{"id":3996,"date":"2019-01-19T17:25:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T17:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2019\/01\/19\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-some-song-songs-2\/"},"modified":"2019-01-19T17:25:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T17:25:29","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-oldies-some-song-songs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2019\/01\/19\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-some-song-songs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Oldies: Some ‘Song’ Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mose Allison, The Song is Ended<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Punch Bros., Dink's Song<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Dave van Ronk, Dink's Song<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Arlo Guthrie, Percy's Song<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Fairport Convention, Percy's Song<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Doors, Alabama Song<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Roberta Flack, Killing Me Softly with his Song<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Bob Dylan, Song to Woody<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Chad and Jeremy, Summer Song<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Simon and Garfunkel, 59th Street Bridge Song<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Brook Benton, The Boll Weevil Song<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

UPDATE 1\/20. A reader asks:<\/span><\/p>\n

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A black dude singing a hillbilly song? Where do you find these things?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That was a big hit when I was a boy, and I never forgot it.  It was played on the rock stations. Another great Brook Benton tune is It's Just a Matter of Time<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Charley Pride is another black guy who sang country songs. Is Anybody Going to San Antone?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mose Allison, The Song is Ended Punch Bros., Dink's Song Dave van Ronk, Dink's Song Arlo Guthrie, Percy's Song Fairport Convention, Percy's Song Doors, Alabama Song Roberta Flack, Killing Me Softly with his Song Bob Dylan, Song to Woody Chad and Jeremy, Summer Song Simon and Garfunkel, 59th Street Bridge Song Brook Benton, The Boll … Continue reading “Saturday Night at the Oldies: Some ‘Song’ Songs”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}