January 15: Seems to me, we got to solve it individually… “People Got To Be Free” by The Rascals. It’s Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday; he would have been 93 years old today. Happy Birthday also to Chris Chieppo, Elaine Camerota and Dr. Jessica Raposo! xoxoxo LYRICS & SONGFACTS CHORDS SPOTIFY
January 14: What’s broken gets stronger when it mends… “Beautiful Day” by Joshua Radin. Happy Birthday to Stacie Curran; hope it’s a sweet one. xoxo LYRICS & CHORDS SPOTIFY
January 13: The dreams that you dare to dream really do come true… “Over The Rainbow” by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg and performed by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole. (Click CC at the bottom of most YouTube videos to see the lyrics so you can sing along.) It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale. Happy Birthday to my wonderful uncle Sam Salzman and thanks for the song suggestion! xoxo LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY
January 12: Keep us together… “The Chain” by Stevie Nicks and originally performed by Fleetwood Mac sung here by Brandi Carlile. (Also, check out The Highwomen singing it.) Happy Birthday to Kelly Konstanty and Mona Takahashi Strick. xoxo LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY
January 11: Gather ’round… “Glorious” by MaMuse. Thanks to Peter Morse for the song suggestion. LYRICS & CHORDS SPOTIFY
January 10: We loooooooooove you! “Company” (aka Bobby Baby) from Company by Stephen Sondheim chosen especially for birthday boy Bob Connelly by his fellow cast members from Colgate ’84. xoxo LYRICS SPOTIFY
January 9: Thank you for writing the best songs… “Winds of the Old Days” by Joan Baez who is celebrating her 81st birthday today. LYRICS & CHORDS SPOTIFY
January 8: This indecision’s bugging me… “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” by The Clash. LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY
January 7: Remember all the songs you sang for me… “Lullaby (Goodnight, My Angel)” by Billy Joel and sung here by VOCES8 and The King’s Singers. Happy Birthday to Luke Rosenberg, Jim Hardy and Jim Kremens! Here’s Billy Joel’s version with a lyric video so that you can sing along. LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY
January 6: Gonna get me some of them… “Friends” the 1973 hit single sung by Bette Midler from her debut album The Divine Miss M. Written by Buzzy Linhart and Mark “Moogy” Klingman. Happy Birthday to Sonya Lee Chung and Jackie Weiss. xoxo LYRICS & CHORDS SONG HISTORY SPOTIFY