The Name's in the Title #MusicMovesMe

March has arrived, and with it, another episode of #MusicMovesMe.

Who are the members of Music Moves Me (4M)?  We are bloggers who blog with music each Monday. If you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! (Music Posts Only- Please post containing links to You Tube or Vimeo for actual music.  Other posts are subject to removal or labeling as "No Music".)  Every other week we have a theme and on alternate weeks we have "You Pick".  

Our conductors? First, there is XmasDolly.  Her chief co-conductor is Cathy of Curious as a Cathy. Her other co-conductors are Stacy of Stacy Uncorked, and me.  

For March our guest conductor is Marie from Athena Cat Goddess Wise Kitty.

Her theme for today is "Songs with a name in the title".

Alexander's Ragtime Band, an Irving Berlin classic from 1911, has been covered by many singers.  I could not resist this performance from Ethel Merman - disco style.  Why not?

For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her, is a Paul Simon song sung by Art Garfunkel.  I loved this song as a teenager (I may have almost worn out my copy of this album).  The lyrics of this song are so pure, and so is Art's voice.

Abraham, Martin and John is as timely today as when Dion, who, like me, grew up in the Bronx, first sang this song.  Dion DiMucci is 80 years old now, and is still going strong.

Neil Diamond's 1969 hit Sweet Caroline is played at every Boston Red Sox game.  Is it about Caroline Kennedy?  You decide.  I decided on a Neil Diamond playing it live at Fenway Park performance just days after the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.

Help Me, Rhonda by the Beach Boys.  Another live performance here.

I'm on a 1960's roll, apparently.  So why not a couple of more?  First, The Four Seasons with Dawn (Go Away) from 1964.

 This cover of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by Elton John is from 1975 and I happen to like it more than the original.  But I'll count it as a 1960's song, nevertheless.

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