Our
Memories Include The Songs Of The Day
God gave us memories that we might have roses in December. ~J.M. Barrie
Songs
Music is always something one remembers but some tunes stand out either for the meeody or the words and thourght sbeing conveyed. Here re some of mine:
- Aint That A Shame
- Autumn Leaves
- Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
- Dance With Me Henry
- Earth Angel
- Hard To Get
- Hearts Of Stone
- Let Me Go Lover
- Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
- Maybellene
- Old Lamplighter Of Long Long Ago
- On A Slow Boat To China
- Only You
- Rock Around The Clock
- Sixteen Tons
- Swing Low Sweet Chariot
- The Class Of 57 - The Statler Brothers are an American country music vocal group founded in 1955 in Staunton, Virginia.
- Too Young - In the United States, the best-known version of the song was recorded by Nat King Cole on February 6, 1951 and released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1449. It was a million-selling record and reached the #1 position on the Billboard magazine chart, staying at #1 for 5 weeks and altogether on the Best Seller chart for 29 weeks.
- Unchained Melody - a popular song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It is one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages.
- Yellow Rose of Texas - a traditional folk song of the Southern United States, which became popular in 1955 in a recording by Mitch Miller. The author is unknown; the publisher (Phillips) only gives the author's initials as "J. K."