October 9: The promised chance remains… “The Prayer” sung by Celine Dion & Andre Boccelli and written by David Foster* and Carole Bayer-Sager. Thanks to Debbie Weisburger Strachan for the suggestion. xo LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY *I’ve posted about 600 SOTD songs and today is the first time I’ve randomly posted the same composer’s songs (David Foster) two days in a row.
Song of the Day: October 8
October 8: After all that’s been said and done… “Hard To Say I’m Sorry” by Peter Cetera and David Foster and performed by Chicago. Happy Birthday to Rhonda Payne. LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY
Song of the Day: October 7
October 7: What in the world did I do? “Crazy” written by Willie Nelson and sung by Patsy Cline and The Jordanaires. Thanks to Lois Himes for the suggestion! LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY
Song of the Day: October 6
October 6: All the love you won’t forget… “Good Old Days” by Macklemore, Ke$ha (with Budo, Andrew Joslyn, Sam Wishkoski and Tyler Andrews). Happy Birthday to Storey Jones! LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY
Song of the Day: October 5
October 5: You make me feel so alive… “Natural Woman” performed by Aretha Franklin and written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. (I did Carole King’s version of this song for my Auntie Dee’s birthday last November but when birthday girl Louisa Borden requested it this week, as sung by Aretha, I could not say no.) Check out Aretha’s tribute to Carole at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2015. LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY
Song of the Day: October 4
October 4: The glory of that sight might restore us… “Dinosaurs” by Morgan Morse.
Song of the Day: October 3
October 3: Need somebody to help me say it one time… “Land of a Thousand Dances” by Chris Kenner and performed by Wilson Pickett. Happy Birthday to Kerstin Warner Rao! LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY
Song of the Day: October 2
October 2: Your silvery beams will bring love dreams… “By The Light of the Silvery Moon” by Gus Edwards and Edward Madden and sung here by Bing Crosby. My paternal grandmother Rosamond Sherman was born on this day in 1910 and this song was a huge hit by Billy Murray and the Haydn Quartet. LYRICS & CHORDS SONG HISTORY plus Al Jolson’s version on SPOTIFY (Also, happy birthday to Debbie Weisburger Strachan and happy 1/2 birthday to my wonderful sister, Caroline.)
Song of the Day: October 1
October 1: I’m gonna stick to you… “Honey, Honey” by Abba. LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY
Song of the Day: September 30
September 30: You will see how good it is next year… “Bashanah Haba’ah” a 1970 Israeli song with music by Nurit Hirsch and lyrics by Ehud Manor. Here’s a video of Ilanit singing it in the early 1970’s. LYRICS CHORDS SPOTIFY