Popular Songs Of 1944

So here's where the "Wax" in Wax & Tracks comes in. These songs are from the days when music videos did not exist and the only video clips you can find of popular songs are when the songs (and their singers) appeared in a film. Therefore, most of the songs here are uploaded copies of the original vinyl records. Which is pretty cool, if you ask me. As they are for me, most of these songs may be well before your time. But they're well worth your time to listen. This is when music meant something. Not much of today's music does. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bing Crosby  ~  "Swinging On A Star"

2)  Dinah Shore  ~  "I'll Walk Alone"

3)  Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra ft. Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen  ~  "Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)"

4)  Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots  ~  "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"

5)  The Mills Brothers  ~  "You Always Hurt The One You Love"

6)  Harry James & His Orchestra ft. Dick Haymes  ~  "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)"

7)  Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians  ~  "It's Love-Love-Love"

8)  Nat King Cole  ~  "Straighten Up And Fly Right"

9)  The Andrews Sisters ft. Vic Schoen & His Orchestra  ~  "Shoo-Shoo Baby"

10)  Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra ft. Eugenie Baird  ~  "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)"

11)  Judy Garland  ~  "The Trolley Song"

12)  Stan Kenton & His Orchestra  ~  "Artistry In Rhythm"

13)  Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five  ~  "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)?"

14)  Frank Sinatra  ~  "A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening"

15)  The Merry Macs  ~  "Mairzy Doats"

16)  Duke Ellington ft. Al Hibbler  ~  "Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me"

17)  Jo Stafford  ~  "It Could Happen To You"

18)  Helen Forrest  ~  "Time Waits For No One"

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19)  Perry Como  ~  "Long Ago (And Far Away)"

20)  Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra  ~  "Don't Sweetheart Me"

21)  Tex Ritter & His Texans  ~  "I'm Wastin' My Tears On You"

22)  Al Dexter & His Troopers  ~  "Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry"

23)  Russ Morgan & His Orchestra ft. Al Jennings  ~  "Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stockin')"

24)  Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra ft. Carmen Castillo  ~  "Amor"

25)  Billie Holiday  ~  "Embraceable You"

Songs With "Keep" In The Title

One might automatically think that this would be the first part of a two-parter in my never-ending series of "Opposites" music posts. However, that would not be the case. For one thing, I've done way too many "Opposites" posts of late anyway. Secondly, I couldn't think of a word that was a natural opposite to the word "Keep." But there were still lots of "Keep" songs I wanted to post. So here they are… Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  2Pac  ~  "Keep Ya Head Up"

2)  Zac Brown Band  ~  Keep Me In Mind"

3)  Bon Jovi  ~  "Keep The Faith"

4)  The Human League  ~  "(Keep Feeling) Fascination"  (This man is wearing a lot of makeup. Hmm...)

5)  Kelly Rowland  ~  "Keep It Between Us"

6)  Sugarland  ~  "Keep You"

7)  Weezer  ~  "Keep Fishin'"  (Featuring The Muppets, for those of you who like Muppets – of which I am one.)

8)  Billy Joel  ~  "Keeping The Faith"

9)  Soul II Soul  ~  "Keep On Movin'"

10)  Reba McEntire  ~  "I Keep On Lovin' You"

11)  Needtobreathe  ~  "Keep Your Eyes Open"

12)  Wild Belle  ~  "Keep You"

13)  Curtis Harding  ~  "Keep On Shining"  (This song would be right at home with the Motown songs of old. But it's a relatively recent song.)

14)  Ricky Van Shelton  ~  "Keep It Between The Lines"  (Whatever happened to this guy? He was one of the better country singers in the '80s and '90s.)

15)  Rival Sons  ~  "Keep On Swinging"

16)  Julia Child  ~  "Keep On Cooking"  (What will they think of next?)

17)  Travie McCoy ft. Brendon Urie  ~  "Keep On Keeping On"

18)  Eddie Vedder  ~  "Can't Keep"

19)  Garbage  ~  "The Trick Is To Keep Breathing"

20)  REO Speedwagon  ~  "Keep On Loving You"  (This is one of the stupidest story lines for a music video that I've ever seen. Especially considering that the song itself isn't that bad.)

21)  Tony Bennett & Aretha Franklin  ~  "How Do You Keep The Music Playing?"  (Wow, what a duet! This is magical!)

22)  Michael McDonald  ~  "I Keep Forgettin'"  ("I just hit the east side of the LBC, on a mission tryin' to find Mr. Warren G"...Oh wait, that's a different song altogether. Sampled from this song, but not this song. Not by a long shot.)

23)  American Authors  ~  "Keep Me Dreaming"

24)  Annie Lennox  ~  "Keep Young And Beautiful"

25)  Enya  ~  "How Can I Keep From Singing?"  (That's a good question, Enya. When I figure that out, I'll let you know!)

"White" Songs

Here's the final entry in my 7-part series of Songs With Colors In The Title. Obviously, these songs all contain the word "White" in their titles. There're quite a few really good songs here...and a coupla scary ones. I'll let you decide which are which. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Taylor Swift  ~  "White Horse"

2)  Vanessa Carlton  ~  "White Houses"

3)  OK Go  ~  "White Knuckles"

4)  Miranda Lambert  ~  "White Liar"

5)  Jessie J  ~  "Big White Room"

6)  Mumford & Sons  ~  "White Blank Page"

7)  Lorde  ~  "White Teeth Teens"

8)  Everlast  ~  "White Trash Beautiful"

9)  Goldfrapp  ~  "Ride A White Horse"

10)  Foxes  ~  "White Coats"

11)  Billy Idol  ~  "White Wedding, Pt. 1"

12)  Susanne Sundfør  ~  "White Foxes"

13)  Marilyn Manson  ~  "Coma White"

14)  Chely Wright  ~  "Single White Female"

15)  Gungor  ~  "God Is Not A White Man"

"Black" Songs

Here's part 6 of 7 in this seemingly endless series of posts featuring Songs With Colors In The Title. Due to the fact that there are simply more songs to choose from with the word "Black" in their titles, this may be one of the best groupings of songs yet. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Pearl Jam  ~  "Black"

2)  Sam Sparro  ~  "Black And Gold"

3)  Amy Winehouse  ~  "Back To Black"

4)  Soundgarden  ~  "Black Rain"

5)  Biffy Clyro  ~  "Black Chandelier"

6)  Alannah Myles  ~  "Black Velvet"

7)  Goo Goo Dolls  ~  "Black Balloon"

8)  Esperanza Spalding  ~  "Black Gold"

9)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Paint It Black"

10)  Gin Wigmore  ~  "Black Sheep"

11)  Miike Snow  ~  "Black & Blue"

12)  Angus and Julia Stone  ~  "Black Crow"

13)  Soul Asylum  ~  "Black Gold"

14)  Battle Beast  ~  "Black Ninja"

15)  Squeeze  ~  "Black Coffee In Bed"

"Blue" Songs

This is part 5 of 7 in a series of Songs With Colors In The Titles. There are a good number of songs with "Blue" in the title, but almost two years ago – in my early days of blogging – I did a post of songs with the word "Blue" (just that, no other words) as the title, and I really didn't want to re-post any of those songs. So, here ya go – no repeats! Still some really good ones here. Enjoy?  ~  JH

1)  Elvis Presley  ~  "Blue Suede Shoes"

2)  UB40  ~  "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"

3)  Kylie Minogue  ~  "Into The Blue"

4)  Orgy  ~  "Blue Monday"

5)  Midnight Oil  ~  "Blue Sky Mine"

6)  Delta Goodrem  ~  "Out Of The Blue"

7)  Eric Clapton  ~  "Blue Eyes Blue"

8)  Tommy James & The Shondells  ~  "Crystal Blue Persuasion"

9)  Ladyhawke  ~  "Black White & Blue"

10)  Alan Jackson  ~  "Blue Ridge Mountain Song"

11)  Jack's Mannequin  ~  "Dark Blue"

12)  Tony Bennett ft. k.d. lang  ~  "Blue Velvet"

13)  Roy Orbison  ~  "Blue Bayou"

14)  Paloma Faith  ~  "Black & Blue"

15)  Leonard Cohen  ~  "Famous Blue Raincoat"