Saturday, July 4, 2009

Smile: Your Smile's a Drug

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Patrick Park: Your Smile's a Drug [ Purchase ] Patrick Park is a singer-songwriter who, like many, hasn't gotten a fair shake due t...
Friday, July 3, 2009

Smile: Your Smile Stops The Hands Of Time

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Roddy Frame: Your Smile Stops The Hands Of Time [purchase] Roddy Frame was signed by David Bowie when he was only 16 years old. Since then...

Smile: The Cheshire Cat Song

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Gilbert Hetherwick : The Cheshire Cat Song [ purchase, by download only ] I wasn’t about to let this week go by without honoring the most fa...
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Smile : (You Caught Me) Smilin'

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Sly & The Family Stone : (You Caught Me) Smilin' [ purchase ] Simple, melodic, fun, just like a smile ... illegal smile ? With Sly,...
Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Smile: Bathsheba Smiles

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Richard Thompson : Bathsheba Smiles [ purchase ] In the bible, Bathsheba is the beautiful woman who causes David to turn away from God. How ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Smile: When You Smile

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The Dream Syndicate : When You Smile [ purchase ] The Dream Syndicate´s ´84 album The Days Of Wine And Roses is one of the great debuts of...

Smile: I Can't Stop Smiling

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Velocity Girl: I Can't Stop Smiling [ Purchase ] I can't stop smiling And I am not sure why I'd want to anyway. I can't sa...
Sunday, June 28, 2009

Smile: Winsome Smile

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Chris Smither: Winsome Smile [ purchase ] Acoustic bluesman Chris Smither does the blues exceptionally well, but his wry vocal mannerisms a...
Saturday, June 27, 2009

Cry Cry Cry: Cry Cry Cry

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Johnny Cash: Cry Cry Cry [ purchase ] Cry Cry Cry: By Way of Sorrow (written by Julie Miller ) [ purchase ] I batted around a few differe...
Friday, June 26, 2009

Cry Cry Cry: Cry On Demand

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Ryan Adams: Cry On Demand [ purchase ] Though it's somewhat blasphemous to say so, I'm a much bigger fan of Ryan Adams the sensitiv...

Cry, Cry, Cry: You´re Gonna Make Me Cry

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O.V. Wright : You´re Gonna Make Me Cry [ purchase ] "Love is something... it´s hard to figure out, but love is something the whole roun...

Cry, Cry, Cry : Dancing With Tears In My eyes

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Alvin Youngblood Hart : Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [ purchase ] I love Alvin Youngblood Hart because he's a great guitar player, si...

Cry Cry Cry: My Blue Tears

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Dolly Parton : My Blue Tears [ purchase ] Dolly Parton. My first impression of her had nothing to do with music. It was the enormous breasts...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Cry Cry Cry: Everyday I Have To Cry Some

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Arthur Alexander: Everyday I Have To Cry Some [ purchase ] If you are only going to listen to one of my tearful posts this week, this shoul...

Cry Cry Cry: 1000 Oceans

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Tori Amos: 1000 Oceans [ Purchase ] This Tori Amos song is from her 1999 double-disc album "To Venus and Back", which featured a ...

Cry Cry Cry: Tears Don’t Care Who Cries Them

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kd lang : Tears Don‘t Care Who Cries Them [ purchase ] Patsy Cline. Brenda Lee. Loretta Lynn. Female country singers who had (or have) big v...

Cry Cry Cry: You Would Cry Too If It Happened To You...

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Lesley Gore: It's My Party Lesley Gore: Judy's Turn To Cry [ purchase ] These pop hits from 1963 (sung by 16-year-old Lesley Gore ...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Cry Cry Cry: Crying, Waiting, Hoping (and sometimes Prayin')

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Buddy Holly: Crying, Waiting, Hoping [ purchase ] This gem is a home recording made by Buddy Holly in 1958, shortly before his untimely d...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Cry Cry Cry: Cry on my Shoulder

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Bonnie Raitt : Cry on My Shoulder [ purchase ] Some musical pairings seem obvious in retrospect, but make no apparent sense at the time. In ...
Monday, June 22, 2009

Cry Cry Cry: All My Tears

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Julie Miller: All My Tears [ purchase ] It's no secret I'm a coverhound, and this one's been done plenty raw and emotional, bot...