Top 20 Best Christmas Songs

Merry Christmas! 🎅🎄

It's the most wonderful time of the year! It's the time of helping each other and spreading joy around! Here I picked "some" of the best Christmas songs to play at background as you're having dinner with your family, lightening the tree, putting the presents underneath the mistletoe... Hope your homes get warmer with your laughters and you have a chance to see Santa Claus this time 🎅



1) Jingle Bells - Bing Crosby(1943)
2) Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens (1985)
3) Last Christmas - Wham! (1984)
4) Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes (1963)
5) It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas -  Bing Crosby (1951)
6) Cold December Night - Michael Bublé (2011)
7)  Silent Night - Stevie Nicks (1987)
8) All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (1994)
9) Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms (1957)
10) 2000 Miles - Pretenders (1984)
11) Mary Did You Know? - Kenny Rogers & Wynnona (1996)
12) Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid (1984)
13) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Pretenders (1986)
14)  Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee (1958)
15)  Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea (1986)
16 ) Baby's First Christmas - Connie Francis (1961)
17) It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Andy Williams (1963)
18) Caroling Caroling - Nat King Cole (1960)
19) I'll Be Home For Christmas - The Miracles (1963)
20) Merry Christmas Darling - Carpenters (1970) 

For more Chrsitmas songs, you can see the full playlist here:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3A9qBTc8b3iwZM5pgfI5Qr?si=b2uVG4plT0SRVB6dVFneIA

We Wish You A Merry Christmas! 🎁⛄

Singer of Roxette Passes Away At 61

Marie Fredriksson of Roxette has died at 61 after 17 years battle on cancer.

She was born on May 30, 1958 in Össjö, Sweden. She formed duo pop rock band Roxette with Per Gessle in 1986. The duo has achieved a great success with their iconic hits Listen To Your Heart and It Must Have Been Love in late 80's. They're also known with other successful hits including The Look, Dressed for Success, Fading Like A Flower, Joyride.

Per Gessle expressed his feelings with these sentences after his long time friend and bandmate's decease : "Time goes by so quickly. It’s not that long ago we spent days and nights in my tiny apartment in Halmstad, listening to music we loved, sharing impossible dreams. And what a dream we eventually got to share! ‘Thank you, Marie, thanks for everything. You were an outstanding musician, a master of the voice, an amazing performer. Thanks for painting my black and white songs in the most beautiful colours. You were the most wonderful friend for over 40 years. I’m proud, honoured and happy to have been able to share so much of your time, talent, warmth, generosity and sense of humour. All my love goes out to you and your family. Things will never be the same."

She was married to Mikael Bolyos and the couple had 2 children.

December Born Musicians

HELLO DECEMBER ⛄

It's the most wonderful time of the year! And life is wonderful with good music... We really owe thanks to the musicians.. Let's take a look at the list of December born ones. (mostly sagittarius♐ )


December 1st : Lou Rawls (1933), Matt Monro (1930), Billy Paul (1934), Bette Midler (1945), Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946)

December 2nd : Nelly Furtado (1978), Britney Spears (1981)

December 3rd : Andy Williams (1927), Ozzy Osbourne (1948)

December 4th : Jay Z (1969), Dennis Wilson (1944)

December 5th : Jim Messina (1947), Little Richard (1932),
John Rzeznik (1965)

December 6th : Dave Brubeck (1920), Peter Buck(1956)

December 7th : Harry Chapin (1942), Tom Waits (1949), Sara Bareilles (1979)

December 8th : Sinead O'Connor (1966), Gregg Allman (1947), Jim Morrison (1943), Dan Hartman (1950), Sammy Davis Jr (1925), Wah Wah Watson  (1950)

December 9th : Donny Osmond (1957)

December 10th : Peter Sarstedt (1941)

December 11th : Brenda Lee (1944), David Gates (1940), Jermaine Jackson (1954)

December 12th : Dionne Warwick (1940) , Connie Francis (1938),  Frank Sinatra (1915), Sheila E (1957)

December 13th : Ted Nugent (1948), Amy Lee (1981), Taylor Swift (1989)

December 14th : Jane Birkin (1946)

December 15th : Dave Clark (1942), Paul Simonon (1955)

December 16th : Benny Andersson (1946)

December 17th : Art Neville (1937), Eddie Kendricks (1939)

December 18th : Sia (1975), Christina Aguilera (1980)

December 19th : Edith Piaf (1915), Limahl (1958), Phil Ochs (1940)

December 20th : Anita Ward (1956), Alan Parsons (1948), Billy Bragg (1957)

December 21st : Frank Zappa (1940)

December 22nd : Robin Gibb (1949), Maurice Gibb (1949), Vanessa Paradis (1972)

December 23rd : Eddie Vedder (1964)

December 24th : Lee Dorsey (1924), Ricky Martin (1971)

December 25th : Annie Lennox (1954), Shane MacGowan (1957), Jimmy Buffett (1946),  Pete Brown (1940), Alannah Myles (1958) , Dido (1971)

December 26th : Lars Ulrich (1963)

December 27th : David Knopfler (1952), Mick Jones (1944)

December 28th : John Legend (1978), Alex Chilton (1950),  Charles Neville (1938), Johnny Otis (1921)

December 29th : Yvonne Elliman (1951), Marianne Faithfull (1946)

December 30th : Bo Diddley (1928), Jay Kay (1969), Patti Smith (1946), Del Shannon (1934), Dave Stewart (1950), Jeff Lynne (1947), Tracey Ullman (1957), Davy Jones (1945)

December 31st : Donna Summer (1948), John Denver  (1943), Burton Cummings (1947)

Best of Halloween Songs

Knock, knock... Halloween is here! If you wanna partying hard with the witches, monsters and the ghosts or if you'll just sit on your own in your rocking home and you wanna chill a little with the music on, you really should listen these creepy songs! 


TOP 20 HALLOWEEN SONGS

1. Thriller -  Michael Jackson
2. Spellbound -  Siouxsie And The Banshees
3. Tubular Bells, Pt I - Mike Oldfield
4.  Fade To Gray - Visage
5. Season of The Witch - Donovan
6. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
7. Ghost Rider - Suicide
8. Rhainnon - Fleetwood Mac
9. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
10. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
11. Haunted House - Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
12. Dragula - Rob Zombie
13. I Put A Spell On You - Annie Lennox
14. Spooks - Louis Armstrong
15. Screaming Skull - The Fleshtones
16. Reptile - The Church
17. She's My Witch - Kip Tyler
18. Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
19. Monster Mash -  Bobby "Boris" Pickett
20. Dracula's Deuce - The Ghouls

Follow the white rabbit ughh the playlist for more creepy and terrifying songs! 👻 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0j5Ln5Yg5pedmbjQHg6aMI?si=ZNEhvfo6TS228LZ54AcSVQ

Songs of War and Peace

War is hell and peace is heaven... Humankind forgets that there's only one world we're living in sometimes. Maybe the greed is human nature but all the innocent ones deserve to live in quiet. There are so many songs that written for wars,pain and peace because it's the inevitable trouble of the world. But here, I tried to pick some. I wish all the people listened these songs and tried to understand...

Top 20 Songs About War

1. Brohters In Arms - Dire Straits
2. Zombie - The Cranberries
3. Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel
4. War Pigs - Black Sabbath
5. History - Michael Jackson
6. 21 Guns - Green Day
7. Masters of War - Bob Dylan
8. Us And Them - Pink Floyd
9. I Ain't Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs
10. Civil War - Guns N' Roses
11. Where Are You Now, My Son? - Joan Baez
12. Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
13. For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica
14. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
15. When The Children Cry - White Lion
16. Out Of Time - Blur
17. People Are People - Depeche Mode
18. Wild Frontier - Gary Moore
19. In The Army Now - Status Quo
20. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield

Top 20 Songs About Peace

1. Peace Train - Cat Stevens
2. Imagine - John Lennon
3. Wind of Change - Scorpions
4. Heal The World - Michael Jackson
5. Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
6. Peacekeeper - Fleetwood Mac
7. The River of Dreams - Billy Joel
8. Another Part Of Me - Michael Jackson
9. What The World Needs Now Is Love - Dionne Warwick
10. Stand By Me - Ben E. King
11. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John Lennon
12. Pipes of Peace - Paul McCartney
13. Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid
14. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
15. Invisible Sun - The Police
16. One Love - Bob Marley
17. Peacekeeper -  Fleetwood Mac
18. We Are The World - USA For Africa
19. Peace on Earth - U2
20. All You Need Is Love - The Beatles

Best of Blue Eyed Soul

Blue Eyed Soul is a genre that blues&rhythm or soul music performed by WHITE people. That's why it's called Blue Eyed... It's thought that this term is used by Georgie Woods ( radio DJ ) first to describe The Righteous Brothers in early 1960s. Although it tastes the same with Soul music, it's not as popular as it. I've been searching for more songs by this genre decently. But songs are really limited when it comes a specific kind of a special genre.

Most of the people and singers, even including Daryll Hall ( he's pointed one of the best Blue Eyed Soul singers) describes the term "Blue Eyed Soul" as racist.

Best Blue Eyed Soul Artists From 1960s to Today

1. The Righteous Brothers
2. The Walker Brothers
3. Robert Palmer
4. Boz Scaggs
5. Steve Winwood
6. Frankie Valli
7. Hall&Oates
8. Joss Stone
9. Duffy
10. Amy Winehouse

For sinking deeper into the "souls of blue" ,please check out my own Blue Eyed Soul playlist on Spotify (:


https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0eUDO6BrVWKoMpes6EWDDV

Ric Ocasek Dies At 75

Ric Ocasek, frontman  and co-founder of American new wave based rock band The Cars, found dead at his apartment in New York. To the reports, his death is due to natural causes.

Who is Ric Ocasek?

Ric Ocasek was born on March 23, 1944. He gained the real success with The Cars although he had some musical experiences in various music bands in early 1970's. He released his first solo album in 1982. His solo hit Emotion In Motion released in 1986 which reached number 15 on Billboard Hot 100. He also worked as a producer with successful bands including Weezer, No Doubt, The Wannadies, Romeo Void and Bad Religion.

He married 3 times and had six sons. His last wife was Paulina Porizkova who met during filming "Drive" in 1984.

Goodbye To Eddie Money

Eddie Money, Two Tickets To Paradise singer, dies at 70. Brooklyn born singer had been diagnosed with stage IV esophageal cancer months ago.

He is mostly known with his 1977 rock hit "Two Tickets To Paradise" from his self-titled debut album Eddie Money.



Top 5 Songs of Eddie Money That Will Make You Travel Through The Time :

1. Two Tickets To Paradise
2. Take Me Home Tonight
3. Baby Hold On
4. Think I'm In Love
5. Shakin'

September Born Musicians

It's nearly half of September. I think you realized the most of the successful musicians are born in September. Well what is the thing that made them such creative? Maybe it's because the perfectionistic side of Virgo or Libras' art-passion. It seems disputable whether the success belongs to determination or hides behind the planets.

 Let's take a look at the list! ♎♍


September 1st : Barry Gibb (1946) , Gloria Estefan (1957) , Tom & Bill Kaulitz (1989) , Conway Twitty (1933)

September 2nd : Billy Preston (1946) , Steve Porcaro (1957)

September 3rd : Steve Jones (1955) , Jennifer Paige (1973)

September 4th : Mark Ronson (1975) , Beyonce (1981)

September 5th : Freddie Mercury (1946) ,  Al Stewart (1945)

September 6th : Dolores O'Riordan (1971) , Roger Waters (1973), Macy Gray (1967) , David Allan Coe (1939) , CeCe Peniston (1969)

September 7th : Buddy Holly (1936) , Chrissie Hynde (1951) , Gloria Gaynor (1949)

September 8th : Patsy Cline (1932) , Benjamin Orr (1947) , Pink (1979)

September 9th : Michael Bublé (1975) , Otis Redding (1941)

September 10th : Jose Feliciano (1945) , Big Daddy Kane (1968)

September 11th : Moby (1965) , Tommy Shaw (1953) Richard Ashcroft(1971)

September 12th : Judy Clay (1938) , George Jones (1931) , Barry White (1944) 

September 13th : Peter Cetera (1944) , Steve Kilbey (1954) , Fiona Apple (1977)

September 14th : Amy Winehouse (1984) , Morten Harket (1959)

September 15th : Lee Dorman (1942)

September 16th : BB King (1925) , Richard Marx (1963)

September 17th : Hank Williams (1923) , Anastacia (1968)

September 18th : Dee Dee Ramone (1951) , Frankie Avalon (1940)

September 19th : Nile Rodgers (1952) , Freda Payne (1942) , Trisha Yearwood (1964) , Lita Ford (1958)

September 20th : John Panozzo (1948)

September 21st : Leonard Cohen (1934) , Liam Gallagher (1972) , Faith Hill (1967)

September 22nd : Joan Jett (1958) , Nick Cave (1957) , Toni Basil (1943) David Coverdale (1951)

September 23rd : Julio Iglesias (1943), Bruce Springsteen (1949) , Ray Charles (1930)

September 24th : Linda McCartney (1941)

September 25th : Will Smith (1968) , Dee Dee Warwick (1942)

September 26th : Bryan Ferry (1945) , Marty Robbins (1925) , Olivia Newton-John (1948) ,  Lynn Anderson (1947) , Julie London (1926) , Carlene Carter (1955)

September 27th : Avril Lavigne (1984) , Meat Loaf (1947) , Lil Wayne (1982)

September 28th : Jennifer Rush (1960) , Ben E King (1938) , Jim Diamond (1951) , Helen Shapiro (1946)

September 29th : Mari Wilson (1954) , Jerry Jee Lewis (1935) , Gene Autry (1907)

September 30th : Johnny Mathis (1935)

Step By Step - Hello

Hi!..

It's always nice to decide writing something about music but also it is hard when it comes to write. Music is my life, I bet music is your life too... Music is everybody's life. Everybody finds something at music even if it's good or bad. I just decided to write something, or "everything" about music. You're on the right page if something's stuck in your head while listening to music, or something makes you want to search about the song.

Stay with the tune! 🎷