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”

"Audio" & "Video" Songs

Here's a small collection of songs with either the word "Audio" or "Video" in their titles. Listen, watch, and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Twin Atlantic  ~  “Audience And Audio”

2)  Lana Del Rey  ~  “Video Games”

3)  Press Play  ~  “Love Audio”

4)  FKA twigs  ~  “Video Girl”

5)  The Matches  ~  “Audio Blood”

6)  Beyoncé ft. Lady Gaga  ~  “Video Phone”

7)  Sundowner  ~  “Audio Geography”

8)  India.Arie  ~  “Video”

9)  Alien Music Club  ~  “Audio Visual Man”

10)  Aimee Mann  ~  “Video”

11)  Vintage High Sounds  ~  “Lady Audio”

12)  System Of A Down  ~  “Radio/Video”

13)  The Black Eyed Peas  ~  “Audio Delite At Low Fidelity”

14)  Frank Zappa  ~  “Be In My Video”

15)  Echolyn  ~  “Audio Vérité”

16)  Morgan Page ft. Tegan and Sara  ~  “Video”  

17)  The Frantic  ~  “Audio & Murder”

18)  Buggles  ~  “Video Killed The Radio Star”

19)  Stone Sour  ~  “Audio Secrecy”

20)  Ben Folds Five  ~  “Video”

“Extra” Songs

Here's a modest collection of "Extra" Songs for your listening pleasure. Because you deserve something "Extra" today! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Better Than Ezra  ~  “Extra Ordinary”

2)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  “E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)”

3)  Mel Tormé  ~  “Poor Little Extra Girl”

4)  They Might Be Giants  ~  “Extra Savoir-Faire”

5)  The Au Brothers  ~  “Extra Gravy”

6)  Leaving Normal  ~  “Extra Mile”

7)  Emerson Drive  ~  “The Extra Mile”

8)  The Rin Tins  ~  “Extra, Extra!”

9)  Dial 8  ~  “Extra-Ordinary”

10)  The Winans  ~  “That Extra Mile”

11)  Black Heat  ~  “Something Extra”

12)  The Lucky Stars  ~  “I’ll Go The Extra Mile”

13)  Bobby Caldwell  ~  “Extra Mile”

14)  Hadrian’s Union  ~  “Extra Extra”

15)  Connie Russell  ~  “The Sky Is Extra Blue”

16)  Chet Baker Quintet  ~  “Extra Mild”

17)  Jacob Jeffries Band  ~  “Life As An Extra”

18)  Gregory Isaacs  ~  “Extra Classic”

19)  Theory Hazit  ~  “Extra Credit / Just Another Day”

20)  Climax Blues Band  ~  “Extra”

“Outrageous” Songs

These songs are "Outrageous"! No, really. They are! Well, at least their titles would suggest that they are. Maybe they're not. You decide. Oh, yeah...and enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Paul Simon  ~  “Outrageous”

2)  LeAnn Rimes  ~  “Outrageous Love”

3)  Sistaflex  ~  “Wild & Outrageous”

4)  Lakeside  ~  “Outrageous”

5)  Batwings Catwings  ~  “Totally Outrageous”

6)  Rachael Lampa  ~  “Outrageous”

7)  Lionel Richie  ~  “Outrageous”

8)  The Sunshine Delay  ~  “Outrageous Expectations”

9)  Jem and the Holograms  ~  “Truly Outrageous”

10)  Oingo Boingo  ~  “Outrageous”

11)  Erdinc Erdogdu ft. Selin Sumbultepe  ~  “Outrageous Lies”

12)  Laura Krier  ~  “Outrageous”

13)  Noel Robinson  ~  “Outrageous Love”

14)  Cher  ~  “Outrageous”

15)  Josh White  ~  “Outrageous”

16)  Bethel Music ft. Jonathan & Melissa Helser  ~  “Outrageous Love”

17)  Icelee  ~  “Outrageous”

18)  Royal Blood  ~  “Outrageous”

19)  Doxology  ~  “Outrageous”

20)  Shaina Taub  ~  “O Luck Outrageous”

21)  Sugarcoin  ~  “Outrageous”

22)  Michelle Tumes  ~  “Outrageous Grace”

23)  April  ~  “Outrageous”

24)  Eaglepoint Worship  ~  “Outrageous”

Songs About Cupid

In honor of Valentine's Day, here's a bunch of Songs About Cupid for you to enjoy.  ~  JH

1)  112  ~  “Cupid”

2)  The Big Moon  ~  “Cupid”

3)  The Smashing Pumpkins  ~  “Cupid De Locke”

4)  Elliott Smith  ~  “Cupid’s Trick”

5)  Carrie Underwood  ~  “Cupid’s Got A Shotgun”

6)  Placebo  ~  “Bulletproof Cupid”

7)  Squeeze  ~  “Cupid’s Toy”

8)  Boyz II Men  ~  “Cupid”

9)  Connie Francis  ~  “Stupid Cupid / Lipstick On Your Collar”  (Someone’s had a LOT of plastic surgery! Notice how little she seems to be able to either change her facial expression or move her mouth. Wow!)

10)  King’s X  ~  “Cupid”

11)  Boyeur  ~  “Cupid”

12)  Jasmine Hill  ~  “Cupid’s Screw Up”

13)  Cupid  ~  “Cupid Shuffle”

14)  The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band  ~  “Cupid’s Got A Gun”

15)  Amy LaVere & Will Sexton  ~  “Cupid’s Arrow”

16)  Daniel Powter  ~  “Cupid”

17)  Poppy Jo  ~  “Stupid Cupid”

18)  Stereos  ~  “Hey Cupid”

19)  Gym Class Heroes ft. Patrick Stump  ~  “Cupid’s Chokehold”

20)  Gotthard  ~  “Cupid’s Arrow”

21)  Meghan Trainor  ~  “Cupid”

22)  Mischief  ~  “Stupid Cupid”

23)  Lloyd  ~  “Cupid”

24)  Otis Redding  ~  “Don’t Mess With Cupid”

25)  Extreme  ~  “Cupid’s Dead”

BONUS TRACK:  Sam Cooke  ~  “Cupid”  (Yes, this is the same song as the Boyz II Men one above. But Cooke’s is the most famous version, and even though there’s no proper video or live performance of it that I could find, I’d be remiss if I didn’t also post his classic rendition of the song.)