Songs About Volunteers

Can I get a volunteer to listen to these Songs About Volunteers? Don't all of you raise your hand at once now! Oh yeah, and enjoy!  ~  JH



1)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  "Volunteers"

2)  Collin Raye  ~  "I Volunteer"

3)  Porcelaine People  ~  "Volunteer"

4)  Warren Zevon  ~  "For My Next Trick, I'll Need A Volunteer"

5)  David Jonathan  ~  "Volunteer"

6)  Glenn Frey  ~  "I Volunteer"

7)  SEC Country & Jeff Woods  ~  "We Are Volunteers"

8)  Paul Dempsey  ~  "Volunteers"

9)  Heather Jakeman  ~  "Can I Get A Volunteer?"

10)  Bitter Ruin  ~  "Volunteer"

11)  Mowbird  ~  "Volunteer"

12)  Tennessee Ernie Ford  ~  "The New York Volunteer"

13)  Goats Don't Shave  ~  "The Volunteer"

14)  Dramarama  ~  "(I'd Like To) Volunteer, Please"

15)  The Both  ~  "Volunteers Of America"

16)  Paul Robeson  ~  "March Of The Volunteers"

17)  So Far From Home  ~  "Volunteers"

Songs About Standing By

While you wait with bated breath (yeah, right!) for the next installment in my "Down" & "Out" series, here's a collection of Songs About Standing By. Herein, you'll hear about folks who vow to stand by "Me," "You," "Love," "Your Gun," "Your Man," "My Woman," "The Bedside Of A Neighbor," and much, much more! So what are you waiting for? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Ben E. King  ~  “Stand By Me”

2)  Rachel Platten  ~  “Stand By You”

3)  Oasis  ~  “Stand By Me”

4)  Marlisa  ~  “Stand By You”

5)  Simple Minds  ~  “Stand By Love”

6)  True Violet  ~  “Stand By You”

7)  George Ezra  ~  “Stand By Your Gun”

8)  Tammy Wynette  ~  “Stand By Your Man”

9)  Shayne Ward  ~  “Stand By Me”

10)  Jessy Dixon  ~  “God Is Standing By”

11)  Jewel  ~  “Angel Standing By”

12)  LL Cool J  ~  “Stand By Your Man”

13)  The Cox Family  ~  “Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor”

14)  The Imperials  ~  “Stand By The Power”

15)  MaidaVale  ~  “Standby Swing”

16)  Lenny Kravitz  ~  “Stand By My Woman”

17)  The Pretenders  ~  “I’ll Stand By You”

18)  Tennessee Ernie Ford  ~  “Stand By Me”

19)  The KLF ft. Tammy Wynette  ~  “Justified & Ancient (Stand by the JAMs)”  (This is a very odd song and music video. Odder still is Wynette’s involvement in it.)

20)  The Clash  ~  “Train In Vain (Stand By Me)”

“Upper” & “Lower” Songs

Here's a pretty decent collection of songs with either the word "Upper" or "Lower" in their titles. Yes, another "Opposites" post. Because that's what I do. Among other things. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  AC/DC  ~  “Stiff Upper Lip”

2)  Moving Mountains  ~  “Cover The Roots, Lower The Stems”

3)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  “Upper Hand”

4)  Leon Somov & Jazzu  ~  “Lower Than The Ground”

5)  David Byrne & Les Misérables Brass Band  ~  “In The Upper Room”

6)  Danny Vera  ~  “Lower Than Low”

7)  Frozen Cast  ~  “Fixer Upper”

8)  Garda  ~  “Upper/Lower Water Course”

9)  Joie De Vivre  ~  “Upper Deck San Diego”

10)  Sunshine Factory  ~  “Lower Away”

11)  Larry Carlton  ~  “Upper Kern”

12)  Slash’s Snakepit  ~  “Lower”

13)  The Gatlin Brothers  ~  “In The Upper Room”

14)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  “The Queen Of Lower Chelsea”

15)  Slydigs  ~  “Stiff Upper Lip”

16)  R.E.M.  ~  “Wolves, Lower”

17)  Siravo  ~  “The Upper Hand”

18)  BR549  ~  “Lower Broad Street Blues”

19)  Jake Shane  ~  “The Upper Sun”

20)  Tennessee Ernie Ford  ~  “Let The Lower Lights Be Burning”

Popular Songs Of 1956, Vol. 2

Here's the latest and last (for this year, at least) entry in the "Popular Songs Of..." series, this one being Part 2 (of 2) featuring songs from the year 1956. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tennessee Ernie Ford  ~  “Sixteen Tons”

2)  Pat Boone  ~  “Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)”

3)  Fats Domino  ~  “My Blue Heaven”

4)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Hound Dog”

5)  The Lennon Sisters  ~  “Tonight You Belong To Me”

6)  Bill Doggett  ~  “Honky Tonk”

7)  Gogi Grant  ~  “The Wayward Wind”

8)  Bill Haley & His Comets  ~  “See You Later, Alligator”

9)  Perry Como  ~  “Juke Box Baby”

10)  Vic Damone  ~  “On The Street Where You Live / Let’s Take An Old-Fashioned Walk”

11)  Johnny Cash  ~  “I Walk The Line”

12)  The Platters  ~  “You’ll Never Know”

13)  Eddie Heywood  ~  “Canadian Sunset”

14)  Peggy Lee  ~  “Mr. Wonderful”

15)  Gale Storm  ~  “Ivory Tower”

16)  The Four Lads  ~  “No, Not Much”

17)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Love Me Tender”

18)  Little Richard  ~  “Long, Tall Sally”

16 Songs With "Sixteen" In The Title

My wife is sixteen weeks pregnant today. I promised I wouldn't be doing too many more of these, as finding the required number of songs for each week is becoming increasingly more difficult. And I'll try to stick by that promise. But for now, here are 16 songs with "Sixteen" (or "16") in their titles. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Tennessee Ernie Ford  ~  "16 Tons"

2)  K's Choice  ~  "16"

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3)  Billy Idol  ~  "Sweet Sixteen"

4)  Margot And The Nuclear So And So's  ~  "A Journalist Falls In Love With Death Row Inmate #16"

5)  Jhene Aiko  ~  "3:16am"

6)  Demon Hunter  ~  "Sixteen"  (This band's not nearly as dark as its name would suggest – they're a Christian metal band. Yes, those actually exist! And this one's really good!)

7)  Dr. Hook  ~  "Only Sixteen"

8)  Chuck Berry  ~  "Sweet Little Sixteen"

9)  Phantogram  ~  "16 Years"

10)  Trip Lee ft. KB & Andy Mineo  ~  "One Sixteen"

11)  Tori Amos  ~  "16 Shades Of Blue"

12)  Neil Sedaka  ~  "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen"

13)  Melissa Etheridge  ~  "Royal Station 4/16"

14)  The Decemberists  ~  "16 Military Wives"

15)  Tina Arena  ~  "Sixteen Years"

16)  B.B. King  ~  "Sweet Sixteen"