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My 9 Songs List
Playing along
Ann Litts tagged me so I will play along and try to come up with 9 songs that had a major impact on my life…
Somewhere Over the Rainbow, sung by Louis Armstrong
This is the very first song that stuck forever in both my noggin and my heart. I was maybe 8 or 9 or 10 years old and I received a Louis Armstrong collection record for either my birthday or Christmas. While I loved his trumpet playing, I really dug his voice and I played that one song over and over. Now, so many decades later I really, really like Israel Kamakawiwo/ole’s ukelele version of the song as well.
Joy to the World, by Three Dog Night
“Jeremiah was a bullfrog!” That’s what everyone was yelling at school. I had a little transistor radio and every time that song would come on I would turn it up and sing along. I haven’t heard this song in close to a hundred years but it’s still there on the list in my noggin. It’s impact was that it got me into popular music.
Stone in Love With You, by the Stylistics
I went through a major Motown phase around the time I was in puberty. This song along with The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, by Roberta Flack were among my favorites. Curiously, back then I…
