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A Little Good News

A Little Good News by Anne Murray

Brand New Key  (Melanie Safka, 1971)
Her greatest success, scoring No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart during December 1971 and January 1972
Brand New Key, Wikipedia.

Brand New Key by Melanie (1971)

City of New Orleans (C & G) by Steve Goodman (ca. 1971)
Goodman's description a train ride on the Illinois Central Railroad's "City of New Orleans" in bittersweet and nostalgic terms. City of New Orleans (song), Wikipedia.

City of New Orleans by Steve Goodman (1971)

City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie (1972)

City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie, Live with Pete Seeger at Wolftrap, August 8, 1993, with a brief introduction of how Arlo first heard this song.

City of New Orleans by Willie Nelson (1984)

City of New Orleans by The Highwaymen performing during "American Outlaws: Live at Nassau Coliseum," 1990.

I Want a New Drug (Chris Hayes & Huey Lewis, 1983)
According to Lewis, "It's really a love song. It's not a pro-drug song; it's not really even an anti-drug song. The word drug sort of gets your attention. But I think in love relationships there's more than 'I want you' or 'I need you' kind of thing." Lewis believed the definition of love was very open to interpretation depending on the listener. I Want A New Drug, Wikipedia.

I Want a New Drug by Huey Lewis & The News

New Kid in Town (Landscape-C & F)) and New Kid in Town (Portrait-F) (Don Henley, Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther, 1976)
In 2016, the editors of Rolling Stone rated "New Kid in Town" as the fifth greatest Eagles song, describing it as "an exquisite piece of south-of-the-border melancholia" and praising its complex, "overlapping harmonies." These harmonies helped the song win the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices. New Kid In Town, Wikipedia

New Kid in Town by The Eagles

New Years Day - U2
The lyric had its origins in a love song from Bono to his wife, but was subsequently reshaped and inspired by the Polish Solidarity movement. It was the band's first UK hit single, peaking at number 10, and was also their first international hit. In 2010, Rolling Stone magazine placed the single at number 435 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". New Year's Day, Wikipedia

New Year's Day by U2

New York, New York (Minnelli) and New York, New York (Sinatra) (John Kander & Fred Ebb, 1977)
"Theme from New York, New York"  is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York (1977). It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli. It remains one of the best-known songs about New York City. In 2004 it finished #31 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American Cinema.
In 1979, "Theme from New York, New York" was recorded by Frank Sinatra for his album Trilogy: Past Present Future (1980), and has since become closely associated with him. He occasionally performed it live with Minnelli as a duet. Sinatra recorded it a second time for his 1993 album Duets, with Tony Bennett. Theme from New York, New York, Wikipedia.

Theme from New York, New York by Liza Minnelli (1977)

Theme from New York, New York by Liza Minnelli (Video clip from the movie)

Theme from New York, New York by Liza Minnelli performed in the middle of the 7th inning at Shea Stadium during a New York Mets game, the first pro sports event in New York after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Theme From New York, New York by Frank Sinatra (1979)

New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Am & Em) (Barry and Robin Gibbs, 1967)
This song recounts the story of a miner trapped in a cave-in who is sharing a photo of his wife with a colleague ("Mr. Jones") while they hopelessly wait to be rescued. In the second and third verses, the lyrical lines get slower and slower, as if to indicate that life is about to end for the miners.
This song was inspired by the 1966 Aberfan mining disaster in Wales when a small mountain of mining waste material located above the village of Aberfan collapsed following three weeks of heavy rainfall. A total of 144 people died including 116 children, 109 of which were in Pantglas Junior School.
This was the first Bee Gees song to hit the charts in both the UK and the US.
New York Mining Disaster 1941, Wikipedia; Aberfan disaster, Wikipedia; Spoil tip, Wikipedia.

New York Mining Disaster 1941 by the BeeGees

New York Mining Disaster 1941 by the Bee Gees (Live from the One For All Tour Live In Australia, 1989)

No Sugar Tonight - New Mother Nature (Burton Cummings & Randy Bachman, 1969)
According to Randy Bachman, the inspiration for the song arose after an incident when he was visiting California. He was walking down the street with a stack of records under his arm, when he saw three "tough-looking biker guys" approaching. He felt threatened and was looking for a way to cross the street when a little car pulled up to the men. A woman about 5 feet tall got out of the car, shouting at one of the bikers, asking where he'd been all day, that he had left her alone with the kids, didn't take out the trash, and was down here watching the girls. The man was suddenly alone when his buddies walked away. Chastened, he got in the car as the woman told him before pulling away: "And one more thing, you ain't getting no sugar tonight". No Sugar Tonight - New Mother Nature, Wikipedia.

No Sugar Tonight - New Mother Nature by The Guess Who (1969)

The Boy from New York City (George Davis & John T. Taylor, 1964)
A "doo-wop" classic by The Ad Libs in 1964 and then a hit by The Manhattan Transfer in 1981. It was "answered" later in the year by a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for The Beach Boys, "The Girl from New York City," released on their 1965 album Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!). The Boy from New York City, Wikipedia; The Ad Libs, Wikipedia; The Manhattan Transfer, Wikipedia.

The Boy From New York City by The Ad Libs, with Mary Ann Thomas in the lead (1964)

The Boy From New York City by The Manhattan Transfer, with Janis Siegel in the lead (Audio, 1981)

The Boy From New York City by The Manhattan Transfer (Video clip)

The Battle of New Orleans (C) and The Battle of New Orleans (Jimmy Driftwood) (G & NN) by Jimmy Driftwood (ca. 1959)
The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson.

The melody is based on a well-known American fiddle tune "The 8th of January," which was the date of the Battle of New Orleans. Jimmy Driftwood, a school principal in Arkansas with a passion for history, set an account of the battle to this music in an attempt to get students interested in learning history. It seemed to work, and Driftwood became well known in the region for his historical songs. He was "discovered" in the late 1950s by Don Warden, and eventually was given a recording contract by RCA, for whom he recorded 12 songs in 1958, including "The Battle of New Orleans." Source: Battle Of New Orleans, Wikipedia

Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton (1959)

Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton on the Ed Sullivan Show (June 7, 1959).

Battle of New Orleans by Jimmy Driftwood (Original version, 1958)

Battle of New Orleans by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1974)

Battle of New Orleans by Ray Stevens with Johnny Rich

The Brand New Tennessee Waltz (C & G) (Jesse Winchester)

The Brand New Tennessee Waltz by Jesse Winchester

The Brand New Tennessee Waltz by Joan Baez

The Only Living Boy In New York (C & G)  (Paul Simon, 1969)
Simon wrote this as a thinly veiled message to Art Garfunkel, referencing in the first stanza a specific incident where Garfunkel went to Mexico to act in the film Catch-22. Simon was left alone in New York writing songs for "Bridge over Troubled Water," hence the lonely feelings of "The Only Living Boy in New York." Simon refers to Garfunkel in the song as "Tom", alluding to their early days when they were called Tom and Jerry, and encourages him to "let your honesty shine . . . like it shines on me". The background vocals feature both Garfunkel and Simon recorded together in an echo chamber, multi-tracked around eight times.
It was used in the film with the same name, "The Only Living Boy in New York" (2017) and in several other films and TV shows.
The Only Living Boy in New York, Wikipedia.

The Only Living Boy in New York by Simon & Garfunkel (1969) (audio)

The Only Living Boy in New York by Paul Simon (Live, 2011)

The Sidewalks of New York 1 (C & G) by Chas. B. Lawlor and James W. Blake (1894)
"The Sidewalks of New York" ("East Side, West Side") is a popular song about life in New York City during the 1890s. It was composed in 1894 by vaudeville actor and singer Charles B. Lawlor with lyrics by James W. Blake. They developed these lyrics that provide an idealized view of NYC neighborhoods in the 1890s, based on their childhood memories. The song was an immediate success, and was for many years considered a theme song of New York; it appeared in several movies, numerous commercials, and the presidential campaigns of 1924, 1928, and 1932 by Governor Al Smith of New York. Until 1996, it also was used as the post parade song for New York's Belmont Stakes, the third race in of horse racing's Triple Crown. Lawlor and Blake sold the rights to the song for $5000. Both men died penniless. The Sidewalks of New York, Wikipedia

The Sidewalks of New York 2 (1914 Sheet Music) (C & G) from the sheet music posted below.

If the D7b5 chord is too discordant for your ear,
substitute a C chord.

The_Sidewalks_of_New_York.pdf (Sheet Music)

The Sidewalks of New York by Robert Sean Leonard; The song and the story behind the song, with period photographs

The Sidewalks of New York by the Shannon Quartet (1920s)

The Sidewalks of New York by Nat King Cole (Chorus and first verse) from his album "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" (1963)

The Sidewalks of New York by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (Instrumental, 1940)

The Sidewalks of New York by The Grateful Dead (Instrumental, Live at Academy of Music, New York, NY, March 28, 1972)

Today is the First Day of the Rest of My Life (Fugacity) (Pat Garvey and Victoria Garvey, 1968)

Fugacity: the quality of being fleeting or evanescent.

Today is the First Day of the Rest of My Life by John Denver from "Rhymes & Reasons" (1969)

Walking To New Orleans (Bobby Charles [Robert Charles Guidry], Antione "Fats" Domino, Jr., & Dave Bartholomew, 1960) (C and NN)
Antione "Fats" Domino, Jr., was a hero of Bobby Charles. When Domino stopped on tour in Lafayette, Louisiana, he invited Charles into his dressing room, and regretted he did not have a copy of his new record to give to Charles, but invited Charles to come visit him in Domino's home of New Orleans. Charles replied, "I don't have a car. If I'd go, I'd have to walk." Afterwards, the thought remained on Charles's mind, and he said he wrote the song for Domino in some 15 minutes.
After he got to New Orleans to accept Domino's invitation, Charles sang "Walking to New Orleans" for Domino. Domino was enthusiastic about the number. Producer Dave Bartholomew made an orchestration for the backup band, and Domino, Bartholomew, and band recorded it in Cosimo Matassa's studio on Rampart Street. After the recording was made, Bartholomew decided to overdub a string section from the New Orleans Symphony; use of classical strings was unusual for early rock and roll. Walking To New Orleans, Wikipedia; Fats Domino, Wikipedia; Fats Domino Official Website; Grammy Hall of Fame.

Walking To New Orleans by Fats Domino (1960)

Domino was one of the pioneers of rock and roll music, who had eleven Top 10 hits in six years, 37 Top 40 singles -- more 25 of them gold -- and who sold more than 65 million records. This song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011.

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (John Turner Layton, Jr. & Henry Creamer, 1922)
First published in 1922, it was advertised by Creamer and Layton as "A Southern Song, without A Mammy, A Mule, Or A Moon", a dig at some of the Tin Pan Alley clichés of the era. It was performed at The Winter Garden Theater in New York in Act 2 of the Broadway musical production "Spice of 1922." It has been frequently covered and has appeared in numerous TV commercials, radio and TV shows, and movies. It's been written that Freddy Cannon's 1959 version became the first record in the rock era to have a full brass section. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans, Wikipedia.

Sheet Music:

• Way Down Yonder in New Orleans_- from Strut Miss Lizzie - Ithaca College.pdf

• Way Down Yonder In New Orleans_levy-157-076_Sheet Music.pdf, The Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection, Sheridan Libraries & University Museums, Johns Hopkins.

The full lyrics: Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans by Fred Feild, the "Sheet Music Singer" (Complete; displays the sheet music while the song is being sung)

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans by Freddy Cannon (1960)

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans by the Peerless Quartet (Includes first verse, chorus; said to be the first recording, 1922)

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans by Dean Martin from "Swingin' Down Yonder" (1955)

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans by Jan and Dean from "Surf City And Other Swingin' Cities" (1963)

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans by Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong for their album "Bing & Satchmo" (1960)

Weekend in New England  (Randy Edelman, 1975)
Released in 1975, Edelman's version didn't get any traction, but the next year Barry Manilow covered the song; his version went to #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Easy Listening chart. Weekend In New England, Wikipedia.

Weekend in New England by Randy Edelman (1975)

Weekend in New England by Barry Manilow (1976)

What's New Pussycat (Burt Bacharach & Hal David, 1965)
The theme song for the movie, written by Woody Allen in his first produced screenplay, and starring Allen, Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, and Ursula Andress. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, it lost to "The Shadow of Your Smile". The title What's New Pussycat? was taken from Warren Beatty's phone salutation when speaking to his female friends. What's New Pussycat?, Wikipedia.

What's New Pussycat? by Tom Jones (1965)

You Make Me Feel Brand New (Thom Bell and Linda Creed, 1974)(A & D)
"You Make Me Feel Brand New" is a 1974 single by the Philadelphia soul group The Stylistics. The song was written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed. Stylistics tenor Airrion Love starts out the song and then alternates with Russell Thompkins, Jr. It was originally written in the key of E (4#), then moves to the key of G (1#), and then repeats. You Make Me Feel Brand New, Wikipedia

You Make Me Feel Brand New by The Stylistics (from "The Best of The Stylistics")

You Make Me Feel Brand New by The Stylistics (Live performance recorded August 1, 1975, at the Cunard International Hotel, London)

You Make Me Feel Brand New by The Stylistics (Live performance on "The Midnight Special," 1974)