Author Archives: Kris
Alcohol Awareness Month
Drinking songs, anyone?
National Read a Road Map Week
Maybe “road” songs: On the Road Again, Country Roads
Guillotine Used
On April 25, 1792, highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person under French law to be executed by the guillotine.
Could feature the call Heads Rollaway
Guglielmo Marconi’s Birthday
Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio.
Feature songs about radios: “Turn Your Radio On”, “Ain’t Nothing Wrong with the Radio”, etc.
Saxophone Day
Look for records featuring solo saxophones. Does anyone categorize their records by lead instruments?
Oscar Hammerstein\’s Birthday
lyricist, songwriter w/Richard Rodgers: Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Flower Drum Song, Sound of Music; died Aug 23, 1960
Use songs from musicals.
National Hot Dog Month
- Find songs with “hot dog” in them.
- Songs about food
Relevant Records
- I Feel Lucky (Red Boot 3033)
Gordon Lightfoot’s Birthday
Gordon Lightfoot is a folksinger/songwriter. Summertime Dream is the only song I could find that he’s written and I’ve got, although I use it exclusively for patter. I wondered if anyone had done a version of the “Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald,” but a quick search at Supreme showed naught.
Relevant Records
- Summertime Dream (Chaparral 403)