Howdy-hello, folks! This week, we moved from summer into autumn which served as double inspiration for my Friday Funnies edition earlier this morning and now for my Five for Friday song picks. Who’s in the mood for a taste of fall in song?
Thanks for making me apart of your day. As I mentioned in my previous post, this is DH’s off-Friday and I’m away from Blogosphere. You’re welcome to leave a comment or click ‘like’ so that I know that you stopped by. I’ll be back with tomorrow for another edition of Saturday Songsuasion. If you’re around then pop over for more music fun! X
X, Cathy
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Excellent selection! Have a great weekend.
Thanks for dropping by for some music on Friday, Eugenia!
Good picks! Another one is Billie Holiday’s “Autumn In New York.”
John,
Yep, Billie Holiday is a classic. Thanks for sharing and for stopping by, my friend!
Hi, Cathy!
I decided to take a double dip into CAAC again today and put in my two cents on your autumn inspired F4F songs.
As my good buddy Chris (above) explained, any type of song can become associated with a particular season of the year and/or with a specific incident or event in your life, even one as seemingly inconsequential at the time as walking your beloved beagle in the woods on a fall day and smelling the decaying leaves on the ground (perfume to Scrappy’s sniffer). I miss your pooch too, Chris. This is called becoming “anchored” to a moment, a moment when you felt happy and glad to be alive. The song Chris was singing is now irrevocably linked to that contented stroll in the woods with his dog and the scent of the leaves.
I enjoyed your play list, Cathy. Let us remember that the first group to record and have a hit with “See You In September” was a Pittsburgh based vocal group called The Tempos. Their percolating, rumba rhythm single made a run at the top 20 in August of 1959. I’d like to add two more autumn related songs to the ones you posted. The 1938 pop standard “September Song” has been waxed by many artists including Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and by our hometown heroes The Magnificent Men of York and Harrisburg, PA:
The other song I’d like to mention is “A Summer Song,” a hit for the English duo Chad And Jeremy. Their single made a run at the top 5 in the weeks just before H-ween in 1964. “A Summer Song” makes reference to fall with the lyrics:
They say that all good things must end someday
Autumn leaves must fall
But don’t you know that it hurts me so
To say goodbye to you
Wish you didn’t have to go
No, no, no, no
And when the rain
Beats against my window pane
I’ll think of summer days again
And dream of you
It seems odd that both “See You In September” and “A Summer Song” were released later in the summer, when the lyrics of both make them more appropriated for the start of the summer. “See You In September” includes the lines “Here we are, saying goodbye at the station. Summer vacation is taking you away.”
Have a great evening, dear friend Cathy. I’ll try to stop by tamale for Saturday Songsuasion!
Tom,
I would’ve never guess The Magnificent Men’s “September Song” is the same as the one sung by Bing Crosby. It sounds like a different song switching it to a more modern vibe of the early 60s. I’ve often wondered similar things as you when a song or movie releases in a different season than its setting. Oh well…it doesn’t change the quality of the entertainment. It’s still the bomb! Thanks for stopping by Friday afternoon, my friend!
Those are all good tunes, I thought of Autumn Leaves right off. Enjoy your weekend!
Brian,
Autumn Leaves is a good one that always comes to mind instantly. A lot of musicians have done covers or have written their own song with the same name.
Nice choices. Have a wonderful weekend. XO
Ellen,
I’m glad you popped by to sample my music picks, my friend.
This might not make any sense, but there is a song I associate with Autumn- not because of anything in the song, but when it was #1 in my top ten years ago, I was singing it on a walk with my dear departed Scrappy, so when I hear it, I see him and smell fallen leaves. That would be a song called Come and Go by Radiation City. A tear forms just thinking…
CW,
I find that I associate songs with events or people, so you thinking about your beloved Scrappy doesn’t come as a surprise. I’m not familiar with Come and Go, so I will check it out on YT. Thanks for sharing your song memory and visit, my friend!