Continuing with songs in my collection from the Songs of the Century as compiled by the Recording Industry of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.
1. Take Five – Dave Brubeck (#49)
2. America The Beautiful – Ray Charles/The Sun Harbor’s Chorus (#50, Louise Homer)
3. Sweet Georgia Brown – Ray Brown Trio/Illinois Jacquet (#54, Ben Bernie Orchestra)
4. When You Wish Upon A Star – Ringo Starr and Herb Alpert (#55, Cliff Edwards)
5. Louie, Louie – The MOB (#57, The Kingsmen)
6. God Bless The Child – Billie Holliday (#58)
7. I Walk The Line – Lager Rhythms (#61, Johnny Cash)
8. The Star Spangled Banner – U2/Eddie From Ohio (#62, John McCormick)
9. Zip A Dee Doo Dah – Harry Nilsson (#67, Johnny Mercer)
10. Auld Lang Syne – SixMileBridge/Straight No Chaser (#73, Frank Stanley)
A couple of Disney songs make their appearance this week. I took a look ahead to see how many others there would be, and to my surprise that’s it for them. Given how many of them are considered standards, I fully expected to see a lot more. The MOB, which you will see a few more times as we go forward, actually got to perform “Louie, Louie” with the original Kingsmen at a halftime show about ten years ago. I thought that was pretty cool.
Round 2 song report: Started with “Emancipated Minor”, by Ani DeFranco. Finished with “Grand Hotel”, by Procol Harum, song #373, for a total of 92 tunes this week. The last E song was “Eye of the Tiger”, by the MOB. (See? We’re everywhere.) The first F song was “Factory”, by Bruce Springsteen. The last F song was “The Fuschia Wall”, by 50 Foot Wave. The first G song was “Gear Jammer”, by George Thorogood & The Destroyers. Have a great Memorial Day weekend!