October 7: “Baby, Now That I Found You” written by John MacLeod and Tony Macaulay and sung here by Alison Krauss (originally performed by The Foundations). LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY
Song of the Day: October 6
October 6: No ray of sunlight’s ever lost…”Saturday Sun” by Vance Joy. Happy Birthday to my friend Storey Jones who is bringing sunlight to dark lives through her amazing company, dtour.life. Check it out and pass it on to a friend-in-need. LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY
Song of the Day: October 5
October 5: I want to be there in my city.. “Lights” by Journey. For Betsy Tucker, colleague & friend extraordinaire. LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY
Song of the Day: October 4
October 4: I’m free and I love to be free.. “You Don’t Own Me” by Lesley Gore. LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY
Song of the Day: October 3
October 3: Waiting for the hint of a spark… “I Will Follow You Into The Dark” by Death Cab For Cutie. LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY
Song of the Day: October 2
October 2: My paternal grandmother was born on this day in 1910 and I imagine this song being played on the radio when she was a little girl: “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” with music by Leo Friedman and lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson and sung here by Patti Page. (Though my great-grandparents probably heard it sung by Henry Burr and the Peerless Quartet.) LYRICS & SONG HISTORY SPOTIFY
Song of the Day: October 1
October 1: Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got ’till it’s gone? “Big Yellow Taxi” written by Joni Mitchell and covered here by Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton. Here’s a lyric video so you can sing along with Joni Mitchell, plus a bonus cartoon version of the song. LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY Happy Monday & Happy October…
Song of the Day: September 30
September 30: It’s gonna be a bright, sunshiney day… “I Can See Clearly Now” by Johnny Nash and sung by Jimmy Cliff.
Congratulations & thank you to Peter Propp, Steve Forlano, Lori Hashizume, Katia Garcon, Cheryl Hilsop, Winni Paul, Rose Propp, Ruthie & Larry Sherman, Victoria Vox & Jack Maher, SpreadMusicNow, Magic Fluke and all for throwing a wonderful party yesterday; the first ever CT Uke Festival was so much fun. Can we do it again?? LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY P.S. Happy Birthday to Abby Judge, who always helps me see things a little more clearly…
Song of the Day: September 29
September 29: How sweet it will seem (when I see you at the CT Ukulele Festival today!)… “Tonight You Belong To Me” written in 1926 by lyricist Billy Rose and composer Lee David and sung here by Eddie Vedder & Cat Power. LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY Come on down to the Connecticut Ukulele Festival at the Suzuki Music School in Colonial Green, Westport, CT and learn to play ukulele so that you, too, can play this song and many others!
Song of the Day: September 28
September 28: I’m in heaven and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak… “Cheek To Cheek” written by Irving Berlin and sung here by Fred Astaire. Learn to play it on the Ukulele and join us TOMORROW for the Connecticut Ukulele Festival sponsored by SpreadMusicNow. No uke? No problem! You can borrow one from the Magic Fluke Ukulele Company. LYRICS & SONGFACTS SPOTIFY