Songs About Storms

Yeah, I went there. I was already thinking about doing a Songs About Storms post when my friend Caleb sent me a playlist he'd put together. I "borrowed" some of the best ones from his list (most of the classic rock tunes you'll find here), added a few of my own, and here it is! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Billy Joel  ~  “Storm Front”

2)  Tracy Lawrence  ~  “One Step Ahead Of The Storm”

3)  Nate Ruess  ~  “Great Big Storm”

4)  SuRie  ~  “Storm”

5)  Smokey Robinson & John Legend  ~  “Quiet Storm”

6)  Elbow  ~  “Gentle Storm”

7)  Deep Purple  ~  “Stormbringer”

8)  Lifehouse  ~  “Storm”

9)  U2  ~  “Electrical Storm”

10)  Brad Paisley  ~  “Perfect Storm”

11)  Jeremy Camp  ~  “Storm”

12)  Dee Snider  ~  “Become The Storm”

13)  Bob Dylan  ~  “Shelter From The Storm”

14)  Cyndi Lauper  ~  “Calm Inside The Storm”

15)  Lena Horne  ~  “Stormy Weather”

16)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  “Caught In The Storm”

17)  Classics IV  ~  “Stormy”

18)  Lukas Graham  ~  “Take The World By Storm”

19)  The Doors  ~  “Riders On The Storm”

20)  Trapt  ~  “Living In The Eye Of The Storm”

21)  Ryan Stevenson ft. GabeReal  ~  “Eye Of The Storm”

22)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Ridin’ The Storm Out”

23)  Florence + The Machine  ~  “Various Storms & Saints”  (Really, Jason? Did you have to include a song by a band with the current hurricane’s name in it? Well, I didn’t plan it that way, but…yeah.)

24)  R. Kelly  ~  “The Storm Is Over Now”

25)  Gary Allan ft. Hillary Lindsey  ~  “Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain)”

26)  Maddie & Tae  ~  “After The Storm Blows Through”

27)  Kali Uchis ft. Tyler The Creator & Bootsy Collins  ~  “After The Storm”

28)  Mumford & Sons  ~  “After The Storm”

29)  Frank Turner  ~  “The Next Storm”

30)  Casting Crowns  ~  “Praise You In This Storm”

Songs About L.A.

For those of you still not in the know, the other team that's playing in the World Series this year is the L.A. Dodgers. They are one game away from winning their seventh World Series. Or losing their umpteenth (they've been around for a while). In honor of the amazing season they've had, here's a collection of Songs About L.A., the city where they play. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Randy Newman  ~  “I Love L.A.”

2)  Carly Rae Jepsen  ~  “L.A. Hallucinations”

3)  The Doors  ~  “L.A. Woman”

4)  Savannah Outen  ~  “Fairytales Of L.A.”

5)  Frank Sinatra  ~  “L.A. Is My Lady”

6)  The Wilkinsons  ~  “L.A.”

7)  Rainbow  ~  “L.A. Connection”

8)  2Pac  ~  “To Live & Die In L.A.”  (Don't worry...it's the "clean" version.)

9)  Counting Crows  ~  “Goodnight L.A.”

10)  Alexz Johnson  ~  “L.A. Made Me”

11)  Lyle Lovett  ~  “L.A. County”

12)  Fergie ft. YG  ~  “L.A. Love”

13)  Steve Earle & The Dukes  ~  “Walkin’ In L.A.”

14)  Emily Kinney  ~  “Never Leave L.A.”

15)  Panic! At The Disco  ~  “L.A. Devotee”

16)  Beth Hart  ~  “L.A. Song”

17)  Eagles Of Death Metal  ~  “WannaBe In L.A.”

18)  Us The Duo  ~  “Girl In L.A.”

19)  Joshua Kadison  ~  “Picture Postcards From L.A.”

20)  The Raveonettes  ~  “Ode To L.A.”

Popular Songs Of 1967, Vol. 4

Last but not least, these Popular Songs Of 1967. Hope you've enjoyed this miniseries of posts at least a fraction as much as I have!  ~  JH

1)  The Monkees  ~  “Daydream Believer”

2)  The Turtles  ~  “She’d Rather Be With Me”

3)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “Baby, I Love You”

4)  Herman’s Hermits  ~  “There’s A Kind Of Hush”

5)  The Bar-Kays  ~  “Soul Finger”

6)  The Seekers  ~  “Georgy Girl”

7)  The Beatles  ~  “A Day In The Life”

8)  The Doors  ~  “People Are Strange”

9)  Tammy Wynette  ~  “I Don’t Wanna Play House”

10)  Merle Haggard  ~  “The Fugitive”

11)  Bobby Vee & The Strangers  ~  “Come Back When You Grow Up”

12)  Sandy Posey  ~  “I Take It Back”

13)  The Four Tops  ~  “Bernadette”

14)  Cream  ~  “Strange Brew”

15)  The Cowsills  ~  “The Rain, The Park, And Other Things”

16)  Neil Diamond  ~  “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon”

17)  The Association  ~  “Never, My Love”

18)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “I Say A Little Prayer”

19)  The Young Rascals  ~  “Groovin’”

20)  Sam & Dave  ~  “Soul Man”

21)  The Buckinghams  ~  “Mercy Mercy Mercy”

22)  Sonny James  ~  “I’ll Never Find Another You”

23)  The Supremes  ~  “Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone”

24)  The Tremeloes  ~  “Here Comes My Baby”

25)  The Grass Roots  ~  “Let’s Live For Today”

Popular Songs Of 1967, Vol. 1

It was the Summer of Love. The Vietnam War was in full swing. The Apollo 1 spacecraft exploded on the launchpad, killing all three of its occupants. And these were the songs that folks were listening to. Psychedelic rock was all the rage, but Beatlemania and Motown weren't going away anytime soon. A unique time in American (and world) history, but one that was absolutely chock full of great tunes. Part 1 of 4 of the Popular Songs of 1967 begins now... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Beatles  ~  “Penny Lane”

2)  The Doors  ~  “Light My Fire”

3)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “Respect”

4)  The Buckinghams  ~  “Kind Of A Drag”

5)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Branded Man”

6)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “(Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls”

7)  The Tremeloes  ~  “Silence Is Golden”

8)  Arthur Conley  ~  “Sweet Soul Music”

9)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  “White Rabbit”

10)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Ruby Tuesday”

11)  The Casinos  ~  “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye”

12)  Lulu  ~  “To Sir With Love”

13)  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles  ~  “I Second That Emotion”

14)  Spencer Davis Group  ~  “Gimme Some Lovin’” 

15)  Peaches & Herb  ~  “Close Your Eyes”

16)  Jackie Wilson  ~  “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher”

17)  Buck Owens & The Buckaroos  ~  “Your Tender Loving Care”

18)  Petula Clark  ~  “This Is My Song”  (Fun fact about this lovely song: It was written by none other than the great silent-film comic actor, Charlie Chaplin.)

19)  Engelbert Humperdinck  ~  “Release Me”

20)  Brenton Wood  ~  “Gimme Little Sign”

21)  Spanky & Our Gang  ~  “Sunday Will Never Be The Same”

22)  Strawberry Alarm Clock  ~  “Incense & Peppermints”

23)  Keith  ~  “98.6”

24)  Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra, Jr.  ~  “Somethin’ Stupid”  (The hit song was actually sung by Nancy and her father, Frank Sr. But I couldn’t find a video of them singing it together, so there’s this.)

25)  Aaron Neville  ~  “Tell It Like It Is”