"Anything" Songs

And we're back to those "Any-" posts. We've already seen and heard "Anyway," "Anytime," and "Anymore" Songs. So why not a bunch of songs about "Anything"? (I can't think of a good reason why not.) Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Jay-Z  ~  “Anything”

2)  Sara Bareilles  ~  “King Of Anything”

3)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “Anything But Mine”

4)  Ellie Goulding  ~  “Anything Could Happen”

5)  Genesis  ~  “Anything She Does”

6)  SWV  ~  “Anything"

7)  AC/DC  ~  “Anything Goes”

8)  TOPS  ~  “Anything”

9)  Enter Shikari  ~  “Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour…”

10)  Meat Loaf  ~  “I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)”

11)  Ben Folds  ~  “Capable Of Anything”

12)  Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine  ~  “Anything For You”

13)  Benjah  ~  “Anything Everything”

14)  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  ~  “Anything Goes”

15)  The Calling  ~  “Anything”

16)  Jasmine Rae & Joe Nichols  ~  “I’ll Try Anything”

17)  The Strokes  ~  “Ask Me Anything”

18)  Kissey  ~  “I Don’t Need Anything”

19)  Catfish And The Bottlemen  ~  “Anything”

20)  Autumn Hill  ~  “Anything At All”

21)  Sage  ~  “Most Anything”

22)  JoJo  ~  “Anything”

23)  Beartooth  ~  “King Of Anything”

24)  Mayou  ~  “Anything For Your Love”

25)  Frank Pole ft. Greyson Chance  ~  “Anything”

Popular Songs Of 1957, Vol. 3

With this post, we conclude the Popular Songs of 1957 series. I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I did when compiling the songs. If you're digging the throwback music, fear not. The most Popular Songs of 1947 are coming soon!  ~  JH

1)  Chuck Berry  ~  “Rock And Roll Music”

2)  The Four Lads  ~  “Who Needs You”

3)  Harry Belafonte & Nat King Cole  ~  “Mama Look At Bubu”

4)  Pat Boone  ~  “Bernardine”

5)  Little Richard  ~  “Keep A-Knockin’”

6)  Jimmie Rodgers  ~  “Honeycomb”

7)  Johnny Mathis  ~  “It’s Not For Me To Say”

8)  The Everly Brothers  ~  “Bye Bye Love”

9)  The Del-Vikings  ~  “Whispering Bells”

10)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Love Me Tender”

11)  Fats Domino  ~  “Blue Monday”

12)  Mantovani And His Orchestra  ~  “Around The World”

13)  The Coasters  ~  “Young Blood”

14)  Tony Bennett  ~  “In The Middle Of An Island”

15)  Billy Ward And His Dominoes  ~  “Stardust”

16)  The Ames Brothers  ~  “Melodie D’Amour”

17)  Ivory Joe Hunter  ~  “Since I Met You Baby”

18)  Jimmy Dorsey  ~  “So Rare”

19)  Lavern Baker  ~  “Jim Dandy”

20)  Sal Mineo  ~  “Start Movin’ (In My Direction)”

21)  Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones  ~  “Black Slacks”

22)  The Diamonds  ~  “Little Darlin’”

23)  Pat Boone  ~  “Remember You’re Mine”

24)  Bill Justis  ~  “Raunchy”  (It's not, actually. It's an instrumental.)

25)  Elvis Presley  ~  “Loving You”

“Gold,” “Silver,” & “Bronze” Songs

In case you were wondering (and I realize that you probably weren't) whether I was completely ignoring the fact that there's currently an Olympics going on, and if you were curious (and I know you weren't) as to whether or not I'd somehow integrate an Olympics theme into my music blogging, here are your answers. I wasn't ignoring the Olympics – in fact, I've shortened many a night's sleep of late watching the broadcasts. And I did come up with somewhat of an Olympic-themed post. Ready...set...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Imagine Dragons  ~  “Gold”

2)  Merle Haggard  ~  “Silver Wings”

3)  Joey Cape  ~  “Going For The Bronze”

4)  REO Speedwagon  ~  “Girl With The Heart Of Gold”

5)  Lee DeWyze  ~  “Silver Lining”

6)  Future Chaser  ~  “Bronze”

7)   Metallica  ~  “The Ecstasy Of Gold”

8)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Silver Lining”

9)  Ron Spielman  ~  “Bronze Age”

10)  Passenger  ~  “Fool’s Gold”

11)  Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones  ~  “Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine”

12)  The Red Hot Rhythm Rustlers  ~  “The Bronze Buckaroo”

13)  Glee Cast  ~  “Gold Digger”

14)  Fleetwood Mac  ~  “Silver Springs”  (Another Fleetwood Mac that would have been a nice addition to this post – if I hadn't decided to include only one song per artist – is this.)

15)  Keiko Matsui  ~  “Bronze Casting”

16)  Kimbra  ~  “Plain Gold Ring”

17)  Dio  ~  “Man On The Silver Mountain”

18)  My Brightest Diamond  ~  “A Bronze Head”

19)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Where The Blue Of The Night (Meets The Gold Of The Day)”

20)  The Rolling Stones  ~  “Silver Train”

21)  Ribozyme  ~  “Bronze”

22)  Halsey  ~  “Empty Gold”

23)  Tony Bennett ft. Bill Charlap  ~  “Look For The Silver Lining”

24)  Bloody Aztec  ~  “Bronze”

25)  Lianne La Havas  ~  “Green & Gold”

26)  First Aid Kit  ~  “My Silver Lining”

27)   Ace Reporter  ~  “Bronze”

28)  Neil Young  ~  “Silver & Gold”

29)  Kacey Musgraves  ~  “Silver Lining”

30)  The Americans  ~  “Bronze Star”

“If,” “And,” & “But” Songs, Vol. 1

Here begins a three-part series (yes, another one!) featuring songs with the words "If," "And," and "But" in their titles. Because...why not? So that the songs I had to choose from wouldn't be limitless, I only allowed myself to pick songs with one of these words at the beginning of the title. Still...there were a lot to choose from. Here's my best effort at narrowing down only the best. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bread  ~  “If”

2)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “And It Spread”

3)  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  ~  “But Beautiful”

4)  Kurtis Blow  ~  “If I Ruled The World”

5)  Passenger  ~  “And I Love Her”

6)  Shirley Temple  ~  “But Definitely”

7)  Stevie Nicks  ~  “If Anyone Falls”

8)  Frankie J  ~  “And I Had You There”

9)  Emarosa  ~  “But You Won’t Love A Ghost”

10)   Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band  ~  “If The Phone Doesn’t Ring, It’s Me”

11)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  “And The Boys”

12)  Faith Hill  ~  “But I Will”

13)  Sting  ~  “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You”

14)  The Cardigans  ~  “And Then You Kissed Me”

15)  Siouxsie and the Banshees  ~  “But Not Them”

16)  Yvonne Elliman  ~  “If I Can’t Have You”

17)  Deep Purple  ~  “And The Address”

18)  Harriet Hilliard  ~  “But Where Are You?”

19)  Huey Lewis And The News  ~  “If This Is It”

20)  The Hooters  ~  “And We Danced”

21)  Gilbert O’Sullivan  ~  “But I’m Not”

22)  Barbra Streisand & Vince Gill  ~  “If You Ever Leave Me”

23)  The Beatles  ~  “And I Love Her”

24)  David Cook  ~  “But You Won’t”

25)  Cher  ~  “If I Could Turn Back Time”

26)  Van Morrison  ~  “And It Stoned Me”

27)  Jamie Cullum  ~  “But For Now”

28)  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark  ~  “If You Leave”

29)  Della Reese  ~  “And That Reminds Me”

30)  Bert & Ernie  ~  “But I Like You”