“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”

"Harmony" Songs, Vol. 1

As promised, here's the first of two sets of songs with the word "Harmony" in their titles. Some good stuff here! So...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Harry Connick, Jr.  ~  “Hear Me In The Harmony”

2)  The New Seekers  ~  “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)”

3)  Smokey Robinson  ~  “Sweet Harmony”

4)  Public Property  ~  “Harmony”

5)  Artie Kaplan  ~  “Harmony”

6)  The Little Mermaid Cast  ~  “In Harmony”

7)  The Byrds  ~  “Natural Harmony”

8)  Ivana Raymonda  ~  “In Harmony”

9)  Frank Black & The Catholics  ~  “Bad Harmony”

10)  Anne Murray  ~  “Harmony”

11)  Steven Wilson  ~  “Harmony Korine”

12)  Belle Of The Fall  ~  “Sweet Harmony”

13)  Home Free  ~  “Good Ol’ Country Harmony”

14)  JoJo Desmond  ~  “Beautiful Harmony”

15)  Never Shout Never  ~  “Harmony”

16)  Alice Stuart  ~  “Harmony”

17)  Gordon Lightfoot  ~  “Harmony”

18)  Susie Suh  ~  “Harmony”

19)  Hammer No More The Fingers  ~  “Black Harmony”  (These guys win Best Band Name of the Day – hands down! Pun fully intended.)

20)  Jillian Jensen  ~  “Perfect Harmony”

Songs About Dolphins

This is just what it looks like. A post featuring Songs About...Dolphins, of all things. Why? Because...I couldn't think of a good enough reason NOT to, that's why! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Prince  ~  “Dolphin”

2)  Delta Sleep  ~  “Spy Dolphin”

3)  Enigma  ~  “The Dream Of The Dolphin”

4)  Connan Mockasin  ~  “Forever Dolphin Love”

5)  John Coltrane  ~  “One Green Dolphin Street”

6)  Shed Seven  ~  “Dolphin”

7)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  “The Promise (The Dolphin Song)”

8)  The End Of Melancholy  ~  “Dolphins”

9)  Herbie Hancock  ~  “Dolphin Dance”  (I was 13 minutes into this song before I realized it still hadn’t ended. Turns out, it’s a 41-minute piece. Hang with it if you wish – I’m sure it’s phenomenal – but I was done at 13 minutes.)

10)  Ian Brown  ~  “Dolphins Were Monkeys”

11)  Live  ~  “Dolphin’s Cry”

12)  The Donkeys  ~  “Dolphin Center”

13)  Crosby, Stills, & Nash  ~  “After The Dolphin”

14)  Makana  ~  “Blue Dolphin Song”

15)  Simple Minds ft. Catherine AD  ~  “Rivers Of Ice / Dolphins”

16)  Melancholy  ~  “Dolphins Hysteria”

17)  Tori Amos  ~  “The Dolphin Song”

18)  Jackson Boone  ~  “Dolphin Turned Into A Cat”

19)  The Byrds  ~  “Dolphin’s Smile”

20)  Pele  ~  “Safe Dolphin”

21)  Poe  ~  “Dolphin”

22)  Firefall  ~  “Dolphin’s Lullaby”

23)  Tim Buckley  ~  “Dolphins”

24)  The Moffs  ~  “The Dolphin And I”

25)  Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin  ~  “Dolphin Dreams”

BONUS TRACK:  Regina Spektor  ~  “Folding Chair”  (No, the word “Dolphin” doesn’t appear anywhere in the title of this song. But one of the verses directly refers to them, then Regina barks like a dolphin in time with the music. So…it simply HAD TO be here!)

“Do” & “Don’t” Songs

What do you do when you've done four previous posts featuring songs with "Do" in the title (paired with songs with "Die" in the title), but you still have several good "Do" songs left over? You do a "Do" & "Don't" post, that's what you do. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Sheryl Crow  ~  “A Change Would Do You Good”

2)  Foster The People  ~  “Don’t Stop (Color On The Walls)”

3)  Bethel Music ft. Matt Stinton  ~  “This Is What You Do”

4)  Adele  ~  “Don’t You Remember”

5)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “All I Do”

6)  P!nk  ~  “Please Don’t Leave Me”

7)  John Legend  ~  “Who Do We Think We Are?”

8)  Norah Jones  ~  “Don’t Know Why”

9)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  “How Do I Live”

10)  Regina Spektor  ~  “Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)”

11)  ABBA  ~  “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do”

12)  Ed Sheeran  ~  “Don’t”

13)  Whitney Houston  ~  “Where Do Broken Hearts Go?”

14)  Jess Glynne  ~  “Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself”

15)  Oh Wonder  ~  “All We Do”

16)  Aerosmith  ~  “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing”

17)  Jamie Grace  ~  “Do Life Big”

18)  HAIM  ~  “Don’t Save Me”

19)  Pixie Lott  ~  “Mama Do”

20)  Mariah Carey  ~  “I Don’t Wanna Cry”

21)  The Flaming Lips  ~  “Do You Realize?”

22)  Demi Lovato  ~  “Don’t Forget”

23)  The Byrds  ~  “All I Really Want To Do”

24)  Grace  ~  “You Don’t Own Me”

25)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  “Do What You Have To Do”

Popular Songs Of 1965, Vol. 1

Fifty years ago, these songs were released and became big hits. Relive them here, or enjoy them for the first time. Groovy, baby!  ~  JH

1)  Tom Jones  ~  "It's Not Unusual"

2)  The Beach Boys  ~  "Help Me, Rhonda"

3)  The Beatles  ~  "Help!"

4)  The Kinks  ~  "All Day And All Of The Night"

5)  Herman's Hermits  ~  "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat?"

6)  The Righteous Brothers  ~  "Unchained Melody"

7)  Dave Clark Five  ~  "Catch Us If You Can"

8)  Four Tops  ~  "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"

9)  Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs  ~  "Wooly Bully"

10)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Satisfaction"

11)  We Five  ~  "You Were On My Mind"

12)  Petula Clark  ~  "Downtown"

13)  The Temptations  ~  "My Girl"

14)  Roger Miller  ~  "King Of The Road"

15)  Jewel Akens  ~  "The Birds And The Bees"

16)  Mel Carter  ~  "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me"

17)  Junior Walker & The All-Stars  ~  "Shotgun"

18)  Sonny & Cher  ~  "I Got You Babe"

19)  Gary Lewis & The Playboys  ~  "This Diamond Ring"

20)  The Supremes  ~  "Stop! In The Name Of Love"

21)   The Seekers  ~  "I'll Never Find Another You"

22)  Jay & The Americans  ~  "Cara Mia"

23)  The Byrds  ~  "Mr. Tambourine Man"

24)  Barry McGuire  ~  "Eve Of Destruction"

25)  The McCoys  ~  "Hang On Sloopy"