Archive for the ‘Music’ category

Year of Sunday: Seals & Croft

August 22, 2010

From their 1972 album Year of Sunday.

A Sunday Kind of Love: Jo Stafford

August 22, 2010

This is from 20 Best of Jo Stafford.

Some music just lends itself to a rainy day.

I Get Dreamy: The Castells

August 21, 2010

his is from a reissue of the K-Tel collection The Best of the Castells. This album includes most of the group's 1962 album So This Is Love, as well as several of their singles.

Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream): Roy Orbison

August 21, 2010

You can find this on a few different albums including The Very Best Of Roy Orbison and In Dreams – Greatest Hits.

(An aside to my friend Tony: No, Tony, Roy wasn't blind!)

Dream, Dream, Dream: The Chiffons

August 21, 2010

This was the last Chiffon single. It was released in 1976.

Daydream: Lovin’ Spoonful

August 21, 2010

From an album by the same name released in 1966. This is summer to me.

Carefree Highway: Gordon Lightfoot

August 20, 2010

In 1974 this song charted in the top ten and Sundown, also the album name, made it to number 1.

The Mary Ellen Carter: Stan Rogers

August 20, 2010

From 1979's Between the Breaks… Live!

We Will Have Our Day: Joy Kills Sorrow

August 19, 2010

This song is from Darkness Sure Becomes This City, their second album. Emma Beaton sings the vocals, Matt Arcara is on acoustic guitar, Wesley Corbett on banjo and Jacob Joliff plays the mandolin, my favorite of the instruments.

Boys in the Cornfield: Sally Spring

August 19, 2010

This is from Made of Stars, Sally Spring's most recent album. This song is set in the Civil War, at Antietam.