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The following song lists have appeared on our front page in past weeks. Each list is just a sample of the many songs contained in the GreenBookofSongs.com® Database on that topic.
Click here for our lists from 2008.
December 28, 2009
SONGS FOR NEW YEAR’S: Happy New Year!
Auld Lang Syne
Beach Boys; Beach Boys Christmas Album (Capitol)
Brand New Year (My Revolution)
SHeDAISY; Brand New Year (Lyric Street)
Bringing In A Brand New Year
B.B. King; A Christmas Celebration Of Hope (MCA)
I’ll Stay Home New Year’s Eve
Jaynells; Cameo Parkway-Holiday Hits-C (Abkco)
Let’s Start The New Year Right
Bing Crosby; ST/Holiday Inn (MCA)
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
Bette Midler; Cool Yule (Columbia)
C = Compilation
December 18, 2009
SONGS FOR CHRISTMAS: Together for the Holidays
Candle In The Window
Alabama; Alabama-Christmas (RCA)
Coming Home For Christmas
Jim Brickman; Homecoming (Savoy Jazz)
Home On Christmas Day
Cyndi Lauper; Merry Christmas…Have A Nice Life (BMG Spec. Prod.)
Merry Christmas, Here’s To Many More
Relient K; Let It Snow Baby, Let It Reindeer (Capitol)
To Someone That I Love
B.B. King; A Christmas Celebration Of Hope (MCA)
SONGS FOR CHRISTMAS: It’s Shopping Season
Christmas Rock
Toby Keith; Christmas To Christmas (Polydor Country)
Holidaze (S’cuze Me, I’ve Got Gifts To Buy)
Bob Rivers; More Twisted Christmas (Atlantic)
Man In The Santa Suit
Fountains Of Wayne; Out-Of-State Plates (Virgin)
Pretty Paper
Willie Nelson; Pretty Paper (Columbia)
Suddenly It’s Christmas
Loudon Wainwright III; Career Moves (Virgin)
November 12, 2009
SONGS FOR THANKSGIVING: Grateful for Country, Tradition & Family
America
Neil Diamond; ST/The Jazz Singer (Capitol)
Be Thankful
Natalie Cole; Anthology (Right Stuff)
Home Fire, The
Louis Armstrong; What A Wonderful World (Decca Jazz)
My Mom’s Thanksgiving Dinner
Children From N.Y.P.S. 24; Twelve Songs For All Year Long (Folkways)
Over The River And Through The Wood
Paul Rippert; Rainbow In The Sky (Raspberry)
Thanksgiving
Loudon Wainwright III; Career Moves (Virgin)
Turkey And The Stuffing
Susan Egan; Winter Tracks (LML)
ST = Soundtrack
SONGS FOR VETERANS DAY: Songs from Six Wars
I Just Came Back From A War [Iraq War]
Darryl Worley; Here And Now (903)
I’m In Korea [Korean War]
J.B. Lenoir; Eisenhower Blues (Copyright Group)
Over There [World War I)
Arthur Fields; Over There! Songs Of The American Expeditionary Force 1917-1918 (Booteek)
Sarge [Vietnam War]
Rick Lance; Home Free-A Tribute To American Veterans-C (CD Baby)
Somebody’s Darling [Civil War]
Kathy Mattea; Songs Of The Civil War-C (Columbia)
Sullivan [WW II]
Caroline’s Spine; Monsoon (Hollywood)
C = Compilation
SONGS ABOUT BASEBALL: Phillies vs. Yankees In World Series
Baseball’s Mortal Sin [Yankees]
Phil Coley; Baseball Songs Sports Heroes (King Of The Road Music)
Letters In The Dirt [Phillies]
Chuck Brodsky; Letters In The Dirt (Red House)
Take Me Out To The Ball Game
Andrews Sisters; Baseball Anthems (Goldenlane)
Talkin’ Baseball-NY Yankees 2008
Terry Cashman; Talkin’ Baseball-2008 Spring Early Pennant Contenders (Lifesong)
Talkin’ Baseball-Philadelphia Phillies 2008
Terry Cashman; Talkin’ Baseball-2008 Spring Early Pennant Contenders (Lifesong)
You’re Out! (Ode To The Umpire)
Matt Wessel; Be With Me (Matt Wessel)
SONGS FOR HALLOWEEN: Monsters, Ghosts & Creepy Things
Boris The Spider
The Who; Happy Jack (MCA)
Dead Man’s Party
Oingo Boingo; Best O’Boingo (MCA)
Don’t Go Into That Barn
Tom Waits; Real Gone (Anti)
Ghouls Night Out
Misfits; Misfits (Astralwerks)
Haunted House
Leon Redbone; On The Track (Warner Bros.)
I Put A Spell On You
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins; At Home With Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (Columbia)
Monsters
Hurricane Bells; ST/New Moon (Chop Shop/Atlanti)
Nightmare On My Street
D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince; He’s The DJ I’m The Rapper (Jive)
October 11, 2009
SONGS ABOUT DOMESTIC ABUSE: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Alyssa Lies
Jason Michael Carroll; Waitin’ in The Country (Arista)
Are We There Yet Momma
Walter Hyatt; Mother, Queen Of My Heart-A Collection Of Songs Inspired By Mom-C (Sugar Hill)
Behind The Wall
Tracy Chapman; Tracy Chapman (Elektra)
Me And Emily
Rachel Proctor; Where I Belong (BNA)
Never Again
Nickelback; Silver Side Up (Roadrunner)
Put Him Out
Ms. Dynamite; A Little Deeper (Interscope)
She Can’t Feel Anything Anymore
Paula Cole; Harbinger (Warner Bros.)
C = Compilation
October 5, 2009
SONGS FOR DANIEL PEARL WORLD MUSIC DAY: Harmony for Humanity
Drift Away
Dobie Gray; Oldies But Goodies-#3-C (Original Sound)
Hey You
311; Uplifter (Volcano/JLG)
I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
Hillside Singers; I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (Folk Era)
Sing
Annie Lennox; Songs Of Mass Destruction (Arista)
Sing A Happy Song
O’Jays; Identify Yourself (Philadelphia Int’l)
We Are The World
USA For Africa; We Are The World-C (Columbia)
What Light
Wilco; Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch/Warner Bros.)
SONGS ABOUT MAKE IT MATTER DAY: Promoting Literacy & Education on October 3
Conjunction Junction
Better Than Ezra; ST/Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks (Atlantic)
Funny The Way It Is Dave Matthews Band; Big Whiskey And The GrooGux King (RCA/RMG)
Lost In A Book
Kristin Lems; Imagine That! Songs For Creative Teachers (Carolsdatter)
Return To Pooh Corner
Kenny Loggins; Return To Pooh Corner (Sony Wonder)
Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 18
Bryan Ferry; Diana Princess Of Wales-Tribute-C (Columbia)
Summer I Read Collete, The
Rosanne Cash; 10 Song Demo (Capitol)
C = Compilation
SONGS FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH: Songs about Famous Hispanic Figures in History
Manos Huesos Y Sang / Hands Bones And Blood (Song For Frida Kahlo)
Tish Hinojosa; Best Of Tish Hinojas-Live (Rounder)
Pancho Villa
Billy Walker; Cross The Brazos At Waco (Bear Family)
Picasso And Me
Gretchen Peters; Gretchen Peters (Purple Crayon)
Roberto Clemente
Phil Coley; Baseball Songs-Sports Heroes 2 (King Of The Road Music)
Viva Zapata!
Andy Irvine; Rude Awakening (Green Linnet)
SONGS ABOUT APPLES: September is Apple Month
(Ah, The Apple Trees) When The World Was Young
Anita O’Day; Verve Jazz Masters 49 (Verve)
Apple Blossom
White Stripes; De Stijl (Warner Bros.)
Apple Of Your Eye
Peter Frampton; Frampton (A&M)
Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
Jay And The Techniques; 20 Best Hits Of The ’60s-C (Madacy)
Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree
Andrews Sisters; Ultimate Andrews Sisters (Capitol)
Little Green Apples
O.C. Smith; Pop Classics Of The ’60s-C (Columbia)
One Bad Apple
Osmonds; Best Of The Osmonds (Curb)
C = Compilation
September 10, 2009
SONGS ABOUT 9/11: For the heroes of 9/11
Believe
Yellowcard; Ocean Avenue (Capitol)
Bravest, The
Tom Paxton; Looking For The Moon (Appleseed)
Firehouse, The
Christine Lavin; Vigil-N.Y. Songs Since 9/11-C (Conscious)
Let’s Roll
Neil Young; The Passionate (Rhino/Warner Bros.)
Little Did She Know (She’d Kissed A Hero)
Kristy Jackson; Single-Little Did She Know (Fever Pitch)
Rising, The
Bruce Springsteen; The Rising (Columbia)
C = Compilation
SONGS ABOUT NINES: For 09/09/09
99
Toto; Hydra (Columbia)
99 Luftballons
Nena; 99 Luftballons (Epic)
99.9% Sure (I’ve Never Been Here Before)
Brian McComas; Brian McComas (Lyric Street)
99.9 F
Suzanne Vega; 99.9 F (A&M)
9,999,999 Tears
Dickey Lee; Country Love Songs-Missing You-C (K-Tel)
Engine Engine #9
Roger Miller; The Hits (Mercury
Johnny 99
Bruce Springsteen; Nebraska (Columbia)
Love Potion Number 9
Searchers; Greatest Hits (Rhino)
Revolution 9
Beatles; The Beatles (White Album) (Capitol)
C = Compilation
SONGS FOR LABOR DAY
9 to 5
Dolly Parton; 9 to 5 And Odd Jobs (RCA)
Brothers Of The Highway
George Strait; Troubadour (MCA Nashville)
Grandpa Was A Carpenter
John Prine; John Prine-Souvenirs (Oh Boy)
International Harvester
Craig Morgan; Little Bit Of Life (Broken Bow)
Seven-And-A-Half Cents
Original Cast; ST/The Pajama Game (Collectables)
She Works Hard For The Money
Donna Summer; I Am Woman-C (Nick At Nite)
Two Pump Texaco
Diamond Rio; Unbelievable (Arista)
Working In The Coal Mine
Lee Dorsey; Holy Cow (Arista)
C = Compilation
SONGS ABOUT SCHOOL: Subjects We’ll Study
Brush Up Your Shakespeare
Original Cast; Kiss Me Kate (Sony Music Classical)
French Lesson
Sandler & Young; The “In Person” Album (Ralton)
Multiplication
Animaniacs; Animaniacs-Variety Pac (Kid Rhino)
Particle Man
They Might Be Giants; Flood (Elektra)
Sailing To Philadelphia
Mark Knopfler; Sailing To Philadelphia (Warner Bros.)
Sing A Happy Song
O’Jays; Identify Yourself (Philadelphia Int’l)
Tom Joad-Part I
Woody Guthrie; Dust Bowl Ballads (RCA Camden Classics)
We Didn’t Start The Fire
Billy Joel; Storm Front (Columbia)
SONGS ABOUT SCHOOL: Back To School
American Friday Night
Bucky Covington; Bucky Covington (Lyric Street)
Back To School Again
Four Tops; When She Was My Girl (Island Def Jam)
Don’t Be A Dropout
James Brown; Star Time (Polydor)
Fifteen
Taylor Swift; Fearless (Big Machine)
First Day Of School
Jitterbug Theatre; Kasey Keller Learns To Read (Jitterbug Theatre)
School Is In
Josie Cotton; Valley Girl-Music From The Soundtrack-C (Rhino/WEA)
C = Compilation
SONGS ABOUT VETERANS: Songs for the New G.I. Bill
American Soldier
Toby Keith; Shock’n Y’All (DreamWorks/SKG)
Brothers Under The Bridge
Bruce Springsteen; 18 Tracks (Columbia)
I Just Came Back From A War
Darryl Worley; Here And Now (903)
Moments
Emerson Drive; Countrified (Midas/New Revolution)
Sam Stone
John Prine; John Prine (Atlantic)
Sarge
Rick Lance; Home Free-A Tribute To American Veterans-C (CD Baby)
C = Compilation
July 21, 2009
Songs About Health: Congress Considers Health Care Reform
Black Lung
Hazel Dickens; Coal Mining Women-C (Rounder)
Cancer
My Chemical Romance; The Black Parade (Reprise)
Chemo Limo
Regina Spektor; Soviet Kitsch (Sire)
Make It Go Away (Radiation Song)
Sheryl Crow; Detours (A&M/Interscope)
Talking Cancer Blues
Dave Van Ronk; Van Ronk (Fantasy)
Who’s Gonna Feed Them Hogs
Tom T. Hall; Greatest Hits-#2 (Mercury)
C = Compilation
July 14, 2009
SONGS ABOUT SPACE EXPLORATION: 40th Anniversary of Moon Landing
Armstrong
John Stewart; Cannons In The Rain (Legacy)
Armstrong, Aldrin And Collins
Byrds; Ballad Of Easy Rider (Columbia)
Countdown
Rush; Signals (Mercury)
Happy Blues For John Glenn
Lightnin’ Hopkins; How Many More Years I Got (Fantasy)
Moondog
Prefab Sprout; Jordan-The Comeback (Epic)
One Small Step
Del Rey & The Sun Kings; I Am The Light (Trakwerx)
Sleeping Satellite
Tasmin Archer; Great Expectations (SBK)
Way Up There
Patti LaBelle; Single-Way Up There (Hip-O)
SONGS ABOUT VIETNAM: On the Death Of Robert McNamara
8th Of November
Big & Rich; Comin’ To Your City (Warner Bros.)
Ballad Of The Green Berets
Barry Sadler; Hits Of The Sixties-C (Intercom)
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen; Born In The U.S.A. (Columbia)
Business Goes On As Usual
Roberta Flack; Chapter Two (Atlantic)
Ohio
Crosby, Stills & Nash; CSN (Atlantic)
Pinkville Helicopter
Tom Parrott; Broadside Ballads-#5-Time Is Running Out (Folkways)
Simple Desultory Phillipic, A (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission)
Simon & Garfunkel; Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (Columbia)
Still In Saigon
Charlie Daniels Band; Windows (Epic)
Vietnam Veteran Still Alive
Country Joe McDonald; Into The Fray (Rag Baby)
July 1, 2009
SONGS FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY: Songs of Celebration
American Child
Phil Vassar; American Child (Arista)
Back In The U.S.A.
Chuck Berry; Chuck Berry’s Greatest Hits (Everest)
Better In The USA
Glenn Frey; The Allnighter (MCA)
Chicken Fried
Zac Brown Band; The Foundation (Atlantic/Home Grown/Big Picture)
R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.
John Cougar Mellencamp; Scarecrow (Riva)
This Is Worth Fighting For
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra; 4th Of July-Living In America-C (Goldenlane)
You’re A Grand Old Flag
Jon Peterson; George M. Cohan Tonight! (Sh-k-boom)
C = Compilation
SONGS FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY: Five Songs of Freedom
Cry Freedom
Dave Matthews Band; Crash (RCA)
People Got To Be Free
Rascals; Very Best Of The Rascals (Rhino)
Song Of Freedom
Bing Crosby; ST/Holiday Inn (MCA)
Till My Dyin’ Day
Brooks & Dunn; Patriotic Country-C (BMG)
We Shall Be Free
Garth Brooks; The Chase (Liberty)
SONGS ABOUT GM CARS
455 Rocket [Oldsmobile]
Kathy Mattea; Love Travels (Mercury)
Daddy Had A Buick
Robert Earl Keen; A Bigger Piece Of The Sky (Koch)
G.T.O.
Ronny & The Daytonas; Beach Classics-All Original Recordings-C (Dunhill Compact Classics)
Mr. Policeman [Trans-Am]
Brad Paisley; 5th Gear (Arista Nashville)
Pontiac
Lyle Lovett; Pontiac (MCA)
Racing In The Street [Camaro, '69 Chevy]
Bruce Springsteen; Darkness On The Edge Of Town (Columbia)
C = Compilation SONGS ABOUT NUCLEAR WAR: North Korea Tests Nuclear Weapons
Atomic Talking Blues
Vern Partlow; Songs For Political Action-C (Pablo)
Back To Zero
Rolling Stones; Dirty Work (Virgin)
Blackened
Metallica; …And Justice For All (Elektra)
Goin’ By The Book
Johnny Cash; Mystery Of Life (Mercury)
Nuclear Attack
Gary Moore; Dirty Fingers (Roadracer)
One World
Anthrax; Among The Living (Island)
When The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Def Leppard; On Through The Night (Mercury)
C = Compilation
May 19, 2009
SONGS ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY: LOVE & WAR
Billy Don’t Be A Hero
Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods; Super Hits Of The ‘70s-Have A Nice Day-#13-C (Rhino)
If I Don’t Make It Back
Tracy Lawrence; Patriotic Country-#3-C (Razor & Tie)
If You’re Reading This
Tim McGraw; Let It Go (Curb)
Just A Dream
Carrie Underwood; Carnival Ride (Arista Nashville)
One I Love, The
David Gray; Life In Slow Motion (ATO/RCA)
Patriot’s Dream
Gordon Lightfoot; Don Quixote (Warner Archives)
Silver Medals & Sweet Memories
Statler Brothers; Short Stories (Mercury)
Travelin’ Soldier
Dixie Chicks; Home (Monument)
C = Compilation
SONGS ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT
Allentown
Billy Joel; KOHUEPT (Columbia)
Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
Styx; Pieces Of Eight (A&M)
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime
Bing Crosby; 16 Most Requested Songs (Legacy)
Café On The Corner
Sawyer Brown; Café On The Corner (Curb)
Computer Took My Job
Maurice John Vaughn; Generic Blues Album (Alligator)
Don’t Give Up
Peter Gabriel; So (Geffen)
Fred Jones Part 2
Ben Folds; Rockin’ The Suburbs (Epic)
Johnny 99
Bruce Springsteen; Nebraska (Columbia)
Shuttin’ Detroit Down
John Rich; Son Of A Preacher Man (Warner Bros.)
Unemployment
J.J. Cale; Anyway The Wind Blows-The Anthology (Island Def Jam)
SONGS FOR MOTHER’S DAY
Baby Mama
Fantasia; Free Yourself (J/RMG)
Dear Mama
2Pac; Me Against The World (Interscope)
I Am Your Mother Too
Keb’ Mo’ with Brenda Russell; Big Wide Grin (Sony Wonder)
Mother Macree
John Gary; Ireland’s Greatest Hits-C (RCA)
No One Loves You Any Better Than Your M-O-Double-M-Y
John Lithgow; Singin’ In The Bathtub (Sony Wonder)
Remember Mother’s Day
Al Jolson; The Al Jolson Story-#5 (MCA)
Son Of Hickory Holler’s Tramp
O.C. Smith; Me And You (Columbia Spec. Prod.)
Strong One, The
Clint Black; Single-The Strong One (Equity)
Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom)
Kathy Kallick; Mother, Queen Of My Heart-A Collection Of Songs Inspired By Mom-C (Sugar Hill)
C = Compilation
April 20, 2009
SONGS ABOUT SCHOOL VIOLENCE: 10th Anniversary of Columbine Tragedy
Anatomy Of A School Shooting
Ill Bill; Lock & Load-C (Copter)
Black Shadow Symphony
Westworld; Skin (Dreamscape)
Cassie
Flyleaf; Flyleaf (Octone/J)
Disposable Teens
Marilyn Manson; Lest We Forget-The Best Of Marilyn Manson (Nothing/Interscope)
Hammerhead
Offspring; Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace (Columbia)
Joke
Lifehouse; Who We Are (Geffen/Interscope)
Stole
Kelly Rowland; Simply Deep (Columbia)
This Is Your Time
Michael W. Smith; This Is Your Time (Reunion)
C = Compilation
SONGS ABOUT PIRATES
Captain Hook’s Waltz
Original Cast/Cyril Ritchard; Peter Pan-The 1954 Broadway Production (RCA Victor)
Captain Kidd
Carl Peterson; Pirate Songs, Sea Songs & Shanties (Darach)
Coasts Of High Barbary
David Coffin; David Coffin And The Nantucket Sleighride (Good Dog)
Dead Man’s Chest
Pirates Of New Providence; Down Among The Dead (Abet)
Jolly Roger
Roger McGuinn; Live From Spain (Sundazed)
Rollicking Band Of Pirates We
Broadway Cast; Pirates Of Penzance (Elektra) SONGS ABOUT ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH: Recovering from Addiction
Accidents Can Happen
Sixx A.M.; The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack (Eleven Seven)
Cry Cry (Till The Sun Shines)
Martina McBride; Waking Up Laughing (RCA)
God Of Wine
Third Eye Blind; Third Eye Blind (Elektra)
Little Rock
Collin Raye; Extremes (Epic)
Sober
Pink; Funhouse (LaFace/Zomba)
That’s Why I’m Here
Kenny Chesney; I Will Stand (BNA)
Welcome Back
Mase; Welcome Back (Bad Boy/Universal)
Wine Into Water
T. Graham Brown; Wine Into Water (ISD/Intersound)
March 29, 2009
SONGS ABOUT TAXES
Death And Taxes
TR Ritchie; Homeground (Apex)
I’m Payin’ Taxes, What Am I Buyin’
JB’s; Funky Good Time-The Anthology (Polydor)
Paycheck Man Randy Houser; Anything Goes (Universal South)
Sales Tax On The Women
New Lost City Ramblers; New Lost City Ramblers-Early Years-1958-1962 (Smithsonian Folkways)
Strawman
Lou Reed; Just Say Yes-#3-Just Say Mao-C (Warner Bros.)
Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Us All
Ry Cooder; Into The Purple Valley (Reprise)
Taxman
Beatles; Revolver (Capitol)
Taxes, Taxes
Hank Penny; Crazy Rhythm-The Standard Transcriptions (Soundies)
C = Compilation
March 22 SONGS ABOUT EARTH HOUR: One Hour of Lights Out on March 28 for Mother Earth
Be The Rain
Neil Young; Greendale (Reprise)
From A Distance
Bette Midler; Some People’s Lives (Atlantic)
Last Lonely Eagle
New Riders Of The Purple Sage; New Riders Of The Purple Sage (Columbia)
Nature’s Disappearing
John Mayall; Room To Move (1969-1974) (Polydor)
Nature’s Way
Spirit; Time Circle (Epic)
Victims Of Comfort
Keb’Mo’; Keb’ Mo’ (Okeh)
With My Own Two Hands
Ben Harper; Diamonds On The Inside (Virgin)
SONGS ABOUT WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
Carry On [Susan B. Anthony]
Jonathan Sprout; More American Heroes (Sprout)
Death Of Mother Jones
Gene Autry; Freedom-Songs From Heart Of America-C (Columbia/Legacy)
Mother Of Pearl
Nellie McKay; Obligatory Villagers (Vanguard)
Sacajawea
Kristin Lems; Imagine That! Songs For Creative Teachers (Carolsdatter)
Taxation Tyranny
Elizabeth Knight; Songs Of The Suffragettes (Folkways)
SONGS ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Increased attention to domestic abuse in wake of Rihanna - Chris Brown dispute
Black Eyes, Blue Tears
Shania Twain; Come On Over (Mercury)
Call Me Guilty
Jazmine Sullivan; Fearless (J/RMG)
Down With The Sickness
Disturbed; The Sickness (Giant)
Face Down
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus; Don’t You Fake It (Virgin)
Football Tonite (WTOP)
Rugburns; Morning Wood (Manifesto)
I Think About You
Collin Raye; I Think About You (Epic)
Maria’s Lament
Chuck Brodsky; Fingerprinter’s Murals (Waterbug)
Stupid Boy
Keith Urban; Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing (Capitol)
U.N.I.T.Y.
Queen Latifah; Black Reign (Motown)
February 26, 2009
SONGS ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT
Find more in our categories “Work” and “Poverty”
Allentown
Billy Joel; KOHUEPT (Columbia)
I Ain’t Got No Home In This World Anymore
Woody Guthrie; Dust Bowl Ballads (RCA Camden)
Don’t Give Up
Peter Gabriel; So (Geffen)
N.W.P.A.
Billy Bragg; Must I Paint You A Picture?-The Essential Billy Bragg (Rhino/Elektra)
Unemployment
J.J. Cale; Anyway The Wind Blows-The Anthology (Island Def Jam)
What Happened?
Merle Haggard; Moneyland-C (McCoury)
When A Fellow Is Out Of A Job
Joe Glazer; Songs Of Steel And Struggle-The Story Of The Steelworkers (Collector)
Youngstown
Bruce Springsteen; The Ghost Of Tom Joad (Columbia)
C = Compilation
SONGS FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Find more in our categories “African-American”, “Brotherhood” and “Prejudice”
Across The Lines
Tracy Chapman; Tracy Chapman (Elektra)
Baloney Again
Mark Knopfler; Sailing To Philadelphia (Warner Bros.)
Death Of Emmett Till
Joan Baez; Joan Baez In Concert-#2 (Vanguard)
Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?
Count Basie & His Orchestra; Baseball’s Greatest Hits-C (Rhino)
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick; Ballads Of Black America (Folkways)
This Is My Country
Impressions; This Is My Country (Rhino)
C = Compilation
SONGS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY:
Selected from “Love: Choose Me”, the #1 Love Category of 2008
All I Ever Wanted
Chuck Wicks; Starting Now (RCA)
Diary Of Jane
Breaking Benjamin; Phobia (Hollywood)
Heaven Sent
Keyshia Cole; Just Like You (Imani/Geffen)
In The Colors
Ben Harper And The Innocent Criminals; Lifeline (Virgin)
Realize
Colbia Caillat; Coco (Universal Republic)
Staying With Me
Los Lonely Boys; Forgiven (Epic)
SONGS FOR THE INAUGURATION
Change Is Gonna Come, A
Otis Redding; Otis Blue-Sings Soul (Atlantic)
Change The World
Eric Clapton; ST/Phenomenon (Reprise)
From A Distance
Bette Midler; Some People’s Lives (Atlantic)
Let Freedom Ring
Charlie Daniels Band; Freedom And Justice For All (Audium)
Yes, I Believe
Moody Blues; December (Universal)
Yes We Can Can
Allen Toussaint; Our New Orleans-C (Nonesuch)
Yes We Can (Obama Song)
Will.I.Am; Single-Yes We Can (YouTube.com)
Click here for our lists from 2008.
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