Songs About Autumn & Fall

It’s that time of year again. With the kids back in school once again and the days growing shorter and the shadows growing longer. The long hot days are over as the temps are getting milder and evenings getting cooler. Depending upon where you live, we’re finally getting that long awaited rainfall that we haven’t experienced much of since last spring. Breathing that brisk air is exhilarating and refreshing once more. Yes, it’s that time of year again….. Autumn — when the slanting rays of fading summer sun turn the leaves from bright green to harvest gold, barn red, and every color in between… eventually giving way to barren treetops. It’s my favorite time of year to take a long drive through meandering country roads, maybe stop to pick out the perfect pumpkin, sip hot apple cider, and reminisce with old friends. It’s the little things in life that make the journey worth traveling. Little things like a good song and good company. It’s a great time to put together your own mp3 playlist or burn your next seasonal CD with the music of the changing seasons. A lot of these are tranquil and mood reflecting to unwind with while a few others are more hip and invite you to unleash your inner-self. There’s a variety of genres here to choose from to reflect your taste and mood. Enjoy!

1. Autumn – Barbara Streisand
2. Autumn Afternoon – The Sandpipers
3. Autumn Almanac – The Kinks
4. Autumn Changes – Donna Summer
5. Autumn In New York – Sarah Vaughn
6. Autumn In New York – Frank Sinatra
7. Autumn In Rome – Robert Goulet
8. Autumn Leaves – Roger Williams
9. Autumn Leaves – Mitch Miller & His Gang
10. Autumn Love Song – Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra
11. Autumn Nocturne – Henry Mancini & His Orchestra
12. Autumn of My Life – Bobby Goldsboro
13. Autumn Rhapsody – Ronnie Dove
14. Autumn Serenade – Harry James & His Orchestra
15. Autumn Song – Van Morrison
16. Autumn Sweater – Yo La Tengo
17. Autumn Waltz – Tony Bennett
18. Autumn Wind – The Serendipity Singers
19. Autumn’s Not That Cold – Lorrie Morgan
20. Blue Autumn – Bobby Goldsboro
21. California Dreamin’ – Mamas & The Papas
22. Chill of An Early Fall – George Strait
23. Cool Change – Little River Band
24. Dark Moon -Bonnie Guitar
25. Dead Leaves & The Dirty Ground – The White Stripes
26. Early Autumn – Woody Herman & Stan Getz
27. Evidence of Autumn – Genesis
28. Fall In Philadelphia – Hall & Oates
29. Falling Leaves – Glen Miller & His Orchestra
30. Forever Autumn – Moody Blues
31. Gone Til November – Wyclef Jean
32. Grand Theft Autumn – Fall Out Boy
33. Harvest Moon – Neil Young
34. In The Fall – The Twilight’s Moon
35. Indian Summer – Ella Fitzgerald
36. Indian Summer – The Doors
37. Indian Summer – Poco
38. Indian Summer – Brooks & Dunn
39. It Might As Well Rain Until September – Carole King
40. The Last Leaf – The Cascades
41. Lullaby of The Leaves – The Ventures
42. Moments To Remember – The Four Lads
43. Moondance – Van Morrison
44. November Rain – Guns N’ Roses
45. November Sky – Yanni
46. November Twilight – Julie London
47. October – U2
48. October Morning – Fourplay
49. October Road – James Taylor
50. Old Cape Cod – Patti Page
51. Seasons – Charles Fox
52. Seasons Change – Expose
53. See You In September – The Happenings
54. September – Earth Wind & Fire
55. September Gurls – Big Star
56. September In Seattle – Shawn Mullins
57. September In The Rain – Dinah Washington
58. September Morn’ – Neil Diamond
59. September of My Years – Frank Sinatra
60. September Skies – Brian Setzer Orchestra
61. September Song – Jimmy Durante
62. September Song – Frank Sinatra
63. Shine On Harvest Moon – The Four Aces
64. Summer’s Gone – Paul Anka
65. Sweet Seasons – Carole King
66. Thirteen Autumns & A Widow – Cradle of Filth
67. ‘Tis Autumn – Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass
68. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) – The Byrds
69. Wake Me Up When September Ends – Green Day
70. WhenAll Is Said & Done – Abba
71. When October Goes – Barry Manilow

American Pride & Patriotic Songs

Here is a sampling of some traditional patriotic songs about American Pride ….. the ultimate sounds of patriotism at it’s finest spanning over the past century and then some. Suitable for formal civic gatherings, memorials, dedications, military honors, parades as well as private family functions honoring long time veterans celebrating retirement or recent family members returning home from service to our country in the Middle East or elsewhere overseas. These also can make a nice playlist for your celebrations of Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Labor Day, Flag Day or Patriots Day (honoring those who lost their lives on our darkest day during the tragic attacks of September 11 in New York City).

9/11: Songs of Remembrance & Tribute For Patriot’s Day

These have been recorded by several artists and musicians over the years but I have listed the “best of” renditions whenever possible.

• America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee)
• America The Beautiful – Frank Sinatra/Elvis Presley/Ray Charles
• Anchors Aweigh (US Navy Anthem)
• Battle Hymn of The Republic – Mitch Miller & His Gang
• Caissons Go Rolling Along (US Army Anthem)
• Dixie
• From The Halls of Montezuma (US Marines Anthem)
• God Bless America – Kate Smith
• Star Spangled Banner – Whitney Houston
• Stars and Strips Forever – John Philips Sousa
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home
• Wild Blue Yonder (US Air Force Anthem)
• Yankee Doodle – James Cagney
• You’re A Grand Old Flag
• The Gettysburg Address – recited by Johnny Cash

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Check out this post of 100 more songs that I did back in June of this year by clicking this link. >>> “Songs to Celebrate America’s 4th Of July”

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Below are the words to a very powerful tribute to the USA delivered on Canadian radio back in 1973. I personally have both copies of the original vinyl 45 rpm, one delivered on the air by Gordon Sinclair and a second by Byron MacGregor. Both are collector’s items. They serve as a heartfelt and stirring tribute to the very root as well as the backbone of what America stands for ….. as meaningful today (probably even more so considering what this country has been through since 1973) as it was 26 years ago……….

Here is the You Tube link if you care to watch plus listen to it while reading below.

The Americans:

A Canadian’s Opinion

by Gordon Sinclair

[originally radio broadcast on June 5, 1973 in Ontario Canada]

The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French, and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany. It has declined there by 41% since 1971, and this Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous, and possibly the least-appreciated, people in all the earth.

As long as sixty years ago, when I first started to read newspapers, I read of floods on the Yellow River and the Yangtze. Well who rushed in with men and money to help? The Americans did, that’s who.

They have helped control floods on the Nile, the Amazon, the Ganges, and the Niger. Today, the rich bottom land of the Mississippi is under water and no foreign land has sent a dollar to help. Germany, Japan, and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy, were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of those countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.

When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. And I was there — I saw that. When distant cities are hit by earthquake, it is the United States that hurries into help, Managua, Nicaragua, is one of the most recent examples.

So far this spring, fifty-nine American communities have been flattened by tornadoes. Nobody has helped. The Marshall Plan, as well as the Truman Policy all pumped billions upon billions of dollars into discouraged countries. And now, newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, war-mongering Americans.

Now, I’d like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplanes.

Come on now, you, let’s hear it! Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tristar, or the Douglas 10? If so, why don’t they fly them? Why do all international lines except Russia fly American planes? Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or a woman on the moon?

You talk about Japanese technocracy and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy and you find men on the moon, not once, but several times, and, safely home again. You talk about scandals and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everyone to look at. Even the draft dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They’re right here on our streets in Toronto. Most of them, unless they’re breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from Ma and Pa at home to spend up here.

When the Americans get out of this bind — as they will — who could blame them if they said “the hell with the rest of the world.” Let somebody else buy the bonds. Let somebody else build or repair foreign dams, or design foreign buildings that won’t shake apart in earthquakes.” When the railways of France, and Germany, and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both of ‘em are still broke.

I can name to you 5,000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name to me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don’t think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.

Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I am one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them kicked around. They’ll come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they’re entitled to thumb their noses at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of these. But there are many smug, self-righteous Canadians.

And finally, the American Red Cross was told at its 48th Annual meeting in New Orleans this morning that it was broke.

This year’s disasters — with the year less than half-over — has taken it all. And nobody, but nobody, has helped.

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Here is the You Tube link again for your convenience.

• 9/11: Songs of Remembrance & Tribute For Patriot’s Day

• 100+ Songs To Celebrate America’s_4th of July
  

Songs About Cars & Driving

1. '41 Ford - Grand Prix
   
2. '54 Corvette - The Customs
3. '57 Chevrolet - Billie Jo Spears
   
4. 92 Subaru - Fountains Of Wayne (2007)
   
5. 409 - Beach Boys (1962)
6. All I Wanted Was A Car - Brad Paisley
   
7. American Pie - Don McLean (1971)
8. The Automobile Song - Benny Bell
   
9. Beep Beep (Little Nash Rambler) - The Playmates (1958)
10. Behind The Wheel - Depeche Mode (1988)
    
11. Bitchin' Camero - Dead Milkmen (1985)
12. Black Sunshine - White Zombie (1992)
13. Cab Of My Truck - Dierks Bentley (2005)
14. Cadillac Assembly Line - Albert King
    
15. Cadillac Boogie - Jimmy Liggins (1947)
    
16. Cadillac Ranch - Bruce Springsteen (1981)
17. Cadillac Ranch - Chris LeDoux (1993)
18. Cadillac Style - Sammy Kershaw (1991)
19. Camaro - Kings Of Leon (2007)
20. The Car - Jeff Carson
    
21. Cars - Gary Numan (1980)
22. Cars - Fear Factory (1999)
23. Chevrolet - The Black Crowes
24. Chevrolet - Foghat
25. Chevrolet - ZZ Top
    
26. Chevy Van - Sammy Johns (1975)
27. Coupe DeVille - Neil Young (1988)
28. Dead Man's Curve - Jan & Dean (1964)
29. The Distance - Cake (1996)
    
30. Dodge Dart - Patty Larkin
31. Drag City - Jan & Dean
    
32. Drive - The Cars (1984)
33. Drive - REM (1992)
    
34. Drive (For Daddy Gene) - Alan Jackson (2002)
    
35. Drive My Car - The Beatles (1966)
36. El Camino - Ween (1990)
    
37. Fast Car - Tracy Chapman (1988)
38. Ford Econoline - Nanci Griffith
    
39. Freeway Of Love - Aretha Franklin (1985)
    
40. Fun Fun Fun - Beach Boys (1964)
41. Get Your Kicks On Route 66 - Nat King Cole (1946)
42. Get Your Kicks On Route 66 - Bing Crosby & The Andrew Sisters (1946)
43. Get Your Kicks On Route 66 - Perry Como (1959)
44. Go Lil' Camaro Go - The Ramones
    
45. Greased Lightnin' - John Travolta (1978) [Grease soundtrack]
    
46. G.T.O. - Ronny & The Daytonas (1964)
47. Helen Wheels - Paul McCartney & Wings (1973)
48. Hey Little Cobra - The Rip Chords (1963)
    
49. Highway Star - Deep Purple (1972)
50. Hot Rod City - Ronny & The Daytonas
    
51. Hot Rod Lincoln - Johnny Bond (1960)
    
52. Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen (1972)
    
53. I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar (1984)
54. I Get Around - Beach Boys (1964)
    
55. I'm In Love With My Car - Queen (1975)
    
56. Jaguar - The Who (1967)
57. Jeepster - T-Rex (1971)
58. Keep It Between The Lines - Ricky Van Shelton (1991)
    
59. Little Deuce Coupe - Beach Boys (1963)
60. Little Honda - The Hondells (1964)
    
61. Little Old Lady From Pasadena - Jan & Dean (1964)
    
62. Little Red Corvette - Prince (1983)
63. Long May You Run - Neil Young (1976)
    
64. Low Rider - War (1975)
65. Maybellene - Chuck Berry (1955)
66. Mercury Blues - Ry Cooder & David Lindley
67. Mercury Blues - Steve Miller
    
68. Mercury Blues - Alan Jackson (1993)
69. Mercury Boogie - KC Douglas (1949)
    
70. Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin (1971)
    
71. Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett (1966)
72. My Chevrolet - Phil Vassar
    
73. My Hooptie - Sir Mix-A-Lot
    
74. My Mighty GTO - Jan & Dean
    
75. No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry (1964)
76. Nothin' But The Tailights - Clint Black (1997)
77. Ol' '55 - Tom Waits
78. Ol' 55 - Eagles
    
79. The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song) - George Jones (1985)
    
80. One Piece At A Time - Johnny Cash (1976)
    
81. Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf (1978)
    
82. Pink Cadillac - Bruce Springsteen (1984)
83. Pink Cadillac - Natalie Cole (1988)
84. Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
    
85. Racing In The Street - Bruce Springsteen (1978)
86. Radar Love - Golden Earring (1974)
    
87. Red Barchetta - Rush (1981)
88. Riding With Private Malone - David Ball (2001)
89. Rocket 88 - Ike Turner (1951)
90. Rocket 88 - Bill Haley & The Saddlemen (1951)
91. Rockin' Down The Highway - Doobie Brothers (1972)
    
92. Roll On Down The Highway - Bachman Turner Overdrive (1975)
    
93. Route 66 - Depeche Mode (1988)
94. Route 66 - John Mayer
95. Rusty Chevrolet - Da Yoopers
96. Sausalito Summer Night - Diesel
    
97. Shut Down - Beach Boys
    
98. Six Days On The Road - Dave Dudley (1963)
99. Six Days On The Road - Sawyer Brown (1997)
100. Speed - Montgomery Gentry
     
101. SS 396 - Paul Revere & The Raiders
     
102. Stick Shifts & Safety Belts - Cake
103. Still Cruisin' - Beach Boys
104. Sweet Little '66 - Steve Earle
     
105. Three Window Coupe - Jan & Dean
     
106. Trans Am (Highway Wonderland) - Sammy Hagar (1979)

Drinking Songs – I’ll Drink To That!

Lots of songs come to mind when it comes to indulging a little – or a lot – as the case may be, whether it be at home enjoying good times with friends and family, at a concert, at the lake or beach, or at your favorite tavern or night spot. An ice cold beer at the ballpark on a sweltering hot day, a margarita or daiquiri poolside or whiskey sour or martini at a social event. However you decide to enjoy the libation, music just seems to flow right along with it. Whether your idea of a good time is rock, pop, alternative, punk, country, folk, blues, jazz, soul, reggae, big band, hip hop, or something else, this should almost be a definitive list of music to choose from. It is by no means complete, but a decent compilation of songs that evoke drinking, either in the title or within the lyrics somewhere. With so many to choose from, I decided to leave out the songs that don’t have alcohol or drinking involved. Unfortunately this leaves out a lot of songs you’d probably find and enjoy playing from the jukebox at your favorite bar. Even though a large number of the songs listed are country (drinking seems to be a common subject), I enjoy a wide variety of music myself. Any additional selections are welcome and encouraged. Enjoy

1. 40 Ounces To Freedom – – Sublime
2. 99 Bottles of Beer – - (traditional)
3. The Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) – – The Doors
4. Alcohol – - Barenaked Ladies
5. Alcohol – - Brad Paisley
6. Alcohol – - Gogol Bordello
7. All I Wanna Do – - Sheryl Crow
8. All Jacked Up – - Gretchen Wilson
9. All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight – - Hank Williams Jr.
10. All Summer Long – - Kid Rock
11. American Pie – - Don McLean
12. American Honky Tonk Bar Association – - Garth Brooks
13. Bar Room Buddies – - Merle Haggard & Clint Eastwood
14. Barstool Mountain – - Moe Bandy
15. Bartender Song – - Rehab
16. Beer – – Reel Big Fish
17. Beer Beer Beer – - The Clancy Brothers
18. Beer Can – - Beck
19. Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers – - ZZ Top
20. Beer In Mexico – - Kenny Chesney
21. Beer Is Good – - Psychostick
22. Beer Run – - George Jones & Garth Brooks
23. Beer Song (I’m Not As Drunk As You Think I Am) – - Rodney Carrington
24. Beer Song – - South Park Movie
25. Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel) – - Bobby Vinton
26. Beer Belly Blues – - Tim Wilson
27. Beer For My Horses – – Toby Keith & Willie Nelson
28. Beer Thirty – - Brooks & Dunn
29. Billy’s Got His Beer Goggles On – - Neal McCoy
30. Blame It (On The Alcohol) – - Jamie Foxx
31. Boat Drinks – - Jimmy Buffett
32. Bottle of Wine – - Fireballs
33. The Boys Are Back In Town – - Thin Lizzy
34. Brass Monkey – – Beastie Boys
35. Boot Scootin’ Boogie (club mix) – – Brooks & Dunn
36. The Bottle Let Me Down – - Merle Haggard
37. Bubbles In My Beer – - Bob Wills
38. Chug-A-Lug – - Roger Miller
39. Cigarettes & Alcohol – - Oasis
40. Closing Time – – Semisonic
41. Cold Gin – – Kiss
42. Colorado Kool-Aid – - Johnny Paycheck
43. Country Club – - Travis Tritt
44. Day Drinkin’ – - Dave Dudley & Tom T. Hall
45. Demon Alcohol – - The Kinks
46. Demon Alcohol – - Ozzy Osbourne
47. Domestic, Light & Cold – - Dierks Bentley
48. Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind) – - Loretta Lynn
49. Don’t The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time – - Mickey Gilley
50. Double Vision – - Foreigner
51. D-R-I-N-K – - The Jazz Butcher
52. Drink – - They Might Be Giants
53. Drink, Drink, Drink – - Mario Lanza
54. Drinkin’ & Dreamin’ – - Waylon Jennings
55. Drinkin’ & Drivin’ – - Johnny Paycheck
56. Drinkin’ Bone – - Tracy Byrd
57. Drinkin’ My Baby Goodbye – - Charlie Daniels Band
58. Drinkin’ Thing – Gary Stewart
59. Drinkin’ Wine (Spo-Dee-O-Dee) – - Jerry Lee Lewis
60. Drinkin’ Wine (Spo-Dee-O-Dee) – - Glen Campbell
61. Drinking Again – - Frank Sinatra
62. Drinking Again – - Rod Stewart
63. Drinking Problem – - Rehab
64. Drunk Daddy – - Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
65. Drunken Lazy Bastards – - The Pogues
66. Drunken Lullabies – - Flogging Molly
67. Drunker Than Me – - Trent Tomlinson
68. Dust On The Bottle – - David Lee Murphy
69. Elderberry Wine – – Elton John
70. Empty Glass – - Peter Townsend
71. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) – - Rupert Holmes
72. Family Tradition – – Hank Williams Jr.
73. Fifteen Beers – - Johnny Paycheck
74. Fifteen Beers Ago – - Ben Colder (Sheb Wooley)
75. Finnegan’s Wake – - Dropkick Murphys
76. Flannigan’s Ball – - Dropkick Murphys
77. Friends In Low Places – – Garth Brooks
78. Funky Cold Medina – - Tone Loc
79. Get Drunk & Be Somebody – - Toby Keith
80. Get My Drink On – - Toby Keith
81. Gimme Three Steps – - Lynyrd Skynyrd
82. Gin & Juice – - Snoop Dogg
83. Gin House Blues – - Nina Simone
84. Hangover Tavern – - Hank Thompson
85. Have A Drink On Me – – AC/DC
86. Here For The Party – - Gretchen Wilson
87. Hey Bartender – - Floyd Dixon
88. Home For A Rest – – Spirit of The West
89. Honky Tonk Women – - Rolling Stones
90. Honky Tonkin’ – - Hank Williams
91. I Ain’t Drunk (I’m Just Drinking) – - Albert Collins
92. I Drink Alone – George Thorogood & The Destroyers
93. I Got Drunk – - Montgomery Gentry
94. I Gotta Get Drunk – - Willie Nelson
95. I Like Beer – - Tom T. Hall
96. I Love This Bar – - Toby Keith
97. I Think I’ll Just Stay Here & Drink – - Merle Haggard
98. If Drinkin’ Don’t Kill Me (Her Memory Will) – - George Jones
99. I’m Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home – - David Frizzell
100. In Heaven There Is No Beer – - Clean Living
101. Irish Drinking Song – - (Traditional)
102. It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere – - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
103. Jack Daniels – - Miranda Lambert
104. Jack Daniels If You Please – - David Allan Coe
105. Jose Cuervo (You Are A Friend of Mine) – - Shelly West
106. Keg In The Closet – - Kenny Chesney
107. Killin’ Time – - Clint Black
108. Kiss Me I’m Shitfaced – - Dropkick Murphys
109. Lanigan’s Ball – - (Traditional Irish Pub Song)
110. Let’s All Get Drunk – - Afroman
111. Let’s Go Get Stoned – - Ray Charles
112. Life’s Been Good – - Joe Walsh
113. Little Ole Wine Drinker Me – - Dean Martin
114. Lola – – The Kinks
115. Longneck Bottle – - Garth Brooks
116. Margaritaville – - Jimmy Buffett
117. Margaritaville – - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
118. Mas Tequila – - Sammy Hagar
119. Misery & Gin – - Merle Haggard
120. Misery Loves Company – - Ronnie Milsap
121. The More I Drink – - Blake Shelton
122. Naked Women & Beer – - Hank Williams Jr.
123. Night Train – - Guns N Roses
124. On Tap, In The Can, Or In The Bottle – - Hank Thompson
125. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer – - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
126. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer – - John Lee Hooker
127. One For My Baby – - Frank Sinatra
128. Party Crowd – - David Lee Murphy
129. Pass The Booze – - Ernest Tubb
130. The Piano Has Been Drinking – - Tom Waits
131. Piano Man – – Billy Joel
132. Picture – - Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow
133. Pop-A-Top – - Jim Ed Brown
134. Pop-A-Top – – Alan Jackson
135. Pour Me – - Trick Pony
136. The Pub With No Beer – (Traditional)
137. Ramblin’ In The Rambler – - Yonder Mountain String Band
138. Red Red Wine – - Neil Diamond
139. Red Red Wine – - UB40
140. Redneck Yacht Club – - Craig Morgan
141. Rednecks, White Socks & Blue Ribbon Beer – - Johnny Russell
142. Roadhouse Blues – - The Doors
143. Rum & Coca-Cola – - The Andrews Sisters
144. Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting – - Elton John
145. Scotch & Soda – - Kingston Trio
146. Second Week of Deer Camp – - Da Yoopers
147. Set ‘Em Up Joe – - Vern Gosdin
148. Seven Deadly Sins – - Flogging Molly
149. Seven Drunken Nights – - The Dubliners
150. She Only Smokes When She Drinks – - Joe Nichols
151. She’s Actin’ Single (I’m Drinkin’ Doubles) — Gary Stewart
152. Since I Started Drinkin’ Again – - Dwight Yoakam
153. Six Pack – - Black Flag
154. Six Pack Summer – - Phil Vassar
155. A Six Pack To Go – - Hank Thompson
156. Sloppy Drunk – The Black Crowes
157. Small Town Saturday Night – - Hal Ketchum
158. Smokey The Bar – - Hank Thompson
159. Snortin’ Whiskey – - Pat Travers Band
160. Spill The Wine — Eric Burden & War
161. Straight Tequila Night – - John Anderson
162. Strawberry Wine – - Deanna Carter
163. Streams Of Whiskey – - The Pogues
164. Sunday Morning Coming Down – - Johnny Cash
165. Sunday Morning Coming Down – - Kris Kristofferson
166. Swinging Doors – - Merle Haggard
167. Ten Feet Tall & Bulletproof – - Travis Tritt
168. Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo – - Tracy Byrd
169. Tennessee Whiskey – - George Jones
170. Tequila – – The Champs
171. Tequila Loves Me – - Kenny Chesney
172. Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off – - Joe Nichols
173. Tequila Talkin’ – - Lonestar
174. Tequila Sunrise – - Eagles
175. There Stands The Glass – - Webb Pierce
176. There’s A Tear In My Beer – - Hank Williams
177. Tight Fittin’ Jeans – - Conway Twitty
178. Tonight The Heartache’s On Me – - Dixie Chicks
179. Too Drunk To – - Buckcherry
180. Too Drunk To F@#k – - Dead Kennedys
181. Tubthumping – - Chumbawamba
182. Two More Bottles Of Wine – - Emmylou Harris
183. Two Pina Coladas – - Garth Brooks
184. Two Six Packs Away – - Dave Dudley
185. Wasn’t That A Party – - Irish Rovers
186. Wasted – - Black Flag
187. Wasted – - Paranoid Social Club
188. Wasted Days & Wasted Nights – - Freddy Fender
189. Watermelon Crawl – - Tracy Byrd
190. What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me) – – Jerry Lee Lewis
191. What’s The Use of Getting Sober (When You’re Gonna Get Drunk Again) – - Louis Jordan
192. What’s Your Name – - Lynyrd Skynyrd
193. Where Everyone Knows Your Name – - Theme From Cheers (TV Show)
194. The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’ (Anymore) – – Travis Tritt & Marty Stuart
195. Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound – - Hank Williams Jr.
196. Whiskey Bottle – – Uncle Tupelo
197. Whiskey Girl – - Toby Keith
198. Whiskey If You Were A Woman – - Highway 101
199. Whiskey In The Jar – - Thin Lizzy
200. Whiskey In The Jar – - Metallica
201. Whiskey Lullaby – - Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss
202. Whiskey River – - Willie Nelson
203. Whiskey Trip – - Gary Stewart
204. White Lightnin’ – - George Jones
205. Who Will Buy The Wine – - Charlie Walker
206. Why Don’t We Get Drunk & Screw – - Jimmy Buffett
207. Wine Into Water – - T. Graham Brown
208. The World Needs A Drink – - Terri Clark
209. You Ain’t Much Fun (Since I Quit Drinkin’) – - Toby Keith
210. You, Me & The Bottle Makes Three – - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
211. You Never Even Called Me By My Name – - David Allan Coe

Songs About Trains – All Aboard!

“Listen to the jingle – The rumble and the roar – As she glides along the woodlands – Through the hills and by the shore – Hear the mighty rush of her engine – Hear those lonesome hobo’s call – Traveling through the jungle – On the Wabash Cannonball”….. A classic verse from “Wabash Cannonball”, originally a hit by the legendary Roy Acuff in 1936, covered by countless others over the years.

There is a certain fascination with trains, steel rails and the life of “trainman” … engineer, conductor, gandy dancer, etc. – A free spirit and a hard worker. This compilation of over 300 train songs is by no means complete, but gives an incredible selection of railroad and train related songs covering a huge genre range. You’ll notice a lot of bluegrass and old-time country songs here ranging from 60-80 years back mixed in with some modern day techno, punk, metal, hip hop and Euro-pop. And somewhere in between there is Big Band, jazz, swing, folk, reggae, showtunes, TV series themes, disco, rock, pop and modern country. Some relate to trains indifferent ways from the coal mine workers mixed with travelers and hobos. Several don’t have the word(s) train, locomotive, engines, railcars, boxcars, express, brakeman, rails, spike, etc in the title but have lines within the song suggesting rail travel. Others use the terms such as “Train in Vain” and “Train of Thought” as terms of thinking or action instead of the true sense of the subject matter. Enough said … Enjoy

1. 3:10 To Yuma – Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention)
2. 5:15 – The Who
3. 500 Miles – Kingston Trio/Peter Paul & Mary/Bobby Bare
4. Ain’t No Brakeman – John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
5. All Night Train – Allman Brothers Band
6. Amtrak (Ain’t Comin’ Back) – Billy Joe Shaver
7. Amtrak Is For Lovers – Houston Calls
8. Another Town Another Train – ABBA
9. Another Train Coming – Kim Weston
10. At The Station – Joe Walsh
11. B & O Blues – Big Joe Turner
12. Baby Likes To Rock It (Like A Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train) – The Tractors
13. Ballad Of Jesse James – Marty Robbins/Kingston Trio/Grandpa Jones/Michael Martin Murphy
14. Ballad of John Henry – Jimmy Dean
15. Big Black Train – Flatt & Scruggs
16. Big Freight Train Carry Me Home – Boxcar Willie
17. Big Railroad Blues – Grateful Dead
18. Big Rock Candy Mountain – Harry McClintock/Burl Ives
19. Big Steel Rail – Gordon Lightfoot
20. Big Train From Memphis – John Fogerty
21. Blue Railroad Train – Doc Watson
22. Blue Train – Johnny Cash
23. Blue Water Line – The Brothers Four
24. Boxcar Blues – Boxcar Willie
25. Boxcar Willie – Roy Acuff
26. Boxcars – Joe Ely
27. Boxcar’s My Home – Boxcar Willie/Willie Nelson
28. Brakeman’s Blues – Jimmie Rodgers
29. Canadian Pacific – Gordon Lightfoot/George Hamilton IV
30. Canadian Railroad Trilogy – Gordon Lightfoot
31. Cannonball – The Carter Family
32. Cannonball Blues – Utah Phillips/Grandpa Jones
33. Cannonball Rag – Doc Watson
34. Casey Jones – Grateful Dead
35. Casey Jones – Johnny Cash
36. Chattanooga Choo Choo – The Andrew Sisters/Glenn Miller/Cab Calloway
37. Chicken Train – Ozark Mountain Daredevils
38. Choo Choo Ch’boogie – Asleep At The Wheel/Stanley Brothers
    
39. City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie/Willie Nelson
40. C’mon On Ride That Train – Quad City DJ’s
41. Conjunction Junction – Schoolhouse Rock (TV segments)
42. Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
43. Daddy Was A Railroad Man – Boxcar Willie
44. Daddy, What’s A Train – Utah Phillips/John Denver
45. Daybreak Express – Duke Ellington
46. Desperadoes Waiting For A Train – The Highwaymen
47. Devil’s Train – Roy Acuff
48. Dixie Flyer – Randy Newman
49. Do The Choo-Choo – Archie Bell & The Drells
50. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
51. Down By The Station – The Four Preps
52. Downbound Train – Bruce Springsteen
53. Downtown Train – Tom Waits/Rod Stewart
54. Drill Ye Tarriers Drill – The Easy Riders
55. Driver 8 – REM
56. Driving The Last Spike – Genesis
57. Drug Train – Social Distortion
58. Early Morning Rain – Gordon Lightfoot/Peter Paul & Mary
59. Eastbound Train – Flatt & Scruggs
60. Engine Engine Number Nine – Roger Miller
61. Engine Number Nine – The Deftones
62. Engine Number Nine – Starlight Express Soundtrack
63. Engine Of Love – Starlight Express Soundtrack
64. Express – B.T. Express
65. Fast Express – Stanley Brothers
66. Fast Freight – Kingston Trio
67. Fast Moving Night Train – Grandpa Jones
68. Fast Train – April Wine
69. Fireball Mail – Roy Acuff/Flatt & Scruggs
70. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
71. Freedom Train – James Carr
72. Freight Train Blues – Jimmy Dean/Bob Dylan/Boxcar Willie
73. Freight Train Boogie – Red Foley/Doc Watson
74. Freight Train Comin’ – Metallica
75. Friendship Train – The Temptations
76. Full Throttle – Kottonmouth Kings
77. The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
78. Georgia On A Fast Train – Billy Joe Shaver/Johnny Cash
79. Get Back On The Train – Phish
80. Get Down Off The Train – The Isley Brothers
81. Ghetto Train – Luther Ingram
82. Ghost Train – Counting Crows/Bee Gees/Marc Cohn
83. Ghost Train – Gorillaz
84. Glendale Train – New Riders of The Purple Sage
85. Go Go Train – Freda Payne
86. Gone Darker – Electrelane
87. Gone Dead Train – Crazy Horse/Randy Newman
88. Gospel Train – The Wright Brothers
89. Graveyard Train – Creedence Clearwater Revival
90. Hear My Train A Comin’ – Jimi Hendrix
91. Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow – Roger Whittaker
92. Heart Like A Locomotive – Paul Butterfield Blues Band
93. Heartbreak Express – Dolly Parton
94. Hellbound Train – Savoy Brown
95. Here Comes The Freedom Train – Merle Haggard
96. Here Comes The Train – Solomon Burke
97. Hey Porter – Johnny Cash
98. High Speed Train – REM
99. Hobo Bill’s Last Ride – Hank Snow/Jimmie Rodgers/Merle Haggard
100. Hobo Heaven – Boxcar Willie
101. Hobo’s Lullaby – Woody Guthrie
102. Hobo’s Meditation – Jimmie Rodgers
103. Hobo You Can’t Ride This Train – Louis Armstrong
104. Hot Rails To Hell – Blue Oyster Cult
105. Homeward Bound – Simon & Garfunkel
106. I Love The Sound Of A Whistle – Boxcar Willie
107. I’m A Train – Albert Hammond
108. I’m Leaving On That Late Train – Solomon Burke
109. I’m On Fire – Bruce Springsteen
110. I’ve Been Working On The Railroad – Pete Seeger/Mitch Miller & His Gang
111. I’ve Got A Thing About Trains – Johnny Cash
112. If Love Was A Train – Michelle Shocked
113. Into You Like A Train – Psychedelic Furs
114. It Takes A Long Train (With A Red Caboose) – Bing Crosby/Peggy Lee
115. It Takes A Lot To Laugh (It Takes A Train To Cry) – Bob Dylan/Grateful Dead
116. Jenny Dreamed Of Trains – Sweethearts Of The Rodeo
117. John Henry – Merle Travis
118. Jump That Train – Foghat
119. Jumping Someone Else’s Train – The Cure
120. Just Another Whistle Stop – The Band
121. Just Like This Train – Joni Mitchell
122. Keep On Rollin’ Down The Line – Boxcar Willie
123. King Of The Road – Roger Miller
124. Lafayette Railroad – Little Feat
125. Last Train – Peter Rowan/Graham Central Station
126. Last Train For Glory – Arlo Guthrie
127. Last Train Home – Lost Prophets
128. Last Train Home (instrumental) – Pat Metheny Group
129. Last Train To Clarksville – The Monkees
130. Last Train To Heaven – Boxcar Willie
131. Last Train To London – Electric Light Orchestra
132. Last Train To Loveland – Eddie Hinton
133. Last Train To San Fernando – Johnny Duncan
134. Last Train To Transcentral – KLF
135. Legend Of John Henry – Johnny Cash
136. Let Me Ride The Southbound – Rex Allen
137. Let The Train Whistle Blow – Johnny Cash
138. The Letter – Box Tops/Joe Cocker
139. Life’s Railway To Heaven – Carter Family/Patsy Cline/Amazing Rhythm Aces
140. Linin’ Track – Leadbelly/Taj Mahal
141. The Loco-Motion – Little Eva
142. The Loco-Motion – Grand Funk Railroad
143. Locomotive – Motorhead
144. Locomotive – Sawyer Brown
145. Locomotive Breath – Jethro Tull
146. Locomotive Man – Johnny Cash
147. Lonesome Whistle – Hank Williams/Stonewall Jackson/Johnny Cash
148. Long Black Train – Josh Turner
149. Long Train – Guy Davis
150. Long Train Runnin’ – Doobie Brothers
151. Long Twin Silver Line – Bob Seger
152. Lost Train Blues – Woody Guthrie
153. Love Train – O’Jays
154. Love’s Train – Con Funk Shun
155. Lynnville Train – Robert Earl Keen
156. Marrakesh Express – Crosby Stills Nash & Young
157. Me & Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin/Kris Kristofferson
158. Medicine Train – The Cult
159. Memphis Flyer – Neil Diamond
160. Memphis Train – Rufus Thomas
161. The Metro – Berlin
162. Midnight Flyer – Osbourne Brothers/The Eagles
163. Midnight Special – Leadbelly/Joe Glazer
164. Midnight Special – Creedence Clearwater Revival
165. Midnight Train To Georgia – Gladys Knight & The Pips
166. Moose Turd Pie – Utah Philips
167. Morning Train – Peter Paul & Mary
168. Morning Train (Nine To Five) – Sheena Easton
169. Movin’ On – Hank Snow
170. The MTA – Kingston Trio
171. Mule Train – Tennessee Ernie Ford
172. My Baby Thinks He’s A Train – Roseanne Cash
173. Mystery Train – Elvis Presley/Ronnie Hawkins
174. Mystery Train – Bob Welch/Flying Burrito Brothers
175. New Train – John Prine
176. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – Joan Baez/The Band
177. Night Train – James Brown/Bobby Womack
178. Night Train – Guns N Roses
179. Night Train To Memphis – Roy Acuff/Jerry Lee Lewis/Grandpa Jones
180. Nine Hundred Miles – Woody Guthrie/New Christy Minstrels
181. Nine Pound Hammer – Bill Monroe/Merle Travis/Chet Atkins
182. Nine Pound Hammer – Beau Brummels/Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
183. Nobody Takes The Train Anymore – Holly Dunn
184. Old Iron Trail – Boxcar Willie
185. Old Train – Tony Rice Unit
186. On The Atchison Topeka & The Santa Fe – The Andrew Sisters/Bing Crosby/Judy Garland
187. On The Atchison Topeka & The Santa Fe – Johnny Mercer/Tommy Dorsey
188. On The Train – Janis Ian
189. One More Ride – Hank Snow/Johnny Cash
190. One Toke Over The Line – Brewer & Shipley
191. Orange Blossom Special – Johnny Cash/Charlie Daniels Band
192. Orange Blossom Special – Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys/Flatt & Scruggs
193. Party Train – Gap Band
194. Passage To Bangkok – Rush
195. Passin’ Train – Sawyer Brown
196. Peace Train – Cat Stevens
197. Petticoat Junction (TV Show Theme) – Flatt & Scruggs
198. The Polar Express (Movie Soundtrack) – Tom Hanks
199. Promised Land – Elvis Presley
200. Put Me On A Train Back To Texas – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
201. Queen Of The Rails – Utah Phillips
202. The Rail Song – Adrian Belew
203. Railroad Blues – Beastie Boys
204. A Railroad Bum – Jim Reeves
205. Railroad Lady – Jimmy Buffett
206. Railroad Man – The Eels
207. The Railroad Song – Jim Croce
208. Railroad Song – Lynyrd Skynyrd
209. Ramblin’ On My Mind – John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers/Eric Clapton
210. Ramblin Blues – Robert Johnson
211. Ride The Train – Alabama
212. Ride This Train – Mel McDaniel
213. Riding That Midnight Train – Doc Watson/Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
214. Rock Island Line – Lonnie Donegan/Leadbelly/Johnny Horton
215. Rock Island Line – Johnny Cash/Carl Perkins/Kingston Trio
216. Roundhouse Blues – Moby Grape
217. RR Express – Rose Royce
218. Runaway Train – Elton John/Eric Clapton
219. Runaway Train – Soul Asylum
220. Same Train Different Time – Jimmy Rogers
221. She’ll Be Comin’ Round The Mountain – Tex Ritter/Pete Seeger
222. Silver Train – Rolling Stones
223. Silverton Train – C.W. McCall
224. Slow Train – Staple Singers
225. Slow Train Comin’ – Bob Dylan
226. Soul Train – Mary Wells/The Manhattans
227. Soul Train Theme (TV Show Theme) – Soul Train Gang
228. Soul Train ‘93 (Know You Like To Dance) – Naughty By Nature
229. Soul Train’s A Comin’ – O’Bryan
230. Southbound Train – David Crosby & Graham Nash
231. Southbound Train – Travis Tritt
232. Southern Pacific – Neil Young
233. Spanish Train – Chris DeBurgh
234. Spell Of A Train – Riccochet
235. Stop This Train – John Mayer
236. Starlight On The Rails – Flatt & Scruggs/Utah Phillips
237. Station To Station – David Bowie
238. Steel Rails – Allison Krauss
239. Stop That Train – The Wailers
240. Strangers On A Train – New Riders Of The Purple Sage
241. Streamlined Cannonball – Roy Acuff/Doc Watson
242. Take The ‘A’ Train – Duke Ellington
243. Take The ‘A’ Train – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
244. Taking Care Of Business – Bachman Turner Overdrive
245. Tennessee Central Number Nine – Roy Acuff
246. Texas Silver Zephyr – Red Steagall
247. Texas 1947 – Johnny Cash/Guy Clark
248. That Memphis Train – Grandpa Jones
249. That Old Train Whistle – Smothers Brothers
250. That Train – Jerry Butler
251. This Train – Woody Guthrie
252. This Train – Augie March
253. This Train Don’t Stop Here Anymore – Elton John
254. This Train Revisted – Indigo Girls
255. Throw Mama From The Train – Patti Page
256. Ticket To Ride – The Beatles/The Carpenters
257. Tons Of Steel – Grateful Dead
258. Train – Goldfrapp
259. Train 45 – Stanley Brothers
260. Train A-Travelin’ – Bob Dylan
261. Train From Kansas City – Shangri-Las
262. Train Hoppin’ – Jack Johnson
263. Train In The Distance – Paul Simon
264. Train In The Hollow – The County Gentlemen
265. Train In Vain – The Clash
266. Train Keep On Movin’ – The 5th Dimension
267. Train Kept-A-Rollin’ – Aerosmith/The Yardbirds
268. Train Leaves Here This Morning – The Eagles
269. Train Long Suffering – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
270. Train Of Consequences – Megadeth
271. Train Of Love – Willie Hutch/Johnny Cash
272. Train Of Love – Neil Young & Crazy Horse
273. Train Of Thought – Cher
274. Train’ Round The Bend – The Velvet Underground
275. Train Song – Tom Waits/Gram Parsons/Phish
276. Train Songs – Tom T. Hall
277. Train Train – Dolly Parton/Blackfoot
278. Train Whistle Blues – Hank Snow/Jimmie Rodgers
279. Train Wreck – Sarah McLachlan
280. Trains – Ian Anderson/Al Stewart
281. Trains, Boats & Planes – Dionne Warwick
282. Trains Make Me Lonesome – George Strait
283. Trains Tracks & Travel – Hank Snow
284. Trainwreck Of Emotion – Lorrie Morgan
285. Trans-Europe Express – Kraftwerk
286. TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) – MFSB/The Three Degrees
287. TSOP 2000 – Dr. Freeze & Samson
288. Two Trains Running – Paul Butterfield Blues Band/Little Feat
289. Up On Soul Train – The Waters/The Whispers
290. Wabash Cannonball – Roy Acuff/Carter Family/Doc Watson/Utah Phillips
291. Wabash Cannonball – Johnny Cash/The Limeliters/Chet Atkins
292. Waiting At The Station – Aaron Neville
293. Waiting For A Train – Roy Acuff/Hank Snow/Jimmie Rodgers
294. Waiting For A Train – Jerry Lee Lewis/Johnny Cash/Jim Reeves
295. Walking Down A Railroad Line – Woody Guthrie
296. Westbound Train – Dennis Brown
297. When The Golden Train Comes Down – Sons Of The Pioneers
298. Whistle Stop – Louis Prima
299. White Freightliner Blues – Steve Earle
300. Will There Be Any Freight Trains In Heaven – Jimmy Rogers/Merle Haggard
301. Wreck Of The Old ’97 – Woody Guthrie/Hank Snow/Flatt & Scruggs
302. Wreck Of The Old ‘97 – Johnny Cash/Boxcar Willie
303. Zion Train – Bob Marley & The Wailers

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Songs About Days Of The Week

For those of you wishing to put a music playlist together of things to get done for each day of the week, here’s some tunes to help get ya started. You might even call this a motivational list or even a therapeutic one. Maybe for your daily workout routine, could make chores or household cleaning just a tad more pleasant, possible for the long drive to work in traffic, or to that meeting or appointment you really are stressing about. Whatever the purpose, here’s a nice compilation list for you to choose from. As you will soon find out, some days seem to be just a little more popular than others

Monday

1. Blue Monday – Fats Domino
2. Blue Monday – New Order
3. Come Monday – Jimmy Buffett
4. Double Monday – Dio
5. Except For Monday – Lorrie Morgan
6. I Don’t Have To Be Me (’Til Monday) – Steve Azar
7. I Don’t Like Mondays – Boomtown Rats
8. It Sure Is Monday – Mark Chesnutt
9. Long Monday – John Prine
10. Manic Monday – The Bangles
11. Make It Till Monday – The Verve
12. Monday – The Jam
13. Monday Monday – The Mamas & The Papas
14. Monday Morning – Fleetwood Mac
15. Monday Morning Blues – Breathe
16. Monday Morning Secretary – The Statler Brothers
17. Monday To Sunday – Superbus
18. New Moon On Monday – Duran Duran
19. Rainy Days & Mondays – The Carpenters
20. Stormy Monday – T-Bone Walker
21. Stormy Monday – Allman Brothers Band

Tuesday

1. Barely Out Of Tuesday – Counting Crows
2. Church On Tuesday – Stone Temple Pilots
3. Everything’s Tuesday – Chairmen Of The Board
4. Forever Tuesday Morning – The Mockers
5. Hung Over On A Tuesday – Dredg
6. Losing On A Tuesday – Adam Green
7. Love You Till Tuesday – David Bowie
8. Sun Comes Up, It’s Tuesday Morning – Cowboy Junkies
9. Ruby Tuesday – Rolling Stones
10. Sweet Tuesday Morning – Badfinger
11. Tuesday – Monoral
12. Tuesday Afternoon – Moody Blues
13. Tuesday Heartache – Steve Perry
14. Tuesday Heartbreak – Stevie Wonder
15. Tuesday Morning – Michelle Branch
16. Tuesday Night Music Club – Sheryl Crow
17. Tuesday’s Dead – Cat Stevens
18. Tuesday’s Gone – Lynyrd Skynyrd
19. Tuesday’s Gone – Metallica
20. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays – Jimmy Buffett

Wednesday

1. Ash Wednesday – Shivaree
2. Ash Wednesday – Elvis Perkins
3. Big Wednesday – Adam Freeland
4. Waiting For Wednesday – Lisa Loeb
5. Wednesday – Tori Amos
6. Wednesday – Jimmy Eat World
7. Wednesday Evening Blues – John Lee Hooker
8. Wednesday Girl – The Jet Set
9. Wednesday Morning – America
10. Wednesday Morning 3 AM – Simon & Garfunkel
11. Wednesday Week – Elvis Costello
12. Wednesday Week – The Undertones
13. Wednesday’s Child – Matt Monro
14. Wednesday’s Song – John Frusciante

Thursday

1. Any Given Thursday – John Mayer
2. Outlook For Thursday – Dave Dobbyn
3. Sweet Thursday – Matt Costa
4. This Ordinary Thursday – Georgia Stitt
5. Thursday – Jim Croce
6. Thursday – Life Of Agony
7. Thursday Afternoon – Brian Eno
8. Thursday Night Blues – Johnny Otis
9. Thursday’s Child – David Bowie
   

Friday

1. A Few Minutes On Friday – Bright Eyes
2. Another Friday Night – Kenny Chesney
3. Black Friday – Steely Dan
4. Friday I’m In Love – The Cure
5. Friday On My Mind – The Easybeats
6. Friday On My Mind – David Bowie
7. Friday On My Mind – The Shadows
8. Friday’s Child – Nancy Sinatra
9. Friday’s Child – Van Morrison
10. Friday Let Me Down – Hall & Oates
11. Friday Night – Good Charlotte
12. Friday Night – The Darkness
13. Friday Night – McFly
14. Friday Night Blues – John Conlee
15. Friday Night Fever – George Strait
16. Friday Night, Saturday Morning – The Specials
17. Friday Street – Paul Weller
18. Get ‘Em Out By Friday – Genesis
19. Thank God It’s Friday – Love & Kisses
20. Thank God It’s Friday – R. Kelly

Saturday

1. 10:15 Saturday Night – The Cure
2. Almost Saturday Night – John Fogerty
3. Another Saturday Night – Sam Cooke
4. Another Saturday Night – Cat Stevens
5. Book Of Saturday – King Crimson
6. Come Saturday Morning – The Sandpipers
7. Dancing On A Saturday Night – Barry Blue
8. Drive-In Saturday – David Bowie
9. Get Down Saturday Night – Oliver Cheatham
10. Jukebox Saturday Night – Glenn Miller
11. Livingston Saturday Night – Jimmy Buffett
12. One More Saturday Night – Grateful Dead
13. Saturday – Fall Out Boy
14. Saturday Gigs – Mott The Hoople
15. Saturday In The Park – Chicago
16. Saturday Love – Cherrelle & Alexander O’Neal
17. Saturday Morning – The Eels
18. Saturday Mornig Confusion – Bobby Russell
19. Saturday Night – Bay City Rollers
20. Saturday Night – New Christy Minstrels
21. Saturday Night – Suede
22. Saturday Night – Whigfield
23. Saturday Nite – Earth Wind & Fire
24. Saturday Night At The Movies – The Drifters
25. Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees – Leyton Buzzards
26. Saturday Night Special – Lynyrd Skynyrd
27. Saturday Night Special – Conway Twitty
28. Saturday Night, Sunday Morning – Thelma Houston
29. Saturday Night, Sunday Morning – Madness
30. Saturday Night & Sunday Morning – Phil Collins
31. Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting – Elton John
32. Saturday Savior – Failure
33. Saturday’s Kids – The Jam
34. Saturdays – De La Soul
35. Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night – Bon Jovi

Sunday

1. Black Sunday – Jethro Tull
2. Black Sunday – Cold
3. Blue Sunday – The Doors
4. Blue Sunday – Tom Petty
5. Beautiful Sunday – Daniel Boone
6. Easy (Like Sunday Morning) – The Commodores
7. Easy (Like Sunday Morning) – Faith No More
8. Everyday Is Like Sunday – Morrissey
9. Gloomy Sunday – Billie Holiday
10. Gloomy Sunday – Bjork
11. I Met Him On A Sunday – The Shirells
12. It Must Be Sunday – Phoebe Snow
13. Lazin’ On A Sunday Afternoon – Queen
14. Lazy Sunday – Small Faces
15. Never On Sunday – The Chordettes
16. Never On Sunday – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
17. Pleasant Valley Sunday – The Monkees
18. Raining On Sunday – Keith Urban
19. Sunday & Me – Jay & The Americans
20. Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
21. Sunday Down In Tennessee – Red Foley
22. Sunday Drive – The Early November
23. Sunday Drive – Alabama
24. Sunday For Tea – Peter & Gordon
25. Sunday Girl – Blondie
26. Sunday In New York – Mel Torme
27. Sunday In The South – Shenandoah
28. Sunday Kind Of Love – Ella Fitzgerald
29. Sunday Kind Of Love – Etta James
30. Sunday Kind Of Love – Harptones
31. Sunday Kind Of Love – Reba McEntire
32. Sunday, Monday Or Always – Bing Crosby
33. Sunday, Monday Or Always – Frank Sinatra
34. Sunday Mornin’ – Spanky & Our Gang
35. Sunday Morning – Velvet Underground
36. Sunday Morning – Ani DiFranco
37. Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
38. Sunday Morning – No Doubt
39. Sunday Morning Call – Oasis
40. Sunday Morning Coming Down – Johnny Cash
41. Sunday Morning Coming Down – Kris Kristofferson
42. Sunday Papers – Joe Jackson
43. Sunday Sun – Beck
44. Sunday Sunday – Blur
45. Sunday Sunrise – Brenda Lee
46. Sunday Will Never Be The Same – Spanky & Our Gang
47. Sunny Sunday – Joni Mitchell
48. What Are You Doing Sunday – Tony Orlando & Dawn
49. Will You Be Staying After Sunday – Peppermint Rainbow

Weekend Bonus

1. Lonely Weekends – Charlie Rich
2. The Weekend Song – Alanis Morissette
3. Weekend – Wet Willie
4. Weekend In New England – Barry Manilow
5. Weekend Song – Billy Joel
6. Wild Weekend – The Rebels
7. Wild Weekend – Dave Clark Five
8. Working For The Weekend – Loverboy

Others (Days of the week mentioned frequently in verses)

1. Da Doo Ron Ron – The Crystals
2. Da Doo Ron Ron – Shaun Cassidy
3. Eight Days A Week – The Beatles
4. Happy Days (Theme from TV Series) – Pratt & McLain
5. Lady Madonna – The Beatles
6. Police On My Back – The Clash
7. Seven Days – Sting
8. Seven Days – Craig David
9. The Man I Love – Billie Holiday
10. The Man You Love – Il Divo

Songs For Dad

Sometimes we get to reflecting and thinking about our childhood years and our days of growing up so long ago (depending upon your age now). Our memories transport us back to our youth and how we interacted with our parents and siblings – the good times, the not-so-good times, the sad times and how we learned to cope with what we had. And for many of us that had a strong and caring father (or father figure) in our lives, we think back on how our lives were shaped into who we are today. The music list below represents songs that can remind us of our dad, some more insightful than others, some with not so perfect situations, but none-the-less, still remind us about him. Whether you called him dad, daddy, father, pops, papa or any other special name, this will serve as a collection of songs to find to download to your mp3 or computer or to burn to disc. This song inventory could also help make an ideal birthday gift to dad, or could serve as a fitting tribute for dad’s memory. Whatever the situation, here it is for you to decide.

PS – A majority of the songs below are also listed in the Father’s Day post awhile back, but have been listed again due to the fact of the Father’s Day Song post being referenced only once or twice a year in early June. This reference is meant to be for year-round use as necessary.

1. Alone Again Naturally – Gilbert O’Sullivan
2. The Baron – Johnny Cash
3. Beautiful Boy – John Lennon
4. The Best Day of My Life – George Strait
5. A Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
6. Bridge Over Troubled Waters – Simon & Garfunkel
7. Busy Man – Billy Ray Cyrus
8. Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle
9. The Car – Jeff Carson
10. Cat’s In The Cradle – Harry Chapin
11. Coal Miners Daughter – Loretta Lynn
12. Color Him Father – The Winstons
13. Daddy & Home – Jimmie Rodgers
14. Daddy Come Home – George Jones
15. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) – Merle Haggard
16. Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind – Confederate Railroad
17. Daddy Sang Bass – Johnny Cash
18. Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher – Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
19. Daddy What If – Bobby Bare
20. Daddy’s Cup – Drive-By Truckers
21. Daddy’s Girl – Red Sovine
22. Daddy’s Hands – Holly Dunn
23. Daddy’s Home – Shep & The Limelites
24. Daddy’s Home – Jermaine Jackson
25. Daddy’s Home – Cliff Richard
26. Daddy’s Little Girl – Karla Bonoff
27. Daddy Loved Trains – Keith Whitley
28. Daddy’s Song – Nilsson
29. Dance With My Father – Luther Vandross
30. Dear Dad – Chuck Berry
31. The Dirt Road – Sawyer Brown
32. The Dollar – Jamey Johnson
33. Don’t Cry Daddy – Elvis Presley
34. Dream of Our Fathers – Dave Matthews Band
35. Drive (For Daddy Gene) – Alan Jackson
36. Father & Son – Cat Stevens
37. Father & Son – John Williams
38. Father & Daughter – Paul Simon
39. Father To Son – Queen
40. Fathers & Sons – Del McCoury Band
41. Father’s Son – 3 Doors Down
42. Father’s Table Grace – Flatt & Scruggs
43. The Games That Daddy’s Play – Conway Twitty
44. Giddy Up Go – Red Sovine
45. A Good Man -Emerson Drive
46. Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout The Good Old Days) – The Judds
47. The Greatest Man I Never Knew – Reba McEntire
48. Grown Men Don’t Cry – Tim McGraw
49. He Didn’t Have To Be – Brad Paisley
50. He Walked On Water – Randy Travis
51. Help Pour Out The Rain (Lacey’s Song) – Buddy Jewell
52. Hero – Mariah Carey
53. High Cotton – Alabama
54. Holes In The Floor Of Heaven – Steve Wariner
55. Home – Joe Diffie
56. I Don’t Call Him Daddy – Doug Supernaw
57. I Don’t Call Him Daddy – Kenny Rogers
58. I Got A Name – Jim Croce
59. I Miss You A Little – John Michael Montgomery
60. I Still Can’t Say Goodbye – Chet Atkins
61. I Think About You – Collin Raye
62. I Wish I Could Have Been There – John Anderson
63. I’ll Stand By You – The Pretenders
64. In My Father’s Eyes – Eric Clapton
65. I’ve Been Watching You – Rodney Atkins
66. Just The Two Of Us – Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers
67. Just The Two Of Us – Will Smith
68. Last Game Of The Season (Blind Man In The Bleachers) – David Geddes
69. Leader Of The Band – Dan Fogelberg
70. The Living Years – Mike & The Mechanic
71. Love Without End, Amen – George Strait
72. Mom & Dad’s Waltz – Lefty Frizell
73. My Baby & My Wife – Ernest Tubb
74. My Dad – Paul Peterson
75. My Father (Always Promised Me) – Judy Collins
76. My Father’s Eyes – Amy Grant
77. My Son Calls Another Man Daddy – Hank Williams
78. Oh Very Young – Cat Stevens
79. Old Man – Neil Young
80. Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line – Waylon Jennings
81. Papa Can You Hear Me – Barbra Streisand
82. Papa Was A Rolling Stone – The Temptations
83. Patches – Clarence Carter
84. Randall Knife – Guy Clark
85. Ready Set, Don’t Go – Billy Ray Cyrus & Miley Cyrus
86. Recollections (The Father’s Theme) – John Williams
87. See The Big Man Cry – Charlie Louvin
88. Seein’ My Father In Me – Paul Overstreet
89. Ships – Barry Manilow
90. Small Town Southern Man – Alan Jackson
91. So Much Like My Dad – George Strait
92. Something Stupid – Frank & Nancy Sinatra
93. Something To Be Proud Of – Montgomery Gentry
94. A Song For Dad – Keith Urban
95. Song For My Father – Horace Silver
96. Sorry, Love Daddy – Brian McFadden
97. Talkin’ To The Wrong Man – Michael Martin Murphy
98. Teach Your Children – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
99. That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine – Gene Autry
100. That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine – Johnny Cash
101. That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine – Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard & Ray Price
102. That’s My Job – Conway Twitty
103. There Goes My Life – Kenny Chesney
104. They Don’t Make ‘Em Like My Daddy Anymore – Loretta Lynn
105. Things I Wish I’d Said – Rodney Crowell
106. Through The Years – Kenny Rogers
107. Time In A Bottle – Jim Croce
108. To Daddy – Dolly Parton
109. To Daddy – Emmylou Harris
110. Unforgettable – Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole
111. With Arms Wide Open – Creed
112. You & Me & Time – George Jones
113. Your Dad Did – John Hiatt
114. You’ve Got To Stand For Something (Or You’ll Fall For Anything) - Aaron Tippin

Father’s Day Songs – A Tribute To Dad & Grandpa

Fathers’ Day is a very special day to honor not only our dads , papas and granddads, but those who’ve been a father figure to us over the years. Majority of us have our own fond and special thoughts of dad. For those fortunate enough to still have dad around, treasure and acknowledge him frequently. And for those of us who have lost our dads, the memories linger on and become even stronger as Father’s Day approaches.

My own Dad passed 14 years ago but somehow I know he will hear these heartfelt songs in Heaven and will no doubt be playing some of his own favorite Father’s Day songs from the Big Band era with a huge smile on his face and great pride in his heart.

Happy Father’s Day, Dad ….. I Love You.

Happy Father’s Day to all fathers, dads, stepfathers, grandfathers, Godfathers in the spiritual sense, and big brothers who are like fathers. I love music of all kinds, so I put together a little list of my favorite songs about good ole dad ….. Enjoy

Just Added ……….

* Make sure to check out more songs about dad by clicking this link > Songs For Dad

1. The Living Years – Mike & The Mechanics
2. Daddy’s Hands – Holly Dunn
3. Through The Years – Kenny Rogers
4. Seein’ My Father In Me – Paul Overstreet
5. Cat’s In The Cradle – Harry Chapin
6. He Walked On Water – Randy Travis
7. I Don’t Call Him Daddy – Doug Supernaw
8. I Don’t Call Him Daddy – Kenny Rogers
9. Drive (For Daddy Gene) – Alan Jackson
10. I’ll Stand By You – The Pretenders
11. Leader Of The Band – Dan Fogelberg
12. In My Father’s Eyes – Eric Clapton
13. Unforgettable – Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole
14. Love Without End, Amen – George Strait
15. My Dad – Paul Peterson
16. Patches – Clarence Carter
17. Ready Set, Don’t Go – Billy Ray Cyrus & Miley Cyrus
18. Hero – Mariah Carey
19. Time In A Bottle – Jim Croce
20. The Car – Jeff Carson
21. Father & Son – Cat Stevens
22. Father & Daughter – Paul Simon
23. So Much Like My Dad – George Strait
24. Beautiful Boy – John Lennon
25. Daddy Sang Bass – Johnny Cash
26. Grown Men Don’t Cry – Tim McGraw
27. He Didn’t Have To Be – Brad Paisley
28. Daddy What If – Bobby Bare
29. Daddy’s Home – Shep & The Limelites
30. Daddy’s Home – Jermaine Jackson
31. Daddy’s Home – Cliff Richard
32. A Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
33. Dance With My Father – Luther Vandross
34. Holes In The Floor Of Heaven – Steve Wariner
35. Papa Can You Hear Me – Barbra Streisand
36. Things I Wish I’d Said – Rodney Crowell
37. Song For My Father – Horace Silver
38. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) – Merle Haggard
39. Last Game Of The Season (Blind Man In The Bleachers) – David Geddes
40. The Greatest Man I Never Knew – Reba McEntire
41. Coal Miners Daughter – Loretta Lynn
42. Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout The Good Old Days) – The Judds
43. I’ve Been Watching You – Rodney Atkins
44. The Games That Daddy’s Play – Conway Twitty
45. Daddy’s Little Girl – Karla Bonoff
46. Just The Two Of Us – Will Smith
47. Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle
48. I Got A Name – Jim Croce
49. The Dirt Road – Sawyer Brown
50. Old Man – Neil Young
51. Color Him Father – The Winstons
52. Something Stupid – Frank & Nancy Sinatra
53. Talkin’ To The Wrong Man – Michael Martin Murphy
54. I Miss You A Little – John Michael Montgomery
55. You’ve Got To Stand For Something (Or You’ll Fall For Anything) – Aaron Tippin
56. Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line – Waylon Jennings
57. My Father (Always Promised Me) – Judy Collins
58. That’s My Job – Conway Twitty
59. A Good Man -Emerson Drive
60. With Arms Wide Open – Creed
61. High Cotton – Alabama
62. Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind – Confederate Railroad
63. They Don’t Make ‘Em Like My Daddy Anymore – Loretta Lynn
64. That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine – Gene Autrey
65. My Son Calls Another Man Daddy – Hank Williams
66. Mom & Dad’s Waltz – Lefty Frizell

* Make sure to check out more songs about dad by clicking this link > Songs For Dad

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Father’s Day Facts

The idea of Father’s Day was conceived in Spokane, Washington by Sonora Dodd while she listened to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909.

Dodd (now known as “the mother of Father’s Day”) wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a farm.

The following year, June 19, 1910 was chosen for the first Father’s Day celebration, proclaimed by Spokane’s mayor because it was the month of William Smart’s birth.

Decades later, the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers was issued in 1966 when President Lyndon Johnson designated the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. Father’s Day has been celebrated annually since 1972 when President Richard Nixon signed the public law that made it permanent.

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Father’s Day By The Numbers

This is a big day for the 66.3 million fathers in America.

Nearly 95 million Father’s Day cards were given last year in the United States, making Father’s Day the fourth-largest card-sending occasion.

Sons and daughters send 50 percent of the Father’s Day card to their dads. Nearly 20 percent of Father’s Day cards are purchased by wives for their husbands. That leaves 30 percent of the cards which go to grandfathers, sons, brothers, uncles and “someone special.”

While not everyone in America is a fan of Father’s Day, 72 percent of Americans plan to celebrate or acknowledge Father’s Day.

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Gifts For Dad On Father’s Day

Neckties are an old standby and lead the list of Father’s Day gifts. A good place to buy dad a tie or a shirt might be one of 9,189 mens clothing stores around the country.

Other items high on the list of Father’s Day gifts include those items you may find in dad’s toolbox such as hammers, wrenches and screwdrivers. You could buy some of these items for dad at one of the nation’s 14,864 hardware stores or 5,795 home centers.

Other traditional gifts for dad such as fishing rods and golf clubs make for a happy Father’s Day for the 22,410 sporting goods stores in America.

More than 68 million Americans participated at a barbeque in the last year — it’s probably safe to assume many of these barbecues took place on Father’s Day.

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Mr. Mom

Mr. Mom is becoming a more common sight at parks across America with 147,000 estimated “stay-at-home” dads. These married fathers with children under 15 years old have remained out of the labor force for more than one year primarily so they can care for the family while their wives work outside the home. These fathers cared for 268,000 children under 15.

The dads seem to stay home more with younger children. Preschoolers claim 20 percent of fathers with employed wives who were the primary caregiver for their preschooler. In contrast, only 6 percent of fathers provided the most hours of care for their grade-school-aged child.

Many families split the responsibility of child care. Many Dad’s (32%) with full time jobs regularly worked evening or night shifts and were the primary source of care for their preschoolers during their children’s mother’s working hours.

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Article Source: US Census Bureau

Islands In The Sun – Songs With A Tropical Theme

The Heat Is On …..

The Surf Is Up …..

The Sails Are Set …..

Anyone thinking of an exotic getaway this summer? … Maybe Hawaii, maybe the Caribbean or Jamaica, how about the Cayman Islands or maybe up Alaska way to the Aleutians and the Cook Inlet. Well, even if YOU can’t escape or getaway this summer, give your mind an exotic vacation with some “Tropical Tunes” of the islands. A range of genres from reggae to rock to country to pop standards of long ago are included to give you the feel of a tropical paradise vacation. Soft white sands, palm trees, sailboats, cool breezes, a gentle mist, mild waves, blue horizons, island sunsets, a tropical drink… all reminiscent of well deserved paradise adventure, at least in your mind. Even a couple of pirates and a coconut thrown in for good measure here also. I’m sure there are more out there but this should give you a good start for putting a playlist together for your ipod or even making a cd to take along with you wherever you’re going. Enjoy!

1. Almost Paradise – Roger Williams
2. Almost Paradise (Love Theme from Footloose) – Mike Reno & Ann Wilson
3. Aloha Oe – George Greeley
4. An American Dream – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
5. Another Day In Paradise – Phil Collins
6. Back To The Island – Leon Russell
7. Bali Ha’i – Jo Stafford
8. Banana Boat Song (Day-O) – Harry Belafonte
9. Beyond The Blue Horizon – Lou Christie
10. Beyond The Reef – Andy Williams
11. Beyond The Sea – Bobby Darin
12. Blue Hawaii – Elvis Presley
13. Caribbean – Mitchell Torok
14. Caribbean Queen – Billy Ocean
15. Christmas Island – Jimmy Buffett
16. Coconut – Harry Nilsson
17. Cool Change – Little River Band
18. Cool Night – Paul Davis
19. Ebb Tide – Frank Chacksfield
20. Enchanted Island – The Four Lads
21. Escape (The Pina Coloda Song) – Rupert Holmes
22. Gidget Goes Hawaiian – Duane Eddy
23. Harbor Lights – Sammy Kaye
24. Hawaii – The Beach Boys
25. Hawaii Five-O – The Ventures
26. Hawaii Tattoo – The Waikkis
27. Hawaii Sunset – Elvis Presley
28. Hawaiian War Chant – Billy Vaughn
29. Hawaiian Wedding Song – Andy Williams
30. Hold On – Santana
31. Hula Love – Buddy Knox
32. I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash or Jimmy Cliff
33. In The Middle Of An Island – Tennessee Ernie Ford
34. Island – Jesse Colin Young
35. Island Girl – Elton John
36. Island In The Sun – Harry Belafonte
37. Island Of Lost Souls – Blondie
38. Island Of Love – Elvis Presley
39. Island Woman – Pablo Cruise
40. Islands – John Denver
41. Islands In The Stream – Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
42. Jamaica Farewell – Harry Belafonte
43. Jammin’ – Bob Marley
44. Kokomo – The Beach Boys
45. La Isla Bonita – Madonna
46. The Last Farewell – Roger Whitaker
47. Late In The Evening – Paul Simon
48. Leah – Roy Orbison
49. Little Coco Palm – Jerry Wallace
50. Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
51. Margaritaville – Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
52. Montego Bay – Bobby Bloom
53. Moondance – Van Morrison
54. On An Island – David Gilmour
55. Paradise – Sade
56. Paradise – Third World
57. Pearly Shells – Burl Ives
58. Pineapple Princess – Annette
59. A Pirate Looks At Forty – Jimmy Buffett
60. Quiet Village – Martin Denny
61. Red Red Wine – UB40
62. Red Sails In The Sunset – The Platters
63. Rock-A-Hula Baby – Elvis Presley
64. Sloop John B – The Beach Boys
65. Smiling Islands – Robbie Patton
66. Soak Up The Sun – Sheryl Crow
67. Spill The Wine – Eric Burden & War
68. Stranger In Paradise – Tony Bennett
69. Sweet Leilani – Bing Crosby
70. Tamoure – Bill Justis
71. Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
72. Thunder Island – Jay Ferguson
73. The Tide Is High – Blondie
74. Tiny Bubbles – Don Ho
75. Two Pina Coladas – Garth Brooks
76. Trade Winds – Billy Vaughn
77. Volcano – Jimmy Buffett
78. White Silver Sands – Don Rondo

Songs To Celebrate America's Independence Day

Independence Day ….. better known today as “The Fourth of July” has different meanings and thoughts for different individuals, and it can vary by age, location, demographics and how you were brought up. For many today, in means backyard BBQ get-togethers, pool parties, block parties, sporting events, beach parties, dancing – for others it’s a family visit to a cemetery or memorial event – and still others it’s watching or participating in a parade, street fair, out in the boat on a lake, river rafting, at a carnival, maybe a concert – All followed by the grand extravaganza, fireworks after dusk or dark. Some will have their own street show while others will go to a larger public event at a fairgrounds, stadium, park, beach, lake or shopping mall lot.

Well, along with the BBQ steak, chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs, watermelon and other summer fruits, deserts and a ton of ice cold refreshments, a musical soundtrack of appropriate yet fun music is definitely in order. A wide assortment of country, pop, rock, soul, R & B, oldies, folk, pop standards, classical and especially patriotic have been listed below to help you put together your ultimate soundtrack for all to enjoy. Some of these are slower or more meaningful ballads and spoken word while others are for rocking out with, singing, jamming, dancing, etc. Enjoy the selection and have a very happy, safe and sane holiday weekend. :)

1. 4th of July – The Beach Boys
2. 4th of July – Shooter Jennings
3. 4th of July – Soundgarden
4. 4th of July – U2
5. 4th of July – Asbury Park (Sandy) – Bruce Springsteen
6. America – Neil Diamond
7. America – Simon & Garfunkel
8. America Is My Home – James Brown
9. America We Stand As One – Dennis Madalone
10. America Will Always Stand – Randy Travis
11. America Will Survive – Hank Williams Jr.
12. American Girl – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
13. American Made – Oak Ridge Boys
14. American Pie – Don McLean
15. American Soldier – Toby Keith
16. American Trilogy – Elvis Presley/Mickey Newberry
17. American Tune – Paul Simon
18. Americans – speech recited by Gordon Sinclair/Byron MacGregor
19. An American Child – Phil Vassar
20. Arlington – Trace Adkins
21. Back In The USA – Chuck Berry
22. Ballad of Ira Hayes – Johnny Cash
23. Ballad of The Green Beret – SSgt. Barry Sadler
24. Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton
25. Blowin’ In The Wind – Bob Dylan/Peter, Paul & Mary
26. Born Country – Alabama
27. Born In The USA – Bruce Springsteen
28. Born On The Bayou – Creedence Clearwater Revival
29. Born On The Fourth of July – Tom Paxton
30. Breakfast In America – Supertramp
31. California Girls – The Beach Boys
32. Celebration – Kool & The Gang
33. City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie/Willie Nelson
34. Courtesy of The Red, White & Blue (The Angry American) – Toby Keith
35. Days of America – Blackhawk
36. Dixieland Delight – Alabama
37. Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
38. Fightin’ Side Of Me – Merle Haggard
39. Fireworks – Roxette
40. Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
41. Forty Hour Week – Alabama
42. Freedom – Paul McCartney
43. God Bless The USA – Lee Greenwood
44. Guitars, Cadillacs – Dwight Yoakam
45. Hands That Built America – U2
46. Have You Forgotten – Darryl Worley
47. Heartland – George Strait
48. Here Comes The Freedom Train – Merle Haggard
49. Here For The Party – Gretchen Wilson
50. Homeland – Kenny Rogers
51. If Everyone Cared – Nickelback
52. If I Had A Hammer – Trini Lopez/Peter Pal & Mary
53. If You’re Reading This – Tim McGraw
54. The Immigrant – Neil Sedaka
55. In America – Charlie Daniels Band
56. Independence Day – Bruce Springsteen
57. Independence Day – Martina McBride
58. I’ve Been Everywhere – Johnny Cash
59. Let’s Roll America – Bellamy Brothers
60. Letter From America – The Proclaimers
61. Living In America – James Brown
62. Living In The Promised Land – Willie Nelson
63. Living In The USA – Steve Miller Band
64. New York, New York – Frank Sinatra
65. Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – Joan Baez/The Band
66. Oh Freedom – Pete Seeger
67. On The 4th of July – James Taylor
68. Only In America – Brooks & Dunn
69. Only In America – Jay & The Americans
70. Our Country – John Mellencamp
71. Philadelphia Freedom – Elton John
72. Pink Houses – John Cougar Mellencamp
73. Point of Light – Randy Travis
74. Promised Land – Elvis Presley
75. Ragged Old Flag – Johnny Cash
76. Red, White & Blue – Brian McKnight
77. Red, White & Blue – Lynyrd Skynyrd
78. Riding With Private Malone – David Ball
79. R-O-C-K In The USA – John Cougar Mellencamp
80. Rockin’ In The Free World – Neil Young
81. Route 66 – Nat King Cole/Chuck Berry/Depeche Mode
82. Some Gave All – Billy Ray Cyrus
83. Song Of The Patriot – Johnny Cash
84. Surfin’ USA – The Beach Boys
85. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
86. Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
87. This Ain’t No Rag (It’s A Flag) – Charlie Daniels Band
88. This Is My Country – The Impressions (Curtis Mayfield)
89. This Land Is Your Land – Woody Guthrie/Peter, Paul & Mary/The Kingston Trio
90. Tie A Yellow Ribbon (’Round The Ole Oak Tree) – Tony Orlando & Dawn
91. Travelin’ Soldier - Dixie Chicks
92. United We Stand – The Brotherhood of Man
93. We Shall Be Free – Garth Brooks
94. We’re An American Band – Grand Funk Railroad
95. What Made America Famous – Harry Chapin
96. Where Eagles Fly – Sammy Hagar
97. Where The Stars & Stripes & Eagles Fly – Aaron Tippin
98. You Can Still Rock In America – Night Ranger
99. Young Amnericans – David Bowie
100. You’ve Got To Stand For Something – Aaron Tippin

Not to be forgotten, below are the ultimate patriotic songs of the past century plus. These have been recorded by several artists and musicians over the years but have listed the “best of” renditions whenever possible.

* America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee)
* America The Beautiful – Frank Sinatra/Elvis Presley/Ray Charles
* Anchors Aweigh (US Navy Anthem)
* Battle Hymn of The Republic – Mitch Miller & His Gang
* Caissons Go Rolling Along (US Army Anthem)
* Dixie
* From The Halls of Montezuma (US Marines Anthem)
* God Bless America – Kate Smith
* Star Spangled Banner – Whitney Houston
* Stars and Strips Forever – John Philips Sousa
* When Johnny Comes Marching Home
* Wild Blue Yonder (US Air Force Anthem)
* Yankee Doodle – James Cagney
* You’re A Grand Old Flag
* The Gettysburg Address – recited by Johnny Cash

Several of these songs can also be used during other patriotic events, especially during Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Flag Day and especially Patriots Day (September 11) also known as 911.

Songs About Money & Riches

Seems like these days, with the economy the way it is, just about everyone has money on their mind – or lack there of. Could be ways to keep a head of those bills and payments due each month, or ways to earn a secondary income, or ways to cut the cost of living down, or worries on the ever worsening job market or housing market, the escalating gas prices, keeping up with the depressing stock market, medical & health care costs, trying to keep an active savings on the upside, money set aside to put the kids through college, being able to take that cruise or trip you’ve been wanting to for years, or maybe being able to retire comfortably, the list goes on and on – I’m sure you could add a few more worries to this list but let’s turn this to happy thoughts for a change. I really wasn’t trying to increase your stress levels here so let me switch gears and offer a variety of songs having to do with money, riches, etc. – most of these have cash, money, or rich in the title and others have strong lyrics we remember dealing with the subject. I’m sure some of these you’ll be remembering and playing through your mind from years past. I’ve included classics from the movies, musicals, stage shows as well as radio & television airplay. Others are much more obscure. From the early 1930’s through the late 2000’s covering pop standards, adult contemporary, pop, rock, jazz, soul, country, bluegrass, alternative, new wave, metal, punk, rhythm & blues, and to a lesser degree hip hop and rap. Something for everyone from great grandma down the line to the preteen bubblegum chewer. Check ‘em out and see how many of these you remember or even know. They’re listed in order by the year they came out. By no means is this complete but rather a pretty decent selection of most of the memorable ones. Please feel free to add others that you remember listening to that I may have left out or forgotten about.
Now on with the show

1. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime – Bing Crosby (1932)
2. We’re In The Money (Gold Digger’s Song) – Ginger Rogers (Movie Soundtrack) (1933)
3. Money In My Pockets – The Mills Brothers (1934)
4. Pennies From Heaven – Billie Holiday (movie soundtrack) (1937)
5. Money Is The Root Of All Evil – The Andrew Sisters (1946)
6. Money, Marbles & Chalk – Patti Page (1949)
7. If You’ve Got The Money (I’ve Got The Time) – Lefty Frizzell (1950)
8. Money Honey – The Drifters (1953)
9. Three Coins In The Fountain – The Four Aces (1954)
10. Money Burns A Hole In My Pocket – Dean Martin (1954)
11. No Money Down – Chuck Berry (1955)
12. Money Tree – Margaret Whiting (1956)
13. Cash On The Barrel Head – Louvin Brothers (1956)
14. Money, Honey – Elvis Presley (1956)
15. Money – The Browns (1957)
16. Money To Burn – George Jones (1960)
17. Money (That’s What I Want) – Barrett Strong (1960)
18. Money (That’s What I Want) – The Beatles (1963)
19. Can’t Buy Me Love – The Beatles (1964)
20. Money – The Kingsmen (1964)
21. King Of The Road – Roger Miller (1965)
22. Big Spender – Peggy Lee (1966)
23. Money Won’t Change You – James Brown (1966)
24. Big Spender – Shirley Bassey (1967)
25. Baby You’re A Rich Man – The Beatles (1967)
26. Mercedes Benz (Oh Lord) – Janis Joplin (1971)
27. Blue Money – Van Morrison (1971)
28. Coat Of Many Colors – Dolly Parton (1971)
29. Money, Money – Liza Minnelli & Joel Grey (Cabaret Musical Soundtrack) (1972)
30. Money – Pink Floyd (1973)
31. Billion Dollar Babies – Alice Cooper (1973)
32. Danny’s Song (Even Though We Ain’t Got Money) – Anne Murray (1973)
33. For The Love Of Money – The O’Jays (1974)
34. Money Honey – Bay City Rollers (1976)
35. Take The Money & Run – Steve Miller Band (1976)
36. Gimme Your Money Please – Bachman Turner Overdrive (1976)
37. If You’ve Got The Money (I’ve Got The Time) – Willie Nelson (1976)
38. Money, Money, Money – ABBA (1977)
39. Rich Girl – Hall & Oates (1977)
40. Life’s Been Good – Joe Walsh (1978)
41. The Gambler – Kenny Rogers (1978)
42. We’re In The Money – 42nd Street Musical Soundtrack (1980)
43. Praise The Lord & Send Me The Money – Bobby Bare (1982)
44. She Works Hard For The Money – Donna Summer (1983)
45. Money Changes Everything – Cyndi Lauper (1985)
46. Money For Nothing – Dire Straits (1985)
47. The Big Money – Rush (1985)
48. Anything, Anything (I’ll Give You) – Dramarama (1985)
49. How To Be A Millionaire – ABC (1986)
50. Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) – Pet Shop Boys (1986)
51. Money’s Too Tight To Mention – Simply Red (1986)
52. Got My Mind Set On You – George Harrison (1987)
53. Things I Do For Money – Northern Pikes (1987)
54. Money – K.T. Oslin (1988)
55. Moneytalks – AC/DC (1990)
56. I Wanna Be Rich – Calloway (1990)
57. If I Had A Million Dollars – Barenaked Ladies (1992)
58. Money Don’t Matter 2 Night – Prince (1992)
59. Eat The Rich – Aerosmith (1993)
60. Life Is A Lemon & I Want My Money Back – Meat Loaf (1993)
61. Money In The Bank – John Anderson (1993)
62. Daddy’s Money – Ricochet (1996)
63. Sell Out – Reel Big Fish (1996)
64. One For The Money – Horace Brown (1996)
65. It’s All About The Benjamins – Puff Daddy (1997)
66. Mo Money Mo Problems – The Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
67. Right On The Money – Alan Jackson (1998)
68. Money, Power & Respect – Lox (1998)
69. I Will Buy You A New Life – Everclear (1998)
70. Why Don’t You Get A Job – The Offspring (1999)
71. Bills Bills Bills – Destiny’s Child (1999)
72. Ride Wit’ Me (Must Be The Money) – Nelly (2001)
73. Cash, Money, Cars, Clothes – Ruff Endz (2001)
74. Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous – Good Charlotte (2002)
75. Rich Girl – Gwen Stefani & Eve (2005)
76. Gold Digger – Kanye West (2005)
77. Money Maker – Ludacris (2006)
78. I Get Money – 50Cent
79. Got Money – Lil Wayne
80. Money – Gamma Ray
81. Money Is Not Our God – Killing Joke
82. London Beckoned Songs About Money – Panic At The Disco
83. Did You Steal My Money – The Who
84. What Do You Do For Money Honey – AC/DC
85. The Money Will Roll Right In – Nirvana
86. Did It For The Money – Tesla
87. She Wants Money – Ratt
88. Money, Money – UFO
89. I Don’t Want Your Money – Chicago
90. Money Back Guarantee – Jimmy Buffett
91. When The Money’s Gone – Cher
92. Free Money – Patti Smith
93. Money Bought – Nickelback
94. When Money Grows On Trees – Shania Twain
95. Gimme Some Money – Spinal Tap
96. Money – Chumbawamba
97. It’s Money That Matters – Randy Newman
98. It’s Money That I Love – Randy Newman
99. The Money Song – Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
100. The Money Song – Monty Python