medley is neither malicious nor offensive in context. Rather, it's an outraged response to someone being called this despicable name.)

13)  Randy Newman  ~  "Davy The Fat Boy"

14)  Spin Doctors  ~  "Big Fat Funky Booty"

15)  Bette Midler  ~  "Fat As I Am"

Oscar-Winning Original Songs

Here's a collection of songs from the past 20 years, each of which has won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. I'm not even going to front – the FROZEN song is in here, and that's pretty much why I put this post together in the first place. I haven't yet seen the movie, but everybody's talking about it and that song, and I try to stay as topical as possible in my blog posts, so…there ya go! Enjoy!  ~  JH

BLOGGER'S NOTE:  The artists listed here are not necessarily (and usually aren't) the actual Oscar-winning songwriters, but rather the performer(s) in each of the linked videos. The movie each song is from is noted in parentheses after the title, and the year of the movie's release follows is in parentheses after that.

1)  Elton John  ~  "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?"  (The Lion King) (1994)

2)  Judy Kuhn  ~  "Colors Of The Wind"  (Pocahontas) (1995)

3)  Madonna  ~  "You Must Love Me"  (Evita) (1996)

4)  Céline Dion  ~  "My Heart Will Go On"  (Titanic) (1997)

5)  Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston  ~  "When You Believe"  (The Prince Of Egypt) (1998)

6)  Phil Collins  ~  "You'll Be In My Heart"  (Tarzan) (1999)

7)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Things Have Changed"  (Wonder Boys) (2000)

8)  John Goodman & Billy Crystal  ~  "If I Didn't Have You"  (Monsters, Inc.) (2001)

9)  Eminem  ~  "Lose Yourself"  (8 Mile) (2002)

10)  Annie Lennox  ~  "Into The West"  (The Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King) (2003)

11)  Jorge Drexler  ~  "Al otro lado del río"  (The Motorcycle Diaries) (2004)

12)  Three 6 Mafia ft. Taraji P. Henson  ~  "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp"  (Hustle & Flow) (2005)

13)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  "I Need To Wake Up"  (An Inconvenient Truth) (2006)

14)  Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová  ~  "Falling Slowly"  (Once) (2007)

15)  Sukhvinder Singh, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Vijay Prakash, & Tanvi Shah  ~  "Jai Ho"  (Slumdog Millionaire) (2008)

16)  Jeff Bridges  ~  "The Weary Kind"  (Crazy Heart) (2009)

17)  Randy Newman  ~  "We Belong Together"  (Toy Story 3) (2010)

18)  Jason Segel, Peter Linz, Bill Barretta, & Jim Parsons  ~  "Man Or Muppet"  (The Muppets) (2011)

19)  Adele  ~  "Skyfall"  (Skyfall) (2012)

20)  Idina Menzel  ~  "Let It Go"  (Frozen) (2013)