"31" Songs

Here we are again... Today, my wife is 31 weeks pregnant with our as-yet-unnamed daughter. So here's 31 songs (yeah, I'm still finding as many songs as weeks so far!) with the number "31" (or "Thirty-One") in their titles or somewhere in their lyrics. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Trevor Hall  ~  "31 Flavors"

2)  Zee Avi  ~  "31 Days"

3)  The Offspring  ~  "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)"

4)  Kesha  ~  "31 Seconds Alone"

5)  Violent Femmes  ~  "Prove My Love"

6)  Aimee Mann  ~  "31 Today"

7)  Seven Mary Three  ~  "Gone Away"

8)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  "Something's Gotta Give"

9)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Reason To Believe"

10)  Jewel  ~  "Stephenville, TX"

11)  Yello  ~  "The Race"

12)  Jill Scott  ~  "A Long Walk"

13)  Merle Haggard  ~  "Footlights"

14)  Björk  ~  "107 Steps"

15)  I Killed The Prom Queen  ~  "Thirty-One & Sevens"

16)  Dixie Chicks  ~  "Tortured, Tangled Hearts"

17)  Better Than Ezra  ~  "Extra Ordinary"

18)  Bomshel  ~  "Fight Like A Girl"

19)  Joe Bonamassa  ~  "Lonesome Road Blues"

20)  Miranda Lambert  ~  "I Can't Be Bothered"

21)   The Beatles  ~  "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"

22)  Vienna Teng  ~  "Decade And One"

23)  Mark Knopfler  ~  "Baloney Again"

24)  The Bangles  ~  "He's Got A Secret"

25)  Carl Perkins  ~  "Birth Of Rock And Roll"

26)  Liza Minnelli  ~  "Ring Them Bells"

27)  Ocean Colour Scene  ~  "So Low"

28)  The Shirelles  ~  "31 Flavors"

29)  Elliott Brood  ~  "Thirty-One Years"

30)  Dwight Yoakam & k.d. lang  ~  "Sin City"

31)  The Cure  ~  "So What?"

Popular Songs Of 1965, Vol. 2

One last round of Swinging Sixties hits, then we take a break from this series for a little while. I think you'll find that you're at least somewhat familiar with most of these songs, if you've spent any time at all over the past couple of decades listening to "oldies" music. If you just happen to be old enough to remember them when they came out fifty years ago, then maybe this is a bit of nostalgia for you as well. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  James Brown  ~  "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"

2)  Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders  ~  "The Game Of Love"

3)  Barbara Lewis  ~  "Baby I'm Yours"

4)  Bob Dylan  ~  "Like A Rolling Stone"

5)  Freddie & The Dreamers  ~  "I'm Telling You Now"  (That "dancing," though...)

6)  Gerry & The Pacemakers  ~  "Ferry 'Cross The Mersey"

7)  The Yardbirds  ~  "For Your Love"

8)  The Moody Blues  ~  "Go Now"

9)  Billy Joe Royal  ~  "Down In The Boondocks"

10)  Glenn Yarbrough  ~  "Baby The Rain Must Fall"

11)  Marvin Gaye ft. Tina Turner  ~  "I'll Be Doggone"

12)  Jackie DeShannon  ~  "What The World Needs Now Is Love"  (Fifty years later, and it still does...)

13)  Martha & The Vandellas  ~  "Nowhere To Run"

14)  The Searchers  ~  "Love Potion No. 9"

15)  The Turtles    "It Ain't Me, Babe"

16)  The Zombies  ~  "Tell Her No"

17)  Peter & Gordon  ~  "I Go To Pieces"

18)  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles  ~  "The Tracks Of My Tears"

19)  Bobby Goldsboro  ~  "Little Things"

20)  The Fortunes  ~  "You've Got Your Troubles"

21)   The Animals  ~  "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place"

22)  The Lovin' Spoonful  ~  "Do You Believe In Magic?"

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"