Saturday, November 03, 2007

75 Years Of Songs

Our friend turned 75 and D put together a musical memory 4-cd set to celebrate the ocassion. Here is the list D came up with. And the cover art that I created for it. We make a great team.

75 years of music

DISK ONE
INTRO: Over the Rainbow — Judy Garland (original recording, The Wizard Of Oz)
1932: It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) — Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
1933: Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? — Bing Crosby
1934: Down South Camp Meetin' — Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
1935: Cheek to Cheek — Fred Astaire
1936: Pennies From Heaven — Billie Holiday,Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
1937: Sing, Sing, Sing — Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
1938: Begin The Beguine — Artie Shaw
1939: Back In The Saddle Again — Gene Autry
1940: In the Mood — Glenn Miller Orchestra
1941: The Wang Wang Blues — The Benny Goodman Sextet
1942: Jingle Jangle Jingle — Kay Kyser Orchestra
1943: Paper Doll — The Mills Brothers
1944: Sentimental Journey — Doris Day, Les Brown & His Orchestra
1945: It's Been a Long, Long Time — Harry James & His Orchestra
1946: To Each His Own — The Ink Spots
1947: Sioux City Sue — Bing Crosby
1948: Blue Shadows on the Trail — Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers
1949: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry — Hank Williams
1950: Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) — Vaughn Monroe
1951: How High The Moon — Les Paul & Mary Ford
1952: Unforgettable — Nat King Cole
1953: I've Got You Under My Skin — Frank Sinatra

DISK TWO
1954: Mr Sandman — The Chordettes
1955: Rock Around The Clock — Bill Haley &The Comets
1956: Why Do Fools Fall In Love — Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
1957: Don't Be Cruel — Elvis Presley
1958: Tequila — The Champs
1959: What'd I Say — Ray Charles
1960: Finger Poppin' Time — Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
1961: The Lion Sleeps Tonight — The Tokens
1962: Our Day Will Come — Ruby And The Romantics
1963: Mexican Shuffle — Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
1964: I Feel Fine — The Beatles
1965: It's Not Unusual — Tom Jones
1966: Good Vibrations — The Beach Boys
1967: Ain't No Mountain High Enough — Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
1968: Mrs. Robinson — Simon & Garfunkel
1969: My Cherie Amour — Stevie Wonder
1970: ABC — The Jackson 5
1971: Ain't No Sunshine — Bill Withers
1972: American Pie — Don McLean

DISK THREE
1973: Reelin' In The Years — Steely Dan
1974: Cat's In The Cradle — Harry Chapin
1975: Desperado — The Eagles
1976: Sing A Song — Earth Wind & Fire
1977: Easy — The Commodores
1978: Just The Way You Are — Billy Joel
1979: Sultans of Swing — Dire Straits
1980: Call Me — Blondie
1981: Start Me Up — The Rolling Stones
1982: Maneater — Daryl Hall & John Oates
1983: Billie Jean — Michael Jackson
1984: Jump (For My Love) — The Pointer Sisters
1985: Walking On Sunshine — Katrina and The Waves
1986: Walk Like An Egyptian — The Bangles
1987: La Bamba — Los Lobos
1988: Candle In The Wind — Elton John
1989: If You Don't Know Me By Now — Simply Red

DISK F0UR
1990: Vogue — Madonna
1991: Wicked Game — Chris Isaak
1992: Things That Make You Go Hmmmm.... — C+C Music Factory
1993: What Is Love — Haddaway
1994: All I Wanna Do — Sheryl Crow
1995: Love Sneakin' Up On You — Bonnie Raitt
1996: Blue — LeAnn Rimes
1997: Semi-Charmed Life — Third Eye Blind
1998: Jump Jive An' Wail — The Brian Setzer Orchestra
1999: Can't Get Enough of You Baby — Smash Mouth
2000: Smooth — Santana
2001: My Heart Will Go On — Celine Dion
2002: Where Is the Love? — Black Eyed Peas & Justin Timberlake
2003: Don't Know Why — Norah Jones
2004: Heaven — Los Lonely Boys
2005: Rollin' And Tumblin' — Bob Dylan
2006: Lullaby — Dixie Chicks
2007: What A Wonderful World — Louis Armstrong

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful gift, the idea and the realisation.I work in the music department of a library, this would be a great hit for anniversaries and birthdays.

Anonymous said...

What a great compilation! The cover art, superb. Very nice!

Anonymous said...

what a totally totally incredible gift, you two -- you really DO make a great team. I can only hope and wish that someone might do something like this for me if I ever reach my 75th birthday. Your friend must feel so loved and appreciated, Kim. Sigh. Now I want to listen to this exact mix in this order. But how will I ever find all those songs? Cool idea! And great idea for the cover art. You're a talented art director/designer/illustrator/photog. :-D

Tara's Art Camp said...

that is so cool. The artwork cover, the music,,,,, everything...... thumbs up!!!

Rita Serrano said...

Very cool 8)! Happy to see Los Lonely Boys for 2004.

For folk art see my blog.

http://www.raggs2ritchez.blogspot.com/

Thanks for the blog and I'll be back. :)