Hi everyone, welcome to our Suggested Listening posting for this week!
Our Suggested Listening postings focus on the music of the past, with a few new songs mixed in for good measure.
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Suggested Listening postings come out weekly, on Fridays, and the next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, February 19, 2021.
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This weeks’ Suggested Listening posting contains a hopeful collection of tunes to help us get us through the dark days of this winter.
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Be Like The Bluebird written by Cole Porter and sung by Mickey Deans (Genre: Vocal, Jazz, Stage)
From the soundtrack to the off-Broadway production of Anything Goes (1962).
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Carry On by Crosby, Stills & Nash (Genre: Vocal, Folk-Rock, Classic Rock)
From the album Déjà vu (1970).
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A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke (Genre: Vocal, R&B, Pop)
From the album Ain’t That Good News (1964).
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Don’t Stop by Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac (Genre: Rock, Seventies Rock)
From the album Rumours (1977)
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Feeling Good by The Sheepdogs (Genre: Rock)
From the album The Sheepdogs (2012).
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Getting Good by Lauren Alaina (Genre: Country)
From the EP Getting Good (2019).
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Good Day Sunshine by The Beatles (Genre: Rock, Classic Rock)
From the album Revolver (1966).
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I Think It’s Going To Rain Today by Nina Simone (Genre: Jazz, Vocal)
From the album Nina Simone and Piano (1969).
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Keep On Pushing by The Impressions (Genre: R&B, Pop, Vocal)
From the album Keep On Pushing (1964).
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Keep On Truckin by Eddie Kendricks (Genre: R&B)
From the album Keep On Truckin (1973).
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Ode’ To Joy written by Beethoven and performed André Rieu & The Johann Strauss Orchestra (Genre: Classical)
From the CD/DVD Shall We Dance (2017)
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Our Lips Are Sealed by The Go-Gos (Genre: Rock, Eighties Rock)
From the album Beauty & The Beat (1981).
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Ridin’ High by Ella Fitzgerald (Genre: Jazz, Vocal)
From the album Sings The Cole Porter Songbook (1956).
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Smile by Nat King Cole (Genre: Jazz, Vocal)
From the album The World of Nat King Cole (1960).
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Trouble In Mind by Dinah Washington (Genre: Jazz, Vocal)
From the album Blues For A Day (2003).
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Whatever by Oasis (Genre: Rock)
From the album Definitely, Maybe
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Well, Alright by Buddy Holly (Genre: Classic Rock, Fifties Rock)
From The Buddy Holly Collection (195?/1993)
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We Shall Overcome by Joan Baez (Genre: Folk)
From the album Joan Baez in Concert, Pt. 2 (1963).
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You’ll Have To Swing It (Mr. Paganini) by Ella Fitzgerald
From the album Live At The Crescendo (1961)
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And just for fun,
The theme to the TV show The Monkees!
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Hoopla Recommended Album of the Week:
Love Will by Susan Susan Tedeschi (Genre: Blues, Blues-Rock)
From the album Back To The River (2008)
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Have a peaceful weekend,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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REFERENCES:
Print References
The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn
Online References
AllMusic. 2021. AllMusic | Record Reviews, Streaming Songs, Genres & Bands. [online] Available at: <https://www.allmusic.com/>.
Brownfield, T. (2021, February 12). The 50 Greatest TV Theme Songs of All Time: Live-Action. Saturday Evening Post. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/03/the-50-greatest-tv-theme-songs-of-all-time-live-action/
Manno, L. (2020, April 23). 25 Classic Songs About Perseverance That Aren’t “Don’t Stop Believin’.” Paste Magazine. https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/hope/songs-about-hope/
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