There Are Songs

.... that make you happy  , There are songs that make you blue
by ???????  Probably , Cole Porter

The Top 100 by me

All I Know                                      Art Garfunkel

End of the Innocence                 B Hornsby and Don Mclean

Touch the Hand of Love            R Fleming

Queen of the Slipstream           V Morrison

Every kind of People                  R Palmer

Right Before your Eyes              Ian Thomas  ( America ? )

The phone book                         Allison Krauss

Send in the Clowns                     B Dearie

Talk to Me of Mendocino          L Ronstadt  ( mc garrigles )

Heart Like A Wheel                     L Ronstadt

Voyage of the Moon                   Donovan

Jerusalem                                     Mary Hopkin

Streets of London                      Ralph McTell

Djobi Djoba                                  Gypsy Kings  or Jose Cruze & Dan Sistos

Kiss ( on my list )                          Hall and Oates

Bette Davis Eyes                         Kim Carnes

I Need a Hero                              Ella Mae Bowen

Bailero                                           Kate Royal

Sacrifice                                       Sinead O’Connor

Your Love                                    Once Upon a Time in the West – Dulce Pontes or Andre Vasary

First problem , there isn't 100 here

The idea started from a segment in a series called the ' Vinyl Cafe '

The VC is a radio series , recorded live across Canada and the U.S. featuring Stuart Mc Lean. A long running program , maybe 20 yrs or so.

The premise and name is that a ex - music type , a roadie for bands marries and settles down w/ record store as his livelihood.

One of his presents for a birthday is a gift certificate for 100 tunes from i - tunes.

I've tried numerous times to fill the list. Dave of the VC for instance chose 6 Beatles tunes etc

At this moment in time , Linda Ronstadt singing ' Heart Like a Wheel ' and ' Queen of the Slipstream ' , Van Morrison are at the top of my favourites list.

Oh , and in memoriam , ' Bille Jean ' and ' Barton Hollow ' by the Civil Wars.

I've found all of the songs listed above on YouTube , so in  a spare moment take a listen.

You know , I think I'll start at the top and tell you a story about each of these songs , what else have we to do ... I mean I'm always searching for blog filler material.

We shall see said the Zen Master

All I Know as sung by Art Garfunkel.

Writer , Paul Simon once said that as he heard the applause that Art garnered from singing this song , he would stand in the wings and think ' Author , Author '. Rendered by Art Garfunkel the song is bliss. BTW , Art Garfunkel said that pre - show he would listen to James Taylor sing b/c of JT s perfect pitch. Who knew ?