Hello everyone, Winnie Griggs here. It’s Game Day!! Always a fun time. And since I love word games (I also love math games but I’m aware I may be in the minority there 🙂 ) I thought we’d play one that combines wordplay and music.
This is going to be super easy – take the letters in EITHER your first or last name (or both if you’re feeling ambitious!) and list a song that starts with that letter. Here’s an example using my name – I used both my first and last names because I wanted to cover more songs (and yes I’m a BIG Randy Travis and Beatles fan 🙂 )
Whisper My Name (Randy Travis)
In My Life (Beatles)
Nowhere Man (Beatles)
Norwegian Wood (Beatles)
I Told You So (Randy Travis)
Eight Days A Week (Beatles)
Girl (Beatles)
Revolution (Beatles)
If I Didn’t Have You (Randy Travis)
Good Day Sunshine (Beatles)
Get Back (Beatles)
Somewhere In My Broken Heart (Randy Travis)
So now it’s your turn. I can’t wait to see what musical choices you make.
And everyone who plays along gets entered in a drawing for their choice of any book in my backlist
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Delta Dawn
Everything I Do (I Do It For You)–this was my wedding song
Nothin’s Gonna Stop Us Now
It Must Have Been Love
SOS
Easy
Hi Denise, I love this list! Some really great songs here
Just as I Am
Amazing Grace
Near the Cross
In the Garden
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
El Shaddai
Oh Janice, you listed some of my favorite hymns. And I haven’t heard El Shaddai in quite some time – I’ll have to go over to you tube and have a listen.
J Jane (Jefferson Starship)
U Up Around the Bend (CCR)
L Listen to the Music (Doobie Brothers)
I I Just Want to Celebrate (Rare Earth)
E Every Breath You Take ( Sting & the Police)
Great list Julie. Love me some CCR
Jailhouse Rock
A Hard Day’s Night
Need You Tonight
I Can’t Drive 55
Neon Moon
Edge of Seventeen
Any list that includes both Elvis and the Beatles is a good one 🙂
Dance Again
Early Morning Rain
Baby
Rabiosa
Abandoned Love
I’m not familiar with some of these Debra, I’ll have to look them up and voice them a listen
Oh my – not on this Monday after a very rough weekend that included my hubs combine catching on fire last evening! So scary – he is fine! A John Deere tech is there now to try to find out WHY!
Oh that is scary!! Glad he’s okay
Combine fires are very scary! We had a JD burn sometime between shutting down for the night and going back to work the next morning several years ago. Thankfully it was parked in a corner away from the crop in dirt. Hope everyone is okay and you didn’t lose a lot of crop as well as the combine.
My birth name is: Lournetta
L – Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear – Elvis Presely
O – Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
U – Unafraid – Amy Grant
R – Ragged Old Flag – Johnny Cash
N – Nancy With the Laughing Face – Frank Sinatra
E – Eagle – Abba
T – They Long to be Close to You – Carpenters
T – The Real Me – Natalie Grant
A – A Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
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Nice! Some good memories in that list
Good Hearted Women- Willie Nelson
Are You Lonesome Tonight- Elvis
In the Ghetto- Elvis
Lady- Styx
Have You Ever Seen the Rain- Creedence
Up Around the Bend- Creedence
Ramblin’ Gambling’ Man- Bob Segar
Hello Darlin- Conway Twitty
Sorry got that wrong that last one should have been To Love Somebody by The Bee Gees
Oh what a great mix, this would make a good play list
Let it Be (beetles)
Ymca
No (trainor)
Night Moves (segar)
My Maria (brooks/dunn)
Ave Maria
Respect (aretha)
I can see clearly now
Everywhere (mcGraw)
Great list! (I see you must be a Beatles fan as well)
California Dreamin (Mama’s and Papas)
Ode to Billy Joe (Bobbie Gentry)
Na Na Hey Hey (Steam)
Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Joan Baez)
I Am Woman (Helen Reddy)
Earth Angel (Johnny Tillotson)
Lady Willpower (Gary Puckett and the Union Gap)
El Condor Pasa (Simon and Garfunkel)
Early in the Morning (Vanity Fare)
Ahhhh, Connie you’ve hit one of my favorite musical eras!
Time in a bottle by Jim Croce
Ruby, don’t take your love to town by Kenny Rogers
Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers
Daddy don’t you walk so fast by Wayne Newton
Yesterday when I was young by Roy Clark
Fun!
Hi Trudy, you’ve listed some real gems here as well. Side note – I had the opportunity to see both Jim Croce and Kenny Rogers in concert when I was in college
This is a fun game, Winnie! I can’t resist playing.
L- Livin’ on a Prayer – Jon Bon Jovi
I – I Can’t Get No Satisfaction – Rolling Stones
N- Need You Now – Antebellum
D – Daddy Frank – Johnny Cash
A – All my Exs Live in Texas – George Strait
Hi Linda! Glad you decided to play.
Keep on the Sunny Side
Amazing Grace
Rock of Ages
Enchanted Lake
Nothing but the Blood
Hi karijean. I’ve never heard of Enchanted Lake – I’m adding it to my list to go check out
E- Elizabeth (Statler Brothers)
L- Lagan Love (Celtic Thunder)
I- It Is Well
Z- Zippity Doo-Dah (Voctave)
A- Always There (Emmet Cahill)
B- Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
E- El Shaddai (Michael Card)
T- The Star-Spangled Banner
H- Homeward Bound (by Marta Keen)
Hi Elizabeth. You’ve also listed one I’ve never heard before – Lagan Love. My ‘check it out’ list is growing 🙂
L – Lord, I Hope This Day is Good — Don Williams
O – Only You — Statler Brothers
R – Remember Who You Are — Gibson Brothers
I – In God We Still Trust — Diamond Rio
C – Count On Me — Statler Brothers
O – On Heaven’s Bright Shore — The Inspirations
L – Let Me Tell You His Name Again — Kenny Hinson
E – Even If — MercyMe
I needed a longer name… I like quite a large variety of music styles! 🙂
And I’m in your minority league… I love word games & I also love math games! 🙂
Oh Lori, your post made me smile. What a great UPBEAT list of songs. And it’s always fun to meet another math geek 🙂
Carrighfergus
On Your Shore
Last Time by Moonlight
Lazy Days
Echoes In Rain
Even In The Shadows
Na Laetha Geal M’ioge
Colleen, did you deliberately try to stump me? 🙂 I haven’t heard of any of these.
not on purpose, LOL… from some of my favorite singers: ENYA and Loreena McKinnett
A – Amazing Grace
L – Land of a thousand Dances
I – I Am Woman
C – Crazy Little Thing called Love
I – I Can See for Miles
A – Aleluia
H – Have You Seen Her
A – Ave Maria
N – Neon Moon
E – Earth Angel
Y – Yakety Yak
This was alot of fun, Thank you. Have a great week and stay safe.
Oh wow this is an eclectic list – love it!
T- Time marches on
O- Only the Lonely
N- Night Moves
Y- Yellow Rose Of Texas
A- Angel Eyes
C- Come Together
H- Here comes the Rain
E- Earth Angel
R- Rockin Robin
R- Rock of Ages
Y- Young Love.
Love 50’s, 60 and 70’s music
Hi Tonya – those decades are my sweet spot as well!
L- Lady by Little River Band
U- Us by James Bay
A- Against the Wind by Bob Seger & SBB
N- Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O’C
N- November Rain by Guns & Roses
E- Everything by Toby Mac
Nice!!
M – Material Girl by Madonna
E – Earth Angel by the Vogues
G – Galveston by Glen Cambell
A – A Guy Walks Into a Bar by Tyler Farr
N – Never My Love by The Association
Hi Megan. I’ll have to add ‘A Guy Walks Into A Bar’ to my check it out list 🙂
P – “Primavera”. by Santana
A – All You Need Is Love. by The Beatles
T – Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce
R – Rocky Mountain High. by. John Denver
I – I Am A Rock. by. Simon and Garfunkel
C – Cats In The Cradle by Harry Chapin
I – I Am Woman by Helen Reddy
A – A ‘Soalin’ by Peter, Paul and Mary
The songs are a pretty good indication of my age, I guess. I won’t even attempt my last name.
Another great list of songs and artists. I love John Denver’s music sooooooo much. I saw him in concert once (it was fantabulous!) and his song Annie’s Song played at my wedding.
Diana
Elvira
Baby, Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me
Rain Drops Keep Falling on my Head
A Boy Names Sue
Nice list Debbie. Now I have Baby, Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me running through my head 🙂
TONYA
T – Tulsa Time by Don Williams
O – OKLAHOMA
N- Nobody In His Right Mind , Would’ve Left Her by George Strait
Y- Yellow Rose Of Texas
A- Amazing Grace
Hi Tonya. One can see you definitely like to country music (me too!) 🙂
L-Lady-Kenny Rogers
A-All the Pretty Little Horses
N-Nananana, Nananana, Hey, Hey, Goodbye
A-All to Jesus, I Surrender
B-Bringing in the Sheaves
U-Unto Us a Child is Born
R-Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It
T-Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
O-On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand
N-Nearer My God to Thee
Hello Lana. What a great mix of secular music and hymns!
C- Cry Pretty (Carrie Underwood)
A- Ain’t Worth the Whiskey (Cole Swindell)
R- Ruby- Kenny Rogers
O- One Last Time (Kellie Pickler)
L- Love Me Tender (Elvis
Y- You & Tequila ( Kenny Chesney)
N- Nobody Likes Sad Songs- Ronnie Milsap