(Finished March 26th, 2022) The Best Five To Ten Songs of 1956 and 1957

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I've been wanting to do a blog series like this for awhile. I will pick five or more songs from 1953 to 2022. I would've started an earlier year but I'm not very familiar with songs of the years up to 1952. In 1952 I was still 15 years from being born, please forgive me for my lack of knowledge. 1953 is the first year I actually know six songs by title alone. I'll be posting anywhere between five to ten to who knows songs for each year. As these blogs continue I find more songs that I can't find a reason to leave off the list. So much for the five to ten songs for each year.

1956)

1) Doris Day "Que Sera Sera "Whatever Will Be, Will Be":

2) Fats Domino "Blueberry Hill":

3) Elvis Presley "Love Me Tender":

4) The Pretenders "The Great Pretender":

5) Little Richard "Long Tall Sally":

6) Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers "Why Do Fools Fall In Love":

7) Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps "Be Bop A Lulu":

8) Gogi Grant "Wayward Wind":

9) Fred Parris and the Satins "In The Still of The Night":

10) Frank Sinatra "I've Got You Under My Skin":

1957) 

1) Elvis Presley "Jailhouse Rock":

2) Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls of Fire":

3) "All Shook Up":

4) The Everly Brothers "Bye Bye Love":

5) "You Send Me":

6) Danny and the Juniors "At The Hop":

7) The Del Vikings "Come Go With Me":

8) Chuck Berry "School Days":

9) Jimmie Rodgers "Honeycomb":

10) Marty Robbins "A White Sport Coat And A Pink Carnation":

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(Finished March 24th, 2022) The Best Five To Ten Songs of 1953, 1954 and 1955

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I've been wanting to do a blog series like this for awhile. I will pick five songs from 1953 to 2022. I would have started earlier but I'm not very familiar with songs of the years up to 1952. In 1952 I was still 15 years from being born, please forgive me for my lack of knowledge. 1953 is the first year I actually know six songs by title alone. I will be posting anywhere between five to ten songs for each year.

1953)

It seems like a lot of people aren't familiar with song, this video doesn't even have 210,000 YouTube views. Les Paul and Mary Ford "Vaya Con Dios ()":

Patti Page "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window":

3) Ray Anthony "Dragnet":

4) The Orioles "Crying In The Chapel":

5) Frank Sinatra "I've Got The World On A String":

I wish they would have let this song swing a bit more. The song finally hits its stride near the end of the song. 6) The Four Lads "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)":

1954)

1) The Chordettes "Mr. Sandman":

2) The Crew-Cuts "Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream)":

3) The Penguins "Earth Angel":

4) Muddy Waters "Hoochie Coochie Man":

5) Perry Como "Papa Loves Mambo":

6) Bill Haley and His Comets "Shake, Rattle and Roll":

1955)

1) Bill Haley and His Comets "Rock Around The Clock":

2) Tennessee Ernie Ford "Sixteen Tons":

3) The Platters "Only You (And You Alone)":

4) Little Richard "Tutti Frutti":

5) Chuck Berry "Maybellene":

6) Bill Hayes "The Ballad of Davy Crockett":

7) Frankie Laine "Cool Water":

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(Finished March 23rd, 2022) Part 6 of Sleazy and/or Crunchy Rock

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Inspired by the first episode of "Peacemaker" and it's mid-level hair metal soundtrack I wanted to post a blog about crunchy and sleazy rock songs. I found quite a few songs from Leighton and Tracey Stead's 80's and 90's Glam Sleaze and Rock 'N Roll YouTube collection of videos.

As for the "Peacemaker" show there's a lot of language and sexual storylines. I was less than impressed by the first episode. I wasn't much impressed with "Peacemaker", but new to Prime is "Reacher". I watched the first three episodes of it the other night. It was plenty of action and Reacher is much easier to root for than shallow Peacemaker. 

Rock On!!!!

86) L.A. Guns "Sex Action":

87) Tesla "The Way It Is":

88) Jackyl "When Will It Rain";

89) Dokken "It's Not Love":

90) Ratt "Way Cool Jr.":

91) Kiss "Detroit Rock City":

92) Led Zeppelin "Black Dog":

93) The Who "Eminence Front":

94) Love/Hate "Wasted In America":

95) Winger "Can't Get Enough":

96) Kix "Get It While It's Hot":

97) Cinderella "Nobody's Fool":

98) XYZ "Inside Out":

99) AC/DC "Thunderstruck":

100) April Wine "Roller":

101) Billy Squier "The Stroke":

102) Pretty Boy Floyd "Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz":

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(Finished March 22nd, 2022) Part 5 of Classic Rock Songs That Continue To Resonate Today

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This is another blog inspired by music from "Reacher". Oscar Finlay is a man that loves a good old 80s rock jam, meanwhile Reacher is more of a Blues guy. Two different blog series have been inspired by music from "Reacher". First it was classic ballads inspired by "Crazy". Now it's mostly great 80s rock inspired by "Carry On My Wayward Son" and "Caught Up In You". I so love hearing these songs again, they bring back so many memories. Thankfully most of those memories are great.

Currently I'm working hard on my Top Ten Grunge bands blog. I have discovered the music of Tad and L7- both artists which I like. I also discovered I like Nirvana more than I thought, although they are still very much overrated.

69) Don Felder "Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride)":

70) Cinderella "Nobody's Fool":

71) Scorpions "Big City Nights":

72) Iron Maiden "Infinite Dreams":

73) Foreigner "Urgent":

74) Great White "Once Bitten Twice Shy":

75) The Police "Synchronicity 2":

76) Sammy Hagar "I Can't Drive 55":

77) Pat Benatar "Hit Me With Your Best Shot":

78) The Scorpions "The Zoo":

79) Stevie Nicks "If Anyone Falls":

80) Nena "99 Luftballons": 

81) Foreigner "Feels Like The First Time":

82) Toto "Rosanna":

83) Sammy Hagar "There's Only One Way To Rock":

84) Quiet Riot "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)":

85) .38 Special "Back Where You Belong":

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(Finished March 21st, 2022) Part 4 of Classic Rock Songs That Continue To Resonate Today

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This is another blog inspired by music from "Reacher". Oscar Finlay is a man that loves a good old 80s rock jam, meanwhile Reacher is more of a Blues guy. Two different blog series have been inspired by music from "Reacher". First it was classic ballads inspired by "Crazy". Now it's mostly great 80s rock inspired by "Carry On My Wayward Son" and "Caught Up In You". I so love hearing these songs again, they bring back so many memories. Thankfully most of those memories are great.

52) Foreigner "Double Vision":

53) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers "I Won't Back Down":

54) Frida "I Know There's Something Going On":

55) Pat Benatar "Love Is A Battlefield":

56) The Pretenders "Brass In Pocket": 

Y Kant Tori Read is what Tori Amos did before she became the indie goddess Tori Amos. 57) Y Kant Tori Read "Cool On Your Island":

58) Y Kant Tori Read "Fayth":

59) Missing Persons "Words":

60) Poison "Nothin' But A Good Time":

61) Aerosmith "Livin On The Edge":

62) Cinderella "Gypsy Road":

63) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers "Into The Great Wide Open":

64) Judas Priest "Headed Out To The Highway":

65) Foreigner "Dirty White Boy":

66) Eurythmics "Missionary Man":

67) Sammy Hagar "The Girl Gets Around":

68) The Eurythmics "Sex Crime":

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(Started March 20th, 2022) Part 5 of Singers Who Died Way Too Young: Karen, Whitney and Tammi

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These are musicians that died way too young and some of their best songs, whether hits or not. I tried to go with lesser known bands for the most part.

A Laura Branigan YouTube video about singers who died too long inspired this blog. Laura Branigan was my favorite of the musicians listed. These are musicians that died way too young and some of their best songs, whether hits or not. I tried to go with lesser known singers for the most part, but I was also in the mood for some of The Doors, which is the second blog in this series.

What do Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, John Bonham, Selena, Prince, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Jim Morrison all have in common? They all died way too young. What have we missed out by not having these legends living a normal life span? How many more slinky and funky songs could have Michael Hutchence come up with if he had lived longer? How many more classic songs could've Patsy Cline added her unique touch to? How many more amazing songs did Led Zeppelin have in them if John Bonham hadn't died at the too young age of 32? His death is the main reason that the mighty Zep broke up. It's a tragedy all of these amazing musicians died so young, but it's also a tragedy all the great music they left behind.

15) Karen Carpenter died at the age of 32.

"Ticket To Ride":

"They Long To Be Close To You":

"We've Only Just Begun":

"Rainy Days and Mondays":

"Superstar":

"Sing":
"Yesterday Once More":

"Top Of The World":

"There's A Kind of Hush":

"Calling Interplanetary":

16) Whitney Houston died at the age of 48. I know she hadn't been as successful as the earlier part of her career, but maybe she could have had a late career resurgence. All songs below are by Whitney Houston, with other singers as noted.

"I Didn't Know My Own Strength":

"Just The Lonely Talking Again":

"Greatest Love Of All":

"You Give Good Love":

"Saving All My Love For You":

"One Moment In Time":

" I Wanna Dance With Somebody":

"How Will I Know";

"So Emotional":

"All At Once":

"Where Do Broken Hearts Go":

"Love Is A Contact Sport":

Cissy and Whitney Houston "I Know Him So Well":

Whitney "My Love Is Your Love";

"Didn't We Almost Have It All":

17) Tammi Terrell died at the age of 24. When she died all that potential died with her. Tammi Terrell's story is sadder than most. 

This is the story of Tammi Terrell:

Her biggest hits of course were with Marvin Gaye like on "Ain't No Mountain High Enough":

Tammi Terrell all by herself "All I Do Is Think About You":

Tammi Terrell "I Can't Believe You Love Me":

Tammi Terrell "Come On And See Me":

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell "You're All I Need To Get By":

Tammi Terrell "That's What Boys Are Made For":

Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You":

Tammi Terrell "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing":

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(Started March 20th, 2022) Songs That Bring Me Joy

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I had a sort of down day yesterday and I'm not sure why. I knew on this Sunday I needed a good walk, the restorative, soothing feelings of church and some joyful music. I was able to get the first two and now I'm getting the third. I'm sharing that joy with you. I hope you get some joy from these songs.

1) Starship "We Built This City":

2) The Turtles "Happy Together":

3) American Authors "The Best Day of My Life":

4) Of Monsters and Men "Little Talks":

5) Outkast "Hey Ya":

6) Earth, Wind & Fire "September":

7) Kool and the Gang "Celebration":

8) Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up":

9) a-ha "Take On Me":

10) The Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling":