May 1: Going with him… “Someday Soon” written by Ian Tyson and sung by Judy Collins, whose 83rd birthday is today. Thanks to Jeanie Bennett for the song suggestion. LYRICS & CHORDS APPLE MUSIC
May 2: Their hearts start to sing… “Month Of May” by Win Butler and Arcade Fire. LYRICS & CHORDS APPLE MUSIC
May 3: Night ended the fight, but the song remained… “Third of May / Ōdaigahara” by Fleet Foxes. Happy Birthday to Lindsey Cohen. xo LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 4: May the 4th be with you… “I Have The High Ground” by @RoyishGoodLooks. LYRICS APPLE MUSIC
May 5: Make everything alright… “Mexico” by James Taylor. LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 6: Put another dime in the jukebox, baby… “I Love Rock ‘N Roll” by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts . Happy Birthday to Steve Hess! xo LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 7: Let’s stay in our pajamas… “Pajamas” by gnash. LYRICS & CHORDS APPLE MUSIC
May 8: Ladies, it’s time to awake… “Salute” by Little Mix. Happy Mother’s Day + Happy Birthday to Beth Heroux & Lori Gazerro + thanks to Lisa Weitzman for the fabulous song suggestion. xoxoxox LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 9: That ain’t the way to have fun, son… “Mama Told Me (Not To Come)” written by Randy Newman and sung by Three Dog Night. Thanks to Peter Propp for the song suggestion. LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 10: The reason we’re here… “Message of Love” by The Pretenders and written by Chrissie Hynde. Happy Birthday and thanks for song suggestion to Helen Rauh Glenn! xo LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 11: When the world says that we should act our age… “Hideaway” sung by Grace VanderWaal from the movie Wonder Park. Thanks to Caitlin for the suggestion! LYRICS & UKE CHORDS APPLE MUSIC
May 12: Someone’s watching you watching me watching you… “Roma Fade” by Andrew Bird. WATCH LIVE in WFUV STUDIOS LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 13: I’m so glad that I know more than I knew then… “Higher Ground” by Stevie Wonder, whose birthday is today (thanks to Paul Curtis for the suggestion)! LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 14: Didn’t keep a thing…“Norfolk” by The Starland Vocal Band and written by Emmylou Harris. ALBUM INFORMATION APPLE MUSIC
May 15: Bells are ringing everywhere… “Blue Sky” by Dickey Betts and The Allman Brothers Band. Happy Birthday, and thanks for the song suggestion, to Megan McConaughy Lucier. xoxo LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 16: Like sugar and spice… “I Got You (I Feel Good)” by James Brown. Happy Birthday to our wonderful nephew Owen; he makes us all feel good! Also, Happy Anniversary to the Dietzel/Renahans! xoxo LYRICS & SONGFACTS CHORDS APPLE MUSIC
May 17: Whisper love so loudly… “Love Can Build A Bridge” by The Judds. Happy Birthday to Anthony Granata, Josh Margolis and Claudia Robaina. xoxoxo LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 18: The papers want to know whose shirts you wear… “Space Oddity” by David Bowie. Happy Birthday to Charlie Burke! LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 19: Make lots of noise… “Follow Your Arrow” by Kacey Musgraves. Happy Birthday to our beautiful, strong daughter Rose Propp and her soul sister (and my Colgate “big sister”), Alison King. xoxo LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 20: Send the sunshine down my way whenever you call my name… “Blossom” by James Taylor. Happy Birthday to my amazingly sunny father and his equally smiley twin brother, Uncle Kenny. I love you guys… xoxo LYRICS & CHORDS APPLE MUSIC
May 21: Butterflies are free to fly… “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” by Elton John. Happy Anniversary to Donna & Vinny Santorella!! xoxo LIVE AT CENTRAL PARK LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 22: I’m just goin’ along as I please… “Breezin’ Along With The Breeze” sung here by Perry Como and written by Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simons, and Richard Whiting and published in 1926. Check out Lucy & Ricky singing it! Happy Birthday to Josefina Blavia! xoxo Thinking of the Gordon family and sending love. LYRICS & CHORDS SONG HISTORY APPLE MUSIC (by the Merry Macs)
May 23: So much love in this heart of mine… “Swayin’ To The Music (Slow Dancin’)” written by Jack Tempchin and sung here by Johnny Rivers. Happy Birthday (and thanks for the suggestion) to Steve Dean! SONG HISTORY LYRICS & CHORDS APPLE MUSIC
May 24: Hold your head up… “Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This” by Eurythmics (written by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart). Happy birthday to Danielle Burke & Karen Frawley. LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 25: The seeds I plant are the seeds of love… “Gonna Plant Me A Garden” an echo song by Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt. Happy Birthday to Estelle Mackenzie! xoxo You can find the words & chords to this song on page 206 in the Peace chapter of Rise Again songbook. See www.riseupandsing.org/songbooks/rise-again
May 26: All about joy… “All About Soul” by Billy Joel. Happy Birthday to Carey Leonard (thanks for the song suggestion), Mannasses Ogutu and Amy Murtagh! LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 27: I’ve got to keep on moving…“Break My Stride” by Matthew Wilder. LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 28: These are my people… “Broken” by Lovelytheband. LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 29: The world has gone mad today… “Anything Goes” by Cole Porter. Happy Birthday to Billy Finnegan, Kim Grayson, Candi Innaco, Anne Rydfors, Fred Rubin, Sharman Propp & Sheila McGrath Wulf! LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC
May 30: Cut down through no fault of their own… “Livin’ For The Ones” by Bonnie Raitt (beware of the one kinda bad word at 1:20) Happy Birthday to Susan Terry Patrick. xo Happy Anniversary to Greg & Dana. xo Missing Betsy Morris Rosen and thinking about all of our soldiers who we are remembering today (thank you for your service); YOU ARE THE ONES WE ARE LIVIN’ FOR… LYRICS APPLE MUSIC
May 31: Another morning feels like yesterday… “End of May” written by Timothy Seely and sung here by Michael Bublé. LYRICS & SONGFACTS APPLE MUSIC