March 7:   It’s a little souvenir of a terrible year… “Here’s Where The Story Ends” by Harriet Wheeler and Dave Garuvin of The Sundays.  Happy Birthday to Brandon Wilkoff, Lauren Snider Brandt and Danielle Di Vecchio. xo LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY

March 6: It’s a game of give and take… “You Can’t Hurry Love” by Dozier & Holland and performed by The Supremes. Today is Mara’s birthday; this song brought her into this world one year ago today. xoxo LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH PLAYLIST

March 5: Sing along, sing along, sing along… “Stay With The Reggae” by Bunny Wailer, who passed away earlier this week.  Thanks to Dan Woog for the inspiration.  LYRICS

March 4:  They can’t contain you… “Superbloom” written by Ben Darwish, Mandy Lee, Frans Mernick and Cal Shapiro and performed by MisterWives.  Thanks to Amanda Moitoso, a.k.a. DJ AmMo for the song suggestion. LYRICS  UKE CHORDS SONG HISTORY  SPOTIFY  

March 3: To you everything’s funny… “Never Grow Up” by Taylor Swift.  Happy Belated Birthday (one month later) and thanks for the song suggestion to Megan Weitz.  LYRICS & SONGFACTS  SPOTIFY

March 2:  You feel alright when you hear the music ring… “Sultans of Swing” by Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits.  It’s our friend Donald Sisto’s birthday; we’re so glad he was born. LIVE PERFORMANCE LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY

March 1:  It’s not warm when she’s away…  “Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone” by Bill Withers.  Sending love and sunshine to those who’ve lost a love one.  xo  LYRICS & SONGFACTS  SPOTIFY

February 28:  Today’s Sing Daily post is actually several songs from a recent Black History Month Virtual Concert shared with me by my friend and mentor, Anne Ward Hadden, who taught general music and chorus at Long Lots Elementary School for many years.  Anne wrote:

This new video from the Chicago Children’s Choir is quite moving (and has the lyrics, too!).  I thought maybe you would like to feature the song “We Shall Overcome” (which begins at 48:54 on the video) again as BHM comes to a close this weekend?  

The full video is educational as well as entertaining (and part of it is a request for donations by the CCC), but if you want to skip directly to the songs & poems, use these time stamps to find each song:

• 9:35 “Turn Me Around”
• 16:27 “Black Heroes” poem by Chloe Johnson, CCC alumna
• 21:17 “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
• 27:40 “Juba”
• 30:23 “Wade In The Water”
• 33:20 “Wade In The Water” from Rainbow Beach
• 35:10 “Freedom Calls My Name” from Rainbow Beach
• 39:06 “If Not Now, Then When” poem by Kai Love
• 42:02 “Freedom”
• 45:31 “Right On Be Free”
• 48:54 “We Shall Overcome”

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February 27:  Join the heavenly band… “My Lord, What A Morning” by Marian Anderson, whose birthday is today.  Thanks to Elaine Camerota for the song suggestion.  SPOTIFY BLACK HISTORY MONTH PLAYLIST

February 26:  Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi… “Minnie The Moocher” by Cab Calloway, Irving Mills and Clarence Gaskill and performed here by Cab Calloway and his band.  My grandfather Sydney Alexander Sherman was born on this day in 1908, two months after Cab Calloway was born.  I like to imagine my grandfather in his early 20s listening to this back in 1931.  No lyric video today, but, if – after echoing Cab – you want more, here’s a KARAOKE VIDEO so that you can sing along. LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY BLACK HISTORY MONTH PLAYLIST