Luther Vandross’ & Iggy Pop’s Greatest Hits

Today (April 20th) would have been Luther Vandross' 68th birthday. Tomorrow (April 21st), Iggy Pop will celebrate his 72nd birthday. To commemorate "The Velvet Voice" and "The Godfather Of Punk"'s birthdays (and because it's really weird but kind of fun to pair two COMPLETELY different artists' work in a single post), here's a selection of the most popular and best-known songs from each of their storied careers. Enjoy!  ~  JH

BLOGGER'S NOTE:  I didn't bother putting the artist's name alongside the song title of each, because I figured it would be self-evident who's singing when. But just in case you get confused, if you're seeing a skinny white dude with no shirt dancing around wildly onstage and singing somewhat unintelligibly, you're experiencing an Iggy Pop song. If sparkly suits and swooning women are present, it's Luther Vandross.

1)  “Never Too Much”

2)  “I Wanna Be Your Dog”

3)  “If This World Were Mine”  (with Cheryl Lynn)

4)  “I Got A Right”

5)  “How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye”  (with Dionne Warwick)

6)  “Nightclubbing”

7)  “Superstar” / “Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)”

8)  “Funtime”  (with David Bowie)

9)  “'Til My Baby Comes Home”

10)  “China Girl”  (with Queens Of The Stone Age)

11)  “It’s Over Now”

12)  “Tonight”

13)  “Wait For Love”

14)  “Success”

15)  “Here And Now”

16)  “Lust For Life”

17)  "Give Me The Reason"

18)  “Passenger”  (with Queens Of The Stone Age)

19)  "Stop To Love"

20)  “Some Weird Sin”

21)  "There's Nothing Better Than Love"  (with Gregory Hines)

22)  “I’m Bored”

23)  "Any Love"

24)  “Cry For Love”

25)  "She Won't Talk To Me"

26)  “Real Wild Child (Wild One)”

27)  "For You To Love"

28)  “Cold Metal”

29)  "Don't Want To Be A Fool"

30)  “Home”

31)  "The Rush"

32)  “Candy”  (with Kate Pierson)

33)  "Sometimes It's Only Love"

34)  “Well, Did You Evah!”  (with Debbie Harry)

35)  "The Best Things In Life Are Free"  (with Janet Jackson, Bell Biv DeVoe, & Ralph Tresvant)

36)  “Wild America”

37)  "Power Of Love (Love Power)"

38)  “Mask”

39)  "The Closer I Get To You"  (with Beyoncé)

40)  “Bang Bang”

41)  "Endless Love"  (with Mariah Carey)

42)  “Livin’ On The Edge Of The Night”

43)  "Always And Forever"

44)  “Little Know It All”  (with Sum 41)

45)  "Your Secret Love"

46)  “No Fun”

47)  "Take You Out"

48)  “Gimme Danger”

49)  "Dance With My Father"

50)  “Corruption”

More Songs About Pretty Girls & Pretty Boys

I told you there were a lot of Songs About Pretty Girls & Pretty Boys. So here's more of the same. But don't expect a third post, because these are all the good ones. Any further follow-ups would be mediocre at best. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bonnie Raitt  ~  “Sugar Mama”

2)  The Smiths  ~  “Pretty Girls Make Graves”

3)  Veruca Salt  ~  “Pretty Boys”

4)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Pretty Girl From Michigan”

5)  The Sounds  ~  “Rock ’n’ Roll”

6)  fun.  ~  “All The Pretty Girls”

7)  Cimorelli  ~  “Pretty Boy”

8)  Lime Cordiale  ~  “Pretty Girl”

9)  Adore Delano  ~  “Pretty Boys Cry”

10)  Tigirlily  ~  “Pretty Girls”

11)  Eden Automatic  ~  “Pretty Boys In Pleather”  (Good song with a positively awful music video. These amateur “actors” make even the most pedestrian thespians look like Oscar winners.)

12)  Judy Garland  ~  “A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow”

13)  Janet Jackson  ~  “Pretty Boy”

14)  Vera Blue  ~  “All The Pretty Girls”

15)  Arlo Guthrie  ~  “Pretty Boy Floyd”

16)  Jessie James Decker  ~  “Pretty Girl”

17)  Buzzcocks  ~  “Noise Annoys”

18)  Ani DiFranco  ~  “Not A Pretty Girl”

19)  Young Galaxy  ~  “Pretty Boy”

20)  Keri Hilson  ~  “Pretty Girl Rock”

21)  The Banter Thiefs  ~  “Pretty Boys”

22)  Clairo  ~  “Pretty Girl”

23)  Depeche Mode  ~  “What’s Your Name?”

24)  Alyson Stoner  ~  “Pretty Girls”

25)  Fefe Dobson  ~  “Bye Bye Boyfriend”

Songs About Pretty Girls & Pretty Boys

You probably wouldn't be shocked if I told you there have been an inordinate number of songs written about "pretty girls" over the years. But you may be surprised to find out that there's been quite a few songs written about "pretty boys" as well. Here are some of the best of both. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Kenny Chesney  ~  “All The Pretty Girls”

2)  M2M  ~  “Pretty Boy”

3)  Iyaz ft. Travie McCoy  ~  “Pretty Girls”

4)  Bette Midler  ~  “One More Round”

5)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Pretty Girl At The Airport”

6)  Joe Jackson  ~  “Pretty Boys”

7)  Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea  ~  “Pretty Girls”

8)  Book Of Love  ~  “Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls”

9)  Kaleo  ~  “All The Pretty Girls”

10)  MIKA  ~  “Lover Boy”

11)  Maggie Lindemann  ~  “Pretty Girl”

12)  Emmylou Harris  ~  “Feeling Single, Seeing Double”

13)  Buffalo Springfield  ~  “Pretty Girl Why”

14)  Dana Louise & The Glorious Birds  ~  “All The Pretty Boys”

15)  Elle King  ~  “Naturally Pretty Girls”

16)  Sam Vance-Law  ~  “Prettyboy”

17)  Kip Moore  ~  “Hey Pretty Girl”

18)  Kesha  ~  “Get In Line”

19)  The Avett Brothers  ~  “Pretty Girl From Raleigh”  (Apparently, these guys have released nearly a dozen songs with the phrase “Pretty Girl” in their titles. I’ve only included two of them here. And one more in the follow-up to this post.)

20)  Fastball  ~  “The Malcontent”

21)  Haschak Sisters  ~  “Pretty Girl”

22)  The Pipettes  ~  “Pull Shapes”

23)  Eric Dodd  ~ “Pretty Girl, Lucky Guy”

24)  The National  ~  “Murder Me, Rachael”

25)  Hayley Kiyoko  ~  “Pretty Girl”

Songs About Insomnia

I stayed up all night compiling these songs for you people, so you had BETTER listen to them! Just kidding! But seriously, I stayed up way too late listening to these songs because they're just too darn good to "sleep" on. See what I did there? Yeah, that wasn't clever at all. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Daya  ~  “Insomnia”

2)  The Black Koi  ~  “Insomnia”

3)  Kay Cola  ~  “Insomnia”

4)  Emborne Drive  ~  “Insomnia”

5)  Pryti  ~  “Insomnia”

6)  Benjamin Poss  ~  “Insomnia”

7)  Xeno & Oaklander  ~   “Insomnia”

8)  Craig David  ~  “Insomnia”

9)  Audrey Rose  ~  “Insomnia”

10)  Feeder  ~  Insomnia”

11)  Lost In Kiev  ~  “Insomnia”

12)  The Capital  ~  “Insomnia”

13)  ZAYN  ~  “Insomnia”

14)  Ellen Benediktson  ~  “Insomnia”

15)  Wynter Gordon  ~  “Insomnia”

16)  Kamelot  ~  “Insomnia”

17)  Adina  ~  “Insomnia”

18)  AyOwA  ~  “Insomnia”

19)  Trip Lee ft. Andy Mineo  ~  “Insomniac”

20)  L2  ~  “Insomnia”

21)  Honey  ~  “Insomnia”

22)  Live  ~  “Insomnia And The Hole In The Universe”

23)  Jelena Karleuša  ~  “Insomnia”

24)  Megadeth  ~  “Insomnia”

25)  Cellar Darling  ~  “Insomnia”