Good morning, Kittens and Dawgs! We’re beginning the second week of October. I know this month will fly right out the door before I even catch my breathe. Before I slip on my dancin’ shoes allow me to share with you the results of last week’s “Look of Love” #BoTB Showdown. I featured two outstanding artists with accompanying female vocalists. This battle surprised me just a bit going one way before pulling the other, but what amazed me is my assessment of the two and how I went this round. The first contender, Chris Botti featuring Chantal Kreviazuk was beautifully smooth almost flawless to the ear. That’s a good thing, no? Well…it has it’s moments and normally speaking this would be sound I’d go with 110% of the time but it was Grover Washington’s silky, sexy sax with the less polished more heartfelt vocals of Jean Carne that sealed the deal for me. I could hear the ‘look of love’ in this cover!
When time permits, you may want to listen to Grover Washington Jr’s Strawberry Moon album on YT.
Next Monday, you’ll get another double dose of mewsic with my second BoTB showdown & 4M post! Now, are you ready to groove to this week’s theme songs featuring hand claps/finger snaps?
I totally expect some of my selections to get repeated but that’s okay, right? Are you ready to get this party started? Hit play to boogie to my 10 song handclapping, finger-snapping playlist and if you want to do a little toe-tapping that’s alright, too. 😉
Private Eyes the 1981 #1 hit by pop artists Hall & Oates. Dick Clark Five (DC5) is an oldie band that I had forgotten about but reintroduced after entering the blogging community. The UK band hit the US pop charts at #4 in 1965 with Catch Us If You Can.
A song I misplaced in my mind or perhaps it was a new discovery altogether I stumbled on during my research That Thing You Do by the fictional 60s style band, The Wonders. The lead vocals from this track sung by Mika Viola (The Candy Butchers) who’s friends with songwriter and bassist, Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne). The song bears a heavy resemblance to the Beatles style featuring a heavy three clap rhythm throughout the song. This was a new discovery in my search for today’s theme.
My next pick I thought of straight off Fever Peggy Lee. Something I learned is Lee’s rendition is basically rewritten
One of my favorite 60s dueling acts is Simon & Garfunkel. Cecilia released in 1970 on their 5th album, Bridge Over Troubled Water. It was a hit single at number 4 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and topped the leaderboard of Cash Box Top 100.
During my digging I came across a song I hadn’t heard in forever and day, King of the Road by Roger Miller. Although Miller’s song released and hit it big (#1) in 1964 when I was much too young to remember the song, it was still quite popular toward the end of the decade and well into the early 70s. There have been a number of artists to cover this song since it’s debut.
My 7th track on my playlist released in 2016 by the indie pop band, Fitz and the Tantrums. HandClap did well in the USA placing on several charts but its best position was at #2 on Billboard Hot Rock Songs.
I discovered The Cranberries about four years ago but the Irish rock band formed in 1989. In my defense, I was a mother of a toddler and a baby on the arrive. When You’re Gone is a rock ballad that the group performed for the first time on their last leg of their US tour in 1994 (DS’s birth year) but the song recorded a few years later and hit 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
At the onset of Taylor Swift’s introduction to the world, I watched listened to her blossom in the
My final song released in 2013 after six-month medical hiatus following hip surgery for Lady Gaga. What I found not only funny but ignorant to is that some fans thought she was singing “applesauce” instead of Applause. The electropop singer admitted that it was the applause of her fans that kept her going during her pain and it’s a song not just for her but for anyone who wants to feel that way.
You’re invited to step onto the dance floor with me and my fellow dance partners but please keep in mind that many of my co-hostess are on the mend from surgeries or other medical problems. They will do their best to boogie with you. Now hit the beat with my peeps… XmasDolly (Party Coordinator), Stacy, Alana, Colette, and Michele (October honorary co-host). Remember, this is a mewsic hop, please link your direct mewsic post below.
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Keep those tunes playing, your body swaying, and I’ll be boogieing over to see you soon.
Join me for over a cup of coffee tomorrow with Cathy Chats. Have a sparkletastic day! 😉
X💋X💋, Cathy