Unlike the past two days withe the numbers 6 and 7, when it comes 8 I came to this post with a couple of songs already in my head. However the test will be whether I can uncover more music using 8 as it’s theme. At first glance you would have thought that it might […]
7
And so we come to the number 7. Many people believe this to be a lucky number and certainly it is the number that arrived at wqhen you add any of the oppsing sides of six sided dice together. This means that is possibly the most frequent result when two dice are rolled. As for […]
6
This series about songs with numbers in the title has now reached what might prove to be the most difficult of those between 1-10 to identify. The number 6 does not readily bring to mind much in the of music. It is not a number that one associates with anything in particular. So yet again […]
5
So we come to my personal favourite number – 5. Why it has always been my favourite I do not know except to say that there is something just so elegant about it and especially the way it it makes counting easy – 5,10,15 etc. So let’s see if others have the same affinity towards […]
4
Yesterday I was concerned that I might not be able to find very many songs about the number 3. I was actually proved wrong and a great selection was achieved but today those worries have returned. I cannot think of single song in which the number 4 appears in the title. So off we go […]
3
As I begin to research the number three and the songs that have been inspired by it, I must admit that I have no idea where my searching may lead because I very few songs come readily to mind. So, I am prepared to be surprised as I so often am by this blog. “Three […]
2
After our initial trove through songs about 1, we move on to the number 2. You would assume that this would be an easy task as two is the number of relationships, however it initially proved more difficult than I first imagined. “It Takes Two” is a hit single recorded in late 1965 by Marvin […]
1
A new series begins today. We are going explore numerical songs from 1-10 and then see where it goes from there. Which number is the favourite of song writers? Which unusual numbers will make it into the lists? This will be another voyage of discovery in which as usual forgetten gems are recalled and unexpected […]
Glory
“Glory” is a song by American rapper Common and American singer John Legend. It was written by John Legend, Common, and Rhymefest. The song was released in December 2014, by Columbia as the theme song from the 2014 film Selma, which portrays the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches. Common also co-starred in the film as […]
Rachel Croft – Reap What You Sow
Our postie came this morning and delivered something that I had been waiting for a long time. Finally, I have my hands on the latest release from York songstress, Rachel Croft. The EP is entitled ‘Reap What You Sow’ and is a showcase of her song writing during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is something of […]