A World of Music

Hope this week brings you plenty of smiles beginning with these songs sure to put a smile on your face “Banana Pancakes” Jack Johnson “If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out” Cat Stevens “Tutti Frutti” Little Richard “Louie, Louie” The Kingsmen “Jump in the Line” Harry Belafonti “I Love Rock & Roll” Joan Jett & The Blackhearts “My Sharona” The Knack

Hope you’ve all had a progressive week and heading into the weekend with songs completely or partly sung in a foreign tongue “Ruby Love” Cat Stevens “Kommt Gibt Mir Deine Hand/I Want to Hold Your Hand” The Beatles “My Melody of Love” Bobby Vinton “Wooden Heart/Muss I Denn” Elvis “La Bamba” Ritchie Valens “As Tears Go By/Con le mie Lavine” The Rolling Stones “Ring of Fire/Fuego D’Amor” Johnny Cash “Hasta Manana” ABBA

Hope you are all having a great Thanksgiving Day weekend and for those like me who don’t celebrate this holiday hope the sun is shining upon you. “I Don’t Wanna Face It” John Lennon “Baby Face” Lou Reed “Face in the Crowd” Gary Lewis and the Playboys “Funny Face” Donna Fargo “Dance All Over Your Face” Kiss “Angel Face” James Darren “I Thought I’D See Your Face Again” Sara Evans “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” Frank Sinatra

“Black Magic Woman” Santana “Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison “Sweet City Woman” The Stampeders “When a Man Loves a Woman” Percy Sledge “Woman” John Lennon “Girl You’ll Be a Woman Soon” Neil Diamond “She’s Always a Woman to Me” Billy Joel “Woman Woman” The Union Gap

Wishing you all a progressive week ahead and smooth sailing with the sky being the limit. “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” The Beatles “Fire in the Sky” The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Spirit in the Sky” Norman Greenbaum “Clouds in My Coffee” Bonnie Tyler “Get Off Of My Cloud” The Rolling Stones “Blue Skies” Willie Nelson “Under African Skies” Paul Simon “Ghost Riders in the Sky” Johnny Cash

“Wild Horses” The Rolling Stones “Wild World” Cat Stevens “Wild Side of Life” Burl Ives “Wild Women Do” Natalie Cole “Wild Thing” The Troggs “Wild Hearts” Roy Orbison “Wild, Wild Angels” Smokie “Wildflowers” Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt

Harry Nilsson was an American singer-songwriter who was at the top of his popularity in the early 1970s. He died of heart failure in 1994 at the age of 52. “Without You” “I’ll Never Leave You” “All I Think About is You” “Let the Good Times Roll” “Open Your Window” “Remember” “As Time Goes By” “Many Rivers to Cross”

Beginning the week with songs with a beat of the heart... “Queen of Hearts” Juice Newton “Hungry Heart” Bruce Springsteen “Unchain My Heart” Ray Charles “Breakin’ Up is Breakin’ My Heart” Roy Orbison “Straight from the Heart” Bryan Adams “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” Elton John and Kiki Dee “(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings” Paul Anka “Some Heart are Diamonds” Chris Norman

Heading into the Labor Day weekend with farewell to summer songs. Hope you all have a great one. For those of you not part of this celebration sing the last summer songs before autumn sets in. “Summertime Blues” Eddie Cochran “A Summer Song” Chad and Jeremy “Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer” Nat King Cole “Summer Wind” Frank Sinatra “Under the Boardwalk” Bette Midler “Summer of 69” Bryan Adams “Summer in the City” The Lovin’ Spoonful “Summer Kisses, Winter Tears” Elvis

Hope the new week will be bright and sunny and find you feeling like you’re in paradise. “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” Meatloaf “Paradise City” Guns ‘n’ Roses “Just Like Paradise” David Lee Roth “Somewhere in Paradise” Baccara “Return to Paradise” Elton John “Paradise” The Ronettes “Almost Paradise” Mike Reno and Anne Wilson “Halfway to Paradise” Billy Fury

This refers to a song by Tommy Roe, who is an American pop song singer and was popular for a number of bubblegum hits in the 60s. I thought this would be a fun way to begin the week. “Sweet Pea” “Dizzy” “Sheila” “Come On” “Cinnamon” “Jam Up and Jelly Tight”

Sure hope the sun is shining brightly where you are  “How Do You Do” Mouth and McNeal “Hello Goodbye” The Beatles “Hello Again” Neil Diamond “Hello Sunshine Goodbye Rain” Kelly, Stacey and Smith  “Hold on Tight to Your Dreams” ELO

Here’s looking at you this weekend. Have a great one. “My Eyes Adored You” Frankie Valley “I Only Have Eyes for You” Frank Sinatra “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” The Platters “These Eyes” The Guess Who “Brown Eyed Girl” Van Morrison “Hungry Eyes” Eric Carmen

I posted about a fantastic British group Smokie who were very popular in the 70s. The lead singer Chris Norman went on to a very successful solo career. Here are some of his most popular songs. “Midnight Lady” “Some Hearts are Diamonds” “Broken Heroes” “Love is a Bridge Between Two Hearts” “Someone is Missing You” “One Last Kiss” “For You”

Wishing you the best this weekend and find the time to dream beneath the moon. “Blue Moon” Elvis “Harvest Moon” Neil Young “Moonlight and Roses”  Jim Reeves “Moon River” Audrey Hepburn “Blue Moon of Kentucky”  Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys “Bad Moon Rising” Creedence Clearwater Revival

I already posted about the legendary Big O. Thought you might like to hear the songs from his very first album Lonely and Blue released in 1961. “Only the Lonely” “Blue Angel” “Raindrops” “Blue Avenue” “I’m Hurtin” (I’d Be) A Legend in My Time

Let’s have a glass of wine and enjoy life…. “Norwegian Wood” The Beatles   “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” Billy Joel “Bottle of Red Wine” Eric Clapton “Bottle of Wine” The Fireballs   “Red Red Wine” UB40

“He Drinks Tequila, She Talks Dirty in Spanish” “Red, Red Wine” “Margaritaville”  “Piano Man”   “Tequila” The finale “Cuban Pete” – The Mask Theme Song    

This refers to one of the lovely songs that British-Irish singer, songwriter and instrumentalist Chris de Burgh sings. I find his songs simply inspirational. One of his most popular comes from 1986 “Lady in Red” “Lonely Sky” “I’m Going Home”   “The Snows of New York” “This Song for You”