Popular Songs Of 1937, Vol. 2

I'm fast-tracking these – just a bit. Round 2 of 4 featuring the Popular Songs of 1937. If you like these, there's more where these came from! If you don't like 'em, don't listen! Easy-peasy! Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Dick Powell & Alice Faye  ~  “I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm”

2)  Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra ft. Bing Crosby  ~  “Never In A Million Years”

3)  Billie Holiday  ~  “Easy Living”

4)  Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra  ~  “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin”

5)  Sonny Boy Williamson  ~  “Good Morning, School Girl”

6)  Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys  ~  “Right Or Wrong”

7)  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cast  ~  “Heigh-Ho”

8)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Love In Vain Blues”

9)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra  ~  “Satan Takes A Holiday”  (Not often one sees a song about Satan on this blog. Guess it was overdue. Relax: it’s a harmless instrumental. You’ll LOVE it!)

10)  Ginger Rogers  ~  “They All Laughed”

11)  Fred Astaire & Dudley Dickerson  ~  “Slap That Bass”

12)  Benny Goodman & His Orchestra ft. Johnnie Davis & Frances Langford  ~  “Hooray For Hollywood”

13)  Rudy Vallée & His Connecticut Yankees  ~ “Vieni…Vieni…”

14)  Will Osborne & His Orchestra ft. Joan Whitney  ~  “In The Still Of The Night”

15)  Ella Logan  ~  “I Was Doing All Right”

16)  The Ink Spots  ~  “Swing High, Swing Low”

17)  Dick Jurgens & His Orchestra ft. Eddy Howard  ~  “Gone With The Wind”

18)  Bunny Berigan  ~  “Blues”

19)  Ready, Willing, And Able Cast  ~  “Too Marvelous For Words”

20)  Big Bill Broonzy  ~  “Don’t Tear My Clothes”

21)  Raymond Scott Quintette  ~  “Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungry Cannibals”

22)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Terraplane Blues”

23)  Bing Crosby  ~  “The Moon Got In My Eyes”

24)  Jimmie Lewis  ~  “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down”  (Sharp listeners will recognize this song as the theme song from all those classic Looney Tunes cartoons. Who knew it had actual lyrics???)

25)  Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra ft. Jerry Cooper  ~  “It’s De-Lovely”

Popular Songs Of 1937, Vol. 1

I'm not quite done with this seemingly never-ending series of "Popular Songs Of" posts quite yet. There's this set and the three volumes that follow it. Then I'll probably tackle the tunes of 1927 and call it done. I was surprised at how many "keepers" I found among songs that, at eighty years old, are clearly well before my time. Music was just better back in the day, I suppose. And boy, do I feel old in simply admitting THAT! Anyway, here goes... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Benny Goodman & His Orchestra  ~  “Sing, Sing, Sing”  (Man, that Gene Krupa could play some drums!)

2)  Fred Astaire  ~  “Things Are Looking Up”

3)  Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians  ~  “September In The Rain”

4)  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra ft. Edythe Wright  ~  “Dipsy Doodle”

5)  Robert Johnson  ~  “Cross Road Blues”

6)  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cast  ~  “With A Smile And A Song”

7)  Bing Crosby  ~  “Sweet Leilani”

8)  Roy Acuff  ~  “You’re The Only Star In My Blue Heaven”

9)  Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys  ~  “Steel Guitar Rag”

10)  Gracie Fields  ~  “It Looks Like Rain In Cherry Blossom Lane”

11)  Duke Ellington  ~  “Caravan”

12)  Mildred Bailey  ~  “Trust In Me”

13)  Louis Armstrong  ~  “On A Little Bamboo Bridge”

14)  Joyce Compton / Irene Dunne  ~  “My Dreams Are Gone With The Wind”

15)  Count Basie  ~  “One O’Clock Jump”

16)  Raymond Scott Quintette  ~  “Powerhouse”

17)  Mahalia Jackson  ~  “Peace In The Valley”

18)  Fred Astaire  ~  “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”

19)  Sophie Tucker  ~  “The Lady Is A Tramp”

20)  Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra  ~  “For Dancers Only”

21)  The Andrews Sisters  ~  “Jammin’”

22)  Robert Johnson  ~  “I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom”

23)  Slim & Slam  ~  “The Flat Foot Floogie”

24)  Al Dexter  ~  “Honky Tonk Blues”

25)  Kenny Baker  ~  “Love Walked In”

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!)

“Violent” Songs

Here's a jolly collection of "Violent" Songs that you're sure to enjoy. No, they're not really violent, per se, but that word does appear in the title of each. There's some excellent unsung (forgive the pun!) talent here, in addition to several well-known artists. Check it out! ~  JH

1)  The Flaming Lips  ~  “Turning Violent”

2)  Blackwater Riff  ~  “Don’t Be So Violent”

3)  Poliça  ~  “Violent Games”

4)  Neil Young & Crazy Horse  ~  “Violent Side”

5)  Electric President  ~  “The Violent Blue”

6)  Exit Clov  ~  “Violent Berries”

7)  God Is An Astronaut  ~  “All Is Violent, All Is Bright”

8)  Verra Cruz  ~  “Violent Sun”

9)  Shannon Wright  ~  “Violent Colors”

10)  Savannah  ~  “Violent Red”

11)  Munk  ~  “Violent Love”

12)  Music Go Music  ~  “Love Violent Love”

13)  The Shadow Theatre  ~  “Violent Whispers”

14)  Chagall Guevara  ~  “Violent Blue”

15)  The xx  ~  “A Violent Noise”

16)  Violens  ~  “Violent Sensation Descends”

17)  Overreact  ~  “Violent Eyes”

18)  Sondra Sun-Odeon  ~  “Violent Sea”

19)  New Lingo  ~  “Violent Shakes”

20)  Alaska Gold Rush  ~  “Violent Streets”

21)  Beatrice Eli  ~  “Violent Silence”

22)  Benjamin Booker  ~  “Violent Shiver”

23)  Sondre Lerche  ~  “Violent Game”

24)  Katie Knipp  ~  “Violent In Here”

25)  Da Capo  ~  “Violent World”