10/18/14
Top Billboard hits on our friends’ and families’ birth dates
- Thanks for the Memory – Bob Hope (Sam’s mom)
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack (Danz)
- Too Fat Polka – Frankie Yankovic (Kat)
- The Candy Man – Sammy Davis Jr (Rat)
- Misty – Johnny Mathis (Cinda)
- Go Away Little Girl – Donny Osmond (Kevin)
- Because of You (Cheryl)
- Ghost Riders In The Sky – Vaughn Monroe & His Band (Steve)
- Hello Dolly! – Louis Armstrong (Ethan)
- The Ballad of Davy Crockett – The Wellingtons (Mike H.)
- It’s My Party – Leslie Gore (Siobhan)
- I’m Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover – Art Mooney (Kristy)
- A Little Birdie Told Me So – Johnny Marvin (Kate)
- Swinging On a Star – Bing Crosby (Nick)
- Ah Sweet Mystery of Life – Nelson Eddy & Jeanette McDonald (Bob)
- Heartaches – Ted Weems and His Orchestra (Danz’s mom)
- Mr. Jaws – Dickie Goodman (Danny)
- Rock and Roll Waltz – Kay Starr (Connie)
- The Beatles (Across the Universe Soundtrack version) – Let it Be (Dulcinea)
- Hey Jude – The Beatles (Jim)
- Let Me Go Lover – Patti Page (Bob R.)
- The Wayward Wind – Gogi Grant (Sandy)
- Where is Your Heart – Percy Faith (Sam)
- All I Have to Do Is Dream – The Everly Brothers (Kathy)
- Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) – Tex Williams (Terry C.)
- Wanted – Perry Como (Norm)
- The Hustle – Van McCoy (Erica)
- He’s So Fine – The Chiffons (Maurice)
- Brother Can You Spare a Dime – Gashouse Gang (Sam’s dad)
- American Pie – Don Mclean (Aaron)
- (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons – Nat King Cole (?)
- Touch Me in the Morning – Diana Ross (Carrie)
- That’s Amore – Dean Martin (Sue H.)
- Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes (Maggie)
- How High the Moon – Les Paul and Mary Ford (Doreen)
- Like A Virgin – Madonna (Amy)
10/11/14
Meant something to me: songs that take us back to a certain time in our past
- Disco Duck – Rick Dees (for Joseph Huber)
- Born to Be Wild – Steppenwolf (for Deb Davis)
- I Was Made for Lovin’ You – Kiss (Danz in 3rd grade)
- This Masquerade – Leon Russell (for Doreen)
- America – Simon & Garfunkel (Danz’s very first 8 track tape)
- We May Never Pass This Way Again – Seals and Croft (for Carol Sue Johnson)
- The Ghost In You – The Psychedelic Furs (Danz – camping with Kara)
- Mercy Mercy Me – Marvin Gaye (for Doreen)
- Similar Features – Melissa Etheridge (Danz – this album was played a lot by the night manager at Arbys when we cleaned the restaurant after close)
- On the Road to Find Out – Cat Stevens (Sam – memories from time in the air force)
- The Chauffeur – Duran Duran (Danz – soundtrack from jr. high)
- Blue in Green – Miles Davis (for Joe Coffey)
- Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini – Somewhere in Time soundtrack (Danz – this track was played at my wedding)
- For Elise in A Minor – Beethoven (for Jeff Davis)
- Impossible Germany – Wilco (Danz – Wilco’s Sky Blue Sky album was the soundtrack for a very difficult time in my life)
- Wandering Star – Lee Marvin (for Pat Davis who as a child thought it was his brother, Sam, singing to him on a mix tape sent home from Sam to his family while away in the service)
- The Distance – Cake (Danz – soundtrack for the Automotive X Prize years)
- I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier – Morton Harvey (for Joan Davis, whose mother sang this at home while Joan’s brother was serving in WWII)
- Hang on to Yourself – David Bowie (Danz – this song was on one of the first mix tapes my Australian friend sent me oh so many years ago)
- Snoopy vs the Red Baron – The Staggers (for Terri Davis Anderson)
- It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) – R.E.M. (Danz – my friends and I played this song a lot in college)
- Both Sides Now – Mary Fahl (for Siobhan Johnson)
- Comida – Titãs (Danz – Titas were the most popular band when I was in Brasil. Hardly a day passed when I didn’t hear at least one song off their Jesus Não Tem Dentes no País dos Banguelas album)
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow – The Innocence Mission (for Joan Davis)
- Satisfaction – Benny Benassi (Sam and Danz – gorilla mask, fish net stockings, bikini bottom. You had to be there.)
- To Sir With Love – Lulu (Sam – memories of a crush)
- What’s Love Got to Do With It – Tina Turner (Danz – theme song for an 80’s separation)
- Only You Can – Foxx (Sam – memories of England)