In honor of that wet stuff that’s finally started falling from the sky again after however long a dry spell, here are ten songs about rain.
1. Rain – Flying Fish Sailors
2. Rain and Snow – Solas
3. Rain Check – Joe Henderson
4. Rain On The Scarecrow – John Mellencamp
5. Rainbow Connection – Kermit the Frog
6. Raining at Sunset – Mutual Admiration Society
7. Rainmaker – Brother
8. Ready For The Storm – Gordian Knot
9. Stormy Blues – Billie Holiday
10. Stormy Weather – Julie Murphy
What’s falling from your iPod this week?
I would add Credence’s “Have you Ever Seen the Rain” to that list.
Alabama Rain, Jim Croce
Buckets of Rain, Bob Dylan
Come Rain or Come Shine, Barbra Streisand
Don’t Rain on my Parade, Barbra Streisand
Early Mornin’ Rain, Peter Paul & Mary
Fire and Rain, James Taylor
A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, Bob Dylan
I Wish It Would Rain, The Temptations
Let It Rain, Eric Clapton
Rain Dance, The Guess Who
The Rain in Spain, Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews
Rain on the Roof, The Lovin’ Spoonful
Raining in Baltimore, Counting Crows
Rainy Days and Mondays, The Carpenters
See the Sky About to Rain, Neil Young
Singin’ in the Rain, Gene Kelly
Two CCR songs, the one above and Who’ll Stop the Rain, and a lot of others. Who knew?