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♥ Nina Hagen & Lene Lovich ♥ DON’T KILL THE ANIMALS … THE ANIMALS ARE FREE…
We all want to see thru life’s mystery The quest for knowledge is a natural activity But science be careful — science be kind We can’t go on pretending to be blind Those animal […] 
A song by James Brown & Bobby Byrd ◊ Lucky Peterson ↓ [2003]
You can’t tell me how to run my life down and you can’t tell me how to keep my business sound you can’t tell me what I’m doing wrong when you keep dialing and sing […] 
∇ Hot Chocolate ⇓ [1987] ←Clock (cover) I believe in miracles – Where you from You sexy thing I believe in miracles since you came along You sexy thing Miracles right before my eyes You sexy thing got me hypnotised Don’t stop what ya’ doing What ya’ doing to me My angel from above […] 
A 1974 R&B song, written by Michael Price and Dan Walsh, and first recorded by Bobby «Blue» Bland for the ABC Dunhill album Dreamer. ¤ Bobby Bland ↓ [1930-2013] Ain’t no love in the heart of the city – Ain’t no love in the heart of town Ain’t no love […] 
♥ Amy Winehouse They tried to make me go to rehab, I said, «No, no, no» Yes, I’ve been black but when I come back you’ll know, know, know I ain’t got the time and if my daddy thinks I’m fine He’s tried to make me go to rehab, I won’t go, go, go […] 
I’m M.C. Kat on the rap so mic it Here’s a little story and you’re sure to like it Swift and sly and I’m playing it cool With my homegirl, Paula Abdul
Baby seems we never ever agree You like the movies And I like T.V. I take things serious […] 
A song originally performed by Wilson Pickett in 1965 and released on the 1965 album of the same name, also appearing on the 1966 album The Exciting Wilson Pickett. It was composed by Pickett and Steve Cropper at the historic Lorraine Motel in Memphis. The song has become a 1960s soul standard, and […] 
→ Otis Redding wrote this song in 1967, while living on a houseboat in Sausalito on the San Francisco Bay. Otis recorded this song shortly before his tragic death. Steve Cropper finished production on the song after Otis’ plane went down. Released posthumously, it was […] 
Written by Motown songwriters Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter, and William «Mickey» Stevenson in 1964, it became the biggest hit and trademark song for Martha & the Vandellas ↓
Callin’ out around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat? Summer’s here and the time is […] 
♦ The name of a song written and recorded by Sam Cooke. When released as a single in 1960, the song performed very well, reaching #2 in the United States pop and R&B charts, and #9 in the United Kingdom.
I hear somethin’ sayin’ (Hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!) (Hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!) (Well, don’t you […] 
♦ Eddie Cochran ↓ [1958]
Well, I’m gonna raise a fuss , I’m gonna raise a holler About a working all summer just to try to earn a dollar Well, time I called my baby try to get a date My boss says, No dice son , you gotta work late Sometimes […] 
«Mr. Sandman« (sometimes rendered as «Mister Sandman«) is a popular song written by Pat Ballard which was published in 1954 and first recorded in that year by The Chordettes. The song’s lyrics convey a request to «Mr. Sandman» to «bring me a dream» – the traditional association with the folkloric figure, the sandman. […] 
m «My Favorite Things» is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. The song was first introduced by Mary Martin and Patricia Neway in the original Broadway production and sung by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film. In the musical, the lyrics […] 
•→ Louis Jordan ⇐[1944] ∞ Nat King Cole & Ida JAMES ↓
I got a gal who’s always late anytime we have a date But I love her, yes I love her I’m gonna walk right up to her gate – see if I can get it straight ‘Cause I […] 
A song from the 1924 musical No, No, Nanette with music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Irving Caesar. It is a duet sung by Nanette and Tom (Louise Groody and Jack Barker) in Act II as they imagine their future. The stage musical inspired David Butler‘s musical film in 1950, […] 
‾ «This next song was sung by Billie Holliday, called Gloomy Sunday, and when she first recorded on the radio, there was a … protest … from the record company, because it was … uh … it was too pessimistic and depressing. Therefore they had it changed the ending to make it more… optimistic and […] 
Also sung as «Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?«, is one of the best-known American songs of the Great Depression. Written in 1931 by lyricist E. Y. «Yip» Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, «Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?» was part of the 1932 musical New Americana; the melody is based on a Russian lullaby […] 
Written by John Kander and Fred Ebb in the style of a traditional German song, sung by the Nazi youth in 1972 musical ‘Cabaret’, to stir up patriotism for the «fatherland». It has often been mistaken for a genuine «Nazi anthem» and led to the songwriters being accused of anti-Semitism, which proves how brilliantly Bob Fosse depicted […] 
– This novelty song has been a theme tune twice over. It was used in the soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange and, more recently, featured in a Marks and Spencer’s ad. The ad features some of the world’s most beautiful women and Myleene Klass. Voice = Erika Eigen ↓
◊ English Cartoon Nursery Rhymes ↓ ◊ Johnatan Richman & the Modern Lovers ↓ 1977 < The windows on the bus go up and down Up and down,up and down The windows on the bus go up and down All through the town. The wheels on the bus go round and round Round and round, […] |
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