This is my no-brow attempt to record each day of the year in song form, featuring everything from Jay-Z to Beethoven. I started on January 1st and I’m over halfway through now.
Tom Waits - Two Sisters
Metric - Handshakes
The Proclaimers - Over And Done With
Yo La Tengo - Nuclear War - Version 2
Frank Sinatra - High Hopes
Girls - Lust For Life
Woody Guthrie - Hard, Ain’t it Hard
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra - 3 Utwory W Dawnym Stylu (3 Pieces In Old Style): I.
Dean & Britta - White Horses
Syd Barrett - Opel
Morrissey - Little Man, What Now?
Neil Young - A Man Needs A Maid/Heart Of Gold [Suite] - Live At Massey Hall 1971
10,000 Maniacs - Hey Jack Kerouac
The Grateful Dead - Box Of Rain
Jay-Z - Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)…
John Doe - Pressing On
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - The Road
Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
Sir John Betjeman - Indoor Games Near Newbury
Chet Baker - But Not For Me (Vocal)
The Lovin’ Spoonful - Daydream
John Hartford - Gentle On My Mind
The Avalanches - Electricity
Sinead O’Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Scott Walker - Little Things (That Keep Us Together)
Jeanne Moreau - Jamais Je Ne T’Ai Dit Que Je T’Aimerai Toujours
Anita O’Day - A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Alice Coltrane - Govinda Jai Jai
Mott The Hoople - Sea Diver
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn’t It Rain - Recorded Live At The Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England - 9th December 1957
DUKE ELLINGTON, Ivie Anderson - In A Mizz
Irma Thomas - It’s Raining
The Dandy Warhols - We Used To Be Friends
Grifters - Maps of the Sun
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Just A Song Before I Go
The Beach Boys - Leaving This Town
Eels - Get Ur Freak On
Jesca Hoop - Murder Of Birds - Acoustic
Beck - It’s All In Your Mind
Tommy James & The Shondells - Crimson And Clover
Burl Ives - Buckeye Jim
Trinidad Cement Limited Skiffle Bunch, Various Artists, P. Simon - You Can Call Me Al
Paul Simon - Gumboots - Remastered Album Version
Roxy Music - Pyjamarama
Sufjan Stevens - Introductory Fanfare for the Hooper Heroes
Robert Mcferrin;Adele Addison - Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Emmy The Great - 24
Sister Wynona Carr - The Ball Game
Glen Campbell - Galveston (2008 Remix)
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
The Strange Boys - Be Brave
Love - Orange Skies
Arthur Russell - She’s The Star/I Take This Time
Ice T - Girls L.G.B.N.A.F.
Bob Dylan - Dixie - Live
Bonnie “Prince” Billy”, Red, Songs For The Young At Heart - Puff, The Magic Dragon - (Sung By “Bonnie” Prince Billy And Red)
Elvis Costello - Veronica
Dennis Wilson - River Song
Arab Strap - The First Big Weekend
Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers - Egyptian Reggae
Charles Trenet - La Mer
Magic Kids - Hey Boy
Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains - Somewhere My Love (’Lara’s Theme’ From Dr Zhivago)
Davey Graham - I’m Looking Through You
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - Il Postino
Big Bill Broonzy - Glory of Love
Simon & Garfunkel - Save The Life Of My Child
The Thrills - Whatever Happened To Corey Haim?
Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
Gravenhurst - See My Friends
Carter Burwell - Man And His Hat
Tim Hardin - Ain’t Gonna Do Without
Joe Meek, Carter, Lewis & The Southerners - Tell Me
The Rutles - Cheese And Onions - 2006 Remastered Album Version
The Hitchhikers, The Mighty Pope - Mr Fortune
Alex Chilton - Time After Time
Sandie Shaw - Mama Roux
Roy Buchanan - Sweet Dreams
Meirelles & Sua Orquestra - Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001-Uma Odisseia No Espaco) (Assim Falou Zarathustra)
The Impressions - I’ve Been Trying
King Curtis - A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Live @ Fillmore West
Johnny Cash - Man In Black
The Magnetic Fields - California Girls
Nat Johnson, The Figureheads - Wonderful Emergency
Madeleine Peyroux - Between The Bars
George Harrison - What Is Life
Francoise Hardy - Oh, Oh Cheri
Iggy Pop - Tiny Girls
David Grisman, Jerry Garcia - I Truly Understand
Yo La Tengo - Tom Courtenay - acoustic
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
Morrissey - The Never-Played Symphonies
Bongwater - Bedazzled
No Kids - Bluster In The Air
Shirley Elizabeth Collins - The False True Love
Orchestra of St. Lukes, conducted by John Adams - Fog Tropes
Phil Ochs - Rivers of the Blood
The Doors - Riders On The Storm
The Who - Pinball Wizard - Remixed Studio Version
Current 93 - All The Pretty Little Horses
Manic Street Preachers - La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh)
The Sundays - Here’s Where The Story Ends
My Morning Jacket - Anytime
Aphrodite’s Child - Loud, Loud, Loud
She & Him - I Should Have Known Better
Beck - Volcano
Ed Lincoln - Catedral
Karen Dalton - Something On Your Mind
Xavier Cugat - La Playa Aruba
Sam Cooke - Ol’ Man River
Noel Coward - Don’t Let’s Be Beastly To The Germans
Jeffrey Lee Pierce - Pasties and a G-String
Them - Here Comes The Night
Simple Kid - The Average Man
The Flaming Lips - Us And Them - feat. Henry Rollins Album Version
Manic Street Preachers - Jackie Collins Existential Question Time - Saint Etienne Remix
My Vitriol - Always Your Way (Live at the Academy)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Waiting In Vain
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Every Night I Die At Miyagi’s - Ariel Mark Rosenburg
Lee Hazlewood - Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Peter Gabriel - The Book Of Love
Broadcast - I Found The F
Love - Andmoreagain [Alternate Mix Version]
Neutral Milk Hotel - Avery Island / April 1st
John Lennon - Ain’t That A Shame
Phil Ochs - That Was The President
Beethoven - Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata” Andante Con Moto
The Jam - Liza Radley
The Chocolate Dandies - Blue Interlude
Various Artists, Nick Cave - Ramblin’ Mind
Atlas Sound - Walkabout (w. Noah Lennox)
David Bowie - Andy Warhol
Sandy Denny - Whispering Grass
The Mamas & The Papas - Glad To Be Unhappy - Single Version
Nasa - Spacious Thoughts
The Guess Who - These Eyes
Wesley Willis - Dave Grohl
Ennio Morricone - The mission
Michel Polnareff - Love Me, Please Love Me
Chet Baker - My Ideal
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Girls In Their Summer Clothes
James Ray - I’ve Got My Mind Set On You
Michael Giacchino - Lost - Parting Words
John Cale - Guts
Ben Knox Miller, Jocie Adams, Jeffery Prystowsky, The Low Anthem - Home I’ll Never Be
Dead Meadow - Sleepy Silver Door
Talking Heads - Heaven - Remastered LP Version
The Prisonaires - Just Walking In The Rain
Boston - More Than A Feeling
Claude Bertrand - Thomas O’Malley
Estrume’n'tal - Letter From Jeepers
Scout Niblett - Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death
Judy Garland - It Never Was You
Ghostface Killah - The Champ
Eels - Things The Grandchildren Should Know
Lindsey Buckingham - September Song
Lotte Lenya, Louis Armstrong - Mack The Knife (Moritat Vom Machie Messer)
DJ Food, Ken Nordine - The Ageing Young Rebel
Red Foley, Lawrence Welk - Shame On You
T. Rex - Children of the Revolution
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
Various Artists, Mercury Rev - Blue Clouds
Mae West - Twist And Shout
The Pretty Things - Baron Saturday
Richard Cheese - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Silver Apples - Seagreen Serenades
David Bowie - Please Mr. Gravedigger
John Cooper Clarke - I Don’t Want To Be Nice
Half Man Half Biscuit - God Gave Us Life
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Watching Alice
Peter And Gordon - A World Without Love
Oneida - The Eiger
Gavin Bryars - The Sinking Of The Titanic
The Jellybottys - Peter Cushing Lives In Whitstable
Gorillaz - White Flag (Feat. Bashy, Kano and The National Orchestra For Arabic Music)
Scott Walker - Mathilde
Big Mountain - Baby, I Love Your Way
Tobi Legend - Time Will Pass You By
Juana Molina - Quien
Lord Sitar - Emerald City
Ólafur Arnalds - Ljósið
Al Bowlly - Hang Out The Stars In Indiana
Electric Light Orchestra - Livin’ Thing
The Monkees - Daydream Believer
East Winds Ensemble - Marco And Gina Theme - From Porco Rosso
OutKast - Da Art Of Storytellin’ (Part 1)
Gil Scott-Heron - On Coming From A Broken Home (Pt. 1)
Vampire Weekend - Taxi Cab
Rickie Lee Jones - A Lucky Guy
Len - Steal My Sunshine - Single Version
Ludwig van Beethoven, Dezsö Ranki - Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor ‘quasi una fantasia’ Op.27 No.2 ‘Moonlight’ - I. Adagio sostenuto
